Ding Liren Wins 4th Danzhou Masters
The 4th Danzhou Tournament was won by Ding Liren with an undefeated score of 7/9 points.
The 10-player single round-robin competition was held from from 20-29 May in Hainan Danzhou and featured an impressive line-up of Chinese Grandmasters.
Bu Xiangzhi finished in second place on tie-breaks from Ni Hua after both scored 6/9 points.
Left to right: Ni Hua, Ding Liren and Bu Xiangzhi
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Ding Liren missed the recently held Chinese Championships because he had a starting place in the Alekhine Memorial instead.
The current youngest Grandmaster in the world, 13 year-old Wei Yi scored a respectable 4½ points.
The time control was 90 minutes for 40 moves and then 30 minutes to finish, with a 30 second increment from the start.
The final standings of the 4th Danzhou Tournament
| # | Name | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts |
| 1 | Ding Liren | 2707 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Bu Xiangzhi | 2662 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 3 | Ni Hua | 2646 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6.0 |
| 4 | Zhou Weiqi | 2590 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5.5 |
| 5 | Yu Yangyi | 2675 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4.5 |
| 6 | Xiu Deshun | 2534 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 7 | Wei Yi | 2530 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 |
| 8 | Wen Yang | 2618 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 3.0 |
| 9 | Zhou Jianchao | 2607 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2.0 |
| 10 | Lu Shanglei | 2551 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 2.0 |
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Games via TWIC. Photo by Fan Lulu at the Sina Chess blog. Official website here.
