Tan Zhongyi

Tan Zhongyi
Tan in 2023
CountryChina
Born (1991-05-29) 29 May 1991 (age 33)
Chongqing, China
TitleGrandmaster (2017)
Women's World Champion2017–2018
FIDE rating2551 (September 2024)
Peak rating2551 (September 2024)
Medal record
Women's chess
Representing  China
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Hangzhou Women's team
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Individual
Gold medal – first place 2011 Shenzhen Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2013 Kazan Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Kazan Individual

Tan Zhongyi (Chinese: 谭中怡;[1] born 29 May 1991)[2] is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of grandmaster (GM).[3] 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.[4] 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, allowing her to compete against Ju Wenjun in the Women's World Chess Championship 2025.

  1. ^ 中国国际象棋运动员等级分数据库 Archived 2013-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ WGM title application FIDE
  3. ^ "Titles approved at the 80th FIDE Congress". Archived from the original on 30 November 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  4. ^ "Magnus Carlsen and Tan Zhongyi are the World Champions in Rapid". FIDE. Retrieved 29 December 2022.