Unbeaten in 22 rounds of regular season, Zheng Weitong, the "Young Hero of Shu", has created an impressive record that has never been seen before in the Xiangjia League! This afternoon, the National Xiangjia League regular season ended all 22 rounds of competition, in a focus battle known as the championship warm-up, the Guangdong team that has locked the first place in the regular season in advance against the Second Place Chengdu team, in a key game, representing Guangdong in the "Shuzhong Young Hero" Zheng Weitong defeated the "super killer" Meng Chen in the super fast chess game, setting a record for 22 consecutive wins in the Xiangjia League this season. With the outstanding performance of the Xiangjia League this season, Zheng Weitong's rank score also surpassed Wang Tianyi for the first time and became the first chinese chess player.
National Elephant League Regular Season Awards Ceremony
Seven years to sharpen a sword
Zheng Weitong achieved transcendence
Zheng Weitong is the leader of Chengdu Chess, becoming the champion of the National Junior Championship at the age of 12, the youngest Asian Junior Champion at the age of 14, the youngest chess master in Xiangjia at the age of 15, and the youngest national champion in active service at the age of 20, promoted to a very large, becoming the only "post-90s" chess king in the country. The 27-year-old Zheng Weitong officially entered Tsinghua University this year, and the intense study did not affect his chess ability, but was more at ease. In the chess competition of the 14th National Games this year, Zheng Weitong won the championship and won a heavy gold medal for the Sichuan delegation.
In the chess world, in recent years, with the strong rise of the "Young Heroes in Shu", the "Gemini Star" in the chess world, Wang Tianyi, who ranked first in the country, and Zheng Weitong, who ranked second in the country, who can win the first place in the new grade, has become a lively topic.
Before the 21st round, Wang Tianyi had a real-time rating of 2741.6 and Zheng Weitong 2740.7. Yesterday's 21st round, Wang Tianyi lost, Zheng Weitong went to the next city, broke the monopoly of Wang Tianyi's 8-year grade score, and became the first person in the new grade score! Today's regular season finale, Wang Tian repeatedly lost a set, Zheng Weitong and Meng Chen played in the slow chess game, and finally laughed at the end in the super fast chess decisive. As of the 22nd round, the real-time rating of the two is 2739 points for Wang Tianyi and 2742 points for Zheng Weitong.
Zheng Weitong in the game
Chengdu finished runners-up in the regular season
Wang Tianyi has been ranked first for 8 consecutive years, which is the first achievement in the chess world after Hu Ronghua, the titan of chess and the commander-in-chief of chess, for 10 consecutive years. This transcendence is a historic moment for the Shushan Young Hero, who has been ranked second in the country for 7 years. Since the Chinese Chess Association announced the time of grading at the end of the year, the real-time grading score is not yet the official version, but it can achieve the transcendence of the "alien" Wang Tianyi at a height of 2740+, and the "Young Hero in Shu" has shown the style of the king.
There are 22 rounds in the regular season of the Xiangjia League, and the previous record of consecutive wins is ten consecutive wins set by Xu Yinchuan and Wang Tianyi. Zheng Weitong set this record with 22 consecutive wins, which can be described as unprecedented, making the latecomers afraid. In the end, the "Young Man in Shu" became the season shooter king and won the honor of the regular season MVP.
Won ten consecutive wins
The Chengdu team played off to wait
In the 11-round match of the first stage of the Xiangjia in May this year, the defending champion Chengdu team ranked fifth and performed mediocrely. After the start of the second stage, Chengdu began to threaten, winning 10 consecutive games, only to lose to Guangdong in the last round. However, the second-place finish in the regular season also puts Chengdu in a very advantageous position in the playoffs.
According to the schedule, starting at 16:00 today, the playoffs began to compete, and the first three rounds were played in a knockout round of 5-10 to advance to the final four. The Chengdu team can wait for the semi-final opponents.
In 2019, Chengdu won the Xiangjia championship for the first time, and although it only finished third in the regular season last year, it successfully defended the title by winning consecutive games against Beijing-Hebei United, Guangdong and Shanghai in the playoffs. Chengdu's goal this season is to impact the triple crown, and whether it can achieve its wish is expected.
After the award ceremony of the regular season this afternoon, Chengdu coach Li Aidong said: "The opening players of the second stage played very well, showing the momentum of daring to fight well, the young general Xu Wenwen defeated Jiang Chuan, and Wang Yang defeated Wang Tianyi, which greatly boosted morale. The second place in the regular season has brought a rare break for the soldiers. I hope that the players will continue to work hard in the playoff sprint stage, fight one by one, play at a level, and exert momentum. ”
Red Star News reporter Meng Wubin pictured according to the Chinese Chess Association
Edited by Ou Peng
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