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<strong>北京大学</strong>英语新闻网/<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />

2004 ―<strong>PKU</strong> CUP‖ Chess and Card<br />

Tournament Start<br />

By Cao Hui<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> NEWS 2004—02—28<br />

http://ennews.pku.edu.cn/news.php?s=78111299<br />

<strong>Peking</strong> <strong>University</strong>, Beijing, Feb. 28th, 2004: The 2004 ―<strong>PKU</strong> CUP‖ Chess and Card<br />

Tournament, which is organized by <strong>PKU</strong> Communist Youth League starts at 8:30am<br />

today and will produce championships tomorrow.<br />

There are four items in this tournament: Chess, Chinese Chess, Weiqi and Bridge, <strong>of</strong><br />

which Bridge is the most popular among players. Nearly one hundred<br />

undergraduates and graduates join in this tournament and ninety percent <strong>of</strong> them are<br />

boys. The champion produced tomorrow will get their prize financed by <strong>PKU</strong> League.<br />

Most players take part in the activity because <strong>of</strong> interests. The former chess<br />

champion Li Xiaopeng says ―it is really an opportunity for us to make friends,<br />

communicate with other chess lovers and improve our chess skills‖.<br />

This tournament has been held since 2001 by the Department <strong>of</strong> Recreations and<br />

Sports under <strong>PKU</strong> League and is the only activity held by <strong>PKU</strong> opening to all the<br />

students at <strong>PKU</strong>. Besides, the tournament gets full support <strong>of</strong> four students<br />

associations <strong>of</strong> <strong>PKU</strong>. They are <strong>PKU</strong> chess association, Chinese chess association,<br />

Weiqi association and bridge association.<br />

This tournament is also a prelude <strong>of</strong> the 18th ―Jinhua Cup‖ Chess and Card<br />

Tournament between Qinghua <strong>University</strong> and <strong>PKU</strong>, which will begin at the first<br />

weekend <strong>of</strong> April every year. The winners will represent <strong>PKU</strong> to contend with<br />

Qinghua Students.<br />

<strong>PKU</strong> League has the plan to enlarge the size <strong>of</strong> the tournament to attract more<br />

students. The student responsible for the chess item told the journalist ―<strong>PKU</strong> is<br />

developing to the first class university world-wide and our tournament is also<br />

developing to match well with <strong>PKU</strong>.‖ Their recent plan is to hold a ―Chess &<br />

Friendship‖ activity between Harvard <strong>University</strong> and <strong>PKU</strong> at the beginning <strong>of</strong> April.<br />

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