As we all know, the Northeast tiger Zhao Guorong has a pivotal historical position in the chess world, not ordinary chess players can be compared, even if it is his teacher Wang Jialiang, the status in the chess world is not as good as him, in fact, in my opinion, Zhao Guorong's historical status in the chess world should only be under Xu Yinchuan, Yang Guanxuan, Hu Ronghua, Lü Qin and Wang Tianyi. Despite Zhao Guorong's outstanding career achievements, in my opinion, the saddest thing about him is that he has not been able to rank first in the men's chess player rankings! There was Hu Ronghua in the front, Xu Yinchuan and Lü Qin in the back, and Zhao Guorong, who was in the crack, was really quite sad.
Zhao Guorong was born in December 1961 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, about 16 years younger than the commander of the chess world, Hu Ronghua, and simply put, when Hu Ronghua won the first national chess championship, Zhao Guorong was not yet born. Like many children, Zhao Guorong's childhood is also very happy and enjoyable, but one thing is different from most children, that is, Zhao Guorong has the hobby of chess, because the neighbors around him like to play chess, under the influence of these people, the young Zhao Guorong also learned to play chess and began to be fascinated, after the adults finished playing chess and went home to eat, Zhao Guorong took the opportunity to fight with his friends to occupy the chess table, but those little friends are not Zhao Guorong's opponents.
In 1973, Zhao Guorong represented Tiandi Primary School in a primary school chess tournament in Heilongjiang, which influenced his life. In this competition, Zhao Guorong flexibly used various tricks in the book "Chess Forward" by The Northeast Tiger King Jialiang, which caused other opponents a headache and lost one after another, and in the end, Zhao Guorong won the championship without suspense. It was this championship that made Zhao Guorong receive the attention of Wang Jialiang, who felt that the little Zhao Guorong was a malleable talent, so he accepted Zhao Guorong as an apprentice. In 1977, Heilongjiang established a professional chess team, and from this year on, Zhao Guorong became a professional chess player.
In the 1980s, Zhao Guorong began to rise, and Zhao Guorong, whose chess strength has improved by leaps and bounds, already has the strength to win the national chess championship, but unfortunately, he has not been able to stand on the highest podium after winning the second and third places many times, and he does seem to be a little sad at that time. His wife Niu Lili also couldn't see it, so he specially gave him homework, analyzed the reasons for the loss of the game and the strength of the opponent, etc., in addition, in order to let Zhao Guorong practice chess and win the national championship as soon as possible, Niu Lili took the initiative to undertake all the housework. Veteran chess fans know that Niu Lili is a professional Go player and Nie Weiping's apprentice, although chess and Go are somewhat different, but there are still many similarities, so the strategic policy she made for Zhao Guorong is basically effective.
In 1990, Zhao Guorong participated in the National Chess Individual Competition again, and he passed all the way and finally realized his dream! This is Zhao Guorong's first national championship, and after winning the championship, Zhao Guorong was very excited and immediately called his wife Niu Lili to announce the good news. Since then, Zhao Guorong's reputation in the chess world has been greatly enhanced, and he has the momentum of dominating the Chu River! Throughout the 90s, Zhao Guorong won three national chess individual championships and won the World Chess Championship in 1991! It can be said that the 90s was the peak of Zhao Guorong's chess skills, and generally he was either champion or runner-up in various competitions, but unfortunately, his rank score was always suppressed by Xu Yinchuan and Lü Qin.
In the sixties and seventies, Wang Jialiang was the representative of the northern chess players, Yang Guanxuan was the representative of the southern chess players, it was really a bit of "Northern Qiao Feng Southern Murong" in the jianghu meaning, Wang Jialiang and Yang Guanxuan fought viciously on the chessboard for most of their lives, but privately the two of them had a good relationship, when they first heard the news of Yang Guanxuan's unfortunate death, Wang Jialiang was also very sad in his heart, and there were many feelings in addition to the grief, after all, many of the older generation of chess players had left one after another. In the chess world, it seems that Wang Jialiang only has a lot of criticism of He Shun'an and Hu Ronghua's masters and apprentices, and he is still relatively friendly to Yang Guanxuan, Cai Furu and other chess players. Fortunately, Zhao Guorong and Yang Guanxuan, cultivated by Wang Jialiang, inherited the spirit of the two of them, and were called "Southern Lü Northern Zhao" in the chess world, which should also be a response to the era of "Southern Yang Northern King".
The relationship between Zhao Guorong and Lü Qin has always been quite good, and the two of them are the heads of northern chess and southern chess respectively, and their status is very equal. Every time Zhao Guorong goes south to Guangdong, Lü Qin will be warmly welcomed, if he encounters special circumstances and cannot get out, Lü Qin will also arrange a special person to be responsible for receiving Zhao Guorong, similarly, Lü Qin has also gone to Heilongjiang for chess exchanges many times, and every time Lü Qin visits, Zhao Guorong will also be warmly entertained. The arena is an enemy, but privately they are good friends who used to cherish each other, and the two of them can really be described as a model for many young chess players in the chess world!
Today' Zhao Guorong is still fighting in the elephant armor, and there is no way to think about it, after all, there is no top chess player in the north who can replace him in the battle, and for Lü Qin, this is not the case. Lü Qin has a famous saying: "When there is another Xu Yinchuan in Guangdong, I will immediately retreat to the second line!" But to Lü Qin's regret, a talented chess player like Xu Yinchuan has never appeared, so a few years ago he could only continue to fight with a group of young chess players on the battlefield. After Zheng Weitong, the second person in chess, joined the Guangdong team to fight in the elephant armor, Lü Qin could finally rest assured that he could retreat to the second line, and Zheng Weitong's joining the Guangdong team was essentially to replace Lü Qin's position. If there was no foreign aid from Zheng Weitong, perhaps Lü Qin would still have to fight on the elephant armor now.
Although today's Northeast Tiger Zhao Guorong's chess strength is not as good as before, his tiger power is still there, and it is still no problem to protect the capital in the annual Xiangjia League, and it is unlikely that ordinary chess players want to win him, because his chess style is very delicate and stable! Finally, I wish Zhao Guorong good health and a happy life!