Ju Wenjun

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Ju.

Ju Wenjun (Chinese: 居文君; born January 31, 1991)^[2] is a Chinese chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.^[3]
Ju Wenjun plays for Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).^[4]
In December 2004, Ju came joint second in the Asian Women's Chess Championship in Beirut.^[5] In October 2007, she came joint fourth in the 2007 China Women's Zonal 3.5 Tournament in Tianjin.^[6]
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 is currently the No. 3 ranked girl chess player (under-20) in the world on the January 2011 Top 20 Girls FIDE rating list.^[7] She has been on the FIDE Top 20 Girls list from January 2007 to present.

See also

• Chess in China

References

1. ^ Rating data for player Ju, Wenjun, (CHN)
2. ^ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库
3. ^ Titles approved at the 80th FIDE Congress
4. ^ http://ccl.sports.cn/
5. ^ FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report April 2005
6. ^ FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report January 2008
7. ^ Ju, Wenjun CHN FIDE World Top Chess Player

External links

• Ju, Wenjun player profile at Chessgames.com

Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ju_Wenjun