Wang Xinghao 3rd in the Rookie King Tournament Final
On March 11th, the semi-finals of the 26th Maqiao Cup Chinese Go Rookie King Tournament will be held online. The 24th and 25th runner-up Wang Xinghao and the 23rd champion Zhou Hongyu The two 6th dan defeated Fu Jianheng 2nd dan and Ma Shuai 1st dan respectively, and joined the championship and runner-up finals.
Fu Jianheng 2nd dan
Wang Xinghao, the runner-up of the two consecutive rookie Wangsai, is recognized as a promising star in the chess world, but this year's rookie Wang Xinghao faced Wang Chunhui in the second round and Yang Zhiwen in the quarter-finals. In the game, they all won the game with a thrilling reversal, and it seemed that the state was a little unstable. In this game, Wang Xinghao finally played a stable level against Fu Jianheng, the runner-up of the 2021 Rookie Tournament. When entering the mid-table, Wang Xinghao successfully controlled the orphan on the left, and then seized the problem hand in the opponent's attack, established the victory in one fell swoop, and entered the final of the rookie king match for the third time in a row.
Zhou Hongyu 6th dan
The 23rd Rookie Champion Zhou Hongyu played against Ma Shuai. Ma Shuai's performance in this year's rookie king competition is very eye-catching. He won consecutive wins against Chen Yizhe and Shi Zhien in the qualifying round, and in this competition he also won consecutive victories against Zhang Baiqing, Zhang Luo Zixin and Zheng Zaixiang. He won five consecutive victories and reached the semi-finals.
Ma Shuai's first stage
In the pre-set of the game, the two of them fought "Mi's Flying Knife" in the upper right. But then Ma Shuai stepped out from the lower left corner, and Zhou Hongyu equalized the situation. When the battle reached more than 120 hands, the two sides were still indistinguishable. At this time, Ma Shuai had 126 defeats after the long test.
126 loses, AI recommends to move 128, in actual battle to 131, the white space on the right is worn by black
Zhou Hongyu takes advantage of the trend to break the white space on the right,White still needs to deal with the lone chess in the middle, and Black has a smooth path. At 181 hands, Ma Shuai conceded defeat and Zhou Hongyu reached the final for the second time.
The three chess finals of the championship, runner-up and runner-up of this year's rookie tournament will be held at another time. (Qu Jiang)
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