On the morning of August 17, the opening ceremony of the first Chenzhou "Sports Cup" Intellectual Games was held in Chenzhou No.3 Primary School.

The games, guided by Chenzhou Culture, Tourism, Radio, Television and Sports Bureau, Hunan Chess Association, sponsored by Chenzhou National Fitness Service Center and undertook by various chess and cards associations, were held from 17 to 18 August. There were 6 items, including Go, Chinese Chess, International Chess, Draughts, Bridge and Gobang, with a total of 600 participants, covering the elderly, the middle-aged and the young, and more than 75 percent of young people.

"Intellectual sports is the crystallization of human wisdom to compete the coordination of athletes' brains and hands. The purpose of this activity is to enrich the content and form of national fitness activities." According to the on-site staff, the holding of this intellectual games will help promote the popularization of intellectual sports, enhance the level of intellectual sports among citizens, display the unique charm of intellectual sports, promote the better development of intellectual sports represented by chess and cards, and let more people understand, like and devote themselves to intellectual sports.

Municipal leaders He Jianxiang, Wang Dong and Wu Guanghui attended the opening ceremony.