FIDE Women’s World Championship: Ju Wenjun defends her title after a cautious draw against Tan Zhongyi

For Ju Wenjun it looked very short against her challenger Tan Zonghyi. After that, the world champion dominated her Chinese country woman at will and secured the title again.

Chinese chess player Ju Wenjun drew with compatriot Tan Zhongyi in the ninth game of the World Championship match and defended her title for the fourth time in a row.

FIDE Women’s World Championship: Ju Wenjun defends her title after a cautious draw against Tan Zhongyi

This marks the fifth time she has claimed the world title, placing her alongside legends such as Vera Menchik, Nona Gaprindashvili, and Maia Chiburdanidze, who have each won the title five times or more.

The Chinese Ju Wenjun dominated the chess world championship like hardly any player before. What this has to do with the construction of a fortress.

The Chinese is proclaimed champion of the chess world by fifth or almost consecutive. His last game defeats his compatriot Tan Zhongyi.

The great Chinese master Ju Wenjun won her fifth consecutive Women's World Chess Championship on Wednesday (16), defeating her compatriot Tan Zhongyi in this year's final. Her victory in Chongqing, China, makes Ju only the fourth woman in history - and the first Chinese player - to win the world championship five times, joining an exclusive club consisting of Vera Menchik, Nona Gaprindashvili and Maia Chiburdanidze. World number 2, Ju, won the f…