On December 8th, the fourth round of the 10th "Country Garden Cup" National Chess Championship Invitational Tournament was completed at the Country Garden Resort in Shunde, Foshan City, Guangdong Province. In the final of the winner group, Zheng Weitong defeated Wang Tianyi. Hong Zhi, Wang Yang and Tao Hanming were three national champions.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the fourth round of the competition began, and the eight national champions staged a peak showdown.
The fourth round of matches is as follows:
Winners' Final: Wang Tianyi vs Zheng Weitong.
Top half of the losers' group: Xu Yinchuan vs Wang Yang, Zhao Xinxin vs Tao Hanming.
Bottom half of the loser group: Hong Zhi vs Jiang Chuan.
Wang Tianyi vs Zheng Weitong. The gemini stars of Chinese chess, Wang Tianyi and Zheng Weitong, passed the level and broke through from their respective half districts to meet in the final of the winner group. These two top masters not only have to compete for the championship, but also compete for the first place in the ranking. Now Zheng Weitong's real-time rank is 0.8 points more than Wang Tianyi's, and Wang Tianyi's position as the first person is in jeopardy. As the end of the year approaches, the official grading will be announced on January 1 next year. Time is running out, and every game that Wang Tianyi and Zheng Weitong are now playing is important, and each game will determine the official rating value to be announced soon. From 2014 to the current 2021, Wang Tianyi has maintained the first grade score for eight years, breaking the record of a generation of Grandmaster Hu Ronghua holding the first grade score for seven and a half years, which is very powerful and very terrifying. Now that record may be coming to an end, Wang Tianyi's position as the first Chinese chess player faces serious challenges.
Wang Tianyi took the red first, starting with the immortals guiding the way and flying, and Zheng Weitong fell quickly and calmly coped. Wang Tianyi was cautious and deliberately avoided Zheng Weitong's flying knife. Zheng Weitong hit the car with a flat cannon, Wang Tianyi thought about it for a long time, and finally took the car three flat and six redemption cars, which surprised many people. The first hand was so steady, too careful, it felt like the first hand had been lost. Wang Tian's big car came out in a roundabout way, and now it was redeemed, which was obviously a loss. By the thirteenth round, Wang Tianyi had taken five moves of chess with red, and the effectiveness of the side soldiers was not high, and Zheng Weitong had taken six steps in his backhand, and it was self-evident who was good and who was bad.
In fact, Wang Tianyi deliberately made such a slightly loss-making change, in order to avoid The flying knife of Zhongzheng Weitong, deliberately introducing the chess game into an unfamiliar situation, hoping to slowly pull back the situation in the middle and back games. The layout eats a little loss, if you hit the flying knife, it will be a big deal. Sure enough, in the middle game of the contest, Wang Tianyi not only won back the situation, but also the situation was good. Wang Tianyi is the first in the world, and Zheng Weitong is the first in the world, suppressing the strengths of others and giving full play to their own advantages, which is the choice of smart people.
In exchange for the double car, Wang Tianyi's small soldiers crossed the river, the location was also relatively good, and the situation was excellent. However, in the endgame, Zheng Weitong gradually pulled back the situation. Zheng Weitong is very hardworking, not only creating countless flying knives, but also studying hard in the endgame. In contrast, although Wang Tianyi is a genius chess player, he wastes a lot of time playing chess and playing games. Sail against the current, and if you don't advance, you will retreat. It was no accident that Zheng Weitong's real-time rating now surpassed Wang Tianyi's. In the end, in the long endgame battle, Zheng Weitong strictly guarded against death, and the two sides became a complete endgame between a single horse and a gunner.
In this round, Wang Tianyi's grade score fell by 0.4 points, Zheng Weitong's grade score rose by 0.1 points, and the difference between the two people's points widened from yesterday's 0.8 points to the current 1.3 points. Wang Tianyi's real-time rating score is 2746 points, Zheng Weitong's real-time rating score is 2747.3 points, and Zheng Weitong is 1.3 points more than Wang Tianyi.
Xu Yinchuan vs Wang Yang. Xu Yinchuan and Wang Yang played slow chess quickly and made peace, and the two sides played fast chess. Wang Yang's step-by-step car nine into one is very fierce. Wang Yang gained a clear advantage through tough means, but missed the opportunity to win with one blow, and finally the two sides fought a chess game. In the play-offs, Xu Yinchuan chose black chess. As the game was about to begin, Xu Yinchuan suddenly pointed out Wang Yang's mistake in the previous round and pointed out that Wang Yang had a chance to win with one blow, which made Wang Yang regret it. As Lü Qin and others have said, this may be psychological warfare. Xu Yinchuan survived in the fast game and defeated Wang Yang in the next play-offs. Xu Yinchuan continued to move forward in the loser group, and Wang Yang regretted being out.
Zhao Xinxin vs Tao Hanming. The two sides drew slow chess, and Zhao Xinxin won the fast chess. Zhao Xinxin advanced to the next round of the loser group, and Tao Hanming was out.
The other old chess kings have long been out, Tao Hanming is still fighting, and it has been very remarkable to fight all the way until now. Born in Haicheng, Liaoning Province in 1966, Tao Hanming is a good man in the green forest of the chess world, who has been working hard in the jianghu for many years, and finally won the national individual championship in 1994. Tao Hanming not only plays chess well, but also writes poems well, and is known as "Tao Gongzi".
Hong Zhi vs Jiang Chuan. Slow chess battles and fast chess and harmony, both sides come to the play-offs. Play-offs and chess black wins. Jiang Chuan's chess style belongs to the type of defensive counterattack, and now he chooses to take the lead, which is unexpected. Could it be that Jiang Chuan had carefully prepared a flying knife?
Yes, there are throwing knives. Zheng Weitong's flying knife was fast and fierce, killing him with one blow. Jiang Chuan's flying knife is very blunt and thick, cutting a piece of skin first, and then cutting a piece of flesh, making people slowly die in pain and despair. Fortunately, Jiang Chuan's knife was not often shot, otherwise the rivers and lakes would be bloody and rainy. After Hong Zhi was stabbed, the situation fell into a dangerous situation. Jiang Chuan was not in a hurry to move, and slowly transformed his advantage into material strength, and finally netted three more soldiers. Hong Zhi became more and more desperate, unable to find any chance to fight back, only to slowly wait for death. Hong Zhi did not want to continue to endure such suffering, and he admitted his guilt happily. Jiang Chuan continued to move forward in the losers group, and the two Hubei chess kings left the Country Garden Cup in succession.
At 7 p.m., the winners' finals continue.
Zheng Weitong vs. Wang Tianyi. The two sides shook their fists, Zheng Weitong roared, and Wang Tianyi also roared. Zheng Weitong fell like a fly, and Wang Tianyi also fell like a fly. Zheng Weitong struggled to memorize a harmony score, and Wang Tianyi only followed. The two sides fought fiercely for four minutes, and the chess game ended. This result surprised everyone and also created a precedent for the Country Garden Cup. In fact, Zheng Weitong can understand that his rank score surpassed Wang Tianyi yesterday, and if this round and the grade score rises again, no matter what happens in the future, at least the grade score has exceeded Wang Tianyi's one or two days, which will bring a lot of pressure to Wang Tianyi.
Slow chess draws, plus fast chess.
Zheng Weitong's flying knife shot: soldier nine into one.
Wang Tianyi fell into a long examination.
Wang Tianyi jumped off his horse after the long examination and acted according to the original plan, without interference. The thunder and rain were small, and Zheng Weitong did not go out of the chess. Although the flying knife did not hit Wang Tianyi, Zheng Weitong still held it first. Wang Tianyi was a lot behind for a while, and it turned out that the flying knife was the time to hit Wang Tianyi.
Wang Tianyi's backhand tried to win, but the result was too strong, and he once floated several times on the death line, and as a result, he was lucky to escape.
Came the play-offs. Wang Tianyi chose the back hand, which means that your Li Xunhuan flying knife is not very powerful, the case is not false, I Shangguan Jinhong will now come to pick up your flying knife. Wang Tianyi was really strong, and once almost cut Zheng Weitong under the horse, but unfortunately the killing rose, abandoned the son to attack and kill, forgot to play chess to win, time pressure leaked, regret to lose chess. Zheng Weitong reached the final of this year's Country Garden Cup and waited for the last winner of the loser group to come to challenge. Wang Tianyi fell into the loser's group.
After the fourth round of matches, the prize money is as follows (including appearance fees and guaranteed bonuses):
Zheng Weitong 170,000, Wang Tianyi 140,000, Zhao Xinxin 110,000, Tao Hanming 100,000, Hong Zhi 90,000, Jiang Chuan 90,000, Xu Yinchuan 90,000, Wang Yang 80,000, Sun Yongzheng 70,000, Wang Kuo 70,000, Xie Jing 70,000, Lü Qin 60,000, Zhao Guorong 50,000, Xu Tianhong 50,000, Liu Dahua 40,000, Xu Chao 30,000, Yu Youhua 10,000, a total of 1.32 million.
As of 21:00 on December 8, after the end of the fourth round of the Country Garden Cup, the real-time rating score ranking is as follows:
Wang Tianyi won 4 wins and 4 draws, up 4 points, now 2745.4 points; Zheng Weitong 3 wins 5 draws, up 7.8 points, now 2747.8 points, Zheng Weitong surpassed Wang Tianyi, Zheng Weitong more than Wang Tianyi 2.4 points, temporarily ranked first.
Tomorrow morning's fifth-round clash of losers will be as follows:
Wang Tianyi vs Jiang Chuan, Xu Yinchuan vs Zhao Xinxin.
Tomorrow night, the winners of the sixth round and the fifth round will be played off.
Zheng Weitong rested for a day, and the day after tomorrow final was the final winner of the loser group.
A great war ended in Zheng Weitong's victory. Zheng Weitong not only surpassed Wang Tianyi in rank, but also beat Wang Tianyi into the loser group.
But Wang Tianyi still had a chance. As long as Wang Tianyi stands out in the losers' group and finally defeats Zheng Weitong in the final, he can regain the first place in the ranking points and win the Country Garden Cup championship.
But will all this happen? First of all, Wang Tianyi's bitter hand Jiang Chuan did not agree. Jiang Chuan has never defeated Wang Tianyi in recent years, and can be described as Wang Tianyi's nemesis. Even after this pass, will Xu Yinchuan or Zhao Xinxin agree? Even after this pass, in the end, we still have to face Zheng Weitong, who is recuperating.
Wang Tianyi is now facing great challenges. Or break through three levels in a row to seal the gods, or maintain the first rank score for eight years ended, and Zheng Weitong became the first person in Chinese chess. Anything is possible.
The last bloody rain and bloody wind, to see if Wang Tianyi can pass the barrier tomorrow, to see Xu Yinchuan, Jiang Chuan, Zhao Xinxin's wonderful performances. Not to be missed, lock in tomorrow at 9am and 7pm.