#WorldChessChampionship
Such a great performance by 居文君 (Ju Wenjun) winning her fifth world chess championship match!
居文君 (Ju Wenjun) defeated 谭中怡 (Tan Zhongyi) for the second game in a row taking a 2 point lead in the match and in a great position to defend her world chess championship title! We need to wait two more days while the match moves to 重庆 (Chongqing).
Ju Wenjun strikes back against Tan Zhongyi in the world chess championship. What a start to this match!
See the whole game on Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-world-chess-championship-2025/shanghai--game-3/tiGkcqB6/40nNyfSM
The moment where Tan Zhongyi got excited in her game against Ju Wenjun. A game she eventually ended up winning and pulling ahead in this 12 game match. Game 3 will start tomorrow!
Tan Zhongyi beat Ju Wenjun in their second game taking a big step in regaining her world chess championship title!
The first game between Tan Zhongyi and Ju Wenjun in the world chess championship ended peacefully in a draw. It was a very balanced game with neither player taking too much risk:
https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-world-chess-championship-2025/shanghai--game-1/Ao99TiHo/HoGQDZD2
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Gukesh D as world chess champion! It's been a very exciting match to follow.
Something tells me the Chess24 India hosts are not exactly neutral here 😂
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This is so pure
There's a great report on @lichess with some amazing photos capturing the tension and emotions.
Unbelievable! Ding collapses and 18 years old Gukesh wins to become the youngest World Chess Champion in history. Not the most satisfactory way for the match to end, but I guess the tension just got too much for Ding.
Well done to both players for giving us such an enthralling event.
That'll be it for me, I have tiredness creep up on me. To me it looks like it should be a draw, though Gukesh has some practical chances, though not many. So I will find the result out in the morning.
Main takeaway from this World Chess Championship? Learn how to draw endgames when a pawn down.
Tie breaks will be tomorrow (if needed).
Four games of 15+10
Two games of 10+5
Two games of 3+2
Then draw lots each game for 3+2 until someone wins a game
So no armageddon game, assuming the FIDE rules haven't been changed recently.
Maybe it's going to trade down to a fairly level ending here?
I'm off to check on the tie break rules. That's tempting fate :D
Ok, I've been playing some chess today but back now to a tense game. I have to admit that I don't like these Catalan positions for Black. There's a lot of latent energy in White's position. Still, Gukesh is not me, and while I think I prefer White, it isn't by much.
Last game of the World Championship about to start. If this one ends in a draw we have play offs. Will either player make an effort to win? I doubt it, but you never know.
Ding is White and I'll go with 1.d4 as I've chosen that every time so far...law of averages says you have to be right sometime!
They made the time control and another 30 minutes is added to their time. It is a difficult position for me to judge. I still like Black’s queen side pawn, but White is definitely more active.
Time for bed here. Could be any result when I wake tomorrow.
Well I still feel good about Black’s queen side pawn majority but time could yet be a factor. Ding is under 15 minutes with about 1 minute pee move, while Gukesh has about 25 minutes.