Kings and Queens in China

by Johannes Fischer
11/26/2015 – The Chinese chess players like to practice and often play against each other. From 24. November to 1. December eight of the country's best men and eight of the best women players meet in Taizhou to play the 1st China Chess Kings and Queens Matches, a short knock-out tournament. The first round led to interesting games and brought some surprises.
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Kings

 

The line-up of the King's Tournament is impressive: Six of the top eight of the country start, only Li Chao (2.) and Wang Hao (7.) are missing. They are replaced by Zhao Jun (12.) and Lu Shanglei (13.). But in the first round Lu Shanglei showed how dangerous he is and eliminated Ding Liren - though he needed some luck to do so.

 
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Be7 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.a4 Nd7 14.axb5 cxb5 15.Nxb5 Nb6 16.Bf4 Kf8 17.Qd2 Bc6 18.Nd6 Rh4 19.Ra3 Nd5 20.Be5 Be7 21.Nxc4 Bb4 22.Rc3 Rc8 23.Bd3 Bb5 24.g3 Bxc4 25.gxh4 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Bxc3+ 27.bxc3 Rxc3 28.Qb1 Qb6 29.0-0 Qxb1 30.Rxb1 f6 31.Bd6+ Kg7 32.Rb7+ Kg6 33.Rxa7 Rc4 34.Kg2 ½–½
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Ding,L2781Lu,S2615½–½2015D441st China Chess King 20151.1
Lu,S2615Ding,L27811–02015C951st China King Match 20151.2

No luck in the first round: Ding Liren

Lu Shanglei, World Junior Champion 2014 (Photo: Amruta Mokal)

Chinese prodigy Wei fared much better. After a draw in the first game he scored a convincing win against Zhao Jun.

 
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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 Nf6 6.Re1 0-0 7.h3 Qb6 8.Na3 d5 9.e5 Ne8 10.Bf1 Nc7 11.Nc2 d4 12.c4 Ne6 13.d3 Qc7 14.Qe2 b6 15.g3 Bb7 16.Bg2 Rae8 17.Bd2 Qb8 18.Kh2 Qa8 19.Qf1 Qb8 20.Qe2 Qa8 21.Qf1 Qb8 22.Qe2 ½–½
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Zhao,J2623Wei,Y2737½–½2015B311st China Chess King 20151.1
Wei,Y2737Zhao,J26231–02015C661st China King Match 20151.2

Wei Yi

Wang Yue, China's top board at the Chess Olympiad 2014 in Tromso, lost to Bu Xiangzhi. After a draw in the first round he risked opening duel in a topical variation and fell victim to a vicious counter-attack.

 
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nf3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qb3 dxc4 8.Qxc4 0-0 9.Ne4 Be7 10.Rc1 Qd5 11.Nfd2 Qxc4 12.Nxc4 b6 13.e3 Bb7 14.Ncd2 Rc8 15.Bb5 Na6 16.Bd7 Rd8 17.Bc6 Bxc6 18.Rxc6 Rac8 19.Ke2 Nb4 20.Rc4 Nxa2 21.Ra4 Nb4 22.Rxa7 e5 23.dxe5 Nc6 24.Rb7 Na5 25.Ra7 Nc6 26.Rb7 Na5 27.Ra7 ½–½
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Bu,X2710Wang,Y2729½–½2015D531st China Chess King 20151.1
Wang,Y2729Bu,X27100–12015D441st China King Match 20151.2

Wang Yue

After two draws in the first two games the match between Yu Yangyi and Ni Hua was decided in the tie-break. Yu Yangyi won through a victory in game three, in which he stubbornly and patiently looked for chances in a rather blocked position that seemed hard to win.

 
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1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.c4 e6 5.cxd5 Bxf3 6.Bxf3 cxd5 7.0-0 Nf6 8.d4 Nc6 9.e3 Bd6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.b3 a6 12.Bb2 Qe7 13.a3 Rac8 14.Qb1 Na5 15.Qa2 Rfd8 16.Rac1 b5 17.Rfd1 Qb7 18.Be2 Rc7 19.Bd3 Rdc8 20.Ne2 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Nc6 23.Qc2 h6 24.Bb2 Qb6 25.Kg2 Qb7 26.f3 Ne7 27.a4 bxa4 28.bxa4 Nc6 29.Bc3 Qb6 30.Qb1 Nd7 31.Qxb6 Nxb6 32.Bxa6 Nxa4 33.Bd2 Bb4 34.Bxb4 Nxb4 35.Bb5 Nb6 36.Nc3 ½–½
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Yu,Y2734Ni,H2696½–½2015A071st China Chess King 20151.1
Ni,H2696Yu,Y2734½–½2015D381st China King Match 20151.2
Yu,Y2734Ni,H26961–02015C491st China King Match 20151.3
Ni,H2696Yu,Y2734½–½2015A141st China King Match 20151.4

Yu Yangyi

In the second round Bu Xiangzi plays against Lu Shanglei and Yu Yangyi against Wei Yi. The first games of both matches ended in a draw.

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Be7 11.exf6 Bxf6 12.Be3 Bb7 13.a4 Nd7 14.axb5 cxb5 15.Nxb5 Nb6 16.Bf4 Kf8 17.Qd2 Bc6 18.Nd6 Rh4 19.Ra3 Nd5 20.Be5 Be7 21.Nxc4 Bb4 22.Rc3 Rc8 23.Bd3 Bb5 24.g3 Bxc4 25.gxh4 Bxd3 26.Qxd3 Bxc3+ 27.bxc3 Rxc3 28.Qb1 Qb6 29.0-0 Qxb1 30.Rxb1 f6 31.Bd6+ Kg7 32.Rb7+ Kg6 33.Rxa7 Rc4 34.Kg2 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Ding,L2781Lu,S2615½–½2015D441st China Chess King 20151.1
Zhao,J2623Wei,Y2737½–½2015B311st China Chess King 20151.1
Yu,Y2734Ni,H2696½–½2015A071st China Chess King 20151.1
Bu,X2710Wang,Y2729½–½2015D531st China Chess King 20151.1
Wang,Y2729Bu,X27100–12015D441st China King Match 20151.2
Lu,S2615Ding,L27811–02015C951st China King Match 20151.2
Ni,H2696Yu,Y2734½–½2015D381st China King Match 20151.2
Wei,Y2737Zhao,J26231–02015C661st China King Match 20151.2
Yu,Y2734Ni,H26961–02015C491st China King Match 20151.3
Ni,H2696Yu,Y2734½–½2015A141st China King Match 20151.4
Bu,X2710Lu,S2615½–½2015E041st China King Match 20152.1
Yu,Y2734Wei,Y2737½–½2015C811st China King Match 20152.1

Queens

China's top woman player Hou Yifan is missing in the Queens Tournament but with Ju Wenjun (2.), Zhao Xue (3.), Tan Zongyi (4.), Shen Yang (5.), Ding Yixin (7.), Lei Tingjie (8.) and Guo Qi (9.) the line-up is still impressively strong. The 13-year old talent Zhu Jiner completed the field.

However, in the first round Zhu Jiner had to play against Ju Wenjun and lost. After a draw in the first game Ju Wenjun convincingly outplayed her young opponent with Black in a positional Najdorf that led to a middlegame with opposite-colored bishops.

 
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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 0-0 6.Nf3 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4 9.0-0 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.e4 d6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Qc7 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nxe5 16.Qxe5 Qxc4 17.Qc7 Qxc7 18.Bxc7 f6 19.Rfd1 Rf7 20.Rab1 Bf8 21.Bf4 e5 22.Be3 Be6 23.Rxb7 Rc8 24.a4 Rxc3 25.Rb8 g5 26.Rd6 Ba2 27.Rdd8 Kg7 28.h4 gxh4 29.gxh4 f5 30.h5 h6 31.a5 Rb3 32.Rbc8 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 f4 34.Bd2 Be6 35.Rc6 Rf5 36.Rxe6 Rxh5+ 37.Bh3 Rb3 38.Rd7+ Kh8 39.Be3 fxe3 40.Re8 Kg8 41.Rdd8 Rxh3+ 42.Kxh3 e2+ 43.Kg4 Rb4+ 44.Kf5 Rf4+ 45.Kxe5 e1Q+ 46.Kxf4 Qxf2+ 47.Kg4 Qg1+ 48.Kh3 Qf1+ 49.Kg3 Kg7 50.Rxf8 Qe1+ 51.Kg4 Qb4+ 52.Kg3 Qxa5 53.Rg8+ Kf7 54.Rgf8+ Kg6 55.Rg8+ Kh5 56.Rde8 Qd5 57.Kf2 a5 58.Rd8 Qf7+ 59.Ke3 a4 60.Rge8 Qb3+ 61.Kd4 Qb4+ 62.Kd3 Qb5+ 63.Kd4 Qb6+ 64.Kd5 a3 65.Ra8 Qb3+ 66.Kd4 Qb2+ 67.Kd3 Qb5+ 68.Kd4 Kg4 69.Reb8 Qc6 70.Rc8 Qb6+ 71.Kd5 Qb5+ 72.Kd4 Qb2+ 73.Kd5 Kh3 74.Rc6 Qb3+ 75.Kd6 Qd3+ 76.Kc7 Qg3+ 77.Kc8 Qg8+ 78.Kb7 Qf7+ 79.Kc8 Qe8+ 80.Kb7 Qd7+ 81.Kb6 Qd4+ 82.Kb7 Qd7+ 83.Kb6 Qd4+ 84.Kb7 Qd7+ 85.Kb6 Qd4+ ½–½
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Ju,W2547Zhu,J2094½–½2015E391st China Chess Queen1.1
Zhu,J2094Ju,W25470–12015B921st China Queen Match 20151.2

 

Ding Yixin managed to beat Shen Yang - here the first game of their match proved decisive. In this game Shen Yang played with Black and managed to seize the initiative right after the opening but then ran into a surprisingly strong counterattack.

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.d3 h6 6.a3 a6 7.Ba4 b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Ne2 Re8 11.Ng3 Bf8 12.0-0 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nf5 Re6 15.Nd2 Rf6 16.Ng3 Nd4 17.Ba2 c5 18.Nde4 Rg6 19.Qd2 Qh4 20.f4!? Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Nxc2 22.Qf2 Bxe4? Letting White off the hook. But things are not that easy. After 22...exf4 23.Qxc2 Black has to find the computer move c4 which gives her a strong attack. However, after the tempting 23...fxg3 24.hxg3 it is suddenly White who is better. 23.Qxc2 Bc6 24.fxe5 Qd4+ 25.Kh1 Ra7 Safer was 25...Bd5 blocking the attack on f7. 26.Rae1 Qd8 Too careless. 27.e6 fxe6 28.Rxe6 Rxe6 29.Bxe6+ Kh8 30.d4! Freeing the way for the white queen. c4 31.Qg6 Bd7 32.Bd5 Be7 33.Nh5 Bf6 34.Nxf6 1–0
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Ding,Y2435Shen,Y24721–02015C481st China Chess Queen1.1
Shen,Y2472Ding,Y2435½–½2015D851st China Queen Match 20151.2

Shen Yang

Tan Zhongyi came to a 1.5-0.5 victory against Lei Tingjie and Guo Qi scored a clear 2-0 win against Zhao Xue. But Guo Qi's winning streak ended in the semi-finals where she lost the first game against Tan Zhongyi. Ding Yixin and Ju Wenjun started their match with a draw.

Tan Zongyi

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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 0-0 6.Nf3 Na6 7.g3 Nxc5 8.Bg2 Nce4 9.0-0 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.e4 d6 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Qc7 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.Bf4 Nxe5 16.Qxe5 Qxc4 17.Qc7 Qxc7 18.Bxc7 f6 19.Rfd1 Rf7 20.Rab1 Bf8 21.Bf4 e5 22.Be3 Be6 23.Rxb7 Rc8 24.a4 Rxc3 25.Rb8 g5 26.Rd6 Ba2 27.Rdd8 Kg7 28.h4 gxh4 29.gxh4 f5 30.h5 h6 31.a5 Rb3 32.Rbc8 Rb1+ 33.Kh2 f4 34.Bd2 Be6 35.Rc6 Rf5 36.Rxe6 Rxh5+ 37.Bh3 Rb3 38.Rd7+ Kh8 39.Be3 fxe3 40.Re8 Kg8 41.Rdd8 Rxh3+ 42.Kxh3 e2+ 43.Kg4 Rb4+ 44.Kf5 Rf4+ 45.Kxe5 e1Q+ 46.Kxf4 Qxf2+ 47.Kg4 Qg1+ 48.Kh3 Qf1+ 49.Kg3 Kg7 50.Rxf8 Qe1+ 51.Kg4 Qb4+ 52.Kg3 Qxa5 53.Rg8+ Kf7 54.Rgf8+ Kg6 55.Rg8+ Kh5 56.Rde8 Qd5 57.Kf2 a5 58.Rd8 Qf7+ 59.Ke3 a4 60.Rge8 Qb3+ 61.Kd4 Qb4+ 62.Kd3 Qb5+ 63.Kd4 Qb6+ 64.Kd5 a3 65.Ra8 Qb3+ 66.Kd4 Qb2+ 67.Kd3 Qb5+ 68.Kd4 Kg4 69.Reb8 Qc6 70.Rc8 Qb6+ 71.Kd5 Qb5+ 72.Kd4 Qb2+ 73.Kd5 Kh3 74.Rc6 Qb3+ 75.Kd6 Qd3+ 76.Kc7 Qg3+ 77.Kc8 Qg8+ 78.Kb7 Qf7+ 79.Kc8 Qe8+ 80.Kb7 Qd7+ 81.Kb6 Qd4+ 82.Kb7 Qd7+ 83.Kb6 Qd4+ 84.Kb7 Qd7+ 85.Kb6 Qd4+ ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Ju,W2547Zhu,J2094½–½2015E391st China Chess Queen1.1
Ding,Y2435Shen,Y24721–02015C481st China Chess Queen1.1
Tan,Z2492Lei,T24311–02015D811st China Chess Queen1.1
Guo,Q2427Zhao,X25241–02015E151st China Chess Queen1.1
Lei,T2431Tan,Z2492½–½2015A221st China Queen Match 20151.2
Zhao,X2524Guo,Q24270–12015D311st China Queen Match 20151.2
Shen,Y2472Ding,Y2435½–½2015D851st China Queen Match 20151.2
Zhu,J2094Ju,W25470–12015B921st China Queen Match 20151.2
Ding,Y2435Ju,W2547½–½2015B531st China Queen Match 20152.1
Tan,Z2492Guo,Q24271–02015D551st China Queen Match 20152.1

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Johannes Fischer was born in 1963 in Hamburg and studied English and German literature in Frankfurt. He now lives as a writer and translator in Nürnberg. He is a FIDE-Master and regularly writes for KARL, a German chess magazine focusing on the links between culture and chess. On his own blog he regularly publishes notes on "Film, Literature and Chess".

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