Defending champion Ju Wenjun and her compatriot Lei Tinjie play a 12-game match for the Women’s World Chess Championship. The first half of the match is taking place in Shanghai and the second half is set to take place in Chongqing.
Current standings
| Game | Ju Wenjun | Lei Tingjie |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
The match will take place in two Chinese cities, where each of the contestants comes from. The first half of the match will be held in Shanghai, while the second half takes place in Chongqing. The match will consist of 12 games of classical chess. The players will have 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment per move starting on move one. Players cannot offer a draw before they reach the 41st move.
In case of a tie, there will be the following tiebreaks:
- Four games with a 25+10 time control
- Two games with a 5+3 time control
- Two more games with a 5+3 time control
- One game with a 3+2 time control until a winner is determined
The event prize fund is €500,000, with €300,000 going to the winner and the remaining €200,000 to the runner-up. If the outcome of the match is decided upon tiebreaks, the winner will take €275,000, while the runner-up will receive €225,000.
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