In the Guangzhou chess world, the most legendary "chess immortal" Zhong Zhen, who has been traveling in Annan for many years, has finally returned to his homeland and is bound to stir up the storm again.
Zhong Zhen has traveled around Vietnam in recent years, and everywhere he goes, he is always anonymous and playing in the human world, lest others know his skills.
If others know that he is skilled in chess, how can he benefit from it?
Even so, paper always can't contain fire, gold always shines, and Zhong Zhen's chess name in the Vietnamese chess world is still spread and famous.
This kind of reputation was a dream thing in the eyes of many chess players at that time, and even regarded it as fate, including Zhou Huanwen, Zhou Deyu, Huang Songxuan, etc., all cherished their chess names.
However, in Zhong Zhen's eyes, it has become a headache, he only loves Li, does not love fame, and even hates fame very much.
Zhong Zhen has really made a lot of money in Vietnam over the years, but he really loves money too much, and there is almost no bottom line, so he actually makes money and smuggles opium, and the result is that it is broken, and the assets are empty.
Zhong Zhen's chess pieces are indeed not high, and when Xie Xiaxun established the "General Headquarters of Chess", he ascended to the altar to worship the generals, and he was excluded because of Zhong Zhen's poor chess products.
After returning to China, Zhong Zhen's style is still as early as possible, but he wants to make a living on the chessboard, and he is not famous.
Deng Fei, who had won the Guangzhou Chess Championship, asked Zhong Zhen to let his "three firsts" play three games at the White House Hotel in Guangzhou, with a record of two losses and one victory for Zhong Zhen.
Rao's "three firsts" is equivalent to Rao's single horse, and it is very good to win one game.
Zhong Zhen dared to spare the left horse of Hong Kong chess player Zheng Zongyan, which shows that he is superb in chess.
Zhong Zhen has never had a formal match with Huang Songxuan, but previously used the identity of others to "cheat" Huang Songxuan into a plate, and as a result, Huang Songxuan was hit by his "abandoning the horse and trapping the car bureau" routine.
Regarding Zhong Zhen's chess strength, it has always been a mystery in the Guangzhou chess world, just like his people, mysterious and unpredictable.
Because he likes to use tricks, some of the games won or lost do not really show his chess skills.
However, in the next confrontation between Zhong Zhen and Zhou Deyu, he was like Xiang Yu seeing the Qin Emperor, and he did everything in his power, which was bound to replace him, showing his level.
There are two main reasons for this, one is that he is instigated by the pro-bell faction to fight a deadly battle, and the other is because the prizes of the competition are really tempting.
In 1938, the "Hong Kong Chess Fundraising and Bond Purchase Conference" held a chess competition, and the two sides were Zhou Deyu and Zhong Zhen.
The venue is located on the fourth floor of the Gaosheng Tea House, and the competition venue is provided free of charge by the owner of the Gaosheng Tea House.
This was a grand event for Hong Kong chess players in the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and the chess tournament was supported by all sides.
Jian Yujie's Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company provided cigarettes for the whole venue, businessman Lu Rongle provided three prizes for fundraising achievements, Li Shanqing provided two gold medals, He Luyin donated paper printing fees for the special issue of the chess tournament, Huang Migong's Hanwen Academy presented "Tidbits of the Chess World", Yuzhi Society presented 200 copies of "Copying Chess Shortcuts", and Huang Qikang donated 100 pairs of military chess.
On the night of the opening of the tournament, on the fourth floor of the Gaosheng Tea House, three large chessboards were hung, and a pair of couplets was suspended in the middle.
The synonym is: "The masses rise up and strive for the last one; Tongji tries to see if it is necessary to restore the whole picture in the end."
The meaning of the couplet is as simple as a chess game, symbolizing the final victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan.
At the time of the game, there was a sea of people, crowding the entire fourth floor, and latecomers could not enter the field at all.
There are several honorary seats in the arena, and businessmen Lu Rongle, Chen Lanfang, Fang Fuyao and Lu Yiyun are seated in the form of donations.
At the beginning of the chess game, Zhou Deyu and Zhong Zhen were introduced to meet the guests.
Many Hong Kong chess players have just seen the style of "chess immortal" Zhong Zhen.
The game lasted for six nights, one round per night.
These six nights of chess battles, two chess opponents, you chase me, the fight is extremely fierce.
Not only did the audience think it was unprecedented, but Zhou Deyu also admitted that this was the first hand-to-hand combat since he arrived in Southern China.
In Zhou Deyu's impression, Li Qingquan was feminine and distant, Feng Jingru was high and timid, and Huang Songxuan was steady and not risky, so there were few scenes of repeated fighting.
Zhong Zhen is different, he has Li Qingquan's femininity, but he also contains murderous qi;
There is no Feng Jingru's cowardice, but can be harmonious but unwilling to reconcile;
It also has the stability of Huang Songxuan, but it will suddenly make dangerous moves.
Zhou Deyu is famous and very sorry for his name, so he walks more steadily, slightly feminine, and not bold enough.
And Zhong Zhen has no scruples, winning with prizes, losing without losing money, as for reputation? That's something, so it's very positive.
Zhong Zhen attacked and killed fiercely, as if he was partial to Gang; Zhou Deyu calmly responded to the battle, and seemed to be partial to softness.
Zhong Zhen used a variety of tactics, desperately fighting to the death, psychologically preferring to lose rather than peace, but the means are high, the position is clever, and it will not lose chess because of risks.
The two of them met each other fiercely, and each did not give in to each other, so they beat the audience like thunderous applause in the evening
After six innings, the two sides won one game each and drew four games, the seven provinces chess king was not vain, and Zhong Zhen was also worthy of being a chess immortal.
Zhong Zhen can be described as the third fierce enemy that Zhou Deyu encountered in South China, in addition to Li Qingquan and Huang Songxuan.
This battle failed to determine the heights and lows, but it aroused the great interest of all the chess players, hoping that they would once again perform on the altar and compete again.
On April 9 of the same year, the two clashed again, and the Battle of Zhou and Zhong set off a second climax.
The battle was still in the Gaosheng Tea House, and the two played four games together, winning two sets each and playing a draw again.
They competed in ten sets in the Gaosheng Tea House, and the total result was three and four sets each, and they did not decide the high or low.
Zhou Deyu was quite unconvinced by this chess immortal.
The merchant Lu Rongle wanted to invite them to fight again, and another competition between Zhou and Zhong was brewing.
1938 was undoubtedly a turbulent year for the Guangzhou chess world, until October 23, when Guangzhou fell.
Many South China chess players were forced to go to Hong Kong and Macao to carry out chess activities, struggling to survive in the cracks, this year, a generation of chess king Huang Songxuan died of illness, the news came out, the Hong Kong chess world was eclipsed.
Zhou Deyu was also impatient and eager to fight Zhong Zhen and suppress his prestige slightly.
The Pro-Zhou Sect also felt that Zhong Zhen was not enough to sit on an equal footing with Zhou Deyu and needed to decide between male and female again.
Zhong Zhen was also in Hong Kong at this time, but she was not restrained by the floating name, and did not pay attention to whether to fight or not to fight.
During the day in Kowloon, he returned to Chafei Dao at night, and did not have the idea of competing with Zhou Deyu.
But the businessman Lu Rongle was very attentive, he was neither a pro-Zhou faction nor a pro-bell faction, just wanted to see them kill a high.
With the help of Lu Rongle, Zhong Zhen agreed to a war.
In November 1938, the third battle of Zhou and Zhong finally broke out.
Their battle was held in a club in Tangxi.
The specifications of this competition are smaller than before, and there is no nature of collecting donations for the Anti-Japanese War, so it is not arranged in the Gaosheng Tea House, only hanging the public lottery, which will be given to the winner.
Lu Rongle knew that Zhou Deyu and Zhong Zhen needed to sleep on the smoke bed and swallow the clouds and spit out the fog, so they specially prepared a good "Golden Village" for them to boost their morale.
On the evening of the 24th, Zhou Deyu and Zhong Zhen were taken to the Tangxi Club, and under the lanterns, Zhou Deyu's thin and slender figure, a pair of fine eyes with a god, like a crane in the clouds.
Zhong Zhen is strong and strong, with the smell of wind and dust, and his eyes are like tigers.
The Hong Kong businessmen present here are very interested in watching their battle to win the tangxi.
The two played fifteen innings, Zhou Deyu won six, Zhong Zhen won four, and five innings, and Zhou Deyu won a small victory.
The battle between the two also ended from then on, Zhou Deyu never challenged Zhong Zhen again, and Zhong Zhen had no intention of winning with Zhou Deyu.
Wong Mi-kuo, dean of the Chinese Language Institute in Hong Kong, spoke highly of Zhong Zhen: "Zhong Zhen's heart is careful and fast, compared to Zhang Yongnian, who can see the Ten Elements book with one eye in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. “
Huang Migong said this because he knew Zhong Zhen, Zhong Zhen had a super strong memory, and had the ability to never forget, of course, this is limited to notation, as for reading? Presumably, there is no such thing.
In addition to refining the old score, Zhong also created more than a hundred kinds of self-created, medium and endgames, which are mysterious and super wonderful, which makes people shine, which shows that Zhong Zhen is a very creative chess player.
Although he has made great contributions to the development and promotion of chess, his chess pieces are indeed unflattering, which is the two sides of this "chess fairy".