Tan Zhongyi

Tan Zhongyi, born in Chongqing in 1991, is a Chinese chess grandmaster and a former Women's World Champion. She won the World Youth Under-10 Girls title in 2000 and 2001 and the Under-12 title in 2002. In 2017 she won the knockout edition of the Women's World Championship in Iran, beating Anna Muzychuk in the final on a rapid tie-break, and the victory gave her the grandmaster title. She lost the title to Ju Wenjun in 2018 by 5.5 to 4.5. She won the women's gold medal on board four at the 2016 Chess Olympiad, took the Women's World Rapid Championship in Almaty in 2022 and has won the Chinese women's championship several times. After winning the 2024 Women's Candidates Tournament she played Ju Wenjun again for the 2025 title and lost. She graduated from the School of Law at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2013 and plays for the China Mobile Group Chongqing club in the China Chess League.