Feb 12th, the 7th Chunlan Cup World Professional Go Championship's quarter-final and semi-final match ended at Tengwang Ge located in Nanchang in Jiangxi Province which is one of the three famous towers in south of China. 8 players battled at 9th and 11th and Chang Hao, Lee Changho, Kong Jie and Zhou Heyang have been decided of the semi-finals. In addition, Chang Hao and Lee Changho won in the semi-final and they will compete for championship in the final. CCTV-1's evening news and CCTV-5's sports news both reported the Chunlan Cup match.
It is reported that the 7th Chunlan Cup first round was held at Zhangjiang Hangzhou in March this year. The quarter-final and semi-final match ended on the third floor of the main tower of Tengwang Ge in Jiangxi Nanchang on Dec 7th. Here is the final against table:
Final: Chang Hao VS Lee Changho For 34: Kong Jie VS Zhou Heyang
Sina.com established specifical web site for real-time broadcast of this game. At the same time Sohu.com, Tom.com, Weiqi.net and Chunlan official website broadcasted the game and provided relevant pictures and video news reports. In addition, some great games of this Chunlan Cup Tournament were explained by Hua Yigang, president of China chess and his best partner Xu Ying at Jiangxi Repertory Theater at 4 p.m just after the games. About 1,200 people arrived at the scene. Before the explaination, the player participated at the scene to meet the fans and the interactive scene was very enthusiastic.
It is worth mentioning that in order to make more people understand, concern, support and disseminate "Chunlan Cup", the organizers also held on-site "lucky chess fan" lottery activities, and carried out activities such as quiz cooperated with "Nanchang Evening" during the tournament.
It's reported that the 7th Chunlan Cup Final would held in spring next year, while the location was not decided yet.
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