The Asian Para Games will be held from October 22 to 28, and the mainland teams participating in the relevant events are currently in full swing to carry out pre-competition training. The 15 Chinese athletes who participated in the chess competition of the Asian Para Games are also seizing time to polish their chess skills and strive for good results.
The 15 Chinese athletes were divided into limb and vision groups according to their disability categories, and they had to study, review and practice theory every day.
The rules of chess for the disabled are exactly the same as for able-bodied people, except that the chess board for visually impaired players is different from the regular board, its white square sinks, and there are sticks at the bottom of the pieces, which can be embedded in the board, increasing the stability of the pieces. In addition, each black square piece has a bulge at the top to make it easy for players to touch the difference. Compared to sighted people, people with visual impairments have a difficult problem to overcome when playing chess.
Wang Jie, coach of the chess project of the Chinese delegation to the Asian Para Games: The team members must first put the chessboard in their heads, and with each move, the situation must change, and in this change, they must analyze how the chess should be handled, and it is relatively slow to learn. By strengthening his memory training, he quickly adapted to the situation, and the whole chess sense was enhanced.
According to reports, among the 15 athletes, 3 athletes have the level of chess association masters, and this Yuan Shoubo, who talks chess while training, is one of them. Not only is his chess skills high, but the two disciples he taught, Wang Ming and Fu Xinyu, also have the level of chess first-class chess players, only two levels away from the chess association master.
Yuan Shoubo, chess athlete of the Chinese delegation at the Asian Para Games: As a player, then I will definitely strive for the championship, as a teacher as a coach, if the students can surpass me, they can win the championship, and at the level of teachers and coaches, then I am also another form of success.
Chinese disabled chess started late, and there are shortcomings such as lack of experience in competitions, but in training, the athletes are scrappy and full of confidence in the upcoming competition.
Yuan Shoubo, chess athlete of the Chinese delegation at the Asian Para Games: Being able to compete with chess players, to be able to prove myself in a bigger arena, to be able to play the national anthem on the field, to raise the national flag, is what I am more excited about, more excited, and I also long for the feeling of fighting in the arena.
Source: CCTV News Client