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Hainan Danzhou GM (2016) The 7th Hainan Danzhou GM tournament took place July 8-17, 2016. Time controls: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, 30 extra minutes for the remaining moves, with a 30-second increment per move from move one. Tournament director: Ye Jiangchuan. Chief arbiter: Lin Feng. Ian Nepomniachtchi won with 6/9. Report by Peter Doggers (after 5 rounds): https://www.chess.com/news/view/nep... TWIC: http://theweekinchess.com/chessnews... Crosstable (http://www.chess-results.com/tnr229...) : Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 Nepomniachtchi 2725 * 0 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 6 2 Harikrishna 2755 1 * ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 3 Wang Yue 2730 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5 4 Ding Liren 2778 0 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 Yu Yangyi 2734 1 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 6 Bu Xiangzhi 2723 0 1 ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 7 Ivanchuk 2728 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 4 8 Leko 2712 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4 9 Yifan Hou 2653 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 4 10 Wang Hao 2734 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 3½ Previous: Hainan Danzhou GM (2015). Next: Hainan Danzhou GM (2017)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Y Wang vs Y Hou   1-0 58 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 2. Leko vs Y Yu   ½-½ 51 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 3. Nepomniachtchi vs Ding Liren 1-0 40 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM C45 Scotch Game 4. H Wang vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 38 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 5. Harikrishna vs X Bu 0-1 57 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3 6. Harikrishna vs Ding Liren 1-0 41 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 7. X Bu vs Ivanchuk 1-0 56 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 8. Y Wang vs Leko   ½-½ 34 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM A35 English, Symmetrical 9. Y Yu vs Nepomniachtchi 1-0 61 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM E60 King's Indian Defense 10. Ding Liren vs H Wang   ½-½ 47 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 11. Ivanchuk vs Harikrishna   ½-½ 93 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM A17 English 12. Y Hou vs X Bu   ½-½ 49 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 13. Leko vs Y Hou   ½-½ 75 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 14. Nepomniachtchi vs Y Wang 1-0 85 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM C45 Scotch Game 15. H Wang vs Y Yu   ½-½ 70 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM B22 Sicilian, Alapin 16. Y Wang vs H Wang 1-0 64 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 17. Leko vs Nepomniachtchi 0-1 46 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Y Yu vs Harikrishna   ½-½ 87 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM C42 Petrov Defense 19. Y Hou vs Ivanchuk   ½-½ 18 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM B30 Sicilian 20. Ding Liren vs X Bu   1-0 48 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 21. Nepomniachtchi vs Y Hou 1-0 69 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM E15 Queen's Indian 22. H Wang vs Leko   ½-½ 52 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 23. Harikrishna vs Y Wang   ½-½ 46 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 24. X Bu vs Y Yu   ½-½ 31 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM A30 English, Symmetrical 25. Ivanchuk vs Ding Liren   ½-½ 40 2016 Hainan Danzhou GM A07 King's Indian Attack  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jul-10-16    ex0duz: How come Wei Yi isn't playing? Jul-10-16    sonia91: <ex0duz> He plays in Bilbao from 13 to 23 July. Jul-10-16    whiteshark: "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. 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...." cb r1 report: http://en.chessbase.com/post/strong... Jul-10-16    rgr459: Leko looks well on his way to achieving a Giri. Jul-10-16    shintaro go: Leko is the original drawmaster Jul-10-16    perfidious: There are six rounds to go--leaves much time to misstep and lose one to end the string. Jul-10-16    Mr. V: So evenly matched, I could see any of these players being hot and winning it outright, except maybe Leko or Hou Yifan. Jul-10-16    fisayo123: Horrible event from Ding Liren so far. He's playing well below his normal level. It's been a long time i've seen him struggle like this. Hopefully, he can get it together and at least get back into the top 10 before the event is over. Jul-11-16    Pulo y Gata: Scotching games from Nepo. Jul-11-16    Imran Iskandar: <perfidious: There are six rounds to go--leaves much time to misstep and lose one to end the string.> ...which has just happened. Jul-11-16    AzingaBonzer: Ding Liren (who is having the aforementioned "horrible event") just beat one of the leaders, Bu Xiangzhi. Jul-11-16    Mr. V: The Hainan tournament gets better every year. Jul-12-16    Bobby Fiske: It's nice to se that Hainan Danzhou Tournament is gaining momentum, inviting stronger players from abroad. Jul-14-16    posoo: lololol THERE GOES Flosayo123 AGAIN! All he dos is go on to tornament pages and be liked "DIS GUY SUKS" and even when somone is doing well he goes "WELL DATS WAT WAS EXPECTED" (see comment about Mv LAGROOVE in Dortmond.). Dis is da kind of complaning dat is NOT ALLOWED in da parks where POSOO plays. he'd get shouted down and then i'd take his money, lolololol Jul-15-16    fisayo123: I'm not a fan of 9 round tournaments with odd and/or even amount of whites and blacks. Nepo had the "easiest" start here and has 5 whites and 4 blacks. That partly explains his good start. Ding Liren had the exact opposite. "Hard" start. 4 whites, blacks. Pairings and color shouldn't give this type of advantage in round robins. Seen it happen quite a lot. Solution : just make it 10 rounds by inviting an extra player. Jul-15-16    plang: The disadvantage of single round robins with an even number of games is that there is a bye each round. Jul-15-16    Mr. V: Now Hari levels the playing field with a win in round 7. There's still chances to snatch first place for someone else. Jul-16-16    Mr. V: <fisayo123> Last year when Wang Yue won Danzhou with an amazing performance, it was pointed out that he had a better play schedule due to having more whites, and playing the sronger opponents when he had white. I believe his record was 4 wins with white, one with black. Jul-16-16    Mr. V: It probably has no profound meaning, but it's fun to make the comparison with the Danzhou tournament and the Chinese players hosting strong foreigners, and the early Soviet tournaments where we witness a collective rise in strength of the new chess superpower. 6th Hainan Danzhou (2015) Leningrad (1934) Moscow (1935) Moscow (1936) Jul-16-16    et1: Mr. V the comparison you make is quite interesting. And it rings true. The only difference I believe is that in the thirties, the USSR emerged to became THE superpower, whereas now China faces at least the contest of the existing superpower - Russia, and we should not Forget about India, who is also emerging but nobody noticies. Also now there are some small powers like Ukraine, USA, France, etc that are not to be neglected. So China's dominance if it were to happen will not be so large as the Soviet wss. Thanks for sharing, Jul-16-16    Mr. V: With one round left, the pressure's on Ivanchuk to prevent Ian from steamrolling this field. <et1> Thanks for the insight. Definitely the historical context is different, but I do think it's appropriate to compare. The strength of China and Russia are their depth - so many strong players, not just a few, who, with more experience, could probably compete internationally. India has this same strength when looking at their national team. They have players like Ganguly and Harikrishna and Sasikiran, and they didn't need a superstar to be able to win an olympic medal in 2014. The minor powers like the USA and France have the strength at the top, but not the depth of strong player pool to draw on. On another note, I wonder if anybody besides us is going to kibitz here. Imo this tournament is ten times more exciting than Dortmund, for example. Jul-16-16    fisayo123: Nepomniachtchi's score looks like some Morozevich business back in the day. Jul-17-16    et1: Mr V - Ivanchuk had a very good position quite late in the game, and then suddenly put the game in a drawn position - may be he gets bored nowadays and tries not to lose if he does not see how to win. Dortmund has Kramnik and MVL - much hype ! :) ! Jul-17-16    diagonal: Congratulation to Ian Nepomniachtchi for winning the strong international invitation tournament in Danzhou City (Hainan Province). A big success for Ian who is born in 1990, as for instance MVL, Karjakin, and Carlsen... <<Bobby Fiske>: It's nice to se that Hainan Danzhou Tournament is gaining momentum, inviting stronger players from abroad.> The first edition at Danzhou in 2010 saw ten Chinese grandmasters playing: Bu Xiangzhi, the winner on tie-break above Li Chao, Ding Liren, Wang Hao, Zhou Jianchao, Zhao Jun, Zhou Weiqi, Yu Yangyi, Hou Yifan, and Ni Hua who had a bit of a catastrophe result (2/9) finishing last without a win. In 2014 (5th edition), it was the first time that foreign players were participating, as well as in 2015 (6th edition), in both years two out of ten players were from abroad. In 2016 (7th edition), Hainan Danzhou has now become a real international event in an old style mixed-field: players from the hosting nation battling international stars (ten players, five different countries). <<Mr. V>: The Hainan tournament gets better every year> Hainan Danzhou indeed has the potential to become a classical tournament series! Jul-23-16    beenthere240: Nepo had a Carlsen-like tournament with 5 wins. search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. 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