Yang Guanxuan, the first national champion of New China and the last "chess king" of old China, as a landmark figure in the history of Chinese chess, he connected the two eras.
In 1949, Yang Guanxuan was 24 years old. Previously, because of the capture of the chess ring of Lu Hui, the "Lu Tianwang" in Guangzhou, he became famous, met many chess masters, and participated in the "Hong Kong Chess Research Society"; In 1950, the "Hong Kong Chess Research Association" held a membership competition, and Yang Guanxuan stood out among more than 60 masters and won the championship; In 1956, in the first national individual competition, 30 chess players represented 30 cities and regions, and Yang Guanxuan won the championship. These brilliant achievements laid the foundation for Yang Guanxuan's supreme position in the history of Chinese chess.
Before and after the liberation of Guangzhou, Yang Guanxuan returned to Dongguan from the economic turmoil of Hong Kong, at that time, the hundred industries were still to be recovered, and Yang Guanxuan was still engaged in the old business, and he also cultivated and dressed (selling cloth), and he was already unwilling. Yang Guanxuan decided to go to Shanghai and go for a walk. However, the financially strapped Yang Guanxuan lacked travel expenses, and the virtuous Lady Yang took out the only ring she had. At that time, the slow ticket from Guangzhou to Shanghai was 18 yuan, the general express ticket was 24 yuan, and the lady's ring was only sold for 10 yuan. In order to raise enough money for the road, Yang Guanxuan had to find someone to play chess in Guangzhou to earn money, and after playing chess, he often only ate a bowl of the cheapest chowder rice.
In 1951, Yang Guanxuan first visited Shanghai. He set up a ring at the Shanghai Cultural Palace. The first opponent is Chen Rongsheng, one of Shanghai's top ten famous players. In the first set, Chen lost, Chen was not reconciled, he fought again and lost again, and he played fourteen rounds successively, Yang Guanxuan won eight victories and six harmonies, and his prestige was greatly enhanced, which attracted many famous players to take turns to attack. Among them were Luo Tianyang and Dou Guozhu, who lived in Shanghai, but they were all defeated by Yang Guanxuan.
Just at this time, Chen Songshun, another player in south China, also came to Shanghai. As a result, the Shanghai chess community organized a "East China and South China Famous Players Competition", and the Shanghai side was played by Zhu Jianqiu and He Shun'an. Since this is the first visit to Shanghai by a South China chess player, it has its special significance, and the chess predecessor Xie Xiaxun asked a joint topic to help the fun, and the joint day: "East China and South China are scrambling to be the first half, and the chess and chess skills are good at thousands of autumns." By Zhu Jianqiu, He Shun'an against Chen Songshun and Yang Guanxuan. Each player and the opposing player are divided into four first games.
The one standing on the left is Zhu Jianqiu
Zhu is the pioneer of Shanghai Chess Tan, and in every competition, he plays first, and has a taste of opponent strength. This time, his record was not good, he lost two losses and one win and one draw against Chen Songshun, and he lost three and one sum against Yang Guanxuan, and did not open. According to Wang Lanyou's description: "Zhu was forty years away, with a beautiful face and a thin body, and he did not know that he had traveled all over the southwestern provinces with skill, and in the Kunming area of Chongqing, he had spread his reputation everywhere." ”
This game is the first round of the Yang and Zhu matches. It can be seen that Yang's early chess style was quite fierce. Wang Lanyou wrote: "... After Yang abandoned the car, he played more than ten chess pieces before he entered the game first. At that time, the audience cheered loudly, but Yang repeatedly attacked and finally won. After stepping down, He Shun'an dismantled the residual chess piece again, and found that no matter how he responded, Yang still entered the game and won, at that time, Zhu Cai admired that Yang could see dozens of changes in three minutes, and the calculation was accurate, which was valuable. ”
Yang Hou fought shun cannons, in the situation of staggered canine teeth, suddenly cast clever hands, abandon the car and abandon the elephant, kill with horse cannons, the calculation is subtle, even after 10 rounds, Zhu detected and Yang's killing chance, but knew that the face could not be solved. Yang Guanxuan's early sharp edge can be seen from this game.
After this game took the lead, Yang Guanxuan made a splash, and then Wei Zhen Shanghai gradually became the hegemon.
Figure 1
Figure 1 is a valuable practical battle structure, and the black side skillfully presents 3 pawns, which is a powerful means to get rid of the containment and rapidly expand the advantage, so that the red side cannot be defended.
Figure 2
The horse stepped on the cannon, not afraid of the red cannon seven into four bombardments like a car, the black has become a bamboo in the chest.
Figure 3
After abandoning the car, concentrate your forces to attack the red side, which is wonderful and beautiful. If you take the cannon 2 flat 6, then the red soldiers have three flat four, and the black is also dangerous.
Figure 4
The red party is handsome, helpless. If the soldiers are changed to three into one, the cannon 2 retreats 2, the soldiers enter the three into one, and the cannon 6 enters 2 kills, and the black wins. If the horse advances three into two, the cannon 2 retreats 2, and the red has no solution.
Figure 5
Black wins! The following (1) if the red continues to take the car nine flat two, then the horse 7 retreats 6; (2) another such as changing the shuai five flat six, cannon 6 flat 4, car nine flat six, cannon 8 flat 4, black all won the car victory. (3) Another example is to take the marshal five flat four, then the horse 5 retreat 6, the soldier three draw four, the horse 6 into 7, the marshal four flat five, the cannon 8 into 4, the black victory.