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Ace Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy once again demonstrated her strength in positional play as she defeated Polina Shuvalova of Russia in the fourth round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix here on Thursday. China’s Zhu Jiner, the second highest-rated player behind Humpy in this tournament, scored another impressive victory against Poland’s Alina Kashlinskaya, her third…
Ju Wenjun has etched her name in history by winning the 2025 FIDE Women’s World Championship, defeating Tan Zhongyi 6.5–2.5 on Wednesday. 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…
Game 6 of the ongoing FIDE World Women’s Championship was evolving into a relatively straightforward draw until Ju Wenjun launched a decisive late push with her knight and advancing pawns, seizing control and sealing the win. She now leads the contest 4-2. For much of the game, a stalemate seemed likely — especially after the…
Four-time defending champion GM Ju Wenjun held out challenger GM Tan Zhongyi to secure a draw in Game 4 in the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2025 in Shanghai on Monday. The draw meant the the Championship moved into the second rest day with Tan and Ju level with two points each. Game 4 began…
Four-time defending champion GM Ju Wenjun beat challenger GM Tan Zhongyi in Game 3 to level the 12-match series at 1.5-1.5 in the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2025 in Shanghai on Sunday. Game 1 had ended in a draw before Tan stunned Ju in Game 2 to take the lead. Ju managed to strike…
Challenger GM Tan Zhongyi beat four-time defending champion GM Ju Wenjun in Game 2 to take 1.5-0.5 lead in the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2025 in Shanghai on Friday. Playing with white pieces, Tan went for the English opening (Four Knights Variation). Ju collapsed in a rook endgame. She tried to fight after the…
Challenger GM Tan Zhongyi held four-time defending champion GM Ju Wenjun to a draw in an all-Chinese battle in Game 1 of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2025 in Shanghai on Thursday. Tan earned the right to challenge her compatriot for the title by winning the Women’s Candidates tournament in April last year. Playing…
Grandmasters R Praggnanandhaa and Aravindh Chithambaram continued to remain in joint lead after drawing their sixth-round games in the Prague Masters Chess tournament here. Praggnanandhaa was held to a draw by Sam Shankland of the United States, while Aravindh split the point with Quang Leim Le of Vietnam to be on four points out of…
New Delhi will be the likely venue for this year’s Chess World Cup. Global chess governing body FIDE and the All India Chess Federation are soon expected to announce the host city of the tournament, which had been allotted to India. It is learnt that the central government is also backing the Capital as the…
Grandmaster R Praggnanandhaa played out a draw with fellow Indian Aravindh Chithambaram as the two stayed a full point ahead of nearest challengers after the fifth round of Prague Masters chess tournament here. With 3.5 points in their kitty, Aravindh and Praggnanandhaa are now followed by top seed Wei Yi of China, Anish Giri of…
