China Wins FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup

[beijingwalker]

China Wins FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup
Updated: May 10, 2020, 11:53 AM|7|

A 2-2 draw against the United States in the Superfinal of the FIDE Chess.com Online Nations Cup was enough to secure China the title after a superb round-robin stage by team China.

Ding Liren and four-time women's chess world champion Hou Yifan drew against Hikaru Nakamura and Irina Krush. Wei Yi lost to Fabiano Caruana while Yu Yangyi contributed the decisive victory against Wesley So to tie the match. According to the rules, the team with the best performance in the round-robin stage would be classified as champions in the final if the result is a tie.

In the 10 games he played, China's third board Yu Yangyi scored 7.5 points (six victories, three draws, one loss) and was the best performer of the team. The MVP of the tournament goes to American Fabiano Caruana with an unbeaten record in nine games (six victories, three draws).

"I can feel the blood boiling even if this is an online tournament, congratulations to ourselves for winning the title," Ding wrote on his social media account.

The new "match of the century" is played by six teams, including Russia, the US, Europe, China, India, plus a team representing the "Rest of the World." The tournament kicked off on May 5, 10 rounds of games ran from May 5 to 9 to decide two top teams in the Superfinal.

As the winner of a historic double gold in the last Chess Olympiad, China is the top-seed of the tournament. The team is consisted of Ding Liren, Wang Hao, Wei Yi, Hou Yifan, Yu Yangyi, Ju Wenjun and led by Captain Ye Jiangchuan.

China secured the Superfinal berth after just eight rounds before finishing the round-robin stage with eight victories, one draw and one loss. The US surpassed Europe in the last round while Russia, India and the Rest of the World ranking fourth, fifth and sixth respectively. Enditem

https://www.chess.com/news/view/china-wins-fide-chess-com-online-nations-cup

 

[KhanBaba2]

Congratulations to China.

 

[hamilcar of carthage]

its an online competition, not worth mentioning, unless you beat Magnus, and oh boy he is one arrogant person. then we will talk.

 

[beijingwalker]

its an online competition, not worth mentioning, unless you beat Magnus, and oh boy he is one arrogant person. then we will talk.

China wins not only online ones, and chess is something almost no Chinese play, we play Weiqi and Chinese chess.

Chess: China wins both men and women Olympiad golds after beating USA and Russia on tie-breaks

China beat USA and Russia on tie-breaks after a triple tie on 18/22
Fri 5 Oct 2018 17.04 BST

Asian chess giant China won the gold in both the sections -- open and women -- in the 43rd World Chess Olympiad at the end the 11th and final round on Friday held at Georgia.

In the open section, third seeded China drew top seeded USA while the second seeded Russia defeated France.

At the end, USA wins silver medal while Russia wins the bronze.

This is the second time China wins the Olympiad gold after it won in 2014 in Norway.

Fifth seeded India was ranked sixth after its draw against Poland.

"Last Olympiad we benefited from the tiebreak system; this time unfortunately, we didn't. Nevertheless, silver is a good result and I'd like to thank all my team members for their dedicated work. Congrats to China on gold in the Open and Women's sections," US top board player Fabiano Caruana tweeted.

In the women's section, while China clinched gold, Ukraine and Georgia 1 won silver and bronze medals respectively.

The fifth seeded Indian women's team secured eighth position.

It was a day of mixed results for India with the open team splitting points with Poland while the women's team defeated Mongolia 3:1.

In the open section, the fifth seeded Indian team drew all the four games.

On the top board, former World Champion V.Anand after a day of rest drew with Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a short game that ended in 25 moves.

Similarly, P.Harikrishna, Vidit Santhosh Gujrathi and B.Adhiban drew their games against Radoslaw Wojtaszek, Kacper Piorun and Jackek Tomczak respectively.

In the women's section, top rated Koneru Humpy was rested against Mongolia and Padmini Rout played on the fourth board.

On the top board Harika Dronavalli drew with Batkhuyag Munguntuul after a marathon 72 moves.

Playing with white pieces Tania Sachdev beat Nomin-Erdene Davaademberel while Eesha Karavade drew with Turmunkh Munkhzul.

On the fourth board Padmini Rout defeated Dulamsuren Yanjindulam in 65 moves.

The 44th World Chess Olympiad will be hosted by Russian city Khanty-Mansiysk in 2020.

https://www.business-standard.com/a...open-and-women-s-sections-118100501132_1.html

 

[beijingwalker]

Do anyone play Chinese chess and Weiqi? I can do both but am not very versed.

 

[hamilcar of carthage]

Do anyone play Chinese chess and Weiqi? I can do both but am not very versed.

again, its not fide world championship, and china has not won a single fide world championship if i m not wrong. this was chess.com nation cup, a small tourney from home.

 

[beijingwalker]

again, its not fide world championship, and china has not won a single fide world championship if i m not wrong. this was chess.com nation cup, a small tourney from home.

I don't know , but China also won both men and women Olympiad golds, quite amazing since almost no Chinese play this game in China.

 

[hamilcar of carthage]

I don't know , but China also won both men and women Olympiad golds, quite amazing since almost no Chinese play this game in China.

No those are great accomplishments, but would like to see an eastern country win fide world championship. its alway russia, europe or america, doesnt feel good.

 

[beijingwalker]

No those are great accomplishments, but would like to see an eastern country win fide world championship. its alway russia, europe or america, doesnt feel good.

We care more about Weiqi and Chinese chess, very few if any people are interested in chess in China.

 

[BL33D]

Congratulations.

For now the only Asian country except Russia to win FIDE Championship is India.

We care more about Weiqi and Chinese chess, very few if any people are interested in chess in China.

Weiqi is much more complex than Chess even though the number of pieces are just 2.

 

[beijingwalker]

Weiqi is much more complex than Chess even though the number of pieces are just 2.

Weiqi is the most complex mind game in the world, two players are like two generals leading two armies in a battle , it requires a lot of strategic thinking, making concessions and compromises for future bigger gains covertly.