The fifth title tournament officially announced by the Chess Association is coming! Previously, the schedule of the first China Go Masters Tournament was announced, and 32 players will start to play in Beijing and Hangzhou on the 24th of this month, and after the top 8, they will move to Shenzhen for follow-up matches and decide the champion.
Yesterday, a press conference was held for the tournament, which was hosted by the China Weiqi Association and the People's Government of Bao'an District of Shenzhen. Lin Jianchao, chairman of the China Chess Academy, said that this is the fifth title battle in China after the chess saint, the national hand, the Tianyuan and the celebrity, and it is a very important event.
The total prize money of this competition exceeds 900,000 yuan, of which the prize money for the champion is 500,000 yuan and the prize money for the runner-up is 200,000 yuan. The contestants are in the top 31 in the ranking, led by Ke Jie, Gu Zihao and others, plus Rong Yi, a special invited chess player in Bao'an District, Shenzhen.
In addition, Chairman Lin Jianchao also revealed an important message at the scene, that is, the schedule of the Rotten Ke Cup World Go Tournament will also be introduced this month! Previously, there was a lot of news about Quzhou hosting the Rotten Ke Cup World Series, and some said that it would be postponed for a long time because of the epidemic, but according to Chairman Lin's speech, if there is no big problem, the competition should be held next year, which will also be the seventh World Go Tournament held by China.
If the above competition is carried out according to plan, then two title battles will be added to the country this year, and a world series will be added next year, which is undoubtedly very good for the development of domestic Go. However, some chess fans have questioned the requirements for the participation of the big chess player battle, believing that only the chess players with the highest grade points can participate, and the distribution of prize money is very uneven, and the middle and low professional chess players are still in a situation where there is no chess to play, and the chess academy should hold some round-robin title battles and games that benefit the middle and low-level chess players, so as to better solve the problem of food and clothing for most chess players.