Hong Kong to Host Major World Championships, Boosting Tourism and Chess Popularity
Hong Kong is set to host the Hyrox World Championships and the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships, with experts anticipating an influx of high-spending visitors and a further boost to the region's growing chess scene.
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World rapid and blitz championships in Hong Kong highlights chess boom in Asia
The €500,000 tournament has attracted several strong national teams, plus the favourites, WR Chess, led by the world No 1, Magnus Carlsen Dragon Chilling is an unfamiliar chess name, but the squad from China led the field of 48 after the first day’s play at the World Rapid and Blitz in Hong Kong. Teams of six include a woman, a junior and an amateur who has never achieved a 2000 rating. The strong performance by Asian teams at the start highlights a boom in chess, with enthusiasm sparked by s...
By Leonard Barden
Read full article →Hyrox World Championships may draw high-spenders to Hong Kong, experts say
Hosting the Asian debut of the Hyrox World Championships could bring more high-spending visitors to Hong Kong and the city’s selection as host may have been driven by its proximity to the vast mainland China market, experts have said. The announcement that the pinnacle event of the fitness race would take place at the AsiaWorld-Expo in June next year was made on Thursday in Sweden, which is hosting the championships this weekend. An estimated 1.5 million athletes are expected to have competed...
By Ambrose Li
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