In the name of love, it spreads in all directions.
Public welfare helps, and the merit is immeasurable.
Guo Bing, the founder of Xiaoshan Public Welfare, has been adhering to the dissemination of public welfare undertakings for many years, caring for the disabled and visually impaired, and measuring the barrier-free love map with a wheelchair, which has been widely reported by CCTV and other media.
Guo Bing is a chess enthusiast, he believes that the blind chess and blind chess of chess are the peak embodiment of human wisdom, and he has been trying to find ways to promote a very meaningful "exchange of horizons" cross-strait youth blindfold chess public welfare invitational tournament.
A few years ago, the tournament was successfully held in Fuzhou, the base camp of small charity and public welfare, which caused great repercussions in the chess circles and society, and many chess elders such as Liu Dahua, Yan Mujiang, Wu Guilin, Guo Furen, Zeng Guorong, He Zhixing and many other chess elders came to help.
This year, due to the needs of the fight against the epidemic, Taiwanese chess enthusiasts who had planned to organize a group to come to the mainland again to exchange chess skills could not be done, so the organizers moved the arena that had been working in Fuzhou for three years to Wuhan, a hero city in the fight against the epidemic.
With the slogan of "Cross-Strait Cooperation, Chess Hearts Fighting the Epidemic", the venues were opened in Wuhan and Taipei respectively, and the cross-strait blind chess enthusiasts continued to organize the 2020 "Vision Exchange Horizon" Cross-Strait Youth Blindfold Chess Public Welfare InvitationAl.
The competition is guided by Hubei Xiangqi Association, hosted by Fuzhou Xiaoshan Public Welfare Service Center, organized by Wuhan Anti-epidemic Public Welfare Volunteer Alliance, Ivy Intelligence (Fujian) Sports Management Co., Ltd., Wuhan Guangbo Times Culture Communication Co., Ltd., supported by Fuzhou Xintu Optoelectronics Co., Ltd., Wuhan Haoran Disabled People's Public Welfare Service Center, and co-organized by Taipei Chess Association and Wuhan University Chess Association.
On October 18, 36 chess enthusiasts in Wuhan and Taipei, including sound, visually impaired, and physically disabled, blindfolded, with the help of assistant referees, unified time, uniform dress, and unified goals opened a peak showdown on the Chu River han boundary, and national referee Xiong Yan announced the start of the game, Xiong Yan said that we are separated from the two sides of the strait, but we can play a game of chess together.
Both healthy and disabled chess players in this game need to be blindfolded, and it is forbidden to touch the chess pieces throughout the game, verbally reported, and only the chess certificate (assistant referee) helps to play chess, so as to achieve fair competition between all participating chess players.
Because of its fun and competitive nature, each blind chess game of "exchange horizons" can always attract the extreme attention of chess players.
The participating chess players and referees include the physically disabled, visually impaired, civil servants, engineers, teachers, company executives, etc. The Wuhan University Chess Association has come with 14 students to actively volunteer to participate.
After the fierce competition of the knockout round + composite line battle, Peng Ruixiao, Wei Yan and Liu Jun won the top three in the Wuhan Division.
Huang Zeming, the gold medalist in the men's visual disability group of the 10th National Paralympic Games and the 7th Special Olympics Chess Tournament, won the fourth place, saying that "it is a rare opportunity to compete with the bright-eyed chess players, and I hope that such competitions can be held all year round."
Mr. Wu Senxiong of Taipei Arena introduced that "Taiwanese chess players have enthusiastically registered, including many first-class chess players, including two visually impaired chess players, which has added a lot to the competition".
There are a total of 16 players participating in the competition in Taipei, with old and new faces, and the main members include: Yang Zongyu, the international master of chess, the winner of the Asian Junior Championship and the Hanxin Cup, You Yuanshuo, the champion of the Fifth Haiqing Cup Chess Tournament, Hong Xuzeng, and Wang Zhengjiao, who has participated in the chess tournament held in the mainland many times.
In the climax of the competition, the top three in the Wuhan Division, plus the top two in the Taipei Division, five first-class chess players, joined hands with the chess giants, and the "Oriental Computer" Liu Dahua staged a blindfold wheel war.
The 70-year-old chess evergreen tree Willow is facing five super opponents, and the whole process is backhanded, blind chess, won five battles, one win, three draws and one loss, the Oriental computer sword is not old.
After the game, Guo Bing, the representative of the organizer, said that "the successful holding of this public welfare competition in Wuhan has received sincere assistance from many public welfare partners, especially the strong support of the Wuhan Anti-epidemic Public Welfare Volunteer Alliance, and I hope that the Exchange Horizon Blindfold Series Competition can be held in cooperation with more regions and organizations."
Great love has no boundaries, with chess to spread thousands of miles, public welfare boost, the national essence and visually impaired people walk together, let the love of chess and the kindness of public welfare warm every disabled human body, warm congratulations on the 2020 "Exchange Horizon" cross-strait youth blindfold chess public welfare invitational tournament is a complete success, and wish chess a better tomorrow!
(The Prince of Chess)