As early as 1982, the "Shanghai Cup Chess Masters Invitational Tournament" was held in shanghai sports buildings, and 16 masters from all over the country fought fiercely in the Chuhe Hanjie. Hu Ronghua, who completed the "Ten Consecutive Championships" at that time, stood out and won the championship.
Pictured: Hu Ronghua at the press conference
This is one of the few domestic high-level invitational tournaments held outside the "Five Sheep Cup" during the peak of the development of chess. Hu Ronghua remembers, "At that time, the players competed in the Sports Building, eating and living in the Sports Building, and the competition was very well organized. Now 40 years later, the "Shanghai Cup" Chess Masters Open Tournament was founded, from the beginning of the first to attract domestic and foreign chess elites to participate in the grand event, Hu Ronghua not only sighed, "This time the significance is very different, the reappearance of the 'Shanghai' as the cup name of the chess competition, Jiading Nanxiang signed a contract to do at least 5 sessions, aiming to create a Shanghai business card, Jiading business card ... I believe it will be more exciting than the game 40 years ago. ”
Shan Xiali, president of the Shanghai Chess Academy, as a senior disciple of Hu Ronghua, was a national champion in the 1980s when she was an athlete, and when it comes to today's "Shanghai Cup", she said, "Teacher Hu Ronghua mentioned that 40 years ago, there was a Shanghai Cup Chinese Chess Master Competition, and we hope to inherit the influence of such an event and continue to do the current 'Shanghai Cup' one session at a time. ”
Pictured: Shan Xiali, president of the Shanghai Chess Academy, at the press conference
Shan Xiali introduced that the "Shanghai Cup" Chess Masters Open Tournament aims to practice the important concept of "people's city built by the people, people's city for the people", use chess as a medium to promote the exchange of traditional Chinese national essence and the world's multicultural ideas, use sports events to expand the influence of the city, improve the city's attention, shape the image of the city, increase the recognition of citizens, help the construction of Shanghai's five new cities, enhance the soft power of Jiading Nanxiang, a famous historical and cultural town in China, and build a world-famous sports city for Shanghai. The world's leading international sports capital contributes.
The competition was hosted by Shanghai Municipal Sports Bureau, Shanghai Municipal Sports Federation and Shanghai Jiading District People's Government, guided by China Chess Association, organized by Shanghai Chess Academy, Shanghai Jiading District Sports Bureau, Jiading District Nanxiang Town People's Government, Jiading District Sports Federation, co-organized by Shanghai Chess Association, Shanghai Chess and Card Culture Research Center, and executed by Shanghai Hu Ronghua Education and Training Co., Ltd., and also by China Mobile Shanghai Company, Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai Golden Bund (Group) Development Co., Ltd., Yao Ji Technology — Shanghai Chengqi Information Technology Co., Ltd., Fusi Lubricants and other enterprises strong support. (Chief reporter of Xinmin Evening News, Jin Lei)
Introduction of the players of the professional group of the first "Shanghai Cup" Chess Masters Open Tournament
Yellow bamboo wind
Born in Shaoxing in 1992. National chess master, nicknamed Major General Tiger Ben.
In 1999, he won the 13th National "Youth Palace Hope Cup Chess Tournament" In the early childhood group championship, and then won
12-year-old group, 16 group national junior champion. In 2007, he broke into the top ten of the individual competition and was awarded the title of "National Chess Master". Later, he won the "Sunhu Cup" National Chess Young Masters Elite Tournament, the first "Xuefu Cup" National Chess Open, the "Kimpler Cup" Chess Elite Open, the "Jiaojiang Sanjia Cup" and the "Hongjia Cup" Chess Open Tournament. He is the individual champion of the professional group of the 4th National Intelligence Games in 2019, the team champion of the 2021 National Games, and has repeatedly ranked in the top eight of the individual competition. He is currently working for the Zhejiang Provincial Intellectual Sports Management Center and is a member of the Zhejiang Chess Team.
Zhao Jincheng
Born in 1991, Dalian, Liaoning, chess master.
In 2004, he won the 14-year-old group championship of the National Junior Chess Championship. In 2013, he won the sixth place in the National Chess Championship (individual). Runner-up in the youth men's group of the 3rd National Intelligence Games. In 2019, he won the second place in the National Chess League. In 2021, he won the second place in the National Chess Team Championship.
Shen Peng
Born in 1986, a native of Tangshan, Hebei Province, is a chess grandmaster.
2015 National Team Championship Champion. 3rd place in the 2015 National Individual Competition. 2015 National Chess League Champion. Team champion of the 2016 Asian Cup.
Xu Chao
2009 Jihad Champion. 2017 National Individual Championship Champion. 2019 World Chess Championship Champion.
Wu Junqiang
Born in 1989 in Kaifengqi County, Henan.
2015 National Chess Individual Championships. Runner-up in the 2015 "Decisive Battle of Famous Mountains" National Chess Championship Challenge. 2016 World Chess Open Champion. 2017 National Chess Team Championship Champion.
Sun Yongzheng
Born in Shanghai in 1981, he is a chess grandmaster.
In 2004, he won the team competition for the Chinese team in the Asian Cup. Winner of the 12th Asian Cup Chess Championship in October 2005. Member of the team championship at the 2007 Asian Chess Championship. In 2011, the "Wenling Changyu Tongtian Cup" National Chess National Hand Competition won the championship with 3 wins and 2 records. In 2011, he won the 46th National Chess Championship (Individual) Championship of "Jurong Maoshan Country Garden Cup" and became the 15th men's national champion in New China.
Xu Guoyi
Guangdong Jieyang people, chess grandmaster.
Five-time National Chess League Team Champion. Team Champion of the 18th Asian Chess Championship in 2014. In 2015, he won the fourth place in the professional men's individual of the 3rd National Intelligence Games. In 2018, he won the second place in the men's major of the 8th National Chess Yang Guanxuan Cup.