Image source: China Chess Association official website.
China News Service, May 11 (Xinhua) According to the official website of the Chinese Chess Association, on the evening of the 10th, Beijing time, the 2020 FIFA Nations Cup ended the final battle, and the Chinese team scored a 2: 2 draw with the US team. According to the rules, the Chinese team won the championship due to the high ranking in the preliminary round.
The rules stipulate that only one round will be played in the finals. If the two teams tie, the team ranked first in the first stage will be the champion. The Chinese team rode the dust in the round-robin stage and advanced to the final two rounds in advance, ranking first since the first day of the game, so the US team must win in order to win the championship.
The Chinese team sent four players, Ding Liren, Yu Xiaoyi, Wei Yi, and Hou Yifan. Ding Liren played in a game against Murakami. After the development of the war, Ding Liren's situation was slightly worse, but Nakamura made peace and Ding Liren immediately accepted.
Wei Yi faced the second-ranked Caruana in the second station, and the middle game missed. The opponent seized the opportunity and the son lost.
Image source: China Chess Association official website.
In this game, Yu Huiyi, who played the brave game, made another achievement. Zhi Bai took the initiative to face Su Weili and held back half of his opponent's rear wing. In the middle of the game, another trick came out of abandoning the offense. In 34 rounds, he will kill his opponent and get a valuable point for the Chinese team.
This campaign, Yu Yaoyi sat on three sets, played 10 times, 6 wins, 3 losses and 1 loss, becoming the biggest hero of the Chinese team to win the championship. The website of the competition platform posted a tweet after the game, saying "Yu Huiyi won an outstanding game".
Hou Yifan held the game against U.S. chess player Krush on the fourth set. Seeing that Yu Xiaoyi had won, the Chinese team champion was in control, so he steadily made peace with his opponent.
Image source: China Chess Association official website.
In the 6-day 11-round competition, facing the strong opponents, the Chinese team gave full play to the traditional style of unity and cooperation and tenacious struggle. It was frequently reported in the good news, and finally reached the first national cup online team competition champion, won 48,000 Championship bonus.
It is worth mentioning that Hou Yifan returned to the game and performed amazingly, dedicating a wonderful game for chess fans. She said: "We are here and I am very excited. The International Chess Federation and the tournament platform organize this team of outstanding chess players. In this special period, we all get together and do something for everyone through chess. A very important thing. "
"I am very happy to participate in this competition as a member of the Chinese team. It is always exciting to return to the chessboard. I would like to say that we play online in this very special form, and there is also a mixed gender team, which is A very different but very interesting thing. "Hou Yifan said. (Finish)