Bu Xiangzhi takes lead in Danzhou
7/10/2016 – After winning against Vassily Ivanchuk in round three of the category 20 grandmaster tournament in Danzhou, the Chinese Grandmaster Bu Xiangzhi took sole lead with 2.5/3. Ian Nepomniachtchi won in round three against Wang Yue while Pentala Harikrishna defeated Elo-favorite and Chinese number one Ding Liren, who is having a rough start and is last with 0.5/3.
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After his first round win against Pentala Harikrishna Bu Xiangzhi also won with White against Vassily Ivanchuk. In an interesting game that for a long time had been equal the 30-year old Chinese succeeded in the endgame.
After beating Ding Liren with the Scotch Opening in round 1, Ian Nepomniachtchi also beat Wang Yue with the Scoth. However, for a long time the game seemed to be headed for a draw but then Wang Yue mishandled the endgame and lost.
The third winner of the third round was Pentala Harikrishna. He played against Ding Liren and they discussed a heavily analysed and complicated line of the Open Spanish. When the theoretical duel was over Ding Liren committed a number of inaccuracies and allowed the Indian Grandmaster to win the game with a nice tactical idea.
Standings after three rounds
| Rg. | Name | Elo | Country | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pkt. | TB 1 | TB 2 | TB 3 | |
| 1 | GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2723 | CHN | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 1,0 | 3,00 | ||||||
| 2 | GM | Yu Yangyi | 2734 | CHN | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2,0 | 1,0 | 2,0 | 3,50 | ||||||
| 3 | GM | Nepomniachtchi Ian | 2725 | RUS | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2,0 | 0,0 | 1,0 | 2,00 | ||||||
| 4 | GM | Leko Peter | 2712 | HUN | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1,5 | 0,0 | 1,0 | 2,25 | ||||||
| 5 | GM | Wang Yue | 2730 | CHN | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 0,5 | 1,75 | ||||||
| 6 | GM | Wang Hao | 2734 | CHN | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1,5 | 0,0 | 0,5 | 1,75 | ||||||
| 7 | GM | Harikrishna P. | 2755 | IND | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 0,0 | 1,00 | ||||||
| 8 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2653 | CHN | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1,0 | 0,0 | 1,0 | 2,00 | ||||||
| 9 | GM | Ivanchuk Vassily | 2728 | UKR | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1,0 | 0,0 | 1,0 | 1,50 | ||||||
| 10 | GM | Ding Liren | 2778 | CHN | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0,5 | 0,0 | 0,5 | 0,75 |
Games - Rounds 1 to 3
Schedule
08.07 2016 - Round 1 - 14.30
09.07 2016 - Round 2 - 14.30
10.07 2016 - Round 3 - 14.30
11.07 2016 - Round 4 - 14.30
12.07 2016 - Round 5 - 14.30
13.07 2016 - Round 6 - 14.30
REST DAY
15.07 2016 - Round 7 - 14.30
16.07 2016 - Round 8 - 14.30
17.07 2016 - Round 9 - 10.30
Photos: cmsa.cn
