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Friday, 11 Nov 2022 11:44
Chinese Championship 2022: Dai Changren and Tan Zhongyi win titles

Dai Changren and Tan Zhongyi are the new champions of China. The 2022 Chinese Championship took place in Xinghua, Jiangsu province, from November 2-11 and was held in open and women’s sections. Both tournaments were 12-player round robins with classical time control. 

In the absence of top Chinese players, the open event caused a minor sensation as the #10 in the starting list Dai Changren (pictured below), scored 7/11 and finished clear first, a half point ahead of Zhao Jun (6½/11), who took silver. 

Two players tied for third place, with Xu Xiangyu claiming bronze thanks to better Sonneborn-Berger over Li Di. The event was a very close competition, with neither player completing the tournament unbeaten.

Final standings:

1

IM

Dai Changren

2515

7

2

GM

Zhao Jun

2600

6½

3

GM

Xu Xiangyu

2577

6

4

GM

Li Di

2539

6

5

IM

Lou Yiping

2490

5½

6

GM

Liu Yan

2532

5½

7

GM

Xu Yi

2502

5½

8

GM

Lu Shanglei

2605

5½

9

GM

Bai Jinshi

2569

5½

10

GM

Xu Yinglun

2553

5

11

GM

Zeng, Chongsheng

2604

4

12

IM

Xu Zhixing

2504

4


The women’s event was quite a different scenario as the rating-favourite Tan Zhongyi (pictured below) dominated the field. Despite losing to Xiao Yiyi, she netted an impressive 9/11 and came out on top 1½ ahead of her main competitor who claimed silver. It is the second national title in her career.

There was a tie for third place in the women’s competition as well, with Guo Qi edging out Zhai Mo by dint of slightly better tiebreaks.

Final standings:

1

GM

Tan Zhongyi

2514

9

2

WGM

Xiao Yiyi

2326

7½

3

IM

Guo Qi

2391

7

4

WGM

Zhai Mo

2371

7

5

WIM

Song Yuxin

2311

6½

6

WGM

Ni Shiqun

2370

5

7

 

Zhang Lanlin

2200

5

4

WGM

Li Xueyi

2297

4½

9

IM

Wang Yu

2276

4½

10

WIM

Chu Ruotong

2224

4

11

WIM

Ren Xiaoyi

2207

3½

12

 

Yuan Ye

2086

2½


Photo: official website

Official website: cca.imsa.cn/