Ju Wenjun beat Tan Zhongyi once again in game five and is leading the women’s world championship with a two-point margin. The fifth game, played on Wednesday, was the last in the InterContinental Hotel Jing’an in central Shanghai, the city where Ju is from. She made good use of her home advantage and leads 3.5-1.5.
The fifth game was the second game in a row for Tan with the white pieces; per regulations colors are switched (or not, depending how you look at it!) every four games. However, the advantage of the first move did not prevent her from losing her third game in the match. Read more…