At 10:00 a.m. on September 26, 2021, the "China Sports Lottery Cup" the 12th Danzhou Chess Grandmaster Super Master Battle in Danzhou, Hainan, China came to a successful end in the beautiful Danzhou Guangcun Cigar Style Town (China Chess Association Hainan Danzhou Training Base) successfully concluded! The competition is hosted by the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China (China Chess Academy), the Chinese Chess Association, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports of Hainan Province and the Danzhou Municipal People's Government, organized by the Danzhou Municipal Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Film and Television and Sports, the Hainan Chess Association, co-organized by Hainan Yimei Sports and Culture Development Co., Ltd., Hainan Island Chess Academy, operated by Danzhou Child Star Sports culture Co., Ltd., Hainan Swire Coca-Cola Beverage Co., Ltd., Hainan Italian Ark Culture Media Co., Ltd., Danzhou Country Garden Havana Holiday Inn support.
Mr. Liang Shuhua, Deputy Secretary-General of Danzhou Municipal Government, Mr. Li Chunliang, Director of Danzhou Municipal Bureau of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Film and Television and Sports, Mr. Lin Feng, Former Vice Chairman and Secretary-General of China Chess Association, Ms. Zhao Haiqi, Member of the Press and Publicity Committee of China Chess Association, and Mr. Liu Yueqing, President of Hainan Chess Association, attended the closing ceremony and presented awards to the winning chess players.
At the closing ceremony, Li Chunliang, director of the Danzhou Municipal Bureau of Tourism and Culture, delivered a speech, saying: The theme of this competition is "Striving for a Free Trade Port, Wisdom new Danzhou", through the persistence of holding the Chess Grandmaster Super Hegemony Battle for twelve consecutive years, Danzhou and even the vast number of people in Hainan have formed a chess boom, which has greatly enhanced the popularity and influence of Danzhou City, laid a solid foundation for Danzhou to build "the hometown of national elephants, the city of wisdom", promoted the development of urban economy and tourism, and helped the construction of Hainan Free Trade Port. On behalf of the Danzhou Tourism and Cultural Bureau, we would like to express our most heartfelt thanks to the units at all levels, all media, staff and all sectors of society who have given strong support to the event!
Ms. Xiao Hong, Deputy Chief Referee, announced the results of the competition, the winner was Ding Liren from China, Topalov won the second place, Wei Yi won the third place, and Wei Qiugov, Yu Yangyi, Bu Xiangzhi, Ju Wenjun and Laporte won the 4th-8th place in the competition.
In 1998, Hainan began to promote chess, and for more than 20 years, Hainan chess enthusiasts have developed from more than 10 people to more than 400,000, and the popularity of chess in Hainan has developed rapidly. Over the years, Hainan has hosted many high-end chess tournaments, such as Hou Yifan's confrontation with Karpov, the Hainan International Open, and the Danzhou Super Championship. Among them, danzhou super game has been successfully held for 12 sessions, becoming the top tournament of Chinese chess. Governments at all levels work together, with the help of social and market forces, and have the confidence to build the Super Hegemony into the world's top event.
This year's Premier League lasts for 6 days, with a total prize money of 320,000 yuan. This year, the combination of online and offline formats was continued, with a total of 8 grandmasters playing against each other in the cloud and playing 7 rounds of single round robin. During this year's Premier League, in addition to the wonderful game of international grandmasters, on the afternoon of September 26, the international grandmasters walked into the campus to interact with chess fans and wheel wars. Through the annual competition, we will gradually promote the popularity and influence of danzhou chess in Hainan, so that chess can be better integrated into the education of primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in Danzhou, so as to enter thousands of households.
In the future, Danzhou will also increase the publicity and popularization of chess, strive to cultivate more and better excellent chess players, and build Danzhou into a world-renowned "city of wisdom" and "national chess town".