S3 E11 Wenjun Ju v. N. Dzagnidze (2017)

Blindfold Chess Podcast

This week, we are looking at not only the current Women’s World Champion, but the 5 consecutive time Women’s World Champion - Wenjun Ju.

Her journey to the top of the Women’s World of Chess started at the age of 7 when it was something interesting to do after school. In an interview with Chessbase from November 2020, she said:

“My parents didn’t know too much about the game because chess doesn’t have a long history in China. Most people got to know about chess from the 1991 Women’s World Chess Championship when China’s Xie Jun defeated Georgia’s Maia Chiburdanidze. That just happened to be the year I was born”

For today’s game, we are going back to 2017 to the IMSA Elite Mind Games Blitz Tournament - Wenjun Ju versus Nana Dzagnidze.

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1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 e6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bb5 Bxg3 9. hxg3 Qd6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 c5 13. g4 cxd4 14. cxd4 h6 15. g5 hxg5 16. Qf3 g4 17. Qf4 Rd8 18. Rh8+ Kxh8 19. Nxf7+ Kg8 20. Nxd6 Ba6 21. O-O-O Rab8 22. Qe5 Bc8 1-0

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Having collected the trifecta of chess achievement of being the Classical, Rapid, and Blitz World Champions, being the now longest reigning Women’s World Champion from China surpassing Xie Jun and Hou Yifan, and now tied for the 2nd most number of Women’s World Championship titles. Ju Wenjun is a pillar of chess achievement and is inspiring a new wave of chess players in her home country and across the world.

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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1899883

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju_Wenjun

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