Xiangqi

2012 - World Mind Games Xiangqi - Day 6

• Report rights infringement
• published: 18 Dec 2012
• views: 40622

The highlight of the 4th round of Xiangqi tournament was the game between Wang Tian Yi from China and Xue Zhong representing Germany. Xue, German Xiangqi Champion in 2010, a native Beijinger who has lived in Munich since 2006, has challenged Wang in his red with a very aggressive opening. He almost made a miracle albeit he has lost the game in the end. In the whole game Xue was mostly in an attacking position and he was not willing to make a draw even there was a chance in the mid game. Though with regret, Xue is satisfied with his performance which delivered a fantastic game. Today we also evidenced a high level competition between the two top female players, i.e. Cao Phuong Thanh (Vietnam) and Chen Li Chun (China). In the opening, both took a careful approach and Chen used Ping Feng Ma against Cao's central cannon. With the game ongoing, one had the impaction that Chen's strategy was more clear and straightforward and there was no fierce attack from Cao. After two hours, heavy fighting started by Cao giving up a cannon and in exchange receiving a bottom cannon threatening Chen's General. Both under great time pressure, Chen showed the attack from Cao was not sufficient to offset the loss of the cannon and won the game. After today, Chen (China) has 6 points leading the woman's group and is likely to win the championship. For man, Wang (China) won four games in a row and has a good chance to receive the title given the fact that his strongest opponent Nguyen Hoang Lam from Vietnam has drawn against Chan (HK). On Monday we will broadcast the game between Nguyen and Wang, which we believe it is a decisive game for winning the championship.