CHESS#1304

Ju Wenjun is the new world champion. The 27-year old Chinese GM hung onto her early lead to win the title match 5.5-4.5 (three wins, two losses) against Tan Zhongyi. Ju was clearly the superior player technically, but in the last three games she showed clear signs of nerves as the title grew closer. She could, in fact, have won all three of those games but she was intent on shutting things down and sitting on her lead and ended up with three draws. 

Sam Shankland won the Capablanca Memorial in Havana to break into the Top 30 and firmly push