Xinhuanet, Nanchang, February 24th. Tencent Chess·Tiantian Xiangqi 2022 National Xiangqi Men's League One has recently concluded in Wanzai County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province.
The Hangzhou team defeated the Henan team and was crowned the league champion. Wang Tianyi of the Hangzhou team won the "Most Valuable Chess Player" in the playoffs after the "Most Valuable Chess Player" in the regular season.
After 22 rounds, the top ten teams in the regular season enter the playoffs.
According to the competition system, if there is a tie in the first four rounds, it will enter into an extra match, and if there is a tie in the extra round, it will continue to play one game of blitz until the winner is determined.
In the third round of the playoffs, the Shenzhen team and the Zhejiang team staged a protracted battle that took more than 8 hours.
The Hangzhou team and the Henan team skipped the first three rounds of the playoffs as regular season champions and runners-up respectively, and entered the semi-finals directly.
In the semi-finals, the two teams defeated their opponents and joined the final.
The championship and runner-up finals will be played in two rounds.
In the first game of the final, the Hangzhou team and the Henan team tied.
In the second round of the final, Hangzhou team Wang Tianyi won Henan team Zhao Jincheng, and Zhao Dianyu, who appeared on the second stage, lost to Henan team Wang Yang. The two teams were stalemate.
Then the victory of Lu Weitao of the Hangzhou team helped the team lead again.
The fourth station is the key battle. If the Henan team recovers the score, the two teams will enter the extra match.
In the end, Xu Chongfeng of the Hangzhou team withstood the pressure and helped the team win the championship.
Henan team won the runner-up, Xiamen team and Zhejiang team won the third and fourth respectively.
In the 2022 season, Wang Tianyi led the team as a coach and a player. He played the whole season and was crowned the "Most Valuable Chess Player" in the regular season and playoffs with a high winning percentage of only one game. He also led the Hangzhou team to create a record Best record in team history.
"This year is the first time in history that the Hangzhou team has won the championship of the top professional league. It has made a historic breakthrough." Wang Tianyi said after the game that the players have performed very well this season. Pressure, it was lucky to win the championship in the end, but it is also a manifestation of the strength of the Hangzhou team.