Russia wins friendship match agains China

by André Schulz
6/16/2016 – The tenth friendship match between Russia and China in Moscow ended in a narrow 25.5-24.5 victory for Russia. It was Russia's women's team that decided the event in Russia's favor. The men drew their match 12.5-12.5 but the Russian women beat the Chinese 13-12. The result could have even been clearer had the Russian women used all their chances in the final round.
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The friendly character of the match between the two national teams was reflected in a high number of draws. The men had a drawing rate of 76% (19 games ended peacefully, six had a winner) while the women had a drawing rate of 64% - 16 of the 25 games ended in a draw, an unusually high drawing percentage for a women's event. However, it has to be noted that most of the games were hard-fought and everything but peaceful draws.

While the match between the Russian and the Chinese men had been always balanced, the Russian women had been dominating the Chinese from the very start. However, in the fifth round the Chinese managed to score two wins: Tan Zhongyi won against Anastasia Bodnaruk and Shen Yang won against Valentina Gunina - however, only with a lot of luck and a lot of help by her opponent.

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.h3 c5 8.0-0 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.exd4 Nb6 12.Bb3 Nbd5 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bxf6 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Bxf6 16.Rfe1 Kg7 17.Ne5 Qc7 18.Qf3 Bd7 19.Qg3 Bf5 20.Rac1 Rad8 21.h4 h5 22.Qf4 Qd6 23.Re3 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Qf6 25.Rce1
25...Be6? Now Black loses a pawn. 25...e6 After 26.Rc5 Rfe8 the position is roughly equal - White has the better pieces but Black has the better structure. 26.Qg3 Bxb3 27.axb3 e6 28.Rxh5 Rh8 29.Rxh8 Rxh8 30.Re4 Qf5 31.Qe3 b5 32.b4 a6 33.g3 Rc8 34.Rf4 Qd5 35.Kh2 Ra8 36.Rg4?! White maneuvers her rook into a precarious position. Safer was 36.Re4 36...f5 37.Rg5 Rh8 38.Qf4 Kf6 39.Kg1 Kf7 40.Kh2 Kf6 41.Rg4 Rg8 42.Qg5+ Kf7 43.Rf4 Qc6
This gives White a chance to liberate her rook. Safer was 43...Rh8 44.d5! Qxd5 After 44...exd5 White opens the position with 45.h5 and keeps a clear advantage. 45.Rd4 Qc6 46.Qd2 Re8 47.Rd6 Qf3 48.Rxa6 Rd8 49.Ra7+ Ke8 50.Qa2 Kf8
51.Rc7? White is a pawn up but as both kings are in danger it is not easy to win the position with White. However, the engines quickly discover a tactical trick to neutralize Black's attack and reach a better endgame: 51.Rh7! On first sight this looks like a blunder because of Rd1 threatening mate. But White saves herself with 52.Qa8+! Qxa8 53.Rh8+ Kg7 54.Rxa8 with good winning chances. 51...f4 52.g4? White panicks. It was still not too late for 52.Rh7 e.g. Rd3 53.Qa8+ Qxa8 54.Rh8+ Kg7 55.Rxa8 Rxc3 56.Rb8 Rc2 with good winning chances for White. 52...Qxg4 Suddenly White is totally lost. The h-pawn is hanging and Black threatens ...f3 or ...Rd3. 53.Qa7 Qxh4+ 54.Kg2 f3+ 55.Kxf3 Rd3+ White resigned. A bitter loss for Valentina Gunina and a lucky win for Shen Yang. 0–1
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Gunina,V2518Shen,Y24720–12016D94Russia-China Match Women5.2

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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.0-0 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 d5 7.Ne5 Nxe5 8.Bxe5 d4 9.e3 0-0 10.exd4 cxd4 11.c4 dxc3 12.dxc3 Qa5 13.Qe1 Bf5 14.c4 Qa6 15.Qc1 Be4 16.Bxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Nc3 Nxc3 19.Qxc3+ Qf6 20.Qe3 Rfd8 21.Rad1 b6 22.b4 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 a5 24.a3 axb4 25.axb4 Ra4 26.Rb1 h5 27.h4 Qc6 28.Rc1 Qf6 29.Qb3 Ra7 30.c5 bxc5 31.bxc5 Rc7 32.Qd5 Qc6 33.Qe5+ Kh7 34.Qf4 Kg7 35.Qd4+ Qf6 36.Qd5 Qc6 37.Qd4+ Qf6 38.Qd5 Qc6 39.Qd4+ ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Yu,Y2737Andreikin,D2743½–½2016A05Russia-China Match Men1.1
Wang,Y2728Nepomniachtchi,I2719½–½2016A34Russia-China Match Men1.2
Jakovenko,D2710Zhou,J26171–02016D20Russia-China Match Men1.3
Matlakov,M2691Lu,S2614½–½2016E04Russia-China Match Men1.4
Dubov,D2666Wen,Y2611½–½2016A21Russia-China Match Men1.5
Lu,S2614Andreikin,D27431–02016B11Russia-China Match Men2.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2719Yu,Y2737½–½2016C53Russia-China Match Men2.2
Wen,Y2611Jakovenko,D2710½–½2016D02Russia-China Match Men2.3
Zhou,J2617Matlakov,M2691½–½2016A17Russia-China Match Men2.4
Dubov,D2666Wang,Y2728½–½2016A11Russia-China Match Men2.5
Andreikin,D2743Wen,Y2611½–½2016D02Russia-China Match Men3.1
Nepomniachtchi,I2719Lu,S26141–02016B90Russia-China Match Men3.2
Yu,Y2737Jakovenko,D2710½–½2016A08Russia-China Match Men3.3
Wang,Y2728Matlakov,M2691½–½2016D39Russia-China Match Men3.4
Zhou,J2617Dubov,D26661–02016D45Russia-China Match Men3.5
Andreikin,D2743Zhou,J2617½–½2016B46Russia-China Match Men4.1
Wen,Y2611Nepomniachtchi,I27190–12016A49Russia-China Match Men4.2
Jakovenko,D2710Wang,Y2728½–½2016D12Russia-China Match Men4.3
Matlakov,M2691Yu,Y27370–12016D38Russia-China Match Men4.4
Lu,S2614Dubov,D2666½–½2016C88Russia-China Match Men4.5
Wang,Y2728Andreikin,D2743½–½2016B07Russia-China Match Men5.1
Zhou,J2617Nepomniachtchi,I2719½–½2016A32Russia-China Match Men5.2
Jakovenko,D2710Lu,S2614½–½2016E04Russia-China Match Men5.3
Wen,Y2611Matlakov,M2691½–½2016E48Russia-China Match Men5.4
Dubov,D2666Yu,Y2737½–½2016E00Russia-China Match Men5.5

 

With 3.5/5 Ian Nepomniachtchi was the top-scorer of the event.

Women

Valentina Gunina

The Chinese team: Coach Yu Shaoteng, Ding Yixin, Gou Qi, Tan Zhongyi,
Lei Tingjie (number one on the girls' world ranking list) and Shen Yang

The Russian team: Mark Glukhovsky, Katerina Lagno, Anastasia Bodnaruk,
Aleksandra Goryachkina, Valentina Gunina, Natalia Pogonina and coach Sergey Rublevsky

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Lagno,K2524Tan,Z25091–02016B32Russia-China Match Women1.1
Gunina,V2518Lei,T24871–02016D11Russia-China Match Women1.2
Shen,Y2472Goryachkina,A2486½–½2016D12Russia-China Match Women1.3
Guo,Q2447Pogonina,N2482½–½2016D37Russia-China Match Women1.4
Ding,Y2419Bodnaruk,A24791–02016B90Russia-China Match Women1.5
Lagno,K2524Guo,Q24471–02016B11Russia-China Match Women2.1
Tan,Z2509Gunina,V2518½–½2016E53Russia-China Match Women2.2
Goryachkina,A2486Ding,Y2419½–½2016E11Russia-China Match Women2.3
Pogonina,N2482Shen,Y2472½–½2016D10Russia-China Match Women2.4
Lei,T2487Bodnaruk,A24791–02016A62Russia-China Match Women2.5
Ding,Y2419Lagno,K2524½–½2016C47Russia-China Match Women3.1
Guo,Q2447Gunina,V2518½–½2016E16Russia-China Match Women3.2
Goryachkina,A2486Tan,Z2509½–½2016E00Russia-China Match Women3.3
Pogonina,N2482Lei,T24871–02016D45Russia-China Match Women3.4
Bodnaruk,A2479Shen,Y2472½–½2016C78Russia-China Match Women3.5
Shen,Y2472Lagno,K2524½–½2016D85Russia-China Match Women4.1
Gunina,V2518Ding,Y24191–02016E11Russia-China Match Women4.2
Lei,T2487Goryachkina,A2486½–½2016D52Russia-China Match Women4.3
Tan,Z2509Pogonina,N2482½–½2016D37Russia-China Match Women4.4
Bodnaruk,A2479Guo,Q2447½–½2016B12Russia-China Match Women4.5
Lagno,K2524Lei,T2487½–½2016B33Russia-China Match Women5.1
Gunina,V2518Shen,Y24720–12016D11Russia-China Match Women5.2
Guo,Q2447Goryachkina,A2486½–½2016E15Russia-China Match Women5.3
Pogonina,N2482Ding,Y2419½–½2016E11Russia-China Match Women5.4
Tan,Z2509Bodnaruk,A24791–02016B08Russia-China Match Women5.5

 

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

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