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Hou Yifan had won the first tournament but then withdrew from the Grand Prix. After four of five tournaments, the leader was Koneru Humpy with 335 points, who had already played her three tournaments. [4] In second place followed Ju Wenjun with 253⅓ and one event left.
Ju Wenjun (Chinese: 居文君; pinyin: Jū Wénjūn; born 31 January 1991) [1] is a Chinese chess grandmaster. She is the reigning four-time Women's World Champion, the reigning World Blitz Chess Champion, and a two-time World Rapid Chess Champion. In March 2017, she became the fifth woman to achieve a rating of 2600. [2]
This was the fourth cycle of the tournament series. Top ranked player was Hou Yifan, who won the previous three editions of the Grand Prix, but had withdrawn participation after playing in the first tournament. The overall Grand Prix was won by Chinese player Ju Wenjun, who overtook Koneru Humpy at the last tournament. [1]
Hou Yifan: 1½ 2 Humpy Koneru: ½ 7 Anna Muzychuk: 2 58 Marisa Zuriel: 0 7 Anna Muzychuk: 1½ 39 Evgenija Ovod: ½ 39 Shen Yang: ½ 26 Evgenija Ovod: 1½ 7 Anna Muzychuk: ½ 10 Ju Wenjun: 1½ 23 Baira Kovanova: 2 42 Natalija Pogonina: 0 42 Baira Kovanova: ½ 10 Ju Wenjun: 1½ 55 Arianne Caoili: 10 Ju Wenjun: w/o: 10 Ju Wenjun: ½ 2 Humpy Koneru ...
Hou Yifan (Chinese: 侯逸凡; pinyin: Hóu Yìfán pronunciation ⓘ; born 27 February 1994) [1] [2] [3] is a Chinese chess grandmaster, four-time Women's World Chess Champion and professor at Shenzhen University. She is the second highest rated female player of all time. [4]
Current Women's World Chess Champion Ju Wenjun from China. The Women's World Chess Championship is a chess match played to determine the Women's World Chess Champion. It has been administered by FIDE since its inception in 1927, unlike the absolute World Chess Championship, which only came under FIDE's control in 1948.
Hou Yifan then became the youngest female grandmaster in 2008 at 14 years and 6 months. [28] Hou also reached the top 100 in 2014, peaking at No. 55 a year later. [34] At some point by 2003, FIDE changed their regulations and began awarding the Grandmaster title to players who win the Women's World Championship if they are not already ...
The game on the first board between Hou Yifan and Alexandra Kosteniuk was drawn after 65 moves. Nonetheless, the Chinese team bounced back with Valentina Gunina's run of 7 wins in 9 games coming to an end with the loss to Ju Wenjun, while Aleksandra Goryachkina blundered in a difficult position.