Tan Zhongyi

Player

Birthday May 29, 1991

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Chongqing, China

Age 32 years old

Nationality China

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1991

Tan Zhongyi (born 29 May 1991) is a Chinese chess player who holds the title of grandmaster (GM).

1997

In 1997, she started learning to play chess.

2000

She won the World Youth U10 Girls Chess Championship twice, in 2000 and 2001, both held in Oropesa del Mar.

2002

In 2002, she won the World Youth U12 Girls Chess Championship in Heraklion.

2008

In August–September 2008 at the Women's World Chess Championship she was knocked out in the second round by Pia Cramling by ½-1½.

2009

She graduated from the School of Law of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2009.

2011

In 2011, she won the women's chess tournament at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen, contributing to China's team gold medal.

2012

Tan won the Women's World University Chess Championship of 2012 in Guimarães.

2013

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.

2014

In 2014 Tan won the Asian Women's Blitz Championship in Sharjah.

2015

She is the three-time reigning Chinese women's national champion, and is a four-time national champion overall with titles in 2015, 2020, 2021, and 2022.

Tan was born in Chongqing.

In May 2015 she won the Chinese Women's Chess Championship in Xinghua.

The following month, Tan won the 5th China Women Masters Tournament with 7/9, a full point ahead of second-placed Lei Tingjie.

In August 2015, she won the Asian Women's Rapid Championship in Al Ain.

On December 1, 2015, Tan Zhongyi won the 1st China Chess Queen Match, a knockout tournament held in Taizhou, Zhejiang, after defeating Ju Wenjun in the final in an armageddon game.

2016

She won the women's gold medal for board 4 at the 42nd Chess Olympiad in 2016.

2017

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 reached the final of the Women's World Chess Championship 2017 against GM Anna Muzychuk.

They finished the classical games 2-2 with one win each, sending the match to a rapid tie-break.

Tan won the two-game tie-break by drawing the first game with Black and then winning the second game with White, and thus became Women's World Champion.

This also earned her the title of Grandmaster.

2018

She lost the Women's World Champion title to Ju Wenjun at the Women's World Chess Championship Match 2018.

2020

In 2020, she won the women's top prize at the Gibraltar Masters.

In 2021, Tan achieved third place in the Women's Chess World Cup after winning against Anna Muzychuk with a score of 2.5 - 1.5.

In 2022, Tan won the Women's World Rapid Championship in Almaty, Kazakhstan, after defeating local player Dinara Saduakassova in the tiebreaker.

Tan Zhongyi plays for China Mobile Group Chongqing Company Ltd chess club in the China Chess League (CCL).