Huang Renjie won the 2021 National Elephant Newcomer King Championship

Source: Xinhua Net

Xinhua News Agency, Shanghai, November 9, 2021 "Shanghai Bay Cup" 2021 National Chess Newcomer King Competition on the 9th of the National Elephant League platform Mingjin to close the troops. In the competition of 10 national elephant rookies, Huang Renjie, who participated in the rookie king competition for the first time, won the championship.

The 10 players are Xu Zhixing, Wang Shishu, Huang Renjie, Zou Chen, Kui Tao, Lin Yi, Zhao Chenxi, Ning Kaiyu, Hu Yu and Gu Jiazhen. After the first six rounds of the 8th, Huang Renjie led the way with 4 wins and 2 draws. In the last three rounds of the 9th, he defeated Wang Shishu and Ning Kaiyu successively, and finally won the championship with 6 wins and 3 wins and 7.5 points, 1.5 points ahead of the second place. He is the only player in the game to remain unbeaten. This victory is also another important tournament title won by Huang Renjie in 2021 after winning the Men's World Championship Divisional Championship (China).

"My strategy for this game is to hold the black steady point, wait for the opportunity, hold the white to win, and the goal before the game is to enter the top three. The defeats against Kui Tao and Zhao Chenxi in the fourth and fifth sets respectively strengthened my confidence. "Thank you very much to the China Chess Association and the People's Government of Haiwan Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai for tailoring such a tournament for our young players." As a young chess player, I hope to take this tournament as a starting point and continue to work hard to achieve better results in future competitions! ”

Among other chess players, Zhao Chenxi finished second with 6 points with 4 wins, 4 and 1 loss. He led the way in the first four rounds, but after losing to Huang Renjie in the fifth round, the points were reversed. The previous champion Xu Zhixing finished third with 5.5 points from 4 wins, 3 and 2 losses. Ning Kaiyu, the only female chess player to participate in this competition, won 3, 4 and lost 2, and finally ranked fourth with 5 points. Kui Tao scored 5 points and ranked fifth due to a slightly lower score. Lin Yi, Gu Jiazhen, Wang Shishu, Hu Yu and Zou Chen ranked sixth to tenth respectively.

The "Shanghai Bay Cup" Chess Newcomer King Tournament was founded in 2017 to tap and exercise the excellent reserve strength of Chinese chess under the age of 20. In the course of five years, the Newcomer King Tournament has also become a chess brand event in Haiwan Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai. The competition was hosted by the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China and the China Chess Association, and hosted by the People's Government of Haiwan Town, Fengxian District, Shanghai, the Shanghai Chess and Card Sports Management Center and Shanghai Longyi Sports culture development Co., Ltd.