The prize money is 300,000, ten elephant chess beauties participate, and the world's most powerful women's game has finally come

On December 17, the 3rd "Qinhu Cup" National Chess Women's Celebrity Tournament of 2020 opened on the shores of the beautiful Qinhu Lake.

Li Zechao, deputy director of the Chess Department of the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports and deputy secretary general of the Chinese Chess Association, Dong Weihua, deputy secretary general of the Taizhou Municipal Party Committee and director of the Sports Bureau, Zhang Huiming, deputy governor of the People's Government of Jiangyan District of Taizhou City, Li Boqun, secretary of the Party Working Committee of Qinhu Tourism Resort in Jiangyan District, Taizhou City, Wu Xia, director of the Competition Department of the Jiangsu Provincial Chess and Card Sports Management Center, Qiu Dehe, director of the Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism of Jiangyan District of Taizhou City, and other leaders and guests, as well as the ten women who participated in the competition, attended the opening ceremony.

Zhang Huiming, deputy mayor of Jiangyan District, delivered a welcome speech, Zhang Huiming introduced that "Jiangyan is located in central Jiangsu, belongs to the Yangtze River Delta Economic Circle, with an administrative area of 853 square kilometers, a registered population of 743,000, a provincial-level economic development zone, and a national 5A-level scenic spot. Jiangyan has a developed economy, a beautiful ecology, a profound historical and cultural heritage, and has won the title of the top 100 districts in the country's comprehensive strength, and is a famous town of education, tourism, architecture and chess."

Zhang Huiming said that "chess is an important part of Jiangyan culture, grandmaster Xu Tianhong is an outstanding representative from here, in recent years, Jiangyan chess sports have risen vigorously, the level of chess has been continuously improved, has hosted the Qinhu Cup National Chess Women's Celebrity Tournament, the National Amateur Chess Championship and other large-scale chess events."

Zhang Huiming believes that the holding of the "Qinhu Cup" National Chess Women's Celebrity Tournament has a positive and far-reaching significance for the development of chess sports and the implementation of the comprehensive fitness strategy, he said that JiangYan will, as always, with high-quality and efficient guarantee services, and strive to create a first-class event environment.

Li Zechao, deputy director of the Chess Department of the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports and deputy secretary general of the Chinese Chess Association, delivered a speech.

On behalf of the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Chess Association, Li Zechao first expressed his heartfelt thanks to the People's Government of Jiangyan District of Taizhou City, the Jiangsu Chess Association, the Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism of Jiangyan District, the Huanglongshi Research Association of Jiangyan District, and the Management Committee of Jiangsu Qinhu Lake Tourism Resort.

Li Zechao said, "This year, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has had a huge impact on the production and life of the people, and sports events have not been able to be carried out normally. Under the unified deployment of the State General Administration of Sport, the Chinese Chess Association has responded quickly and has successively held a number of international and domestic online events with novel forms, high participation and great influence, and directly participated in and accumulated more than 5 billion online attention."

Li Zechao praised a number of female chess players who participated in the competition, who actively responded to the call, overcame difficulties, regardless of remuneration, and actively participated in online events such as the National Chess Championship Open Class, the Women's Star Quick Chess Tournament, and the recording of 36 short videos of Chess, encouraging and supporting compatriots across the country to fight the epidemic with practical actions, practicing the responsibility of chess people, and enhancing the public welfare image of the project.

Li Zechao said that the Chinese Chess Association has always attached importance to and encouraged the development of women's chess projects, Jiangyan in accordance with the preparatory requirements of the General Administration of "one game and one plan", actively cooperate with the implementation of epidemic prevention and control work, for the women's chess sports industry chain to resume work and production to provide an important basic guarantee, give full play to Jiangyan as the national chess town of the demonstration and leading role, women's celebrity tournament through three consecutive years of persistence and cultivation, greatly enhance the popularity of women's chess players and the influence of women's chess sports, This has further developed the cause of women's chess in China.

Li Zechao looks forward to the future that the Chinese Chess Association hopes to continue to strengthen communication and cooperation with the People's Government of Jiangyan District of Taizhou City in the future, fully excavate the point of convergence between chess sports and Qintong Huizhou as the traditional Chinese culture, fully display the shining point of the beauty and wisdom of female chess players, continuously enrich the connotation of the event, improve the quality of the event, build the event brand, and through the continuous holding of the game, media attention and reports, the event will be built into an exclusive business card for chess in Jiangyan District and even Jiangsu Region.

Li Zechao also announced the opening of the third "Qinhu Cup" National Chess Women's Celebrity Tournament in 2020.

This year's Qinhu Cup National Chess Women's Celebrity Tournament has a total of Tang Dan, Wang Linna, Dang Guolei, Zhang Guofeng, Chen Xinglin, Jin Haiying, Zhao Guanfang, You Yingqin eight national women's champions, as well as Zhang Tingting, Zuo Wenjing two former female masters to participate, the competition takes the first five rounds of preliminary rounds and then the top four elimination method, determine the champion, the tournament period from December 17 to 20, the total prize money of the event is 300,000, the champion prize is 100,000, for the women's competition leading event.