On the afternoon of September 24, 2021, the "China Sports Lottery Cup" was held in the third and fourth rounds of the 12th Danzhou Chess Grandmaster Super Tournament in Danzhou, Hainan, China. Former world champion Topalov continued to lead the table with 3 wins and 1 draw and 3.5 points. It was followed by two Chinese chess players, Ding Li and Wei Yi, who had three points.
The 46-year-old Bulgarian former world champion Topalov continued yesterday's good form, with 1 win and 1 draw in today's two rounds.
In the third round, he played with the Russian chess player Vichugov for only half an hour. In the fourth round, Toppalov defeated Chinese chess player Yu Yangyi. During the battle, Topalov launched a fierce attack on the lone soldier in the center of Yu Yangyi, and soon plundered the central soldier to gain the advantage, and finally turned into the endgame of the car and horse soldiers and easily won.
The two Chinese chess players, Ding Li and Wei Yi, also won 1 and drew 1 today, and the two currently have 3 points together and continue to follow Topalov. The two met in the third round and fought fiercely. In the fourth round, Wei Yizhi black won the defending champion Laporte. Ding Liren defeated Ju Wenjun, the world chess queen who debuted in the Danzhou Super Power Battle.
The Russian chess player Vichygov is the "messenger of peace" of this competition, following yesterday's draw with Wei Yi and Ju Wenjun, and today he is connected with Topalov and Bu Xiangzhi. At present, Vichygov has accumulated 2 points and is temporarily ranked fourth in the standings.
The famous Bu Xiangzhi today even with Laporte and Vichogov, currently 3 and 1 loss temporarily accumulated 1.5 points. The third round was a twist on Laporte. Bu Xiangzhi had a clear advantage in the first half of the set, but made a mistake after entering the endgame, allowing Laporte to reverse the situation and see the hope of winning. At the critical moment, Laporte miscalculated, and Bu Xiangzhi seized the opportunity to turn the situation into an official and a mess, escaping the disaster.
The other three chess players, Yu Yangyi, Laporte and Ju Wenjun, currently have 1 point. "Mulan" Ju Wenjun suffered two consecutive defeats today. Yu Yangyi lost to Topalov after defeating Ju Wenjun.
And Laporte, who won the Danzhou Super Championship twice in 2019 and 2020, lost to Wei Yi today with Bu Xiangzhi. In the Norwegian competition that just ended last week, Laporte played well, breaking into the top ten of the world for the first time. It may be too tired, affecting the state, the first four rounds of this game Laporte played ups and downs, currently only 2 and 2 losses, has not tasted victory, and is gradually moving away from the three consecutive championships...
According to the schedule, on the afternoon of September 25, the last three rounds will be competed.