Damascus-Sana
Great efforts are being made to promote the game of chess in Damascus with the multiplicity of talents in clubs that have been playing it for many years as a result of the remarkable demand for the sport of intelligent people of different age groups.
Competitions that did not stop at the chessboard, despite the suspension of sports activity for a whole year due to the Corona pandemic, as virtual competitions were held on the Internet, and the Damascus players had the largest share of participation, and with the return of the spirit of competition to the game halls again, the Damascus players returned to shine in various categories, according to the head of the technical committee For the game in Damascus, Muhammad Abbas.
During a visit to Barada club, one of the most important clubs practicing the game, the head of the committee explained in a statement to the representative of Sana Sports that the players of Damascus are distinguished at the level of the country and have a share of crowning in various central tournaments in addition to the distinction of most of them at the external level, especially in the tournaments that were held on the Internet during the suspension period They were the mainstay of the national team and achieved advanced results with it.
Abbas pointed to the strength of the tournaments that are held in Damascus, as the competitions taking place do not know a difference between one age group and another, as a male competitor may meet with another in the junior category so that the two parties can innovate with transfers. In the preliminary stage of the governorate tournament for the men’s category, the tournament was held with the participation of 65 players according to the Swiss Fischer play system Of 7 rounds, with a time of 1 hour and 30 seconds, the fourteen finalists were ranked according to their results.
Despite the advanced level of the Damascus players, however, as the chairman of the committee sees it, it does not meet the ambition and it needs more development, which is what is being worked on by establishing the rules of the game according to the latest training methods to reach distinguished players with the highest levels of skill in order to prepare them for foreign tournaments, especially with the gradual return to international competitions. At the same time, he called for the numbers of more training and arbitration cadres through qualifying courses, which will positively affect the spread of the game and the number of more players.
Despite their young age, a number of young players who did not exceed seven years of age expressed their love for the game and their ambition to win bright medals in the upcoming tournaments after they achieved advanced positions in their first participation this year, while a number of age-group players expressed their readiness to achieve their ambition to reach the level of world champions in the future. Well prepared and running all the local tournaments.
Muhammad al-Rahil