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Wenjun Ju
W Ju 
 

Number of games in database: 1,726
Years covered: 2002 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2580 (2542 rapid, 2491 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2604
Overall record: +535 -211 =408 (64.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 572 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (104) 
    E00 A40 D02 A41 E10
 King's Indian (87) 
    E62 E60 E67 E94 E97
 Catalan (79) 
    E04 E06 E01 E07 E09
 Queen's Gambit Declined (72) 
    D30 D35 D37 D31 D38
 Slav (61) 
    D11 D10 D12 D17 D16
 Reti System (59) 
    A06 A04 A05
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (195) 
    B90 B92 B53 B30 B22
 King's Indian (115) 
    E97 E92 E60 E90 E62
 Sicilian Najdorf (80) 
    B90 B92 B99 B97 B96
 Queen's Pawn Game (66) 
    D02 A45 A46 E10 A41
 Queen's Gambit Declined (62) 
    D38 D35 D37 D30 D36
 Nimzo Indian (35) 
    E32 E54 E48 E20 E46
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Savchenko vs W Ju, 2012 0-1
   W Ju vs N L Lane, 2017 1-0
   W Ju vs Goryachkina, 2020 1-0
   F Sun vs W Ju, 2017 0-1
   W Ju vs Z Tan, 2018 1/2-1/2
   K Zhu vs W Ju, 2016 0-1
   K Ambartsumova vs W Ju, 2010 0-1
   T Gu vs W Ju, 2015 0-1
   W Ju vs R Chu, 2016 1-0
   Y Hou vs W Ju, 2017 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Chinese Championship (Women) (2010)
   FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah (2014)
   Chinese Chess League (2016)
   12th Norway Chess Women (2024)
   Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (Women) (2010)
   Women's World Team Championship (2013)
   New Zealand Open (2016)
   SportAccord World Mind Games (Women, Basque) (2013)
   Chinese Team Championship (2015)
   Trophee Anatoly Karpov (2012)
   Chinese Chess League (2017)
   Nanjing Women's FIDE Grand Prix (2009)
   Gibraltar Masters (2017)
   Baku Olympiad (Women) (2016)
   Pro Chess League (2018)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   The Charlestonian System by offramp
   Catalan, Open 5. Nf3 by ericlbrown

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Norway Chess (Women)
   Koneru vs W Ju (Jun-06-25) 1/2-1/2
   Koneru vs W Ju (Jun-06-25) 1-0, armageddon
   W Ju vs A Muzychuk (Jun-05-25) 0-1
   R Vaishali vs W Ju (Jun-03-25) 1/2-1/2
   R Vaishali vs W Ju (Jun-03-25) 1-0, armageddon

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WENJUN JU
(born Jan-31-1991, 34 years old) China
PRONUNCIATION:
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Wenjun Ju was awarded the title of WGM in 2009 and that of GM in 2011. She was Chinese Women's Champion in 2010 and 2014.

Ju defeated fellow Chinese player Zhongyi Tan 5.5/10 in the Tan - Ju Women's World Championship Match (2018) to become Women's World Champion for the first time. Later that year, she successfully defended her title in the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2018), winning a close match against Mariya Muzychuk in the final, scoring 2-0 in the concluding 10 + 10 rapid games. She faced Aleksandra Goryachkina in the Ju - Goryachkina Women's World Championship Match (2020). They tied 6-6 in regulation, but Ju scored 2.5/4 in the rapid tiebreak to win the match and retain her title. She defeated Tingjie Lei, another Chinese player, 6.5-5.5 to win the Ju - Lei Women's World Championship Match (2023). The Ju - Tan Women's World Championship Match (2025) was a reprise of their 2018 championship match. This time Ju won decisively, scoring 6.5/9.

GM norms

At the Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (Women) (2010), Ju won individual silver on board 2 and her first GM norm. She won her 2nd GM norm at the 1st Hangzhou Women's GM Tournament (2011), and her 3rd GM norm came with her second place (with 7/11) at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nalchik (2011). She achieved three more GM norms before her application for the grandmaster title was forwarded to FIDE: at the Women Grand Prix Jermuk (2012), the Dubai Open in 2013 and the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota (2014). The effective date of her title is 21 October 2011, dated to the final round of the Nalchik event, as she had already reached a rating of 2500 a couple of years previously.

Championships

Ju won the Chinese Championship (Women) (2010). She qualified for the Women's World Championship Knockout Tournament (2012), and defeated Iranian WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan, US IM and WGM Anna Zatonskih, Ukrainian GM Natalia Zhukova and compatriot WGM Qian Huang to reach the semi-final. There she played and lost to Ukrainian IM and WGM Anna Ushenina in the first set of rapid game tiebreakers. In 2014 she won the Women's Chinese Championship for a second time with a score of 8.5/11.

Ju was =5th at the Women Grand Prix Geneva (2013), picking up her first points in the women's Grand prix series, some 75 points. 6th place at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Tashkent (2013) earned her another 70 Grand Prix points that accrued to 6th place, but was not enough to keep her in meaningful contention. Nevertheless, in June 2014, she was =2nd in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota (2014) and in September 2014 she went one better by placing =1st alongside Yifan Hou at the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah (2014). She managed to place 3rd in the Women's Grand Prix series for 2013-14 with 340 points, 40 points behind the runner-up Humpy Koneru.

Ju played in Zonal 3.5, a qualifier for the (open) World Cup 2015, in November 2014, and placed 8th with a score of 7/11, losing 14 rating points for her pains.

In May 2018, she challenged the Women's World Champion of 2017, Zhongyi Tan, in the Tan - Ju Women's World Championship Match (2018) that was played in Shanghai (games 1-5) and Chongqing (games 6-10). She took the title by winning the 10 game match by 5.5-4.5 (+3 -2 =5), becoming the 17th Women's World Champion.

Team Events

<Chinese League> Wenjun Ju has played for the Shanghai team every year since 2005 inclusive, helping her team win the gold medal in 2008, 2009 and 2012, the silver medal in 2011 and bronze in 2005, 2007 and 2013.

<National Team> In March 2013, she shone on board 1 for the Chinese team at the Women's World Team Championship (2013) held in Astana, when she scored an individual gold medal with 7/9, enabling her team to salvage 5th place in the event. In 2014 she was a member of the Chinese team that won the Asian Nations Cup (Women) (2014). Playing board 2 for China, she helped her team to a silver medal at the Tromso Olympiad (Women) (2014), and earned an individual bronze for her board.

Standard Tournaments

In January 2013, she scored a rating-neutral 6/10 at the Gibraltar Masters (2013). In April 2013 she placed =2nd at the Dubai Open, half a point behind the winner, with 7/9 (+5 =4) and a 2683 performance rating, chalking up yet another GM norm result. She placed =5th in the Women Grand Prix Geneva (2013) in May 2013, the first leg of the Women's Grand Prix series for 2013-14, with a score of 6/11. In May 2014, she was =1st alongside Tingjie Lei in the 4th China (XiShan) Chess Women Masters Tournament

Ratings and Rankings

Wenjun Ju's highest rating to date was 2582 in October 2014, when she also reached her highest ranking, #3 amongst women.

References

Live rating: http://www.2700chess.com/women; Wikipedia article: Ju Wenjun

Last updated: 2025-04-16 16:15:59

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 page 1 of 70; games 1-25 of 1,726  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Dronavalli vs W Ju  1-0332002Wch U12 GirlsE64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
2. W Ju vs S Navabi  1-0602004Asia-ch (Women)A21 English
3. W Ju vs J Zhang  0-1842004Asia-ch (Women)B78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
4. E Karavade vs W Ju  0-1542004Asia-ch (Women)E92 King's Indian
5. W Ju vs Y Hou ½-½612004Asian-ch (Women)A37 English, Symmetrical
6. W Ju vs S Meenakshi  1-0292004Asia-ch (Women)A14 English
7. A Malikgulyewa vs W Ju  0-1392004Asia-ch (Women)E70 King's Indian
8. H Lou vs W Ju  0-1492005Jinan Torch CupB58 Sicilian
9. W Ju vs Y Xu  0-1162005Jinan Torch CupD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
10. Z An vs W Ju  1-0512005Jinan Torch CupB89 Sicilian
11. Liu Pei vs W Ju  0-1602005CHN-chT Torch Real Estate CupE81 King's Indian, Samisch
12. W Ju vs N Yang  0-1802005Torch CupA34 English, Symmetrical
13. W Ju vs Sun Xinyue  1-0672005Torch CupD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
14. Y Shen vs W Ju  1-0302005Torch CupB69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6
15. W Ju vs V Stets  0-1282006Moscow Aeroflot op-CA10 English
16. W Ju vs S Zhelesny  1-0532006Moscow Aeroflot op-CA45 Queen's Pawn Game
17. A Tjurin vs W Ju  1-0432006Moscow Aeroflot op-CB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
18. M Socko vs W Ju  ½-½512006Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentE99 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov
19. W Ju vs M Socko 1-0592006Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentA10 English
20. N Dzagnidze vs W Ju  ½-½312006Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentA48 King's Indian
21. W Ju vs N Dzagnidze  ½-½412006Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentA33 English, Symmetrical
22. N Dzagnidze vs W Ju 0-1832006Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentE90 King's Indian
23. W Ju vs N Dzagnidze ½-½632006Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentE17 Queen's Indian
24. W Ju vs Chiburdanidze  ½-½232006Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentE15 Queen's Indian
25. Chiburdanidze vs W Ju 1-0212006Women's World Championship Knockout TournamentA46 Queen's Pawn Game
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Oct-01-18  WorstPlayerEver: http://www.thechessdrum.net/newsbri...
Nov-17-18  UncleTarrasch: Good luck to you Ju and Lagno too in the final. If you win, you have proven to fellow players and fans once more that you're indeed the undisputed women's world #1 today
Nov-23-18  Octavia: Congratulations !!! This time it may even be for a whole year! There'll be a tournament to decide the challenger next year. So, enjoy being the female worldchesschampion!!!
Nov-23-18  markz: Congratulations world champion!
Nov-23-18  sonia91: Congratulations on defending your world champion title in the tough knockout tournament!

In a year, Ju won the World Rapid Championship (Women) (2017), the Women's World Championship (2018) match, the Chess Olympiad (Women) (2018) (plus the individual gold medal on board 1!) and now the Women's World Championship KO (2018)!

Nov-23-18  JimNorCal: GM Lagno put up a tough fight. GM Ju can be proud of the win
Nov-25-18  nok: I'll note scarfs are a common piece of clothing in the world, including Europe up until last century, regardless of ideology.
Nov-26-18  Nietzowitsch: All <truth> passes through three stages.

First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

Nov-26-18  JimNorCal: One truth that is not very controversial: GM Ju has retained her W.C. title. She swept through the early rounds but GM Lagno gave her a shock in the Final. Ju came from behind and won in the tense tie break round. Congratulations GM Ju
Nov-26-18  Count Wedgemore: I've looked through Ju's games in this World Championship, and I'm very impressed with her play. Her playing style is very solid, counterattacking and despite some mishaps here and there, very, very accurate chess. A worthy World Women's Champion.

And she's quite the looker as well (in your face! All you PC police out there).

Nov-26-18  dumbgai: Glad to see a bunch of toxic comments were removed by the admins. Back on topic, hopefully Ju gets to hold on to the title for more than a year this time!
Nov-26-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  saffuna: Outstanding! And that includes deleting my one post above.
Nov-27-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <dumbgai>, so am I.
Nov-27-18  JimNorCal: Yes, thank you admins. Also, the whistle blowers
Nov-27-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: Congrats to wenjun for a well-fought victory. Womens chess is often more exciting than men's at the highest levels.

<Nietzowitsch: All <truth> passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.>

You left out the fourth stage: It is deleted and the cycle starts over again.

Nov-27-18  posoo: da old posoo's comments supporting women and opposing their objectification have been deleted from this page.
Nov-27-18  posoo: Seriously, why does JimNorCal's cringe-worthy post asserting that Ju inarguably looks better in a hijab remain, while my gently chiding him for latent sexism has been removed?

Dis is da kind of stuff dat makes people think about TUMPORARY restraning orders ans PREOLIMANARY injunctions lol!

Then again I don't pay any muney to be on dis site.

Nov-27-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: Neither do I.
Nov-27-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  alexmagnus: Is it sexist to say a man is handsome? If not, then it's not sexist to say a woman is beautiful.

If some notion is considered sexist only for one gender, it's not sexist. Those who consider it sexist are sexist, as they, per definition, apply different standards on both sexes.

Nov-27-18  posoo: lol Ulux Mugnus, it is sexist to say dat a woman INARGUABLY looks da best when she dresses according to ur preference.

Dis is why chesplayors r genrly sad and loanly.

Nov-27-18  JimNorCal: posoo: I don't pay any money either. I wouldn't mind if they deleted that post. btw, I said GM Ju looks better with NO hijab not WITH a hijab.

also btw, who knew! posoo, dialect and all, is a SJW! :) :)

Nov-27-18  JimNorCal: posoo, reading the "posting guidelines" carefully, it appears you can say what you want about the players but you need to be on your toes when you write about a fellow member of CG.com.

OK: Ju WenJun is pretty.
OUT: JimNorCal is sexist.

Even if both are true, one of the two statements is FAR more likely to be deleted, yes?

fwiw, I took no offense at what you said, posoo. Are you imitating a Cajun dialect? I've met some folks from Louisiana. Maybe the people in the country have a strong dialect but the ones I met from New Orleans do not even have a southern accent. They have no obvious accent at all, at least to my ears.

Nov-30-18  posoo: NIMJORCAL

very keen stuff

I am not IMITATING any dialect for dis is all I can do. But I do LIKE John Kennedy Toole.

Thank you for da EMANENTLY sensible post and BLESSINGS

Dec-29-18  sonia91: Congratulations on retaining the women's world rapid title! She also gained lots of rating points at the King Salman Rapid World Championship (Women) (2018) to become the new women's world #1 in rapid chess.
Feb-15-19  Diana Fernanda: Ju Wenjun Is one women beutifull chinese Is too one strongh chess player. We loveme girl the Worlds
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