One is renewed, and everything is renewed. The first Chinese Chess Championship will be held in Chengdu from January 5 to January 8, 2024, which is the first chess tournament held by the chess city in six years, and it is also the first chess tournament in Chengdu, and it is one of the competitions with the highest level and the highest prize money in China. The new world chess champion Ding Liren will make a comeback to participate in this competition after winning the men's individual world championship for the first time, which is eye-catching.
World chess champion Ding Liren will make a comeback in Chengdu
It is worth mentioning that Ding Liren, the first person in China, won the men's individual world championship at the end of April 2023, and has been suspended since then, and this competition is also the first comeback of the new world chess king. In addition, Xu Xiangyu, Li Di, Bai Baishi, Lu Shanglei, who won the World Team Championships in 2022, Xue Haowen, the junior men's individual champion of the 5th National Mind Games, Huang Renjie, who ranked first in China under the age of 20 in the international rating, and Zhao Yuanhe, the Junjie of the Chengdu team, formed a 12-person list, which can be called the highest level of matchup in China.
The top four players in this competition, Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Yu Yangyi, and Wang Hao, will directly enter the main tournament as seeded players, and the other eight chess players will need to go through a round of qualifiers to determine the four winners to enter the main event, and then go through three rounds of the main tournament to determine the final ranking. The match adopts a time limit of 15 minutes per move plus 10 seconds for each side, two games are played, and the extra game is played with 3+2 blitz for two games, and if there is still a draw, the tiebreaker is played in rapid chess, and the draw is won by black.
The total prize money and game fee of the competition is about 500,000 yuan, including 200,000 yuan for the champion and 120,000 yuan for the runner-up, which is the highest prize money in China. The competition will be held in Chenghua District, Chengdu, and the opening ceremony on January 6 will be followed by the qualifiers and the first round of the main competition, and the second and third rounds will be held on January 7 to determine the champion, runner-up, and third and fourth places.
Ye Jiangchuan made his debut on the "Jinguan Chess City Forum"
Chengdu chess has a glorious past, and "Shuzhong Erlan" once created an era. Since then, Chengdu Chess has been working hard to explore and move forward on a new path, and in 2022, Xu Xiangyu and Li Di won the men's World Team Championship as the main players of the Chinese team to achieve a breakthrough.
Chengdu has also hosted many World Chess Championships, including the 2014 Chinese and Foreign Chess Stars Mixed Doubles Tournament, the 2015 World Women's Chess Team Championship, the 2016 FIDE Women's Grand Prix, and the 2017 Asian Individual Chess Championship.
The competition will be broadcast live and explained online, and the 19th "Jinguan Chess City Forum" will be ushered in in the finals, where Ye Jiangchuan, chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, and Chengdu female chess player Ren Xiaoyi will talk about chess in the finals, which is also Ye Jiangchuan's first appearance on the "Jinguan Chess City Forum".
On January 5th, Chairman Ye Jiangchuan will lead the world champions Xu Xiangyu, Li Di and famous players such as Zhao Yuanhe and Bao Qilin to Chengdu No. 7 Middle School Talent School, Ye Jiangchuan will bring a lecture entitled "The Development of Chess in the World and China" to teachers and students, and the four chess players will also have a wheel battle with chess enthusiasts in No. 7 Middle School, which is worth looking forward to.
Chengdu Daily Jinguan News reporter Chen Hao According to Chengdu Chess Academy, Xinhua News Agency Editor-in-charge He Qitie Editor Wang Qi