by John Bain | Jan 24, 2020 | Blog, Women World Champs 2020
China’s Ju WenjunThe 2020 Women’s World Chess Champion After two weeks and 12 games of fierce Classical Chess competition that ended in a tie, China’s Ju Wenjun retained the Women’s World Chess Champion title after winning the Tiebreak... Read more 
by John Bain | Jan 23, 2020 | Blog, Women World Champs 2020
Aleksandra Climbs the Mountain What just happened? Russia’s 21-year-old Aleksandra Goryachkina played 12 Classical Chess games against China’s world chess champion Ju Wenjun–winning 3, losing 3 and drawing 6 games!With the score 6-5 in Ju... Read more 
by John Bain | Jan 22, 2020 | Blog, Women World Champs 2020
Aleksandra’s Mountain Game 11 saw China’s Ju Wenjun and Russia’s Aleksandra Goryachkina play to a 40-move draw in a Bishops of opposite colors and pawn endgame. See “Game 11” below. With 1 game remaining and the score 6-5 in Ju... Read more 
by John Bain | Jan 20, 2020 | Blog, Women World Champs 2020
China’s Ju Wenjun wins again–two games in a row now–and leads Russia’s Aleksandra Goryachkina 5½-4½ with 2 games remaining in the 2020 Women’s World Chess Championship 12-game match.In Game 10 with even material, Ju Wenjun created a... Read more 
by John Bain | Jan 19, 2020 | Blog, Women World Champs 2020
Ju Wenjun wins Game 9 to even the score (4½-4½) with only 3 games remaining in the 12-game match for the 2020 Women’s World Chess Championship!Game 9 was a wild game filled with tactics, sacrifices and plenty of swings in initiative, where the World Champion Ju... Read more 
by John Bain | Jan 17, 2020 | Blog, Women World Champs 2020
Aleksandra Goryachkina wins Game 8, and now leads at Women’s World Chess Championship 4½-3½ with only 4 games remaining in the 12-game match! Game 8 On Move 45, Aleksandra, ahead a pawn and playing the white pieces, moved her Rook from h1 to e1 (Re1), and Ju... Read more 
