China beats Russia at Classical Chess

The Chinese men were in good form in Yinzhou, China as they were able to comfortably overcome their Russian rivals, Bu Xiangzhi scoring highest.
On the other hand, in the women's part of the match, the Russians were able to keep an edge over their hosts.

It's not over yet as the 7th China-Russia chess summit continues with a rapid match from the 11th to the 14th of August.

There is in fact a long history of the Russian team (and before them the Soviets) playing high level matches. In earlier years they frequently challenged Yugoslavia and there were even famous telex matches against the US and even England.

Naturally some of the USSR vs. the Rest of the World clashes were legendary.

In recent years they have found some worthy opponents in their neighbours the Chinese, who took the men's classical match after not even losing a round. The main damage was done in the second round where China overwhelmed the slightly higher-rated Russians 4.5-0.5.

The scores from the 7th Scheveningen (Classical chess) were as follows:

Overall: China 27 Russia 23

Men's: China 15.5 Russia 9.5

Women's: China 11.5 Russia 13.5

Men's results round-by-round:

Round 1 (5th of August):

Round/board	Chinese team(3)	Rating	Result	Russian team (2)	Rating
1.1	GM Wang Hao	2724	½-½	GM Malakhov Vladimir	2732
1.2	GM Wang Yue	2716	1-0	GM Potkin Vladimir	2626
1.3	GM Bu Xiangzhi	2676	½-½	GM Rublevsky Sergei	2688
1.4	GM Zhou Jianchao	2668	½-½	GM Vitiugov Nikita	2722
1.5	GM Ni Hua	2645	½-½	GM Timofeev Artyom	2690

Round 2 (6th of August):

Round/board	Russian team(0.5)	Rating	Result	Chinese team (4.5)	Rating
2.1	GM Vitiugov Nikita	2722	0-1	GM Wang Hao	2724
2.2	GM Malakhov Vladimir	2732	0-1	GM Wang Yue	2716
2.3	GM Timofeev Artyom	2690	0-1	GM Bu Xiangzhi	2676
2.4	GM Rublevsky Sergei	2688	0-1	GM Zhou Jianchao	2668
2.5	GM Potkin Vladimir	2626	½-½	GM Ni Hua	2645

Round 3 (7th of August):

Round/board	Chinese team(2.5)	Rating	Result	Russian team (2.5)	Rating
3.1	GM Wang Hao	2724	½-½	GM Timofeev Artyom	2690
3.2	GM Wang Yue	2716	½-½	GM Vitiugov Nikita	2722
3.3	GM Bu Xiangzhi	2676	1-0	GM Malakhov Vladimir	2732
3.4	GM Zhou Jianchao	2668	0-1	GM Potkin Vladimir	2626
3.5	GM Ni Hua	2645	½-½	GM Rublevsky Sergei	2688

Round 4 (8th of August):

Round/board	Russian team(2.5)	Rating	Result	Chinese team (2.5)	Rating
4.1	GM Rublevsky Sergei	2688	½-½	GM Wang Hao	2724
4.2	GM Timofeev Artyom	2690	½-½	GM Wang Yue	2716
4.3	GM Potkin Vladimir	2626	½-½	GM Bu Xiangzhi	2676
4.4	GM Malakhov Vladimir	2732	½-½	GM Zhou Jianchao	2668
4.5	GM Vitiugov Nikita	2722	½-½	GM Ni Hua	2645

Round 5 (9th of August):

Round/board	Chinese team(3)	Rating	Result	Russian team (2)	Rating
5.1	GM Wang Hao	2724	1-0	GM Potkin Vladimir	2626
5.2	GM Wang Yue	2716	½-½	GM Rublevsky Sergei	2688
5.3	GM Bu Xiangzhi	2676	1-0	GM Vitiugov Nikita	2722
5.4	GM Zhou Jianchao	2668	0-1	GM Timofeev Artyom	2690
5.5	GM Ni Hua	2645	½-½	GM Malakhov Vladimir	2732

Individual scores:

China (15.5):

Title/Name	rating	Points	rating change
GM Bu Xiangzhi	2676	4	+16
GM Wang Hao	2724	3.5	+8
GM Wang Yue	2716	3.5	+8.5
GM Ni Hua	2645	2.5	+3.5
GM Zhou Jianchao	2668	2	-3.5

Russia (9.5):

Title/Name	rating	Points	rating change
GM Timofeev Artyom	2690	2.5	-0.5
GM Rublevsky Sergei	2688	2	-5
GM Potkin Vladimir	2626	2	-1
GM Malakhov Vladimir	2732	1.5	-13
GM Vitiugov Nikita	2722	1.5	-12.5

Rating-wise the teams were almost evenly matched, but the highest-ranked Russian duet under-perfomed, whereas the leading three chinese players were red hot.

Bu created problems for his opponents @ official site

In the women's match the Russian squad helped the overall score:

Round 1 (5th of August):

Round/board	Russian team(3.5)	Rating	Result	Chinese team (1.5)	Rating
1.1	IM Kosintseva Nadezhda	2551	0-1	WGM Ju Wenjun	2496
1.2	WGM Pogonina Natalija	2501	½-½	IM Wang Yu A	2369
1.3	WGM Gunina Valentina	2462	1-0	WFM Ding Yixin	2385
1.4	IM Bodnaruk Anastasia	2397	1-0	WGM Tan Zhongyi	2461
1.5	WGM Kashlinskaya Alina	2352	1-0	WGM Huang Qian	2447

Round 2 (6th of August):

Round/board	Chinese team(2.5)	Rating	Result	Russian team (2.5)	Rating
2.1	WGM Tan Zhongyi	2461	½-½	IM Kosintseva Nadezhda	2551
2.2	WGM Ju Wenjun	2496	½-½	WGM Pogonina Natalija	2501
2.3	WGM Huang Qian	2447	1-0	WGM Gunina Valentina	2462
2.4	WFM Ding Yixin	2385	0-1	IM Bodnaruk Anastasia	2397
2.5	IM Wang Yu A	2369	½-½	WGM Kashlinskaya Alina	2352

Round 3 (7th of August):

Round/board	Russian team(2.5)	Rating	Result	Chinese team (2.5)	Rating
3.1	IM Kosintseva Nadezhda	2551	1-0	WGM Huang Qian	2447
3.2	WGM Pogonina Natalija	2501	0-1	WGM Tan Zhongyi	2461
3.3	WGM Gunina Valentina	2462	0-1	WGM Ju Wenjun	2496
3.4	IM Bodnaruk Anastasia	2397	½-½	IM Wang Yu A	2369
3.5	WGM Kashlinskaya Alina	2352	1-0	WFM Ding Yixin	2385

Round 4 (8th of August):

Round/board	Chinese team(2)	Rating	Result	Russian team (3)	Rating
4.1	WFM Ding Yixin	2385	0-1	IM Kosintseva Nadezhda	2551
4.2	WGM Huang Qian	2447	0-1	WGM Pogonina Natalija	2501
4.3	IM Wang Yu A	2369	0-1	WGM Gunina Valentina	2462
4.4	WGM Ju Wenjun	2496	1-0	IM Bodnaruk Anastasia	2397
4.5	WGM Tan Zhongyi	2461	1-0	WGM Kashlinskaya Alina	2352

Round 5 (9th of August):

Round/board	Russian team(2)	Rating	Result	Chinese team (3)	Rating
5.1	IM Kosintseva Nadezhda	2551	½-½	IM Wang Yu A	2369
5.2	WGM Pogonina Natalija	2501	0-1	WFM Ding Yixin	2385
5.3	WGM Gunina Valentina	2462	1-0	WGM Tan Zhongyi	2461
5.4	IM Bodnaruk Anastasia	2397	0-1	WGM Huang Qian	2447
5.5	WGM Kashlinskaya Alina	2352	½-½	WGM Ju Wenjun	2496

In terms of performances Ju Wenjun obtained the best score and gained the most rating points.

The Russians were slightly higher-rated than the Chinese and only out-performed their expected score by a small margin.

Title/Name	rating	Points	rating change
IM Kosintseva Nadezhda	2551	3	-3
WGM Gunina Valentina	2462	3	+3
WGM Kashlinskaya Alina	2352	3	+10.5
IM Bodnaruk Anastasia	2397	2.5	+2.5
WGM Pogonina Natalija	2501	2	-10

Ding lost her first four games, but won a confidence-regaining fifth.

Title/Name	rating	Points	rating change
WGM Ju Wenjun	2496	4	+12
WGM Tan Zhongyi	2461	2.5	-0.5
WGM Huang Qian	2447	2	-4.5
IM Wang Yu A	2369	2	+1
WFM Ding Yixin	2385	1	-10.5

Yinzhou can be found in North-Eastern China in Zhejiang province.

For more information see the Official site