The concern is less for 第3届碧山杯全国象棋个人赛 as we should have at least 40 players based on the figures in 2004 (26 -- Bishan East only) and 2006 (56 --Central Singapore only).

The concern is more on 第1届碧山杯全国选区象棋团体赛 whether we have minimum of 10 teams as planned. There is quite a tight control using the address. 选区团体赛 for sports (basket ball, table tennis etc) have more tighter controls on addresses, i.e. staying within the constituency for at least one year. This is also one of the reasons for us not to include graded players for the coming event to avoid any misunderstanding.

We may plan to invite some good players from primary schools, say the one 卷心菜 always talk about.... etc.

We should know the actual situation on 31 Jan 2008 and whether we need to wait for another 35 years before someone trying again on 全国选区象棋团体赛.....

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We use the following figures to monitor ......

minimum -- 40 players

maximum -- 100 players

the projected figures -- 2004 (26), 2006 (56), 2008 (86 ??)

less than 40, will not organise and stop the preparation process and not likely to plan 组队到西马交流 (in 2009 活动预告). :(

http://bbs.huasing.org/sForum/bbs.php?B=123_10980432

more than 100, the working committee need to think of a solution ..... :)