Shanghai, China, became the site for the beginning of the 2025 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship today, celebrating yet another milestone in the nation’s chess dominance. The all-Chinese match will see the present champion attempt to prevent the challenger from taking her title in a 12-game format that will stretch across the territories of two cities.
The tournament was launched in a grand fashion in Shanghai with a ceremony that saw officials underlining how important chess and China are to one another. A draw decided that the champion would have the white side in today’s opening game at 15:00 local time.
China has risen to the pinnacle of women’s chess with an empire of six titles and also the record for the most Women’s World Champions, surpassing the former Soviet Union’s five championships. The match is not only a challenge to the world but also marks the further strengthening of the Chinese position in the international chess community.
The tournament will be played in the aforementioned 12-game format, with the player who reaches 6.5 points first announced as the victor. The initial six games are scheduled to be played in Shanghai before they move to Chongqing for the remaining matches, with both players coming from these two cities.
Each game has a time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, and an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move one. By this arrangement, it is guaranteed that the champion will be the one with more strategic depth and endurance to his advantage.
The first game of today signals the start of the upcoming fierce struggle between the two top players, who in their past matches have already contested the world title before. Their history is a new factor that adds even more tension to this championship game.
Born in 1991 in Shanghai, the reigning champion took up chess game when she was seven right after she got impressed by a great player of the country. She became the World Championship first in 2018 after defeating the current challenger, and since then, she has managed to keep the trophy for three times.
He is the first man who won the world champion of the game in 2017, and after a year, he lost the title. Now, she will be the one to undo the mistake and win the title again which could be a fairytale of basketball in the world of chess.
Among other sports, the issue of this year’s ITTF World Cup in Macao having tickets for the event ready for sale is a great draw to the event. The tournament, to be held at the Galaxy Arena from April 14-20, will be presenting 48 top male and female athletes from five continents.
Since it is still in great demand, the ticket sales for the event have gone for a second round of today at 12:00 PM local time, through the various platforms such as Damai App, Galaxy Ticketing, and Macao Ticket Network. The tournament will see the appearance of the defending champions and other world-class talents.
The Galaxy Arena is an all-in-one place for this elite contest, an avant-garde ballroom with very good visual, sound, and excitement that make it a popular choice for sports lovers.
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The chess championship schedule will consist of games on April 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, and 10 in Shanghai, followed by a transfer to Chongqing for games on April 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, and 20. In case of a draw, there will be a tiebreak on April 21, which will then be followed by the closing ceremony.
Some of the events in the city are the typical mark witnesses to China’s formidable dominance and high standard of performance in numerous sports. The sports that these events figure span several areas of athletics, more of the mind as it is in chess, and this prosperity shows that the country is continually reinvesting into the development of the athletic capacity and international sports meetings.
It is a great pleasure to witness the essential chess players’ match and also to mark the five decades of the Chinese entrance into FIDE. In this time, the country has been turned into one of the world powers in terms of chess.
As both competitors clearly are in high spirits, laughing, and providing the right responses at the opening ceremony, the stage cannot be set better for a championship full of drama and guaranteed to be watched by millions of fans in China and abroad.
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