The 2021 National Chess Championship (team) kicked off on October 20 in Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng, Shandong Province. More than 100 players from 26 participating teams will gather at the "Jiangbei Water City" for a nine-day competition here.
The competition is sponsored by the Chess and Card Center of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Chess Association and the People's Government of Liaocheng City, and hosted by the Chess and Card Center of the Shandong Provincial Sports Bureau, the Liaocheng City Education and Sports Bureau, and the People's Government of Dongchangfu District of Liaocheng City. Wei Yi, Bu Xiangzhi, Li Chao, Tan Zhongyi, Shenyang, Zhai Mo and other famous players who have won the World Chess Olympiad Team Championship have all signed up for this competition. Liaocheng has a very good chess mass base, has held many high-level chess tournaments, and currently has more than 200,000 chess enthusiasts. The holding of this competition will play a strong role in promoting the popularization and development of chess in Liaocheng and enhancing the city's popularity and influence.
There are 9 rounds of points competitions in this competition, with 4 players per team in each round of the men's team competition, 3 teams per team in each round of the women's team competition, and each team can report 1 substitute chess player. The competition adopts a fixed table system, and the number of players playing is arranged according to international grades.
(Ge Huizhong)
【Source: China Sports News】
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