Ju Wenjun facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Ju Wenjun居文君 |
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Ju Wenjun at the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2024
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| Country | China |
| Born | 31 January 1991 Shanghai, China |
| Title | Grandmaster (2014) |
| Women's World Champion | 2018–present |
| FIDE rating | 2560 (August 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2604 (March 2017) |
Ju Wenjun (born January 31, 1991) is a famous Chinese chess player. She holds the highest title in chess, a Grandmaster. Ju Wenjun is currently the five-time Women's World Chess Champion. She is also the Women's World Blitz Chess Champion and has won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship twice. In 2017, she became one of only five women to reach a very high chess rating of 2600. She first became World Champion in May 2018. She has successfully defended her title four times since then.
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Chess Career Highlights
Ju Wenjun started playing chess when she was seven years old. She quickly showed great talent for the game.
Early Tournaments and Achievements
In December 2004, Ju Wenjun finished third in the Asian Women's Chess Championship. This success allowed her to play in her first Women's World Chess Championship in 2006. She continued to compete in this important event many times.
She won the Women's Chinese Chess Championship twice, in 2010 and 2014. In July 2011, she won the Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament without losing a single game. She even finished ahead of the then-world champion, Hou Yifan.
Becoming a Grandmaster
To become a Grandmaster, players need to achieve certain high-level results called "norms." Ju Wenjun earned her third norm in October 2011. However, a missing signature on one of her norm documents delayed her title.
She continued to play well, earning more norms. In November 2014, FIDE (the World Chess Federation) officially gave her the Grandmaster title. She was the 31st woman in history to achieve this.
World Championship Success
Ju Wenjun won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16. This victory qualified her to challenge the reigning champion, Tan Zhongyi, for the Women's World Chess Championship 2017. Ju won the match in May 2018, becoming the Women's World Chess Champion.
She defended her title in a 64-player knockout tournament in November 2018. Since then, she has successfully defended her title three more times:
- Against Aleksandra Goryachkina in 2020.
- Against Lei Tingjie in 2023.
- Against Tan Zhongyi in 2025.
Rapid and Blitz Championships
Ju Wenjun has also excelled in faster chess formats.
- In December 2017, she won the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship.
- She won the World Rapid Chess Championship again in December 2018.
- In December 2024, she won the Women's World Blitz Chess Championship.
Team Competitions
Ju Wenjun has been a key player for the Chinese national women's team since 2008. Her team has won many gold medals:
- The 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016 and 2018.
- The Women's World Team Chess Championship in 2009 and 2011.
- The Women's Asian Nations Chess Cup in 2012, 2014, and 2016.
- The 2010 Asian Games.
She also plays for the Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League.
Personal Life
Ju Wenjun studied at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. She graduated from the university in 2015.
See also
In Spanish: Ju Wenjun para niños
