National Amateur Chess Tournament
On February 18th, the 2021 National Amateur Chess Competition Online Competition, sponsored by the Chess and Card Management Center of the General Administration of Sport and the China Qixiang Association, the Chinese New Year "Xiangqi" Happy Special Competition, came to an end in Tencent Chess Academy every day. The Happy Spring Festival game starts on February 12, the first day of the first lunar month, and lasts for 7 days. Nearly 20,000 chess players from all over the country gathered together to play happily online. During the competition, the organizers invited Zheng Weitong, Zhao Xinxin and Chen Xinglin, three chess grandmasters, to anonymously online from time to time, and randomly selected players to play against each other. The lucky couple who successfully paired with them was the "koi". At the end of the happy game, a total of 20 koi were produced, not only won the koi prize, but also participated in the koi competition held on the fifteenth day of the first month.
A chess master
Koi chess player Zhou Kaicheng, a native of Chengdu, Sichuan. He is in his 50s, but he has played chess for more than 30 years. He has superb skills. However, on New Year's Day night, Zhou Kaicheng encountered an unprecedented opponent in the special game of "chess" during the Spring Festival. After some fighting, he still could not resist the fierce attack and was defeated. What Zhou Kaicheng didn't know was that the opponent he met was Zheng Weitong, a chess grandmaster, a national champion, and a world champion! "I know there was a 'koi' before the game and I'm looking forward to playing against the grandmasters. I never thought luck would come to me. "Zhou Kaicheng, whose wish comes true, said that he and Zheng Weitong are Fellow Sichuan and his loyal fans, and they often repeat the time of playing chess, reminiscing about and fighting extraordinary battles." Knowing that a special "chess" competition was held during the Spring Festival, the father of a pair of brothers who had participated in the amateur chess king children's group for many years said: "Last year, due to the impact of the epidemic, offline chess matches were much less than in previous years, so my 14-year-old Mu Ru Qingfeng and 10-year-old Mu Rulangxing brothers were very excited and eager to try. The special setting of the 'koi' for the Spring Festival is very interesting. Although it didn't match the Grandmaster as expected, in this competition, the children met some ninth graders who dared to compete with the masters. The game inspired the children to practice chess. Between games, the brothers also play chess and music together. ”
The masses of the people responded one after another
When Han Qiu, a Chongqing chess player, knew that he had become a koi, his excitement spread from the other end of the phone to this end. "Is it really such a coincidence?" I can't believe it! It was really nice to have such an arrangement during the Spring Festival. I've been playing chess since I was a kid and I've been following some of the top games in our country, so I know some of the top players. I'm in my 50s now, and playing chess isn't a 100% necessity, but it's also an inseparable hobby. On the happy days of the Spring Festival, this special game of "Chess" not only provides an entertainment platform for Chinese chess lovers, but also makes the game more memorable with the emergence of the lucky player of "Koi". Everyone not only learned chess, but also won a good prize in the new year. Of course, this year is also a special year. A full year has passed, and the new crown virus has not "surrendered". In order to stop the spread of the epidemic caused by the Spring Festival, various localities have advocated "local New Year", and the people have responded.
Enriched spiritual and cultural life
Dai Fangping, a koi chess player, is a native of Wuhu, Anhui, and an interior designer in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. During this year's Spring Festival, he stayed in Hangzhou in response to the call for "local New Year". "I used to go home for the New Year and have chess friends playing chess together. I didn't go back this year, and I didn't have any chess friends around. Fortunately, this game enriched my Spring Festival life. Dai Fangping said: "There is still a chance to play with the super large." This is not only a great honor, but also a meaningful one. It's a memorable thing you can't buy with money! "In 2021, the Spring Festival Happy Tournament in the Online Division of the National Chess Amateur Chess Championship came to a successful end. On the fifteenth day of the first month, 20 lucky koi will gather at the chess academy every day to participate in the competition. The National Amateur Chess Championship has entered its sixth year, and the Spring Festival "Chess" Happy Special Session was launched as the online competition area of the Chess Championship, providing a more perfect competition platform and diversified competition forms for chess players during the Spring Festival, enriching the spiritual and cultural life of chess friends in the context of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, playing an active role in serving the masses, and making everyone truly feel the warm "chess" joy of the Spring Festival.