33-year-old GM Zhongyi Tan was the women’s world champion 2017- 2018. She is currently involved in a re-match against last year’s Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament participant Wenjun Ju, who deprived her of her title back in 2018.
Tan started playing chess at the age of six. Her first big result was winning the U10 Girl’s World Championship back-to-back in 2000 and 2001, followed by winning the U12 Girl’s World Championship in 2002.
In 2015, she won the Chinese Women’s Championship, and later that year, she won the Asian Women’s Rapid Chess Championship. In 2022, she won the Women’s World Rapid Championship.
Zhongyi Tan is participating in the Tepe Sigeman Chess Tournament for the first time.