After several days of fierce competition, the 25th Ahantongshan Cup China Go Rapid Chess Open ended the competition for this selection, this competition and the semi-finals.
Rapid chess tournaments tend to have some upsets, and this year's tournament has been a succession of upsets from the previous rounds, with world champions and top-ranked players losing.
Before the semi-finals, everyone was discussing who would win the championship between Xie Ke and Ke Jie, and when they played against Yili Liao in the final Sino-Japanese confrontation to strive for "revenge", the final two dark horse players Rong Yi and Chen Zijian were somewhat "unexpectedly" eliminated the two final divisions respectively (the specific time is undecided, in Jiangxi).
Among them, the 20-year-old Chen Zijian's promotion path can better highlight his "dark horse" nature.
He has defeated Ding Hao, Yang Dingxin and Ke Jie, three world champions (and also the three major chess players of the Chinese team of the Nongshim Cup), which can't help but make everyone worry about the results of the next Nongshim Cup team competition, after all, the Nongshim Cup is also a rapid chess system.
After Ke Jie was unfortunately eliminated as a pioneer, the remaining four members of the Chinese team are Ding Hao, Li Xuanhao, Gu Zihao and Xie Erhao, but the current state of several people is a little difficult to explain.
Although Rong Yi and Chen Zijian are both professional seventh-dans, and they are definitely hardly the representatives of today's Chinese Go, they are not without the power to fight against Yili Liao.
Rong Yi has already defeated Yili Liao in the Weijia, compared to Chen Zijian's chess strength may be stronger, and both are expected to continue to widen the gap between the number of champions in this competition between China and Japan (currently China is 18:6, the last champion was Yang Dingxin).
And for Ke Jie, losing at this time is not necessarily all bad.
After missing several domestic competitions in a row, Ke Jie's personal goal this year has been very clear, that is, to make a difference in the follow-up Samsung Cup, especially in the LG Cup final, to hit the nine championships.
Many chess fans said frankly: Losing in a relatively small game should be regarded as "balancing" chess luck for Ke Jie to win the LG Cup.
However, before that, I still hope that Ke Jie can "balance" the time for variety shows and chess practice first, after all, the time for several big competitions at the end of the year is also relatively close.
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