FIDE CHESS PROFILE
Tan Zhongyi
Federation
FIDE title
B-Year
FIDE ID
China
Grandmaster
1991
8603642
2517
standard
2517
rapid
2519
blitz
Title registered by President
GM — FIDE Women's World Championship 2017
World rank
World (all players):
World (active players):
Female (active players):
731
555
8
National Rank CHN
National (all players):
National (active players):
Female (active players):
33
27
4
Continent Rank Asia
Rank (all players):
Rank (active players):
Female (active players):
101
83
6
FIDE Titles (year)
Grandmaster (GM)
2017
Woman
Grandmaster (WGM)
Grandmaster (WGM)
2009
Rating Progress Chart
Biography
Tan Zhongyi is a Chinese chess Grandmaster and a former Women's World Chess Champion (2017–2018). A young prodigy and one of the best players of her generation, she won numerous youth events [...]
Individual Calculations
Standard
May 2023
Avail.
April 2023
None
March 2023
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Rapid
May 2023
None
April 2023
None
March 2023
None
Blitz
May 2023
None
April 2023
None
March 2023
None
FIDE Title Applications
Tittle
Woman Grandmaster
FIDE PB / Congress
80th FIDE Congress 2009,
11-18 October, Halkidiki, GRE
11-18 October, Halkidiki, GRE
Status
Yes
Tan Zhongyi
Born May 29, 1991 | Federation: China | Rating: 2525
Tan Zhongyi is a Chinese chess Grandmaster and a former Women's World Chess Champion (2017–2018). A young prodigy and one of the best players of her generation, she won numerous youth events, including twice the World Youth U10 Girls Chess Championship (in 2000 and 2001), and the World Youth U12 Girls Chess Championship the very next year.
Already in her early twenties, Tan kept winning at least one major event per year, demonstrating great consistency in her results. In 2012 she won the Women's World University Chess Championship held in Guimarães, Portugal. 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. In 2014, she lifted the trophy at the Asian Women's Blitz Championship in Sharjah.
2015 was a breakthrough year, when she achieved phenomenal results. To begin with, she became Chinese Women’s Champion for the first time, and shortly after she also won the 5th China Women Masters with 7/9, a full point ahead of Lei Tingjie. Again in the Emirates she won the gold in the Asian Women's Rapid Championship held in Al Ain. She ended the year on a high note, defeating Ju Wenjun in the 1st China Chess Queen Match, a knockout tournament held in Taizhou, thanks to a dramatic victory in the Armageddon tie-break.
She was a member of the Chinese team that achieved the Bronze medal at the Baku Chess Olympiad in 2016, but sadly she missed the opportunity to be in the team in 2018, when China won the Gold.
Tan was crowned Women’s World Champion in 2017, after winning the one-month knock-out event held in Teheran. Her rival in the final was Anna Muzychuk, who was a very worthy opponent: Tan could only defeat her after winning the fourth rapid tie-break match. This victory earned her the GM title.
She had to defend her title the next year, against the Candidate Ju Wenjun. The match took place from 2 to 20 May 2018 and was played in two halves, the first in Shanghai, the latter in Chongqing. Ju Wenjun won 5½ - 4½.
This will be Tan’s debut at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, having qualified thanks to her brilliant third place in the Women's World Cup 2021 in Sochi.
Tan Zhongyi is a Chinese chess Grandmaster and a former Women's World Chess Champion (2017–2018). A young prodigy and one of the best players of her generation, she won numerous youth events, including twice the World Youth U10 Girls Chess Championship (in 2000 and 2001), and the World Youth U12 Girls Chess Championship the very next year.
Already in her early twenties, Tan kept winning at least one major event per year, demonstrating great consistency in her results. In 2012 she won the Women's World University Chess Championship held in Guimarães, Portugal. 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. In 2014, she lifted the trophy at the Asian Women's Blitz Championship in Sharjah.
2015 was a breakthrough year, when she achieved phenomenal results. To begin with, she became Chinese Women’s Champion for the first time, and shortly after she also won the 5th China Women Masters with 7/9, a full point ahead of Lei Tingjie. Again in the Emirates she won the gold in the Asian Women's Rapid Championship held in Al Ain. She ended the year on a high note, defeating Ju Wenjun in the 1st China Chess Queen Match, a knockout tournament held in Taizhou, thanks to a dramatic victory in the Armageddon tie-break.
She was a member of the Chinese team that achieved the Bronze medal at the Baku Chess Olympiad in 2016, but sadly she missed the opportunity to be in the team in 2018, when China won the Gold.
Tan was crowned Women’s World Champion in 2017, after winning the one-month knock-out event held in Teheran. Her rival in the final was Anna Muzychuk, who was a very worthy opponent: Tan could only defeat her after winning the fourth rapid tie-break match. This victory earned her the GM title.
She had to defend her title the next year, against the Candidate Ju Wenjun. The match took place from 2 to 20 May 2018 and was played in two halves, the first in Shanghai, the latter in Chongqing. Ju Wenjun won 5½ - 4½.
This will be Tan’s debut at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, having qualified thanks to her brilliant third place in the Women's World Cup 2021 in Sochi.