Ke Jie completed another breakthrough and won the CCTV Quick Chess Championship for the first time

Ke Jie won the CCTV Quick Chess Championship for the first time. Infographic

Beijing News (chief reporter Sun Haiguang) On December 5, the final of the 2021 "Zhejiang Pinghu Danghu Ten Innings Cup" CCTV TV Go Fast Chess Tournament ended in Pinghu, and Ke Jie Jiudan defeated Dang Yifei Jiudan with 248 hands and won the championship for the first time.

Founded in 1987, the CCTV TV Go Fast Chess Tournament is a traditional Chinese Go tournament, and nie Weiping, Ma Xiaochun, Cao Dayuan, Chang Hao, Gu Li, Yang Dingxin, Gu Zihao and other generations of chess players have won the championship in this tournament.

As for Ke Jie, although she has won 8 world championships, she has never won a cup in this event before. Previously, Ke Jie's best record was to reach the semi-finals twice, losing to Zhang Tao and Gu Zihao, who won the championship. In this competition, Ke Jie won consecutive victories over Jiang Weijie, Xie Erhao, Zhang Tao, Peng Liyao and others to reach the final for the first time.

Today's white against Dang Yifei, who also reached the final for the first time, Ke Jie cleverly abandoned his son left and right in the lower right, and the winning rate once exceeded 80%. After that, Ke Jie played a slow hand in the mid-abdomen, and the situation entered the stalemate stage. At the official stage, Dang Yifei tried to create a dispute, but Ke Jie held on to the advantage. Playing to 248 hands, Dang Yifei conceded defeat, and Ke Jie won the championship for the first time.

This season, Ke Jie has lost successive world championships such as the LG Cup, the Nongshim Cup, and the Samsung Cup. Being able to win the CCTV TV Go Quick Chess Championship for the first time at the end of the year is also a great improvement for Ke Jie's self-confidence.

"The time for this race was 10 times and 30 seconds before, and I forgot which edition it was changed to the current one (1 minute per person after 1 hour), which is more generous in time. Dang Yi also flew very well, and it was a great honor to be able to present a wonderful chess game to everyone. Ke Jie said that the first half of this tournament was used as a warm-up match for the Nongshim Cup, until after winning two or three sets in a row, the desire to win the championship slowly came out and became stronger, "The next few games are also lucky, there are no big mistakes, and I am also lucky to win." Overall, this victory is a great improvement in his beliefs. ”

Sun Haiguang, chief reporter of the Beijing News

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