Bridge tournament held in Guiyang city

Players participate in a bridge competition in Guiyang on May 22. [Photo/Guiyang news website]

A bridge tournament took place on May 22 in Guiyang – capital city of Southwest China's Guizhou – to hone the skills of the local players of the game, which is one of the events the province will participate in during China's upcoming 14th National Games.

The games will be staged in Xi'an city in Northwest China's Shaanxi province in September.

Hosted by the Sport Administration of Guizhou Province and the Guizhou Sports Federation, the competition attracted the participation of more than 200 players from across the province.

All participants needed to get their body temperatures measured and had to show their individual health codes, before entering the venue.

Bridge is a kind of highly competitive game of strategy that is attracting increasing numbers of players in Guizhou province.