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[Event "FIDE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2025"]
[Site "chongqing, China"]
[Date "2025.04.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteFideId "8603006"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackFideId "8603642"]
[TimeControl "90m+30s"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/2..."]
[StudyName "Chongqing | Game 7"]
[ChapterName "Ju, Wenjun - Tan, Zhongyi"]
1. e4 [%clk 1:30:56] 1... c5 [%clk 1:30:47] 2. Nf3 [%clk 1:31:20] 2... Nc6 [%clk 1:31:10] 3. Bb5 [%clk 1:31:28] 3... e6 [%clk 1:31:31] 4. O-O [%clk 1:31:32] 4... Nge7 [%clk 1:31:32] 5. d4 [%clk 1:30:58] 5... cxd4 [%clk 1:31:08] 6. Nxd4 [%clk 1:31:23] 6... Qb6 [%clk 1:31:18] 7. Nxc6 [%clk 1:30:26] 7... bxc6 [%clk 1:31:04] 8. Bd3 [%clk 1:26:45] 8... Ng6 [%clk 1:30:44] 9. c4 [%clk 1:22:46] 9... Be7 [%clk 1:30:33] 10. Nc3 [%clk 1:23:04] 10... O-O [%clk 1:30:31] 11. Na4 [%clk 1:18:28] 11... Qc7 [%clk 1:21:11] 12. c5 [%clk 1:18:33] 12... d5 [%clk 1:19:38] 13. cxd6 [%clk 1:18:36] 13... Bxd6 [%clk 1:20:00] 14. Qh5 [%clk 1:10:00] 14... Rb8 [%clk 1:08:59] *
click for larger viewI got that at LiChess. |
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Apr-13-25
| | offramp: 19...Ba6.
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I think Black has a good position. |
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Apr-13-25
| | offramp: 38...Ba8
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Black is in a bad way. |
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Apr-13-25
| | offramp: 41. Kg4.
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Material is level but the ♗ at a8 is a sick puppy🐶🐕🐕🦺🦮🐩. |
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Apr-13-25
| | offramp: 1-0. At the press conference Zhongyi Tan was - the best word is <downcast>. She looked like she had a big raincloud direct over her head. She looks like one of those managers of Tobishi who have been required to make a public confession of their failures. |
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Apr-13-25
| | offramp: <offramp: ...Wenjun Ju, aged 34, was born in Chongqing> I suppose the organising committee for the Chongqing half are delighted to see her back home. Their elation must be a bit muted. After <1> game of the second half (i.e. game 7), the score is 4-1, with 2 draws, to the local heroine Wenjun Ju. Zhongyi Tan might try to win 3 games in 5 games. Yeah right. Otherwise she could try to draw the next five games as quickly as possible, then go home. The second half of this match might be a bit garbage. |
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Apr-13-25
 | | Atterdag: An unfortunate meltdown for the great Tan Zhongyi, who otherwise has done very well the past couple of years. She must be quite disheartened now. |
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Apr-14-25
 | | PawnSac: < Atterdag: <PawnSac> Rarely has Alekhine been associated with comedy.. > I know! He was not a happy fellow. But it reminds me of a line I heard from a comedian:
"If you lose love, you get new love. If you lose money, you get new money. But if you lose your sense of humor, you lost everything!" < As for your assessment of the match, I concur > Yes its a very difficult situation for Tan. Objectively.. She is down 3, so she must win 3 of the next 5, and draw the others, or match a win with +4. The match thus far suggests this is highly unlikely. So what should she do?? If I was in her situation, and realizing the match is for the most part lost, AND, if I was serious about the world championship, I would use the remaining games, in preparation for a rematch, to probe for Ju's weaknesses. She would have to do what Kramnik did against Kasparov. He prepared specifically to beat that guy. His Berlin work was the ace in the hole, but it was a game of psychology. Tournament play and match play are very different. The odds against Tan are high, but let's see how she reacts to it. |
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| Apr-14-25 | | visayanbraindoctor: I believe it is Tan Zhongyi that was born in Chongqing. And Ju Wenjun that was born in Shanghai. |
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Apr-14-25
| | offramp: The game is underway.
[Event "FIDE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2025"]
[Site "chongqing, China"]
[Date "2025.04.13"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Black "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteFideId "8603642"]
[BlackElo "2561"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackFideId "8603006"]
[TimeControl "90m+30s"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's Opening: Vienna Hybrid"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/t..."]
[StudyName "Chongqing | Game 8"]
[ChapterName "Tan, Zhongyi - Ju, Wenjun"]
1. e4 [%clk 1:30:54] 1... e5 [%clk 1:30:50] 2. Nc3 [%clk 1:31:17] 2... Nf6 [%clk 1:30:41] 3. Bc4 [%clk 1:31:38] 3... Nc6 [%clk 1:28:17] 4. d3 [%clk 1:31:47] 4... Bb4 [%clk 1:27:21] 5. Nf3 [%clk 1:31:26] 5... d6 [%clk 1:25:40] 6. O-O [%clk 1:30:53] 6... Bxc3 [%clk 1:25:08] 7. bxc3 [%clk 1:31:16] 7... O-O [%clk 1:25:29] 8. Bg5 [%clk 1:25:34] 8... h6 [%clk 1:25:55] 9. Bh4 [%clk 1:26:00] 9... Na5 [%clk 1:13:36] 10. Bb3 [%clk 1:26:16] 10... Nxb3 [%clk 1:09:29] 11. axb3 [%clk 1:26:41] 11... Qe7 [%clk 1:09:22] 12. Re1 [%clk 1:19:59] 12... Qe6 [%clk 0:55:28] 13. d4 [%clk 1:18:38] 13... Nd7 [%clk 0:55:28] 14. Qd3 [%clk 1:13:15] 14... a6 [%clk 0:53:17] 15. Rad1 [%clk 1:08:43] 15... Re8 [%clk 0:47:32] 16. Bg3 [%clk 1:08:38] 16... b5 [%clk 0:46:36] 17. Nd2 [%clk 1:04:51] 17... Nf6 [%clk 0:43:15] *
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Apr-14-25
| | Atterdag: <... But if you lose your sense of humor, you lost everything!> Very true, <PawnSac>. No sense of humour, self-irony in particular, is something at a person's character, which is really hard to cope with. |
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Apr-14-25
| | offramp: 30. Qa7.
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I think Black is going to win this game. The passed pawn might be too strong. |
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Apr-14-25
 | | perfidious: After the further moves 30....bxc4 31.Qxc7 Bb5, there appears to be nothing to set against the c-pawn's inexorable march to glory. |
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Apr-14-25
 | | Sally Simpson: <PawnSac> Yes 😊 My first published chess cartoon featured imprints in the snow. A chap was walking in the snow towards a building titled 'Chess Tournament' and was leaving ? shaped imprints in the snow. I like doing these kind of jokes, jokes only chess players would get. It's our own private world. And Alekhine! His book of best games once saved my life. https://www.redhotpawn.com/chess-bl... Back on track.
<I would use the remaining games, in preparation for a rematch, to probe for Ju's weaknesses.> I think that would be a mistake. Ju would then work to eradicate a discovered weakness. |
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Apr-14-25
| | perfidious: Ju is now tanking, having burnt up half her remaining time at move 32 and still on move. |
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Apr-14-25
| | perfidious: The passed c-pawn perishes, but for the greater good: White's kingside now gets defoliated. |
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Apr-14-25
| | Atterdag: At move 44 in the 8th game, Ju's next victory is secured.
One wouldn't think that there were only 6 Elo points between those two, when the match began. |
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| Apr-14-25 | | Muttley101: Miroshnichenko, one of the commentators, is musing on black playing ... Kf5 instead of ... Kg5, allowing g4+ liquidating the h-pawn, and all white has to do is capture the c-pawn, and sac the knight for the g-pawn, and it's a drawn bishop and wrong-colour rook pawn ending. Club level stuff, of course, but it shows how, even in a winning B vs N ending pawn up with better minor piece, one has to be careful. |
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Apr-14-25
 | | alexmagnus: Last men's WC: everyone expects a lopsided match, it ends up very tense and exciting. Current women's WC: everyone expects a tense and exciting match, it ends up very lopsided. And you keep telling me, the <world cup> is a lottery? World cup and long matches are both equally hard to predict, though for different reasons. For World Cup, it is the shortness of the matches. For long matches, it is preparation and psychology. It's just that as WC matches are usually between very strong players, nobody notices the "randomness". |
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Apr-14-25
| | alexmagnus: Now Ju needs just one draw from the remaining four games to win the match. |
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Apr-14-25
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53...h2 & 0-1. |
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Apr-15-25
 | | ketchuplover: mega kudos to the winner |
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Apr-16-25
| | offramp: Game 9 is in progress.
[Event "FIDE WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2025"]
[Site "chongqing, China"]
[Date "2025.04.16"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ju, Wenjun"]
[Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteElo "2561"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteFideId "8603006"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[BlackFideId "8603642"]
[TimeControl "90m+30s"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/p..."]
[StudyName "Chongqing | Game 9"]
[ChapterName "Ju, Wenjun - Tan, Zhongyi"]
1. e4 [%clk 1:30:56] 1... c5 [%clk 1:30:54] 2. Nf3 [%clk 1:31:21] 2... Nc6 [%clk 1:31:18] 3. Bb5 [%clk 1:31:41] 3... e6 [%clk 1:31:42] 4. O-O [%clk 1:31:46] 4... Nge7 [%clk 1:32:06] 5. Re1 [%clk 1:31:55] 5... Nd4 [%clk 1:32:23] 6. Nxd4 [%clk 1:31:13] 6... cxd4 [%clk 1:32:45] 7. c3 [%clk 1:30:24] 7... a6 [%clk 1:32:35] 8. Bf1 [%clk 1:27:23] 8... Nc6 [%clk 1:32:57] 9. Na3 [%clk 1:24:51] 9... Be7 [%clk 1:31:11] 10. Nc2 [%clk 1:23:28] 10... d5 [%clk 1:31:16] * 
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Apr-16-25
| | offramp: Game 9 has been agreed a draw, or perhaps a repetition. |
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| Apr-16-25 | | edbermac: Game 9 just drawn. Ju Wenjun is WWCC. Press conference now. |
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