Shams: You guys shouldn't give away the final move, there's a puzzle to be had. Thanks for flagging this lovely miniature. White played the fashionable 5.Nc3 line (Nimzo?) against the Russian defense. But he played too slowly while Xiangzhi, black, castled long and came at him early. After 16.Kb1 we have:

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and black busted out with 16...d5!! Of course 17.cd Bxd5 and now if 18.Qxe7 black mates in five in a sequence much easier to find now that we know the penultimate move. ;)

I don´t think is like Jī Dàn (Ji1 dan4) which as you say means chicken egg, I haven´t checked but his name is surely written with another chinese characters.

Um, contradiction much?

A big fat 1-0 went up at game time.

Thanks, <Ladolcevita>.

The Chinese Chess Federation is just following this rule, so we really cannot blame them.

One more thing, Chess is a gentleman's game. The best way to show such is by showing respect to one's opponent. And this will be done by not letting him wait, its very ungentlemanly manners. Ironically, HOU Yifan is not a man ... lol.

Bo. No. Name Result Name No.
1 12 GM Li Shilong 1 - 0 GM Zhou Jianchao 10
2 11 GM Bu Xiangzhi ½ - ½ GM Wang Hao 9
3 1 Ji Dan ½ - ½ GM Li Chao B 8
4 2 Ding Liren ½ - ½ GM Zhou Weiqi 7
5 3 GM Liang Chong + - - GM Hou Yifan 6
6 4 GM Zhang Pengxiang 1 - 0 GM Ni Hua 5

As long as it is a rule, yes, it should be enforced as it is. However, Ladolcevita and I are simply wondering if the rule couldn't be written better. I, for one, would feel guilty taking a victory because my opponent was five seconds late.

The new rule for automatic forfeit is ridiculous. There have been times when I was one or two minutes late to a game for reasons beyond my control. For example, in Las Vegas the hotel elevator malfunctioned. At least let the player's clock run for ten minutes before declaring a forfeit.

Wow!

Ding's rating is 2458

What was his TPR? I am guessing close to 3000.. anyone?

TWIC has all the details

Agreed. I thought a player had an hour to show up (as used by Fischer many years ago against Reshevsky) before being forfeited. Five seconds is unconscionable. I'm a club player, but I've been in two tournaments where the boards were marked ambiguously. I arrived at "the board" on time only to lose time off my clock because it was the wrong board!

I wonder why Wang Yue isn't playing?