China vs Russia

by André Schulz
7/17/2015 – The traditional match between China and Russia this year is played in Yinzhou, a precinct of the Chinese city Ningbo. A five board men's and a five board women's team play a five round match according to Scheveninger system. After three rounds the Chinese men lead with 9-6 while the Chinese women trail by 7-8. Results, pictures, games.
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This year the Chinese Chess Federation hosts the match that takes
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 Russian women's team with their coach Sergey Rublevsky.

The Chinese start with:

Men: Yu Yangyi, Wei Yi, Bu Xiangzhi, Lu Shanglei, and Wang Chen

Wei Yi and Yu Yangyi

Women: Tan Zhongyi, Shen Yang, Huang Qian, Lei Tingjie, Ding Yixin

The event started on Wednesday with a blitz-match, which the Chinese men won 26-24. The Chinese women were a bit more dominant and won 28-22. With 6.0 points each Lu Shanglei and Yu Yangyi were the most successful players in blitz. Vladimir Fedoseev and Daniil Dubov followed with 5.5 points.

Blitz match:

Rg. Team  Wtg1 
1 China 26.0
2 Russia 24.0

The Match (Men)

After three of five rounds Russia trails by 6-9. China narrowly won the first match while the second was drawn after Peter Svidler managed to win with Black against Wei Yi. But in the third round China (and Wei Yi who won with Black against Nikita Vitiugov) took revenge and won 3.5-1.5.

Round 1

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

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

 

Wei Yi

Daniil Dubov

Maxim Matlakov

Nikita Vitiugov


 

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nd7 13.Nf1 Na5 14.Bc2 Bf6 15.Bf4 Nf8 16.Ng3 g6 17.Rb1 c5 18.d5 Nc4 19.Qc1 Nd7 20.Nf1 Rc8 21.N1h2 Nce5 22.Nxe5 Nxe5 23.Ng4 Nxg4 24.hxg4 c4 25.g5 Bg7 26.Bd2 a5 27.Bc3 b4 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Qe3 Qe7 30.f4 Qc7 31.Qd4+ Kg8 32.Re3 Qc5 33.Qxc5 Rxc5 34.Kf2 Bc8 35.Ba4 Re7 36.Rh1 Rec7 37.Bc6 Bb7 38.Bxb7 Rxb7 39.Reh3 h5 40.gxh6 c3 41.Rb1 cxb2 42.Rxb2 Rc4 43.Re2 Re7 44.Kf3 Rc3+ 45.Re3 f5 46.Rxc3 bxc3 47.exf5 gxf5 48.Rh1 c2 49.Rc1 Rc7 50.Ke3 Rc5 51.Kd3 Rxd5+ 52.Kxc2 Rc5+ 53.Kd2 Rxc1 54.Kxc1 Kh7 55.Kc2 Kxh6 56.Kb3 d5 57.Kc3 Kh5 58.Kd4 Kg4 59.Kxd5 Kxf4 60.a4 Kg3 61.Ke5 Kxg2 62.Kxf5 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Yu,Y2736Svidler,P2740½–½2015C92China-RUS 20151.1
Wang,C2521Vitiugov,N2734½–½2015B23China-RUS 20151.2
Matlakov,M2691Lu,S25951–02015D30China-RUS 20151.3
Fedoseev,V2664Wei,Y27240–12015D87China-RUS 20151.4
Dubov,D2661Bu,X26950–12015D11China-RUS 20151.5
Wei,Y2724Svidler,P27400–12015C88China-RUS 20152.1
Vitiugov,N2734Yu,Y2736½–½2015D38China-RUS 20152.2
Bu,X2695Matlakov,M2691½–½2015A29China-RUS 20152.3
Lu,S2595Fedoseev,V26641–02015C65China-RUS 20152.4
Dubov,D2661Wang,C2521½–½2015D30China-RUS 20152.5
Svidler,P-Bu,X-½–½2015B97China-RUS 20153.1
Vitiugov,N-Wei,Y-0–12015E60China-RUS 20153.2
Yu,Y-Matlakov,M-½–½2015B48China-RUS 20153.3
Wang,C-Fedoseev,V-½–½2015B23China-RUS 20153.4
Lu,S-Dubov,D-1–02015C85China-RUS 20153.5

 

The Match (Women)

In the women's match the Russians are favorites. After all, the Russian Federation sent its A-team whereas China is playing without its best players. The Russian team indeed won the first round but rounds two and three saw no winner. Russia leads by 8-7.

Round 1

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

Round 2

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

Round 3

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

 

Olga Girya and Shen Yang in round three

Shen Yang

Lei Tingjie

Ding Yixin

Tan Zhongyi

Huang Qian

Valentina Gunina

Natalia Pogonina

Alina Kashlinskaya

Aleksandra Goryachkina

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.cxd5 exd5 7.e3 c5 8.Bd3 c4 9.Bf5 Nb6 10.Bxc8 Rxc8 11.0-0 h6 12.Bh4 0-0 13.Ne5 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Qd6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.a4 Rc7 17.Qg4 Qe6 18.Qg3 Qd6 19.Rfb1 f6 20.Ng6 Qxg3 21.hxg3 Rd8 22.Rb5 Kf7 23.Nf4 Rcd7 24.g4 Nc8 25.Rab1 b6 26.a5 g5 27.Ne2 a6 28.R5b2 b5 29.Ng3 Nd6 30.f3 Ne8 31.Kf2 Ng7 32.Rh1 Rh8 33.Re2 Kg6 34.e4 Ne6 35.exd5 Nf4 36.Re6 Nxe6 37.dxe6 Rd6 38.e7 Kf7 39.Nf5 Rd5 40.Re1 h5 41.Ng7 Kxg7 42.e8Q Rxe8 43.Rxe8 hxg4 44.Re6 b4 45.cxb4 Rxd4 46.Rxa6 c3 47.Rc6 Rxb4 48.Rxc3 Ra4 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Gunina,V2548Tan,Z2488½–½2015D38China-RUS w 20151.1
Kashlinskaya,A2432Shen,Y2465½–½2015D43China-RUS w 20151.2
Huang,Q2457Pogonina,N24650–12015D37China-RUS w 20151.3
Lei,T2450Girya,O24861–02015D18China-RUS w 20151.4
Ding,Y2439Goryachkina,A24860–12015A05China-RUS w 20151.5
Girya,O2486Tan,Z2488½–½2015E11China-RUS w 20152.1
Shen,Y2465Gunina,V25481–02015D12China-RUS w 20152.2
Goryachkina,A2486Huang,Q2457½–½2015D12China-RUS w 20152.3
Pogonina,N2465Lei,T2450½–½2015B47China-RUS w 20152.4
Ding,Y2439Kashlinskaya,A24320–12015C15China-RUS w 20152.5
Tan,Z-Goryachkina,A-1–02015D31China-RUS w 20153.1
Shen,Y-Girya,O-½–½2015D12China-RUS w 20153.2
Gunina,V-Huang,Q-1–02015D17China-RUS w 20153.3
Kashlinskaya,A-Lei,T-½–½2015D85China-RUS w 20153.4
Pogonina,N-Ding,Y-½–½2015B92China-RUS w 20153.5

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

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