Women's World Chess Championship 2018 (May)

Women's World Chess Championship Match 2018
Shanghai & Chongqing, China
3–18 May 2018
 
Defending champion
Challenger
 
  Tan Zhongyi Ju Wenjun
 
4½Scores5½
Game 1½63 move draw½
Game 2055 moves →1
Game 3027 moves →1
Game 41← 35 moves0
Game 5035 moves →1
Game 61← 125 moves0
Game 7½33 move draw½
Game 8½32 move draw½
Game 9½80 move draw½
Game 10½70 move draw½
  Born 29 May 1991
26 years old		 Born 31 January 1991
27 years old
  Winner of the Women's World Chess Championship 2017 Winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16
  Rating: 2522
(World No. 10)		 Rating: 2571
(World No. 2)

The 2018 Women's World Chess Championship Match was a match held between Tan Zhongyi, the 2017 Women's World Chess champion, and her challenger Ju Wenjun to determine the new women's world chess champion. Ju Wenjun qualified by winning the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16.

The match took place from 2 to 20 May 2018 and was played in two halves, the first in Shanghai, the latter in Chongqing. Ju Wenjun won 5½–4½.

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