The 1st Qin Huangdao Open Chess Tournament was held in Qin Huangdao, Hebei, China, from 30 September to 7 October 2011.
Goddess Caissa directed a real drama in the final round. GM Zhou Jianchao held a full point lead and had white pieces, but Vietnam’s GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son defeated him and caught up on the shared first place.
But that was not all. A third player, GM Zhou Weiqi, enters the equation as he beats the top seeded GM Liem Le Quang, also with black pieces. Weiqi also settled on 7 points and grabbed the winner’s trophy on superior tie-break score.
GM Zhou Weiqi
The 9-round event, hosted by the Hebei Provincial Sports Bureau, Qin Huangdao Municipal People’s Government, offered a generous prize fund of 87,000 USD. The winner takes 20,000 USD home.
Round 9 top results:
GM Zhou Jianchao 2628 – GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son 2644 0 – 1
GM Liem Le Quang 2717 – GM Zhou Weiqi 2598 0 – 1
GM Wang Yue 2716 – GM Zhao Jun 2587 ½ – ½
GM Levan Pantsulaia 2614 – GM Ding Liren 2660 0 – 1
Yu Ruiyuan 2428 – GM Negi Parimarjan 2631 0 – 1
GM Bu Xiangzhi 2666 – IM Gundavaa Bayrsaikhan 2467 1 – 0
GM Li Chao B 2710 – GM Li Shilong 2515 1 – 0
Wan Yunguo 2459 – GM Yu Yangyi 2646 ½ – ½
IM Wang Chen 2454 – GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly 2631 ½ – ½
GM David Arutinian 2577 – Lu Yijie 2370 ½ – ½
IM Yang Kaiqi 2413 – GM Sandipan Chanda 2640 0 – 1
IM Batchuluun Tsegmed 2435 – GM Wen Yang 2547 ½ – ½
GM Xiu Deshun 2540 – IM Gao Rui 2424 ½ – ½
Final standings:
1 GM Zhou Weiqi CHN 2598 – 7
2 GM Zhou Jianchao CHN 2628 – 7
3 GM Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son VIE 2644 – 7
4 GM Negi Parimarjan IND 2631 – 6.5
5 GM Ding Liren CHN 2660 – 6.5
6 GM Wang Yue CHN 2716 – 6
7 GM Li Chao B CHN 2710 – 6
8 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2666 – 6
9 GM Liem Le Quang VIE 2717 – 6
10 GM Zhao Jun CHN 2587 – 6
11 IM Wang Chen CHN 2454 – 5.5
12 Yu Ruiyuan CHN 2428 – 5.5
13 GM Levan Pantsulaia GEO 2614 – 5.5
14 IM Gundavaa Bayrsaikhan MGL 2467 – 5.5
15 Lu Yijie CHN 2370 – 5.5
16 IM Zhang Ziyang CHN 2414 – 5.5
17 GM Yu Yangyi CHN 2646 – 5.5
18 GM Sandipan Chanda IND 2640 – 5.5
19 GM David Arutinian GEO 2577 – 5.5
20 GM Surya Sekhar Ganguly IND 2631 – 5.5
21 Wan Yunguo CHN 2459 – 5.5
22 Zeng Chongsheng CHN 2413 – 5.5
23 IM Batchuluun Tsegmed MGL 2435 – 5
24 GM Li Shilong CHN 2515 – 5
25 Ma Qun CHN 2455 – 5
26 WGM Wang Yu A CHN 2360 – 5
27 IM Liu Qingnan CHN 2431 – 5
28 IM Gao Rui CHN 2424 – 5
29 FM Wei Yi CHN 2299 – 5
30 Zhang Hanyu CHN 2102 – 5
31 Ma Zhonghan CHN 2394 – 5
32 GM Xiu Deshun CHN 2540 – 5
33 GM Wen Yang CHN 2547 – 5
34 IM Lou Yiping CHN 2433 – 5
35 GM Xu Jun CHN 2500 – 4.5
36 IM Yang Kaiqi CHN 2413 – 4.5
37 Wang Jue CHN 2312 – 4.5
38 Jia Haoxiang CHN 2371 – 4.5
39 IM Lu Shanglei CHN 2517 – 4.5
40 IM Yu Lie CHN 2416 – 4.5
41 WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram VIE 2331 – 4.5
42 WGM Tang Zhongyi CHN 2429 – 4.5
43 WGM Ding Yixin CHN 2340 – 4.5
44 Liu Guanchu CHN 2242 – 4.5
45 GM Wang Rui CHN 2432 – 4.5
46 WGM Huang Qian CHN 2421 – 4.5
47 WGM pham Le Thao Nguyen VIE 2362 – 4
48 GM Wu Wenjin CHN 2387 – 4
49 WGM Guo Qi CHN 2367 – 4
50 Xu Jialun CHN 2078 – 4
51 GM Dzhumaev Marat UZB 2492 – 4
52 Xu Yinglun CHN 2122 – 4
53 Xu Yining CHN 2244 – 4
54 WGM Zhang Xiaowen CHN 2387 – 4
55 Wang Yiye CHN 2273 – 4
56 Liu Chang CHN 2256 – 4
57 Cai Jiaying CHN 2094 – 4
58 Wang Doudou CHN 2192 – 4
59 FM Munkhgal Gombosuren MGL 2348 – 3.5
60 Fang Yan CHN 2257 – 3.5
61 Ni Shiqun CHN 2146 – 3.5
62 WIM Wang Xiaohui CHN 2210 – 3.5
63 Zhai Mo CHN 2205 – 3.5
64 WGM Tian Tian CHN 2190 – 3.5
65 Xu Yi CHN 2121 – 3.5
66 WIM Xu Tong CHN 2187 – 3.5
67 Mu Ke CHN 2278 – 3
68 Chu Weichao CHN 2175 – 3
69 Bai Jinshi CHN 2151 – 3
70 Lie Tingjie CHN 2078 – 3
71 WFM Enkhtuul Altanulzii MGL 2183 – 2.5
72 WIM Abdimalik Zhansaya KAZ 2030 – 2.5
73 Li Bo CHN 2311 – 2.5
74 WGM Gu Xiaobing CHN 2335 – 2.5
75 WGM Nguyen Thi Thanh An VIE 2331 – 2.5
76 Chen Yang CHN 2098 – 2.5
77 Dang Tat Thang VIE 2241 – 2
78 Li Xueyi CHN 2100 – 2
