2018-11-27

Chinese Chess League 2018

The 2018 Chinese Chess League is held in Shenzhen, China. The 22 rounds are played in six 3 or 4 day sessions from April 11th to November 29th.
The Division A is a 12-team double round-robin featuring top players from all over the world - Ding Liren (Zhejiang Chess Team); Yu Yangyi and Li Chao (Beijing Beiao team); Jakovenko Dmitry and Eljanov Pavel (Hangzhou Bank Team); Harikrishna P. and Matlakov Maxim (China Mobil Shanghai Chess Club); Bu Xiangzhi and Sethuraman S.P. (Shandong Jingzhi Team); Andreikin Dmitry and Ganguly Surya Shekhar (Chongqing Team); Vidit Santosh Gujrathi and Vallejo Pons Francisco (Chengdu Beilei Youth Chess Club); Cheparinov Ivan (Shenzhen Longgang Chess association); Malakhov Vladimir and Wang Yue (Tianjin Team); Xu Yinglun (Guangdong Ding Xin High Tech Team); Inarkiev Ernesto (Hangzhou Turbine Team); Maghsoodloo Parham (Hebei sports lottery chess team). Each match is played over five boards, with women playing on two boards.
The time control is 90 minutes for all moves, with a 30-second increment from move 1. There are 2 match points for a win and 1 for a draw.

Official site

Schedule: (UTC)

Round 1     Apr 11, 2018    05:00 
Round 2     Apr 12, 2018    05:00 
Round 3     Apr 13, 2018    05:00 
Round 4     Apr 14, 2018    05:00 

Round 5     May 22, 2018    05:00 
Round 6     May 23, 2018    05:00 
Round 7     May 24, 2018    05:00
 
Round 8      Jul 10, 2018    05:00 
Round 9      Jul 11, 2018    05:00 
Round 10    Jul 12, 2018    05:00 
Round 11    Jul 13, 2018    05:00 

Round 12    Aug 22, 2018    05:00 
Round 13    Aug 23, 2018    05:00 
Round 14    Aug 24, 2018    05:00 
Round 15    Aug 25, 2018    05:00 

Round 16    Oct 27, 2018    04:00 
Round 17    Oct 28, 2018    03:00 
Round 18    Oct 29, 2018    04:00 

Round 19    Nov 27, 2018    04:00 
Round 20    Nov 28, 2018    04:00 
Round 21    Nov 29, 2018    04:00

Watch the games of the Chinese League 2018 with computer analysis LIVE on ChessBomb.

You can see games from previous issues of the tournament with computer analysis at ChessBomb:
Chinese Chess League 2017
Chinese Chess League 2016
Chinese Chess League 2015