The first "Shanghai Cup" Chess Masters Open

The first "Shanghai Cup" Chess Masters Open kicked off today in Nanxiang, Jiading. In the two rounds of the professional group, a total of 32 first-class masters of both men and women in the domestic chess world fought fiercely. Men's Group A, Miao Liming temporarily leads the two-game winning streak, and Cao Yanlei, Zhao Jincheng, Lu Qin and Jiang Chuan of Men's Group B all have 1 win and 1 draw. On the women's side, Chen Xinglin is the only player who has won 2 consecutive victories.

In the first round of the men's group A, Wang Yang held the red against Wang Kuo, the champion of the new division and the champion of the national championship. The two sides started in pairs, with Wang Yang taking the lead. In the middle game, Black's formation is not good, Red's forces are flexible, and the seven-way soldiers cross the river to launch an offensive, and Black's situation is difficult. In the 32 rounds, the red side made a clever move to win.

In the professional men's group B, Hong Zhizhihong defeated Zheng Weitong in the first round. At the beginning, Immortal Hong Zhi pointed the way to the Bamboo Bottom Cannon. Hong Zhi chose the relatively unpopular Cannon Eight and Seven Changes. The red side has more soldiers on one side, and the situation is slightly better. After another fight, they entered the endgame of Xiangquan, the three soldiers from the red side, and Xiangquan, the two soldiers from the black side. Hong Zhi seized the opportunity and finally won.

In the second round of men's group A in the afternoon, Wang Tianyi held Hong and Wang Yang. Wang Tianyi changed from the usual immortal guidance and flying phase starts, and chose to take the lead. Wang Yang responded with a screen horse. The two sides attacked and defended in an orderly manner. The Red side once gave up their troops and abandoned their horses to attack. The red team tried hard to break the deadlock, but the black team had no choice but to defend without leaking. In the end, the two sides shook hands and made a peace.

In the second round of the men's group B, five-time national chess champion and veteran Lv Qin defeated Huang Zhufeng, the hero of the Zhejiang team, the team champion of the National Games. At the beginning, Immortal Lu Qin pointed the way to the bamboo-bottomed cannon and gained the initiative. In the middle of the game, both sides attacked and killed.

Jiang Chuan held the red against Hong Zhi, and in the beginning, Jiang Chuan fought against Hong Zhi with three steps. In the middle game, Hong Zhi exerted too much force, lost an elephant and a pawn, and fell into a disadvantage. Jiang Chuan firmly controlled the situation, entered the endgame between the horse artillery and the horse artillery, and finally won.

In the professional women's group, in the first round, Tang Danzhihong, who ranked first in the country, lost to Zhao Guanfang. The opening Tang Dan used the classic opening, the immortals pointed the way and the soldiers, Zhao Guanfang should use the bamboo-bottomed gun, and the two sides were basically balanced. Tang Dan took the initiative to attack, abandoning his son to attack, Zhao Guanfang calm and calm, saw the move, and finally won with many sons.

According to the rules, the first "Shanghai Cup" men's professional group will have 5 rounds of competition, the top two in each group will enter the championship competition, and the women's professional group will decide the first place through 7 rounds of single round robin. The prize money for the men's professional group champion is 300,000 yuan, and the women's professional group champion is 100,000 yuan.