China beats Russia

by André Schulz
7/21/2015 – In the traditional match between China and Russia the Chinese celebrated a double victory and confirmed their status as a new chess superpower. The Chinese men won 14-11, and the Chinese women, who were nominally weaker than the Russian women, had a strong finish and won 15-10. Best players were Bu Xiangzhi, Maxim Matlakov, and Shen Yang. Mehr...
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The Chinese Chess Federation hosted the match that took
place from 14. to 20. July in Yinzhou, a precinct of Ningbo.

The line-up of the Russian team

Men: Peter Svidler, Nikita Vitiugov, Maxim Matlakov, Vladimir Fedoseev, and Daniil Dubov
Women: Valentina Gunina, Olga Girya, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Natalia Pogonina, and Alina Kashlinskaya

The line-up of the Chinese team

Men: Yu Yangyi, Wei Yi, Bu Xiangzhi, Lu Shanglei, and Wang Chen
Women: Tan Zhongyi, Shen Yang, Huang Qian, Lei Tingjie, Ding Yixin

Men

After three rounds the Chinese were leading 9-6. In the second half of the match the Russian fared better and managed to draw the matches in round four and five 2.5-2.5. But this was of course not enough to catch up and thus China won the match 14-11. The best individual players were Bu Xianghzi and Maxim Matlakov, who both finished with 4.0/5.

Round 4

Bd. Nr.   Name Elo Pt. Result Pt.   Name Elo Nr.
1 6 GM Svidler Peter 2740 2 ½ - ½ 2 GM Lu Shanglei 2595 4
2 3 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2695 2 1 - 0 1 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2734 7
3 8 GM Matlakov Maxim 2691 2 1 - 0 1½ IM Wang Chen 2521 5
4 9 GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2664 ½ 1 - 0 1½ GM Yu Yangyi 2736 1
5 2 GM Wei Yi 2724 2 1 - 0 ½ GM Dubov Daniil 2661 10

Round 5

Bd. Nr.   Name Elo Pt. Result Pt.   Name Elo Nr.
1 5 IM Wang Chen 2521 1½ ½ - ½ 2½ GM Svidler Peter 2740 6
2 4 GM Lu Shanglei 2595 2½ ½ - ½ 1 GM Vitiugov Nikita 2734 7
3 8 GM Matlakov Maxim 2691 3 1 - 0 3 GM Wei Yi 2724 2
4 3 GM Bu Xiangzhi 2695 3 1 - 0 1½ GM Fedoseev Vladimir 2664 9
5 10 GM Dubov Daniil 2661 ½ ½ - ½ 1½ GM Yu Yangyi 2736 1

 

Bu Xiangzhi

Maxim Matlakov

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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Yu,Y2736Svidler,P2740½–½2015C92China-Russia Match 20151.1
Wang,C2521Vitiugov,N2734½–½2015B23China-Russia Match 20151.2
Matlakov,M2691Lu,S25951–02015D30China-Russia Match 20151.3
Fedoseev,V2664Wei,Y27240–12015D87China-Russia Match 20151.4
Dubov,D2661Bu,X26950–12015D11China-Russia Match 20151.5
Wei,Y2724Svidler,P27400–12015C88China-Russia Match 20152.1
Vitiugov,N2734Yu,Y2736½–½2015D38China-Russia Match 20152.2
Bu,X2695Matlakov,M2691½–½2015A29China-Russia Match 20152.3
Lu,S2595Fedoseev,V26641–02015C65China-Russia Match 20152.4
Dubov,D2661Wang,C2521½–½2015D30China-Russia Match 20152.5
Svidler,P-Bu,X-½–½2015B97China-Russia Match 20153.1
Vitiugov,N-Wei,Y-0–12015E60China-Russia Match 20153.2
Yu,Y-Matlakov,M-½–½2015B48China-Russia Match 20153.3
Wang,C-Fedoseev,V-½–½2015B23China-Russia Match 20153.4
Lu,S-Dubov,D-1–02015C85China-Russia Match 20153.5
Svidler,P2740Lu,S2595½–½2015D44China-Russia Match 20154.1
Bu,X2695Vitiugov,N27341–02015A35China-Russia Match 20154.2
Matlakov,M2691Wang,C25211–02015D30China-Russia Match 20154.3
Fedoseev,V2664Yu,Y27361–02015B20China-Russia Match 20154.4
Wei,Y2724Dubov,D26611–02015B23China-Russia Match 20154.5
Wang,C2521Svidler,P2740½–½2015B31China-Russia Match 20155.1
Lu,S2595Vitiugov,N2734½–½2015C07China-Russia Match 20155.2
Matlakov,M2691Wei,Y27241–02015D85China-Russia Match 20155.3
Bu,X2695Fedoseev,V26641–02015A04China-Russia Match 20155.4
Dubov,D2661Yu,Y2736½–½2015A14China-Russia Match 20155.5

Women

The Russian women at first seemed to do better than the Russian men and after three rounds led 8-7. But then they lost rounds four and five surprisingly clearly with 1-4 which gave the Chinese women a clear 15-10 victory. Top scorer of the Chinese team was Shen Yang with 4.0/5, in the Russian team only Alina Kashlinskaya reached 50%

Round 4

Bd. Nr.   Name Elo Pt. Result Pkt.   Name Elo Nr.
1 1 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2488 2 1 - 0 2 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 9
2 8 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2486 1½ 0 - 1 2 IM Shen Yang 2465 2
3 3 WGM Huang Qian 2457 ½ 1 - 0 2 IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2432 10
4 4 WGM Lei Tingjie 2450 2 ½ - ½ 1½ GM Gunina Valentina 2548 6
5 7 WGM Girya Olga 2486 1 ½ - ½ ½ WGM Ding Yixin 2439 5

 

Round 5

Bd. Nr.   Name Elo Pt. Result Pt.   Name Elo Nr.
1 10 IM Kashlinskaya Alina 2432 2 ½ - ½ 3 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2488 1
2 9 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2465 2 0 - 1 3 IM Shen Yang 2465 2
3 3 WGM Huang Qian 2457 1½ ½ - ½ 1½ WGM Girya Olga 2486 7
4 8 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2486 1½ 0 - 1 2½ WGM Lei Tingjie 2450 4
5 5 WGM Ding Yixin 2439 1 1 - 0 2 GM Gunina Valentina 2548 6

 

Shen Yang

Alina Kashlinskaya

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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Gunina,V2548Tan,Z2488½–½2015D38China-Russia Match w 20151.1
Kashlinskaya,A2432Shen,Y2465½–½2015D43China-Russia Match w 20151.2
Huang,Q2457Pogonina,N24650–12015D37China-Russia Match w 20151.3
Lei,T2450Girya,O24861–02015D18China-Russia Match w 20151.4
Ding,Y2439Goryachkina,A24860–12015A05China-Russia Match w 20151.5
Girya,O2486Tan,Z2488½–½2015E11China-Russia Match w 20152.1
Shen,Y2465Gunina,V25481–02015D12China-Russia Match w 20152.2
Goryachkina,A2486Huang,Q2457½–½2015D12China-Russia Match w 20152.3
Pogonina,N2465Lei,T2450½–½2015B47China-Russia Match w 20152.4
Ding,Y2439Kashlinskaya,A24320–12015C15China-Russia Match w 20152.5
Tan,Z-Goryachkina,A-1–02015D31China-Russia Match w 20153.1
Shen,Y-Girya,O-½–½2015D12China-Russia Match w 20153.2
Gunina,V-Huang,Q-1–02015D17China-Russia Match w 20153.3
Kashlinskaya,A-Lei,T-½–½2015D85China-Russia Match w 20153.4
Pogonina,N-Ding,Y-½–½2015B92China-Russia Match w 20153.5
Tan,Z2488Pogonina,N24651–02015E04China-Russia Match w 20154.1
Goryachkina,A2486Shen,Y24650–12015D10China-Russia Match w 20154.2
Huang,Q2457Kashlinskaya,A24321–02015A15China-Russia Match w 20154.3
Lei,T2450Gunina,V2548½–½2015D10China-Russia Match w 20154.4
Girya,O2486Ding,Y2439½–½2015A48China-Russia Match w 20154.5
Kashlinskaya,A2432Tan,Z2488½–½2015D31China-Russia Match w 20155.1
Pogonina,N2465Shen,Y24650–12015D10China-Russia Match w 20155.2
Huang,Q2457Girya,O2486½–½2015A11China-Russia Match w 20155.3
Goryachkina,A2486Lei,T24500–12015D85China-Russia Match w 20155.4
Ding,Y2439Gunina,V25481–02015B19China-Russia Match w 20155.5

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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