Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 13 (reporter Lu Yuchen, Wang Jingyu) the reporter learned from the Chinese Chess Association that in the eighth round of the 2019 chess world team championship held in Astana on the 13th local time, the Chinese women’s team easily defeated the American women’s team and won eight consecutive victories, winning the championship in an early round.
This is also the fourth time that the Chinese women’s team won the women’s chess world team championship after 2007, 2009 and 2011.
After the first seven rounds, the Chinese women’s team led the defending champion Russian women’s team with a 3-point advantage. The Chinese team is in Shenyang for a break this round, which consists of Tan Zhongyi, Huang Qian, Lei Tingxi and Ding Yixin. However, the opponent of the Chinese team in this round, the American women’s team, was relatively young, led by ablahamyan Ye Shiwen, Fuyi Suo and Wu Ruoyan, among which Wu Ruoyan, a Chinese teenager, just turned 13.
Tan Zhongyi, the back of the former world chess game, established an advantage after the start, and easily defeated abramhan young in less than 30 rounds. Since then, both Huang Qian and Lei Ting have found each other’s flaws in the fierce fighting and won a Black win and a white win, announcing in advance that this champion belongs to the Chinese women’s team! Four sets of Ding Yixin and Wu Ruoyan later ended with chess in the final game of the motorcade. The Chinese women’s team easily defeated the American women’s team at 3:1 and won eight consecutive victories.
“I am really happy to win the championship again after eight years! We girls can win all the eight battles this time and play so stably. We won the championship in an early round, which is really awesome!” Yu Shaoteng, coach of the Chinese women’s team, said. He said that the Chinese women’s team was not optimistic Before This World League match, but the girls all played every game with a peaceful mind, and every round and every game played steadily, dare to fight in key sessions.
Yu Shaoteng also thanked the team members for their full trust in their troop arrangement. According to his introduction, the strategy of winning the Olympic Games last year was still used in this world tour. In white chess, Tan Zhongyi and Lei Tingyi scored the main points of two arrow clusters, in black flag, there were many strong backing such as Huang Qian, the God of Dinghai, to ensure the score, maximizing the advantages of each team member as much as possible.
In Men’s match, the Russian men’s team also won the championship in advance. The defending champion Chinese men’s team defeated England 3:1 in this round. Ding Liren and Wei Yi won Zhibai. Yu Yiyi and Bu Xiangzhi held black and Chess. Currently, the Chinese men’s team ranks fourth temporarily. Next, the Chinese men’s team will play against Kazakhstan in the last round.