Cover News Reporter Chen Ganlu
On January 6, the first China Chess Championship opened at the Longemont Hotel in Chenghua District, Chengdu. After the first day of competition, the top four players in the current domestic chess and other standings, Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Yu Yangyi, and Wang Hao, did not let the upset break out, and defeated their opponents respectively to advance to the semifinals.
This competition is the first chess competition in Chengdu, with the top five domestic ranking Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Yu Yangyi, Wang Hao, Bu Xiangzhi, as well as Xu Xiangyu, Li Di, Bai Baishi, Lu Shanglei, who won the World Team Championship in 2022, Xue Haowen, the junior men's individual champion of the 5th National Mind Games, and Huang Renjie, who ranks first in China under the age of 20 in the international rating, participated in the competition, which can be called the highest level of duel in China.
Tian Wei Hongsheng agreed that the atmosphere of Duqi City was strong
At the opening ceremony, Tian Hongwei, director of the Chess Department of the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, praised the strong chess and card culture atmosphere in Chengdu, the "chess city", "Chengdu has successively hosted many high-standard and high-quality events such as the World Women's Chess Team Championship, the FIDE Women's Grand Prix, and the Asian Individual Chess Championship. In 2022, Xu Xiangyu, Li Di and two other chess players won the World Team Championship on behalf of China, and in 2023, Li Di won the National Individual Championship Group A. She said that this competition fully reflects Chengdu's strong support for the cause of chess, and hopes that Chengdu will contribute more to the construction of a sports power and a cultural power.
Ye Jiangchuan, chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, said, "This competition shows that Chengdu's chess is doing very well. Chengdu chess players also won the world championship of the men's team in 2022, which is a contribution to Chinese chess and will also promote the development of chess in Chengdu. Chengdu has held a lot of international and domestic competitions in the past few years, although it has been suspended in the middle of the years, but this has been continued. ”
Xu Xiangyu regretted losing to Yu Yangyi
In the preliminaries of this competition, Xu Xiangyu played well and eliminated teammate Zhao Yuanhe in straight sets. Huang Renjie won 1 win and 1 draw, defeating the rapid chess player Lu Shanglei. Platinum Stone joined hands with Xue Haowen to advance to the main competition.
In the first round of the main competition in the afternoon, world champion Ding Liren showed his skills and eliminated Platinum Stone with 1 win and 1 victory, and successfully advanced to the semifinals. After winning the World Chess Championship, Ding Liren took a break for more than half a year due to physical reasons, and this time he came to Chengdu for the first comeback. After successfully advancing to the semi-finals, Ding Liren said: "This competition is the first time I have participated in an official competition in more than half a year, and I am still looking forward to it. Because I was going to the Netherlands to participate in the Vik Ainze Competition, this competition was a good warm-up opportunity. I feel like the overall performance is average today, and I hope it will get better and better in the future!"
Ding Liren reached the semifinals
In the other three matches, Wei Yi was in good shape, losing two straight sets and eliminating rookie Xue Haowen. The famous player Wang Hao played steadily, winning 1 win and 1 draw, defeating Huang Renjie. Yu Yangyi defeated Xu Xiangyu in the blitz playoff and advanced to the semifinals.
The four seeded chess players in this tournament are also the top four chess players in the current domestic chess and other standings, Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Yu Yangyi, and Wang Hao did not let the upset break out, and defeated their opponents respectively to advance to the semifinals.
According to the schedule, the semi-finals will be held on the morning of January 7. Ding Liren and Wang Hao, Wei Yi and Yu Yangyi will fight each other, and the winner will enter the championship and runner-up finals in the afternoon.
Semi-final matchups
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