Watch our recap for Game 8 of the Women's World Chess Championship, narrated by Lichess' Theo Wait!
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GM Ju Wenjun won the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2025 and is now a five-time Women's World Chess Champion, just like the legendary GM Nona Gaprindashvili!
A draw in Game 9 against challenger GM Tan Zhongyi was enough to secure the title with 6.5 to 2.5 points.
Read our final recap blog, again with annotations by WGM Petra Papp.
lichess.org2025 Womens World Chess Championship Game 9: Ju wins the 5th World Championship!Ju secures the draw in the 9th game, and wins her 5th Women's World Chess Champion title
Watch the final press conference of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Chess Championship between GM Ju Wenjun and Challenger GM Tan Zhongyi!
Questions asked by Charlize van Zyl, official translations provided by Lichess' Yilin Li.
Congratulations to Ju Wenjun for winning the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2025! 
She is now a 5-time Women's World Chess Champion! 
The games: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-world-chess-championship-2025/238ze7J9
Join us now on YouTube or Twitch with our hosts WIM Jesse February & GM Toms Kantāns, and our guest GM Rasmus Svane, for Game 9 of the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2025!
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssY3frXgozY
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lichessdotorg
Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-world-chess-championship-2025/chongqing--game-9/pDPC5ZRh/DaTEY6Gc
Lichess' Theo Wait had the chance to interview Ingmar and Sherry, from the "Chess in Shanghai" club! Watch part 1 and stay tuned for the second part.
Recap: Game 7 of the Women's World Chess Championship 2025 
Narrated by Lichess' Theo Wait!
Ju Wenjun won her fourth game in a row with her victory over Tan Zhongyi in Game 8 of the Women's World Championship! Now she only needs to draw one of the remaining four games to become a five-time World Champion.
Read our recap blog and replay the game with annotations by WGM Petra Papp.
lichess.org2025 Women’s World Chess Championship Game 8: Ju Nears 5th TitleAfter GM Ju Wenjun's win in game 8, GM Tan Zhongyi has to win her next four games just to tie the match.
Ju Wenjun wins her 4th game in a row 
The match score is now 6-2 for Ju against Tan Zhongyi in the FIDE Women's World Championship 2025!
Ju only needs to draw one of the remaining four games to successfully defend her title.
#yourspectrum magazine analysed the main available #chess games for the Spectrum by january 1984
Try to tackle the same position as Ju and Tan in our thematic arena after 12. Re1 in Game 8 of the Women's World Championship 2025!
Join us now on YouTube or Twitch with our hosts WIM Jesse February & GM Toms Kantāns, and our guest WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea again, for Game 8 of the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2025!
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKKlA0WUs4c
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lichessdotorg
Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-world-chess-championship-2025/238ze7J9
5-2 for GM Ju Wenjun after Game 7 of the Women's World Championship! She is now only 1.5 points away from defending her title against challenger GM Tan Zhongyi. Read our recap blog and replay the game with annotations by WGM Petra Papp.
lichess.org2025 Women's World Chess Championship Game 7: Tan is on the RopesJu extends her lead to 5-2, leaving no room for further missteps by Tan and forcing her into a must-win situation.
Is Ju Wenjun's playing style influenced by her hometown Shanghai?
Here's an interesting #DataViz of where each #chess piece is most likely to be captured. I think the bishops make the prettiest pattern, and the differences between king-side and queen-side pieces are interesting. I can't see any huge differences between black and white pieces. Maybe the king pawns have the biggest difference, meaning white is more likely to attack first when exchanging pawns.
https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/npscky/comment/h06n7xo/
Is Tan Zhongyi's playing style influenced by her hometown Chongqing?
Asked and translated by Lichess' Yilin Li!
Happy Birthday, Garry Kasparov! 
The 13th World Chess Champion turns 62 today.
We are happy to have hosted the 5th edition of the Kasparov Chess Foundation University Cup on Lichess again this year and look forward to the next edition!
Get ready for the next Streamers Battles, with prizes for streamers whose teams finish in the top 4!
14 April at 15:00 UTC: https://lichess.org/tournament/apr25str
12 May at 15:00 UTC: https://lichess.org/tournament/may25str
If you're a streamer and want to participate with your team, see https://lichess.org/page/streamer-arena#registration
...and another win for Ju Wenjun! 
Ju now leads 5-2 against Tan Zhongyi after Game 7 of the Women's World Championship 2025 - with 5 more games to play!
Replay the game on Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/fide-womens-world-chess-championship-2025/chongqing--game-7/2BBZJqdb/H4FiYm2P
GIF