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Have you seen the real-life version of "Condor Heroes"? In 1999, the "Prince of Go" Chang Hao resolutely married his aunt Zhang Xuan, who was 8 years older than him, despite his mentor's strong opposition.
Moreover, this master aunt also experienced a failed marriage, and the relationship between the two caused an outcry in public opinion as soon as it was exposed.
How did they meet and fall in love in the first place? After 23 years, how are Chang Hao and Zhang Xuan doing now? Do they regret their decision to get married?
In "The Condor Heroes", Yang Guo met Xiaolongnu when he was about 14 years old, and Xiaolongnu was 18 years old at that time.
Chang Hao and Zhang Xuan met in 1986, 10-year-old Chang Hao had just been selected into the national Go junior training team, and Zhang Xuan, who was 18 years old, had just been promoted to the senior group of the national team.
The national team often arranges chess players from the senior group and chess players from the junior team to play chess, and Zhang Xuan also captained a game with Chang Hao at that time, and for the sake of fairness, Zhang Xuan gave Chang Hao 3 sons, and the result was defeated by Chang Hao.
The two sides still don't know each other, but according to the generation, Chang Hao should be called Senior Aunt Zhang Xuan.
Chang Hao is an authentic Shanghai guy, born in 1976 in an ordinary family, Chang's father is a mason, and Chang's mother is an ordinary employee of Shanghai cotton weaving. As the only child in the family, Chang Hao was loved by thousands of people as soon as he was born.
When he was 6 years old, Chang Hao came into contact with Go by chance and developed a strong interest.
Subsequently, Chang's mother enrolled him in a Go training course, and asked him to learn Go knowledge systematically with the teacher, and Chang Hao's life has become busy and fulfilling since then.
With diligent practice and hard study day after day, Chang Hao quickly learned and succeeded, often participated in some children's Go competitions, and won the championship every time, Chang Hao's Go talent quickly attracted the attention of the national Go team.
After the first Chess Boy Cup, in the summer of 1986, Chang Hao participated in the first "Prodigy Cup" Children's Go Invitational Tournament, and defeated Sichuan's Qian Yuping in the final and successfully won the championship.
After Qian Yuping lost, after two years of hard practice, he finally won the championship in the second CCTV TV Quick Chess Tournament in 1988.
After Chang Hao won the national children's competition for the second time, he met his mentor Nie Weiping.
Nie Weiping's status in the Go world is very high, at the age of 30, he was awarded the ninth dan by the Chinese Go Association, 36 symmetrically called the "chess saint" of Go, is a famous professional Go player in China, one of the top ten outstanding figures in the new China chess circle, and serves as the vice chairman of the Chinese Go Association.
He also has a title, which is outstanding Go coach.
He started his career as head coach of the national Go team in 1986, and the first talents he selected came from that year's Prodigy Cup.
10-year-old Chang Hao's performance in the final of the Prodigy Cup surprised the "chess saint" Nie Weiping, and as soon as the game ended, he deliberately found Chang Hao to play a game.
Nie Weiping gave up two sons, and as a result, the fledgling Chang Hao successfully defeated him, and Nie Weiping praised Chang Hao greatly.
In July 1986, 10-year-old Chang Hao officially started his career as a professional chess player, and not long after entering the national junior training team, he became Nie Weiping's apprentice.
It was also in December of this year that Chang Hao met 18-year-old Zhang Xuan for the first time.
Zhang Xuan is an authentic Fujian girl, born in 1968 in an ordinary family in Fuzhou City. Like Chang Hao, she also learned Go from an early age and entered the national team in just 4 years.
In 1986, only 6 years after entering the national team, 18-year-old Zhang Xuan won the Straits Cup women's championship, and won the 7th place in the national hand challenge that year, which was famous in the national team.
This year, after Chang Hao won the nominal master Zhang Xuan in chess, he was actually unconvinced in his heart, and felt that Zhang Xuan looked down on him.
At that time, he would not have thought that when he faced Zhang Xuan again in 10 years, he would lose convincedly.
In 1990, 22-year-old Zhang Xuan won the women's championship of the National Women's Competition in one fell swoop, and her career was on the rise, and it was at this time that Zhang Xuan ushered in her first marriage.
Her husband Lu Jian is a northeastern guy, 7 years older than her, and also a chess player, but their marriage was not long-lasting, and it ended in a dismal divorce in less than a year.
In 1991, Zhang Xuan, who was deeply hurt, went to Japan to study, which was 4 years.
In addition to attending classes, she either participates in research meetings at the homes of Wu Qingyuan and other Go giants, or guides members to play chess at the Go club to earn living expenses and tuition, and she can earn 50,000 yen, about 2,400 yuan, for a game of chess.
In 1995, Zhang Xuan, who had completed her studies, was ready to return to China, but due to her large number of electronic devices, her return deadline was also postponed again and again.
According to the regulations at that time, each person could only bring one electronic device, and if it exceeded, they had to pay expensive customs duties.
Until September of this year, the 10th Sino-Japanese Go Leitai Tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan.
The 19-year-old Chang Hao followed his master Nie Weiping to participate and won the championship with five consecutive victories, which caused a sensation in the entire chess world after the news was transmitted back to China.
In addition, in the past few years, he has won the Paris Junior Championship, Canada Cup World Super Youth Go and other international tournaments, with outstanding results, Chang Hao has become the highly acclaimed "Prince of Go", and he has been in the limelight for a while.
Zhang Xuan, who is in Tokyo, naturally saw the report about Chang Hao from the news, and she immediately asked her friends to invite people from the national team to come to her home, and Chang Hao was also among them.
At this meeting, the mentality of the two has quietly undergone some changes.
Zhang Xuan looked at this handsome guy who was 180 tall, flourishing and vigorous, how could he not match the introverted little boy in his memory, and Chang Hao looked at the beautiful and mature Zhang Xuan in front of him, and his heart also rippled, it was right.
After Zhang Xuan returned to China in early 1996, he joined the national team again and soon met Chang Hao.
As soon as they met, Chang Hao ridiculed that the CD that Zhang Xuan had entrusted him to bring back to China was too heavy, which could tire him out.
After getting along several times, the relationship between the two became more and more familiar, but what really warmed up the relationship between the two was the continuous discussion of chess.
From April to June 1996, Chang Hao and Zhang Xuan faced off twice.
For the first time, Zhang Xuan crushed Chang Hao with absolute strength, and Chang Hao admired Zhang Xuan's chess skills so much; When he faced off again, Chang Hao used all his strength and finally succeeded in defeating Zhang Xuan.
Then the two cherished each other, chatting and talking when they had the opportunity, and unknowingly, the two hearts were next to each other.
It didn't take long for the national team to spread the news of their love, but the age difference of 8 years still made the relationship a great resistance.
The first to bear the brunt is Chang Hao's master Nie Weiping, Nie Weiping feels that Chang Hao is in the limelight, his future is bright, and falling in love will definitely delay him.
In order to prevent such a thing from happening, Nie Weiping persuaded Chang Hao more than once, but Chang Hao took a hard heart, and in this life, Zhang Xuan did not marry, because the opinions were delayed and could not reach an agreement, and the master and apprentice inevitably had a gap.
In addition, Chang Hao's parents could not accept that Zhang Xuan was 8 years older than their son and had been divorced once.
It was still Chang Hao who tried to find ways to compare many real cases of his wife and husband being small but very happy, and Chang's father and mother no longer interfered with the two.
At the beginning of 1999, 23-year-old Chang Hao officially proposed to 31-year-old Zhang Xuan, as long as they were justified, others could not say anything.
Zhang Xuan said that it was false not to be moved, but she was also worried that Chang Hao was just impulsive and suggested that he think about it for another year or two.
But Chang Hao said categorically that they will get married sooner or later, in this case, what is the difference between early marriage and late marriage?
No girl is unwilling to choose her other half firmly, and a week later, Zhang Xuan and Chang Hao registered their marriage at the Beijing Civil Affairs Bureau.
After getting married, the two used all their savings to buy a small home of less than 80 square meters in Beijing.
In 2000, Zhang Xuan gave birth to a cute baby girl, Chang Hao named his daughter Chang Yuemin, but the criticism of the outside world for the two has never been broken.
After Chang Hao and Zhang Xuan got together, they lost several times in the arena, and many people blamed Zhang Xuan, accusing her of delaying Chang Hao, a "Go prince".
It wasn't until 2005, when the 29-year-old Chang Hao won his first world championship, that the outside world's perception of him and Zhang Xuan changed.
Because the love story of the two is very similar to Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu in "The Condor Heroes", the outside world gave them the title of "Condor Heroes" in the Go world.
Now, 23 years have passed since they got married, how are they doing now?
The relationship between the two is still as close as ever, and they have been active in the chess world for many years, and Chang Hao has now become the vice chairman of the National Go Association, holding an important position.
Their daughter, who is also 22 years old this year, is studying abroad.
Feelings have no age limit, if it is true love, it will definitely last for a long time! Bless Chang Hao's family!
I don't know what everyone thinks of Chang Hao and Zhang Xuan, the "Condor Heroes" in the Go world? What do you think is the most appropriate age difference between men and women? Welcome to leave comments in the comment area.