2009 Chinese Women's Chess Championship

The final results are in: Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 WGM Shen Yang CHN 2420 8,0 0,0 33,50 6 2 GM Zhao Xue CHN 2531 7,5 1,0 35,75 6 3 Tan Zhongyi CHN 2436 7,5 0,0 30,00 6 4 WIM Zhang Xiaowen CHN 2340 6,5 0,0 22,25 6 5 IM Wang Yu A CHN 2364 5,5 1,5 26,50 3 6 WFM Ding Yixin CHN 2281 5,5 1,0 19,75 4 7 Ju Wenjun CHN 2454 5,5 0,5 26,25 2 8 WGM Gu Xiaobing CHN 2336 5,0 0,0 19,00 3 9 Wang Xiaohui CHN 2265 3,5 0,0 12,50 1 10 WGM Zhang Jilin CHN 2335 2,5 0,0 8,50 0 11 WIM Xu Tong CHN 2231 2,0 0,0 4,00 1 12 Wang Jue CHN 2162 1,0 0,0 4,00 0 Annotation: Tie Break 1: The results of the players in the same point group#results against Tie Break 2: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (with real points) Tie Break 3: The greater number of victories How did GM Hou Yifan do playing in the Men's section? Not good: Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Wang Hao CHN 2696 8,0 0,0 36,50 7 2 Ding Liren CHN 2458 7,5 0,0 35,75 5 3 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2704 6,0 0,5 28,75 2 4 GM Zhou Weiqi CHN 2563 6,0 0,5 25,50 3 5 GM Ni Hua CHN 2724 5,5 0,0 21,25 4 6 GM Li Chao B CHN 2643 5,0 0,0 21,50 2 7 Ji Dan CHN 2342 4,5 0,5 19,75 2 8 GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2635 4,5 0,5 19,25 2 9 GM Zhang Pengxiang CHN 2638 4,0 0,0 20,00 1 10 GM Liang Chong CHN 2511 3,0 2,0 11,75 2 11 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2590 3,0 0,0 15,00 0 12 GM Li Shilong CHN 2557 3,0 0,0 14,00 2 Does this mean the Chinese authorities will not pull her back and put her in women-only events? I sure hope not. She has to take her lumps in order to develop. Who the hell is Ding Liren???

2009 Chinese Women's Chess Championship

Standings after Round 7 (tournament ends June 5th): Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 Tan Zhongyi CHN 2436 6,0 0,0 16,00 5 2 WGM Shen Yang CHN 2420 5,5 0,5 15,00 4 GM Zhao Xue CHN 2531 5,5 0,5 15,00 4 4 IM Wang Yu A CHN 2364 4,0 0,0 12,00 2 5 WFM Ding Yixin CHN 2281 3,5 2,0 9,50 3 6 Ju Wenjun CHN 2454 3,5 1,0 14,00 1 7 Wang Xiaohui CHN 2265 3,5 0,5 9,00 1 8 WIM Zhang Xiaowen CHN 2340 3,5 0,5 8,25 3 9 WGM Gu Xiaobing CHN 2336 3,0 0,0 9,00 2 10 WIM Xu Tong CHN 2231 2,0 0,0 3,00 1 11 WGM Zhang Jilin CHN 2335 1,5 0,0 4,25 0 12 Wang Jue CHN 2162 0,5 0,0 2,00 0 Annotation: Tie Break 1: The results of the players in the same point group#results against Tie Break 2: Sonneborn-Berger-Tie-Break (with real points) GM Hou Yifan is playing in the Men's section. She's in 9th place with 2.5 after 7 rounds. A tough event for Hou (and some of the other Chinese GMs, too). Rk. Name FED Rtg Pts. TB1 TB2 TB3 1 GM Wang Hao CHN 2696 6,5 0,0 19,00 6 2 Ding Liren CHN 2458 5,5 0,0 14,50 4 3 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2704 4,5 0,0 13,75 2 4 GM Zhou Weiqi CHN 2563 4,0 0,0 11,75 2 5 GM Ni Hua CHN 2724 3,5 1,5 11,00 2 6 Ji Dan CHN 2342 3,5 0,5 9,75 2 7 GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2635 3,5 0,0 8,75 2 8 GM Li Chao B CHN 2643 3,0 0,0 8,25 1 9 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2590 2,5 0,0 9,25 0 10 GM Zhang Pengxiang CHN 2638 2,0 0,5 7,25 0 11 GM Liang Chong CHN 2511 2,0 0,5 5,25 1 12 GM Li Shilong CHN 2557 1,5 0,0 4,50 1