Ding Liren Retains Chinese Championship
Ding Liren successfully defended his Chinese Chess Championship title in Jiangsu Province, China with a score of 8/11.
Remarkably, this is the third national title for the 19 year old talent who won his first national championship in 2009, and his second in 2011.
The format was a single round-robin with 12 players taking part. There was a separate women's championship in the same format which was won by Huang Qian. Women's world champion Hou Yifan took part in the main event but had a disappointing time, oddly losing both her games to the weakest players in the field.
DIng Liren: Three times Chinese Champion at 19 years of age
The final standings:
| Name | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | |
| GM | Ding Liren | 2660 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 |
| GM | Yu Yangyi | 2615 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7 |
| GM | Ni Hua | 2637 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ |
| GM | Wang Yue | 2702 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| GM | Zhao Jun | 2583 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5½ |
| GM | Bu Xiangzhi | 2668 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5½ |
| GM | Li Shilong | 2549 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 |
| GM | Hou Yifan | 2639 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| GM | Zhou Jianchao | 2625 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 |
| GM | Lu Shanglei | 2514 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 5 |
| IM | Liu Qingnan | 2461 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 4½ |
| IM | Wang Chen | 2490 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 3 |
Huang Qian took the women's title
| Name | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | |
| WGM | Huang Qian | 2399 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 |
| WGM | Zhang Xiaowen | 2354 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2557 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| WGM | Guo Qi | 2351 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
| IM | Wang Yu A | 2372 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6½ |
| WGM | Tan Zhongyi | 2438 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 6 |
| Wang Jue | 2366 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| WGM | Ding Yixin | 2350 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5½ |
| Nie Xin | 2053 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | |
| WGM | Gu Xiaobing | 2257 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| WIM | Wang Xiaohui | 2209 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 3 |
| Wang Doudou | 2186 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1½ |
Pictures from the Sina Chess Blog.
