China's chess?veteran?Zhu Chen has suffered her second
straight defeat at the National League matches.
Zhu, who represents Zhejiang Province, has failed to beat
teenage male player Li Chao of Beijing in a second round clash on
Wednesday.
In a later match, leading Chinese chess grandmaster Ye
Jiangchuan smashed Lin Yi to add one more victory for Beijing.
Beijing then extended their lead to win the series 4.5-0.5 over
Zhejiang.
In other matches, Shandong has wrapped up their second straight
victory after beating Wuxi 3.5-1.5, Chongqing has triumphed over
Jiangsu 3-2, Guangdong drew with Tianjin at 2.5 each, while Hebei
lost to Shanghai 3-2.
(CRI English April 6, 2006)
