The rematch between the host country's greatest hope Yin Sheng and the 2023 world runner-up Lai Ly Huynh ended on the afternoon of September 27 with victory for the Vietnamese player. "Nam Phuong Cong Tu" is the first person from the "non-Hoa Due" school to stop the streak of 18 world championship titles of Chinese chess.
Lai Ly Huynh and Doan Thang were tied in the second game of the group stage.
The final match of the men's singles of the standard chess game lasted nearly 3 hours and was extremely tense both mentally and professionally. After the opening, Doan Thang sacrificed his cannon in exchange for a bishop and took the advantage of the attack. Lai Ly Huynh, with his experience, returned his pieces to regain the initiative and continuously attacked, forcing the opponent into a defensive position. Doan Thang's rooks and knights were held back, Huynh continued to deal fatal blows.
After Lai Ly Huynh's decisive rook move, after a few dozen seconds of thinking, Doan Thang accepted defeat and shook hands with the Vietnamese player. The player known as the new "child prodigy" of Chinese chess could not follow in the footsteps of his compatriot, senior Manh Than, two years ago, forcing Lai Ly Huynh to surrender in the tie-break series in the US.
In the context of a series of "chess kings" and many other famous Chinese players being imprisoned due to corruption, Doan Thang emerged as the brightest candidate for this championship.
The 20-year-old star went undefeated in the group stage, earning his first ticket to the final of the standard chess event.
To "warm up" for the life-and-death battle with Lai Ly Huynh, on September 26, Doan Thang also excellently won the gold medal in the rapid chess event (Lai Ly Huynh only ranked 7th), making the Shanghai chess arena heated up hours before the standard chess final began.
Fierce final in Shanghai
This is the second time that "Nam Phuong prince" Lai Ly Huynh has won the right to play in the final match of the World Chess Championship within 3 years. However, he did not regret losing to famous chess player Manh Than in the tie-break round. This time, he made history for Vietnamese chess.
The rich international competition experience helped the Vietnamese player a lot when he defeated Doan Thang in the slow chess series (each side 60 minutes + 30 seconds for each next move) without having to enter the rapid chess and blitz games as experts predicted before the opening match.
Lai Ly Huynh is the world chess champion.
Preventing China from winning the world chess championship for the 19th consecutive time, Lai Li Huynh added to his collection of achievements the prestigious 2025 World Standard Chess Gold Medal, after winning the 2022 and 2023 World Rapid Chess Gold Medal, and the 2023 World Standard Chess Runner-up.
Present in Shanghai to watch the tournament, former president of the Vietnam Chess Federation Nguyen Huu Luan announced a prize of 1 billion VND for Lai Ly Huynh's world championship title, and a prize of 200 million VND for the Coaching Board.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/nam-phuong-cong-tu-lai-ly-huynh-lap-ky-tich-vo-dich-co-tuong-the-gioi-ngay-tai-trung-quoc-196250927155051408.htm
Comment (0)