Go Grand Chess Tournament Yang Kaiwen defeated Ding Hao and won the first national championship in h

Mondo Sports Updated on 2024-01-30

On December 19, 2023, the final of the 3rd "Bay Area Cup" China Go Grand Chess Tournament continued to be held at the 1990 Cultural Center in Bao'an District, ShenzhenIn the end, Yang Kaiwen defeated the defending champion Ding Hao and won the championship of this year's Grand Chess Tournament.

In the challenger decision match on the 17th, Yang Kaiwen defeated Dang Yifei with an advantage of 1 4 sons, and won the right to challenge while making up for last year's regrets.

The final continued at 12:30 today, guessing that Yang Kaiwen took black first, and the white chess situation in the layout stage was very good, but the frequent long exams caused him to enter the countdown early;In the actual battle, white made a serious mistake in the countdown, and the situation was reversed instantly after being caught by black, and although white was still looking for a chance to win, the gap was too large, and finally black won the middle game after 253 moves. Yang Kaiwen also won the first national championship of his career.

The 3rd "Bay Area Cup" China Go Grand Chess Tournament is hosted by the China Weiqi Association, Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, and the People** of Bao'an District, Shenzhen, and undertaken by the Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports of Bao'an District, Shenzhen. The competition is divided into three stages: qualifiers, this competition and finals, all of which adopt a single-elimination system, and the second champion Ding Hao directly enters the finalsThe final is a one-game final. The champion will receive a prize of 500,000 yuan, the runner-up will receive 200,000 yuan, the loser of the challenge will be 50,000 yuan, the 4th-5th place will be 20,000 yuan, the 6th-9th place will be 10,000 yuan, the 10th-17th place will be 6,000 yuan, and the 18th-33rd place will be 4,000 yuan.

The 43rd World Amateur Go Championship and the 3rd "Bay Area Cup" China Go Grand Chess Tournament closed at the 1990 Cultural Hall in Bao'an District, Shenzhen. Gu Li, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Weiqi Association, Wang Yi, former Vice Chairman of the International Go Federation, Hua Xueming, former Vice Chairman of the Chinese Weiqi Association, Neville Smith, Director of the International Go Federation, Wang Zhiqiang, first-level researcher (municipal management) of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, Yu Baoming, Director of the Standing Committee of the Bao'an District People's Congress, Zhou Xueliang, Member of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, Lian Cong, Deputy District Mayor and other leading guests and chess players attended the closing ceremony.

At the closing ceremony, two competitions were awarded:

Gu Li, vice chairman of the Chinese Go Association, awarded the Grand Chess Champion Supreme Glass Top to Yang Kaiwen, the champion of the Grand Chess Tournament.

Yu Baoming, director of the Standing Committee of the Bao'an District People's Congress, presented bonuses and championship trophies to the champion Yang Kaiwen.

Zhou Xueliang, member of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, presented the award to Ding Hao, the runner-up of the Grand Chess Competition.

Neville Smith, director of the International Go Federation, presented awards to the fourth to tenth places in the World Amateur Go Championship.

Deputy District Mayor Lian Cong presented the award to the third runner-up Chinese Taipei player Lai Youcheng.

Wang Zhiqiang, a first-level researcher (municipal management) of Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, presented the award to the runner-up Chinese player Yang Chukun.

Gu Li, vice chairman of the Chinese Go Association, presented the award to the champion Korean player Kim Jung-sun.

*: Sina Chess.

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