Karpov and 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) will play a Rapid chess match in China from 4 to 7 February
The winner will receive a cash prize $20,000, while the loser will be paid $10,000. 北京 (Běijīng), January 12. TASS. Russian Grandmaster Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov and Chinese Grandmaster 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) will meet from 4 to 7 February in 哈尔滨 (Hā’ěrbīn), the administrative centre of 黑龙江省 (Hēilóngjiāng province), Northeast China, in the “2018 Sino-Russian Chess Champions Showdown”. This is reported by 新华社 (Xīnhuá News Agency). The event is organised with the assistance of the Board and Card Games Administrative Center of General Administration of Sports of China and the Chinese Chess Association. The match of 6 games will be played in Rapid chess format. Time control is 15 minutes per player, plus 10 seconds time per move. The winner will receive a cash prize of $20,000, while the loser will be paid $10,000. Besides the match, Karpov and 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) will jointly give a simultaneous exhibition to 50 young players. It is also planned to stage a demonstration-performance on chess on ice. Karpov is the 12th World Chess Champion, a two-time winner of the World Team Chess Championship representing the Soviet Union, a six-time winner of the Chess Olympiads representing the Soviet Union, a three-time winner of the USSR Chess Championship, a nine-time Oscar winner — the award given to the best player of the year. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) — four-time Women’s World Chess Champion, a three-time winner of the World Women’s Team Chess Championship representing China, is one of the three World Champions who succeeded in regaining the chess crown after an eclipse. |
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Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov. Photo © Alexander Olegovich Shcherbak/TASS.
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