17th Women’s World Chess Champion 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) (pictured above on the stage of the 4th Green Carpet Fashion Awards) took on Newsweek magazine for the vindication of her honour as the legitimate Women’s World Champion, on her own behalf, as well as on the behalf of FIDE executives, eager to capitalise on the Netflix spotlight of Beth Harmon. With regard to the similarities between 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) and Beth, indeed, there are no similarities to speculate on how they took the scene. No doubt the Lady from 上海 (Shànghǎi) owes to FIDE much of her own fairy tale, that could come true only thanks to a (painful) Queen sacrifice — namely, withdrawal from four-time Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán), who, exhausted by a bona fide bully group around her, surrendered her crown for an University career. 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) then took up the baton, defending it fiercely and keeping it in China — so far. The pandemic has changed the world, and only time will tell whether 居文君 (Jū Wénjūn) too will consecrate herself as a four-time Women’s World Champion or just content herself with her three times. As they say, hope is better than despair: “Although the date is not yet confirmed, I will certainly try to do my best in the next Women’s Chess World Championship match”, she just wrote in her own hand. |
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