GM Ju Wenjun bounced back after the first rest day with a win over GM Tan Zhongyi to level the score! We summarised what happened in our recap blog, again with annotations by WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea.
https://lichess.org/feed#xwIsz1GM Ju Wenjun bounces back after the first rest day with a win over GM Tan Zhongyi to level the score!
Read our recap blog for Game 3 of the Women's World Chess Championship - with annotations by WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/2025-womens-world-chess-championship-game-3-ju-bounces-back/mdZYMwlX
#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics A lovely win with the Crazy Leela 5.g4!? idea against the Benko featured in a recent video on my Silicon Road Chess YouTube channel. Andrew said his opponent’s face was a picture after 5.g4!? 
https://lichess.org/broadcast/4ncl-2024-2025--division-2/round-7/xaElN75Q/9oY0e4Bt
Ju Wenjun bounces back with a win over Tan Zhongyi in Game 3 of the FIDE Women's World #Chess Championship 2025!
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
Ju with the advantage now! 
Will she bounce back today after Tan took the lead in Game 2?
Try to tackle the same position as Ju and Tan in our thematic 5+0 blitz arena after 12...Be6 in the third game of the Women's World Championship 2025!
Congratulations to GM Jose Martínez Alcántara for winning our Chess960 Titled Arena! 
GM Vugar Rasulov took 2nd place, ahead of GM Frederik Svane in 3rd place.
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!
Watch our recap of Game 2 of the Women's World #Chess Championship!
Our Chess960 3+2 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Chess960 Titled Arena!
Our Chess960 3+2 Warm-up Arena starts at 18:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Chess960 Titled Arena!
https://lichess.org/feed#9jDxScIt's been 0 chess club meetings since any rogue pieces. #chess #chesspunks #chessclub #chessforfun #chessforlife
GM Tan Zhongyi defeated reigning champion GM Ju Wenjun in Game 2 of the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2025 to take the lead before the first rest day!
Find out what happened in our recap blog, again with annotations by WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea: https://lichess.org/@/Lichess/blog/2025-womens-world-chess-championship-game-2-tan-creates-endgame-magic/BaayPcqd
Tan Zhongyi beat Ju Wenjun in their second game taking a big step in regaining her world chess championship title!
Happy 88th birthday to GM Lajos Portisch, seen here taking on the older generation at the 1966 Piatigorsky Cup tournament. From Chess Review, September 1966. #chess
Tan beats Ju in Game 2 of the Women's World Chess Championship and takes the lead!
Today, I helped to run an Interschool Chess Tournament, had an impromptu meeting regarding growing Tasmanian Chess, and then went to my local chess club in Launceston where I won a fast play event.
Try to tackle the same position as Ju and Tan in our thematic arena after 11...Qe7 in the second game of the Women's World Championship 2025: https://lichess.org/tournament/WWC25G21
