全英赛黄春龙冠军 女子奖乔弘菲夺得

全英赛黄春龙冠军 女子奖乔弘菲夺得


(伦敦棋讯）2013年全英中国象棋锦标赛已于9月21日（星期六）在唐街 Leicester Court
华人社区中心如期举行，棋赛旨在支持中西文化交流，增进棋艺爱好者与社会大众友谊，丰富社区文娱康乐活动。赛事由英 国象棋协会主办，华人社区中心协办，英人赞特莱博士赞助。比赛于上午11时开始，下午六时圆满结束，五轮瑞士制，高分对高分，低分对低分。


经过六七个小时的激烈战斗，欧洲象棋特级大师黄春龙勇夺冠军，世象联象棋大师亚蓝迪克取得亚军，首次参加大赛的俞坚取得季军。女子奖由来自中国的乔弘菲夺得。午间，棋手们还品尝奇华饼家及另一家餐厅热心提供的糕饼点心和寿司。

是日参赛好手还有保罗拜维，赞特莱博士，林伯凯，易因迪士瓦，白雪，安德鲁亚维利，黎池刚。值得一提的是，董先生三次打电话报名联系，可惜最后因感冒而放弃。头发斑白的李先生，第三轮想参加，但由于是单数，一时无对手而不再坚持。

Vigorous Answer To A Timid Opening Move

A TIMID OPENING MOVE ... DESERVES A  VIGOROUS  ANSWER 

By René Gralla, Hamburg, Germany

One aspect of the Screen Horse-Defence against the Central Cannon-Opening is the strategic question who will control Red Line no. 2 - that is Black line no. 8 - by Chariot in order to put pressure on the opponent.

There is no doubt what Black has to do after, say, 1.C2=5 H8+7  2.H2+3  R9=8  3.R1=2 H2+3  4.P7+1 P7+1  5.R2+6 ... namely 5. ... C8=9!  6.R2=3 C9-1  7.H8+7 A4+5  8.H7+6 C9=7 and so on.

But how should the Screen Horse-side react if the Central Cannon-side does not confidently cross the river with 5.R2+6 ..., but meekly stops at the river bank with 5.R2+4 ... (the latter attitude being inexplicably popular among German players whereas Chinese players prefer the more aggressive 5.R2+6 ...!)?

Should the Screen Horse-side just ignore the opponent's Chariot at the river bank? Or should the Screen Horse-side offer the exchange of Chariots? The latter plan is the advice that has been given to us by Professor David H. Li, just compare his 2nd volume ("Syllabus On Cannon") of the "Syllabus On XiangQi"-series. 

Professor David H. Li's advice seems to be valid. If the Central Cannon-side accepts the exchange, then this player will lose one tempo, namely by exchanging his Chariot that has moved twice against the Chariot of his opponent that has just moved once. Alternative: if the Central Cannon-side refuses to exchange Chariots, then this player is forced to immediately cede control of Red's vital line no. 2 (that is Black's line no. 8).

The loss of control over that vital line will soon turn out to be fatal - as it has been demonstrated during an instructive game that has been played during the last round of the open cup tournament "The Horse of Hansa 2013" that has been the parallel event to the German XiangQi Championship 2013 at Hamburg.

The opponents of that game - René Gralla (Red) from Hamburg, Germany, versus Guido Freyer (Black) from Steinwiesen, Germany (the latter has been the winner of last year's cup "The Horse of Hansa 2012") - play the Central Cannon-Opening versus the Screen Horse-Defence with colours reversed.

An extra bonus of that game: After losing control over Black's vital line no. 8 (that is Red's line no. 2) Mr. Guido Freyer tries to trap his opponent by answering 8.R2=3 ... with 8. ... P7+1?!? because of betting on 9. ... C5+4 and 10. ... C2=7 after 9.R3+1! ... . But he fails to see a counter-trick (10.H7+5! ...) that outsmarts him. Plus: There are some nice "quiet" moves by Red Cannon that complete the mating net, namely by starting with 23.C7-2 ... , and in the end there is a beautiful position that forces Black to resign because of being face-to-face the deadly task-force of Red Horse & Red Cannon.

[Event "The Cup 'The Horse of Hansa' 2013"]

[Site "Hamburg, Germany"]

[Date "2013.08.18"]

[Round "7"]

[Red "Gralla, Rene"]

[Black "Freyer, Guido"]

[Result "1-0]

1.H8+7 C8=5  2.H2+3 H8+7  3.P3+1 R9=8  4.R1=2 R8+4 (!?!?)  5.C2=1 R8=6(??)  6.A6+5 H2+3  7.R2+6! P7+1  8.R2=3 P7+1?  9.R3+1!  C5+4  10.H7+5! C2=7  11.H5+4 C7+5  12.E7+5 C7=2  13. C1=8 R1=2  14.C8=7 P3+1  15.P7+1 R2+7  16.R9=7 H3+2  17.P7+1 H2+1  18.C7+7 A4+5  19.H4+6 A5+4  20.P7+1 H1-2  21.H6-7 R2-1  22.R7=6 E7+5  23.C7-2 A6-5  24. H7+8 A5+6  25.C7=8! P1+1  26.C8+1! resigns 1-0 

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Annotations

re --> 4. ... R8+4 (!?!?): A rather timid approach - that is very popular among German players in the case that they have to battle the Screen Horse-Defence. Black should have crossed the river instead with 4. ... R8+6

re --> 5.C2=1 ... : Red follows the advice that has been given by XiangQi-author David H. Li and offers the exchange of Chariots. That would be a bargain in Red's favour - since Red Chariot has only moved once while Black Chariot has already moved twice.

re --> 5. ... R8=6(??): Black makes things worse by avoiding the exchange  -  thus ceding Black line 8 (=Red line 2) to Red.

re --> 7.R2+6! ... : Now it is Red's turn to cross the river, and Black is in trouble.

re --> 8.R2=3 ... : Red Chariot exerts deadly pressure on Black's Left-wing Horse.

re --> 8. ... P7+1?: Black wants to trap Red - but Black has not calculated deep enough.

re --> 9.R3+1! ... : Red eliminates Black Horse - since he has found a move that will outsmart Black.

re --> 9. ... C5+4 : That is the "trap" that Black was betting on - after the Check by Black Cannon (whilst killing Red Pawn on Red line 5) the discovered attack by Black's Right-wing Cannon on Red Rigth-wing Chariot on Red point 3 viii (Black point 7 iii). 

re --> 10.H7+5! ... : That is the counter-trick by Red that outsmarts Black's "trap" - after Black Left-wing Horse has destroyed Red Cannon, the attack by Black's Right-wing Cannon on  Red Right-wing Chariot on Red point 3 viii (Black point 7 iii) is neutralized by the attack of Red Horse on Red point 5 iv (Black point 5 vii) against Black Chariot on Red point 4 vi (Black point 6 v). Attention: it has been vital for Red that he has struck with his Left-wing Horse against Black Cannon on Red point 5 iv (Black point 5 vii) - since, if Red had foolishly struck with his Rigth-wing Horse against Black Cannon, just have a look at the eventual goof 10.H3+5?? ..., then Red would have been knocked out with 10. ... C2=7  11.H5+4??? C7+7#. That was the trap that had been the bet by Black!

re --> 11. ... C7+5: Now Black Cannon has no frame to jump against Red Right-wing Elephant in order to eliminate that defending unit and to execute the checkmate.

re --> 14.C8=7 ... : Red wants to exert pressure on Red line 7 (Black line 3) against Black's remaining Right-wing Horse.

re --> 19.H4+6 ... : Red Horse moves against Black General - the menace is 20.H4+7 K5=4  21.R7=6 A5+4  22.R6+7#

re --> 19. ... A5+4: A desperate try by one of the Black bodyguards to defend his Commander-in-chief.

re --> 24. ... A5+6: One more desperate try by Black to open an escape route for his General.

re --> 25.C7=8! ... : The first "quiet" move by Red Cannon ...

re --> 26.C8+1! ... : ... and the second "quiet" move by Red Cannon - there is no adequate defence against the menace 27.H8+7# (26. ... H2-4  27.C8-5 and winning Black Chariot, and the game will soon be over anyway.

(Editor's note: we thank Dr René Gralla for sending us the above interesting game with comments)

 

UK Championship 21st September' 13

2 0 1 3 年 全 英 中 国 象 棋 锦 标 赛
UK Xiangqi (Chinese Chess) Championship 2013


主办/Organizers: 英国象棋协会 (UK Chinese Chess Association)
协办/Co-organizers: 华人社区中心 (Chinese Community Centre)
赞助/Sponsor: 赞特莱博士 (Dr Malcolm Chandler)

宗旨：支持文化交流，增进棋艺爱好者与社会大众友谊，丰富社区康乐活动。

Aim:  Friendship in community, for sporting and cultural activities.

日期/Date：2013年9月21日（星期六）Saturday 21.9.2013 11.00am - 6.00pm

地点/Venue：（伦敦）华人社区中心 (Chinese Community Centre)
             2 Leicester Court, London WC2H 7DW (Phone: 020 7439 3822)

交通: 最近地铁站: Leicester Square Underground, 一分钟步行可到赛场。
Transport: Nearest Underground Leicester Square, one minute's walk.


奖励/Prizes: 棋艺与友谊并重，第一奖(1st)£100、银杯(plus trophy), 第二奖(2nd)£60, 第三奖(3rd)£40。长者奖(Senior)£25，少年奖(Junior)£25.

棋例/Rules: 亚洲棋例，5轮瑞士制。报名费10镑
            Asian rules. 5-round Swiss. Entry fee ：£10

截止日期/Closing date: 9月20日（星期五）Friday 20th September 2013
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                     报名表格 / Entry Form :
Please send entry via e-mail to: laiqi2@gmail.com / or register
at the Centre. 请发电子邮件给黎生，或到社区报名。

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我服从主办方的规例和决定，以友好态度，善待大众，争取好成绩，旁观不语，不无故早退
I respect all decisions of the Organizers, be friendly and complete all my games

European Xiangqi Championship 2013

进军杯 2013 中国象棋欧洲锦标赛

Invitation to 20th Individual European Xiangqi Championship
and 19th Team European Championship - JìnJūn Cup
Milan - 15-16 June 2013

Tournament Organisers:

Mr. Agostino Guberti: mobile +39 339 588 5178, agogube@gmail.com
Mr. 何志敏: mobile +39 333 399 0106

进军杯 2013 中国象棋欧洲锦标赛


General

Date: 15-16 June 2013

Event venue:
Dong Ya restaurant, Via Paolo Sarpi, 3/5 - 20154 - Milano - tel: 02.3360323
From Linate Airport: Bus n°73 (15 bus stops till Largo Augusto) then n° 94 (10 bus stops till Piazzale Baiamonti); from Central Railway Station get on Metro M2 (3 stops till Moscova) then n° 94 (2 stops till Piazzale Baiamonti)

Regulation and Timing: 7 rounds Swiss System, Asian Xiang-qi Rules, 60 minutes per player per game.

Tournament Schedule:
Saturday: 10.00 – 10.45 Sign-in/on-site registration
10.45 - 11.00 Openings/rules explanation/pairing
11.00 - 13.00 1st Round
13.00 - 13.30 Lunch break
13.30 - 15.30 2nd Round
15.45 - 17.45 3rd Round
18.00 - 20.00 4th Round
20.15 - open end: Get-together dinner

Sunday:

09.00 - 11.00 5th Round
11.15 - 13.15 6th Round
13.15 - 13.45 Lunch break
13.45 - 15.45 7th Round
16.00 - 16.30 Closing & awarding

Registration: contact Mr. Agostino Guberti (e-mail: agogube@gmail.com, mobile: +39 339 5885178)
or Mr. 何 志 敏, (mobile +39 333 399 0106) within 09 June 2013.

On-site registration is also possible, as an exception, directly at the playing venue doubling the entry fee. Notice however that for logistic reasons, including the space capability of the playing venue, the organization reserves the right to not accept the registration of players not registered within 09 June 2013.

No late on-site registration will be accepted after Saturday, 15 June 2013 at 10:45, as this will delay the whole programme.

Registered players who arrive late will be withdrawn from round 1 and will only be allowed to play from round 2. This means that the late player will lose the point for round 1.

A player who is not seated at the start of each round will forfeit the match.

Prize Fund:
2700€ in total for the winners of individual (1-6), best non-Asian players (1-2).

1st place 800€
2nd place 600€
3rd place 400€
4th place 200€
5th - 6th place 100€

1st place non-Asian player 300€
2nd place non-Asian player 200€

Team prize:
1-3 (3 players form each team integrated in individual tournament): Cups

Entrance fee:
Each player will be charged 20€ for covering partial organizational cost; students and pupil 50%
discount. Fee for players not pre-registered within 09 June 2013 is 40€.

Players and teams are kindly invited, if possible, to bring chess clocks and chess boards
Please fill the entry form field regarding these informations.

Accommodation: It is strongly recommended to book the hotel earlier.
The nearest hotels can be found at: http://www.prontohotel.it/ita/milano/pois/via_paolo_sarpi.htm

Two lunches and one dinner will be kindly offered by Dong Ya restaurant.