Chinese Championship 2012 – Ding Liren takes off

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3/31/2012 – The Chinese championship recently started and once more Hou Yifan is playing in the men's group. This time she is actually fourth in the starting ranks, currently ahead of Ni Hua. Her opening round was a mini-disaster as she lost to 19-year-old IM Wang Chen, but top-seed Wang Yue also fell to reigning champion, 19-year-old Ding Liren, who caught fire and is leading with 3.5/4. Report.

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Chinese Championship 2012 – Ding Liren takes off


The opening ceremony

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. April 1st is a free day (no joke).


Gu Xiaobing joking around with friends.

The Chinese championship recently started and once more Hou Yifan is playing in the men's group (or 'Open' group as the trend of political correctness would have it). This time she is actually fourth in the starting ranks, currently ahead of three time champion Ni Hua. Given her recent run of results, it is understandable that the spotlight will be on her.


GM Wang Yue did not have the start he had hoped for and now must press the
accelerator to catch up with...


...reigning champion, Ding Liren, who defeated him in the opening round.

Her opening round was a mini-disaster as she lost to 19-year-old IM Wang Chen (2490) in the opening round, but she was not the only one to start with a setback. Top-seed Wang Yue (2702) fell to reigning champion, 19-year-old Ding Liren (2660), who caught fire and is leading with 3.5/4, followed by 17-year-old Yu Yangyi (2615) with 3.0/4.

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.a3 dxc4 7.e3 Nd5 8.Bxc4 Nxf4 9.exf4 c5 10.dxc5 Qc7 11.g3 Qxc5 12.Qe2 Nd7 13.0-0 Qh5 14.Rfd1 Rd8 15.Nd5 Bd6 16.Ne3 Nf8 17.Ne5 Qxe2 18.Bxe2 Be7 19.Bf3 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Rb8 21.Rc1 Bd8 22.N3c4 f6 23.Nf7! A very nice shot that secures White a solid advantage. Be7 23...Kxf7? isn't simply a piece swap. It loses material. 24.Nd6+ Kg8 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Nxc8 and one of the queenside pawns will fall. 24.Ncd6 Bd7 25.Rc7 b5 26.f5 exf5 27.Rxa7 h6 Opening up h7 for the king. 27...Rb6? 28.Bd5 and things get ugly. Bxd6 29.Nxd6+ Be6 29...Kh8 30.Nf7+ Kg8 31.Nh6+ Kh8 32.Ra8 g6 32...gxh6 33.Rxf8+ Kg7 34.Rg8# 33.Rxf8+ Kg7 34.Rf7+ Kxh6 35.Rxd7+- 30.Nxf5! and if Bxd5 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Nxd5+- 28.Bd5 Kh7 29.Rc7 Kg6 30.Nb7 h5 31.b4 h4 32.f4 Ra8 33.Na5 Ra6 34.Kf2 hxg3+ 35.hxg3 Rb6 36.Rb7 Ra6 37.Rc7 Rb6 38.Ke3 Be6? This might look strong on the surface, but it is a serious mistake due to White's reply. 39.Nc6! Rxc6 39...Bxd5? would be a blunder. 40.Nxe7+ Kh7 40...Kxf7 41.Nxd5+ Kg6 42.Nxb6 41.Nxd5+- 40.Nh8+ Kh7 41.Bxc6 Bd6 42.Rb7 Kxh8 43.Rxb5 g5 44.Bd5 Kg7 45.Bxe6 Nxe6 46.Rb6 The immediate a4 was stronger. gxf4+ 47.gxf4 Bxf4+ 48.Kf3 Is White going to win the two pieces for his rook due to the threat of Rxe6 followed by Kxf4? Nc7! No! 49.a4 49.Kxf4 Nd5+ 49.Rb7 Be5 49...Bh2 50.a5 Nd5 51.Rb5 Ne7 52.a6 Bg1 53.Rb7 Kf8 54.b5 Nd5 55.Rd7 Nc3 56.Kg2 Bb6 57.Rd6 Na4 58.Rd7 Nc3 59.Rb7 Nd5 60.Kf1? Missing 60.a7 60...Ke8 61.Ke2 f4 This might look logical at first view, but in fact it is a mistake. Black cannot coordinate his pieces to both stop the queenside pawns *and* support the f-pawn. Instead all this does is allow the White king to approach the f-pawn or penetrate via e4. 62.Kd3 f3 63.a7 Bxa7 64.Rxa7 f2 Black's last hope. 65.Ra1! 65.Ke2?? would have been a blunder, allowing Black to remove White's last pawn. Nc3+ 66.Kxf2 Nxb5= 65...Kd7 66.Rf1 Nf4+ 67.Kc4 Nh3 68.Kc5 Kc7 69.b6+ Kb7 70.Kb5 f5 71.Ka5 f4 72.Kb5 Ng5 73.Rxf2 Ne6 74.Rd2 f3 75.Rd7+ Kc8 76.Rf7 Kb8 77.Rf6 Nd4+ 78.Ka6 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Ding Liren2660Wang Yue27021–02012D37ch-CHN 20121


Bu Xiangzhi


16-year-old GM Lu Shanglei is the youngest player in the men's section

Men's standings after four rounds

Rk Name FED Rtg Pts
1 GM Ding Liren CHN 2660 3.5
2 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2615 3.0
3 GM Ni Hua CHN 2637 2.5
4 GM Li Shilong CHN 2549 2.5
5 GM Wang Yue CHN 2702 2.0
6 IM Liu Qingnan CHN 2461 2.0
7 GM Lu Shanglei CHN 2514 2.0
8 GM Zhao Jun CHN 2583 1.5
9 IM Wang Chen CHN 2490 1.0
10 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2639 1.0
11 GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2625 1.0
12 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2668 1.0

In the women's championship, the early lead was taken by WGM Guo Qi (2351), followed by the elo-favorite GM Ju Wenjun (2557) who has over 100 Elo on her nearest rival.

Pictures by Fan Lulu and Yang Lei


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