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)