Biel Chess: Ding Liren Gains the Lead with Two Rounds to Go
Alexandra Kosteniuk's Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) 2013Hi everyone,
The very dynamic Grandmaster Chess Tournament in Biel keeps giving us thrills. Today’s round saw a change in the lead: Ding Liren took over Etienne Bacrot’s place at the top. The Chinese beat Richard Rapport with black and added three points to his tournament score. The young national champion played very creatively during all the event and is now the favorite to take overall victory.
Meanwhile, Ian Nepomniachtchi obtained his first win against Alexander Moiseenko in a Sicilian. The only draw of the day was very interesting as well; Maxime Vachier-Lagrave could not convert his advantage against his compatriot, and early leader, Etienne Bacrot. This is not the first time in the event that Vachier-Lagrave misses a big chance to get a full point.
The youngsters’ battle between Richard Rapport and Ding Liren was definitely exciting, as expected. The players played straight-forward fighting chess from the very first move and took the game through a roller-coaster of tactical blows. Although their styles of play share the same desire to get the initiative, their results in this tournament are completely distant – Rapport stands alone at the cellar of the standings.
Ding Liren used his main weapon with black, the King’s Indian Defense. Rapport surprised everyone again with his early b3, sacrificing an exchange for black’s dark-squared bishop – his idea was to quickly get an attack on the king. Looking for chances to mate his rival, white sacrificed a big amount of material and was left with a lonely queen against two rooks and two pieces. The fight continued as the white queen had a lot of room to maneuver and, at least, try to give a perpetual. However, Ding defended accurately to finally claim the point after 58 moves.
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46th Biel International Chess Festival 2013 from June 20-August 2
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
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The 46th Biel International Chess Festival will be held from 20th June to 2nd August in Biel, Switzerland. The main Grandmaster Tournament will be dedicated to the memory of Olivier Breisacher. Six players will play in a category 19 double round robin event:
Etienne Bacrot, FRA, Elo 2725
Ian Nepomniachtchi, RUS, Elo 2717
Alexander Moiseenko, UKR, Elo 2711
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, FRA Elo 2706
Ding Liren, CHN, Elo 2702
Richard Rapport, HUN, Elo 2674 (Juniors U18 #1)
Player biographies are available on the official website. GM Wang Hao of China is the defending champion.
Master Tournament
July 22nd – August 2nd 2013; 2-8 p.m. (August 2nd: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.). Rest day on July 28th. 11 round Swiss system.
Prizes: CHF 7’000, 5’000, 4’000, 3’000, 2’500, 2’000, 1’500, 1’200, 2×1’000, 3×700, 3×500, 4×300, 5×200, best ladies: CHF 600, 400, 300, best senior (1953-), best junior (1995+), best child (1997+), best player without title: each CHF 500, best players with Elo < 2200 Total prize fund: CHF 43'000.
Admission: Players with FIDE-rating (list May, June or July 2013) or national rating (e.g. Swiss ELO list 2/2013 or 3/2013) ELO 2000 and more.
Main Tournament
July 24th – August 2nd 2013; 2-8 p.m. (August 2nd: 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.). Rest day on July 28th. 9 round Swiss system.
Prizes: CHF 1’200, 1’000, 800, 600, 500, 2×400, 3×300, 5×200, 5×100, best ladies, best seniors (1953-), best juniors (1995+): each CHF 200, 100, best children (1997+): CHF 150, 50, best players with Elo <1800 nbsp="">
Total prize fund: CHF 10'600.
Admission: players with FIDE rating ELO 2050 and below (list May, June or July 2013) or players with national rating ELO 2050 and below (e.g. Swiss ELO list 2/2012 or 3/2012), independent of their FIDE rating.
Swiss Rapid Chess Championship
July 21st 2013, 9.30 a.m. 9 round Swiss system.
Cadence: 7′ + 7” per move and per player.
Prizes: CHF 1’200, 800, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 150, 2×100, natural prizes for players with 5½ points and more, best lady, best senior (1953-), best junior (1995+): each CHF 200, best child (1997+), best player without title: each CHF 100, best Swiss (with Swiss-passport): CHF 400, 300, 200, 2×100, best players with Elo <2000 nbsp="">
Total prize fund: CHF 7'650 + natural prizes.
Swiss Blitz Chess Championship
July 28th 2013, 2 p.m. 13 round Swiss system.
Cadence: 3′ + 2” per move and per player.
Prizes: CHF 1’000, 750, 600, 500, 400, 300, 250, 200, 150, 100, 2×50, best lady, best senior (1953-), best junior (1995+): each CHF 100, best child (1997+): CHF 50, best Swiss (with Swiss passport): CHF 300, 200, 150, 100, 50.
Total prize fund: CHF 5’500 + natural prizes.
Swiss Chess960 Championship
Mode of playing: Chess960, onJuly 20th 2013, 1.00 p.m. 7 round Swiss system.
Time control: 15′ + 5″ per move and per player.
Prizes: CHF 500, 400, 300, 200, 100, natural prizes for all players.
Total prize fund: CHF 1’500 + natural prizes.
Youth Tournament
The Foundation Vinetum offers free entry fee, free lunch and prizes for all participants at the Youth tournament. Sunday, July 28th 2013, 10 a.m. 7 round Swiss System, 15 minutes per player.
Three categories:
U18 (born 1995-1999)
U13 (born 2000-2002)
U10 (born 2003 or later)
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Ding Liren Wins Danzhou Chess Masters Tournament 2013
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
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Rating favorite Ding Liren finished clear first at the 4th Danzhou Grand Master Chess Tournament that took place in Danzhou, Hainan, from 20 May to 29 May 2013. Ding Liren showed his class with an undefeated performance where he ended up a whole point ahead of his closest followers. With five victories and four draws he was able to accumulate 7 points. In the very strong field, this was enough to get a Rating Performance of 2821 points. After the event, the winner declared that “he was very satisfied with the result” since this was his first victory in a super-tournament, according to a Chessdom report.
Ni Hua started dominating the chess tournament with four straight wins, but fell on his way to the top after losing two consecutive games in the seventh and eighth rounds. Despite these setbacks, Ni Hua finished in third place, a point behind the champion, due to his worse tiebreak score compared to Bu Xiangzhi, who took home the trophy for second place.
Another chess player who had a good result was Zhou Weiqi. He finished in fourth place with 5.5 points, but achieved a good set of results, performing more than a hundred points over his Elo rating. The 26-years old player only lost one game in the nine rounds – he fell against Xiu Deshun in the third day of the chess event.
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World Junior Chess R10 - GM Richard Rapport Holds on to Sole Lead
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Defending champion
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As the World Junior Chess Championship nears the conclusion, the tenth round was played in Athens on Monday. All games were decisive on the top six boards, according to the round-up report via Chessdom. GM Richard Rapport held on to his sole lead with a win at 8.5/10. GM Alexander Ipatov won on the second board and is just half-a-point behind. GM Yu Yangyi, GM Ding Liren, GM Nils Grandelius and GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan are in third place at 7.5 points. Some interesting results saw IM Eric Hansen draw with GM Zherebukh, norm winner Mark Lapidus held to a draw by IM Heimann and FM Wei Yi beat IM Shyam Nikil.
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World Junior Chess in Athens R4: Only Yu Yangyi, Alexander Ipatov with Perfect Score
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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The latest chess news from the World Junior Chess Championships 2012 in Athens, Greece, via Chessdom, is that GM Yu Yangyi and GM Alexander Ipatov are the only players who are leading with a perfect score after four rounds. Seeded 2nd and 6th respectively, they now lead the championship 1/2 points ahead of competition.
GM Ipatov employed a temporary piece sacrifice against GM Baron Tal to get solid initiative and closed the game in a convincing manner. GM Yu Yangyi waited patiently for a mistake by his opponent GM Jorge Cori in time trouble to conclude the game with a full point. The chasing pack shares the 3rd place with 3,5/4 and includes IM Sahaj Grover, GM Samvel Ter-Sahakyan, GM Salem A R Saleh, FM Wei Yi, GM Aleksandr Shimanov, and GM Nils Grandelius.
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In a multitude of surprising results FM Stef Soors defeated GM Niclas Huschenbeth, FM Michael Kleinman won against his compatriot IM Eric Hansen, the untitled Spyridon Naoum held to a draw IM Evandro Amorim Barbosa, FM Aman Hambleton drew with IM Ulvi Bajarani, IM Leandro Krysa lost to the untitled Ioannis Stathopoulos.
The rating favorite GM Ding Liren was stunned yet another time, this round he was held to a draw by GM Yilmaz Mustafa. Both are now 1,5 points behind the leaders, sharing the position with 18 more players. However, with 9 more rounds to go the medals and top positions will be up for grabs until the very end.
The Open section of the World Junior Chess Championship presented excellent chess to the audience today, with 50 from the 65 boards finishing with a decisive result.
The girls section of the World Junior Chess Championship was close to having a sole leader. In difficult time trouble WGM Nastassia Ziaziulkina could not score a full point against WIM Irina Bulmaga with the black pieces. The other leaders before the start of the round, WGM Guo Qi and IM Anastasia Bodnaruk, agreed to a draw. Now all of them share the first place together with the only winner from the chasing pack – WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina.
They are closely followed by a large group of players at 1/2 points distance – WGM Jovana Vojinovic, WFM Klaudia Kulon, WGM Alina Kashlinskaya, WIM Meri Arabidze, Wang Jue, WGM Deysi Cori, WGM Mona Khaled, WIM Monica Sihite Chelsie, WFM Aulia Medina Warda, Hanna-Marie Klek, WFM Irina Petrova, and Zoi Iordanidou.
Just like in the boys/open section, Round 4 turned out to be extremely combative for the girls. Except the top boards, the girls competition saw only 3 more draws, all other games finishing with decisive results. You can find lots of photos and information at the official website.
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Labels: aleksandra goryachkina, alexander ipatov, anastasia bodnaruk, ding liren, nastassia ziaziulkina, world junior chess, yilmaz mustafa, yu yangyi
Ding Liren Wins Third China National Chess Title
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
Ding Liren has won the Chinese Championship in Xinghua, China. for the third time in four years. The grandmaster won the title in an impressive field, Seventeen-year-old Yu Yangyi was second. In the women's section Huang Qian edged out Zhang Xiaowen on tiebreak. The event took place from March 26 to April 7. In the 12 -player round robin, the Women's World Champion participated in the open section. You can find a nice round-up report and chess games at ChessVibes. If you are comfortable reading Chinese, then the place to go is here.
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