China national chess team results


This article details the results of the China national chess team.

Chess Olympiads

China has competed at the every Chess Olympiad since the 23rd edition in 1978.

World Team Chess Championships

Asian Team Chess Championships

Asian Chess Games

Overall statistics

Yearly statistics

Asian Indoor Games

Overall statistics

Yearly statistics

2007

In October 2007, China won the gold medal in the "classic chess mixed team" event of the 2nd Asian Indoor Games in Macau with 11 match points. India won the silver with 9 match points followed by Vietnam with 8 match points and 16.5 game points for the bronze.

World Youth Olympiads (U16)

2002

The Malaysian Chess Federation organised the World Youth Olympiad which took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 20–28 August 2002. 2nd seeds China A took clear first on the back of an 85% score on board 1 by Wang Yue and an 80% score on board 2 by Zhao Jun.
Final Standings

2001

2001 Summit Matches

China vs. Russia Rapidplay
There was a China vs. Russia Rapidplay match in Beijing China on 5 September 2001 as a warm up for the China-Russia Summit. The match finished 4-4 after China won the first round 3.5-0.5 but Russia stormed back to win the second by the same score. The Russian team of Alexander Khalifman, Peter Svidler, Evgeny Shaposhnikov and Ekaterina Kovalevskaya took on the Chinese team of Ye Jiangchuan, Zhang Zhong, Ni Hua and Xu Yuhua.
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China-Russia Chess Summit
The China-Russia Chess Summit took place in Shanghai, China, September 7-12th 2001. The event borrowed ideas from the China-USA match, like that series this one will last four years, China will host the match in 2001 and 2003 while Russia will be the host in 2002 and 2004. They played for the Riverside Weicheng Estate Cup.
  • Venue: Shanghai International Cenvention Center
  • Sponsor: Weicheng Real Estate Corporation
  • Prizefund: Men's $30,000, Women's $10,000 and Juniors $6,000.
  • Format: Single Schveningen for Men, Double Schveningen for both Women and Junior sections.
  • Time control: 40 moves within 2 hours, then 1 hour for the remaining moves.
Day 6 12 September 2001
The final day 6 saw 4 of 12 games drawn. The Russian men won 3.5-2.5, the Chinese women won 2.5-0.5 and the Chinese juniors 2-1.
  • Final Standings: Men Russia 21½ - China 14½, Women Russia 9-9 China, Juniors Russia 11 - China 7.
  • Final Individual Standings: Men: 1. Motylev, 4.5 2-3. Grischuk, Khalifman 4.04. Dreev 3.5 5-7. Svidler, Xu Jun, Ye Jiangchuan 8-10. Rublevsky, Peng Xiaomin, Zhang Zhong 2.5 11. Liang Chong 2.0 12. Zhang Pengxiang 1.5.
  • Women: 1-2. Wang Lei, Kovalevskaya 4.0 3. Stepovaia 3.5 4. Wang Pin 3.0 5. Xu Yuhua 2.0 6. Zimina 1.5
  • Juniors: 1. Bu Xiangzhi 4.5 2-3. Kosteniuk, Sharposhnikov 4.0 4. Smirnov 3.0 5. Ni Hua 2.0 6. Xu Yuanyuan 0.5
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2nd SUFE Cup
There was a double-round Sheveningen system match which took place in Shanghai University of Finance and Economics called the "China-World All Stars Women's Summit". It featured the best Chinese women players against the rest of World, mainly :Category:Chess in Georgia|Georgia. The time control was 25min/10sec. 2 or 3 games were played each day except June 3 which was a rest day. The 1st SUFE Cup featured GMs such as Krasenkow, Bologan and Ye Jiangchuan. This years was the turn of the women. The event received a lot of publicity. All games were transmitted live by Shanghai Cable TV but not on the Internet.
The final score was 41.5- 30.5.
China 41.5
1 Wang Pin wg CHN 2504 8.0 2564;
2 Zhu Chen wg CHN 2538 7.5 2534;
3 Xie Jun g CHN 2557 7.0 2496;
4 Xu Yuhua wg CHN 2501 7.0 2496;
5 Wang Lei wg CHN 2498 6.5 2468;
6 Qin Kanying wg CHN 2489 5.5 2410;
Rest of the World 30.5
1 Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2513 7.0 2571;
2 Maric, Alisa m YUG 2446 6.0 2514;
3 Alexandria, Nana wg GEO 2336 5.5 2485;
4 Ioseliani, Nana m GEO 2499 5.0 2457;
5 Gaprindashvili, Nona g GEO 2381 4.0 2389;
6 Zhukova, Natalia wg UKR 2463 3.0 2321;
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USA-China Match
The Seattle Chess Foundation ran the US-China Chess Summit Match March 14–18 in Seattle at the Norton Building's Harbor Club in downtown Seattle. The four-round match had the top six players of each country facing each other in one game a day for four days. In addition, two leading women players and two junior players from each country competed. China won the event 21-19 thanks to a brilliant day 3, days 2 and 4 were drawn and the US edged day 1.
US team: Joel Benjamin, Boris Gulko, Yasser Seirawan, Gregory Kaidanov, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexander Ivanov, Larry Christiansen, Irina Krush, Camilla Baginskaite, Vinay S Bhat.
China team: Zhang Zhong, Yin Hao, Xu Jun, Peng Xiaomin, Ni Hua, Xie Jun, Zhu Chen, Wang Lei, Qin Kanying, Bu Xiangzhi.
US-China Results:
  • Day One: The US 5.5 - China 4.5.
  • Day Two.: US 5 - China 5.
  • Day Three: US 3.5 - China 6.5.
  • Day Four: US 5 - China 5.
Final score: China 21 - US 19.

2002

2002 Summit Matches

US-China Chess Summit
The US-China Chess Summit took place July 10-15th 2002 in Shanghai with games on the 11th, 12th, 14th, and 15th. Each round consisted of 10 games featuring six of the top male players, two of the top female players, and two of the top junior players from each country. The US led until the final round when a 6-4 loss led to China winning 20½ - 19½ overall.
CHINA 4-6 USA DAY 1 11 July 2002
CHINA 5.5-4.5 USA DAY 2 12 July 2002
Results of the 3rd Round 14 July 2002
CHINA 5 - 5 USA
Round 4 15 July 2002
CHINA 6-4 USA
20½ - 19½

2006

2007

FIDE World Cup

2000

2007

Other

2000

2001

2003

2004

2004 Miscellaneous Events

Tigran Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament
The Tigran Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament took place December 18-23rd 2004 with games starting at 12:00 noon in Paris, 14:00 in St. Petersburg. 15:00 in Yerevan and 19:00 in Beijing. Each country faced each of the other three countries two times for a total of six rounds. Fischer time control will be used. The event took place on ICC.
China won the Tigran Petrosian Memorial Internet Tournament. Their final round match against Russia came down to the wire. The Russians led 2-1 but Wang Yue beat Vadim Zvjaginsev to tie the match and win the event for the Chinese. Final Scores: China 14.0 - France 13.0 - Russia 13.0 - Armenia 8.0
Round 1 18 December 2004
Armenia-Russia 2-2; China-France 2-2
Round 2 19 December 2004
France-Armenia 3-1; China-Russia 2-2
Round 3 20 December 2004
Russia-France 3-1; China-Armenia 3.5-0.5
Round 4 21 December 2004
Russia-Armenia 2.5-1.5; France-China 2.0-2.0.
Round 5 22 December 2004
France-Russia 2.5-1.5; China-Armenia 2.5-1.5.
Round 6 23 December 2004
Russia-China 2.0-2.0; France-Armenia 2.5-1.5.
Players: Armenia GM Aronian 2675 GM Lputian 2634 GM Sargissian 2611 GM Art. Minasian 2581 Russia GM Svidler 2735 GM Dreev 2698 GM Khalifman 2669 GM Zvjaginsev 2650 France GM Lautier 2682 GM Fressinet 2640 GM Bauer 2622 GM Nataf 2565 China GM Bu Xiangzhi 2615 GM Ni Hua 2611 GM Zhang Zhong 2596 GM Wang Yue 2536
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Tai Yuan GM
The Tai Yuan GM tournament took place in China 17–26 July 2004. Prizes $20,000. Time control 90 minutes for 40 moves, plus 15 minutes for the remaining moves with 30 seconds increment from move 1. Play started 2pm local time except the last round which is at 10am. Nigel Short won the event by a clear point from Ni Hua.
Round 9
Ni Hua - Xu Jun 1/2 23 B92 Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2
Lautier, Joel - Bu Xiangzhi 1-0 40 A29 English Four Knights
Xie Jun - Short, Nigel D 1/2 17 C08 French Tarrasch
Ye Jiangchuan - Lputian, Smbat G 1/2 27 C09 French Tarrasch
Zhang Zhong - Dreev, Alexey 1/2 64 A07 Barcza System
Final Round 9 Standings: 1. Short, Nigel D g ENG 2684 6.5; 2. Ni Hua g CHN 2583 5.5; 3. Lautier, Joel g FRA 2666 5.0; 4. Dreev, Alexey g RUS 2690 5.0; 5. Bu Xiangzhi g CHN 2620 4.5; 6. Xie Jun g CHN 2564 4.0; 7. Lputian, Smbat G g ARM 2634 4.0; 8. Ye Jiangchuan g CHN 2681 4.0; 9. Zhang Zhong g CHN 2603 3.5; 10. Xu Jun g CHN 2617 3.0;
Official site : http://sports.sina.com.cn/z/chess_2004/index.shtml

2005

2006

2007

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