Chapter 9 of The Story of Me and Chess

I lost unconvincedly, thinking that this was the loss I had suffered from his layout. It seems that he has put a lot of effort into this left-like cross-cutting formation, and if I make another first move, I will avoid it. At this time, the friends who were watching the liveliness next to them said: "Come again, come again!" So I stretched out my hand and signaled this plate to let the old man go first, so that everyone is divided first, fair and reasonable. Who knew that the old man did not play chess, but slightly bowed his head and extended his hand, which meant that this game still let me go first. At that time, I was the age of flesh and blood, how could I swallow this breath, resolutely not allow it, and repeatedly asked for a first. The old man saw that I was very determined, and I was slightly jawed, picked up the chess pieces and took a step 2 into 1. Hey! Ah, this is not clearly a bully? I slammed my breath upwards, and a shot was returned, thinking: I will definitely take you down this plate and extinguish your arrogance!

I only blamed my youth and ignorance at that time, my knowledge was very short, and I only thought that the side horse bureau was a strange situation, but I didn't know how to deal with this formation. Under the impetuous heart, the situation is downwind again. I took a deep breath and told myself to calm down.

After a long examination, I decided that I could not be reckless anymore. Since the situation is slightly inferior, I should hold my ground and make all-out peace; then if the other side forcibly seeks victory, I will have a chance. So I played Tai Chi, kept the portal without leaking, and waited to see what happened.

The old man was really powerful, he carelessly east a hammer, west a stick, seemingly bland, in fact, each hand is an undercurrent of turbulence, full of stamina. I picked up my spirits, dealt with it carefully, and defused his comings one by one. At the end, a chess formula appeared on the chessboard: he is a double pawn, and I am a single horse. I said, "Huh?" The old man looked up at me and coldly spat out three words: "Take a look?" At that time, I couldn't help but be angry, and I said, "Who doesn't know this situation is a chess game?" Even if you are a master, it will be difficult for me to win! So I sneered, "Just go, I think it's still a peace tomorrow!" The old man said, "Although we are friendly matches, we also do it according to regular competitions." I'll count the number of moves, and 60 rounds without eating, that is, the draw. I said, "That's good, that's good." ”

That time Lao Liu really taught me a lesson and let me know how superficial I was. I was careless when I was defending my horse, and he used the veteran assist to break a soldier, and immediately ruined. It turns out that Ma Shuangpao is not completely without opportunities! I stared blankly at the chessboard, remorseful.

I lost sleep that night.

Sleeping in bed I thought a lot, why didn't I even keep a set and chess? I'm so ashamed. I thought that my practical endgame knowledge was very rich, but it seems that I still have too little with the master, and some paper things still need to be verified by actual combat! Otherwise, it will always be a frog at the bottom of the well. I made up my mind that when I went back, I would have to practice hard and never stop like before. To be honest, there are still many endgame books in my family, and many of them are still fine works, such as Mr. Chen Songshun's "Practical Chess Endgames", the late famous Chen Lianyong's "Cannon Pawn Collection", "Horse Soldier Collection" and so on. But when I usually play the score, I am bored, but I just look at the book like a dragonfly, and I don't dive down to study it at all. There are still lazy thoughts in the heart. This time it was bitter! Who is to blame? "Sweat more in peacetime, less blood in wartime", it is really an unbreakable truth!

On the second day of the conference break, the organizing committee arranged for the athletes to travel to the nearby Shaoshan Mountain. At that time, the schedule had passed two-thirds, and the chess players who had fought for 9 rounds were exhausted and needed to be adjusted, not to mention that many people had never been to Shaoshan, so the large troops went on pilgrimage. But there are exceptions.

I slept until three o'clock in the morning before I got up, and after eating lunch, I felt that it was very boring to stay in the room, so I went out to hang out alone.

The scale of Xiangtan Motor Factory is quite large, accounting for a large area, factory area, dormitory, and supporting living facilities, including cinemas, clothing city, food barrier street, etc., the local people proudly call it "electric city". This place actually does not go to the center of Xiangtan, and if you want to go to the city, you have to take a tram to walk for many stops. I took a car to the city center to visit the Xinhua Bookstore, and did not find any new chess games, so I slowly walked along the road, breathing in the air with a little coolness, listening to the breeze passing by the poplar trees on the side of the road, and my mood became comfortable. I let out a long breath, as if spitting out the annoyance of losing yesterday.

When I slowly walked back to the electric city, it was already twilight. When I went out at noon, I stumbled upon an alley next to the guest house where we lived, and the food stalls were all one after another, and the business was quite prosperous. At this time, I came to Jiuxing, ready to find a cleaner restaurant, eat two authentic Hunan dishes, and drink two sips of wine. The idea was decided, so I slowly looked for it one by one along the alley, and finally saw a restaurant with neat tables and chairs and cleaner waiters. Far away, the owner smiled and greeted him warmly: "Eat?" Inside please! How many of you are there? "I walked in and saw that there were already two tables of guests inside, and two tables were empty, so I picked a seat and sat down, took the menu, and ordered two dishes.

At that time, the stoves of the restaurants were built at the door, which could save space on the one hand, and let the customers who ate see the whole cooking process with their own eyes and eat with confidence. I heard chef's spatula stir-frying in the pan, and a spicy aroma came to my nose, and I couldn't help but move my index finger.

When the first dish was still in the pot, I suddenly felt that the light was dim, and a person walked in at the door, wearing a set of sportswear, tall and burly, blocking most of the doors, I took a closer look, and I really couldn't believe my eyes: Who is liu Dahua?

I was overjoyed and quickly got up to say hello: "Teacher Liu! ”

Liu Dahua looked at me and winced slightly. I was afraid that he wouldn't remember me, so I hurriedly said, "I'm from Hubei Xiantao!" Liu Yi thought about it: "Remember to remember, you are He Jin." I said, "Right, right, I'm He Jin, and I'm watching chess at my own expense." Willow asked, "How many days have you been there?" Are you coming alone? I replied, "I'm the only one, I arrived yesterday." "Then why didn't you come looking for me?" Watched chess on the third floor yesterday? "I said yes. The shopkeeper saw us standing in the doorway talking and reminded, "You two sit down and talk!" I woke up like a dream: "Yes, sit down first!" Why didn't you go to Shaoshan? ”

We sat down at the table, and Liu Dahua shook his head: "Shaoshan I have been to before, plus this game is very bad, so I am not in the mood to go out, I want to be quiet alone." Now that I'm hungry, come out and get something to eat. I said, "That's right, I just ordered two dishes, you see what else to add, let's have some wine." "Liu is a bold person, and he doesn't push back much, he called the shopkeeper and added a steamed fish." I asked, "What do you drink?" Liu said, "When you get to Hunan, you will naturally drink Hunan wine." I found out two days ago that they have a kind of wine here called Shaoyang Daqu, which is not bad, strong enough, so I drink that bar. After saying that, he asked me, "How much can you drink?" That's 60 degrees? I laughed when I heard it: "I am not used to drinking at a low level, half a pound is not a problem!" ”

In this way, Willow and I slowly drank spirits and talked a lot in that simple little restaurant. He talked about how he learned chess with his brother when he was a child, how he won the second runner-up in the five provinces of central and southern China; how he was later sent to Hubei Anlu during the Cultural Revolution; in 1974, he returned to Wuhan, burned boilers in a rubber factory, won the Hubei Provincial Championship many times, and entered the provincial team and began his professional career. Listening to his legendary experience, I couldn't help but drink a lot of wine, frequently raise a glass, and the two of them sat there for more than two hours, unconsciously eliminating a pound of liquor.

Later, we came out of the restaurant, and on the way back to the guest house, Willow said to me, "Tomorrow I will help you find a way to let you go into the arena to watch chess!" I was ecstatic: "Really? They won't let you in! Teacher Liu smiled: "There are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom." I'll just wrap you in tomorrow. "My joy at that moment was truly indescribable.

Walking to the door of the guest house, a very able young man approached him: "Where have you been, we have come back without seeing your people." Willow smiled and said, "Coming back so soon?" Let me introduce you to you, this is our little fellow in Hubei, He Jin of Xiantao. One pointed to the young man: "This is our reporter from the Wuhan Evening News, Qian Gang." ”

Qian and I just said hello, and the three of us went upstairs together. Qian Gang said: "Tomorrow's lottery results are out, you are against Cui Yan." Liu Dahua asked, "What about Chen Shulan?" Tomorrow should be for Huang Yuying, right? Qian just said yes. Willow turned to me and said, "Well, you come to my room tomorrow morning, I live in 205." I help Chen Shulan prepare the layout every morning, you can come and see. I was overjoyed and hurriedly agreed.

I went back to my room on the fourth floor, and a few roommates saw my footsteps and smelled a burst of wine, and asked, "What, a person went out to drink?" I said, "Yes! I said to my buddies on the bed, "You'll enjoy it." One person does not go to the museum, two people do not gamble, you have not heard of this? I was in a very good mood, and he said nonsense: "Drinking alone is the highest realm!" You don't understand. The brother said, "Strange! How pitiful it is for a man to drink, not even a person to speak, strange and miserable. What else is the highest realm? I said, "What's so bad about drinking alone?" No need to socialize, no need to say some insincere words, drink as long as you want, drink as much as you like, no one bets with you, and no one advises you to drink. Most importantly, there's no need to carry a drunken friend home or take her to the hospital! Ha ha! They looked at each other, looked at me like crazy, didn't know how much I drank, and asked, "Don't you care?" Do you want to get some vinegar for you? I leaned back on the bed and laughed, "Joke! I once drank a pound, four or two and didn't get drunk, and I walked home alone! What is this? Hahahahaha! Everyone shook their heads in unison: "I am not lightly drunk, and the more I talk, the more crazy I am!"

Unfinished to be continued ~ a little attention does not get lost