As usual in China players were made to feel very welcome in Nanjing on the day before the tournament proper starts. As usual too, Kalacs has gathered an impressive collection of pictures and short videos. It’s all in the comments section.

I had done some gathering myself, by no way as extensive as Kalacs’ one mind …

Anyway…

Here is a selection of pictures found on Weibo and Twitter

And a short video

In a few hours the serious stuff will start…