On December 13, the press conference of the 35th "Evening News Cup" National Amateur Go Championship was held in Kaifeng. The Organizing Committee of the Tournament announced that the new Evening News Cup will be opened in Kaifeng from April 8 to 14, 2022.
The 35th "Evening News Cup" National Amateur Go Championship is sponsored by the China Weiqi Association, the Evening News Branch of the China Sports Journalists Association, the Sports Bureau of Henan Province, the Kaifeng Municipal People's Government, and organized by the Kaifeng Daily Newspaper Group, the Kaifeng Municipal Education and Sports Bureau, the Henan Weiqi Association, and the Kaifeng Weiqi Association. Lin Jianchao, chairman of the China Weiqi Association, Lu Huimin, former president of the National Evening News Sports Journalism Society, Yao Haitao, secretary of the party branch of the Henan Provincial Social and Sports Affairs Center, Liu Zhen, vice mayor of the Kaifeng Municipal People's Government, and other relevant responsible persons attended the press conference.
Lin Jianchao said at the press conference that Kaifeng has a deep historical and cultural heritage, a long history of Go culture, and in recent years, it has continuously held high-standard Go tournaments, the Cause of Go has flourished, and the tournament has entered Kaifeng to join hands with each other, and it is more deserved. Thank you very much to the Henan Weiqi Association and the Kaifeng Municipal Government for their strong support for the tournament. The just-concluded Chinese Go National Hand Competition was successfully concluded in Kaifeng, once again blooming the great charm of Chinese Go. Kaifeng City actively carries out Go activities, attaches great importance to the cultivation of Weiqi talents, and strives to build a famous City of Go in China, and has become the hometown of The National Go, I believe that the tournament will be successfully held and add a strong impetus to the development of The game of Go.
Liu Huimin, secretary of the party committee, president and chairman of the board of directors of Kaifeng Daily Newspaper Group, said at the press conference that hosting the "Evening News Cup" National Amateur Go Championship is an attempt by Kaifeng Daily Newspaper Group to look at the whole country and integrate into the media camp to host major national sports events, and at the same time, it is also an important measure to help the development of Kaifeng's cultural and sports undertakings and promote the creation of Kaifeng's famous Go city, and will give full play to the advantages of media resources and successfully run this tournament.
Founded in 1988, the "Evening News Cup" National Amateur Go Championship has been successfully held for 34 sessions, is the first and only amateur Go tournament approved by the State General Administration of Sport, has become the most gold medal event in the national amateur Go industry, the influence is second to none, can be called "the cradle of professional chess players", out of the world champions such as Gu Li, Tang Weixing, Zhou Ruiyang, etc., and composed a brilliant chapter of Chinese Go.