On September 21, the top of the decisive battle!

Shanghai Cup final settled in Shanghai Center

The 2nd Shanghai Cup Chess Masters Open will start on September 18. The event organizing committee confirmed that the finals of the Shanghai Central Building will be moved on the finals of September 21. The peak confrontation of chess art on the top of Shencheng has become a major innovation of the Shanghai Cup.

This idea originated from his late -known patriotic entrepreneur, the Federation of the World Chess Federation forever honorary chairman, the Chinese Chess Association and the Shanghai Chess Academy adviser Wang Ming. A few years ago, when visiting the Shanghai Center, Wang Ming proposed to hold a chess game in this 632 -meter -high Shanghai landmark building in the future. During the first time the first Shanghai Cup Chess Master Open was held, Zhu Guoping, director of the State General Administration of Sports and Card Sports Management Center, Director of the Shanghai Chess Academy Dean, and Chen Dongmei, director of the Sports Bureau of Jiading District, talked about this. The center of Shanghai is held. The organizer contacted the Shanghai Urban Investment Group. As a result, the idea was that the two sides took a shot and agreed to hold the finals of the second Shanghai Cup professional group competition in the highest 119th floor touring hall in Shanghai.

In fact, in the urban landmark building, there have been precedents in Shanghai. On May 1, 1995, in order to commemorate the launch of the Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower, the highest building in Asia at that time, the first game of the first STV cup news chess game was held in the 263 -meter high tourist layer of the Oriental Pearl. At that time, the two players who participated in the competition were Chen Zude, the president of the Chinese Chess Academy, and Ma Xiaochun, the "Five Crown King" Ma Xiaochun. After climbing the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Pujiang River, Chen Zude and Ma Xiaochun said that it was the first time that the competition was for such a height. I hope that the high -level chess game commensurates with it. Hua Hua, then the director of the Go Department of the Chinese Chess Academy as the game as the game. In order to meet the needs of TV broadcasts, the competition is made to 20 minutes per square meter, and 1 minute of retention is kept. At this peak, Ma Xiaochun defeated Chen Zude and eventually won the STV cup with 2-0.

Many years later, because of the final finals of the Shanghai Cup Chess Masters at the Shanghai Center, the Shencheng Sports Competition will be re -topped. This year's Shanghai Cup invited 23 male chess players and seven female chess players in the domestic level, plus one host of the host men and women, and competed for the male and female champions of the professional group. Move the Chuhe and Han realm to the cloud, and on the "top of the Shencheng" to decide "the top of the chess art", everyone applauds this golden ideas. At that time, in the highest place in Shanghai, in addition to the two pairs of players who participated in the finals, chess and master Hu Ronghua will come out again to make on -site comments for this highly highest chess game. The five -star sports channel will live broadcast the finals.

As a business card for the capital of international events, the city's independent brand competition, the Shanghai Cup Chess Master Open aims to build a stage with high standing, high standards and high requirements, attract the world's top chess players and chess enthusiasts to join forces. Help chess movements and chess culture have achieved a wider impact. From this point of view, the finals of the Shanghai Cup this year are arranged in the city's highest landmark building, which has a special meaning. The chess finals on the 119th floor of the Shanghai Center will further expand the influence of the event, enhance the brand effect of the event, show the image of the city of Shanghai, and also symbolize the often new Shanghai Cup Chess Master Open.

Written article: Xinmin Evening News reporter Jin Lei

Photo: IC Picture, Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Mingzheng and Xu Cheng; Photo by Chen Zhengbao

Edit: Lu Weixin

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