GM Tan Zhongyi has taken a 1.5-0.5 lead within the 2025 FIDE Ladies’s World Championship after World Champion GM Ju Wenjun collapsed in a rook endgame that appeared headed for an inevitable draw. She fought on after the time management had handed, however Tan made no mistake and gained in 62 strikes and virtually 5 hours. The gamers now have their first relaxation day, with 10 video games nonetheless remaining for Ju to hit again.
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Recreation three, when Ju can have the white items, begins on Sunday, April 6, at 3:00 a.m. ET / 09:00 CEST / 12:30 p.m. IST.Â
2025 Ladies’s World Championship Match
| Identify | Score | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Rating |
|  Tan Zhongyi | 2555 | ½ | 1 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 1.5 |
|  Ju Wenjun | 2561 | ½ | 0 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | 0.5 |
GM Rafael Leitao will analyze sport two of the match beneath.
Recreation two of the match seemed headed for a sure draw when one other tense and carefully-played middlegame had resolved right into a quiet rook endgame. Tan’s solely actual benefit was on the clock, however it did not really feel essential till 38…Rf5? was a transparent step within the mistaken route by Ju. The place was nonetheless objectively drawn, however 40…Ke8?, the final transfer earlier than half-hour was added to Ju’s clock, was dropping.
Judit: “That is transfer 40—how typical it’s that you simply make a severe mistake on transfer 40!” #JuTan pic.twitter.com/PLCzf1UJfB
— chess24 (@chess24com) April 4, 2025
Ju fought on, however she could not assist falling behind within the match.
Tan Zhongyi takes a 1.5-0.5 lead within the Ladies’s World Chess Championship after Ju Wenjun blundered within the run-up to the time management and suffered a “fully pointless loss” (Judit Polgar)!#JuTan pic.twitter.com/hTFBBf5Kf0
— chess24 (@chess24com) April 4, 2025
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 The right way to watch the 2025 FIDE Ladies’s World Chess Championship
The 2025 FIDE Ladies’s World Championship is a very powerful ladies’s over-the-board occasion of the 12 months. The defending ladies’s world champion, GM Ju Wenjun, faces the challenger, GM Tan Zhongyi, to see who might be topped world champion. The championship begins on April 3 in Shanghai and boasts a €500,000 ($540k) prize fund.
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