This year, for the third time he met Shin Jin-hyun in the final, South Korean chess player Bian Sang-il-kudan finally snatched a championship from him. In the final of the 7th National Hand Mountain Cup held yesterday, Bian Xiangyi took the lead and finally defeated Shen Zhenchen in the middle of the game, becoming the second chess player this year to pick out Shen Zhenchen on the international stage, and also won his first championship of the year.
As the third person who was pinned high hopes after Park Shin, Although the overall performance was OK, Bian Xiangyi never won the world championship, the best result was only the top 4, last year's Samsung Cup semi-finals, Bian Xiangyi was reversed by Ke Jie and missed the final. Although the National Hand Mountain Cup is not a world competition, it is also an international event, so the Korean media immediately after the game played the slogan "Bian Xiangyi won the international championship for the first time" to encourage him.
After the previous Samsung LG Cup was eliminated twice, Bian Xiangyi himself finally smiled and accepted an interview with the South Korean media.
Bian Xiangyi said that after losing two finals with Shen Zhenchen this year and achieving nothing in two world championships at his doorstep, "self-confidence is in a state of decline, and he has repeatedly stressed that he must have self-confidence, which seems to have played a role." ”
He also said that he "hates Go a lot" lately: "After I was in my 20s, I started to hate Go. In a world competition, you can't relax easily, and the pressure is very high. After playing two finals with Shin Jin-chan, he hated Go even more. ”
Shen Zhenchen had previously said that among domestic chess players, he and Bian Xiangyi were the most similar. Bian Xiangyi responded to this: "I think Shen Zhenchen JiuDan is superior in strength. As for the style, I don't quite understand what my style is, so it's hard to compare. ”
When asked how to sum up this year, Bian Xiangyi replied: "Before winning the championship, I always thought that I should give myself 0 points, but this time I won the championship, I should be able to give myself some extra points." In fact, in addition to the poor performance of the World Series this year, the rest of the competition results are OK, and the two finals of the domestic competition almost overturned Shen Zhenchen, and also achieved 10 wins and 2 losses in the Chinese armor. It seems that he is very eager to win the domestic and world championships, giving himself a lot of pressure.