Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 7th. The 37th Tongli Cup Chinese Go Tianyuan Tournament was held at the Chinese Chess Academy in Beijing on the 7th. Liu Xing, Tan Xiao, Peng Liyao, Zhou Hongyu, etc. won the promotion in the selection match that day.
The 37th Tongli Cup Chinese Go Tianyuan Tournament is sponsored by the Chinese Go Association, Xinmin Evening News, and Tongli Town People's Government.
Lin Jianchao, chairman of the Chinese Go Association who announced the opening of the game on the same day, said that the game was held in the form of face chess for the first time since the epidemic, and it was hard won.
What this competition is for is the long-term stable and lofty honor in the minds of chess players. It is the "Big Brother" brand event in the Go title game. I sincerely hope that participating players will do their best to play wonderful games.
The defending champion Mi Yuting Jiuduan expressed his gratitude to the organizers for their persistence and support for many years: "The annual Tianyuan competition has been held for the 37th session, and I am only 27 years old this year. This is a very important event for us. Great numbers, I hope there will be more opportunities to participate in the Tianyuan competition in the future."
Tianyuan Tournament This tournament consists of 16 seed players and 16 players who have qualified for this selection, a total of 32 players participated in five rounds of single elimination.
Seed players include the top four in the previous session, the 2022 world championships, runners-up and champions of domestic competitions, and the shortage of places will be made up in order of rank.
In the challenge competition, the chess player who has the right to challenge will compete with the previous champion Mi Yuting in a best-of-three match, and the winner will be the current champion.
The prize money for the champion is 400,000 yuan, and the prize money for the runner-up is 200,000 yuan.
In the contest that day, Tan Xiao, Peng Liyao, Wang Xinghao and others won and advanced.
The two female chess players won one and lost one, Zhou Hongyu defeated Han Yizhou, and Yu Zhiying lost to Zhang Tao.
It is worth mentioning that the "veteran" Liu Xing who hadn't shown up for a long time eliminated the young Chen Zijian.
There will be five consecutive rounds of this game, and a challenger will be produced on the 13th.
The challenge and closing ceremony will be held in Tongli, Jiangsu from April 15th to 18th.
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