Catching up on one more tournament, China's greatest chess hope - at least for the time being - has once again demonstrated his current ability and promise for the future. Wei Yi, 18 years old as of about six weeks ago, won the super-tournament in Danzhou, China, with a score of 6.5/9. He was a point clear of Le Quang Liem, who like Wei went undefeated. Wei Yi's TPR was 2883, and he's now 14th on the live rating list. (His rating might drop a couple of tenths of a point from where it is now, as his last round draw with Le hasn't yet shown up on the site.) It's possible that he'll only win the event by a point, if Ding Liren can defeat Arkadij Naiditsch in their ongoing game, but no one can catch Wei at this point.
When we last looked in on the tournament, after round 5, Wei Yi was on +3 after having defeated Yu Yangyi. In round 6 he won again, defeating Vladimir Malakhov with Black. His 13...Qe5 was a remarkable concept - something new in my experience, and, going above my pay grade, GM Alexander Baburin (in Chess Today) was also astonished by the idea.
Congrats to the youngster on another success! More info on the tournament here.