Ju, Wenjun (31.01.1991)

Chinese chess Grandmaster (2014) is born in Shanghai, China.

She is the current Women’s World Chess Champion (17th Women’s World Champion). She became the fifth woman to cross the 2600 barrier in March 2017. Women’s Chinese Chess Championship (2010, 2014).

Best results: Ju Wenjun placed third in the Asian Women’s Chess Championship 2004 in Beirut. This result qualified her to play in her first Women’s World Chess Championship in 2006. She competed in this event also in 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2017. Women’s World Team Chess Championship in 2009 and 2011, team 1st; Asian Games 2010, team 1st; Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2011, 1st; Nalchik stage of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011–12, 2nd; Women’s Asian Nations Chess Cup in 2012, 2014 and 2016, team 1st; 5th stage of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2013–14 in Lopota, tied 2nd; 6th stage of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2013–14 held in Sharjah (UAE), 1st; 4th China Women Masters Tournament 2014 in Wuxi, tied 1st; FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2015–16 in Tehran, 1st; FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2015–16 in Khanty-Mansiysk, 1st; 42nd Chess Olympiad 2016, team 1st; 25th Annual Chicago Open 2016, 2nd-4th; Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship 2017 in Riyadh, 1st; Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship 2018 in St. Petersburg, 1st; 43rd Chess Olympiad in 2018, team 1st; Women’s FIDE Grand Prix Series 2019 in Skolkovo, 3rd;

She has played for the Chinese national women’s team since 2008.

Peak rating: 2604 in March 2017