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After three drawn tiebreak games in the finals of the Open section, Magnus Carlsen proposed and Ian Nepomniachtchi agreed to share first place. FIDE controversially allowed the agreement and changed the rules of the tournament to permit them to do so. [1] After two drawn tiebreak games, the Women's section was won by Ju Wenjun. [2] [3]
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]
The current world blitz champion title is shared by the Norwegian Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen and Russian Grandmaster Ian Nepomniachtchi. Ju Wenjun from China is the current women's blitz world champion. Magnus Carlsen has held the title a record eight times.
The Women's World Chess Championship 2025 will take place in 2025 as a match between Ju Wenjun, the current champion, and Tan Zhongyi, the winner of the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024. [1] Both players previously challenged for the world championship in May 2018, with Ju defeating then-world champion Tan 5½–4½ to win the title.
The player who wins the armageddon game will receive 1½ points and the loser 1 point. The open section of the tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen, whilst Ju Wenjun won the women's section of the event. [55] [56]
Gukesh Dommaraju won the 2024 World Chess Championship, becoming the youngest undisputed world chess champion at the age of 18. [1]The Candidates Tournament and Women's Candidates Tournament were held concurrently for the first time to determine the challengers for the reigning world champions Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun. [2]
Chinese grandmaster Ju Wenjun is the reigning Women's Speed Chess Champion, [5] and Indian grandmaster Gukesh D is the reigning Junior Speed Chess Champion. [6] In 2020, the Youth Speed Chess Championship and IM Not A GM Speed Chess Championship were introduced as further spin-off events.
This was the highest FIDE rating in history until January 2013, when it was surpassed by Magnus Carlsen. On Kasparov's retirement, the world number one ranking passed to Veselin Topalov , since Kasparov was removed from the rating list in April 2006 due to inactivity.