On March 11, the semi-finals of the 26th "Maqiao Cup" Chinese Go Newcomer King Tournament continued, resulting in Wang Xinghao defeating Fu Jianheng in the black mid-game and reaching the final for three consecutive years, Zhou Hongyu defeated Ma Shuai, and once again attacked the champion after two years. Yike Go brings you a wonderful live broadcast.
Zhou Hongyu wins Ma Shuai
Wang Xinghao Sheng Fu Jianheng
Zhou Hongyu won the 23rd Rookie King Championship, and won consecutive victories over Qiu Yuran, Xu Yidi and Tang Jiawen to advance to the final four. Wang Xinghao lost to Tu Xiaoyu in the 24th and 25th finals, and did not win the championship, and won consecutive victories over Chen Jiarui, Li Xinchen and Yang Zhiwen to advance to the semifinals.
In today's game, Wang Xinghao held the black against Fu Jianheng, the opening two sides played a cold layout, the pace of the black chess piece is very fast, the lower left corner of the first hand is cheap and then begins to run fast. In the upper left corner, Fu Jianheng suddenly used strength, a series of means in the central government became useless, and after the conversion, the defeat of the white chess piece was determined, and finally Wang Xinghao won the middle game and won the rookie king final for three consecutive times.
In another game, Zhou Hongyu held a black match against Ma Shuai, and the two sides formed a battle in the upper right corner at the beginning, and the subsequent conversion of white chess made too much profit on the ground. However, the advantage of white chess did not last long, the stereotyped black chess on the left and the bottom was too easy, and the black chess piece gained the advantage after the right contact battle, and then Zhou Hongyu played steadily, turned the advantage into a winning trend, and finally won, breaking into the final again after two years.
In the end, Wang Xinghao and Zhou Hongyu advanced to the final of the 26th "Maqiao Cup" Chinese Go Rookie Wang Tournament, and the champion will be produced between the two.
Scene photo: Chinese Weiqi Association
The 26th "Maqiao Cup" Chinese Go Newcomer King Tournament is co-sponsored by the China Weiqi Association and the Shanghai Chess Academy, and the semi-finals of the round of 32 will be held online in Beijing and Hangzhou on March 7, 8, 10 and 11, 2022. The championship and runner-up finals were a best-of-three set format. The duration of the match is 2 hours per side, followed by five one-minute seconds. The prize money for the champion is 12 million yuan, and the prize money for the runner-up is 70,000 yuan.
Professional chess players registered with the Chinese Weiqi Association who are under the age of 18 (born after January 1, 2004) and women under the age of 20 (born after January 1, 2002) and ranked in the top 32 are eligible to participate, and those who abstain from any abstention are made up in order of rank. According to the registration situation, 8 people are tied in rank, namely Zhang Xiyuan, Ma Shuai, Ren Jianming, Chen Yizhe, Zhu Feihong, Liu Yanchang, Shi Zhien, Chen Jiarui, through two rounds of qualification, and finally Chen Jiarui and Ma Shuai advanced to this competition.