Yu Yangyi leads in China's Championship

by Alejandro Ramirez
3/18/2014 – The Chinese National Championship returns to Xinghua. Despite the absence of some key names, mainly Wang Yue and Wang Hao, the tournament is still a very strong round robin. Yu Yangyi has taken an early lead with 4.5/6 but is closely followed by Wei Yi and Ding Liren. The Women's section is being dominated by a 16-year-old who has a performance of over 2700...

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The Chinese Chess Championship returns to Xinghua in the province of Jiangsu. Despite the absence of a few stars, the tournament is still a very strong round robin. Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi and Hou Yifan are the top seeds in the Championship.

Women's World Champion Hou Yifan has scored 50%
one of her victories came against top seed Ding Liren

The Women's Championship is being played alongside with Ju Wenjun and Tan Zhongyi being the favorites by rating, but surprises are common in both sections of the Chinese Championships.

Former Junior World Champion Guo Qi is the third ranked in the event

The event has started very well for Yu Yangyi who leads with 4.5/6. He scored an excellent win against prodigy Wei Yi:

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 One would think that in this day and age, when computers thrive and we learn how to count in 'gigas' as opposed to 'megas' that the Poisoned Pawn Najdorf would be solved. And yet, quite the contrary is true. The variation is still fresh and full of new ideas. 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Ne4 h6 13.Bh4 Qxa2 14.Rd1 Qd5 15.Qe3 Qxe5 16.Be2 Bc5 17.Bg3 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Qa5+ 19.Rd2 0-0 20.Bd6 f5 This is Black's latest try. 20...Nc6 21.0-0 Nce5 22.Rdd1!? was played in the game Karjakin-Kokarev in the Russian Team championship of 2012. It is unclear if White is much better here, but he certainly has enough for the sacrificed material and Black's position is somewhat uncomfortable. 21.Bxf8 Nxf8 22.Nd6 Nbd7 23.g4 fxg4 24.Bxg4 Qa1+ 25.Bd1! Is this an earth-shattering novelty? No, but it is subtly important. This is stronger than what had been played previously: 25.Rd1 Qa5+ 26.c3 Qe5 27.Qxe5 Nxe5= Kosintseva-Paikidze, 2012. If anything this favors Black already who will consolidate his position within a few moves. 25...Qe5 The only logical move. 26.Qxe5 Nxe5 Now White's bishop is not hanging on g4 and White has time to start creating some threats. 27.0-0 Bd7 Development is natural but it quickly lands Black in trouble. 27...a5!? Simply rolling the pawn forward. It would have been interesting to see how White keeps the pressure here exactly, but chances are plentiful and Black's position seems loose. 28.Re1 Neg6 29.Nxb7 Technically, material is equal. Black has a knight and two pawns for a rook. The problem for the second player is that this is a wide open position, in which the rook is the clear favorite. Not only that, he cannot make use of the pawns any time soon, while White's passed c-pawn can be powerfully supported. Nf4 30.h4 Rc8 31.Rd4 g5 32.hxg5 Nh3+ 33.Kh2 Nxg5 34.c4 Rc7 35.Nd6 Ng6 36.Re3 Notice that Black's knights are having trouble coming to the c-file to block the pawn. Kg7 37.Kg3 Kf6 38.Bc2 a5 39.Ra3 e5 40.Rd1 Nf4 41.Rxa5 A pawn falls, and Black has not improved his position that much, though at least he can say his knights are closer to the action. Ne2+ 42.Kf2 Nd4 43.Ra6 Nh3+ 44.Kg3 Ke7 45.Be4 Ng5 46.Bd5 Nge6 47.Ne4 Nf4 48.Rda1 Nf5+ 48...Nxd5 49.cxd5 Rc2! Was Black's best chance. This way he creates counterplay with the threat of Nf5+ 49.Kf3 Nd4+ 50.Kg3 Nf5+ 51.Kf2 Nxd5 52.cxd5 Rc4 52...Rc2+ 53.Kg1 no longer helps Black who is too far away from causing White's king any problems. 53.Re1 53.Nf6! was certainly better. 53...Rc2+ 54.Kg1 Nd4 55.Rf1 Ne2+ 56.Kh1 Nf4 57.Rg1 White has coordinated his rooks. Now that they are on opposite flanks Black cannot rely on his bishop alone to defend from checks. Bh3 58.Ra7+ Kf8 59.d6 Bf5 60.Nf6 A theoretically interesting game and an important win for Yu Yangyi 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Yu,Y2664Wei,Y26251–02014B97ch-CHN 20143.2

Yu Yangyi leads, but it's only half a point over Wei Yi and Ding Liren

Ma Qun is having a solid six draw tournament

Wang Jue has not started so well, but still has time to recover in the event

The biggest surprise of the tournament without a shadow of a doubt is in the women's section. Lei Tingjie is destroying the event with 5.5/6, scoring at a 2731 performance rating and winning 21 rating points. Lei Tingjie is only 16 years old and certainly a potential Olympic member for the Chinese team, if not in Tromso then probably in the Olympiad in Baku in 2016.

The leader: Lei Tingjie

Chinese Championship games:

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1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d3 Na5 5.Qf3 d6 6.h3 Be7 7.Nge2 c6 8.a4 Nxc4 9.dxc4 Be6 10.b3 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.cxd5 Bxd5 13.Qg3 0-0 14.0-0 Ne4 15.Qxe5 Nxc3 16.Nxc3 Bc6 17.Rd1 Bf6 18.Qc5 Qc8 19.Bb2 Bxg2 20.Qxc8 Rfxc8 21.Kxg2 Bxc3 22.Bxc3 Rxc3 23.Rd7 Rxc2 24.Rad1 h6 25.Rxb7 a5 26.Rdd7 Ra6 27.Rxf7 Rg6+ 28.Kh2 Rc1 29.Rf3 Rgg1 30.Rb5 Rh1+ 31.Kg3 Rhg1+ 32.Kf4 Rg6 33.Rxa5 Rb6 34.Rd5 Rb4+ 35.Ke5 Kh7 36.Rb5 Rxb5+ 37.axb5 Rc5+ 38.Kd4 Rxb5 39.Kc4 Rb8 40.b4 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Wei,Y2625Xiu,D25711–02014C28ch-CHN 20141.1
Lin,C2475Liu,Q25011–02014B06ch-CHN 20141.2
Yu,Y2664Ding,L2717½–½2014B17ch-CHN 20141.3
Zeng,C2520Zhou,J25651–02014A01ch-CHN 20141.4
Ma,Q2606Zhao,J2608½–½2014C67ch-CHN 20141.5
Wen,Y2591Hou,Y26290–12014A30ch-CHN 20141.6
Xiu,D2571Hou,Y26291–02014B36ch-CHN 20142.1
Zhao,J2608Wen,Y2591½–½2014B52ch-CHN 20142.2
Zhou,J2565Ma,Q2606½–½2014D02ch-CHN 20142.3
Ding,L2717Zeng,C25201–02014A29ch-CHN 20142.4
Liu,Q2501Yu,Y26640–12014B47ch-CHN 20142.5
Wei,Y2625Lin,C24751–02014C23ch-CHN 20142.6
Lin,C2475Xiu,D25711–02014C77ch-CHN 20143.1
Yu,Y2664Wei,Y26251–02014B97ch-CHN 20143.2
Zeng,C2520Liu,Q25011–02014A01ch-CHN 20143.3
Ma,Q2606Ding,L2717½–½2014D43ch-CHN 20143.4
Wen,Y2591Zhou,J25651–02014A37ch-CHN 20143.5
Hou,Y2629Zhao,J26080–12014C15ch-CHN 20143.6
Xiu,D2571Zhao,J2608½–½2014E12ch-CHN 20144.1
Zhou,J2565Hou,Y2629½–½2014D38ch-CHN 20144.2
Ding,L2717Wen,Y25911–02014E63ch-CHN 20144.3
Liu,Q2501Ma,Q2606½–½2014C65ch-CHN 20144.4
Wei,Y2625Zeng,C25201–02014B40ch-CHN 20144.5
Lin,C2475Yu,Y2664½–½2014B30ch-CHN 20144.6
Yu,Y2664Xiu,D2571½–½2014C45ch-CHN 20145.1
Zeng,C2520Lin,C2475½–½2014A01ch-CHN 20145.2
Ma,Q2606Wei,Y2625½–½2014B90ch-CHN 20145.3
Wen,Y2591Liu,Q25011–02014E06ch-CHN 20145.4
Hou,Y2629Ding,L27171–02014C45ch-CHN 20145.5
Zhao,J2608Zhou,J2565½–½2014B51ch-CHN 20145.6
Xiu,D2571Zhou,J25650–12014A34ch-CHN 20146.1
Ding,L2717Zhao,J26081–02014A52ch-CHN 20146.2
Liu,Q2501Hou,Y2629½–½2014B89ch-CHN 20146.3
Wei,Y2625Wen,Y2591½–½2014C67ch-CHN 20146.4
Lin,C2475Ma,Q2606½–½2014B30ch-CHN 20146.5
Yu,Y2664Zeng,C25201–02014B40ch-CHN 20146.6

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Women's Chinese Championship games:

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 c6 6.e3 Ne7 7.h4 Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.Bd3 Bf5 10.Bxf5 Nxf5 11.Qd3 Ne7 12.Nf3 Nd7 13.h5 0-0-0 14.0-0-0 Kb8 15.Kb1 g6 16.g4 gxh5 17.Rxh5 Qg6 18.Rh4 h5 19.Qxg6 fxg6 20.Ne5 Nxe5 21.dxe5 Rdf8 22.f4 hxg4 23.Rxg4 Rh3 24.e4 Rf3 25.f5 gxf5 26.Rg7 Re8 27.exd5 cxd5 28.Nxd5 Nxd5 29.Rxd5 Rf1+ 30.Kc2 Rf2+ 31.Kb3 a6 32.Rdd7 Rxe5 33.Rxb7+ Ka8 34.Ra7+ Kb8 35.Rab7+ Ka8 36.Rb6 a5 37.a4 Rf3+ 38.Ka2 Rf4 39.Ka3 Rf3+ 40.b3 Rd3 41.Rf6 Rd8 42.Rgf7 Rdd5 43.Rh6 Re8 44.Rh5 Red8 45.Rfxf5 Rxf5 46.Rxf5 1–0
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Ju,W2520Guo,Q24621–02014D31ch-CHN w 20141.1
Zhang,X2397Ding,Y2429½–½2014B92ch-CHN w 20141.2
Shen,Y2435Lei,T2374½–½2014D95ch-CHN w 20141.3
Zhai,M2266Wang,D22170–12014C41ch-CHN w 20141.4
Xiao,Y2177Tan,Z2499½–½2014E63ch-CHN w 20141.5
Gu,T2164Wang,J2384½–½2014B90ch-CHN w 20141.6
Guo,Q2462Wang,J23841–02014E97ch-CHN w 20142.1
Tan,Z2499Gu,T21641–02014D15ch-CHN w 20142.2
Wang,D2217Xiao,Y2177½–½2014D38ch-CHN w 20142.3
Lei,T2374Zhai,M22661–02014A14ch-CHN w 20142.4
Ding,Y2429Shen,Y2435½–½2014C26ch-CHN w 20142.5
Ju,W2520Zhang,X23971–02014E62ch-CHN w 20142.6
Zhang,X2397Guo,Q24620–12014B19ch-CHN w 20143.1
Shen,Y2435Ju,W2520½–½2014E41ch-CHN w 20143.2
Zhai,M2266Ding,Y2429½–½2014B90ch-CHN w 20143.3
Xiao,Y2177Lei,T23740–12014B47ch-CHN w 20143.4
Gu,T2164Wang,D2217½–½2014A41ch-CHN w 20143.5
Wang,J2384Tan,Z24990–12014B07ch-CHN w 20143.6
Guo,Q2462Tan,Z2499½–½2014D38ch-CHN w 20144.1
Wang,D2217Wang,J23840–12014E48ch-CHN w 20144.2
Lei,T2374Gu,T21641–02014A15ch-CHN w 20144.3
Ding,Y2429Xiao,Y21771–02014B47ch-CHN w 20144.4
Ju,W2520Zhai,M22661–02014E06ch-CHN w 20144.5
Zhang,X2397Shen,Y24350–12014C65ch-CHN w 20144.6
Shen,Y2435Guo,Q2462½–½2014A25ch-CHN w 20145.1
Zhai,M2266Zhang,X23970–12014C05ch-CHN w 20145.2
Xiao,Y2177Ju,W2520½–½2014E11ch-CHN w 20145.3
Gu,T2164Ding,Y24290–12014D80ch-CHN w 20145.4
Wang,J2384Lei,T23740–12014B48ch-CHN w 20145.5
Tan,Z2499Wang,D22171–02014D52ch-CHN w 20145.6
Guo,Q2462Wang,D22170–12014D45ch-CHN w 20146.1
Lei,T2374Tan,Z24991–02014A04ch-CHN w 20146.2
Ding,Y2429Wang,J2384½–½2014B90ch-CHN w 20146.3
Ju,W2520Gu,T21641–02014A07ch-CHN w 20146.4
Zhang,X2397Xiao,Y21771–02014A08ch-CHN w 20146.5
Shen,Y2435Zhai,M22661–02014E54ch-CHN w 20146.6

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Standings after six rounds

Women's Chinese Championship

Chinese Championship

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Grandmaster Alejandro Ramirez has been playing tournament chess since 1998. His accomplishments include qualifying for the 2004 and 2013 World Cups as well as playing for Costa Rica in the 2002, 2004 and 2008 Olympiads. He currently has a rating of 2583 and is author of a number of popular and critically acclaimed ChessBase-DVDs.

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