MASSIVE win for Ju Wenjun over Alireza Firouzja! | Round 5

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[@janesjanes4553]

Ju Wenjun is literally so ICONIC and she's so sweet and humble ✨ congratulations 😌

[@cattycats4]

I hope she becomes a familiar face in the open tournaments from now on

[@user-fq6ry1mw4c]

Its very unlikely .

[@TechToppers]

lol yea... The infamous magnus photo incident

[@rogerfederer1519]

It is not that easy. She is not that strong. Can't be considered as Super GM. Anyway, let's see again tonight.

[@roro4787]

lol you are just gaslighting@@rogerfederer1519

[@amun1040]

I am afraid it isn't likely, Even amazing players like Mamedyarov or Richard Rapport struggle to get into super GMs Tournaments regularly. That's way you see how frantic alireza and So was getting to enter the candidates. It's not only because they want to face the World Champion but because they know that once they get out of the spotlight, their professional career will really struggle. Super GM Tournaments are really unfair. Anyway she is doing amazingly, hope the rest of the tournment goes well for her.

[@AyushBahuguna]

beating a former 2800 player! what a great performance by wenjun, rooting for more great games for her through the rest of the tournament

[@tristan7720]

Big double blunder by Alireza, nothing to brag about tbh

[@usuariocelular8065]

​@@tristan7720 belittle the Victory. nice.

[@jeffperez9563]

@@tristan7720 i mean beating one of the super GM it´s such an accomplish, for any player

[@ruanpablo2082]

@@tristan7720 It seems to win the opponents have to make mistakes, in all of Magnus' victories the opponent made mistakes. The point is to create the conditions for the opponent to make mistakes, and she did that perfectly

[@Surreal_Bread]

@@tristan7720 nothing to brag about lol ? top 5 player in the world... nothing

[@JSheridanEntilZha]

Good to see the interviewer knows what is the first name in chinese : she calls her Wenjun and did the same to Ding by calling him Liren

[@vdqm]

Well in China only close family members call each other by first names. It's casual enough, or even more appropriate, for a friendly stranger to use the family name. To formally address a Chinese, use their full name.

[@alinakhaie7513]

Exactly, I think it was first time in history 🎉

[@twa9342]

@@vdqmIt feels warm though when a foreigner says your given name

[@davinozen]

@@twa9342True but I'll only be truly blown away when someone calls him 'Xiao Ding', 'Ding Lao Shi' , or 'Ding Da Shi' XD

[@twa9342]

@@davinozen 😂确实

[@timperalta9430]

Super humble, as always! No ego, just professionalism, kindness, and killer instincts.

[@nagarajanv6868]

Big congrats to tournament organisers too, for bringing in Ju wenjun. Let this make precedent for others to follow.

[@Jeremy73950]

What an endgame it was, brilliant game by Ju Wenjun. Hope to see more of such performances by her

[@juliocadavid6640]

Middle game was more impressive

[@tristan7720]

She almost lost the winning advantage in the endgame, not so brilliant objectively

[@Jeremy73950]

@@tristan7720 True but she tricked him and won back all the advantage in the same endgame, it seemed holdable at some point, but practically speaking she didn’t make it easy for him at all. Objectively hyper accurate playing is not all that makes a game brilliant. As seen in a lot of great games, there needs to be inaccuracies for there to be brilliancies, no reason to take away anything from her for that.

[@shanmaomao4156]

​@@Jeremy73950Seeing his comments in the top comment (talking about how the Women's WCC is a joke), he is only saying this to try and dismiss her win.

[@sevenstarofheaven]

​@@shanmaomao4156to me it seems like she's playing it safely. Which is more karpovian style of chess. Like when she can move g4 but chose not to

[@FlaminalLow]

She understood that endgame so well!

[@shubomb]

There were lot of naysers who were complaining why she's playing here despite being lower rated comparatively. The Women's World Champion playing at Tata Steel is way more interesting than having just another 2700 player in the rooster. And she proved that not only she can hang around with the best in the world, she can also defeat them. This win is easily going to be the story of the tournament (Alireza was on his own little unbeaten streak recently) unless Ju Wenjun one up this one herself.

[@jougetsu]

place 11/14 , 2 draws, 2 losses, 1 win. and she has won once, because alireza tried to get rid of her quickly (same mistake nepo did). if he plays solid, she loses 9 times out of 10 against him. i'd love to see more female players in open tournaments, but really, you're stupid for claiming that top female players are as strong as top male players - are you fishing for likes or do you think any woman will respect you for your stupid opinion?

[@CarterMuller]

rooster 🐓

[@tristan7720]

Bro you literally saying it's only interesting to have her here because she's a woman. Her play is pretty dry and not very risky, if you only look at chess there are much more interesting players than her which are also wayy better than her. Yes she beat Ali but honest who tf above 2500 would not win this after he did a literal backwards double blunder. She also almost lost the winning advantage in the endgame. Chill out bro she is only 2550 and she only gets the support and has that sucess in chess because she's a woman and doesn't play in open chess but women's chess. PS: ik It's somehow an unpopular opinion but it's just simply true

[@Surreal_Bread]

@@tristan7720 well the simple fact that she is a woman is interesting because there are so few at the super grandmaster level. And yes she has a solid style but that doesn't mean it isn't interesting, maybe it means you don't understand the subtle positional concepts at hand, but following the way you see things even magnus has quite a boring style, get to an endgame and try to squeeze. And lastly to beat a top 5 player in the game you have to play a pretty perfect game with very very little room for mistakes, so better celebrate that she did that than being salty because you're an incel.

[@moraineadsul2650]

Te equivocas su juego es muy sólido pero no soporta la atención o ¿no te fijaste en sus partidas anteriores?​@@tristan7720

[@nyxicsulfur]

ive been a Ju Wenjun fan ever since her comeback victory in the Women World Chess Championship against Lei Tingjie in 2023, so glad to see her here in Tata Steel slaying former 2800s!

[@luismaldonado5836]

Amazing historic victory. Congratulations to Wenjun!

[@samuelvolp3103]

Forcing g6 was insane! What a calculation!

[@veselinjokanovic3032]

That was absolutely amazing. I caught a bit of live stream just as that happened and Robert and Jovanka were in awe.

[@44r0n-9]

It was an amazing endgame, but she literally said in the interview that she wasn't sure

[@ManishSharma-bp7rg]

She was not sure about it it was coincidence

[@iamgenghiskhan]

It's clear that she did not calculate that line. I don't think it's possible for any human player to do so. But having said that, Re5 to force g6 shows really good endgame technique and a very intuitive feel for the position. Maybe she didn't see that exact line, but I am sure she realized that it is better for the pawn to be on g6 rather than g7 (it's an easier target for White's king if it ever penetrates into Black's position).

[@jorisbuck4073]

Great to see the strongest female player competing in open tournaments. I always respected Judit Polgar for doing this, hopefully more women will want to give it a try.

[@kpNov23]

Judit was top ten in the world. It would be expected. But I get your point.

[@davidrivera_2002]

Hou Yifan is better

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

Keep an eye on Bodhana Sivanandan. She is currently one of the best players her age (8). Of course there's many ways she does *not* achieve full potential.. but if she does, the chess world will be rocked to an even greater extent than Polgar did.

[@Batman22222]

She's not the strongest female player currently.....Try to keep up!🤡👎🏻

[@Sprtschk]

I don't think anyone would refuse, they just don't get invited that often.

[@PedroPascoaPedro]

What an awesome character. Cute, humble, underrated... i feel like people like her should be given more opportunities

[@Dpk_YT]

She is so sweet and great player ❤

[@MrQuaker122]

Wenjun is such a KWEEN! She slayed here. So happy for her.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Big up to all the comments supporting Ju Wenjun I appreciate the positivity rightly so

[@BerndThomasSchuller]

Nice interview! I'm totally rooting for her, and hope she does well.

[@FellowHuman18]

It's great having such a variety of players. Better than just the top guys all the time.

[@PaleBlueDot42]

Levy's next video: Juuuuuuu Wennnnnjuuuunnnnnn

[@hellostranger2012]

beating a frenchman with french. Savage !

[@kasparkirschbaum7588]

Hes both.

[@physics2112]

@@fractaltruth He represents #France.

[@drHouse-gb2kt]

​@@fractaltruthgod you are boring

[@00Seele]

@@fractaltruth alireza lives in france since 2019, and obtained french nationality in july 2021, so yes he is french by law, wich i believe counts more than a random comment on youtube

[@drHouse-gb2kt]

@@fractaltruth mom joke. God you are boring

[@noidph]

Congratulations, Ju Wenjun! What an impressive win! Greetings from the Philippines! :)

[@CainCAUS]

W stands for Wenjun

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

Winjun

[@prasannasurange]

Talk about humility destroying arrogance

[@gffg387]

Ju Queenjun

[@tristan7720]

*Ju 2500jun

[@hitmanjack2495]

​​@@tristan7720bro ur 500 rated stfu she will beat blind folded and in simul

[@ritujaganguly7370]

This Tristan dude is crying everywhere lmao

[@tristan7720]

@@ritujaganguly7370 nah I'm fighting you guys bro

[@gffg387]

@@ritujaganguly7370 what a loser.

[@maiconoliveira4221]

Ju Wenjun showing why she's a world champion \o/

[@juliocadavid6640]

She's 4 times WC right?

[@maiconoliveira4221]

@@juliocadavid6640 yep

[@tristan7720]

Bro Alireza would win the women's WCC 9/10 times what are you talking about. This title literally means nothing in open chess

[@ruanpablo2082]

@@tristan7720 Ok, he lost today

[@maiconoliveira4221]

@@tristan7720 today was the 1/10 then, I guess it does mean something

[@brian_chalega]

Historic game!! Huge congrats to Ju Wenjun! 🥳🥳

[@afafreen]

What a great win for her! Current Queen of chess!!

[@free_palestine786]

Indeed.

[@gt29schopenhauer]

Absolutely! (Kosteniuk is still the Chess Queen tho)

[@EliasOjeda-mv6cg]

after this game, imma follow more of here games.

[@parzival2114]

Congratulations Ju *_Win_*_ jun_

[@FredPlanatia]

"For me its true. I like food just like I like chess". 😋

[@Droscar0745]

I love her

[@Arkady_Chernobrovkin]

Ju Wenjun🔥🔥🔥

[@makingsenseofus]

Incredible win! Looking forward to more great games from her!

[@vineetthakur1884]

my ju,my wenjun

[@johanneswww]

The reaction to the "underrated" question is so amazing!

[@lunaart4524]

She is so strong!! I'm truly happy to see such a woman who shows that yes, women can defeat men at chess

[@patheticpear2897]

It is sad that you don't already know that.

[@lunaart4524]

@@patheticpear2897 I never said I didn't know that women were as strong as men at chess, I just wanted to evoke the fact she shows this truth to everyone ! I'm just looking forward to see more women in the top players

[@patheticpear2897]

@@lunaart4524 Everybody knows that women can beat men at chess. However women are not as strong as men at chess on average, men are much better.

[@amoldivo]

​@@lunaart4524wdym by "such a woman"? Lol she's THE women's World Champion lol Please choose your words more wisely when you're trying to "evoke" the enthusiasm for the women's chess lol And btw, we all know that more often than not, women can hold and perhaps defeat male chess players...

[@songoku-jx3cb]

@@patheticpear2897most women players would never be able to defeat 2750 rated players . It was an exceptional game from her . She is much lower rated . The fact is women are still far behind men in chess and playing open tournaments like these is the best thing that can happen to female chess .

[@pt7258]

This match is going down in history.

[@stateofmontanapal.2506]

Historically win for Wenjun. Even she is underrated in this tournament but she played very impressive chess here. Good luck!

[@juancarlosavila1853]

THIS RESULT ROCKS!!!

[@twa9342]

Absolutely brilliant win!!!

[@ItalanFindart]

Lovely and kind

[@FlaminalLow]

Amazing! I'm so happy for her!

[@vin7884]

Amazing feat congratulations

[@barun9665]

Awesome. Always great to see Ju beating someone especially Alireza. She's such a nice woman. And a very dangerous player. And definitely she's underrated

[@markushornung7835]

Great woman! Kudos!

[@matt-d-webb]

Wonderful interview! Great to watch.

[@zdthekilla6950]

JU!!! 🇨🇳

[@bharlesCabbage]

Great interview! Well-deserved win. I hope they interviewed Eline as well.

[@mursalinmosaddeque8999]

Congratulations

[@ColbertandStewartpwn]

She’s amazing. It’s so funny how all top chess players pick up on the same mannerisms in English “OK, but, uh…” to start a sentence lol.

[@EliVanto]

And "but ok..." to end it.

[@user-nj9ru4ef2w]

I think it's a russian thing

[@Jacut]

She got it from her roomie/friend Lei, methinks ;)

[@phredro1731]

Wait til she figures out how to inject 'right?' into every thought.

[@thatchapthere]

It's quite endearing how chess is such a close knit community that it has it's own little things like this

[@bisket81]

Big fan here! Great job!

[@80-80.]

Great performance and I’m extra happy it was Alireza.

[@plywoodcarjohnson5412]

The Meryl Streep of chess! Cool! Congratulations!

[@johnnytan5276]

Massive win W

[@mike0311guns]

I watched the last women's world championship and knew they were playing at a 2700 level. She's awesome!

[@Mantose262]

I watched both championship matches, and I thought the women played much more solid and interesting games than the open championship match.

[@cliverosfield69]

​@@Mantose262🤡

[@shelloshello19]

This is why chess is so awesome. It doesn't matter who you are, if you prepare well and calculate right, you can take down anyone.

[@wchambers3849]

An amazing win from GM Ju Wenju! CONGRATS!!!

[@cfischer416]

Congrats!!

[@JoeKell365]

she should be in this event every year for as long as she can retain her championship title, as should whoever else becomes Women's World Champion in the near future. one could argue that someone like Lei Tingjie or Aleksandra Goryachkina should also be in this event, since they're among the top women players in the world. Tata Steel is arguably the most important tournament not named the Candidates, so the best players should be playing to help reflect that claim

[@ruanpablo2082]

It would be really nice

[@grigoreguzun5374]

Congratulations Ju 👏

[@Fauxcault_]

She played a great game.

[@praveenalane4331]

What I understand with all these interviews is that the masters always speaks with their hearts ( like Magnus) …Good luck for the rest of tournament

[@chessthinker500]

Hope to see a chess duel between Ju Wenjun & Judit Polgar!❤

[@Davide_Perini]

Non c'è paragone. Judit Polgar è nettamente più forte.

[@marcalfontiespi5264]

I love how humble she is being that great.

[@DrMcCrady]

Nicely done!

[@user-pk1bi1ol9u]

Lets go Ju Wenjun!!

[@PradiipAlvarez]

Boom! 💥

[@user-st8xu9qk5n]

Massive respect for her.How she carried herself in the game and in the interview! So gentle, so kind, yet so powerful

[@PARISAROMAN]

She is a lovely lady.

[@artherladett442]

Just a wonderful victory! All Hail Wenjun!

[@ramakrishnansr8504]

Congrats Ju Wenjun!!!

[@chrismartino3519]

She such a lovable little bug.

[@alexortega8846]

so strong and so cute she is

[@hosiahjones]

Nice! ❤

[@giovannicorno1247]

👏👏👏👏👏 Brava!

[@anonymousaristocrat.1883]

perfect example of chess psychology in play alireza although he is good at playing dry endgames heavily prefers sharp positions so he would not enjoy exchange french very much

[@lifeisthefun]

Just looked at 2700chess. Alireza lost 7.7 rating points from losing to Wenjun.

[@tealjaguar5033]

She is an inspiration

[@poorni4742]

Lets gooooo Ju !!

[@farihaahmed4790]

Very humble

[@shackledore]

Great play

[@tylerprudhomme]

came out too agressive really. didn't consolidate his position. he played sloppy

[@erikab.7015]

Congrats Wenjun! 🎉🎉🎉

[@djethereal99]

she's taken down the farmer lets go :)

[@rahilkhanhere]

Nah i like her. Got the courage to take up open category. Others should do it too. That’s the way you learn and grow. Ofcourse you would loose but the bigger picture is you would eventually get some women to really conquer. This is real equality

[@SaeedAcronia]

This is the greatest achievement for any female chess player ever except for Judit Polgar beating Kasparov in 2002.

[@ruanpablo2082]

Yifan beat Caruana when he is 2800+

[@Jaja-hx6ch]

No, the best ever in classical is Hou Yifan beat Fabiano Caruana when is was top3 in the world and 2817 elo

[@SaeedAcronia]

@@Jaja-hx6ch Sure I missed that. But this is no less than that cuz she did it to a player who's referred to as "The Future of Chess"

[@dylanhafner7608]

I wouldn’t call it the greatest. I think Alexandra Kosteniuk beating Vishy was the greatest!

[@Jaja-hx6ch]

@@SaeedAcronia yes, that's for sure one of best results by female player

[@disco_sugar]

respect

[@rjginsburg]

On fire!!!

[@KatoBeyond]

Huge win for Ju Wenjun! Exciting times in chess

[@MONSTERGAMING-jl4ze]

I hope they treat her normal like appreciation for a win and criticism for a loss they act like she can't win and appreciate her for a win but don't criticise for a loss like a normal human

[@MONSTERGAMING-jl4ze]

No person like this becomes a goat

[@edvardpiano]

Lets go!

[@YRMW1983]

I hope we get to see more women in open tournaments, so fun to watch! 🙌🏾

[@amirovsky2012]

Today Ju tortured Alireza. She was so right when she mentioned the bishop have to take on f3 instread of Qf7. That's too necessary for save the draw perhaps😅. She calculated very well. She is 5 times world champion for a reason

[@redeyexxx1841]

Our darling Hans Neimann got owned today as well.

[@imeprezime1285]

​@@redeyexxx1841 Clown Hans entertaining folks

[@samirsliman8071]

Good job ju ❤

[@drumcircler]

Wow 👍

[@datdudeinred]

I wish these players can take each other out to their respective restaurant featuring their cuisines. Maybe Tata can make this(it'll be a unique thing) happen as many chess players are too shy & introverts.

[@robertas8167]

I want to see the match Ju vs Ding.

[@juddsadac7204]

give Ju a slot in the men's candidates! :)

[@wlycdgrTheEverydayWorld]

If Anish wins, he owes Wenjun a cut

[@maiconoliveira4221]

he better win the tournament, after squeezing that victory against her 😅