Wei Yi and Guo Qi are Chinese Champions 2016

by Johannes Fischer
5/2/2016 – The Chinese Championships 2016 took place from 17th to 28th April and were played in Xinghua. Most of the top Chinese players were absent but with an Elo-average of 2586 the tournament was strong. Elo-favorite Wei Yi still cruised to a smooth victory. He did not lose a single game and won with 7.5/11. New Chinese Women's Champion is Guo Qi. She scored 8.0/11.
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Wei Yi - Chinese Champion 2016

With a rating of 2700 Wei Yi started the Championship as number one seed and as favorite. But even though the best Chinese players did not take part in the Championship, the field still was strong. Six players had a rating of 2600 or more, and six had a rating of 2500+. But Wei Yi dominated the tournament from beginning to end. After seven rounds he had won four games with White and had drawn all his games with Black, the majority of them rather quickly. With 5.5/7 he clearly the field and finished the tournament with four draws - this peaceful finale was enough to win the tournament with 7.5/11, a one-and-a-half point margin and to become Chinese Champion 2016.

 Here's one of his games with White in which one inaccurate move by the opponent allowed Wei Yi to mate him.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Kh1 0-0 11.Qe1 Bd7 12.Qg3 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Rae1 b5 15.a3 Rae8 16.Bf3 Rd8 17.Re3 Qb7N A previous game finished quickly after Black missed a couple of tactics: 17...g6 18.e5 dxe5 19.Bxe5 Qb6 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Qh4 Nd5 22.Qxh7+ 1-0 (22) Bernadskiy,V (2358)-Fedoseev,V (2353) Lvov 2009 18.Rfe1 g6 19.Qh3 Rfe8 20.Qh6 Bf8 21.Qg5 Nd7 22.Nd5 Qb8 23.Nf6+ Nxf6 24.Bxf6 Rc8 25.Bg4 Ba8?
Now Black's position collapses remarkably quickly. After 25...Qb7 26.c3 Bg7 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 the engines evaluate the position as equal. 26.Rh3 Brutally simple. Black is helpless against the attack on the h-file. Rc5 27.Qh4 h5 28.b4 After 28...Rxc2 White plays 29.Bxh5 and Black's king won't survive long. 1–0
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Wei,Y2700Wang,C25141–02016B47ch-CHN 20167.2

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bd7 9.c3 0-0 10.Bc2 b4 11.Re1 Re8 12.h3 Bf8 13.a5 h6 14.Nbd2 bxc3 15.bxc3 Na7 16.Nc4 Nb5 17.Bd2 Be6 18.Ba4 Nd7 19.Ne3 c6 20.c4 Nd4 21.Nxd4 exd4 22.Nf5 Ne5 23.Bf4 Bxf5 24.exf5 Rc8 25.Bg3 Nd7 26.Rxe8 Qxe8 27.Qg4 Nc5 28.Bc2 d5 29.cxd5 cxd5 30.Qxd4 Qe2 31.Qc3 d4 32.Qc4 Re8 33.Kh2 Qd2 34.Bb1 Rd8 35.f6 gxf6 36.Ba2 Rd7 37.Rb1 Qxd3 38.Qc1 Qf5 39.Rb8 Kg7 40.Qe1 Ne4 41.f3 Nd6 42.Qb4 d3 43.Bb1 h5 44.Rxf8 Kxf8 45.Bxd6+ Kg7 46.Qb8 Qd5 47.Qf8+ Kh7 48.Bf4 Qf5 49.Bh6 Qg6 50.Bd2 Rb7 51.Ba2 h4 52.Kg1 Rd7 53.Kf1 Rc7 54.Bd5 f5 55.Qd8 Rc2 56.Qxh4+ Kg8 57.Qe1 Rc8 58.Qe5 Kh7 59.Qe3 Rg8 60.g4 Rd8 61.Bxf7 1–0
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Zhao,J2634Zhou,W26351–02016C84ch-CHN 20161.1
Lu,S2619Zhou,J2612½–½2016B03ch-CHN 20161.2
Wang,C2514Zeng,C2549½–½2016A45ch-CHN 20161.3
Xu,J2527Xu,Y25231–02016D37ch-CHN 20161.4
Wei,Y2700Bai,J25641–02016A11ch-CHN 20161.5
Gao,R2552Wen,Y2614½–½2016C67ch-CHN 20161.6
Zhou,W2635Wen,Y26141–02016D43ch-CHN 20162.1
Bai,J2564Gao,R2552½–½2016D11ch-CHN 20162.2
Xu,Y2523Wei,Y2700½–½2016D85ch-CHN 20162.3
Zeng,C2549Xu,J25271–02016B23ch-CHN 20162.4
Zhou,J2612Wang,C25141–02016A28ch-CHN 20162.5
Zhao,J2634Lu,S2619½–½2016B52ch-CHN 20162.6
Lu,S2619Zhou,W2635½–½2016C92ch-CHN 20163.1
Wang,C2514Zhao,J2634½–½2016B51ch-CHN 20163.2
Xu,J2527Zhou,J2612½–½2016E11ch-CHN 20163.3
Wei,Y2700Zeng,C25491–02016B19ch-CHN 20163.4
Gao,R2552Xu,Y25230–12016B94ch-CHN 20163.5
Wen,Y2614Bai,J2564½–½2016A49ch-CHN 20163.6
Zhou,W2635Bai,J2564½–½2016D02ch-CHN 20164.1
Xu,Y2523Wen,Y26140–12016D11ch-CHN 20164.2
Zeng,C2549Gao,R2552½–½2016B23ch-CHN 20164.3
Zhou,J2612Wei,Y2700½–½2016E23ch-CHN 20164.4
Zhao,J2634Xu,J2527½–½2016C77ch-CHN 20164.5
Lu,S2619Wang,C2514½–½2016C47ch-CHN 20164.6
Wang,C2514Zhou,W26350–12016B30ch-CHN 20165.1
Xu,J2527Lu,S2619½–½2016A13ch-CHN 20165.2
Wei,Y2700Zhao,J26341–02016E71ch-CHN 20165.3
Gao,R2552Zhou,J2612½–½2016B03ch-CHN 20165.4
Wen,Y2614Zeng,C2549½–½2016A45ch-CHN 20165.5
Bai,J2564Xu,Y2523½–½2016A07ch-CHN 20165.6
Zhou,W2635Xu,Y2523½–½2016A05ch-CHN 20166.1
Zeng,C2549Bai,J2564½–½2016C42ch-CHN 20166.2
Zhou,J2612Wen,Y2614½–½2016D10ch-CHN 20166.3
Zhao,J2634Gao,R2552½–½2016B90ch-CHN 20166.4
Lu,S2619Wei,Y2700½–½2016C81ch-CHN 20166.5
Wang,C2514Xu,J25270–12016B23ch-CHN 20166.6
Xu,J2527Zhou,W2635½–½2016E17ch-CHN 20167.1
Wei,Y2700Wang,C25141–02016B47ch-CHN 20167.2
Gao,R2552Lu,S2619½–½2016B35ch-CHN 20167.3
Wen,Y2614Zhao,J2634½–½2016C67ch-CHN 20167.4
Bai,J2564Zhou,J26121–02016E00ch-CHN 20167.5
Xu,Y2523Zeng,C2549½–½2016E18ch-CHN 20167.6
Zhou,W2635Zeng,C25490–12016A15ch-CHN 20168.1
Zhou,J2612Xu,Y2523½–½2016D35ch-CHN 20168.2
Zhao,J2634Bai,J25640–12016C42ch-CHN 20168.3
Lu,S2619Wen,Y2614½–½2016B90ch-CHN 20168.4
Wang,C2514Gao,R2552½–½2016B51ch-CHN 20168.5
Xu,J2527Wei,Y2700½–½2016D11ch-CHN 20168.6
Wei,Y2700Zhou,W2635½–½2016D40ch-CHN 20169.1
Gao,R2552Xu,J25271–02016C50ch-CHN 20169.2
Wen,Y2614Wang,C2514½–½2016D02ch-CHN 20169.3
Bai,J2564Lu,S2619½–½2016E04ch-CHN 20169.4
Xu,Y2523Zhao,J2634½–½2016A73ch-CHN 20169.5
Zeng,C2549Zhou,J2612½–½2016E00ch-CHN 20169.6
Zhou,W2635Zhou,J2612½–½2016A06ch-CHN 201610.1
Zhao,J2634Zeng,C2549½–½2016B12ch-CHN 201610.2
Lu,S2619Xu,Y2523½–½2016B90ch-CHN 201610.3
Wang,C2514Bai,J2564½–½2016D00ch-CHN 201610.4
Xu,J2527Wen,Y2614½–½2016D11ch-CHN 201610.5
Wei,Y2700Gao,R2552½–½2016D45ch-CHN 201610.6
Gao,R2552Zhou,W2635½–½2016C92ch-CHN 201611.1
Wen,Y2614Wei,Y2700½–½2016A49ch-CHN 201611.2
Bai,J2564Xu,J2527½–½2016E00ch-CHN 201611.3
Xu,Y2523Wang,C2514½–½2016E50ch-CHN 201611.4
Zeng,C2549Lu,S2619½–½2016B52ch-CHN 201611.5
Zhou,J2612Zhao,J2634½–½2016E94ch-CHN 201611.6

Guo Qi, Chinese Women's Champion 2016 (Aeroflot Open 2016, Photo: Amruta Mokal)

Things were less clear in the Women's Championship. In round two Guo Qi suffered a catastrophe in the opening and an early setback, but she recovered and won one game after the next by patiently outplaying her opponents. In the end she won the tournament with 8.0/11 and finished half a point ahead of three players with 7.5/11.

Opening catastrophe

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 h6 8.Bh4 c5 9.Rd1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.a3 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nd5N
A new move - but not a good one. A previous game continued 12...Nh5 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.0-0 Nhf6 15.Be2 Rd8 16.f4 Nb6 17.Bf3 e5 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Nc4 20.fxe5 Nxe5 21.Nd5 Nxf3+ 22.Rxf3 Nxd5 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Qxd5 Rd8 1/2-1/2 (24) Portisch, F (2400)-Sutorikhin,V (2400) Zalaegerszeg 1992 13.Nxd5 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.0-0 with a fine position for White might have been better. 13...Bxh4 14.Nf4 Qa5+ 15.b4 Qxa3 16.Ndxe6 Ne5?
Miscalculating. 16...Qxb4+ 17.Ke2 fxe6 18.Bxe6+ Rf7 the engines consider the position as about equal. 17.Nxf8 Qxe3+ 18.Kf1 Qxf4?? Black is blind to the danger threatening her. After 18...Bf5 19.Bd3 Qxf4 20.Bxf5 Nc4 21.g3 Ne3+ 22.Ke2 Qxf5 23.Qxf5 Nxf5 24.gxh4 Rxf8 Black is also worse but can still fight. 19.Qh7+ Kxf8 20.Qh8+ Ups! After 20...Ke7 21.Qd8# Black is mated. 1–0
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Zhai,M2371Guo,Q24361–02016D61ch-CHN w 20162.1

Attacking left, right and center

 
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1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 e6 6.Nge2 Nge7 7.0-0 0-0 8.d4 cxd4 9.exd4 d5 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Qb3 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Bh6 Bg7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bxd5! exd5 16.Nxd5 Qa5
The knight on d5 is strong and Black is in serious danger. She is not fully developed yet and the black squares around her king are very weak. 17.Qf3 Bf5 18.b4 Now White chases Black's queen around the whole board. Qd8 19.Rfd1 Qg5 20.h4 Qg4 21.Qc3+ Kh6 22.Rd4 Qe2 23.Re1 Qxa2 24.Rd2 Qa4 25.g4
After 25...Bxg4 26.Qe3+ Kg7 27.Qd4+ Black loses the bishop while White still has an attack. Black resigned. 1–0
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Guo,Q2436Yuan,Y22121–02016A36ch-CHN w 20167.4

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 c6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qc2 b6 9.Rd1 Bb7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.Rac1 Rc8 15.Qb3 Ne4 16.Ne5 Bf6 17.Nb5 Rxc1 18.Rxc1 a6 19.Na3 b5 20.Qc2 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Qb8 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Qc7 Qa8 24.Qb6 Bd5 25.b3 Rc8 26.Qe3 Qb8 27.Rxc8+ Qxc8 28.Qd2 Qc7 29.Qb2 e3 30.f3 Qc5 31.b4 Qb6 32.Nc2 g5 33.Qc3 Bxa2 34.Nxe3 Bc4 35.Kg2 Bxe2 36.Ng4 Qd8 37.Qc2 Bd3 38.Qd1 Qd4 39.Nf2 Qxb4 40.Qxd3 Qb2 41.Qd8+ Kg7 42.Qf6+ Kg8 43.h4 gxh4 44.gxh4 b4 45.Kg3 Qd2 46.Qf4 Qe1 47.Qd4 Qg1+ 48.Kh3 b3 49.Qb2 a5 50.Ng4 Qf1+ 51.Kg3 Qe1+ 52.Kg2 Qd1 53.Ne3 Qd3 54.Kf2 a4 55.h5 a3 56.Qxa3 Qd2+ 57.Kg3 Qxe3 58.Qa8+ Kg7 59.Qb8 Qg5+ 60.Kh3 Qxh5+ 61.Kg3 Qg5+ 62.Kh3 Qf5+ 63.Kg3 Qc2 64.Qd8 Qg6+ 0–1
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Yuan,Y2212Zhai,M23710–12016E00ch-CHN w 20161.1
Wang,J2380Lei,T2504½–½2016C42ch-CHN w 20161.2
Wang,D2234Zhu,J2095½–½2016D38ch-CHN w 20161.3
Hong,X1986Xiao,Y22220–12016C43ch-CHN w 20161.4
Gu,T2255Tan,Z2518½–½2016B08ch-CHN w 20161.5
Zhang,X2374Guo,Q24360–12016B11ch-CHN w 20161.6
Zhai,M2371Guo,Q24361–02016D61ch-CHN w 20162.1
Tan,Z2518Zhang,X23741–02016D53ch-CHN w 20162.2
Xiao,Y2222Gu,T22551–02016D30ch-CHN w 20162.3
Zhu,J2095Hong,X19861–02016B45ch-CHN w 20162.4
Lei,T2504Wang,D22341–02016A07ch-CHN w 20162.5
Yuan,Y2212Wang,J2380½–½2016E00ch-CHN w 20162.6
Wang,J2380Zhai,M23711–02016C77ch-CHN w 20163.1
Wang,D2234Yuan,Y2212½–½2016D91ch-CHN w 20163.2
Hong,X1986Lei,T25040–12016C42ch-CHN w 20163.3
Gu,T2255Zhu,J20951–02016B90ch-CHN w 20163.4
Zhang,X2374Xiao,Y2222½–½2016C90ch-CHN w 20163.5
Guo,Q2436Tan,Z2518½–½2016E16ch-CHN w 20163.6
Zhai,M2371Tan,Z2518½–½2016E20ch-CHN w 20164.1
Xiao,Y2222Guo,Q24360–12016E04ch-CHN w 20164.2
Zhu,J2095Zhang,X23740–12016C11ch-CHN w 20164.3
Lei,T2504Gu,T22551–02016A13ch-CHN w 20164.4
Yuan,Y2212Hong,X1986½–½2016D35ch-CHN w 20164.5
Wang,J2380Wang,D22341–02016C42ch-CHN w 20164.6
Wang,D2234Zhai,M2371½–½2016E15ch-CHN w 20165.1
Hong,X1986Wang,J23800–12016B34ch-CHN w 20165.2
Gu,T2255Yuan,Y2212½–½2016A45ch-CHN w 20165.3
Zhang,X2374Lei,T25041–02016C42ch-CHN w 20165.4
Guo,Q2436Zhu,J20951–02016D38ch-CHN w 20165.5
Tan,Z2518Xiao,Y22221–02016E21ch-CHN w 20165.6
Zhai,M2371Xiao,Y22220–12016A15ch-CHN w 20166.1
Zhu,J2095Tan,Z2518½–½2016B08ch-CHN w 20166.2
Lei,T2504Guo,Q2436½–½2016A13ch-CHN w 20166.3
Yuan,Y2212Zhang,X23740–12016E04ch-CHN w 20166.4
Wang,J2380Gu,T2255½–½2016C77ch-CHN w 20166.5
Wang,D2234Hong,X19861–02016D40ch-CHN w 20166.6
Hong,X1986Zhai,M23710–12016C47ch-CHN w 20167.1
Gu,T2255Wang,D22341–02016D10ch-CHN w 20167.2
Zhang,X2374Wang,J23801–02016B51ch-CHN w 20167.3
Guo,Q2436Yuan,Y22121–02016A36ch-CHN w 20167.4
Tan,Z2518Lei,T2504½–½2016A38ch-CHN w 20167.5
Xiao,Y2222Zhu,J20951–02016A14ch-CHN w 20167.6
Zhai,M2371Zhu,J20950–12016A17ch-CHN w 20168.1
Lei,T2504Xiao,Y22221–02016E11ch-CHN w 20168.2
Yuan,Y2212Tan,Z25180–12016C11ch-CHN w 20168.3
Wang,J2380Guo,Q2436½–½2016C42ch-CHN w 20168.4
Wang,D2234Zhang,X23741–02016D35ch-CHN w 20168.5
Hong,X1986Gu,T2255½–½2016C47ch-CHN w 20168.6
Gu,T2255Zhai,M2371½–½2016A45ch-CHN w 20169.1
Zhang,X2374Hong,X19861–02016B31ch-CHN w 20169.2
Guo,Q2436Wang,D22341–02016D11ch-CHN w 20169.3
Tan,Z2518Wang,J23800–12016E92ch-CHN w 20169.4
Xiao,Y2222Yuan,Y22121–02016A04ch-CHN w 20169.5
Zhu,J2095Lei,T25041–02016C58ch-CHN w 20169.6
Zhai,M2371Lei,T25040–12016D92ch-CHN w 201610.1
Yuan,Y2212Zhu,J2095½–½2016E71ch-CHN w 201610.2
Wang,J2380Xiao,Y22220–12016C65ch-CHN w 201610.3
Wang,D2234Tan,Z25180–12016D38ch-CHN w 201610.4
Hong,X1986Guo,Q24360–12016B18ch-CHN w 201610.5
Gu,T2255Zhang,X23740–12016A45ch-CHN w 201610.6
Zhang,X2374Zhai,M2371½–½2016C49ch-CHN w 201611.1
Guo,Q2436Gu,T2255½–½2016D45ch-CHN w 201611.2
Tan,Z2518Hong,X19861–02016D52ch-CHN w 201611.3
Xiao,Y2222Wang,D22341–02016A14ch-CHN w 201611.4
Zhu,J2095Wang,J23800–12016C50ch-CHN w 201611.5
Lei,T2504Yuan,Y22121–02016A45ch-CHN w 201611.6

 

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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