"Good Luck 'Chess' Coming" The final of the 2021 China Sports Lottery National Chess "Folk Chess King" TV Championship Guangdong Division was held at the Guangzhou Chess Academy on September 28. The participants came from a total of 22 prefectures and cities (districts) in Guangdong Province, and a total of 65 municipal chess players fought fiercely for the title of "Folk Chess King" in Guangdong.
After fierce competition, in the end, Liang Yunlong from Dongguan successfully defended the title of "Guangdong Chess King", Zheng Hongbiao of Shantou won the second place, and Li Jinxiong of Meizhou won the third place. Liang Yunlong will represent Guangdong Province in the finals in Beijing in October.
Chinese chess culture has been passed down for thousands of years and is deeply welcomed and loved by the general public. From the Asian Games arena to the streets and alleys, you can see many chess enthusiasts. In order to promote this traditional culture and enrich the amateur life of the people, the Guangdong Sports Lottery Management Center held the Guangdong Folk Chess Championship with the assistance of the China Chess Association and Guangzhou Haixin Culture and Media.
Sports color set off a folk chess fever
The China Sports Lottery National Chess "Folk Chess King" TV Championship was initiated by the Sports Lottery Center of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China and the China Chess Association. Sponsored by the Guangdong Sports Lottery Center and hosted by the Municipal Sports Lottery Center, the Guangdong Competition has been held in 506 sports lottery stores in the province since March this year, attracting more than 2,400 people to participate, with more than 30,000 games, and the number of participants and the number of competitions ranked first in the country. In order to carry forward the traditional culture and show the good social image of public welfare sports lottery, Guangdong sports lottery at all levels has set up attractive rewards, this final, the champion prize money of 10,000 yuan; the runner-up 6,000 yuan; the third runner 3,000 yuan; other players each 1,000 yuan, which also encourages more people who love chess and are keen on competition to participate in this grand event.
The chess players in this final are also very important, because of their outstanding performance in the national amateur chess competition, the "Guangdong Ten Tigers" who are famous in the chess world, Liang Yunlong, Huang Wenjun, Zheng Hongbiao", the "Three Tigers" participate in the competition, Liu Lishan, Li Jinxiong two famous players also participate, and the other cities of chess famous players abound.
"Public Welfare Sports Lottery Happy Charity Life". The public welfare spirit of sports lottery and the spirit of seeking the tao of chess coincide.
Zheng Hongbiao, the chess king of Shantou, paid tribute to the organizing committee and thanked the organizing committee for providing an excellent platform for chess players so that they could show their skills; Huang Wenjun, the guangzhou chess king who represented the Foshan team, said that the environment of the game was excellent, and through this competition, he felt the profundity of chess culture even more.
After successfully defending the title of Guangdong's "Folk Chess King", Liang Yunlong also expressed his sincere gratitude to the China Sports Lottery, saying that in 2019, he won the "Folk Chess King" guangdong championship, but regrettably ranked second in the national competition, and this time hoped to strive for further progress in the national competition.
World champion Xu Yinchuan praised the event
Chess world champion and grandmaster Xu Yinchuan and well-known anchor Master Li Hongjia jointly broadcast and professional commentary for the event, and at the same time carried out interactive exchanges such as "wheel war" with various folk chess kings on the field, and awarded awards to the winners of the tournament.
Xu Yinchuan said that the competition has a wide coverage and a high level, although it is a fast chess game, the chess players also show high technical literacy and the game is wonderful. The match was also broadcast live on the web at the same time, adapting to the new trend. Xu Yinchuan also praised the folk chess championship organized by the sports lottery, which promoted the development of chess in Guangdong, and he also deeply felt the purpose of the sports lottery "from the people and used for the people".
Ren Chengge, deputy director of the Guangdong Sports Lottery Center, said that Chinese chess culture has been passed down for thousands of years and is deeply welcomed and loved by the public. As the birthplace of southern chess, Guangdong has a profound cultural heritage of chess, and the folk chess player Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. The China Sports Lottery National Chess "Folk Chess King" Championship not only provides a platform for chess players in the province to exchange skills and enhance friendship, but also allows Chinese chess, a national culture, to enter the sports lottery, so that more people can understand the contribution of the sports lottery to society and people's livelihood.
Source: China Sports News
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