Xie Jing, a reporter from Shenzhen Evening News, photographed by Zheng Zhipeng
Shenzhen News Network, October 15, 2021 (Shenzhen Evening News reporter Zheng Zhipeng) On October 14, the "Belt and Road" 2021 Shenzhen Chess International Invitational Tournament ignited the flames of war at the Guangming Culture and Arts Center. On the same day, the professional men's group and the professional women's group held 3 rounds of fast chess competition, Xie Jing won 3 consecutive victories to dominate the men's group, and the women's group Dang Guolei and Chen Lichun both accumulated 3 points, and the former was temporarily ranked first with higher opponent scores. 12 overseas players from Italy, Belarus, Russia, the Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries competed online.
Zhu Guoping, secretary of the party committee and director of the chess and card sports management center of the State General Administration of Sports, said that chess, as a representative of China's excellent traditional culture, is a link for cultural exchanges between countries along the belt and road in the process of promoting the Belt and Road. Located in Shenzhen on the coast of the South China Sea, the chess masses have a strong foundation and can always bring a steady stream of "Zhenzhen" energy to China's intellectual sports cause. "It is expected that the 'Belt and Road' Shenzhen Chess International Invitational Tournament can further enrich the tournament system and become a new business card of Shenzhen Chess."
As one of the core engines of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Shenzhen is firmly grasping the golden development period of "dual-zone drive" and "dual-zone superposition" and strives to play a greater role in international exchanges and cooperation. Shenzhen is building an internationally renowned sports city, and one of the most important contents is to build a major chess town in China. This competition is precisely to give full play to Shenzhen's unique diversity and inclusiveness under the background of the "Belt and Road", deepen cultural and sports exchanges, work hard for a long time, make Shenzhen's contribution to promoting the "Belt and Road" to be stable and far-reaching, and at the same time look for opportunities for resource sharing and complementary advantages, and work together.
The competition was guided by the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China and the Chinese Chess Association, sponsored by the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, organized by the Guangming District Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, co-organized by the Shenzhen Chess Academy, Shenzhen Chess Association, guangming district public culture, art and sports center, and implemented by the Guangming District Chess Association.
【Source: Shenzhen Evening News】
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