The 2017 Chess Championships of China for men and women were held from 23rd April to 4th May in Xinghua Jiangsu China. Both events were 12-player round robins. In each section four players singled out on the top leaving...
Wei Yi leads Chinese Championship after 10 rounds
Round 10 results Bai, Jinshi Xu, Yinglun ½-½ Lu, Shanglei Zeng, Chongsheng 1-0 Wen, Yang Wei, Yi ½-½ Xu, Minghui Gao, Rui ½-½ Xu, Yi Fang, Yan ½-½ Zhou, Jianchao Wang, Chen ½-½ Standings after 10 rounds 1 Wei,...
Wei Yi and Rapport are tied after 3 games
Wei Yi – Rapport Game 1 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Bb5 Bd7...
Rapport defeated Wei Yi in game 2 to tie up the match
Standings after 2 games Wei Yi – Rapport Exhibition Match – Yancheng Wei, Yi 1-0 Rapport, Richard C03 French Tarrasch Rapport, Richard 1-0 Wei, Yi A45 Trompowsky Wei Yi – Rapport Game 1 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5...
Wei Yi strikes first against Rapport
Wei Yi – Richard Rapport (game 1) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 b6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 Nf8 11. Bb5...
Wei Yi defeated Giri to jump into 3rd behind Carlsen & Nakamura
Round 6 games and results GM Wei, Yi vs GM Giri, Anish [1-0] GM Nakamura, Hikaru vs GM Carlsen, Magnus [1/2-1/2] GM So, Wesley vs GM Karjakin, Sergey [1/2-1/2] Standings after 6 rounds Pos. Sex. Nombre Fed. Pts. SScr...
Anand vs Young Talents
YOUNG TALENTS AGAINST THE FIVE TIMES CHAMPION OF THE WORLD A consolidated format and four very attractive players for different reasons ensure the success of the 29th edition of the Magistral Ciudad de León , from the 9th to...
Tata Steel 2016 Chess Profiles – Wei Yi
Tata Steel 2016 is one of the strongest tournaments in January 2016. The Masters bracket of the tournament features 14 of the most renowned chess players today. Each day before the tournament, Chessdom will bring you a pretournament summary...
16 year old phenom Wei Yi in World Cup Final 8
Name G1 G2 R1 R2 R1 R2 B1 B2 SD Total Veselin Topalov (BUL) 0 1/2 0.5 Peter Svidler (RUS) 1 1/2 1.5 Ding Liren (CHN) 1 0 1/2 1/2 1/2 0 2.5 Yi Wei (CHN) 0 1 1/2...