Four-time Women’s World Champion Ju Wenjun won the 2024 Julius Baer Women’s Speed Chess Championship after defeating IM Polina Shuvalova in the Final. The match score was 12.5-9.5, and Ju won every one of the three segments by a point. The Chinese grandmaster takes home $15,409.09 along with her first WSCC title. Julius Baer Women’s Speed Chess Championship Bracket 5+1: Shuvalova 3.5-4.5 Ju 3+1: Shuvalova 3-4 Ju 1+1: Shuvalova 3-4 Ju SmarterChess claimed 64 percent odds for Ju to win the match, correctly anticipating her to win by three points, though it expected her to earn a two-point lead in the 5+1 portion and a one-point lead in the 1+1. The world champion once participated in the 2020 WSCC but finished in ninth place; this
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