The 2025 Women’s World Chess Championship is a battle between last year’s TePe Sigeman Chess Tournament participant, world champion Wenjun Ju, China, and this year’s participant Zhongyi Tan, also China. After 7 games out of 12, Ju has a 5-2 lead, and looks set to retain her title. Photos by …
Here is the entire field for the 2025 Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament: GM Vidit Gujrathi, India GM Richard Rapport, Hungary GM Javokhir Sindarov, Uzbekistan GM Ray Robson, USA GM Nils Grandelius, Sweden GM Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ukraine GM Yağız Kaan Erdoğmuş, Turkiye GM Zhongyi Tan, China For more information on the …
The 30th Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament will be played 20-26 May 2025!
Photo by Mikael Svensson Ju-Korobov Ju was slightly better in the opening, after playing Bb5+ against the Sicilian Defense. Korobov equalized with some exact moves, and started to put some pressure on, but Ju defended very well. When the game turned into a rook endgame, it looked like it was …