Does Singapore recruit Go coaches?

Singapore has a population of 2 million, and the number of people trained by Singapore Weiqi Association reaches about 200,000 every year, accounting for 10% of the total population, which is comparable to that of South Korea. The Singapore Chess Association, which mainly trains Weiqi and holds competitions, recruits students from the society to hold a Weiqi training class every year. The course lasts for six months, with about 300 participants in each session, most of whom are Chinese, Indians and Malays. There are about 10 matches organized by Singapore Chess Association every year. Chen Dingchuan, chairman of the Chess Association, said that these games have a common feature, and the duration of most games is only 1 day, which will not exceed three days. Because Singaporeans are usually very busy, the number of applicants for Go matches lasting more than three days will decrease. In this case, the schedule should be very tight. Singapore's biggest Go match, the Singapore Team League, has 1 1 teams, including the Korean team introduced by Singapore's ambassador to Korea and the Japanese team introduced by Singapore's commercial organizations in Japan. Each team must have 5 people to sign up and 3 people to play in the competition, with one round every 2 weeks, * * * 10 round robin, and the first prize 1000 Singapore dollars. In order to let Peng Li's amateurs take part in more competitions, an individual attendance prize of S $200 was specially designed. Singapore Chess Association focuses on popularization, especially the intellectual development of children. At present, more than 30 primary and secondary schools have asked the Singapore Chess Association to send teachers to start classes. Huaqiao Middle School and Nanhua Middle School stipulate that Go is a compulsory course for China students. Not long ago, a student studying Go won the highest scholarship in Singapore-"Presidential Scholarship", which aroused parents' concern about Go. At present, the highest player in Singapore is amateur 5. The best result of this country's chess players in various world competitions over the years is: 200 1 fourth place in the youth group of the World Youth Go Championship held in Hawaii. Chen Dingchuan said that Qi Xin has made a plan to train professional chess players within 20 years. Coach took root in China in the Singapore Chess Association. In order to facilitate language communication, he hired all China players-Yang Jinhua, Kang Zhanbin, Jin Xiqian, Army, Zhao Yuhong and Yang Shuang. To be a coach. Among them, Liu Duan of Yang Jinhua and Liu Duan of Kang Zhanbin are Singaporean permanent citizens with China passports. Yang Jinhua, former coach of China Beijing Team, was ranked 6th in the National Games 1979 and 3rd in the first "Celebrity Wars". 1990 at the request of Singapore Chess Association, chinese xiangqi association sent Yang to Singapore to coach for one year. This is the earliest official foreign aid Go coach in China. Because Yang Jinhua is effective in his new teaching, he has a good reputation in the local area. Chen Dingchuan told reporters: "When he returned to China after a year of teaching, we felt that we could not do without Teacher Yang in the position of coach." So, they negotiated with chinese xiangqi association again and contacted Yang himself, hoping that he could stay in Singapore as a coach for a long time. From 65438 to 0993, Yang Jinhua and Kang Zhanbin, the former editor-in-chief of China Weiqi Yearbook and Hebei chess player, flew to the new country to teach again. Today, Yang Hekang, who has been rooted and cultivated in Singapore for 65,438+00 years, has taken an important job in the society-responsible for compiling Go textbooks. Go textbooks imported from China have been adapted by Yang, who does as the Romans do, and are more in line with local tastes. Kang Zhanbin is responsible for the arrangement of all kinds of competitions, big and small. In addition, Yang Hekang has 8 advanced classes every week, and each class is 1 hour 15 minutes. The monthly salary of Singapore Chess Association is S $3,000 (about 1.27 million RMB). Yang Jinhua and Kang Zhanbin both bought houses in Singapore. Yang Jinhua's wife and daughter often travel from Beijing to the Lion City to reunite with their relatives. Kang Zhanbin lives in Singapore with his parents and wife, and they have produced offspring in this beautiful country. According to Chen Dingchuan, Qi Xin Hometown Association is going through the new formal naturalization procedures for Kang Zhanbin. Once successful, Kang will become the first professional chess player in Singapore, and hopefully participate in world competitions such as Ying's Cup.