On January 16, the second "Robot Valley Cup" China City Chess League Candidate Extra Tournament was over in the Zhisai Net, and the candidate was announced. Shenzhen ZengshengSheng Club Team and Suzhou Chess Association Team won the last two tickets to the finals in the extra competition. In addition, Jinan Yinfeng Team, Qingdao Chengyang Team and Hangzhou Bank Team advanced in the third round of the competition, chengdu Bud Club team, Haikou Meibao team and China Chemical Ecological Environment Xi'an team advanced in the fourth round of competition, and the eight places in the finals belonged to their masters.
The candidate is the last online stage of the City Elephant League, where 16 teams face off in pairs, fighting each other in a life-and-death battle. In the four rounds of competition, whoever gets 5 points or more first can eliminate the opponent and advance to the offline finals. After four rounds of competition, if the two teams are tied, they need to send one person to play overtime until the winner is divided.
Shenzhen ZengshengSheng Club Team and Hangzhou Branch Team each accumulated 4 points after four rounds of matches and entered the overtime. After the draw, the Grandmaster was reborn to play Bai First, against the International Master Xiang Zeyu of the Hangzhou team. After 49 rounds, the black chess overtime, Zeng Reborn won, Shenzhen Zeng Reborn Club team successfully advanced, hangzhou branch team stopped this league.
The competition between the Suzhou Chess Association team and the Nanjing Orange Middle Secret Team also went to the overtime link, and grandmaster Wei Yi represented Suzhou and faced The grandmaster Zhang Pengxiang of the Nanjing team. The biggest difficulty in the overtime duel is the player's control of time, each side is only three minutes, each move plus 2 seconds, taking a wrong step may be doomed. After 37 rounds, Wei Yi won, helping the Suzhou Chess Association team win the final victory.
In the fourth round of the competition held on the 15th, the Xi'an team of China Chemical Ecological Environment beat Tianjin 3-1, and finally accumulated 6 points with three consecutive wins, becoming the only audition team to reach the finals this season. Haikou Meibao team and Chengdu Bud Club team both scored five points in the fourth round, eliminating China Mobile Shanghai and Shenzhen respectively and successfully advancing to the finals.
The defending champion Jinan Yinfeng team won 2 wins and 1 draw in the first three rounds of matches, accumulated 5 points, eliminated the Guangzhou Ersha team, and once again embarked on the road to the championship. Qingdao Chengyang team and Hangzhou Bank team both reached a three-game winning streak, eliminating the Qingdao Qingwei Club team and the Hangzhou Intellectual Sports School team respectively, scoring 6 points early and advancing to the finals one round earlier.
All eight teams in the finals have been released, and they will not only qualify for this season's championship, but will also be given priority promotion for the third Edition of the City Elephant League, waiting for a new wave of City teams to challenge. With rich and wonderful activities such as city forums, red carpet appearances, master chess lectures, live broadcasts, etc., the first tournament finals created a national elephant carnival for the majority of chess fans. This finals will also continue the style of the grand event, and witness the birth of the strongest city team with chess fans across the country. It is reported that the finals will be an offline competition in March, and a unique national elephant feast will be staged soon.
This year's Urban Chess League is guided by the China Chess Association, sponsored by People's Network People's Sports and Qilu Chess and Card Sports Development Co., Ltd., organized by Shandong Shang Sports Culture Communication Co., Ltd. and Beijing Huayuan Sunshine Sports Industry Development Co., Ltd., and co-organized by China Net Shandong, Beijing Qizhi Xinyuan Technology Co., Ltd. (Zhisai.com), Shandong Jingzhi Liquor Co., Ltd. and Shandong Ziyi Education Development Co., Ltd. The competition is sponsored by Robot Valley (Beijing) Investment Co., Ltd., supported by China Urban and Small Town Reform and Development Center, Shandong Chess Sports Association, and special thanks to Coca-Cola, Linglong Tire, Seiko Elevator, Yinfeng Group, Shanhai Elephant, Cultural Vision, Laoshan Tourism, Sibangde Pharmaceutical, Yupintang Cordyceps, Laohui Mineral Spring, Qilu WineLand, Qingdao Laoshan, Delicious Restaurant, Dream Space Pictures, Green Apple Pictures, Xintu Sports and other brands for their help to the event.