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The winners: Ding Liren (open section), Shen Yang (women's section)
Ding Liren, 2458, with 8.5/11 and a 2787 performance (without the final
round forfeit)
Round ten, with the critical game Ding Liren-Wang Hao (at move 15) in the
foreground
Second: Wang Hao, 2696, with 8.0/11 and a 2749 performance
Third: Bu Xiangzhi, 2704, with 7.0/11 points and a 2676 performance
In fifth place: Ni Hua, 2724, with 6.0/11, performance 2608
Ninth: Zhang Pengxiang, 2638, 4.0/11 points, 2489 performance
Hou Yifan, 2590, with 3.5/11 and a 2456 performance
Zhao Weiqi (2563, 6.5/11, 2652 performance) and Hou Yifan analyse together
GM Hou Yifan and WGM Gu Xiaobing receiving special prizes
The winner, with 9.0/11 and a 2600 performance: Shen Yang
Shen Yang at work, winning the 2009 Chinese Championship
Second: Zhao Xue, 2531, with 8.5/11 points and a 2542 performance
Third: Tan Zhongyi, 2436, 8.0/9, 2508 performance
Fourth: Zhang Xiaowen, 2340, 7.0/11, 2444 performance
Xiaowen in black-and-white
Fifth: Ju Wenjun, 2340, 6.5/11, 2401 performance
Seventh: Gu Xiaobing, 2336, with 6.0/11, performance 2378
Twelfth: Wang Jue, 2162, with 1.0/11 and a 1963 performance
Okay, this was not Wang Jue's tournament, but she enjoyed it anyway
About the photographer – GM Ye Rongguang
Ye Rongguang, 45, was the first Chinese player to gain the international chess grandmaster title. He has now retired from competitive chess, but has been the coach of women's world chess champion Zhu Chen's for more than ten years. He resides in the Netherlands, and was appointed Vice-Chairman of the Netherlands Chinese Photographic Society. |
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