The 2023 "Immortal Guiding the Way" Cup Chess Master Invitational Tournament ended today in Shenzhen, with Jiang Chuan winning the men's championship, Meng Chen being the runner-up, and Li Hanlin being the third runner-up. Chen Lichun won the championship of the women's group, Shen Sifan of Hangzhou Chess Academy was the runner-up, and Zhang Tingting of Hebei Province was the third runner-up.
A total of 16 men and 8 women participated in the competition. The Immortal Guiding Cup is the last professional event in 2023, with an investment of 500,000 and a prize of 250,000. The men's 5 rounds of the second semifinals and finals, and the women's 7 rounds of round-robin, the competition is quite intense.
Shen Peng, Zhao Xinxin, and Huang Zhufeng won 4-6 places, Xu Guoyi, Yin Sheng, Wu Junqiang, and Cao Yanlei won 7-10 places, Hong Zhi, Liu Ming, Li Shaogeng, and Zhang Bin won 11-14 places, and Vanke and Song Xuanyi won 15-16 places.
In the women's group, the new world champion Tang Sinan won the 4th place, Li Qin, Liu Yu, Wang Zihan and Wu Kexin won the 5th-8th place.