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Tan Zhongyi

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Chinese chess player

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Type
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Country
CN

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Key facts

Born
( 1991-05-29 ) 29 May 1991 (age 35) , Chongqing , China
Country
China
Title
Grandmaster (2017)
Women s world champion
2017–2018
Fide rating
2517 (June 2026)
Peak rating
2561 (December 2024)

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Encyclopedic overview

Tan Zhongyi (Chinese: 谭中怡;, pinyin : Tán Zhōngyí, born 29 May 1991) is a Chinese chess grandmaster (GM). She is a former Women's World Champion, winning the 2017 knockout edition of the world championship in Iran where she defeated Anna Muzychuk in the final. Tan is also a former Women's World Rapid Champion. She is the three-time reigning Chinese women's national champion, and is a five-time national champion overall with titles in 2015, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

She won the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024, earning the right to challenge Ju Wenjun in the Women's World Chess Championship 2025, She lost the match with the scoreline 2.5-6.5.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tan Zhongyi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.