On the morning of September 23, the Shaanxi Provincial Disabled Chess and Go Selection Tournament was officially launched in Xi'an. A total of 65 players from 12 teams across the province will be selected to participate in the 11th National Paralympic Games and the 8th Special Olympics through seven rounds of competition.
On the morning of the same day, in the Shaanxi Provincial Urban Economic School, 12 teams from eleven prefectures and cities in Shaanxi and the Shaanxi Provincial Association for the Deaf had already sat at their tables and waited for the competition.
According to Zhan Hui, the relevant person in charge of the Provincial Sports Management Center, the selection competition lasted for 3 days and ended on the 25th. The competition was divided into the physical disability open group and the hearing disability group, and the blind group was originally planned, but it was temporarily cancelled because it did not reach the number of applicants. Zhan Hui specifically said that among the players who came to participate in the competition, there were many masters, including Wang Guoguo, who won the seventh place in the 10th National Paralympic Games held in Tianjin in 2019.
Wang, 53, from Xi'an's Yanta district, suffered from polio and left leg disability. Wang Guoguo said that because he has liked to play chess since he was a child, this hobby has not changed over the years, especially when chess meets opponents, sometimes it is difficult to fight, sometimes it can be dismantled, it is not only a challenge, but also a way to make friends. This time, not only he came to participate, he will also often practice together, and his friend Zhang, who also often participates in various competitions across the country, has also invited him to compete together, My friend was previously poached by the Zhejiang team, and this time he will represent our Shaanxi team, not only to play a good mood, but also to achieve good results. ”
Tian Liping, secretary general of the Shaanxi Provincial Chess Association and national referee, said that there were only 3 groups of Go participating in the competition, and the rest were chess. The competition is implemented in the "Rules of The Chess Competition" approved by the Chinese Chess Association, and the individual ranking is selected by computer points arrangement system. Everyone can participate in seven rounds of competition, and then select outstanding representatives of paralympic athletes to participate in the mass sports competition of the 11th Paralympic Games.
Huashang Daily reporter Miao Qiaoying