Ding, Liren did not coast into his title. He beat top seed Wang, Yue in the final round to win the 2011 Chinese Championship by 2 full points!
Final standings
| 1. | Ding, Liren | g | 2637 | 9 |
| 2. | Ni, Hua | g | 2646 | 7 |
| 3. | Zhou, Jianchao | g | 2660 | 7 |
| 4. | Zhao, Jun | g | 2580 | 7 |
| 5. | Hou, Yifan | g | 2602 | 6 |
| 6. | Wang, Yue | g | 2734 | 5½ |
| 7. | Yu, Yangyi | g | 2652 | 5½ |
| 8. | Li, Chao b | g | 2646 | 5 |
| 9. | Bu, Xiangzhi | g | 2677 | 5 |
| 10. | Xiu, Deshun | 2508 | 4½ | |
| 11. | Li, Shilong | g | 2520 | 3½ |
| 12. | Zhang, Ziyang | m | 2442 | 1 |
Women’s section
| 1. | Zhang, Xiaowen | wg | 2344 | 8½ |
| 2. | Zhao, Xue | g | 2495 | 8 |
| 3. | Wang, Jue | 2275 | 6½ | |
| 4. | Wang, Yu A. | m | 2398 | 6½ |
| 5. | Tan, Zhongyi | wg | 2428 | 6½ |
| 6. | Ju, Wenjun | wg | 2519 | 6 |
| 7. | Guo, Qi | 2331 | 6 | |
| 8. | Huang, Qian | wg | 2394 | 5 |
| 9. | Shen, Yang | wg | 2443 | 4½ |
| 10. | Gu, Xiaobing | wg | 2369 | 4 |
| 11. | Ding, Yixin | wg | 2376 | 3½ |
| 12. | Xu, Tong | wm | 2217 | 1 |
Official website: http://www.chinaqiyuan.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Great result for both Ding and Zhang. Congratulations!
Yifan is doing just alright, she needs to improve faster. Susan, you should be her coach!
Hou Yifan is doing “just alright”, and “needs to improve faster”? She’s the third highest rated player in the world born in 1994 or later (after Anish Giri and Yu Yangyi). That’s pretty damn strong.