Shanghai, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The 2023 FIDE Women's World Championship (Women's World Championship) ended the fourth round of competition at the Shanghai Chess Academy on the 9th, and the defending champion Ju Wenjun and challenger Lei Tingjie fought for five hours to draw again, and after the start of the tournament, they drew 2:2 in four rounds.
This tournament is the highest ranking women's individual event in FIDE, and this is the fourth time that two Chinese players have competed for the title of chess. If Ju Wenjun successfully defends his title, he will achieve four consecutive championships, becoming the third Chinese female chess player after Xie Jun and Hou Yifan to win the world chess four times. If Lei Tingjie wins, she will become the 18th female world champion in the history of the national elephant and the seventh Chinese female chess player to ascend the throne.
The two sides once again entered the back wing to start the game that day, and Lei Tingjie, as the challenger, was well prepared and did not hesitate, and also left the defending champion more than half an hour behind in clock time, but the situation was basically balanced. The two sides have since replaced the empress, and Ju Wenjun has one more soldier, but Lei Tingjie has two elephants, and the two are still difficult to distinguish in a complex situation. At one point, Ku Wenjun's pathway put pressure on Lei Tingjie, but the latter coped incorrectly and did not leave a chance for the defending champion, and the two sides eventually fought in the 63rd round to form a duplicate situation and no change.
So far, the two sides have drawn in all four rounds of matches, and the second rest day will be ushered in on the 10th. The fifth and sixth rounds, the final two rounds of the Shanghai Round, were then played on the 11th and 12th. In the last six rounds, Lei Tingjie's home stadium will be moved to Chongqing. The first 6.5 points in 12 rounds of slow chess between the two sides wins.