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Source: Modern Express All Media
Editor: Jiang Wenjia
Time: 2023-09-27 20:42:17
Modern Express News (Reporter Wang Wei) On September 27, the final of the Hangzhou Asian Games men’s individual chess competition was held in Hangzhou Zhizhi Building, and 34 chess players from 19 countries and regions participated in the competition. Jiangsu athlete Wei Yi topped the list with 7 wins, 1 loss and 1 loss and 7.5 points, winning the men’s individual chess championship, which is the first gold medal won by Jiangsu athletes in this Asian Games and the first gold medal in intelligence at the Hangzhou Asian Games.
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As the world’s youngest record holder with an international rating of 2700+, Wei Yi’s performance in this Asian Games is very stable. On September 24, the first day of the chess tournament, Wei Yi won a draw and a victory in two rounds of matches, making a good start to his Asian Games journey. On the second day, Wei Yi was on fire, beating Sri Lanka and Kazakhstan in two rounds to move up to second place in the standings. In the three rounds of competition on the third day, Wei Yi accumulated points to the first place with a record of two wins and one loss, until he won the gold medal.
Born in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province in 1999, Wei Yi began learning chess at the age of 6, entered the provincial team at the age of 11, and then competed in the national first-class arena, winning the World Junior Championship in October 2010 in the 12-year-old category, which was also the first world championship of his career. He was selected for the national team at the age of 12, and in 2013 he set a record for the youngest Chinese chess player to be promoted to a chess grandmaster, and in the same year, he broke the record for the youngest player in the world with a rating of 2,600. In 2014, in the 41st World Chess Olympiad Team Tournament held in Norway, 15-year-old Wei Yi helped the Chinese men’s team defeat the Polish team with a score of 3:1, with an undefeated record of 8 wins and 3 draws in 11 rounds, creating the history of Asian countries winning the Olympiad men’s team championship for the first time, breaking the 87-year monopoly of Europe and the United States on the Olympiad! In 2015, he helped the Chinese team win the 10th World Chess Team Championship, and successfully defended the championship in 2017. In October 2018, Wei Yi once again represented the national team in the 43rd World Chess Olympiad Team Tournament and won the championship again.
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Wei Yi’s parents learned the good news for the first time, “Proud of him!” Wei Yi’s mother, Ms. Wang, said bluntly that this competition is very special, it is Wei Yi’s Asian Games debut, and she very much hopes that her son will win the championship, and Wei Yi will live up to expectations. Wei Yi’s father was more calm, saying that his son had participated in higher-level events before, and the Asian Games played at a normal level, “I hope he will make persistent efforts and strive for better results in international events.”
Ji Dan, the coach of Wuxi Guoxiang, who once coached Wei Yi, said: “Wei Yi’s strength is undoubted, although players from other countries are also very strong, rapid chess has always been his strength, so I have always been very confident in him, and it is expected to win the championship.” Ji Dan said that because of the relationship between his studies and the epidemic, Wei Yi was silent for a while, so this participation in the Asian Games is also a good opportunity for him to exercise, “I hope that Wei Yi can achieve better results and get more honors in the future.” After the individual competition, the chess team competition will be held from September 29 to October 7, and Wei Yi and his teammates will continue to sprint for medals.
(Proofread by Zhang Jingchao)