Ke Jie's letter of commitment
"Mom, I will definitely play chess well" is the promise made by Ke Jie, the eight-time Go champion when he was young, to his mother.
Ke Jie, the eight-time champion of Go, is well known in the chess world and has infinite scenery. But what others don't know is that Ke Jie's childhood Go experience was not so smooth, but twists and turns. Ke Jie himself once confessed that he began to learn chess at the age of six, and he initially liked to dance, but was said by the teacher that it was not suitable for dancing. So he began to learn Go, and was even considered a bit talented by the teachers. So, seven-year-old Ke Jie came to Beijing and entered Nie Weiping's Go dojo to study. Little Ke Jie already had a big dream at this time: to become a world champion like Couli.
However, Xiao Kejie's journey of learning chess is not as happy as imagined, but a skinny reality. According to his own recollection, the experience of learning chess at the age of 7 was like this: he was assigned to the worst class at the beginning, was often publicly punished by the teacher, and was watched by his classmates like a panda. And his mother's frugality finally made him realize that he could no longer be so mediocre, so he worked hard to learn chess from then on. This is why today's Ke Jie is here.
At first, according to the strength of the class, he was assigned to the worst class, or the tail of the crane, he said that when he was a child, he played chess too fast and sloppy, and the teacher asked him to play slowly. If you scare too quickly and end up losing the game, you have to go to the penalty station. Ke Jie said metaphorically: "In fact, when I was a child, the punishment station was a public execution, because other students would pass through the corridor after class, watching you like a panda, and gloating." ”
He said that there were many children much older than him who also played fast and were not punished, but they did not play chess very well afterwards.
At the age of 11, Ke Jie officially became a professional chess player, ranking second from the bottom in the fixed stage competition, and participated in the junior tryout the next year. ”
His parents were very disappointed with him and asked him, "Or go back to school, you have no hope." Ke Jie cried. He tearfully promised his parents that he would win it back next time! Since then, he has only played chess every day, and he has not made up for cultural lessons. At that time, he played online Go, playing more than a dozen games a day, and a game of chess for at least half an hour. In addition to eating and sleeping, playing chess all day.
One year, when he went home for the Chinese New Year, there were several children at home, and Ke Jie thought that he could play presumptuously after the holiday, but he was locked in his room by his parents to play chess, forcing him to play chess. "I said let me play for a while, and he said, you'll let you play when you're done. As a result, the whole day was not finished. Ke Jie's tone was full of helplessness and ridicule. At that time, Xiao Ke Jie did not understand why other relatives and children could play as much as they wanted during the holiday, but they had to play chess. There were also relatives who interceded for Ke Jie, and Ke Jie's mother said bluntly, "Don't worry about it!" ”
Now, Ke Jie understands his parents' good intentions, "Sometimes I really don't understand why my mother lets me play chess every day and train every day." I later thought, in fact, the high-intensity training at that time helped me a lot. During that time, I played more than 10,000 plates, which is the basic skill and the foundation. A large number of actual battles have made my understanding of Go qualitatively changed. ”
Speaking about why he was able to persevere, Ke Jie said, "Some moments made me know that I had to work hard. My mom went to find some good teachers to save me money, and we would share the house with others, and I lived in the basement for a while. There was only a bed and a coffee table, and I couldn't fit anything else. At that time, renting a house was expensive, just to save a little money. I thought, the house I live in in my hometown is much better than this, why should I live here. Of course, I also understand that our family is not so rich, and I need good teachers. ”
He also complained about Nie Dao's teacher, "I think it's very bad in the dojo, he treats me differently, and I don't say who it is, for example, he puts me in the worse grade." The fees charged to me are much higher than those for ordinary professional chess players. Or say to my mother, say something mean to me, say that this kid chess is like this. My mom would convey the truth to me, probably motivating me and letting me know that life is warm and cold. I began to have a first feeling, and I knew that it might not be the age to play.
Ke Jie also talked about the past when he was rejected by the Zhejiang Go team when he was a child, "It turned out that I wanted to enter the Zhejiang team, I was from Lishui, Zhejiang, and I thought I could definitely enter the Zhejiang team." Didn't ask me later. And then why can only go to the Yunnan team? I didn't say that the Yunnan team is bad, the Yunnan team is very good to me. But I was particularly impressed. Later, this matter was said several times by the leader of the Zhejiang team, but I feel that I can't be blamed for this matter, this is what you didn't want me in the first place. No one paid attention to it at the beginning. So, at that time, I wanted to play chess well. I want to win the world championship, I want to prove to people who think I'm the tail of the crane, I have to go out. When I think about it later, I think these experiences are quite important. It's also a good experience to look down on. "
After 3 years of lying on the job, Ke Jie became the junior champion of the Chinese Chess Academy, and finally embarked on the road of professional chess player, and now has won 8 world championships.
Although we don't mean that we must achieve the same achievements as Ke Jie, at least, be worthy of ourselves! Come on, Junior [Light the safety lamp] [Come on]
