Original title: 2021 National Chess Newcomer King Tournament kicks off
The “Shanghai Gulf Cup” 2021 National Chess Newcomer King Tournament kicked off on the 8th of the National Chess League platform. Huang Renjie temporarily led the way with 4 wins, 2 undefeated records and 5 points.
Affected by the epidemic, this competition will be held online. This year, there are ten players like Xu Zhixing, Wang Shixu, Huang Renjie, Zou Chen, Pang Tao, Lin Yi, Zhao Chenxi, Ning Kaiyu, Hu Yu, and Gu Jiazhen in the cloud game. They will compete for the title of the new “Rookie King” through 9 rounds of single rounds. . The game is in the form of fast chess, with a time limit of 10 minutes for each side, plus 10 seconds for each move.
In the first six rounds on the 8th, Huang Renjie, who made his debut in the rookie game, performed well. In the 6 games, Huang Renjie and Gu Jiazhen and Xu Zhixing defeated Hu Yu, Pang Tao, Zhao Chenxi and Lin Yi one after another. Zhao Chenxi ranked second in the standings with 4 wins, 1 loss and 4.5 points. In the first four rounds, Zhao Chenxi led the race with four consecutive victories. But in the fifth round, they lost to Huang Renjie, and in the sixth round, Yi and Pang Tao.
The only female chess player participating in this competition, this year’s national individual runner-up Ning Kaiyu has 3 wins, 2 and 1 loss in the first six rounds, accumulating 4 points and temporarily ranking third. According to the schedule, the final three rounds of competition will be held on the 9th.
Tian Hongwei, director of the Chess Department of the Chess Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport and Secretary-General of the China Chess Association, said in his opening speech that the rookie Wang Tournament played an active role in cultivating China’s chess reserve force. It is not easy to run the game during the epidemic. I hope that the chess players will cherish the opportunity of the game and “use hard work and sweat to realize their chess dreams”.
The game is hosted by the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports and the China Chess Association, and hosted by the Haiwan Town People’s Government of Fengxian District, Shanghai, the Shanghai Chess and Card Sports Management Center and Shanghai Longyi Sports Culture Development Co., Ltd.
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