Grandmaster Nie Weiping said: Tan Xiao is a 90 players in his very good, believe that he will be able to become world champion.

If not what, in June 27th in Guangdong city of Huizhou province Luofu Mountain held the eleventh session of the "Chunlan Cup" occupation World Chess Championship (hereinafter referred to as "Chunlan Cup") final, China player Tan Xiao eight black 2 set to defeat South Korean players Pu Yongxun nine, with a 2:1 battle performance won the championship. This is after Chinese chess player Gu Li, Chang Hao, Chen Yaoye respectively wins sixth, seventh, ninth and ten time "Chunlan Cup" champion, Chinese team fifth times take off the laurel crown. At the same time, Tan also won the "Chunlan Cup" for the first time and won the first world championship.

The Eleventh "Chunlan cup in June 23, 2017, 25, and 26 in Guangdong Province, Huizhou city of Luofu Mountain race. On the afternoon of 26 17:08, announced three chess championship decider. At this point, the Eleventh "Chunlan Cup" final results: Champion - Tan Xiao eight - nine runner up; Pu Yongxun; third, Ke Jiejiu; fourth - Gu Zihao five. After the game, chess State Sports General Administration of Sports Management Center (China Ki) and Chunlan (Group) company jointly held a grand ceremony, Chunlan (Group) company senior vice president Xu Qun, vice chairman of Chinese Weiqi Association Hua Yigang, Nie Weiping, to get the Eleventh "Chunlan Cup" champion, awarded trophies and prize money.
"Chunlan Cup" total prize money of $400 thousand. Among them, the champion prize 150 thousand U. S. dollars, runner up bonus 50 thousand U. S. dollars.


Born in 1993, Tan Xiao teenagers fame, the master is the famous Nie Weiping. In order to Tan Xiao, Nie Weiping broke his own set of "old grenade is no longer" rule, so Tan Xiao is also seen as Nie Weiping close disciples". At the age of 11 he set, at the age of 19 on Chinese chess players ratings ranked the first in the domestic game, has won the "celebrity celebrity war" title, "Ricoh Cup" champion, "Weifu housing cup" champion and many other honors, has long been expected for the next world champion". However, Tan Xiao performance in the international arena is not satisfied, although in the agricultural heart cup "had four wins and three wins, but the individual world series had the best record only last year's" Samsung Cup "and" New Austrian Cup quarter finals. As more and more young players climbed to the top of the world championship, Tan was also worried. This "Chunlan Cup" Tan Xiao finally reached the final, and beat powerful opponents, in one fell swoop to champion.

Known as the "Little Prince" of Pu Yongxun, gentle and cultivated, humble, calm, with a standard male chess player image. In the early years, he began to learn chess under the influence of his father. After he learned from the nine sections of Cui, he became a professional chess player in 1999. In 2004, because he beat Japan's Yoda Norimoto and Wang Licheng, won the "Fujitsu Cup" and "central Cup" two world champion, and based on the Korean chess new promotion regulations, to nine from the four occupation occupation rocket channeling, South Korea became the nine youngest ever, but also from the beginning section nine to upgrade the fastest player (4 years and 7 months). In addition, Pu Yongxun in 2003 into the "Samsung Cup" final; in July 2007, he beat Li Changgao, once again won the "Fujitsu Cup" champion.

Media evaluation said, Tan Xiao and Pu Yongxun are the first to enter the "Chunlan Cup" final, the two are also in the world competition for the first time. Tan Xiao style is a powerful attack, the overall view is splendid; Pu Yongxun's style for the love field, especially the end game well, once known as the "half of death". The two men after confrontation, attack and defence, spear and shield of the dispute, the interpretation of the classic chess. In today's international chess, still exists between China and South Korea confrontation pattern, but has shown China players fully suppress the "Korean wave" of the situation.
Nie Weiping sighed, Tan Xiao and Pu Yongxun the final "Chunlan Cup" in the final decisive battle, battle fierce, whirling, wonderful bureau continuously, many watching chess has brought an unexpected ending, very exciting, very rare.

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