Tan Zhongyi

 Tan Zhongyi is a Chinese Grandmaster and former Women’s World Champion, Women’s World Rapid Champion, and five-time Chinese Women’s National Champion in the years 2015, 2020, 2021, and 2022. Tan Is the seventh highest-rated woman in the world and the fifth highest-rated Chinese woman. Tan earned the Grandmaster title after winning the 2017 Women’s World Championship. Notable highlights include winning the women’s gold medal for board 4 in the Baku Olympiad in 2016, winning the Women’s Top Prize at the 2020 Gibraltar Masters, winning the 2022 Women’s World Rapid Championship, as well as winning the 2024 FIDE Women’s Candidates Tournament which qualified her for the 2024 Women’s World Championship. In 2024, Tan won the Cairns Cup.