Hau Giang chess and the resource gap

For more than a decade of building the movement, the provincial chess sport still faces many difficulties in finding neighboring resources and developing the peak.

Chess class in Nga Bay city maintains practice and prepares for upcoming tournaments.

Training right from preschool, kindergarten, but…

The development orientation of Hau Giang chess for many years has been to focus on training athletes right at preschools and kindergartens, after the training process, outstanding players will be selected. The search for talent is basically localized in areas where there is already a movement. In addition to Vi Thanh city, the department is transferring the selection of resources to Nga Bay city from the end of November last year, with about 11 students. At the beginning of January 60, the training board tested and assessed the development ability in the learning process and reselected 1 talented and gifted children to continue training. Training time is from Monday to Thursday every week, at 2023:8 to 16:30.

Le Tran Minh Nhat, a provincial chess coach, said: “Some children have qualities, but learning in class and entering the competition are completely different. The children will be facilitated to participate in the tournament in the near future, participating in the competition at the age of U6. Becoming an important fire test for practical experience, the training board will check their capacity and adjust the teaching curricula, foster and re-select those who have the ability to add to the provincial team.

However, there are still many gaps in the chess resources of Hau Giang, and the achievement cannot be maintained for a long time because many cases have broken up their athletes' careers after a few years of attachment. It is this that has made Hau Giang chess develop, but only at national and club tournaments, while at the Mekong Delta Sports Festival or the National Sports Festival, there are still not enough forces to participate in the competition. Nguyen Tan Tung, coach of the Hau Giang chess team, shared: “Our biggest concern is that the force is still quite thin, so we cannot compete fairly with our opponents in many major tournaments. Many children, after the training process, find that there is no development that is required to be eliminated. After the awards, the coaching staff will continue to develop the club at the school as the current orientation."

What Hau Giang chess is lacking is finding excellent talent is the development of the movement at the grassroots, organizing many tournaments, rubbing activities, regular exchanges and improving the effectiveness of youth training classes. In general, localities with strong chess movements such as Hanoi, Hai Phong, Ho Chi Minh City, and Can Tho all maintain the league system of the federation, the education industry, etc., creating opportunities for talents to be discovered, selected and honed to become more mature.

Difficulty reaching…

The development of the movement, the organization of a variety of tournaments will be an important factor to discover and provide more raw gems for the local chess game. Many potential athletes, if they have the opportunity to train and compete regularly in national and international tournaments, their chess strength will improve very quickly. The tournament and the movement have a reciprocal impact, creating an important environment to promote the development of the discipline. Should the province need to have more tournaments for young players or organize an annual traditional chess tournament. However, in fact, most districts, towns and cities in the province rarely organize chess-related tournaments, the movement is not too prominent, there are not many sources of socialization ... so it is quite difficult to reach out.

 The good news is that over the years, the provincial chess department has always had the companionship of parents in self-sufficient children participating in many new playgrounds to regularly update their knowledge and skills. The department is also invested in facilities, catching up with modern trends, applying information technology, facilitating participation in many training classes, tournaments... Provincial chess player Le Minh Thu said: "Practicing chess helps me train my personality and brain every day. During the competition, I was very calm, confident and determined to come up with the best plans.”

To make good moves, athletes need to calculate and make strategies, predict the opponent's moves to calculate the next options. Therefore, athletes are required to have a stable mentality, not to be influenced by the environment, and especially to ensure physical strength. In the near future, chess will be a sport in the competition program of the 2023th Phu Dong Health Association in Hau Giang province in XNUMX, this will be a positive signal for the subject to be able to select and add necessary resources to serve long-term development goals.

Post, photo: HONG NHUONG