The "Chaoyue Cup" 2021 China Chess League has come to an end. After 11 days of fierce competition, China Mobile Shanghai team successfully won the championship with a record of 15 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses, which is also the eighth time that Shanghai team has won the league championship after 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, achieving an unprecedented five consecutive championships and eight championships in the Chess League.
Affected by the epidemic for a year, the National Elephant League was beaten online on December 18, and this year's league teams failed to bring in foreign aid. Looking at the shanghai team's league performance this year, it is gratifying that in addition to Ni Hua and Ju Wenjun playing steadily, young chess players have picked up more burdens. Head coach and athlete Ni Hua sits firmly in the Chinese army platoon and is the anchor of the entire team. Ju Wenjun and Ning Kaiyu will score 16 points and 15 points respectively in 20 rounds, which is a great contribution to Shanghai's early victory. Lou Yiping and Xu Yi also played a good role, sharing the heavy responsibility for coach Ni Hua, and repeatedly winning at key moments, allowing the whole team to take a reassuring pill and finally laying the foundation for victory.
"Due to the epidemic relationship, the game was changed to fast chess, 2 rounds a day, 11 days and 22 rounds in a row, the players faced high-intensity continuous combat," Shanghai team coach, international grandmaster Wang Pin sighed, "our team fell behind three times and overtook three times, and finally maintained the leading position to the end, which is a great test of physical strength and willpower." Wang Pin concluded that there are three main factors in the shanghai team's defense of the title: "First, the team is very united, very warm, there is the care of the leaders, there is the support of colleagues, there are players who encourage each other, and there is no complaint when they lose; second, this time the players have played well, and each team member has scored in the key games." Under the leadership of Ju Wenjun, the chess queen, the women's team is particularly outstanding, Ju Wenjun and Ning Kaiyu, who represented the Shanghai team for the first time, destroyed the city and the scoring rate ranked in the top two among the women's chess players; third, the Shanghai National Elephant Team is a team with a history and heritage, and the past game experience allows us to strengthen our minds and fight in the face of setbacks, so in the face of the challenge of being overtaken by other teams three times, we can still hold our breath, bite the opponent, wait for them to make mistakes, and persist to the final victory. ”
Column Editor-in-Chief: Chen Hua Text Editor: Yao Qinyi
Source: Author: Yao Qinyi