Victor: China Team - 13p Winner of King Tournament 2014 - Wang Yue Starting with the 8th edition the Kings Tournament Romgaz changes its format. The Olympic Champions 2014 - the Chinese team - will visit Romania and play 4 matches against the Romanian Olympic team in a Scheveningen system (each player of one team plays each player of the other team). Then according to the standings after 4 rounds the best Chinese and Romanian players (those who scored the most points in their team) will play a match consisting of two rapid games. The winner of this match will be announced the victor of the 8th edition of Kings Tournament.
Each team will consist of four players: The Chinese team: Wang Yue, Ni Hua, Wei Yi (all played in the Tromso Olympiad) and Lu Shanglei (World Champion Under 20).
The Romanian team: Lupulescu Constantin, Parligras Mircea-Emilian, Jianu Vlad-Cristian, Nevednichy Vladislav.
Tournament Schedule:
Bucharest: 21 November - arrival day 22 November - opening ceremony 22 November - 9-rounds blitz tournament (in order to determine the board oder of each team) with participation of both teams plus 2 strongest Romanian juniors: Bogdan-Daniel Deac and Mihnea Costachi
Medias: 23 November, 15:00 - round 1 24 November, 15:00 - round 2 25 November, 15:00 - round 3 26 November, 13:00 - round 4 followed by the final rapid match 26 November - closing ceremony 27 November - departure day |