When interviewed, Mr. Wang Yongjian, the master director of inauguration said: “The inauguration of 2009 China（Nanjing）Pearl spring Chess Tournament is in process of urgent preparation. The basic frame has been built. The stage design drawing and light design scheme have also been completed. The rest are to refine originality schemes, to implement fabrication and other details. We strive to take out the best scheme and bring audiences more pleasant surprise ”.
On February 1 in this year, Nanjing got through vote of the chess grand slam association director in unanimous vote and succeeded to join the grand slam tournament sequence. Subsequently planning for inauguration also began to start. So far the planning scheme has been modified for 6 times, the originality concept for inauguration is to combine Pukou, Nanjing with South China element under the background of Nanjing, a historically cultural famous city, to add international elements at the same time showing Sinotype wind regime and to reflect features “ aboriginality, relevance and internationalism ”.
Up to now inauguration’s duration and playbill have been determined. As introduced by Wang Yongjian, the Tournament Organizing Committee pursues the optimum effect on selection and setup of programs, lighting, stage design and more.
Especially on program originality, it requires that cultural deposits and rich human resources of Nanjing as a historically cultural famous city shall be fully showed to deliver profound friendship of Nanjing people’s taking chess to make friends, taking chess to form connection and welcoming guests from all directions. “I believe that inauguration this year will much more unprecedented.” said Wang Yongjian.
Compared with last year’s invitational tournament, not only there will be FIDE and VIP from all social circles to attend the tournament this year, but also the cities which ever sponsored the chess grand slam tournament in the world will dispatch delegations to come to Nanjing for observing and learning tournament and share cultural exchange. Therefore the chess and internationalization element are also considered fully in inauguration to merge terrain cultures of Bulgaria, Netherlands, Spain and sponsoring cities, to fully build an internationally cultural exchange platform and to show up the grand occasion for various countries’ friends convergent to Jinling to share the tournament at the same time incarnating this topic of FIDE “we are family” In addition，the martial art, juggle, Beijing opera, acrobatics and other splendid programs will also be presented in inauguration. Let us together expect the cultural regale of blending the east and the west on September 27.
Source:Nanjing Daily
