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 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 20...Nc6 21.0-0 Nce5 22.Rdd1!? 21.Bxf8 Nxf8 22.Nd6 Nbd7 23.g4 fxg4 24.Bxg4 Qa1+ 25.Bd1! 25.Rd1 Qa5+ 26.c3 Qe5 27.Qxe5 Nxe5= 25...Qe5 26.Qxe5 Nxe5 27.0-0 Bd7 27...a5!? 28.Re1 Neg6 29.Nxb7 Nf4 30.h4 Rc8 31.Rd4 g5 32.hxg5 Nh3+ 33.Kh2 Nxg5 34.c4 Rc7 35.Nd6 Ng6 36.Re3 Kg7 37.Kg3 Kf6 38.Bc2 a5 39.Ra3 e5 40.Rd1 Nf4 41.Rxa5 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! 49.Kf3 Nd4+ 50.Kg3 Nf5+ 51.Kf2 Nxd5 52.cxd5 Rc4 52...Rc2+ 53.Kg1 53.Re1 53.Nf6! 53...Rc2+ 54.Kg1 Nd4 55.Rf1 Ne2+ 56.Kh1 Nf4 57.Rg1 Bh3 58.Ra7+ Kf8 59.d6 Bf5 60.Nf6 1–0
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Yu,Y | 2664 | Wei,Y | 2625 | 1–0 | 2014 | B97 | ch-CHN 2014 | 3.2 |
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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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Wei,Y | 2625 | Xiu,D | 2571 | 1–0 | 2014 | C28 | ch-CHN 2014 | 1.1 |
Lin,C | 2475 | Liu,Q | 2501 | 1–0 | 2014 | B06 | ch-CHN 2014 | 1.2 |
Yu,Y | 2664 | Ding,L | 2717 | ½–½ | 2014 | B17 | ch-CHN 2014 | 1.3 |
Zeng,C | 2520 | Zhou,J | 2565 | 1–0 | 2014 | A01 | ch-CHN 2014 | 1.4 |
Ma,Q | 2606 | Zhao,J | 2608 | ½–½ | 2014 | C67 | ch-CHN 2014 | 1.5 |
Wen,Y | 2591 | Hou,Y | 2629 | 0–1 | 2014 | A30 | ch-CHN 2014 | 1.6 |
Xiu,D | 2571 | Hou,Y | 2629 | 1–0 | 2014 | B36 | ch-CHN 2014 | 2.1 |
Zhao,J | 2608 | Wen,Y | 2591 | ½–½ | 2014 | B52 | ch-CHN 2014 | 2.2 |
Zhou,J | 2565 | Ma,Q | 2606 | ½–½ | 2014 | D02 | ch-CHN 2014 | 2.3 |
Ding,L | 2717 | Zeng,C | 2520 | 1–0 | 2014 | A29 | ch-CHN 2014 | 2.4 |
Liu,Q | 2501 | Yu,Y | 2664 | 0–1 | 2014 | B47 | ch-CHN 2014 | 2.5 |
Wei,Y | 2625 | Lin,C | 2475 | 1–0 | 2014 | C23 | ch-CHN 2014 | 2.6 |
Lin,C | 2475 | Xiu,D | 2571 | 1–0 | 2014 | C77 | ch-CHN 2014 | 3.1 |
Yu,Y | 2664 | Wei,Y | 2625 | 1–0 | 2014 | B97 | ch-CHN 2014 | 3.2 |
Zeng,C | 2520 | Liu,Q | 2501 | 1–0 | 2014 | A01 | ch-CHN 2014 | 3.3 |
Ma,Q | 2606 | Ding,L | 2717 | ½–½ | 2014 | D43 | ch-CHN 2014 | 3.4 |
Wen,Y | 2591 | Zhou,J | 2565 | 1–0 | 2014 | A37 | ch-CHN 2014 | 3.5 |
Hou,Y | 2629 | Zhao,J | 2608 | 0–1 | 2014 | C15 | ch-CHN 2014 | 3.6 |
Xiu,D | 2571 | Zhao,J | 2608 | ½–½ | 2014 | E12 | ch-CHN 2014 | 4.1 |
Zhou,J | 2565 | Hou,Y | 2629 | ½–½ | 2014 | D38 | ch-CHN 2014 | 4.2 |
Ding,L | 2717 | Wen,Y | 2591 | 1–0 | 2014 | E63 | ch-CHN 2014 | 4.3 |
Liu,Q | 2501 | Ma,Q | 2606 | ½–½ | 2014 | C65 | ch-CHN 2014 | 4.4 |
Wei,Y | 2625 | Zeng,C | 2520 | 1–0 | 2014 | B40 | ch-CHN 2014 | 4.5 |
Lin,C | 2475 | Yu,Y | 2664 | ½–½ | 2014 | B30 | ch-CHN 2014 | 4.6 |
Yu,Y | 2664 | Xiu,D | 2571 | ½–½ | 2014 | C45 | ch-CHN 2014 | 5.1 |
Zeng,C | 2520 | Lin,C | 2475 | ½–½ | 2014 | A01 | ch-CHN 2014 | 5.2 |
Ma,Q | 2606 | Wei,Y | 2625 | ½–½ | 2014 | B90 | ch-CHN 2014 | 5.3 |
Wen,Y | 2591 | Liu,Q | 2501 | 1–0 | 2014 | E06 | ch-CHN 2014 | 5.4 |
Hou,Y | 2629 | Ding,L | 2717 | 1–0 | 2014 | C45 | ch-CHN 2014 | 5.5 |
Zhao,J | 2608 | Zhou,J | 2565 | ½–½ | 2014 | B51 | ch-CHN 2014 | 5.6 |
Xiu,D | 2571 | Zhou,J | 2565 | 0–1 | 2014 | A34 | ch-CHN 2014 | 6.1 |
Ding,L | 2717 | Zhao,J | 2608 | 1–0 | 2014 | A52 | ch-CHN 2014 | 6.2 |
Liu,Q | 2501 | Hou,Y | 2629 | ½–½ | 2014 | B89 | ch-CHN 2014 | 6.3 |
Wei,Y | 2625 | Wen,Y | 2591 | ½–½ | 2014 | C67 | ch-CHN 2014 | 6.4 |
Lin,C | 2475 | Ma,Q | 2606 | ½–½ | 2014 | B30 | ch-CHN 2014 | 6.5 |
Yu,Y | 2664 | Zeng,C | 2520 | 1–0 | 2014 | B40 | ch-CHN 2014 | 6.6 |
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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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Ju,W | 2520 | Guo,Q | 2462 | 1–0 | 2014 | D31 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 1.1 |
Zhang,X | 2397 | Ding,Y | 2429 | ½–½ | 2014 | B92 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 1.2 |
Shen,Y | 2435 | Lei,T | 2374 | ½–½ | 2014 | D95 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 1.3 |
Zhai,M | 2266 | Wang,D | 2217 | 0–1 | 2014 | C41 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 1.4 |
Xiao,Y | 2177 | Tan,Z | 2499 | ½–½ | 2014 | E63 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 1.5 |
Gu,T | 2164 | Wang,J | 2384 | ½–½ | 2014 | B90 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 1.6 |
Guo,Q | 2462 | Wang,J | 2384 | 1–0 | 2014 | E97 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 2.1 |
Tan,Z | 2499 | Gu,T | 2164 | 1–0 | 2014 | D15 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 2.2 |
Wang,D | 2217 | Xiao,Y | 2177 | ½–½ | 2014 | D38 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 2.3 |
Lei,T | 2374 | Zhai,M | 2266 | 1–0 | 2014 | A14 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 2.4 |
Ding,Y | 2429 | Shen,Y | 2435 | ½–½ | 2014 | C26 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 2.5 |
Ju,W | 2520 | Zhang,X | 2397 | 1–0 | 2014 | E62 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 2.6 |
Zhang,X | 2397 | Guo,Q | 2462 | 0–1 | 2014 | B19 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 3.1 |
Shen,Y | 2435 | Ju,W | 2520 | ½–½ | 2014 | E41 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 3.2 |
Zhai,M | 2266 | Ding,Y | 2429 | ½–½ | 2014 | B90 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 3.3 |
Xiao,Y | 2177 | Lei,T | 2374 | 0–1 | 2014 | B47 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 3.4 |
Gu,T | 2164 | Wang,D | 2217 | ½–½ | 2014 | A41 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 3.5 |
Wang,J | 2384 | Tan,Z | 2499 | 0–1 | 2014 | B07 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 3.6 |
Guo,Q | 2462 | Tan,Z | 2499 | ½–½ | 2014 | D38 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 4.1 |
Wang,D | 2217 | Wang,J | 2384 | 0–1 | 2014 | E48 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 4.2 |
Lei,T | 2374 | Gu,T | 2164 | 1–0 | 2014 | A15 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 4.3 |
Ding,Y | 2429 | Xiao,Y | 2177 | 1–0 | 2014 | B47 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 4.4 |
Ju,W | 2520 | Zhai,M | 2266 | 1–0 | 2014 | E06 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 4.5 |
Zhang,X | 2397 | Shen,Y | 2435 | 0–1 | 2014 | C65 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 4.6 |
Shen,Y | 2435 | Guo,Q | 2462 | ½–½ | 2014 | A25 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 5.1 |
Zhai,M | 2266 | Zhang,X | 2397 | 0–1 | 2014 | C05 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 5.2 |
Xiao,Y | 2177 | Ju,W | 2520 | ½–½ | 2014 | E11 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 5.3 |
Gu,T | 2164 | Ding,Y | 2429 | 0–1 | 2014 | D80 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 5.4 |
Wang,J | 2384 | Lei,T | 2374 | 0–1 | 2014 | B48 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 5.5 |
Tan,Z | 2499 | Wang,D | 2217 | 1–0 | 2014 | D52 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 5.6 |
Guo,Q | 2462 | Wang,D | 2217 | 0–1 | 2014 | D45 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 6.1 |
Lei,T | 2374 | Tan,Z | 2499 | 1–0 | 2014 | A04 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 6.2 |
Ding,Y | 2429 | Wang,J | 2384 | ½–½ | 2014 | B90 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 6.3 |
Ju,W | 2520 | Gu,T | 2164 | 1–0 | 2014 | A07 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 6.4 |
Zhang,X | 2397 | Xiao,Y | 2177 | 1–0 | 2014 | A08 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 6.5 |
Shen,Y | 2435 | Zhai,M | 2266 | 1–0 | 2014 | E54 | ch-CHN w 2014 | 6.6 |
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Standings after six rounds
Women's Chinese Championship

Chinese Championship

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