On April 7, the 60th Ten Dan Battle of the Yamato House Cup in Japan decided the winner at the end of the third set of the final. Defender Xu Jiayuan defeated challenger Yu Zhengqi in the black mid-set to sweep with a strong score of 3-0, winning 15 consecutive games since January this year while achieving a second consecutive championship. Yu Zhengqi was "unfavorable to the moon", following the decision of the Japanese challengers on April 4 to lose the race to Yili Liao, and in the past year, he has been strong in two events, and he has not achieved success after five levels and six generals.
Born in 1997, Hsu Ka-won is currently the triple champion of Japan's Ten Dan, Ahan Kiriyama Cup, and Toshiei Battle.
The first two rounds of the final of this ten-stage battle were held on March 1 and March 23 at Osaka University of Commerce and Shiga Nagahama City, with Xu Jiayuan winning the first half-eye game and the second game slaughtering dragon, forcing Yu Zhengqi into a dead corner. Before the start of the third game, the state of the two opponents was even more different, Xu Jiayuan on April 2, three pieces of chess zero seal Shibano Tiger Maru, won the championship prize money is 40% higher than the ten dan battle of the Junying battle champion, downwind full sails. Yu Zhengqi lost consecutive defeats to Shibano Tiger Maru and Yili Liao in the March 31 and April 4 battles, leading the first place in the circle for half a year and stalling at the last moment, watching others crash into the line and not have the opportunity to challenge, which is bound to be a big blow.
Yu Zhengqi and Xu Jiayuan have been friends for many years, but their smiles in the face of great victory and defeat are not so natural. The picture shows a group photo in front of the bell of the "Lover's Holy Land" before the third game.
Between one advance and one retreat, the suspense of victory and defeat is greatly reduced. In the third game, Yu Zhengqi, who was white, fell into a bitter battle pattern early from the bottom left, and the chess thin was attacked, less than 100 hands, and the black chess winning rate given by the masterpiece exceeded 90%.
This game is played in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture, and is also a rare "chair match". Naoto Ichiji Yanzaka and Omachi Mayor Ushikoshi Tookshi watched the game begin in the referee's seat, and the third round of the Ten Dan Battle was held in Omachi City, Nagano Prefecture for 28 years, and the difficulty of holding on was not visible to outsiders.
Xu Jiayuan, who had the advantage, failed to operate safely, and was supported by Bai Qi's abdominal space to the maximum, and the situation became somewhat chaotic. In the second half of the game, Yu Zhengqi violently pursued, and the conversion continued, and at one point there was the dawn of the fine chess official battle. However, the use of Shangyu Zhengqi on the left side was slow, and there was no chance of victory after being supplemented by Xu Jiayuan black 175. The prize money for the Japanese Ten Dan War champion is 7 million yen (about 360,000 yuan).
The result of the third set was Xu Jiayuan's 205-hand victory.
Itachi Toshihachi, who has won the ten-dan battle championship, and Hane Naoya, daughter of Naoki Hane, jointly explained the live lecture.
Xu Jiayuan lunch: curry pork chop rice, iced black tea.
Yu Zhengqi lunch: burgers, fries. This is an extremely rare presence in the Japanese title battle gastronomic sequence.
As a reward to the sponsors, Shidan Zhan hosted the news agency Sankei Shimbun before the competition to plan a dialogue between defending champion Xu Jiayuan and the newly joined naming unit Yamato Housing President Yoshiichi Yoshiichi, who presented his handwritten "Zhi" to President Yoshii. However, Yamato Housing Company is the support unit of the Kansai Chess Academy, and it is inevitable that it will be a pity that it is not possible to see the scene of the Kansai Chess Academy player ascending to the top of the ten dan.