The 8th Malaysia Weiqi Open Championship Concludes

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 8th Malaysian Weiqi Open Championship co-organized by Malaysia Weiqi Association, KongZi Institute University of Malaya and Tunku Abdul Rahman University College was held successfully in TAR UC from 17-18 March.  About  250 players from Malaysia, China, Japan and Korea competed in this open championship.

A brief opening ceremony was held in the morning of the second day. Datuk Dr. Tan Chik Heok, President of TAR UC, Dr. Ng Swee Chin Vice President of TAR UC, Mr. Tiong Kee Soon, President of MWA, Dr. Noor Zalina, Malaysian Director of KongZi Institute University of Malaya were present. Datuk Dr. Tan Chik Heok expressed his gratitude to KongZi Institute and Malaysia Weiqi Association for their efforts for organizing this event, and he hoped this cooperation could continue to promote the traditional Chinese chess games in Malaysia as well as to encourage more Malaysian to pick up the game.

During the two days competition, players were divided into five groups: open group, High Kyu group, Intermediate Kyu group, Low Kyu group and University group. The youngest player is a five-year-old, while the oldest player is 72. Players of different age and from different country competed with each other and share their understanding about Weiqi while establishing friendship.

This is the sixth time that KongZi Institute cooperated with MWA and TAR UC to organize this event. This year, we are going to open Weiqi course for UM students, we hope more people would join this traditional and interesting game, and Weiqi can be a popular pastime in Malaysia.

第八届马来西亚围棋公开赛圆满落幕

        3月17日、18日,第八届马来西亚围棋公开赛在马来西亚拉曼大学学院顺利举办。本次公开赛由马来亚大学孔子学院、马来西亚围棋协会及马来西亚拉曼大学学院联合举办,共有来自马来西亚、中国、日本和韩国约250余名选手参赛。

3月18日上午,主办方在拉曼大学学院礼堂举行了开幕式。拉曼大学学院校长拿督陈泽却博士、副校长黄雪菁博士、马来西亚围棋协会会长张枝顺先生和马来亚大学孔子学院马方院长艾琳博士(Dr. Noor Zalina)等出席开幕式。拉曼大学学院校长拿督陈泽却博士在致辞中对马来亚大学孔子学院及马来西亚围棋协会表示感谢,希望三方在未来有更进一步的合作,将围棋这一充满魅力的中华传统文化项目在马来西亚继续推广下去。

本次公开赛分为段位组、高级组、中级组、初级组和大学组共五个组别。参赛选手中低年龄选手所占比重较大,最小的参赛选手只有五岁。小选手们个个神情专注、沉着应战,在高级组甚至段位组也不乏他们的身影。段位组的比赛中聚集了马中日韩四国选手,大家热爱围棋,在切磋中交流彼此对围棋的理解,也增进了友谊。

这是马来亚大学孔子学院第六年与当地围棋协会及大学合作举办围棋公开赛,赛事的规模和影响力在不断提升。今年马来亚大学孔子学院也将在马来亚大学开设围棋课程,吸引更多的马来西亚人加入到这项传统运动中来。[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”5055″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” images=”5056,5057″][/vc_column][/vc_row]