Winners
| # | Year | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 |  Ding Liren (China) |
| 2 | 2018 |  Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) |
| 3 | 2019 |  Anish Giri (Netherlands) |
| 4 | 2021 | Yu Yangyi (China) |
| 5 | 2024 | Bu Xiangzhi (China) |
The Shenzhen Masters is an annual chess tournament held in the Longgang District of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China. In 2021, an online edition was held on Chess.com due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [1]
| # | Year | Winner |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2017 | Ding Liren (China) |
| 2 | 2018 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) |
| 3 | 2019 | Anish Giri (Netherlands) |
| 4 | 2021 | Yu Yangyi (China) |
| 5 | 2024 | Bu Xiangzhi (China) |
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points | H2H | SB | TPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ding Liren (China) | 2759 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | ½ 1 | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 6½ | 2865 | |||
| 2 | Anish Giri (Netherlands) | 2769 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | 5½ | 1 | 26.75 | 2789 | |
| 3 |  Peter Svidler (Russia) | 2741 | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | ½ 1 | 5½ | 1 | 25.25 | 2795 | |
| 4 | Yu Yangyi (China) | 2750 | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 4½ | 1 | 22.25 | 2721 | |
| 5 |  Pentala Harikrishna (India) | 2758 | ½ 0 | 0 ½ | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | 1 1 | 4½ | 1 | 20.25 | 2720 | |
| 6 |  Michael Adams (England) | 2761 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | 0 0 | 3½ | 2645 |
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points | TPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France) | 2778 | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 5½ | 2799 | |
| 2 | Anish Giri (Netherlands) | 2780 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | 5½ | 2799 | |
| 3 | Ding Liren (China) | 2816 | ½ 0 | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | 5½ | 2792 | |
| 4 | Yu Yangyi (China) | 2764 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | 5 | 2766 | |
| 5 | Nikita Vitiugov (Russia) | 2709 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 0 ½ | ½ 1 | 5 | 2777 | |
| 6 |  Radosław Wojtaszek (Poland) | 2749 | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 0 | 3½ | 2659 |
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Points | H2H | SB | TPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anish Giri (Netherlands) | 2797 | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ 1 | ½ 1 | 6½ | 2856 | |||
| 2 | Pentala Harikrishna (India) | 2723 | 0 ½ | 1 0 | 1 0 | ½ 1 | 1 1 | 6 | 2832 | |||
| 3 | Ding Liren (China) | 2809 | ½ ½ | 0 1 | ½ ½ | 1 ½ | ½ ½ | 5½ | 2779 | |||
| 4 |  Richárd Rapport (Hungary) | 2726 | ½ ½ | 0 1 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 5 | 2760 | |||
| 5 | Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) | 2719 | ½ 0 | ½ 0 | 0 ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 3½ | 1 | 17.50 | 2651 | |
| 6 | Yu Yangyi (China) | 2751 | ½ 0 | 0 0 | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | ½ ½ | 3½ | 1 | 17.25 | 2645 |
| Player | Rapid score | Blitz score | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yu Yangyi (China) | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Jan-Krzysztof Duda (Poland) | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Richárd Rapport (Hungary) | 6 | 2½ | 8½ |
| 4 | Wei Yi (China) | 3 | 1½ | 4½ |
The 2024 event took place at the Longgang Training Center in Longgang, Shenzhen, China. The prize fund was $90,000. The time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second increment from move one.
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bu Xiangzhi (China) | 2671 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ | |
| 2 | Yu Yangyi (China) | 2720 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4½ | |
| 3 | Arjun Erigaisi (India) | 2738 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4½ | |
| 4 | Xu Xiangyu (China) | 2623 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3½ | |
| 5 |  Daniil Dubov (FIDE) | 2708 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 3½ | |
| 6 | Vladislav Artemiev (FIDE) | 2711 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Anish Giri (Netherlands) | 2762 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 2½ | |
| 8 | Ma Qun (China) | 2651 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 2 |
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