The first "Shanghai Cup" Chess Masters Open opened today in Nanxiang, Jiading. In two rounds of professional competitions, a total of 32 top male and female players in the domestic chess industry engaged in fierce battles. In Men's Group A, Miao Liming is currently leading with two consecutive wins, while in Men's Group B, Cao Yanlei, Zhao Jincheng, Lv Qin, and Jiang Chuan all have one win and one draw. On the women's side, Chen Xinglin is the only player to achieve two consecutive victories.
In the first round of Group A for men, Wang Yang played against Wang Kuo, the new top scorer and national championship champion. Both sides started as a pair, with Wang Yang taking the lead. Entering the middle of the game, the black side's formation is not good, the red side's strength is flexible, and the seven armies cross the river to launch an attack, making the black side in a difficult situation. After 32 rounds of battle, the red team cleverly won with a fishing horse move.
        In the first round of the professional men's group B, Hong Zhi's victory over Zheng Weitong was the only match in the group to determine the winner. At the beginning, the Immortal Hong Zhi pointed the way to the bamboo cannon, and Hong Zhi chose the relatively remote cannon with eight levels and seven changes. The two sides quickly exchanged ideas, forming a situation where the red side had two chariot guns and the black side had two chariot horses. The red side has more troops on one side, and the situation is slightly better. After another round of fighting, we entered the final game where the Red Cannon's three soldiers, Xiang Quan, faced the Black Horse's two soldiers, Xiang Quan. Hong Zhi seized the opportunity and ultimately won.
In the second round of the men's A group held in the afternoon, Wang Tianyi led the red and Wang Yang. Wang Tianyi changed his usual approach of using immortals to guide the way and flying to start the game, and chose to take the lead. Wang Yang responded with a screen horse. The attack and defense of both sides were orderly, with the Red side abandoning their troops and horses to launch a strong attack. The Black side remained unmoved and cleverly resolved the Red side's attack with one step, six moves, and four moves. The red side tried hard to break the deadlock, but the black side's defense was impeccable. In the end, both sides shook hands and made a peace.
        In the second round of Group B for men, Lv Qin, a veteran and five time national chess champion, defeated Huang Zhufeng, a hero of the Zhejiang team who won the National Games team championship. At the beginning, Immortal Lv Qin pointed the way against the bamboo cannon and took the initiative. In the middle of the game, both sides attacked and killed each other. With one move, Lv Qin's car sank to the bottom, and he cleverly defeated the opponent by fishing for the moon in the sea.
Jiang Chuan held the red against Hong Zhi, and at the beginning, Jiang Chuan fired five or eight cannons against Hong Zhi with three moves. Entering the middle of the game, Hong Zhi exerted too much force and lost one elephant, falling into the disadvantageous position. Jiang Chuan firmly controlled the situation and entered the aftermath of the horse artillery battle against the horse artillery. He worked step by step and ultimately won.
        In the professional women's group, in the first round, Tang Dan, who ranked first in the national grade score, went red and lost to Zhao Guanfang. At the beginning, Tang Dan adopted a classic approach, with immortals pointing the way and supplementing the soldiers, and Zhao Guanfang using bamboo based cannons, resulting in a basic balance of power between the two sides. Tang Dan took the initiative to launch an attack, abandoning his son to attack. Zhao Guanfang remained calm and composed, and after seeing each move, he resorted to multiple sons to win.
        According to the rules, the first "Shanghai Cup" men's professional group will have 5 rounds of competition, with the top two from each group entering the championship competition. The women's professional group will determine the first place through 7 rounds of single round robin competition. The prize money for the champion of the men's professional group in this competition is 300000 RMB, and the champion of the women's professional group is 100000 RMB.