16-year-old Yu Yangyi victorious in Dangzhou

Not Wang Hao, not Wang Yue nor Bu Xiangzhi nor Chinese champion Ding Liren, but 16-year-old Yu Yangyi won the Hainan Dangzhou Super GM tournament. The ten best Chinese chess players were present and Yu Yangyi finished clear first, 1.5 points ahead of the rest of the field.

The 2nd Hainan Dangzhou Super GM tournament was held from May 15 to 24, 2011 in Dangzhou, Hainan (China). It was a 10-player, single round-robin. The time control was 90 minutes for the whole game plus 30 seconds per move starting from move one. Draw offers were not allowed before move 30. The complete current top 10 in China participated:

#	Name	Title	Fed	Rating	World rank	Birth year
1	Wang, Hao	g	CHN	2732	19	1989
2	Wang, Yue	g	CHN	2714	29	1987
3	Ding, Liren	g	CHN	2664	78	1992
4	Bu, Xiangzhi	g	CHN	2662	80	1985
5	Ni, Hua	g	CHN	2661	83	1983
6	Li, Chao b	g	CHN	2656	90	1989
7	Yu, Yangyi	g	CHN	2646	103	1994
8	Zhou, Jianchao	g	CHN	2636	119	1988
9	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2612	187	1994
10	Zhou, Weiqi	g	CHN	2610	193	1986

You might remember that after four rounds Yu Yangyi and Wang Yue were sharing the lead with 3/4. (If you missed our first report, take the time to check it out as we give a spectacular game won by Wang Yue.) In the next round Yu Yangyi became the sole leader again thanks to this win:

Zhou Weiqi-Yu Yangyi Danzhou 2011



39... Nd3+! 40. Bxd3 Qxd2+ 41. Be2 Rxf3+! 42. Kxf3 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Rg6+ 0-1

In the same round, Wang Yue drew with Black in a Petroff against Li Chao. In the next round it was the other way around: Wang Yue won a good game against Bu Xiangzhi - again starting with 1.e4 by the way. It's nice to see that top players can also make this switch, instead of going from 1.e4 to 1.d4 like many players have done. Yu Yangyi drew with Black and so the two shared the lead again with 4.5/6.

In the next two rounds everything was decided. Yu Yangyi first beat Ni Hua in a game that had one continuous theme: the positional exchange sacrifice. See for yourself in the game viewer how all these rooks are put en prise, and not taken! Wang Yue drew with Black against Zhou Weiqi and then, in the big clash in the penultimate round, Yu Yangyi defeated Wang Yue with Black. In doing so, the 16-year-old won the tournament with a round to spare.



Women World Champion Hou Yifan (2612) played her worst tournament in recent years and finished last with just one victory and two draws (a 2447 performance). In round 8 Li Chao beat her with a crushing attack on the king:

Hou Yifan-Li Chao Danzhou 2011



White's last move 26.b3 was a mistake. 26... Bxb3! Killing. 27. cxb3 (27. Ne2 Bxc2+ 28. Kxc2 Be1+ 29. Kb1 Qc2+; 27. Qd3 a4 28. Ne2 Bxa2+! 29. Kxa2 b3+ 30. Kb1 bxc2+ 31. Qxc2 Rab8+) 27... a4 28. Bc4 (28. Ne2 axb3 29. Nxc3 bxc3) 28... axb3 29. Bxb3



29... Rxa2! 30. Bxa2 b3 31. Bxb3 Qa3 32. Kc2 Qb2+ 33. Kd3 Ba5 34. Bc4



34... Rxc4! 35. Ne2 (35. Kxc4 Qc2+ 36. Kb5 Qc5+) 35... Qc2+ 36. Ke3 Bb6+ 0-1

Games rounds 5-9

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2nd Hainan Dangzhou Super GM Tournament 2011 | Results

2nd Hainan Dangzhou Super GM Tournament 2011 | Final Standings

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