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)