FIDE CHESS PROFILE
Ju Wenjun
Federation
FIDE title
B-Year
FIDE ID
China
Grandmaster
1991
8603006
2584
standard
2613
rapid
2536
blitz
World rank
World (all players):
World (active players):
Female (active players):
350
310
2
Biography
Ju Wenjun was born in 1991 in Shanghai. She started playing chess in primary school in 1998. She continues to reside in her home city and represents the Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League.
Ju is the current Women's World Chess Champion, a title she's held since 2018, the year she won both a 10-game Championship match against Tan Zhongyi and a 64-player knockout Championship Tournament. She's Shanghai's first and China's sixth female world champion.
In 2004, Ju earned a bronze medal in the Asian Women's Championship, which qualified her to play in her first Women's World Championship Tournament in 2006. She got to the third round then.
She continued to compete in the world tournaments through ups and downs: in 2008 she got knocked out in the second round; in 2010 she got to the quarterfinals; in 2012 she played in the semifinals; in 2015 she lost in the second round again; and in 2017, when Tan Zhongyi defeated her in the quarterfinals. Ju finally claimed the World Champion title in 2018 after a rematch with Tan, scoring 5.5 points.
She regularly took part in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix tournaments, increasing her rating and earning Grandmaster norms. She was second in October 2011 tournament, held in Nalchik, Russia, with a score of 7/11 points. With the same score, she finished second in the June 2014 tournament held in Georgia. Two months later, in August, she won—with 8.5/11 points—the sixth stage of the same 2013-2014 Grand Prix.
After winning two tournaments out of five events at the 2015-16 Grand Prix, Ju became the overall winner that year.
She was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2014, becoming her country's 31st grandmaster.
Ju is a two-time Women's Chinese Champion (2010, 2014).
Ever since 2008, Ju has played for the Chinese women's national team, helping to bring gold medals from the 2016 and 2018 Chess Olympiads, World's Team Championships (2009, 2011), Asian Nations Cup (2012, 2014, 2016), and the 2010 Asian Games.
"Attack is the best defense," Ju described her winning game strategy to children in her native Shanghai. "Try to be aggressive and create a challenge for your opponents."
Ju is the current Women's World Chess Champion, a title she's held since 2018, the year she won both a 10-game Championship match against Tan Zhongyi and a 64-player knockout Championship Tournament. She's Shanghai's first and China's sixth female world champion.
In 2004, Ju earned a bronze medal in the Asian Women's Championship, which qualified her to play in her first Women's World Championship Tournament in 2006. She got to the third round then.
She continued to compete in the world tournaments through ups and downs: in 2008 she got knocked out in the second round; in 2010 she got to the quarterfinals; in 2012 she played in the semifinals; in 2015 she lost in the second round again; and in 2017, when Tan Zhongyi defeated her in the quarterfinals. Ju finally claimed the World Champion title in 2018 after a rematch with Tan, scoring 5.5 points.
She regularly took part in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix tournaments, increasing her rating and earning Grandmaster norms. She was second in October 2011 tournament, held in Nalchik, Russia, with a score of 7/11 points. With the same score, she finished second in the June 2014 tournament held in Georgia. Two months later, in August, she won—with 8.5/11 points—the sixth stage of the same 2013-2014 Grand Prix.
After winning two tournaments out of five events at the 2015-16 Grand Prix, Ju became the overall winner that year.
She was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2014, becoming her country's 31st grandmaster.
Ju is a two-time Women's Chinese Champion (2010, 2014).
Ever since 2008, Ju has played for the Chinese women's national team, helping to bring gold medals from the 2016 and 2018 Chess Olympiads, World's Team Championships (2009, 2011), Asian Nations Cup (2012, 2014, 2016), and the 2010 Asian Games.
"Attack is the best defense," Ju described her winning game strategy to children in her native Shanghai. "Try to be aggressive and create a challenge for your opponents."
Women's World #2
Ju Wenjun
Born: January 31, 1991 | Federation: China | Rating: 2580
Ju Wenjun was born in 1991 in Shanghai. She started playing chess in primary school in 1998. She continues to reside in her home city and represents the Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League.
Ju is the current Women's World Chess Champion, a title she's held since 2018, the year she won both a 10-game Championship match against Tan Zhongyi and a 64-player knockout Championship Tournament. She's Shanghai's first and China's sixth female world champion.
In 2004, Ju earned a bronze medal in the Asian Women's Championship, which qualified her to play in her first Women's World Championship Tournament in 2006. She got to the third round then.
She continued to compete in the world tournaments through ups and downs: in 2008 she got knocked out in the second round; in 2010 she got to the quarterfinals; in 2012 she played in the semifinals; in 2015 she lost in the second round again; and in 2017, when Tan Zhongyi defeated her in the quarterfinals. Ju finally claimed the World Champion title in 2018 after a rematch with Tan, scoring 5.5 points.
She regularly took part in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix tournaments, increasing her rating and earning Grandmaster norms. She was second in October 2011 tournament, held in Nalchik, Russia, with a score of 7/11 points. With the same score, she finished second in the June 2014 tournament held in Georgia. Two months later, in August, she won—with 8.5/11 points—the sixth stage of the same 2013-2014 Grand Prix.
After winning two tournaments out of five events at the 2015-16 Grand Prix, Ju became the overall winner that year.
She was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2014, becoming her country's 31st grandmaster.
Ju is a two-time Women's Chinese Champion (2010, 2014).
Ever since 2008, Ju has played for the Chinese women's national team, helping to bring gold medals from the 2016 and 2018 Chess Olympiads, World's Team Championships (2009, 2011), Asian Nations Cup (2012, 2014, 2016), and the 2010 Asian Games.
"Attack is the best defense," Ju described her winning game strategy to children in her native Shanghai. "Try to be aggressive and create a challenge for your opponents."
Ju Wenjun was born in 1991 in Shanghai. She started playing chess in primary school in 1998. She continues to reside in her home city and represents the Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League.
Ju is the current Women's World Chess Champion, a title she's held since 2018, the year she won both a 10-game Championship match against Tan Zhongyi and a 64-player knockout Championship Tournament. She's Shanghai's first and China's sixth female world champion.
In 2004, Ju earned a bronze medal in the Asian Women's Championship, which qualified her to play in her first Women's World Championship Tournament in 2006. She got to the third round then.
She continued to compete in the world tournaments through ups and downs: in 2008 she got knocked out in the second round; in 2010 she got to the quarterfinals; in 2012 she played in the semifinals; in 2015 she lost in the second round again; and in 2017, when Tan Zhongyi defeated her in the quarterfinals. Ju finally claimed the World Champion title in 2018 after a rematch with Tan, scoring 5.5 points.
She regularly took part in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix tournaments, increasing her rating and earning Grandmaster norms. She was second in October 2011 tournament, held in Nalchik, Russia, with a score of 7/11 points. With the same score, she finished second in the June 2014 tournament held in Georgia. Two months later, in August, she won—with 8.5/11 points—the sixth stage of the same 2013-2014 Grand Prix.
After winning two tournaments out of five events at the 2015-16 Grand Prix, Ju became the overall winner that year.
She was awarded the title of Grandmaster in 2014, becoming her country's 31st grandmaster.
Ju is a two-time Women's Chinese Champion (2010, 2014).
Ever since 2008, Ju has played for the Chinese women's national team, helping to bring gold medals from the 2016 and 2018 Chess Olympiads, World's Team Championships (2009, 2011), Asian Nations Cup (2012, 2014, 2016), and the 2010 Asian Games.
"Attack is the best defense," Ju described her winning game strategy to children in her native Shanghai. "Try to be aggressive and create a challenge for your opponents."