China’s Tan Zhongyi is Women’s World Chess Champion

China’s Tan Zhongyi defeated Ukraine’s Anna Muzychuk in the final match of the Women’s World Chess Championship in Tehran on Friday to become the 16th women’s champion.

According to FIDE’s website, Zhongyi defeated Muzychuk on tie-break with 1.5 – 0.5.

Four previous games with classical time control finished with 2:2 score. The fourth and final game of the classical encounter between Zhongyi and Muzychuk in the 2017 FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship had ended in a draw on Thursday, sending the seriously-ranked match into a stalemate. Each grandmaster had one win and one draw.