Development Status of Mongolian Chess

At first, Mongolian chess was mainly popular among Mongolian nobles and lamas in temples. By the middle of13rd century, Genghis Khan was widely popular among soldiers because of the need of military training and entertainment. Genghis Khan often plays chess with his soldiers, calling it "the first of cultural and sports activities", which has spread among the people since then, and even many women and children like playing chess. Mongolian chess is often listed as the annual grassland competition-Nadam Conference. At that time, the chessboard will be arranged on the grass, and chess masters from far and near will gather, and the supporters will be huge and spectacular. In the mid-1980s, after the establishment of the Mongolian Chess Branch of the Inner Mongolia Chess Association, the improvement and development of Mongolian chess were further valued, which made the game of Mongolian chess more standardized and extensive, and chess lovers of other nationalities also participated. ; However, we should also be soberly aware that such a beneficial activity, which used to wisdom the whole nation for nearly a thousand years, has not received due attention and advocacy. Every time a regional competition is held, due to financial difficulties, some league cities don't even participate in the competition at all, even though they have experts at the autonomous region level. "More sadly, Mongolian teenagers have abandoned Mongolian chess under the impact of new forms of entertainment. In 200 1 year, when the first National Games held the Mongolian chess competition in Hohhot, Tuzuoqi, which was famous for its concentration of Mongolians, had to give up this compulsory competition because it was difficult to find Mongolian players. " Shen Changwei is very helpless about the indifference encountered in the development of Mongolian chess.

Mongolian chess has a broad mass base among Mongolians in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and other parts of China, and hundreds of thousands of people often participate in this sport. Many chess lovers of Oroqen, Daur, Ewenki, Hui, Manchu and Han also like Mongolian chess very much. Mongolian chess was listed as an official competition in the second traditional sports meeting of ethnic minorities in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region held from 65438 to 0989. During the National Day Golden Week in 2004, the first "Chess Association Cup" Mongolian Chess Competition was held in Hohhot, and the "Mongolian Chess Grading Regulations" was first implemented.