Wei Yi dominates Danzhou Supertournament

by André Schulz
7/19/2017 – Chinese prodigy Wei Yi gets stronger and stronger and dominated the Hainan Danzhou Super GM tournament from beginning to end, winning four games and drawing five to finish sole first with 6.5/9. On the live-rating list the 18-year old Chinese is now the world's number 14.
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On his way to tournament victory Wei Yi followed a recipe of many successful tournament players: winning against the players who finish in the lower part of the table, and drawing against those in the upper half. Wei Yi beat Yu Yangyi, Ruslan Ponomariov, Lu Shanglei and Vladimir Malakhov and drew against the rest. Wei started well with 2.5/3 and never looked back. Here is his win against former FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov:

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.0-0 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 regains the pawn immediately. 5...Nbd7 6.Qc2 Nb6 A recent game at the Grenke Classic continued 6...c5 7.Na3 Nd5 8.Nxc4 b5 9.Ne3 Bb7 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.e4 Bb7 12.d4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 Rc8 14.Qe2 a6 15.Rd1 Bc5 16.Nb3 Be7 17.Rd3 Qc7 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Rc3 Qb8 20.Qh5 Bd6 21.Rxc8+ Bxc8 22.Rd1 Bc7 23.Na5 Bd7 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Rxd7 Kxd7 26.Qxf7+ Kd6 27.Bh3 Re8 28.Nb7+ Kc6 29.b4 Rf8 30.Qe7 Bd6 31.Na5+ Kb6 32.Qxe6 Re8 33.Qd7 Bxb4 34.Nc6 Qd6 35.Qxe8 Qxc6 36.Qb8+ Qb7 37.Qxb7+ Kxb7 38.f4 Kc6 39.Kf2 a5 40.Kf3 a4 41.Bf5 h6 42.Bg6 Kd7 43.e5 Bc5 44.Bd3 Kc6 45.Bc2 Kd5 46.Be4+ Kc4 47.Bc6 Bg1 48.h4 Kc5 49.Be8 Bd4 50.h5 Bc3 51.Ke4 Be1 52.g4 Bd2 53.Kf5 a3 54.g5 b4 55.Ba4 Kd5 56.gxh6 gxh6 57.Bb3+ Kc5 58.Ke4 1-0 (58) Aronian,L (2774)-Naiditsch,A (2702) Karlsruhe 2017 7.a4 After the immediate 7.Na3 Black scored rather well with Bxa3 8.bxa3 Bd7 7...a5 8.Na3 Bxa3 9.Rxa3 0-0 10.e4!? A novelty - and the recommendation of Komodo 11. White wants to continue with d3 (or d4) but first takes d5 under control. Previously, White played 10.d3 cxd3 11.Rxd3 Nbd5 but without much success - Black won all games with this line. 10...e5!? 11.Nxe5 Qd4 12.Qc3 12.Nf3?! Qxe4 12...Qxc3 13.Rxc3 After 13.dxc3 Re8 14.f4 Nfd7 15.Nxd7 Bxd7= White has nothing. 13...Be6 14.d4 Nxa4 15.Ra3 b5 16.f4 Nb6= The position is balanced but tense. Black has three powerful pawns on the queenside, White has three powerful pawns in the center and on the kingside. 17.g4!? 17.d5 Bc8 18.Be3= 17...Nxg4 18.f5 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Bd7 20.Rg3 Bc6 20...b4!? 21.Bh6 g6 22.Rg5! On the fifth rank White's rook is attacking and defending at the same time. c3? Better was 22...Na4! e.g. 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.e6 Rxf1+ 26.Bxf1 Kg7 and Black repelled White's attack and is ready to advance his pawns on the queenside. 23.bxc3 Nc4 24.fxg6 Or 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.e6 fxe6 26.fxg6 Rxf1+ 27.Bxf1 hxg6 28.Bxc4 bxc4 29.Rc5 Bxe4 30.Rxc4+- 24...fxg6 25.Bxf8 Rxf8 26.e6 Be8 27.Rd1 Rf6 28.Rd8 Kf8 28...Rxe6 29.Rxb5 Nd6± war zäher. 29.Rxb5 Ke7 30.Rbb8 Bc6 31.Rdc8 Rxe6 32.Rxc7+ Kd6 33.Rxh7 a4 34.Ra7 Kc5 35.e5! After the exchange of bishops Black's a-pawn will soon fall. Bxg2 36.Kxg2 a3 37.Rc7+ Rc6 37...Kd5 38.Rb5+ wins the black knight. 38.Rxc6+ Kxc6 39.Rc8+ Kd5 40.e6 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Wei,Y2738Ponomariov,R26991–02017A138th Danzhou Super GM 20173.5

One point behind Wei was the Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem and China's number one, Ding Liren, who shared places two and three.

Officially Yi is still a junior and he leads the Top Junior's list by a wide margin. However, after winning Danzhou Wei Yi also made a big jump in the live-rating list. Now sporting a massive 2755 rating the 18-year old Chinese jumps to world's number 14, 67 points behind Magnus Carlsen and 27 points behind Ding Liren.

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# ↑↓ Name Classic +/− Age
1   Carlsen 2822.0 0.0 26
2 ↑1 So 2810.0 0.0 23
3 ↑2 Caruana 2807.0 0.0 24
4 ↓2 Kramnik 2803.4 −8.6 42
5 ↓1 Aronian 2799.2 −9.8 34
6   Mamedyarov 2797.1 −2.9 32
7   Nakamura 2792.0 0.0 29
8   Vachier-Lagrave 2786.7 −4.3 26
9   Anand 2783.0 0.0 47
10   Ding Liren 2782.6 +1.6 24
11 ↑1 Karjakin 2773.0 0.0 27
12 ↓1 Giri 2772.4 −2.6 23
13   Grischuk 2769.3 +8.3 33
14 ↑6 Wei Yi 2755.4 +17.4 18
15 ↓1 Yu Yangyi 2753.3 +0.3 23
16 ↓1 Svidler 2751.3 +2.3 41
17   Nepomniachtchi 2750.9 +8.9 27
18 ↓2 Topalov 2749.0 0.0 42
19 ↑3 Harikrishna 2742.5 +5.5 31
20 ↑12 Radjabov 2742.4 +18.4 30
21 ↑2 Wojtaszek 2742.3 +6.3 30
22 ↑3 Li Chao 2741.3 +6.3 28
23 ↓5 Dominguez Perez 2739.0 0.0 33
24   Adams 2737.9 +1.9 45
25 ↓4 Navara 2737.0 0.0 32
26 ↓7 Eljanov 2736.6 −2.4 34
27 ↑3 Le Quang Liem 2736.5 +10.5 26
28   Gelfand 2729.0 +1.0 49
29 ↓2 Ivanchuk 2727.8 −1.2 48
30 ↓4 Matlakov 2727.5 −2.5 26

Last Update 18 July 2017 | Source: Live Chess Rating, 2700chess.com

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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 c5 5.g3 b6 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nc3 d5 9.Nxd5 Nxd5 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.d4 Na6 13.Nh4 Qd7 14.dxc5 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 Bxg2 16.Nxg2 Nxc5 17.b4 Na6 18.a3 Rfd8 19.Nf4 Nc7 20.Rxd8 Rxd8 21.Rc1 Rd7 22.f3 e5 23.Nd3 f6 24.a4 Kf7 25.Kf2 Ne6 26.Rc8 Rd8 27.Rc3 Rd7 28.Rc8 Rd8 29.Rc3 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Malakhov,V2722Ivanchuk,V2729½–½2017A158th Danzhou Super GM 20171.1
Naiditsch,A2712Yu,Y2753½–½2017C488th Danzhou Super GM 20171.2
Wang,H2698Ding,L2781½–½2017D458th Danzhou Super GM 20171.3
Le,Q2726Ponomariov,R2699½–½2017E108th Danzhou Super GM 20171.4
Lu,S2638Wei,Y27380–12017B318th Danzhou Super GM 20171.5
Ivanchuk,V2729Wei,Y2738½–½2017E108th Danzhou Super GM 20172.1
Ponomariov,R2699Lu,S2638½–½2017A138th Danzhou Super GM 20172.2
Ding,L2781Le,Q2726½–½2017A368th Danzhou Super GM 20172.3
Yu,Y2753Wang,H2698½–½2017D108th Danzhou Super GM 20172.4
Malakhov,V2722Naiditsch,A2712½–½2017B918th Danzhou Super GM 20172.5
Naiditsch,A2712Ivanchuk,V2729½–½2017B418th Danzhou Super GM 20173.1
Wang,H2698Malakhov,V2722½–½2017C458th Danzhou Super GM 20173.2
Le,Q2726Yu,Y2753½–½2017D378th Danzhou Super GM 20173.3
Lu,S2638Ding,L27810–12017C508th Danzhou Super GM 20173.4
Wei,Y2738Ponomariov,R26991–02017A138th Danzhou Super GM 20173.5
Ivanchuk,V2729Ponomariov,R2699½–½2017C488th Danzhou Super GM 20174.1
Ding,L2781Wei,Y2738½–½2017E068th Danzhou Super GM 20174.2
Yu,Y2753Lu,S26381–02017A118th Danzhou Super GM 20174.3
Malakhov,V2722Le,Q27260–12017C508th Danzhou Super GM 20174.4
Naiditsch,A2712Wang,H2698½–½2017C428th Danzhou Super GM 20174.5
Wang,H2698Ivanchuk,V2729½–½2017C928th Danzhou Super GM 20175.1
Le,Q2726Naiditsch,A2712½–½2017E738th Danzhou Super GM 20175.2
Lu,S2638Malakhov,V2722½–½2017C678th Danzhou Super GM 20175.3
Wei,Y2738Yu,Y27531–02017C428th Danzhou Super GM 20175.4
Ponomariov,R2699Ding,L27810–12017D008th Danzhou Super GM 20175.5
Ivanchuk,V2729Ding,L27811–02017C888th Danzhou Super GM 20176.1
Yu,Y2753Ponomariov,R2699½–½2017E258th Danzhou Super GM 20176.2
Malakhov,V2722Wei,Y27380–12017A138th Danzhou Super GM 20176.3
Naiditsch,A2712Lu,S2638½–½2017B918th Danzhou Super GM 20176.4
Wang,H2698Le,Q2726½–½2017C658th Danzhou Super GM 20176.5
Le,Q2726Ivanchuk,V27291–02017E738th Danzhou Super GM 20177.1
Lu,S2638Wang,H26980–12017B308th Danzhou Super GM 20177.2
Wei,Y2738Naiditsch,A2712½–½2017C498th Danzhou Super GM 20177.3
Ponomariov,R2699Malakhov,V27221–02017D158th Danzhou Super GM 20177.4
Ding,L2781Yu,Y2753½–½2017A078th Danzhou Super GM 20177.5
Ivanchuk,V2729Yu,Y2753½–½2017C428th Danzhou Super GM 20178.1
Malakhov,V2722Ding,L27810–12017C508th Danzhou Super GM 20178.2
Naiditsch,A2712Ponomariov,R26991–02017C848th Danzhou Super GM 20178.3
Wang,H2698Wei,Y2738½–½2017D418th Danzhou Super GM 20178.4
Le,Q2726Lu,S2638½–½2017D378th Danzhou Super GM 20178.5
Lu,S2638Ivanchuk,V2729½–½2017C558th Danzhou Super GM 20179.1
Wei,Y2738Le,Q2726½–½2017C678th Danzhou Super GM 20179.2
Ponomariov,R2699Wang,H2698½–½2017B908th Danzhou Super GM 20179.3
Ding,L2781Naiditsch,A2712½–½2017E048th Danzhou Super GM 20179.4
Yu,Y2753Malakhov,V27221–02017D158th Danzhou Super GM 20179.5

Final Standings

Rg. Title Name Country ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. Perf. Tb
1 GM Wei Yi
 
 2738   ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6.5 / 9 2883  
2 GM Le Quang Liem
 
 2726 ½   ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5.5 / 9 2797 23.00
3 GM Ding Liren
 
 2781 ½ ½   ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 5.5 / 9 2791 21.50
4 GM Arkadij Naiditsch
 
 2712 ½ ½ ½   ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5.0 / 9 2759 21.75
5 GM Wang Hao
 
 2698 ½ ½ ½ ½   ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5.0 / 9 2760 21.25
6 GM Yu Yangyi
 
 2753 0 ½ ½ ½ ½   ½ ½ 1 1 5.0 / 9 2754 19.00
7 GM Vassily Ivanchuk
 
 2729 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½   ½ ½ ½ 4.5 / 9 2719  
8 GM Ruslan Ponomariov
 
 2699 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½   ½ 1 3.5 / 9 2644  
9 GM Lu Shanglei
 
 2638 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½   ½ 2.5 / 9 2563  
10 GM Vladimir Malakhov
 
 2722 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½   2.0 / 9 2502  

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