Recently, the International Exchange Center (Intelligence Building) of the Hangzhou Branch of the China Chess Academy, which will host the Chess Project of the Hangzhou Asian Games, has completed the decoration of the venue area, and is expected to complete the acceptance of the venue's event functions and sports technology by the end of March.
Do you know the chess projects of the Hangzhou Asian Games? Today, let's talk about "chess" in chess projects.
Chess at the Asian Games
Friends who have watched Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone should have a deep memory of the "wizard chess" played by one of the protagonists, Ron. The prototype of wizard chess is the chess piece of "magic".
Chess originated in Asia and was later introduced to Europe by the Arabs and became a popular international chess game. It is also an intellectual competitive sport, which was once listed as an official olympic sport. The chess board is square and consists of 8x8 small black and white grids. The pieces are black on one side and white on the other, 16 pieces each. Each piece represents a different class of soldiers, a small chessboard, and a vast battlefield.
At the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, chess became the official sport of the Asian Games for the first time. Four years later, at the Guangzhou Asian Games, the scenery is still the same.
At the Hangzhou Asian Games in September this year, chess, which has been absent for 12 years, will be on the Asian Games stage along with Go, chess, bridge and e-sports. The competition will feature a total of four gold medals for men and women's individuals and men's and women's teams, and the venue is the Intelligence Building located in the Olympic Sports Expo District Block of Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou.
As a chess event venue and training venue for the Hangzhou Asian Games, The Mind Building can not only undertake the traditional projects of "five chess and one card" at home and abroad, providing the best service guarantee for the chess competition of the Hangzhou Asian Games, but also further expand the extension of "intellectual sports" after the End of the Asian Games, undertake emerging intellectual sports competitions such as e-sports and promote the development of related industries.
Chess tournament at the Asian Games
China has an advantage
The Hangzhou Branch of the China Chess Academy (Hangzhou Intellectual Sports Management Center) is the competent department of mental sports in Hangzhou and is responsible for the projects of intellectual sports at the Asian Games. At present, in addition to promoting the construction of Asian Games venues, preparations for Asian Games events are also being intensively prepared.
Hang Tianpeng, secretary of the party group and executive vice president of the Hangzhou Branch of the China Chess Academy, said in an interview that from the perspective of the level of local intelligence projects in Hangzhou, Go, chess, chess, etc. have occupied a relatively leading position in the country and even the world, and have won many championships and have certain advantages.
Chess Grandmaster, Olympiad Champion: Ding Liren
In 2021, Ding Liren, chess grandmaster and Olympiad champion, was included in the Hangzhou Branch of the China Chess Academy (Ding Liren, the first person in Chinese chess), as the "Asian men's first person" in chess, Ding Liren has a great opportunity to participate in this Asian Games. "In the chess tournament of this Asian Games, China has an advantage." Liu Xiao, director of the Intellectual Sports Management Department of the Hangzhou Branch of the China Chess Academy, said: "With his standard as a guarantee, the Chinese team has a good chance to win the gold medal of the men's team. ”
Promote intellectual sports through the Asian Games
In recent years, chess has gained greater and greater mass attention and developed faster and faster. "There used to be four or five events in the whole year, but now there are twenty or thirty races in the whole year." Liu Xiao said. Although the epidemic has affected the past two years, which has had a certain impact on the players to compete abroad, the overall level is still online.
Not long ago, at the IM ASK 5 Chess Open Held in Arangelovac, Serbia, Lu Miaoyi, a 12-year-old Hangzhou girl, reached the top with 4 wins, 3 and 2 losses, and successfully won the title of women's international master.
"Now there are more and more children learning chess in China, and the enlightenment is getting earlier and earlier. As the host of the Asian Games, Hangzhou has been vigorously promoting the development of intellectual sports over the years. Liu Xiao introduced. In May 2021, the Hangzhou Municipal Bureau of Education and the Hangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau officially announced the list of 101 "Municipal Team Joint" sports reserve talent bases to encourage the all-round development of students in school. Among them, there are 4 high-quality schools linked to chess.
As a kind of intellectual sport, chess can not only cultivate logical thinking, improve intellectual development and learning ability, but also be safer than other types of sports. "The inclusion of intellectual sports projects in Asia has promoted the recognition of intellectual sports by society from the side, as well as the support of intellectual sports from all walks of life." We hope that through the stage of the Asian Games, we can further popularize chess and promote national sports. Liu Xiao said.
Transferred from Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games