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Women's World Chess Championship 2025 Preview: Tan Zhongyi Profile

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Find out more about the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship 2025 challenger, GM Tan Zhongyi, in our first preview blog! We will stream every round of the Women's World Championship from 3 to 20 April on our Twitch and YouTube channels - more details coming soon.

GM Anna Muzychuk won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix Nicosia on better tiebreaks than GM Zhu Jiner! Both players drew their games in the final round. IM Olga Badelka could have changed the outcome in favor of GM Zhu Jiner with a win over IM Stavroula Tsolakidou, but missed her chance in a complicated endgame.

Tune in now on YouTube and Twitch and watch Round 12 of the German Bundesliga, the strongest chess league in the world, with us and our host WCM Katharina Reinecke!

Congratulations to GM Daniel Naroditsky for winning our Titled Arena March! GM Brandon Jacobson took 2nd place, ahead of GM Christopher Yoo in 3rd place.

Join us now on Twitch and YouTube for Round 11 of the German Bundesliga with our host WCM Katharina Reinecke! Follow the games of GMs Arjun Erigaisi, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Anish Giri, Vincent Keymer and many more.

Our March 1+0 Warm-up Arena starts at 17:00 UTC! You will have the chance to play against some of the titled players before they enter the Titled Arena.

Enter the World of Solving Magic with six-time World Chess Solving Champion GM Kacper Piorun! The Lichess study introduces composed problems used in chess solving competitions. The course is aimed at advanced players.