This is "the warmest news of this winter" - CCTV reporter will come to Shen today. More chess masters: willing to fulfill young Liu Yang's wish. In addition to the high attention from chess masters and loving netizens, little Liu Yang's dedication to Chinese chess has also moved quite a few chess industry organizations. The 12-year-old boy's tenacious persistence in life is like an emotionally charged force that continues to expand through the continuous attention of media across the country.
"Let the child feel the warmth of winter"
Grandmaster Hu Ronghua: sending blessings from afar
At 10 o'clock yesterday morning, the leadership team of the Shenyang Xiangqi Association held a special emergency meeting, and this reporter was also invited to attend. The meeting decided that Qi Fang would donate a set of agate chess pieces he had cherished for many years to young Liu Yang, and the proceeds from the auction would be used for medical treatment. It was also decided that during Liu Yang's chemotherapy, the association would send a Xiangqi coach to the ward to tutor the child on chess strategies and improve his skills.
Today in the afternoon, this reporter will go to the Shanghai Chess Institute to bring greetings from Xiangqi grandmasters such as Hu Ronghua to young Liu Yang.
The director of the Shenyang Chess Institute said that after reading all the reports about young Liu Yang at once, he was deeply moved, "I am willing to help Liu Yang contact Xiangqi masters in Shenyang!"
Chess Masters: I'm willing to play chess with this child
The Chinese Chess Association, founded in 1962, is a nationwide mass organization responsible for the promotion and publicity of chess sports, promoting national culture, cultivating and selecting reserve talents, and training teenagers in their spare time. This professional organization has paid close attention to Liu Yang, who is crazy about chess, which not only brings comfort to the inheritance of the chess cause but also more feelings towards the determination of this young boy chasing his dream.
On December 6th, young Liu Yang will come to Shenyang for the third round of chemotherapy, and several masters have expressed that they will play chess with him before his chemotherapy.
――These days, Du Limei of Panjin Volunteers Union has been arranging volunteers to accompany young Liu Yang in playing chess.
Until now, the response caused nationwide has become increasingly larger, including CCTV among multiple medias joining our newspaper's Dream Realization Alliance, netizens across the country are passing the baton via microblogging to find a chess master for the young boy suffering from bone cancer, including Hu Ronghua (microblog) and Xu Yinchuan (microblog). As of yesterday,
Reporters from CCTV Northeast station contacted this reporter and stated that the microblogging relay to find a chess master for the young boy suffering from bone cancer is "the warmest news of this winter", and today they will rush from Beijing to Shenyang to join our newspaper-initiated microblogging relay to find a chess master for the young boy suffering from bone cancer. After chemotherapy, young Liu Yang's greatest joy is studying chess strategies. Photographed by reporter Xu Gang.
Liu Dong said that although young Liu Yang may not yet be able to compete with the masters in chess skills, this game will be the most meaningful game of 2011, a testament to love, therefore, this game will be included in the most important position in the 2011 Chinese Chess Yearbook. Young Liu Yang's story has also moved Liu Dong, the editor of the 2011 Chinese Chess Yearbook in Shenyang. He told reporters that Liu Yang's ability to play against renowned players such as Hu Ronghua, Xu Yinchuan, Jiang Chuan, etc., is not only a personal happiness but also a big event in the Chinese chess world, and this game is highly anticipated by chess fans and kind-hearted people across the country.
As netizens pay more attention to young Liu Yang, the online love transmission by more chess masters becomes even more enthusiastic.
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Special-grade master Xu Yinchuan far away in Guangzhou also learned about young Liu Yang's deeds and contacted two other special-grade masters Jiang Chuan and Zhao XinXin. The three masters indicated that they were all available and could immediately fly to Shenyang to fulfill young Liu Yang's wish.
With the increasing attention from netizens to young Liu Yang, more chess masters joined this team, and this love transmission triggered by chess continued to pass on because of chess. Special Correspondent Chen Zhiqiang in Shanghai
Upon hearing this news, Master Hu Ronghua supported the activities of the three masters, Xu Yinchuan, etc., on Weibo; Sun Yongzheng also stated that he was willing to play chess with young Liu Yang online anytime, and after finishing family matters, he would definitely go over and play chess with him.
Yearbook Editor: Will be included in the 2011 Chinese Chess Yearbook
On December 2nd, after our report and the journalist's Weibo post were published, the netizen "Suzhou Xiangqi Li Jian" first re-posted it on Sina Weibo, then it was forwarded in large quantities by chess enthusiasts, and quickly drew the attention of professional players.
Qi Fang, chairman of the Shenyang Xiangqi Association, has been closely following the reports on young Liu Yang. He said that when he saw young Liu Yang lying in bed still studying chess strategies, he shed tears. He admired and liked this strong child, "Such a good child comes to Shenyang for treatment, we must let the child feel the warmth of winter."
Disciple of Hu Ronghua, Sun Yongzheng is the new champion of the National Individual Championship and also a chess grandmaster. Sun Yongzheng told reporters that he was very willing to complete young Liu Yang's wish, "Is the second half of the week okay? I'll fly to Shenyang to play with him!"
Shenyang Xiangqi Association: Arranging Xiangqi coaches for young Liu Yang in the ward
"This game will be the most meaningful game of 2011"
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――Shenyang reader Wang Haiyan called the reporter crying, she said her son once had the same disease as young Liu Yang, and the child has already passed away. She hopes young Liu Yang can overcome cancer and gain hope for life, grow up to become a chess master.
"We adults really can't beat this child"
Dean Jin of the Shenyang Chess Institute said that the institute would take out 10 precious rosewood chessboards, get signatures from Shenyang's Xiangqi masters, and auction them online, with all proceeds going to Liu Yang's treatment. Special Correspondent Xu Gang in Panjin
Yesterday, the reporter contacted Master Hu Ronghua after much effort. Master Hu Ronghua told the reporter that he once wanted to personally go to Shenyang to fulfill young Liu Yang's wish, but due to his own affairs, he had to pray for young Liu Yang from a thousand miles away in Shanghai. Master Hu Ronghua finally came up with a way, "Can my disciple Sun Yongzheng play a game with him online?"
"Dream Realization" Alliance Continuously Expands Within Three Days
On December 2nd, our newspaper published "Bone Cancer Youth's Wish: To Play One Game Against a Chess Master," reporting that the 12-year-old chess prodigy Liu Yang from Panjin City suffered from a rare Ewing's sarcoma. After two surgeries, experts suggested giving up treatment. However, while lying in bed, he was still studying chess strategies, and his greatest wish was to play against a Chinese chess master.
At the same time, Liberation Daily (Weibo), Southern Daily (Weibo), Guangzhou Daily (Weibo), and other local medias also paid attention to young Liu Yang's story and the progress of the "Dream Realization." Sina and other major portal sites also widely reprinted the reports. Increasing attention and love are gathering, pushing this child plagued by illness closer to his dreams.
Journalist Li Chenxi
"Seeing young Liu Yang reminds me of my own son."