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The 16th China Danzhou Super Grandmaster Chess Tournament

KnockoutRapid

8 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 22 Nov 2025 to 25 Nov 2025 in Danzhou Hainan, China. 8 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2634, and top seed was Liren Ding (🇨🇳 CHN, GM, 2766).

Dmitry Andreikin ( FID, GM, 2665) won with 2.5/4, ahead of Shanglei Lu (2.5) and Qun Ma (2.5). Andreikin shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Aleksandar Indjic (GM, 2572) beat Liren Ding (GM, 2766), a +194-point gap.

Location
🇨🇳Danzhou Hainan, China
Dates
22 Nov 2025 → 25 Nov 2025
Time control
Rapid: 25 minutes for game with 10 seconds increment from move 1
System
Knockout · 4 rounds
Top seed
🇨🇳GMLiren Ding2766
Avg top 10
2,634
Participants
8
Titled players · 8
GM×8
Federations · 4 represented
🇨🇳China×5
FIDE (no federation)×1
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    GMDmitry Andreikin
    FID·2665
    2.5pts·2700perf+1.6
  • 🥈
    GMShanglei Lu
    🇨🇳CHN·2603
    2.5pts·2697perf+5.0
  • 🥉
    GMQun Ma
    🇨🇳CHN·2609
    2.5pts·2711perf+5.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 4 rounds

Tight race until R4; 4 players tied at 2.5/4, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
2
2
3
4
1234R1R2R3R4
Lu2.5Andreikin2.5Ma2.5Indjic2.5Van Foreest2Wang1.5
R4 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 2.5/4. Andreikin takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (7.0).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMShanglei Lu*—
½
½
—
2GMDmitry Andreikin—*—
½
½
3GMQun Ma
½
½
—*—
4GMAleksandar Indjic—
½
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Andreikin, DmitryGM2665FID+5B=5N=4B=4N2.57.09.05.502700+1.6
2Lu, ShangleiGM2603CHN=3N=3B=7B+7N2.56.58.04.752697+5.0
3Ma, QunGM2609CHN=2B=2N+6N=6B2.56.58.04.752711+5.4
4Indjic, AleksandarGM2572SRB+8N=8B=1N=1B2.56.07.04.002811+12.6
5Van Foreest, JordenGM2637NED−1N=1B+8N=8B2.06.07.02.752716+4.2
6Wang, YueGM2628CHN=7B=7N−3B=3N1.56.58.02.752515-6.6
7Li, Chao bGM2594CHN=6N=6B=2N−2B1.56.58.02.752529-3.8
8Ding, LirenGM2766CHN−4B=4N−5B=5N1.07.09.02.252412-18.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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