Chinese chess player Ju Wenjun defended her title of world champion

Chinese chess player Ju Wenjun beat compatriot Lei Tingjie in the 12th game of the final match for the title of world chess champion with a score of 6.5:5.5. Wenjun played with white pieces. The parties were held in Shanghai and Chongqing.

Ju Wenjun, 32, has held the women’s world chess crown since 2018, when she defeated her compatriot Tan Zhongyi in the final match. She defended the title of world champion twice before. In 2018, she beat Russian Ekaterina Lahno in a knockout tournament, and in 2020 she beat another Russian chess player Alexandra Goryachkina in a tie-break.

Erdni Kagaltynov