China News Service, Taiyuan, July 24 (Reporter Hu Jian) ​​After three days and seven rounds of competition, the first Jinxia Cup Shanxi Province Women's Amateur Go King Tournament ended in Taiyuan on the 24th. Wei Zhao, a Go teacher from Taiyuan Youth Palace Winning the championship.

　　Before the competition, the only two amateur 6-dan players in Shanxi, Liu Yali and Chai Xiaoling, were considered the favorites to win the championship.

Weizhao, Wang Chu and Liu Zijun are also considered to be expected to become "dark horses".

Two young players in the game.

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　　After four rounds, Wei Zhao, Liu Yali, and Chai Xiaoling all won all four games. In the next two rounds, Wei Zhao narrowly defeated these two competitors by a small margin, and then defeated Han Lixin in the last round, thus winning the champion.

Chai Xiaoling, Liu Zijun, Liu Yali, Han Lixin and Xue Yushan won the second to sixth place respectively.

Players in the game.

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　　39-year-old Weizhao is a Go teacher at the Youth Palace in Taiyuan City.

In this regard, Wei Zhao said, "As a chess player, if you can fight until the last moment, this is the greatest respect for the game."

　　This competition is the first provincial-level women's Go competition in the country. A total of 40 amateur players with 4 dan or above participated.

A total of 40 amateur chess players with more than 4 dan participated in this competition.

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　　The oldest chess player is Jiang Shengjiu, who is about to be in her sixtieth year. She is also the sister of the famous Chinese Go player Jiang Zhujiu.

She once won "five consecutive victories" in the China-Japan Go arena.

This time, she made a special trip from Shanghai to participate in the competition, and finally won the 12th place.

The youngest is Li Siying, a 4-dan player from Linfen, who is only 9 years old this year.

Jiang Shengjiu, sister of Chinese Go player Jiang Zhujiu, is in the game.

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　　According to the arrangement of the organizing committee, the top six players of this competition will compete with professional players Li He, Li Xiaoxi and Wang Shuang of Shanxi Shuhai Luxin Women's Go Team.

　　Guo Zhiqiang, chairman of the Shanxi Go Association, said that in the future, this game will be one of the "Jinxia Cup" series of events.

Founded in 2009, the Shanxi Jinxia Cup Go League has been held for 14 years and has become a well-known brand event in the national Go industry.

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