On April 24, the Quzhou Rotten Ke Cup Round of 16 continued at the Oriental Hotel in Quzhou, and the 18-year-old young player Wang Xinghao defeated the world champion Yang Dingxin in the black mid-game to break into the top eight of the competition, so that the top five chess players in China were eliminated, and Wang Xinghao, known as the "first person in China's U20" in the Go world, is expected to impact his first domestic championship title.
In the first round of the game on the 23rd, Ke Jie lost to Liao Yuanhe and regretted a round of travel. In addition to Ke Jie, Ding Hao, Gu Zihao and Mi Yuting, who were in the top four in the Chinese ranking, also lost, so that in the round of 16, Yang Dingxin, who scored fifth, became the most popular chess player, and the opponent he drew in the second round was Wang Xinghao.
Who is Wang Xinghao? The name didn't have much of an impact on chess fans last year, but he's now China's hottest rookie, Wang Xinghao was born in February 2004, and in the 2016 stage match, he was in the first place in the stage match with 9 wins and 1 losses, and his best record was to win the U20-level Globis Cup last year, but in January this year, he fought Shen Zhenchen in the final of the online Go tournament and finally defeated Shin Zhenchen to win the championship 2-1. Can defeat Shen Zhenchen in the chess, such strength is enough to let the young Wang Xinghao get the attention of many chess fans, he has also been called today's "U20 first person", this rotten Ke Cup, Wang Xinghao is also the only U18 chess player to enter the game, and this round he and Yang Dingxin to catch and fight, but also let this game become a well-deserved focus.
Wang Xinghao, who was in charge of the game, walked out of the diagonal star and small purpose of the opening game, intending to fight Yang Dingxin with complexity and battle, and Yang Dingxin should steadily use the diagonal star. After the upper left corner of the white chess piece was eaten, a large dragon extending from the middle abdomen began to perform a winding attack on the upper and left white two unstable chess pieces, and Bai hurriedly walked out of the 84-hand fight in the entanglement, which seemed to be a bad move to help the black chess out. The 88 hand climbed more slowly, giving the black chess to grab the small jump of 91 on the left, while Yang Dingxin's 98 hand once again made a bad hand, which was easily controlled by Wang Xinghao, and the winning rate of the black chess piece was close to 95% at this time. After that, the black chess forced the white chess to make up for the work in the upper right corner, and the big flight of the 141 hands in the bottom of the first hand undoubtedly became a declaration of victory, the black chess field was close to 65 mesh, while the field of the white chess in the hand was less than 30 mesh, and finally fought to 173 hands, Yang Dingxin had to throw a shot and admit defeat. Wang Xinghao's play was extremely stable, and he won a complete set against Yang Dingxin, one of China's top chess players.
After Yang Dingxin lost, the top five chess players in the rank were also in the Rotten Ke Cup, and the rising Wang Xinghao became the most eye-catching focus of China's new generation of chess players. Next, Wang Xinghao needs to play steadily and win his first championship in the domestic competition, and we also expect the youngster to be more brilliant in the World Series.