Strong grandmaster tournament begins in Danzhou, China

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7/9/2016 – The 7th grandmaster tournament in Danzhou on the Chinese island of Hainan has an attractive and strong line-up. Six top players from China, including Women's World Champion Hou Yifan, test their skills against each other and four international top players. In the first round Ian Nepomniachtchi won against Ding Liren, Bu Xiangzhi defeated Pentala Harikrishna and Wang Yue won against Hou Yifan. The other games ended in a draw.

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The tournament is played from 8th to 17th July and offers a prize-fund of 400,000 Yuan (60,000 USD). The winner receives 120,000 Yuan (18,000 USD). The Chinese start with Ding Liren, Wang Hao, Yu Yangyi, Wang Yue, Bu Xiangzhi, and Women's World Champion Hou Yifan. They fight against Pentala Harikrishna, Vassily Ivanchuk, Ian Nepomniachtchi and Peter Leko.

In the first round Ian Nepomniachtchi played with White against Ding Liren, Chinese number one, and succeeded with the Scotch Opening - a favorite of Nepomniachtchi.

Bu Xiangzhi won a tactically complicated game against Pentala Harikrishna.

The Chinese duel between Wang Yue and Hou Yifan ended in favor of Wang. The other games were drawn.

Results round 1

Board	Title	Name	ELO	Erg.	Title	Name	ELO
1	GM	Yue Wang	2728	1 - 0	GM	Yifan Hou	2663
2	GM	Peter Leko	2705	½ - ½	GM	Yangyi Yu	2737
3	GM	Ian Nepomniachtchi	2703	1 - 0	GM	Liren Ding	2778
4	GM	Hao Wang	2734	½ - ½	GM	Vassily Ivanchuk	2710
5	GM	Penteala Harikrishna	2763	0 - 1	GM	Xiangzhi Bu	2723

Standings after round 1

Games

Schedule

07.07 2016 - Round 1 - 14.30
08.07 2016 - Round 2 - 14.30
09.07 2016 - Round 3 - 14.30
10.07 2016 - Round 4 - 14.30
11.07 2016 - Round 5 - 14.30
12.07 2016 - Round 6 - 14.30
REST DAY
14.07 2016 - Round 7 - 14.30
15.07 2016 - Round 8 - 14.30
16.07 2016 - Round 9 - 10.30

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