Female World Champion Hou Yifan participates in 1st China Women Chess Grandmaster Tournament
Monday, 18 April 2011 07:15

1st China Women Chess Grandmasters Tournament has just started in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province in China from April 16 to April 26. Ten Chinese top women grandmasters including women world champion Hou Yifan (GM, Rtg.2602) and bronze medalist Zhao Xue (GM,Rtg.2495) are both participating in this tournament.

For the purpose of encouraging competition, this tournament has special rule which does not allow players to offer draw to their opponent, unless the game is theoretically drawn. For the round-robin 9 round schedule, the time control is 90 minutes for total, with 30 seconds increment per move. Game live broadcasting will be at 14:00 CCT each day and spectators can click website link http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chess.html to support their favorite players. Round result can be found at http://www.chess-results.com/tnr48019.aspx?art=4&lan=1&wi=1000

Current standings

Rk. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3
1 GM Hou Yifan 2591 CHN * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 5.0 15.50 0.0 4
2 WGM Shen Yang 2461 CHN 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 1 4.0 9.75 0.0 3
3 IM Wang Yu A 2403 CHN ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 3.5 11.25 0.0 1
4 WGM Gu Xiaobing 2369 CHN 0 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 3.5 7.25 0.0 3
5 WGM Ju Wenjun 2524 CHN 0 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 3.0 6.50 0.0 2
6 WGM Huang Qian 2402 CHN ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 2.5 7.00 0.0 0
7 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2430 CHN ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 2.5 6.75 0.0 0
8 WGM Ding Yixin 2370 CHN ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 2.5 6.50 0.0 0
9 WGM Zhang Xiaowen 2339 CHN 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 2.0 5.75 0.0 0
10 GM Zhao Xue 2474 CHN 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1.5 4.25 0.0 0
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