Nanning News (Reporter/Yu Zhiwei) On the afternoon of May 1, the two-day Guangxi Division of the National Amateur Chess Championship and the Guangxi Chess Championship finals ended at the Nanning Workers' Cultural Palace. Shi Caiguan, the open champion and "grassroots chess king" who passed through the qualifiers to reach the finals, won the qualification to challenge Grandmaster Xu Yinchuan. In the game with Xu Yinchuan, Shi Caiguan was still inferior to Xu Yinchuan despite all his efforts.
The competition lasted for nearly two months, and the divisional competition was held in 10 cities such as Nanning, Liuzhou, Guilin and Yulin, attracting the active participation of nearly 3,000 chess enthusiasts from schools, enterprises and communities.
After many rounds of fighting, 160 chess elites finally advanced to the finals. It is understood that the finals are divided into several major groups: open group, children's group (group A, group B, group C, and children's and women's group). After a fierce fight, Shi Caiguan won the championship of the open group, and Yu Yunlong won the championship of the children's A group. After the game, Xu Yinchuan said that the enthusiasm of the masses in this competition is very high, which fully reflects the excellent chess mass base in Guangxi.
As the final battle of this series, the finals are rich and colorful. The first to be carried out was the "Three British Battle Lü Bu" duel. The chess elites selected by the organizers from all over the country after numerous competitions formed a team of three and challenged Grandmaster Xu Yinchuan at the same time. The majority of chess enthusiasts can watch the fierce game between the two sides in real time through the network live broadcast and listen to Xu Yinchuan's battle explanation. In the end, Xu Yinchuan fought hard and won the victory. The grand finale was the challenge of "grassroots chess king" Shi Cai to Grandmaster Xu Yinchuan. In this game, Xu Yinchuan easily defended the game successfully.
![After 17 rounds of the Xiangjia League, Guangdong team firmly ranked first, and Xu Yinchuan's state recovered from two consecutive wins[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)