Klobov vs. Gelfand
On the afternoon of May 16, the 2019 International Mind Sports Federation World Masters Championship (Hengshui) produced the third and fourth gold medals. In the final three rounds (rounds 9-11) of the end of the chess fast chess tournament. Dark horse Ukrainian chess player Klopov was crowned the men's quick chess champion with an unbeaten record of 6 wins and 5 draws, and former Russian women's world champion Kostenyuk won the women's fast chess championship with a record of 6 wins, 4 and 1 loss with 8 points.
Before the game, Tian Hongwei, director of the Chess Department of the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport, presided over the opening ceremony, and Chen Zelan, chairman of the International Federation of Intellectual Sports, and Mohammed Almudaka, vice chairman of the International Federation of Sports, opened the game.
Men's: Ukrainian dark horse wins
Ukrainian chess player Klobov won the championship
Ukrainian chess player Klobov is the biggest dark horse of this tournament, and in the last three rounds of the game, he ended the game with 1 win and 2 draws, and after winning the championship, he said bluntly: "Very tired, but very happy." ”
Vietnam's top chess player Le Quang Kamak and American veteran Dominguez scored 7 points, and won the second place with a direct victory over Le Quang Kamak, and Dominguez won the third place. Chinese chess player Yu Yangyiji ranked fifth with 6 points, and Bu Xiangzhi and Wang Hao ranked 11th and 12th respectively.
Chinese chess player Yu Yangyi said after the game: "The first game day did not play very well, the second day the state has rebounded, today's game is not bad in terms of the quality of the chess game, but there are still big accidental factors in fast chess." I hope to have a good play in the next super fast chess game. ”
Men's Final Ranking:
Women's division: Former Russian women's world champion wins
Former Russian women's world champion Kostenyuk
After 8 rounds of matches, Chinese chess player Zhao Xue and two Russian chess players Kostenyuk and Gunina led the first group in the same points, and former Russian women's world champion Kostenyuk defeated the American veteran Krusch after winning bodnaruk in the 9th round of civil war. With two consecutive wins on the day, Kostenyuk locked up the title one round ahead of second-place 1.5 points by 7.5 points. In the final round, Kostennuk played with Steinfonova.
Chinese chess player Zhao Xue lost to two former women's world champions, Maria Muzchuk and Stanfonnova, in the last three rounds, and such a loss also made Zhao Xue lose the possibility of competing for the championship. In the last round, Zhao Xueyi and Halika ranked sixth.
Chinese chess player Tan Zhongyi found her form in the final stages of the game, defeating Gunina in the 9th round, Yi and Maria Muzchuk in the 10th round, and defeating Bodnaluk in the final round to finish fourth.
Women's Final Ranking:
On May 17, at 14:00 and on the 18th, the 11 rounds of the men's and women's groups of the chess super fast chess tournament will be held. Superfast chess matches take 3 minutes per move plus 2 seconds per move. Yu Yangyi, Bu Xiangzhi, Wang Hao, Tan Zhongyi, Lei Tingjie and Zhao Xue, six Chinese chess players, continued to play.
(Elk)