Haikou, 23 Sep (Xinhua) -- The 12th Danzhou Chess Grandmaster Super Master Battle in Danzhou, Hainan, China, beat the drums of war on 23 September. In the two rounds of the tournament played on the first day, Bulgarian star Topalov led the way with two consecutive wins. Chinese chess players Ding Li and Wei Yi followed with a 1 win and a draw of 1.
This year's Super Hegemony battle will be in Danzhou, Hainan to the 27th, with a total prize of 320,000 yuan, this year due to the impact of the epidemic, the use of online and offline combination of form. Chinese players include Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Bu Xiangzhi, Yu Yangyi, Ju Wenjun and Vichygov (Russia), Laporte (Hungary) and Topalov. Among them, Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Bu Xiangzhi, Yu Yangyi and Laporte have all won past championships, and Ju Wenjun, a three-time world chess queen, is participating for the first time.
In the two rounds of the day, The only "post-70s" chess player in the whole field, Topalov, swept away the haze at the bottom of last year's points and showed a good competitive state. In the first round against defending champion Laporte, he won the king's wing. In the second round, Toparov once again took the white, seizing Bu Xiangzhi's mistake in the endgame of the cheriot soldiers and winning the victory.
Ding Li and Wei Yi scored 1 win and 1 plus 1.5 points in the first two rounds. The last runner-up Ding Liren left after the two games of chess on the same day. After winning Yu Yangyi in the first round, the second round of attack and defense with Laporte launched a battle of attack and defense, and finally the two formed a repetitive situation and did not change. After Wei Yi and Wei Qiugov in the first round, he defeated Yu Yangyi in the second round.
Among the other chess players, Ju Wenjun and Vichugov were two consecutive draws that day, and they accumulated 1 point together. Laporte and Bu Xiangzhi both have a negative product of 0.5 points for 1 and 1. Yu Yangyi was a bit slow and hot, and suffered two consecutive defeats on the first day.
The tournament is a seven-round round robin fast chess tournament. According to the schedule, the third and fourth rounds will be held on the 24th. In addition to the game, the five Chinese players will also interact with chess fans at Danzhou Nada Central School on the 26th, such as wheel wars.
Editors: Wang Hengzhi, Wu Bowen, Zhou Xin