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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Women's chess masters in China: Yifan, Wenjun lead

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Hi everyone,


The first Chinese women chess grandmasters tournament is taking place from April 16 to 24 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, in China. Ten top Chinese women grandmasters, including Women's World Champion Hou Yifan, are participating. The event is a round robin with time controls of 90 minutes for the entire game plus a 30 second increment for each move. Draw offers are only allowed with the permission of the chief arbiter and will only be granted in theoretically drawn positions. Games start at 14:00h local time. The participants are:
Seed
TitlePlayer
Rating
1
GMHou Yifan
2602
2
WGMJu Wenjun
2519
3
GMZhao Xue
2495
4
WGMShen Yang
2443
5
WGMTan Zhongyi
2428
6
IMWang Yu A
2298
7
WGMHuang Qian
2394
8
WGMDing Yixin
2376
9
WGMGu Xiaobing
2369
10
WGMZhang Xiaowen
2344
GM Hou Yifan and second seed WGM Ju Wenjun are both at 2.5/3 points. Yu A Wang is with 2 points. If you are comfortable with Chinese, you can access the official website here. Meanwhile, some games from the event.





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