Tuesday, March 07, 2006

"Jia Zhou Cup" opens 8th of March

The 5th "Jia Zhou Cup" starts on March 8th

Shandong province is actually gripped with Xiangqi fever. Right after the closing of "Xinhua Baoxian Cup", the "Jia Zhou Cup" in its 5th edition will open on the 8th of March, and closes on the 11th.

For the men's tournament, all the 10 participants are Grandmasters : Hu Ronghua, Liu Dahua, Lu Qin, Xu Tianhong, Zhao Guorong, Xu Yinchuan, Tao Hanming, Yu Youhua, Hong Zhi and Liu Dianzhong.

Prize money for first, second and third places are 30,000 yuan, 20,000 yuan and 15,000 yuan respectively, with other prizes for fourth place and so on.

Five lady players, Wang Linna, Guo Liping, Jin Haiying, Zhao Guanfang and You Yingqin will play a round robin among themselves, top prize money is 8000 yuan, second place 6000 yuan, third place 4000 yuan, and so on.

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