Danzhou Masters: All games finish peacefully

A day of Danzhou draws

It was one of those days at the Hainan Danzhou Masters that comes at least once in almost every strong closed event; it was the day of dull draws. After about four hours of play, all games of the round had finished peacefully.

Vidit Gujrathi vs Bu Xiangzhi

Tournament leader, Bu Xiangzhi had the black pieces against Vidit Gujrathi. He tried a line of the Open Catalan that he had already drawn with against Wang Yue at the Chinese Chess Team Championship in Hangzhou in June, this year. Back then, the game had finished in just 26 moves, but this time Bu had something else prepared.

The Catalan: A complete repertoire for White!

The Catalan is one of the most solid openings for White. It forms part of the large and strong fianchetto family in which White builds his strategy mainly around the bishop on g2. Grandmaster Victor Bologan covers all of Black’s replies to the Catalan, some of which can even transpose to other openings such as the Tarrasch System and the Queen’s Indian. Suffice it to say that the Catalan rules!

Bu deviated from his previous game after 13 moves. Instead of going for 13...Qd5 as he had done the last time, Bu went for 13...Qe8 but this also did not lead to anything substantial. Queens were traded a couple of moves later and Bu remained with an isolated queen’s pawn in the ensuing endgame.

As play progressed, Bu sought counter-play against Vidit’s far advanced queenside pawns and soon liquidated into an equal rook endgame. After shuffling pieces for a few more moves, the players decided to call it a day.

Bu Xiangzhi kept his tournament lead with a solid draw against Vidit Gujrathi | Photo: Official website

Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Yu Yangyi

After winning two back to back games in the last two rounds, Yu Yangyi slowed down his pace in the antepenultimate round with a draw against Jan-Krzysztof Duda. This game was also a fifty mover which led to an equal endgame almost immediately out of the opening.

Initially, Yu Yangyi’s queenside looked slightly weak due to the split pawns but by the time the players had reached the first time control, it was Duda who seemed to be on the back foot.

Power Play 16 - Test Your Rook Endgames

The aim of this DVD is to provide you with the practical skills and knowledge that you will need to play a rook and pawn endgame. Based on his own playing experience, Grandmaster Daniel King reveals what is essential knowledge, saving you time in your studies. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer.
Running time: 5 hours

Make the moves in the live diagram

Here, after 42…Rxb3 43.Rxb3 Qxb3 44.Bxa5 c4, Black’s c pawn looked quite threatening in this position. But Duda had it all covered. He simply ignored the advancing pawn and played 45.Bc7 and after 45…c3, just went 46.Bd6. Now black can neither take on d6 nor leave the white bishop there. Yu Yangyi, therefore, went for a repetition straight away with 46…Qc2+ 47.Kh3 and 47…Qf5+.

After two straight wins, Yu Yangyi slowed down with a draw against Jan Krzysztof Duda | Photo: Official website

Wei Yi vs Le Quang Liem

In the game between Wei Yi and Le Quang Liem, the young Chinese grandmaster got an edge in a Queen’s Indian Defence middle game after Le allowed his opponent to shatter his kingside pawns with a trade on f6.

A waiting Game in the Queen's Indian 7...Na6

Let FIDE Senior Trainer and IM Andrew Martin introduce you to the Tiviakov method, where he covers all of 8.b3, 8.Re1, 8.Bf4, 8.Bg5, 8.a3, 8.Qa4 and 8.d5 and all in around an hour!

Wei Yi grabbed the opportunity to take over the initiative but wasn’t able to find the most accurate follow up. He tried to push for an edge in the resulting endgame but after the rooks were exchanged, Le was able to inflict some weaknesses in his opponent’s kingside pawn structure.

Wei kept the damage to a minimum and tried to generate some initiative against the black monarch in the second time control. However, there was just too less material remaining over the board. After a series of checks, first, the knights went off the board and then the queens. The resulting king and pawn endgame was an easy draw.

Power Play 15 - Practical Pawn Endgames

Based on his own playing experience, Grandmaster Daniel King reveals what is essential knowledge, saving you time in your studies. In the first section of the DVD he takes you through typical motifs and themes. In the second section he tests your knowledge with typical scenarios from actual games.
Video: 4 hours.

Wei Yi had decent chances against Le Quang Liem but some inaccuracies by the Chinese GM steered the game to a draw | Photo: Official website

Vladimir Fedoseev vs Sam Shankland

Vladimir Fedoseev finished with his fifth straight draw of the tournament against GM Sam Shankland. The two discussed a Catalan which remained equal all the way through. Exchanging several pieces throughout the middle game and the opening, Fedoseev managed to pocket a pawn by the time the first time control was reached. With the rooks on the board, however, the prospects of this extra pawn weren’t really promising. After trying for another 37 moves, he decided to sign peace on move 77. 

Power Play 24: A repertoire for black against the Catalan

On this DVD Grandmaster Daniel King offers you a repertoire for Black against the Catalan, based around maintaining the rock of a pawn on d5. Keeping central control ultimately gives Black good chances to launch an attack against the enemy king.

Vladimir Fedoseev's game against Sam Shankland was a long, uneventful draw. | Photo: Official website

Standings after round 5

Rk.		Name	Rtg.	Nt.	Pts.	n	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	TB	Perf.
1		Bu,X	2712		3.5	5		1	½			½	½	1	8.25	2882
2		Yu,Y	2762		3.0	5	0			½		1	1	½	6.25	2797
3		Shankland,S	2727		2.5	5	½			1	½	0	½		6.50	2721
4		Duda,J	2737		2.5	5		½	0		½	1		½	5.75	2728
5		Fedoseev,V	2707		2.5	5			½	½		½	½	½	5.50	2728
6		Vidit,S	2718		2.0	5	½	0	1	0	½				5.50	2657
7		Wei,Y	2729		2.0	5	½	0	½		½			½	5.25	2655
8		Le,Q	2728		2.0	5	0	½		½	½		½		5.00	2657
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St	White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res	Rnd	id

	Roebers,E	2383	Ivanchuk,V	2604		3.3	2307557
	Murzin,V	2658	Niedbala,B	2377		3.1	2307554
	Larino Nieto,D	2448	Alsina Leal,D	2496		6.1	2305188
	Yang,Q	2229	Kaplan,A	2342		2.2	2305543
	Vinod,A	2222	Macovei,A	2479		2.4	2305547
	Belenkaya,D	2173	Prince,M	-		2.5	2305578
	Fuentes,A	2006	Deichmann,E	2028		4.4	2296104
	Vega Gutierrez,S	2380	Vetokhin,S	2549		3.5	2307562
	Kuegel,T	2366	Heberla,B	2523		3.6	2307563
	Alshameary Puente,I	2363	Ioannidis,E	2513		3.7	2307564
	Pujades Bosch,G	1796	Cabanyes Ortega,J	1866		3.8	2307241
	Carretero Ajo,J	1866	Quindos Cesteros,G	1768		3.9	2307242
	Trigo Urquijo,S	2354	Alonso Garcia,A	2462		3.13	2307574
	Brodowski,P	2461	Domingo Nunez,A	2339		3.14	2307576
	Zwirs,N	2457	Smirnov,M	2336		3.15	2307577
	Carbonell Sancho,M	2344	Zanan,E	2454		3.16	2307579
	Diaz Velandia,J	2337	Mamedov,E	2453		3.17	2307580
	Raczek,K	2448	Garcia Martin,M	2323		3.19	2307583
	Chylewski,P	2317	Stearman,J	2441		3.20	2307584
	Chasin,N	2435	Uzcategui Rodriguez,A	2312		3.21	2307585
	Cieslak,P	2432	Moral Garcia,S	2311		3.23	2307589
	Krstulovic,A	2429	Sai Agni Jeevitesh,J	2309		3.24	2307591
	Gormally,D	2428	Safarov,D	2308		3.25	2307606
	Sowinski,P	2428	Chueca Forcen,A	2302		3.27	2307610
	Lazaro Pujol,A	2307	Gloeckler,C	2423		3.29	2307612
	Rey Martinez,J	2302	Movsziszian,K	2417		3.31	2307616
	Bhagat Kush	2301	Sanchez,S	2415		3.33	2307618
	Ankit Ray	2288	Ladron De Guevara Pinto,P	2411		3.34	2307620
	Elsness,F	2408	Sabria Batlle,P	2288		3.35	2307622
	Sgircea,S	2198	Ilinca,F	2397		3.36	2307623
	Doraszelski,A	2197	Dudognon,T	2389		3.37	2307624
	Tudela Gonzalez,V	2188	Garza Marco,S	2386		3.40	2307627
	Johnson,D	2362	Putnam,L	2419		2.1	2305509
	Matros,A	2326	Das,A	2195		2.1	2305540
	Rios Gomez,C	2382	Horobetz,G	2240		2.2	2305571
	Panchanathan,M	2458	Gauri,S	2348		2.3	2305514
	Petenyi,T	2266	Crump. Alexander J	2049		2.3	2305545
	Wu,A	2206	Fierro Baquero,M	2247		2.3	2305575
	Macieja,B	2520	Amburgy,R	2266		2.4	2305515
	Stefanov,E	2355	Chirilov,J	2291		2.4	2305577
	Wang,I	2348	Wang,T	2355		2.5	2305516
	Benen,S	2326	Yang,D	2127		2.5	2305548
	Kaczur,F	2495	Torres Rebolledo,A	2311		6.3	2305194
	Gomez Ledo,R	2396	Korneev,O	2466		6.4	2305195
	Petriashvili,N	2459	Narciso Dublan,M	2376		6.5	2305197
	Barski,R	2385	Maerevoet,S	2451		6.6	2305200
	Matnadze Bujiashvili,A	2329	Pap,M	2444		6.7	2305201
	Martinez Ramirez,L	2443	Meneses Gonzalez,K	2307		6.8	2305203
	Castellanos Gomez,A	2267	Kovchan,A	2433		6.9	2305205
	Tytynnik,A	2209	Fiorito,J	2402		6.10	2305207
	Ambartsumova,K	2405	Moreno Diepa,D	2243		6.11	2305209
	Rodriguez Lopez,D	2182	Yelisieiev,Y	2413		6.12	2305210
	Strikovic,A	2367	Estremera Panos,S	2195		6.13	2305211
	Gonzalez Martinez,M	2134	Garcia Padron,J	2355		6.14	2305213
	Sanz Wawer,D	2316	Sukhodolskyi,O	2070		6.15	2305217
	Dubkov,A	2307	Hu,J	2091		6.16	2305218
	Fiorito,F	2268	Henriquez Garcia,D	1869		6.17	2305219
	Marrero Cardenes,A	2163	Calzetta Ruiz,M	2224		6.18	2305222
	Hernando Rodrigo,J	2256	Camino Carrio,N	2045		6.19	2305223
	Schmitz,A	1967	Barlov,D	2351		6.20	2305225
	Rivero Tacoronte,G	1963	Brito Garcia,A	2214		6.21	2305226
	Paquico Rodriguez,I	2202	Bolivar Castro,A	2006		6.23	2305229
	de Leon Navarro,C	1918	Garcia Brion,E	2171		6.24	2305231
	Lascar,R	1897	Garcia Padron,J	2155		6.25	2305259
	Bethencourt Hernandez,A	2122	Ramirez Maillo,J	1956		6.26	2305260
	Alonso Perez,A	1853	Krilovs,N	2112		6.27	2305261
	Ramirez Maillo,C	2106	Blanco Barros,J	1941		6.28	2305265
	De La Cruz Perez,C	1835	Halldorsson,H	2103		6.29	2305266
	Blanco Garcia Bajo,D	2098	Garcia Rodriguez,A	1893		6.30	2305267
	Stromhaug,K	2020	Ashwath Kaushik	1958		6.30	2291543
	Cruz Ramirez,N	2076	Quintero Hernandez,M	1874		6.31	2305269
	Sosa Suarez,C	2056	Castro Miguelez,J	1846		6.32	2305271
	Roquero Redondo,M	2037	Pace,G	1895		6.33	2305273
	Almeida Cubas,M	1824	Sanchez Gonzalez,D	2025		6.35	2305276
	Arlet,B	1721	Cruz Pino,A	2099		6.36	2305279
	Morell Rojas,S	1652	Ramos Santana,M	1903		6.39	2305286
	Hernandez Guerra,L	1897	Basualdo De Ornelas,J	1794		6.40	2305287
	Gonzalez Perdomo,S	1880	Martinez Correa,R	1719		6.41	2305288
	Ludishev,A	1874	Fernandez De La Hoz A.,C	1687		6.43	2305292
	Zhang,Y	2015	Juan Miguel,J	1803		6.45	2305294
	Bangiev,K	1848	Valido Ramos,A	1667		6.47	2305299
	Roca Marrero,F	1617	Schmitz,M	1815		6.48	2305300
	Vargas Tinoco,M	1811	Cabrera Martel,I	1655		6.49	2305312
	Trocoli Romero,L	1599	Oramas Medina,M	1796		6.51	2305315
	Garcia Almeida,V	1582	Reinoso Andre,L	1796		6.52	2305317
	Sanchez Ramirez,G	1780	Hernandez De Armas,L	1645		6.53	2305318
	Rodriguez Trujillo,C	1562	Velasquez Vargas,S	1777		6.54	2305319
	Rossello Padron,C	1776	Cattani,C	1614		6.55	2305321
	Martin Gonzalez,L	1547	Cappelle,C	1774		6.56	2305324
	Pranav Vijay	2252	Gomez Falagan,D	2254		5.2	2305402
	Suleymenov,A	2478	Perez Travieso,S	2111		5.4	2305405
	Nomindalai Tumurbaatar	2211	Lopez Martinez,J	2460		5.5	2305406
	Kanov,N	2413	Gonzalez Castillo,J	2297		5.6	2305407
	Diez Fraile,D	2116	Yordanov,L	2364		5.7	2305408
	Centron Antuna,D	2299	Vila Dupla,A	2055		5.9	2305410
	Fernandez Cano,V	2037	Goncalves,S	2248		5.10	2305413
	Del Rosario Silva,D	2013	Rumbos Garcia,A	2178		5.12	2305416
	Redondo Flores,D	2009	Santos,A	2152		5.13	2305418
	Rodriguez Rivera,P	2127	Juan Lepp,J	2015		5.15	2305422
	Abdsattar,A	2126	Tieres,C	1945		5.16	2305423
	Vinals Rioja,J	1928	Portero Rubio,M	2125		5.17	2305425
	Hernandez Leon,S	2123	Fuentes de Nova,S	1902		5.18	2305426
	Unhold,V	2149	Scarsi,A	2144		4.1	2296099
	Blaszkiewicz,J	1825	Martinez Echezarreta,M	1889		3.1	2307230
	Gutierrez Lupion,N	1878	Prieto Martin,M	1820		3.3	2307234
	Kozak,A	2598	Hernandez,C	2369		3.4	2307560
	Gongliashvili,Z	1813	Prochaieva,T	1878		3.4	2307235
	Ilinca Ilinca,F	1802	Blijlevens,P	1874		3.5	2307236
	Najarro Garcia,J	1871	Vidal Palou,J	1783		3.6	2307238
	Ritviz,P	2363	Berdayes Ason,D	2478		3.8	2307566
	Santiago,Y	2475	Zielonka,A	2357		3.9	2307567
	Fernandez Guillen,E	2474	Martin Duque,J	2355		3.10	2307568
	Horcajuelo Rocamora,M	2357	Castellanos Rodriguez,R	2471		3.11	2307571
	Li,G	2356	Camacho Collados,M	2468		3.12	2307572
	Frayna,J	2311	Prraneeth Vuppala	2433		3.22	2307586
	Engel,L	2544	Stoll,L	2109		1.1	2320895
	Wagner,H	2184	Yuffa,D	2649		1.1	2320898
	Munschi,S	2117	Liang,A	2692		1.1	2320897
	Vitiugov,N	2670	Menzi,J	2117		1.2	2320903
	Indjic,A	2644	Bruns,K	2113		1.2	2320899
	Tran,D	2109	Woodward,A	2536		1.2	2320901
	Subelj,J	2528	Mende,A	2108		1.3	2320907
	Boehm,C	2115	Saric,I	2659		1.3	2320904
	Scholz,B	2113	Ivic,V	2623		1.3	2320905
	Shirov,A	2650	Kull,F	2115		1.4	2320912
	Donchenko,A	2617	Schwab,M	2113		1.4	2320909
	Hell,P	2103	Roshka,Y	2488		1.4	2320910
	Schlosser,P	2481	Maglioni,L	2102		1.5	2320914
	Fernandes Barbosa,G	2112	Safarli,E	2617		1.5	2320913
	Bartel,M	2595	Li,Y	2112		1.6	2320916
	Wiechert,H	2101	Trost,E	2481		1.6	2320917
	Eugene,F	2476	Gallasch,R	2101		1.7	2320920
	Burkart,L	2111	Meier,G	2595		1.7	2320919
	Muradli,M	2588	Mann,G	2111		1.8	2320923
	Goh,J	2101	Neef,M	2473		1.8	2320922
	Petkidis,A	2471	Nichols,M	2101		1.9	2320930
	Knoblauch,L	2110	Jacobson,B	2570		1.9	2320929
	Bouaraba,M	2107	Ten Hertog,H	2528		1.10	2320931
	Laengl,J	2094	Shagbazyan,T	2434		1.10	2320934
	Lashkin,J	2528	Shen,T	2107		1.11	2321149
	Rubes,J	2433	Nies,P	2094		1.11	2321152
	Da Silva,C	2262	Kunin,V	2522		1.12	2321154
	Retti,I	2094	Harshavardhan G B	2431		1.12	2321156
	Maksimovic,B	2512	Kwiatkowski,J	2106		1.13	2321159
	Kopylov,D	2431	Novotny,D	2093		1.13	2321158
	Trunz,M	2105	Costa,L	2510		1.14	2321160
	Zhuikov,E	2093	Hagner,B	2430		1.14	2321162
	Basso,P	2508	Sieglen,J	2104		1.15	2321164
	Ginsburg,G	2429	Kucharski,B	2092		1.15	2321165
	Milov,L	2416	Eberhart,E	2086		1.16	2321166
	Rotunno,F	2104	Noe,C	2508		1.16	2321168
	Rozen,E	2508	Braeutigam,K	2103		1.17	2321171
	Melestean,M	2086	Di Nicolantonio,L	2414		1.17	2321169
	Loiseau,Q	2414	Schroer,M	2086		1.18	2321173
	Berikkyzy Alanna	2103	Bellahcene,B	2506		1.18	2321172
	Wadsworth,M	2500	Federer,C	2103		1.19	2321174
	Stijve,N	2101	Pfreundt,J	2467		1.20	2321176
	Tippa,A	1616	Heron,A	2100		1.21	2321179
	Ravi Krishna G	2100	Feuerstack,A	2458		1.22	2321180
	Ceres,D	2453	Strathmann,S	2100		1.23	2321181
	Heinatz,G	2098	Panjwani,R	2443		1.24	2321182
	Buckels,V	2440	Grewenig,J	2096		1.25	2321185
	Mittag,R	2096	Stankovic,M	2439		1.26	2321187
	Vaz,E	2430	Karthikeyan,P	2312		9.9	2281494
	Carlsen,M	-	Hillermann,V	-		1.1	2322341
	Schmitt,H	-	Poeck,O	-		1.2	2322342
	Koehler,C	-	Erigaisi Arjun	-		1.3	2322344
	Caruana,F	-	Hauser,C	-		1.4	2322345
	Mostertman,M	-	Nepomniachtchi,I	-		1.5	2322346
	Aravindh,C	-	Moeller,H	-		1.6	2322347
	Laemmel,S	-	Mamedyarov,S	-		1.7	2322349
	So,W	-	Pfatteicher,L	-		1.8	2322350
	Bach,M	-	Aronian,L	-		1.9	2322351
	Dominguez Perez,L	-	Hamid,E	-		1.10	2322352
	Ciolek,A	-	Niemann,H	-		1.11	2322354
	Le,Q	-	Brandt,S	-		1.12	2322356
	Richter,L	-	Rapport,R	-		1.13	2322358
	Klein,J	-	Keymer,V	-		1.15	2322360
	Wolter,D	-	Sindarov,J	-		1.17	2322362
	Esipenko,A	-	Diyap,M	-		1.18	2322365
	Song,J	-	Hematyar,F	-		1.19	2322366
	Maghsoodloo,P	-	Gramb,M	-		1.21	2322371
	Ahner,T	-	Grischuk,A	-		1.22	2322373
	Van Foreest,J	-	Quilter,T	-		1.23	2322375
	Player,E	-	Sarana,A	-		1.24	2322376
	Svane,F	-	Sliwicki,D	-		1.25	2322433
	Karthikeyan,M	-	Khrapko,M	-		1.31	2322444
	Zieher,H	-	Dardha,D	-		1.32	2322447
	Mendonca,L	-	Loew,G	-		1.33	2322448
	De Silva,J	-	Grandelius,N	-		1.34	2322450
	Anton Guijarro,D	-	Zenari,M	-		1.35	2322451
	Balint,V	-	Bacrot,E	-		1.36	2322452
	Svane,R	-	Emans,J	-		1.37	2322453
	Stork,C	-	Kollars,D	-		1.38	2322454
	Aryan Chopra	-	Kumala,A	-		1.39	2322457
	Germer,M	-	Erdogmus,Y	-		1.40	2322459
	Wagner,D	-	Schinkowski,C	-		1.41	2322460
	Bremond,E	-	Kamsky,G	-		1.42	2322462
	Huschenbeth,N	-	Germer,P	-		1.43	2322464
	Kuehn,K	-	Jobava,B	-		1.44	2322465
	Movsesian,S	-	Dieterle,P	-		1.45	2322466

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