
The first Chinese women chess grandmasters tournament is taking place from
April 16 to April 24 (free day on April 21) in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, in China.
Ten top Chinese women grandmasters, including Women's World Champion Hou Yifan,
are participating. The event is a round robin with time controls of 90 minutes
for the entire game plus a 30 second increment for each move. Draw offers are
only allowed with the permission of the chief arbiter and will only be granted
in theoretically drawn positions. Games start at 14:00h local time. The participants
are:
Seed |
Title |
Player |
Rating |
1 |
GM |
Hou Yifan |
2602 |
2 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2519 |
3 |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2495 |
4 |
WGM |
Shen Yang |
2443 |
5 |
WGM |
Tan Zhongyi |
2428 |
6 |
IM |
Wang Yu A |
2298 |
7 |
WGM |
Huang Qian |
2394 |
8 |
WGM |
Ding Yixin |
2376 |
9 |
WGM |
Gu Xiaobing |
2369 |
10 |
WGM |
Zhang Xiaowen |
2344 |

Giant photos of the players in the lobby

Group photo of participants, trainers and organisers

A short ceremonial game with the Women's World Champion Hou Yifan

Top seed Hou Yifan got the one in the drawing of lots

Fourth seed WGM Shen Yang, rated 2443, drew the two

Handshakes all around at the start of round one

Top seed and favourite, GM Hou Yifan, rated 2602 – 83 points above...

... second seed WGM Ju Wenjun, rated 2519

Third seed GM Zhao Xue, rated 2495

Fifth seed WGM Tan Zhongyi, rated 2428

WGM Gu Xiaobing, rated 2369

WGM Shen Yang, 2443, playing 4.Bd2 in a Bogo-Indian (which she won in round
one)

WGM Ding Yixin, rated 2376

WGM Zhang Xiaowen, rated 2344

WGM Ju Wenjun, WGM Gu Xiaobing and WGM Shen Yang
Pictures provided by participant WGM Gu Xiaobing
Standings after the first three rounds

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