On June 14, the 2023 Belt and Road "Xie Xiaxun Chess King Cup" Xiangqi International Open Championship was successfully concluded in Pingyang County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province. After four days of fierce competition, 190 chess players from all over the world finally won the grandmaster championship, Wang Tianyi and the runner-up; Cheng Yudong won the open category, and Sun Yiyang was the runner-up.
The event is sponsored by the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports, the Chinese Xiangqi Association, supported by the Zhejiang Provincial Sports Bureau, organized by the Zhejiang Intellectual Sports Management Center, Wenzhou Sports Bureau, Pingyang County People's Government, Pingyang County Culture and Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, Pingyang County Xingyang Holding Group Co., Ltd., Kunyang Town People's Government, Tengjiao Town People's Government, Wenzhou Xiangqi Association and Pingyang County Xiangqi Association.
Today's final round started at 8 a.m. The top two players in the grandmaster group, Wang Tianyi and Jiang Chuan, and the top two in the open group, Cheng Yudong and Sun Yiyang, each pair of chess players played the finals of their respective groups, and the rest of the players continued to compete for the best rankings.
In the finals, slow chess (50+10 in the super group, 30+5 in the open group), fast (10+10), super fast (5+5), and play-offs (red 6 black 4, draw chess black win), the above games are divided into winners and losers, and the game ends.
Grandmaster group, Jade-faced God Buddha Jiang Chuan took the lead in alien Wang Tianyi.
In the first six rounds, the alien Wang Tianyi defeated the abandoned master Cao Yanlei, defeated the Qi Tian Great Sage Sun Yongzheng, drew the kung fu panda Zhao Jincheng, defeated the black wind evil yellow zhufeng, defeated the uncrowned king Meng Chen, and defeated the jade-faced god Buddha Jiang Chuan, ranking first.
Jiang Chuan defeated the beauty master Wu Kexin in turn, defeated the six-pulse divine sword Zhao Xinxin, the uncrowned king Meng Chen, the defeat with the abandoned master Cao Yanlei, the black wind evil Huang Zhufeng, and the alien Wang Tianyi, ranked second.
The top two ranked two to advance to the final.
The immortal guides the way to turn the cannon against the pawn cannon 3 elephants. The two sides fell quickly, according to the score. The red side of the double horse does not work, the black corner horse has weaknesses, and both sides make a fuss around each other's horses. Soon after the opening, the two sides exchanged the double rooks and entered the competition of horse artillery chess. The two were cautious and did not dare to take risks easily.
After entering the endgame, Jiang Chuan began the long exam. When Jiang Chuan took the long exam, Wang Tianyi yawned repeatedly, swaying left and right, as if he hadn't woken up, and he was a little impatient. Jiang Chuan began to move after the long examination, he struck east and west, first simply exchanging a few chess hands, as if he had no intention of enterprising, paralyzing the opponent, and then trying to see the poor dagger, the left cannon aimed at the pawn, the right cannon hit the horse, and immediately had a big advantage.
After a few rounds of confrontation, Wang Tianyi's situation was tight. He also felt great pressure and began to walk seriously, with a solemn expression, not easily falling behind, and planning to move later.
Jiang Te's cannon was ready to hit the pawn. Wang Tian began to take the long exam, time flew by, and ten minutes were gone.
After the long exam, Wang Tianyi chose simplification. Jiang Te's style of chess is stable and he accepts it gladly, which also brings certain difficulties to winning. Wang Tianyi, although the situation is still not optimistic. But the immediate crisis has been resolved.
After unremitting efforts, Jiang Teda made some chess moves, while Wang Tianyi used international rules to catch troops and drive the red soldiers to the side. Wang Tianyi controlled the two soldiers one by one, and the situation was no longer left behind.
Jiang Teda had rich experience, and in the final stage, he took advantage of the weakness of the tight time of both sides, gave up the pawn, and embarked on the road of forced killing. Due to the tight time, the sharp attack was not conducive to defense, and Wang Tianyi's defense had loopholes, and he was finally defeated.
Wenzhou local chess player Jiang Chuan, who was reversed by Zheng Weitong in the first great opportunity and missed the championship, finally seized the opportunity this time, defeated the first person Wang Tianyi, won the crown, and fulfilled his long-cherished wish.
In the open group, there were cars to kill without cars, and Master Cheng Yudong of Guangdong defeated Jiangsu Sun Yiyang and won the championship. Master Cheng Yudong was powerful, and for some reason, he had to leave Guangdong and come to Hangzhou to join Wang Tianyi, which was also a loss for the Guangdong team.
After four days of fierce competition, the dust of the competition settled, and Jiang Chuan and Cheng Yudong won the championships in the super group and the open group respectively.
Congratulations to both!