Results of "Jishi Media" North-South Confrontation
In the 7th version of the 2023 "Jishi Media - Liwang Cup" Xiangqi National Championship North-South Confrontation Tournament, the South team beat the North 3-1. The South has now won 5 times against North 2 times in the series.
In terms of personal records, the South team Zhao Xinxin won all his 4 games in 4 rounds, with Lu Qin 3 wins and 1 defeat, Sun Yongzheng 2 wins and 2 defeats, Xie Jing lost all his games.
The North team with Hong Zhi 3 wins and 1 defeat, Wang Tianyi 2 wins and 2 defeats, Jiang Chuan 1 win and 3 defeats, Wang Yang 1 win and 3 defeats.
Zhao Xinxin has been in excellent form recently, he has been crowned champion of the Pan An Weiye Cup, a winner-member of the team competition, he also came out second in the Asian Games selection. Wang Tianyi has not been in good performance since the Asian Games selection, in the north-south competition he is not in a good mood.
Zhao and Wang having tied in the normal slow games, they went for the tie-break. Wang Tianyi sacrificed his Rook to grab the attack, missed several good opportunities, Zhao Xinxin counter-attacked and won in the end.
The old veteran Lu Qin is still impressive, he defeated Wang Yang with the Black pieces. In the previous rounds, he defeated Wang Tianyi and Jiang Chuan, and nearly defeated Hong Zhi, but missed several good opportunities.
As one of the top players in the Xiangqi Hall of Fame, Lu Qin is known for his short and sharp, fast and lightning attacking style.
Jiang Chuan and Xie Jing have respectively lost in their first three rounds. They met in this final round. The normal slow and fast games were tied, and so they got into the sudden-death stage. Xie Jing opened with a rarely seen Balanced Cannons in the Opening, but Jiang Chuan was cool and steady, he firmly took the counter initiative early, and in the middle game formed a powerful offensive of the Central Cannon. Faced with an unfavorable situation, Xie Jing came out for a final battle, and after the exchange of Cannons, his Knight was trapped by Jiang's Rook. Xie has no alternative but to admit defeat, and Jiang Chuan won the game.
On another table, Hong Zhi quickly defeated Sun Yongzheng. Hong Zhi was the best player in the Northern team, with 3 wins and 1 defeat.
Source : Qipu88
~ a XIANGQI EN BLOG translation ~
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