Tan Zhongyi facts for kids
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| Country | China |
| Born | 29 May 1991 Chongqing, China |
| Title | Grandmaster (2017) |
| Women's World Champion | 2017–2018 |
| FIDE rating | 2510 (August 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2561 (December 2024) |
Tan Zhongyi (Chinese: 谭中怡; born on May 29, 1991) is a talented Chinese chess player. She holds the highest title in chess, which is Grandmaster (GM). Tan Zhongyi was the Women's World Champion from 2017 to 2018. She won this title at the 2017 world championship tournament held in Iran. In the final match, she beat another strong player, Anna Muzychuk.
Tan Zhongyi has also been the Women's World Rapid Champion. She has won the Chinese women's national championship three times in a row recently. Overall, she has won the national title five times, in 2015, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
She won the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024. This victory meant she earned the right to play against Ju Wenjun for the world title. Tan Zhongyi competed against Ju Wenjun in the Women's World Chess Championship 2025. However, she lost the match to Ju Wenjun with a score of 6.5 to 2.5.
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Early Life and Chess Beginnings
Tan Zhongyi was born in Chongqing, a large city in China. She started learning how to play chess when she was just six years old, in 1997.
Youth World Championships
Tan Zhongyi quickly showed her talent in chess. She won the World Youth U10 Girls Chess Championship twice. These wins happened in 2000 and 2001. Both tournaments were held in Oropesa del Mar, Spain. In 2002, she continued her success by winning the World Youth U12 Girls Chess Championship in Heraklion, Greece.
Key Achievements in Her Career
Tan Zhongyi has achieved many important victories throughout her chess career. She has won various tournaments and championships.
University and Asian Championships
In 2011, Tan Zhongyi won the women's chess tournament at the 2011 Summer Universiade. This event is like the Olympics for university students. It took place in Shenzhen, China. Her win also helped China's team get a gold medal. The next year, in 2012, she won the Women's World University Chess Championship in Guimarães, Portugal.
In 2013, she won the 3rd China Women Masters Tournament in Wuxi. She scored 6.5 out of 9 points, which was 1.5 points ahead of the second-place players. In 2014, Tan won the Asian Women's Blitz Championship in Sharjah. Blitz chess is a very fast type of chess game.
National and Rapid Successes
In May 2015, Tan Zhongyi won the Chinese Women's Chess Championship in Xinghua. The very next month, she won the 5th China Women Masters Tournament. She scored 7 out of 9 points, a full point ahead of the second-place player, Lei Tingjie. In August 2015, she won the Asian Women's Rapid Championship in Al Ain. Rapid chess is also a fast game, but slower than blitz.
On December 1, 2015, Tan Zhongyi won the 1st China Chess Queen Match. This was a special knockout tournament held in Taizhou, Zhejiang. She won the final match against Ju Wenjun in an armageddon game. An armageddon game is a tie-break where one player has more time but must win, while the other player has less time but wins if the game is a draw.
Olympic and World Championship Victories
In 2016, she won a gold medal for playing on board 4 at the 42nd Chess Olympiad. This is a big team chess event where countries compete against each other.
She reached the final of the Women's World Chess Championship 2017. Her opponent was Grandmaster Anna Muzychuk. They played four regular games, and each player won one game, making the score 2-2. This meant they had to play a rapid tie-break. Tan Zhongyi won the two-game tie-break. She drew the first game playing with the black pieces and then won the second game playing with the white pieces. This made her the Women's World Champion! Winning this title also earned her the highest chess title, Grandmaster.
She held the Women's World Champion title until 2018. She lost the title to Ju Wenjun at the Women's World Chess Championship Match 2018. The final score of that match was 5½–4½.
In 2020, Tan Zhongyi won the top women's prize at the Gibraltar Masters tournament. In 2021, she finished third in the Women's Chess World Cup 2021. She won her match against Anna Muzychuk with a score of 2.5 to 1.5.
In 2022, Tan Zhongyi won the Women's World Rapid Championship. This tournament was held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. She won after beating a local player, Dinara Saduakassova, in a tiebreaker.
Playing for Chess Teams
Tan Zhongyi plays for the China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Ltd chess club. This team competes in the China Chess League (CCL).
Personal Life
Tan Zhongyi also has an education outside of chess. She graduated from the School of Law at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2013.
See also
In Spanish: Tan Zhongyi para niños
- Chess in China
