Looking back on this experience, Ju Wenjun never forget to thank the people behind her, but never give up, making her stand at the top of Women’s National Elephant chess for the third time in three years.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 12th (reporter Zheng Zhilu Yuchen) New Year’s Eve, juwenjun defeated Russian chess player golachinah in the world chess Women’s Championship match held in Vladivostok, adding another world championship trophy to Chinese sports at the beginning of 2020. Looking back on this experience, Ju Wenjun never forget to thank the people behind her, but never give up, making her stand at the top of Women’s National Elephant chess for the third time in three years.
In 2018, after ten rounds of fighting, Ju Wenjun defeated Tan Zhongyi and tasted the sweetness of champion for the first time. Half a year later, she was crowned again in the final of the world championship.
But the plot of this match can be called a ups and downs. The 21-year-old golachinana came in a rage. The two sides took the lead in the 11 rounds from Shanghai to Vladivostok. The last round of Ju Wenjun and chess can win the championship, but golachinna won a victory in the last battle and dragged the competition into the first fast chess match in the national elephant Women’s World Championship. Ju Wenjun won three and successfully defended the title.
“Compared with the previous two times, this time the pressure and intensity are greater.” Ju Wenjun said, “I used to challenge the world champion as a challenger, but now I am in the state of being a champion.”
“Golachinana is a very talented and young chess player who focuses on chess. Her style is a classic Russian academic style, and she pays more attention to the overall situation, thinking and strategy.” She praised her opponent, “she played a few winning games beautifully.”
For herself, the most satisfactory thing is the fourth round of performance. She won the game of chess in 4 hours and 50 minutes, and it was also the first time for both sides to win after the start of the match.
“This chess game was prepared successfully from the beginning, and the final entry was very classic and beautiful. This is the top three matches since my career.” Ju Wenjun said that she also mentioned a winning game that decided the title of the champion in the fast chess plus match, “I played the third chess game in the plus match very well, I would like to thank teacher Ni Hua for providing me with the layout preparation and ideas.”
In recent years, coach Ni Hua’s name has always been the first on Ju Wenjun’s thank-you list. As the head coach of Shanghai National elephant team, Ni Hua led the team to win the four first-class league championship, and he himself once won the gold medal in men’s Olympic Games as a member of the national team. However, as the coach of Ju Wenjun, he had a heavier task and made many sacrifices.
“In the 2020 World Women’s Championship match, coach Ni Hua’s grandmother died unfortunately on the first day we arrived in Russia. He was very sad after knowing the news, but in order not to affect the game, we decided to postpone the funeral.” Ju Wenjun said, “he didn’t tell me the news and continued to help me prepare for the competition.”
This thank-you list is still very long. After winning the championship, Ju Wenjun also mentioned the female chess grandmaster Wang frequency who accompanied her in the competition, the head coach of the national team, Ye Jiangchuan, chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, tian HW, secretary general of the association, and Dan Xiaoli, president of Shanghai Chess Academy, who created a secure competition environment for her in the first half of the competition.
Shanghai is Ju Wenjun’s home. In the first half of the trip held in Shanghai, my mother will deliver meals to her and take care of her, the Golden Retriever “Sicilian” at home also relieves the pressure brought by the competition to the host.
According to her own evaluation, Ju Wenjun in her life is “more like thinking than talking”. She likes to go jogging, “sometimes she plays table tennis with her friends after playing chess”. I love listening to music, and my favorite singer is Jay Chou.
One week after winning the championship, Ju Wenjun also celebrated his new birthday. “The wish for yourself on this year’s birthday is to be more advanced in chess and continue to work hard.” Ju Wenjun’s wish is simple and clear.
In a remote interview with Xinhua news agency reporters, Ju Wenjun was participating in the second Keynes Cup Women’s Chess Classic in St. Louis, USA. Besides her, there are also nine women’s top players including old rival lagono.
“The lineup of this competition is very strong. I hope I can play well, show myself and play a beautiful match.” Ju Wenjun said. At present, the competition has been in five rounds. She, who played as the number one seed, temporarily ranked first in the standings after two consecutive victories.
“The hope of winning the Olympic championship and the world championship has been achieved. Now it is more a challenge to oneself, and I hope I can have a better level in the future.” The present Ju Wenjun seems to be more gentle and light.
However, when sitting in front of the chessboard, pursuing victory is the instinct of an excellent chess player. Ju Wenjun also believes that winning this championship is “a milestone champion” for his career “. In previous interviews with other media, she said that she saw a speech by Lang Ping before the game. In the speech, she said, “the spirit of the women’s volleyball team is not to win the championship, but sometimes she knows that she will not win, and she also tries her best. It is you who walk all the way, but stand up and shake the dust on your body, still firm in your eyes. Life is not necessarily to win, but to win hard.” This passage gave her great encouragement and firm determination not to give up. It also made her survive the long road of defending the throne, which was deadlocked, backward and missed the victory.
“National elephant is an indispensable part of my life. I have been accompanied by chess in my life since I was 7 years old. I have experienced winning and losing chess with me. In this process, I became confident and strong, and also learned the spirit of never giving up.”