Hou Yifan and Ju Wenjun lead in First Women's Masters
4/19/2011 – The event is taking place in Wuxi, China, and features top national female players. Top seed – by 83 points – and clear favourite is reigning women's world champion GM Hou Yifan, who together with second seed WGM Ju Wenjun has scored 2.5/3 points. To start our reporting on this very attractive event we present the participants in a big picture parade.
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
Links
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