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"The 2018 Women's World Chess Championship is an upcoming match between Tan Zhongyi, the 2017 Women's World Chess champion, and challenger Ju Wenjun. Ju Wenjun qualified by winning the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015-16."
Place: Shanghai/Chongqing, China
Start: 2 May 2018
End: 20 May 2018
Remarks: The first half of the match will be organized from 2nd to 9th in Shanghai and the latter half will be organized from 11th to 20th May in Chongqing.
The Women’s World Chess Championship starts tomorrow.
A press conference was held at the InterContinental Shanghai Jing’an today.
Vice-president of the FIDE Boris Kutin, deputy-director of the China National general administration of sports chess sports management center、Vice-president of the China chess association、Coach of the China national team Ye Jiangchuan, Vice-director of Shanghai general administration of sports Zhao Guangsheng, Vice-director of Chongqing general administration of sports Zhang Xin, Director of Chongqing Chess Sports management center、president of Chongqing Chess Institute Ke Ping, Director of Shanghai Chess Sports management center、 president of Shanghai Chess Institute Shan Lixia, chief arbiter, Women’s grandmaster, Ms Anastasia Sorokina and the two players: The current champion Tan Zhongyi and the challenger Ju Wenjun attended the Press conference.
There will be a 10-game match in Shanghai and Chongqing. The new champion will be the first player who reaches 5.5 point. A rapid (25+10) playoff will be held if the two players draw the match. If the scores are level after the four rapid games, then, after a new drawing of colours, a match of two games will be played with a time control of five minutes plus three seconds' increment after each move. In case of a level score, another two-game match will be played to determine a winner. If there is still no winner after five such matches (i.e. after ten games), one sudden-death game will be played.
The drawing of lots and technical meeting was hosted by chief arbiter, Ms Anastasia Sorokina. Ju Wenjun will play white tomorrow. The players will switch colours after 4 games.
The prize fund for this match is 200,000 Euros and will be split between the players as follows: 60% for the winner and 40% to the loser if the match ends within the 10 regular games. In case the winner is decided by tie-break games, she will receive 55% and loser 45%.
The games will start at 3 p.m. local time. I reckon that this is 3 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time.
Ian Rogers tweets - Women's World Chess Championship web site announced as http://China2018.fide.com. Team of 4 commentators, in Mandarin only. Technical meeting imposes tough security rules - no pens, watches, half hour transmission delay. So, broadcasts will start at 3.30 Shanghai time.
This description of the action from the official site:
The FIDE women’s world chess championship match began inside InterContinental Hotel Jing’an Suburb Shanghai. After a 5-hour-long contest, the challenger Ju Wenjun and the current champion Tan Zhongyi drew this first game.
In the opening, Tan Zhongyi chose the queen’s gambit accepted with black，that was not what Ju Wenjun was expecting. Ju Wenjun spent a lot of time on opening, whereas Tan Zhongyi quickly got a complex position.
There is big time difference on the clock, however there in no obvious advantage on the board. Tan Zhongyi was the more active side. And then the fight was concentrated in the middle of the board. After a sharp move 14...Ne5，Tan Zhongyi decided to bring the game into a fierce battle. Later in the post-game conference, they had different opinions about this move, Tan Zhongyi believed that it was necessary while Ju Wenjun thought that another simple move such as 14...Be5 would give black the better position. In their game, after some fight under time control, Ju Wenjun brought it to a Knight Pawn – Bishop Pawn ending. Continuous Pressure from Ju Wenjun during the next nearly 30 moves, Tan Zhongyi dealt with them all. A draw was agreed and ended this this first game after 63 moves.
Later in the post-game conference, Tan Zhongyi said she was psychologically prepared. She would have preferred to have white in the first game. But accepted the challenge and did it well. Ju Wenjun says it is not rare to have a 5-hours game. Quality is what she cares about.
Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi are the same age. Being teammates fighting for honor, they are more like good friends. In the past 3 years, Ju Wenjun’s score doesn’t look as good as Tan Zhongyi’s. Ju Wenjun was asked whether this was going to be a problem for her? She said: Past results will never be my concern, every match is a new beginning. Tan Zhongyi and I, we know each other very well, that will make this match a brand-new experience and I am excited for it.
When they were asked about the difference between classical robin tournament and this match, Tan Zhongyi said this is a challenge for her, while Ju Wenjun felt this kind of form helps players stay focused. And both of them were satisfied with today’s game and result.
World Women’s Championship 2018
Chongqing/Shanghai, China
Game 1, May 3, 2018
Ju Wenjun – Tan Zhongyi
D20 QGA
In today’s game, Tan Zhongyi played c4 in the first move, instead of her more common move d4, meant to play out of Ju Wenjun’s preparation. What surprised us is, Ju Wenjun was prepared and played unusual moves. Tan Zhongyi said after the game: Have no idea how to do after the 2nd move.
Instead of taking advantages from opening with white, Tan Zhongyi fell into disadvantageous position in that complex situation. After that, another mistake was made in the 22nd move due to too much confidence in her onboard analysis. That gave Ju Wenjun the opportunity to increase her advantage. After fierce battle, Ju Wenjun won the game. What is worth mentioning is that, Ju Wenjun also made few mistakes due to the time pressure and there was actually a good chance for Tan Zhongyi to save the game. Short of thinking time though, Tan Zhongyi lost it.
Later at the post game conference, Tan Zhongyi didn’t look depressed, there were moments she laughed.
Looking back to the past two games, Tan Zhongyi says: I had a successful opening in the 1st game, but didn’t play well after that. A big mistake was made in the 2nd game. What is needed now is to go back to the status quo. I believe nobody feels happy when they lose but I am good at working under pressure.” Tan Zhongyi said. .
Both of them refused questions regarding to their seconds and team. I was told by the coach of Shanghai team, WGM Wang Pin, that the famous Chinese GM Ni Hua now is also the coach of the Shanghai team, he is in charge of technical issues. In today’s game, Ju Wenjun got Tan Zhongyi into trouble in 2 moves, so should we consider this as Ju Wenjun Team’s pregame preparation? Hopefully we will figure it out soon.
5th May is the 1st rest day in championship match. They were asked about plan in break. “Play games！” Tan Zhongyi says without hesitation. “I think I will stay in the hotel, not going out.”
“Well, no decision yet,” says Ju Wenjun.
The 3rd game of the Women’s World Championship Match will start on 6th of May at 3 p.m. local time.
Game 2, May 4, 2018
Tan Zhongyi – Ju Wenjun
A21 English, Kramnik-Shirov Counter-Attack
Ian Rogers at the Match tweets - Weird press conference after Ju Wenjun's win over Tan Zhongyi in the second game of the Women's World Chess Championship in Shanghai. Ju looked seriously depressed at having beaten her friend, while Tan was able to smile and even laugh. Game 3 on May 6, Ju leading 1.5-0.5.
“The first five rounds will be held in Ju Wenjun’s birthplace, the 24 million people metropolis of Shanghai, before switching 1500km west to Tan Zhongyi’s birthplace, Chongqing, which has a mere 8.5 million or so in its central urban area (but over 30 million in the municipality as a whole!)”
I thought this must be unique, to hold the match in the birthplace of each of the contestants.
Then I tried to remember what World Men’s Champions played a match in the city of their birth.
Certainly, Capablanca played in Havana, Euwe played in Amsterdam and Smyslov played in Moscow.
I don’t think Anand was born in Chennai, Spassky was born in Leningrad and there were no matches there, Marshall was born in New York City and played Lasker a match there.
So, I end up with Capablanca, Euwe, Smyslov and Marshall.
Fischer played a match in the city of his death (Reykjavik).
This has become a fascinating thread. :)
Several (four?) games from the 1934 Alekhine - Bogoljubov World Championship Rematch were played in Freiburg and Villingen-Schwenningen. Bogoljubov died in Triberg. All three are basically villages in Schwarzwald, within aboiut 50-kilometer radius.
There is almost no publicity for this match. One way to get some is to have a good chess correspondent on site. Ian Rogers is there, probably on his own dollar. He has published his account of the match so far at:
“The ongoing Women’s World Championship in Shanghai between Tan Zhongyi and challenger Ju Wenjun – yes it’s on right now! – has suffered a quadruple whammy.
Not only were players from the same country fighting for the title, with the world’s best female player Hou Yifan declining to compete any longer in the Women’s World Championship cycle, and the match is being played in a time zone which almost rules out a US audience, but also the world body FIDE – ostensibly the controlling body of the event – ignored the match until it began.
FIDE is suffering from massive internal upheaval, but that hardly excused not bothering to advertise the match or provide a web site until late in the day.
The Chinese hosts certainly noticed FIDE’s neglect and it was also noted that neither of the two people claiming to have the powers of the FIDE President attended the opening ceremony.
So, inevitably, while Chinese media and officials turned out in force for Tuesday’s opening, the occasion – and the start of a 10 game, 200,000 Euro title match – passed almost without notice outside China.
The two competitors are reigning Champion Tan Zhongyi and challenger Ju Wenjun, both born in 1991 and rivals since the age of 11. Long-time Chinese national team trainer Yu Shaoteng explained, “The players are more than friends, almost like sisters. They are the same age and have played together, both in junior events and in teams, for years.”
Tan unexpectedly became Women’s World Champion at the knock-out tournament in Tehran in 2017, beating top seeded Ju in a semi-final upset and second seed Anna Muzychuk in the final. However Tan admitted at her final competition before the title match, the Chinese League matches, that, although she had been preparing hard for a year, she was having trouble even becoming nervous about the contest against her friend.
The friendship between the two did not stop Tan Zhongyi and Ju Wenjun’s respective home cities, Chongqing and Shanghai, bidding against each other for the match; an expensive compromise involving the first half being played in Shanghai and the second in Chongqing only being decided six weeks before the match was scheduled to begin. Both cities secured independent sponsors; the Shanghai half is known as the China Mobile Women’s World Championship Match on all posters.”
M.Botvinnik played many matches in the city of his death - Moscow. T.Petrosian also died in Moscow and played 3 matches there. As well, M.Tal died in Moscow and played 2 matches against Botvinnik in this city.
Last edited by Victor Plotkin; Monday, 7th May, 2018, 11:30 AM.
- oh, interesting! After round 3 I thought this wouldn't be much of a fight, nice to see Tan Zhongyi fight back
- the critical mistake was 23... Nxd2 , which activated the d3B
- indeed
- I guess she was afraid of the knight coming to f3 and joining the attack but giving up her own strong knight to stop that was a mistake as we know now
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Monday, 7th May, 2018, 01:12 PM.
The 2018 FIDE women’s world chess championship match had the 5th game inside the InterContinental Hotel Jing’an Suburb of Shanghai on 9th May. The challenger Ju Wenjun defeated the current champion Tan Zhongyi. 3.5:1.5, ending the first half match 2 scores ahead.
This 5th game is the last game of the first half in the championship match. According to the match rule, the two sides will change the first-second move turn after four games. That means, Tan Zhongyi will still play white. For Tan Zhongyi, this is her best opportunity to catch up score after her win in the 4th. For Ju Wenjun, she cannot afford to lose another extra point.
At today’s beginning, Tan Zhongyi played e4 in the first move, which she seldom does. Ju Wenjun reacted with 1...e5 and they went to the Bishop’s opening quickly. Tan Zhongyi played precisely and steadily. They fought into the middlegame. Tan Zhongyi played one or two weak moves, which affected her initiative. Ju Wenjun grabbed the opportunity and got a better position.
After that, under a lot of pressure, Tan Zhongyi sacrificed a pawn to gain a pair of bishops. But they found soon this was a big mistake for giving Ju Wenjun more chance to move pieces close to King side gradually. Various threats made Tan Zhongyi unable to fight back. When getting close to the 1st time limit, the white king fell into a hopeless situation. After 35 moves Tan Zhongyi resigned.
In the post-game conference, Tan Zhongyi said that her decision to play 1.e4 wasn’t specialized preparation, she just wanted to skip over the beginning and go straight to the fighting like yesterday. Ju Wenjun said the 1.e4 was more or less surprised her but fortunately she knows about this opening so played her side well.
When reviewing the game, Tan Zhongyi said that 11.Re1 was not a good move, as the black (i.e. queen’s) bishop was stuck after Ju Wenjun’s 11...h6. Ju Wenjun felt a bit advantage after 13...e4. Apart from that, both of them believe the White 19.Ne5 was a big mistake. Tan Zhongyi gave up one pawn to gain two bishops, but practically there was not enough compensation for the sacrifice.
When they were asked about the feeling of the first half championship match, Ju Wenjun said she was surprised at being 2 points ahead. She felt that Tan Zhongyi is not playing her best, but still there is long way to go. Tan Zhongyi admits that and she said female chess players are always like this, wrong rhythm can mess up the whole competition. Tomorrow they will be going to Chongqing, she wishes she will play better in the following half match, with a new mood, in new surroundings, and in her hometown.
Up to now in the 2018 FIDE women’s world chess championship match, the first half 5 games have finished. The challenger Ju Wenjun has 3 wins 1 draw and 1 loss. 3.5:1.5 .According to Match schedule, the 6th game will be held on 3:00pm 12th May, at Chongqing.
One day changing cities plus one day rest, 3:00pm 12th May, 2018 FIDE women’s world chess championship match started its 2nd half game inside Chongqing Sun Kingdom Hotel.
Today in the 6th game, the current champion Tan Zhongyi finally won after a 6-hour fierce battle with the challenger Ju Wenjun. That makes the score 2.5:3.5.
Today, Ju Wenjun played White and the game started with the Catalan opening. That reminds us of their 3th game. Tan Zhongyi made some changes today at the 4th move, that gained equality. However, Ju Wenjun missed taking a pawn 19. Qxb7, which is actually worth a try. Later she didn’t play 22. f4, that to maintain her advantage. Tan Zhongyi was 2 scores behind back then, so she was more active, and accumulated some advantages step by step. Last move before 1st time limit, Ju Wenjun made a big mistake, 40.Bf1 and lost one pawn. That gave Tan Zhongyi the opportunity to gain more advantages, found out Ju Wenjun’s sticking point, and won victory on the 125th move. Today’s game lasted 6 hours, making it the longest in this match till now.
At the post-game conference, Ju Wenjun said she didn't see 19. Qxb7. Tan Zhongyi believed she would get compensation if sacrificed the pawn, so better to fight. Ju Wenjun felt the threat at the 40th move, but the time was running out with only 10 minutes left, no time for calculating future possibilities after 40.f4, so even though she knew was going to lose the f3 pawn she still went for Bf1. In the Queen rook ending, they two had different opinions, Ju Wenjun believed that rook ending will give black more chance to win, Tan Zhongyi believes the Queen rook ending is a more difficult task for her competitor, and the defence is not easy in reality, and she actually did that way.
Today is the first game at Tan Zhongyi’s hometown. Tan Zhongyi gains the victory after the long battle. She says herself didn't act good enough in previous game but will do her best in future games. Ju Wenjun says will adjust her being to get used to the surroundings in Chongqing and be ready to fight. 3:00pm 13th May Beijing time will be the time for their 7th game.
The 2018 FIDE women’s world chess championship match had the 7th game at the Chongqing Sun Kingdom Hotel. The challenger Ju Wenjun and the current champion Tan Zhongyi drew after a three-hours fight, and this is their second draw in this match. The challenger Ju Wenjun is leading by 4:3.
After 5 fierce games, today the game ended in a kind of peaceful way. In the beginning Tan Zhongyi played 1.d4, Ju Wenjun chose the Nimzowitsch system and soon turned it into the Ragozin defence which is her favorite. They both were familiar with it. Later In the middle game, the position looked calm but white controlled the d4 square and more space in the center, so the commentators, GM Li Chao and Huang Qian, both believed that white had the more comfortable game.
Unfortunately, Tan Zhongyi didn't make the best move that gave Ju Wenjun the opportunity to simplify the position. Inevitably, it went to an opposite color bishop ending which indicated a clear draw. At that moment, they decided not to play anymore and agreed to the draw.
At the post-game conference, they were asked their opinion of the game. Tan Zhongyi said, she didn’t like Ju Wenjun’s plan of 16...c4 ,18... Bd6, and 19...Qe7, which gave her a bit advantage at the center. White’s position was acceptable but Tan Zhongyi still believes she could have done better in some moment and will analyze it later.
In Ju Wenjun’s opinion, yes the White might have had a better opening but she doesn't think that white had the chance to increase that small advantage. And later in the middle game, her position actually turned better.
Both of them felt tired after 7 games especially after a long fight yesterday, and this was a part of reason that Ju Wenjun felt they both lost some fighting will today. Fortunately tomorrow will be another free day, they said they will definitely rest and do some walking.
The score in the Match is 4:3 in favor of Ju Wenjun. The 8th game will be held on 3:00pm 15th May.
Game 7, May 13, 2018
Tan Zhongyi – Ju Wenjun
E51 Nimzo-Indian
The 8th game took place inside the Chongqing Sun Kingdom Hotel. The challenger Ju Wenjun and the current champion Tan Zhongyi drew after a three hours fight, the score in the match is 4.5:3.5. Ju Wenjun has a one point lead.
Ju Wenjun played white today, she went for 1.d4 which she is quite familiar with. Tan Zhongyi made changes so to avoid the Catalan opening. After 4…f6 and 5…g5, Tan Zhongyi showed her intention to fight. Just like she said at the post game conference, there are not too many games left and she is still one point behind so she has to fight. Even though this variation might bring black into danger, but she believed it definitely worth a try. Ju Wenjun said, logically speaking, 4…Be7 or 4…Nf6 will be better. She wasn’t prepared for the variation otherwise she would have been better off. Apart from that, Tan Zhongyi was not happy with the move 7…Bd6 when she reviewed the game; it made the Kingside a weak spot. 7...Bg7 would have been better. Mr.Ye Jiangchuan had the same opinion, should have Nh6-f7 done before considering where the bishop to go.
Faced with the unfamiliar variation and the heat from Tan Zhongyi, Ju Wenjun coped pretty well. 11.e4,17.0-0-0，she played stable，controlling the initiative all the time. Though the computer suggested that white play 19.h4 instead of 19.c5, which will bring more advantage to white, both of them believed that Ju Wenjun's move 19.c5 was even better. The most crucial moment was at 26th，When Tan Zhongyi played 26...Rxe5 which actually was a blunder and gave white a great chance to win a piece！A simple and beautiful tactical combination 27.Rxe5 Nxe5 28.f4 Ng4 29.Qxf6 Nxf6 30.Bc4!, will bring white the win. But regrettably they both did not see it. With the hint given by computer at the post game conference, they were made aware of the missing chance. After that, they traded pieces on the opened center files and went to an equal ending, they agreed to a draw.
Interestingly, later at the post-game conference when two players were asked by the journalist who is their favorite chess player, Tan Zhongyi thought for a moment with smile on her face, then reflected ”Ding Liren”, whereas Ju Wenjun replied with careful consideration and answered: “if say that is the world champion, Kramnik is my favorite player”.
The 2018 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match has the two games left. As the challenger Ju Wenjun has already reached match point, she has better chance of winning the title of the world's champion if she successful gets one point in the last two rounds. While the defending champion Tan Zhongyi, only if she gets one and half points will she tie the match. On May 16 3:00p.m., the ninth round competition will be continued.
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