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Guangzhou Daily News (Reporter Shi Shaozong) The 2015 China Wenzhou Chess Grandmaster Tournament will be held in Wenzhou from tomorrow, and Wenzhou's local chess players, the main members of the Olympiad team championship, and China's top master Ding Liren will face the Israeli chess king and the world runner-up Gelfande.

This tournament is the highlight of a series of celebrations launched on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Wenzhou's name as the "City of Chess", with a total of 4 rounds, and if the winners and losers cannot be divided after 4 rounds, a quick chess plus will be played. The 23-year-old Ding Liren is currently the number one chinese national elephant male player, with a world ranking of 2754 points, ranking 14th in the world. In August last year, in the Norwegian World Elephant Olympiad Team Championship, the Chinese men's team won the Olympiad championship for the first time with 8 wins and 3 draws in 11 rounds and 19 points per game. In April this year, at the World Championships of the National Elephant Boys' Team held in Armenia, the Chinese men's team won the championship for the first time, which was the first time that an Asian team won the championship in this event, and it was also the second time that Ding Liren won the team world championship.

Born in the former Soviet Union in June 1968, Gelvander moved to Israel in 1998. Golfand, Ivanchuk and Anand are known as the three legends of contemporary chess. Gelvander is the runner-up of the 2012 National Elephant World Championship And in 2013, he won the Chess Tar Memorial Championship, and the FIDE world level score is up to 2761 points, 7 points higher than Ding Liren, the strength of both sides is equal, but Gelfande has more experience in the game.