Ding Liren Wuliangye gift "Old Grid"

Wen chess player Ding Liren and Israeli chess king Gelfande received medals, bonuses and souvenirs from the organizers

Wendu News Yesterday afternoon, the award ceremony of the "Wenzhou Olympic Sports City Cup" 2015 China Wenzhou Chess Grandmaster Tournament was held at the Overseas Chinese Hotel. The scene carried out activities such as bonus awarding, gift giving and signing group photos, and the award ceremony lasted more than half an hour, and the content was wonderful.

Xu Bingxing, chairman of the Wenzhou Chess Association, came to the scene early, took $30,000 in cash from his bag, and joked to the staff, "Be careful, don't put the money wrong, otherwise Gelfande will be in trouble as soon as he returns to China." The winner of this confrontation, Ding Liren, has a prize of $20,000 and Gelvander $10,000.

At less than 3 p.m. on the same day, Ding Li and Gelfande appeared in the competition venue that had been "transformed" into the award site, and the two swept away the serious expressions of the past few days, and both showed a smile. "The game was very brutal, we had to divide the winners and losers, and we were very happy to be able to win in our hometown." Ding Liren praised Gelvander's profound strength and modestly said that he had some luck in winning this time, and then he took out a bottle of beautifully packaged Wuliangye and gave it to Gelvander, which made the 24-year-old "Old Ge" who was 24 years older than him very happy.

"Let's take a look at this chess piece." Chen Lixing, vice chairman of the Municipal Chess Association and "Grandpa Elephant", who was always smiling at the side, raised his voice. I saw two exquisite chess sets on a table, "The chess pieces are made of Longquan kiln porcelain, which is quite exquisite." Chen Lixing introduced that this was given to two chess players by Zheng Xiugui, head of the Chess Branch of the Provincial Chess Association, who was also a witness to the birth and growth of Wenzhou's "Chess City".

Yesterday's awards event scene atmosphere is relaxed and active, after the ceremony, everyone took out the "Chess City" 20th anniversary album, asked Ding Li and Gelfande to sign, take pictures, is working as a photographer of chess Grandmaster Ye Rongguang was soon also pulled into the signature team, "Three Grandmasters signed together, very precious ah! A chess fan was happy and excited after getting the autographed album.

Qi Bin, director of the Municipal Sports Bureau, said that the competition achieved good results, expanded the influence of the "chess city", and boosted the internationalization and fashion of Wenzhou. In the future, we will strive to hold such competitions every year, and through several years of efforts, make it a brand event in Wenzhou.

Wendu reporter Ye Haipeng/Wen Zhengpeng/Photo