The 3rd Beijing Cup Chess Masters Open

The first "Shanghai Cup" Chess Masters Open opened today in Nanxiang, Jiading. In two rounds of professional competitions, a total of 32 top male and female players in the domestic chess industry engaged in fierce battles. In the men's group A, Miao Liming is currently leading with two consecutive wins, while in the men's group B, Cao Yanlei, Zhao Jincheng, Lv Qin, and Jiang Chuan are all 1 win and 1 draw. On the women's side, Chen Xinglin is the only player to achieve two consecutive victories.
In the first round of the men's Group A, Wang Yang Zhihong played against Wang Kuo, the new top scorer and champion of the national championship. The two sides started as a pair, with Wang Yang leading the way. In the middle of the game, the black side's formation is not good, the red side's strength is flexible, and the seventh route soldiers cross the river to launch an attack, making the black side in a difficult situation. After 32 rounds of battle, the red team cleverly won with a fishing horse move.
In the professional men's group B, Hong Zhi's first round victory over Zheng Weitong was the only match in the group to determine the outcome. At the beginning, the Immortal Hong Zhi pointed the way to the bamboo cannon, and Hong Zhi chose the relatively remote cannon, which had eight levels and seven changes. The two sides quickly exchanged ideas, forming a situation where the red side had two cars and guns and the black side had two cars and horses. The red side has more troops on the side, and the situation is slightly better. After another battle, we entered the final stage where the Red Artillery, Three Soldiers, Xiangquan, and the Black Horse, Two Soldiers, Xiangquan were defeated. Hong Zhi seized the winning opportunity and ultimately won.
In the second round of the men's group A in the afternoon, Wang Tianyi and Wang Yang were the top performers. Wang Tianyi changed his usual methods of guiding the way with immortals and starting with a flying phase, and chose to take the lead. Wang Yang responded with a screen horse. Both sides engaged in an orderly attack and defense. At one point, the Red side abandoned their troops and horses to launch a strong attack, while the Black side remained unmoved and cleverly resolved the Red side's attack with one step, six moves, and four moves. The red side tried hard to break the deadlock, but the black side defended without any leakage. In the end, both sides shook hands and made peace.
In the second round of the men's group B, Lv Qin, a veteran and five time national chess champion, defeated Huang Zhufeng, a hero of the Zhejiang team who won the National Games team championship. At the beginning, Lv Qin Immortal pointed the way to the bamboo cannon and took the initiative. In the middle, both sides attacked and killed each other. With one move, Lv Qin sank to the bottom and cleverly defeated his opponent by fishing for the moon from the bottom of the sea.
Jiang Chuan directed Hong against Hong Zhi, and in the beginning, Jiang Chuan fired five or eight cannons against Hong Zhi with three moves. Entering the middle of the game, Hong Zhi exerted too much force and lost an elephant, causing him to fall into the disadvantageous position. Jiang Chuan firmly controlled the situation and entered the remnants of the battle between the horse artillery and the horse artillery. He fought step by step and ultimately won.
In the professional women's group, Tang Dan, who ranked first in the national ranking in the first round, lost to Zhao Guanfang. At the beginning, Tang Dan adopted a classic approach, with immortals guiding the way and supplementing the soldiers, while Zhao Guanfang should use bamboo based cannons, with both sides having a basic balance of power. Tang Dan took the initiative to attack, but his abandoned son rushed to attack. Zhao Guanfang remained calm and composed, and when he saw the move, he resorted to multiple sons to win.
According to the rules, the first "Shanghai Cup" men's professional group will have 5 rounds of competition, with the top two of each group entering the championship competition. The women's professional group will determine the first place through 7 rounds of single round robin. The prize money for the champion of the men's professional group in this competition is 300000 RMB, and the champion of the women's professional group is 100000 RMB.