Chess grandmasters at home and abroad launched the "Super Hegemony War" in Danzhou, Hainan

【Overseas Chinese Daily Network Comprehensive News】The 12th Danzhou Chess Grandmaster Super Master Battle in Danzhou, Hainan, China, beat the war drum on the 23rd. This year's competition was conducted in a combination of online and offline, with 8 grandmasters playing against each other in the cloud and competing for the championship of this tournament through 7 rounds of single round robin.

Comprehensive China News Network and Xinhua News Agency reported that the theme of this year's Super Hegemony Battle is "Striving for Free Trade Port, Wisdom New Danzhou", and the event lasts for 6 days. The 5 Chinese players participating in the competition are Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Bu Xiangzhi, Yu Yangyi and Ju Wenjun, and the 3 overseas players are Russia's Vichogov, Hungary's Laporte, Bulgaria's Toppalov, and the average rating of the 7 male grandmasters is as high as 2736 points. Among them, China's Ding Liren, Wei Yi, Bu Xiangzhi, Yu Yangyi and Hungary's Laporte have all won the championships of the past Super Hegemony, and ju Wenjun has participated for the first time in the three world chess queens.

In the two rounds of competitions played on the first day, The only "post-70s" chess player in the whole game, Topalov, swept away the haze at the bottom of the 2020 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.

After the first day of the game, Topalov led the way with two consecutive wins; Ding Li and Wei Yi followed with 1 win and 1 and 1.5 points; Ju Wenjun and Vichogov were both two consecutive points on the day, with 1 point; Laporte and Bu Xiangzhi both accumulated 0.5 points for 1 and 1 loss; Yu Yangyi was a bit slow and hot, suffering two consecutive defeats on the first day.

Chess queen Ju Wenjun in the game on the 23rd. (Source: Xinhua News Agency)

In addition to the wonderful games of international grandmasters during this Year's Super League, on September 26, five Chinese participating chess grandmasters will conduct zero-distance interactive exchanges and wheel wars with chess fans at Danzhou Nada Central School.

The competition is a seven-round single round robin fast chess tournament with a total prize money of 320,000 yuan. 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.

According to reports, Hainan Danzhou Chess Grandmaster Super Master Battle has been held for 11 consecutive sessions since 2010, developing from the highest level regular tournament in China to one of the top international events, enjoying a high reputation in the chess world at home and abroad. For more than a decade, more than 80,000 people in Danzhou have studied chess, of which more than 3,000 have obtained chess certificates issued by the Chinese Chess Association and 10 have won the title of master of the Chess Association.

The competition was hosted by the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China (China Chess Academy), the China Chess Association, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan Province and the Danzhou Municipal People's Government, and hosted by the Danzhou Municipal Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Film and Television and Sports, and the Hainan Chess Association. (End)