Preface
In 1991, Xie Jun broke the monopoly of chess players in the former Soviet Union and reached the pinnacle of women's chess.
In the period after that, there was a craze for learning Xi chess, which turned chess into a well-known competitive event.
In 1993, 1999 and 2000, she won three women's chess world championships, and even won three world championships in the Olympic team competition.
Although Xie Jun's development in chess has been smooth sailing, there are some twists and turns in the emotional aspect, first married her loving husband until divorce, and then decided to remarry, but since she loves her husband so much, why did she choose to divorce in the first place?
Xie Jun and Wu Shaobin
一战成名
In October 1991, Xie Jun, a chess player, traveled to the Philippines, where she would face off against four-time world champion Ziburdanidze.
At this time, Xie Jun had already become an international master, but when facing the four-time world champion, she seemed a little flustered, because the slightest mistake would lose the match, and she could only wait until the next time to challenge the opponent again.
Xie Jun
But fortunately, she immediately calmed down, and all kinds of chess games flashed in her mind, and she mustered up her courage and made up her mind to defeat the opponent.
On October 29, the two officially faced each other, and Xie Jun was seen calmly responding to each move of the opponent, while ensuring stability, without losing his aggression.
Xie Jun with Maya Zibuldanidze
In the end, she successfully forced the opponent, and this "thrilling" game ended, the score was fixed at 8.5 to 6.5, Xie Jun won this game, and this is not only her victory, but also the victory of the Chinese people, but also the victory of the whole Asia.
You must know that before this, the chess championship has always been monopolized by Europeans, and this monopoly is 64 years long, and the emergence of Xie Jun broke the original "balance" in one fell swoop and made the people of the world see hope.
Xie Jun
After this battle, she successfully reached the pinnacle of women's chess and became a well-deserved "chess queen".
Xie Jun
The day after the competition, Xie Jun celebrated her 21st birthday, and she was still in the Philippines at this time, unable to return to her family to celebrate this happy moment.
But the local overseas Chinese learned the news and spontaneously organized to surprise Xie Jun, and that day the mainstream media in the entire Philippines reported the news of Xie Jun's birthday and winning the championship, which moved her.
Xie Jun
Xie Jun's birth made the whole world sports world tremble, especially those European players, who looked at the girl in front of them and fell into deep thought, how she got on the road to becoming a champion.
Xie Jun
From Chinese chess, one step into the world
Xie Jun lived with his mother in Baoding when he was a child, and his father often worked in Beijing, so that Xie Jun saw his father very few times a year.
She often cried and shouted to find her father, so her mother began to teach Xie Jun to play checkers to distract her.
Checkers (scenario simulation)
This did work, Xie Jun stopped crying, at first the mother would deliberately let her daughter have a few children, so that her daughter could win the game happily, but gradually she found that something was wrong.
No matter how she falls, in the end, the result is more losses and fewer wins, and the mother also discovers her daughter's talent.
Xie Jun
When Xie Jun was 4 years old, his mother was transferred to Beijing to work, and the family of three could finally reunite happily.
She also got her wish to see her father in her heart, and she was very happy.
Xie Jun with his parents
At that time, there were very few entertainment items, so during the New Year's holidays, my father's colleagues would come to the house to play chess with my father, and Xie Jun would also move to a small bench to sit next to her and watch, and after a long time, she had already understood the rules of Chinese chess.
Chinese Chess
When Xie Jun was 6 years old, she already had a chess deck of her own, which was a bit cheap, but it didn't stop her from loving chess.
When her parents were at home, she would play with them, but when her parents were not at home, it became her own world, she often played against herself, and gradually she mastered the way of chess.
Xie Jun was a child
Since then, there has been a news in the local area that there is a "chess prodigy" in Jiuxianqiao, and at a young age, it is already difficult to meet opponents.
And this news also reached the ears of the leaders of the Beijing Chess Academy, so they found Xie Jun and gave her professional counseling.
Beijing Chess Academy (Scenario Simulation)
At the age of 10, she won the Beijing Children's Chess Championship in one fell swoop, and despite the demanding training, Xie Jun persevered with her love for chess.
Then she switched from Chinese chess to chess, and although the principles are the same, they are very different, and this does not prevent Xie Jun from practicing Xi.
Xie Jun
In 1982, at the age of 12, she had already signed up for the adult chess competition, and she also won the individual championship.
Since then she has trained even harder, and in 1988 she was successfully promoted to International Master.
Xie Jun
Then, in 1991, she defeated Maya Ziburdanidze to win her first world title, and her name became famous at that time.
With the development of her career, she also waited for the love she had in mind, and although this love was very sweet, it was full of twists and turns.
Xie Jun and Wu Shaobin
I don't know how to cherish until I lose
Xie Jun and her husband Wu Shaobin met very early, as early as when they were teenagers, and their fates were intertwined.
Since that meeting, they have never been in touch, but they have entered the national team with a clear heart, and Wu Shaobin has unexpectedly become Xie Jun's sparring partner.
Wu Shaobin
In this way, the fates of the two people overlapped again, Wu Shaobin's appearance was very delicate, especially the embellishment of that pair of glasses, which gave people an elegant and gentle feeling, but his chess style did not match his appearance.
And Xie Jun is under his sparring, his chess style has become more and more sharp, but there is no lack of calmness, Xie Jun is also very grateful to the boy in front of him who is sparring with him.
Xie Jun (left)
Playing chess is a very patient sport, sometimes sitting for a day, and when the training is over, the time is also in the evening.
And Xie Jun has a Xi that whenever he finishes playing chess, he will go outside for a walk.
Xie Jun
Because the time was too late, the coach was not worried that she would go out alone, so he would let Wu Shaobin follow him.
They rarely communicate during training, but when they walk, they are like a pair of young people who have just fallen in love, walking leisurely.
Xie Jun (right)
With the sound of the leaves blowing in the breeze, they talked about their ideals, and each walk was the happiest moment of the day, after which they fell in love.
In 1995, under the blessings of one after another, Xie Jun and Wu Shaobin walked towards the palace of marriage.
Xie Jun (left)
At that time, Xie Jun was only 25 years old, at the peak of his career, and Wu Shaobin was also working hard for the world masters, they decided not to have children first, and when their careers stabilized, they were thinking about children.
Xie Jun
During the time when they first got married, the two of them were very sweet, and they had endless words every day, but this was only for the time when they were newly married.
Gradually, they encountered the first problem after marriage, that is, who would do the housework at home, because the two of them often trained late, and they did not know anything about housework.
Xie Jun
This led to a mess at home every day, and there were also big problems with the personalities of the two people, Xie Jun would often scold Wu Shaobin because of some trivial matters.
Whenever Xie Jun was angry with Wu Shaobin, he would choose to forbear or go out to find a place with few people to stay for a while, and gradually the marriage between the two of them became out of control.
Xie Jun
In 1996, perhaps Wu Shaobin couldn't stand this relationship anymore, or he wanted to get a better space for development, so he took the initiative to retire and went to Singapore alone.
After Xie Jun learned the news, he tried to keep him for a while, but the other party had already made up his mind to leave.
Xie Jun
That year, Wu Shaobin boarded a plane to Singapore and fled from his home, which had been depressed for a long time, and this time, the couple had not seen each other for a long time.
But this is not a way after all, Xie Jun is a generation of chess queens, and he has not even become a world master, Wu Shaobin thinks that he has dragged down the other party.
So, he endured the pain in his heart and went through the divorce procedures with Xie Jun, and the moment they got the certificate, they both cried because they were reluctant to give up each other.
Xie Jun
After the divorce, Wu Shaobin came to Singapore again, where he developed very rapidly, and in only 2 years, he became an international grandmaster.
Wu Shaobin was very happy, he subconsciously wanted to tell Xie Jun about this joy, but he suddenly thought that they had divorced.
Xie Jun
As everyone knows, Xie Jun is also silently paying attention to the other party, and after seeing his achievements, Xie Jun smiled happily.
No matter what they are doing, they will always think of each other, consciously or unconsciously, want to know each other's current situation, and regret everything they did in the first place.
Xie Jun gave guidance
In 1998, Wu Shaobin dialed Xie Jun's phone, who expected that Xie Jun was also waiting for this call she had been waiting for for a long time.
The two of them came together again, and Wu Shaobin also became a "sparring partner" again, and time seemed to have returned to the past.
Xie Jun and Wu Shaobin
With the help of Wu Shaobin, Xie Jun's career was reinvigorated, and in 1999 and 2000, he won the world championship twice in a row.
In 2002, their daughter was born, and with the birth of the child, the relationship between the young couple became closer and closer, and they cherished each other even more.
Xie Jun and his daughter
To this day, the husband and wife are still shining in the field of chess, and in terms of feelings, the two are still in love, perhaps it was that parting that made them cherish each other more.
Xie Jun and Wu Shaobin
epilogue
Today, Xie Jun has successfully become the vice president of FIDE, and he is still fighting for the cause he loves.
Xie Jun and Wu Shaobin have played chess for half their lives, and in their opinion, the best move they have played in their lives is to meet each other, although this is an almost unsolvable endgame, but they still muster up the courage to work together and successfully resolve the endgame, and this step is perfect!