Women’s World Chess Championship 2025, Game 2: Tan Zhongyi stuns reigning champion Ju Wenjun with white, takes lead

Women’s World Chess Championship 2025, Game 2: Tan Zhongyi stuns reigning champion Ju Wenjun with white, takes lead

Challenger GM Tan Zhongyi beat four-time defending champion GM Ju Wenjun in Game 2 to take 1.5-0.5 lead in the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship 2025 in Shanghai on Friday.

Tan Zhongyi takes advantage of 1 1⁄2 - 1⁄2 over the monarch Ju after the 2nd match game for the crown, in Shanghai. Whites: Tan, Zhongyi, China, 2,555. Blacks: Ju, Wenjun, China, 2,561. English, V. Four Horses, A29. R-2, C. Women's World, FIDE, Shanghai, 04–04-2025. 1.c4 Cf6 2.Cc3 e5 3.Cf3 Cc6 Configuration of the four English horses. 4.g3 The first master game with this scheme was Playon Rubinstein vs. Tarrash, 1/2, in 1914. 4...d5 5.cxd5 Cxd5 …

04-04-2025 ✅ Other types. The challenger defeated the current champion: Today, April 4, the second game of the match for the title of world chess champion ended. The current world champion Ju Wenjun is fighting for the victory... ᐉ football news ⚽ on UA-Football