Go craze rises in Fuzhou: young chess players enjoy playing “chess” – Sports – China Industry Network

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Go craze rises in Fuzhou: young chess players enjoy playing “chess”

China News Service, Fuzhou, December 4 (Ye Qiuyun) “Go can train my logical thinking and calculation skills.” Lu Yanzhu, a sixth-grade student at Hubin Primary School in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, said on the 4th. 12-year-old Lu Yanzhu has been learning Go for more than seven years and has reached the fifth-dan amateur level.

On the same day, the “Bosi Software Cup” China Go Rookie Competition and the national Go players entering campus event were held at Hubin Primary School. Li Zerui, who just won the 2023 “Bosi Software Cup” China Go Rookie Championship, played against Lu Yanzhu, attracting many chess players to watch.

The picture shows Li Zerui (front right) and Lu Yanzhu (front left) playing chess.Photo by China News Network reporter Ye Qiuyun

Li Zerui, 18 years old, started learning Go when he was 5 and a half years old. He told reporters that he participated in the event in the hope of popularizing Go culture. He believes that learning Go can improve children’s intellectual development, help them establish overall awareness and overall perspective, and make their character more stable.

It is reported that a generation of Go master Wu Qingyuan was born in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China in 1914. Under his influence, Fuzhou has a good Go atmosphere.

On the 4th, the “Bosi Software Cup” China Go Rookie Competition and the national Go players entering campus event were held at Hubin Primary School in Fuzhou City.Photo by China News Network reporter Ye Qiuyun

Lin Feng, principal of Hubin Primary School in Fuzhou, said that in recent years, the school has actively promoted Go activities on campus to promote the healthy growth and all-round development of students. According to him, Hubin Primary School has started to offer Go courses step by step from the lower grades, and more than 2,000 students out of more than 3,000 students in the school have participated in Go activities. In just three years, it has trained many outstanding young chess players, including Lu Yanyu, the sixth-dan amateur, and now there are more than a hundred students who have reached the amateur level.

The Lu Yanyu mentioned by Lin Feng is Lu Yanzhu’s sister. In 2021, Lu Yanyu participated in the National Amateur Women’s Go Championship and won the national fourth place in Group C of the individual competition, and represented the Fujian team and won the national Group C team championship.

“When I first started, my goal was to reach fifth-dan amateur level.” Lu Yanzhu said that she was influenced by her sister when she first started learning Go, but later she persisted because she loved it, and she enjoyed every time she played chess. This year he has reached the fifth-dan amateur level and will focus on his studies in the future, but Go is still his interest and hobby.

In December 2019, Fuzhou received a new honor – the “Hometown of Masters, Famous City of Go” plaque issued by the Chinese Go Association.

According to Wei Shumin, deputy director of the Education Bureau of Gulou District, Fuzhou, as the only city in the country that has won the honor of “Hometown of Masters, Famous City of Go”, Fuzhou has carried out a lot of work in promoting Go culture and created a strong atmosphere. The third round of the 6th Wu Qingyuan Cup World Women’s Go Competition has just concluded in Fuzhou, and the “Fujian Straits Bank Cup” 2023 World Artificial Intelligence Go Competition will also be decided today. “This event where national Go players enter the campus provides a good communication platform for students who love Go.”

During the event, Dai Binhui, chairman of the Fujian Provincial Go Association, presented 100 sets of Go books and 100 sets of Go equipment to Hubin Primary School in Fuzhou City, as well as chessboards signed by Li Zerui and other chess players.

At the event, Dai Binhui, chairman of the Fujian Provincial Go Association, presented 100 sets of Go books and 100 sets of Go equipment to Hubin Primary School in Fuzhou City.Photo by China News Network reporter Ye Qiuyun

Dai Binhui said that a child’s growth and progress must be all-round development of “moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor”. Popularizing Go culture and Go sports in schools is not only conducive to the healthy growth and all-round development of students, but also helps to inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional Chinese culture.