2012 Chinese Championship – Ding Liren completes hat trick

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4/7/2012 – With three rounds to spare, Ding Liren was in the lead, and his only real rival was 17-year-old Yu Yangyi, whom he faced and held in round nine. 19-year-old Liren won with 8.0/11, making him the youngest player to achieve a hat trick. Yu Yangyi came in second and Ni Hua came third. In the Women's championship WGM Huang Qian won the title on tiebreak. Report with GM commentary.

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2012 Chinese Championship – Ding Liren completes hat trick

2012 China Chess Individual Championships take place from 26th March to 7th April 2012 in Xinghua, Jiangsu Province, China. The top eight qualifiers will play for China Chess Championship 2013. The last four players will play China Chess Championship 2013 Group B. It is eleven rounds at 90 minutes for the whole game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.


Only 19 years old, and Ding Liren is already three-time Chinese champion

With three rounds to spare, Ding Liren was in the lead, and his only real rival was 17-year-old Yu Yangyi, whom he faced in round nine. Though played out, with tactical finesses rampant, sometimes making one think of engine games, the pieces eventually came off and a correct draw was the result. 19-year-old Liren drew his final games for 8.0/11, which was enough to secure the title after Yangyi pressed too hard in the last round and ultimately lost, though he took silver. In third was three-time champion Ni Hua.

For 19-year-old Ding Liren, the youngest champion in Chinese history, winning the title for the first time in 2009 at age 16, it is his third title, making him also the youngest player to achieve a hat trick.

A select ending annotated by GM Karsten Mueller

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1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.0-0 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qb6 7.Be3 Qa5 8.Qd2 Qxd2 9.Nxd2 a6 10.Nc4 Nd7 11.Na5 Rb8 12.c4 Nh6 13.Rfd1 Ng4 14.Bc1 Nc5 15.h3 Ne5 16.f4 Ned3 17.e3 Bf5 18.Rd2 0-0 19.Nxf5 gxf5 20.Rb1 Rfc8 21.Kf1 b5 22.cxb5 Rxb5 23.Nc6 Rc7 24.b3 Rb6 25.Ba3 Rbxc6 26.Bxc6 Rxc6 27.Ke2 e5 28.Rxd3 Nxd3 29.Kxd3 e4+ 30.Kd2 d5 31.Rc1 Rxc1 32.Bxc1 Kf8 33.Ba3+ Ke8 34.Bc5 Kd7 35.b4 Kc6 36.a4 a5 37.g4 fxg4 38.hxg4 axb4 39.Bxb4 d4 40.exd4 Bxd4 41.Ke2 Kd5 42.Bd2 Kc4 43.Be3 Bb2 44.Bd2 Bd4 45.f5 Bc5 46.Be3 Ba3 47.Bd2 Bc5 48.Be1 e3 49.Bh4 Kb4 50.Bg5 Kxa4 51.Bxe3 Kb5 52.Kf3 Bxe3 53.Kxe3 Deceptive Simplicity Pawn endings seem to be easy, but they are not: Kc5? Black will not be back in time now and the active defense fails. The only move to draw is the retreat 53...Kc6! 54.Kf4 f6! Closing the road is forced. 55.g5 Kd7! The point of the defense. Now Black's king can always stop the winning attempts, e.g. 56.g6 56.gxf6 Ke8 57.Kg4 Kf7 58.Kg5 h6+ 59.Kxh6 Kxf6= 56...hxg6 57.fxg6 Ke8! Black's king had to march all the way diagonal backwards to keep the doors closed. 57...Ke6? 58.Kg4+- 57...Ke7? 58.Kf5 Ke8 59.Ke6+- 58.Kf5 Ke7 59.g7 Kf7 60.g8Q+ Kxg8 61.Kxf6= 53...f6 runs into the breakthrough 54.g5 fxg5 54...Kc6 55.g6 hxg6 56.fxg6+- 55.f6+- 54.Kf4! Kd6 Now 54...f6 can be met by 55.g5 Kd6 55...fxg5+ 56.Kxg5 Kd6 57.Kf6 h5 58.Kg7 h4 59.f6 h3 60.f7 h2 61.f8Q++- 56.g6 hxg6 57.fxg6 Ke6 57...Ke7 58.Kf5 Ke8 59.Ke6! White must take the opposition as 59.Kxf6? Kf8= is only drawn. 59...Kf8 59...f5 60.g7+- 60.Kxf6 Kg8 61.g7 Kh7 62.Kf7+- 58.Kg4! f5+ 59.Kg5 f4 60.Kh6 f3 61.g7 Kf7 62.Kh7 f2 63.g8Q++- 54...h6 55.Ke5+- 55.Kg5 Ke5 56.Kh5! Sometimes the longer road can be better! The greedy direct 56.Kh6? spoils it due to Kf4 57.Kxh7 Kxg4 58.Kg7 58.f6? backfires completely: Kf5 59.Kg7 Ke6-+ 58...Kxf5 59.Kxf7= 56...Kf4 56...f6 57.Kh6 Kf4 58.Kxh7 Kxg4 59.Kg6+- 56...Kf6 57.Kh6+- 57.f6 57.f6 Ke5 58.g5 Kf5 59.Kh6 Kg4 60.Kxh7 Kxg5 61.Kg7+- 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Wang Yue2702Liu Qingnan24611–02012A41ch-CHN 20122

Wang Yue was in irregular form and unable to show his full strength, while Hou Yifan also had trouble against her compatriots. The one question that was never answered, was why top Chinese player Wang Hao was missing from the lineup.

Final men's standings after eleven rounds

In the women's championship, both WGM Huang Qian and WGM Zhang Xiaowen confirmed their earlier lead and took the championship, though the last three rounds did ntot suffice to choose a clear winner. Huang Qian took gold on tiebreak, and earned a spot on the national team for the upcoming Olympiads.


WGM Huang Qian completed her excellent campaign, and was undefeated

Final women's standings after eleven rounds

Statistics

As can be seen, it was a hard fought event with roughly half the games ending with decisive results.


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