Nandu News Reporter Tao Xinlei On the afternoon of December 4, the 10th "Country Garden Cup" National Chess Championship Invitational Tournament was officially opened at the Country Garden Resort in Shunde.
The 17 national chess champions participated in the competition. In addition, Zhu Guoping, director of the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of the China Chess Association, Yang Zhicheng, specially invited vice chairman of the China Chess Association, executive director of Country Garden Group and president of Country Garden Jiangzhong Region, Lu Qin, vice chairman of the China Chess Association and director of the Guangdong Provincial Chess and Card Project Management Center, Ou Weizhong, head of the Shunde Comprehensive Law Enforcement Detachment of the Foshan Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, Zhou Rui, deputy secretary of the Shunde District Committee of the Communist Youth League and assistant to the executive director of Country Garden Group, Chen Huanyu, deputy secretary general of the Chinese Chess Association, and other relevant leading guests attended the opening ceremony.
A total of 17 national chess champions participated in this tournament, in order to compete for the final 16 people to compete, on the evening of December 3, two players with low rankings, Liu Dahua and Yu Youhua, had already competed in the form of quick chess elimination, and before the start of the main game, the first war was ignited. After more than an hour of fighting, Liu Dahua finally stabilized his mind in the tense game and got the ticket to the main game.
The suspense of the tournament is far more than the qualifying matchup, the group draw of the opening ceremony on December 4 is also tense and exciting, the draw is fair for every chess player, and the strong duel that chess fans are looking forward to is also settled after the draw is completed.
First round against the table.
With the innovation of last year's double-elimination format, which has been well received by the majority of chess fans, under the new format, chess players avoid the risk of "one round tour", so they can face the game with a more stable and relaxed mentality, which not only improves the ornamentation of each game, but also creates the possibility of "turning over against the wind" for chess players, so that the suspense of the entire event continues to escalate.
At the opening ceremony, Zhu Guoping, director of the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, spoke highly of the important status and cultural value of the "Country Garden Cup" in the history of chess, hoping that "in the future, the Chinese Chess Association can continue to strengthen communication and cooperation with Country Garden Group and Guangdong Provincial Chess and Card Project Management Center, adhere to the people-centered development concept, and take the 'people-centered development concept' The Country Garden Cup' is a platform to let more young people understand the unique charm of national chess, so that national chess continues to shine with new brilliance in the new era. ”