The Shenzhen Nanshan Chess Masters Came to an end

Source: People's Daily - People's Daily

Shenzhen, August 15 (Reporter Zheng Yi) The 2021 Shenzhen Nanshan Chess Masters Tournament ended at the Shenzhen Nanshan Museum on the 15th. After 3 rounds of matches, the team composed of Liu Shilan, Bu Xiangzhi and Zhao Xue defeated the team composed of Ye Jiangchuan, Yu Shaoteng and Zhu Jiner with a record of 1 win and 2 draws, and won the victory.

This competition brings together three generations of Chinese chess players, old, middle-aged and young. Ye Jiangchuan has trained many champion chess players represented by Xie Jun, the world chess queen, Liu Shilan, the first female grandmaster in Asia, has made outstanding contributions to the promotion of national elephant sports, Yu Shaoteng has twice won the FIDE Best Female Chess Player Coach Award, Bu Xiangzhi and Zhao Xue are members of the National Elephant Olympiad Championship Team, and "Post-00" Zhu Jiner, who has won the Women's 14-year-old Group Championship of the National Elephant World Junior Championship, is the star of hope for Chinese national elephants.

Shenzhen Nanshan has a strong chess atmosphere, various events are active, and hundreds of local schools and kindergartens offer chess courses. In this competition, the 6 Chinese elephant grandmasters also launched a friendship tournament and exchange activities with the chinese elephant lovers in Shenzhen, using chess as a bridge to pass on the chess culture.

Typography: Zhang Fangman

People's Daily (2021-08-16 14th edition)