Tan Zhongyi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan.
Tan Zhongyi
Tan in 2023
CountryChina
Born (1991-05-29) 29 May 1991 (age 33)
Chongqing, China
TitleGrandmaster (2017)
Women's World Champion2017–2018
FIDE rating2561 (January 2025)
Peak rating2561 (December 2024)

Tan Zhongyi (Chinese: 谭中怡;[1] born 29 May 1991)[2] is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of grandmaster (GM).[3] She is a former Women's World Champion, winning the 2017 knockout edition of the world championship in Iran where she defeated Anna Muzychuk in the final. Tan is also a former Women's World Rapid Champion.[4] She is the three-time reigning Chinese women's national champion, and is a five-time national champion overall with titles in 2015, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

She won the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024, allowing her to compete against Ju Wenjun in the Women's World Chess Championship 2025.

Career

Tan was born in Chongqing. In 1997, she started learning to play chess. [5] She won the World Youth U10 Girls Chess Championship twice, in 2000 and 2001, both held in Oropesa del Mar. In 2002, she won the World Youth U12 Girls Chess Championship in Heraklion.

In August–September 2008 at the Women's World Chess Championship she was knocked out in the second round by Pia Cramling by ½-1½.

In 2011, she won the women's chess tournament at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen,[6] contributing to China's team gold medal.[7] Tan won the Women's World University Chess Championship of 2012 in Guimarães.[8] In 2013, she won the 3rd China Women Masters Tournament in Wuxi with a score of 6.5/9 points, 1.5 ahead of runners-up Valentina Gunina and Huang Qian.[9] In 2014 Tan won the Asian Women's Blitz Championship in Sharjah.[10]

In May 2015 she won the Chinese Women's Chess Championship in Xinghua.[11] The following month, Tan won the 5th China Women Masters Tournament with 7/9, a full point ahead of second-placed Lei Tingjie.[12] In August 2015, she won the Asian Women's Rapid Championship in Al Ain.[13] On December 1, 2015, Tan Zhongyi won the 1st China Chess Queen Match, a knockout tournament held in Taizhou, Zhejiang,[14] after defeating Ju Wenjun in the final in an armageddon game.[15][16]

She won the women's gold medal for board 4 at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016.[17]

She reached the final of the Women's World Chess Championship 2017 against GM Anna Muzychuk. They finished the classical games 2-2 with one win each, sending the match to a rapid tie-break. Tan won the two-game tie-break by drawing the first game with Black and then winning the second game with White, and thus became Women's World Champion. This also earned her the title of Grandmaster.

She lost the Women's World Champion title to Ju Wenjun at the Women's World Chess Championship Match 2018.

In 2020, she won the women's top prize at the Gibraltar Masters.[18]

In 2021, Tan achieved third place in the Women's Chess World Cup after winning against Anna Muzychuk with a score of 2.5 - 1.5.[19]

In 2022, Tan won the Women's World Rapid Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan, after defeating local player Dinara Saduakassova in the tiebreaker.[20]

China Chess League

Tan Zhongyi plays for China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Ltd chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).[21]

Personal life

She graduated from the School of Law of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2009.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ WGM title application FIDE
  3. ^ "Titles approved at the 80th FIDE Congress". Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Magnus Carlsen and Tan Zhongyi are the World Champions in Rapid". FIDE. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Tan Zhongyi, an outstanding alumnus of the School of Law". School of Law of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. April 3, 2019.
  6. ^ "WGM Tan Zhongyi wins the Women Universiade in Shenzhen". Chessdom. 2011-08-21. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Li Chao and Tan Zhongyi winners in Shenzhen". ChessVibes. 2011-08-23. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  8. ^ World University Chess Championship 2012 - Women Chess-Results
  9. ^ "Tan Zhongyi Won 3rd Women Masters Tournament in China". Natalia Pogonina's website. 2013-06-09. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Chinese players claim Asian Blitz Chess Championships". Chessdom. 2014-04-20. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  11. ^ Ramirez, Alejandro (2015-05-30). "Wei Yi youngest Chinese Champion". ChessBase. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  12. ^ 5th China(Xishan)Chess Women Masters Tournament Chess-Results
  13. ^ "Truong Son wins Asian Rapid Chess Championship 2015". FIDE. 2015-08-12. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  14. ^ The First China Chess Queen Match. Tournament details. FIDE.
  15. ^ MGourty, Colin (2015-12-01). "Wei Yi is King of China". chess24. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  16. ^ Fischer, Johannes (2015-12-01). "Wei Yi wins brilliancy". ChessBase.
  17. ^ "USA and China winners of 42nd Chess Olympiad". europechess.org. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  18. ^ "Paravyan & Tan Zhongyi win 2020 Gibraltar Masters". chess24.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  19. ^ "Tournament tree - FIDE World Cup 2021". Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  20. ^ Dinic, Milan (28 December 2022). "Magnus Carlsen and Tan Zhongyi are the World Champions in Rapid – FIDE World Rapid and Blitz 2022". worldrapidandblitz2022.fide.com. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  21. ^ "弈诚杯中国国际象棋甲级联赛官方网站". Archived from the original on 28 October 2011. Retrieved 6 April 2017.