Ju Wenjun

Chess Player

1991 –

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Who is Ju Wenjun?

Ju Wenjun is a Chinese chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.

Ju Wenjun plays for Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League.

In December 2004, Ju came joint second in the Asian Women's Chess Championship in Beirut. In October 2007, she came joint fourth in the 2007 China Women's Zonal 3.5 Tournament in Tianjin.

In August–September 2008 at the Women's World Chess Championship she was knocked out in the second round by Antoaneta Stefanova 1.0-3.0. Two years later in the Women's World Chess Championship 2010 she reached the quarter-finals.

In June 2010 she won the Women's Chinese Championship with 8/11.

In July 2011 she won the 1st Hangzhou Women Grand Master Chess Tournament ahead of reigning Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan undefeated with 6.5/9.

In October 2011 she took the second place at the Women's Grand Prix in Nalchik with 7/11, ranked only after her compatriot Zhao Xue, getting her third GM norm and thus, should be ratified as a GM.http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=102346

She was the No. 3 ranked girl chess player in the world on the January 2011 Top 20 Girls FIDE rating list. She has been on the FIDE Top 20 Girls list from January 2007 to 2011.

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Born
Jan 31, 1991
China

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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