Hungarian chess player Lekoru "opened and hung" confidently is the most skilled in the national elephant industry to play table tennis

Carry a bag and hold your own racket. After the game, 37-year-old Hungarian chess player Peter Reko came to the hotel's table tennis room and happened to run into Bu Xiangzhi, a Chinese chess player playing with his friends.

As a result, the pair of players who had not yet exchanged hands in the 7th Chess Grandmaster Super Master Tournament of the "People's Network Cup" fought first off the field. This chess player, who also comes from a table tennis power, is good at defense and is good at cutting the ball. Seeing Leko's moves, Yu Yangyi, a Chinese chess player who was watching from the sidelines, laughed and said, "This is similar to his style of playing chess." ”

As the highest level of table tennis chess player among Chinese players this time, bu Xiangzhi and Hungary's old opponent Leko's table tennis battle is quite eye-catching, and like chess, no one wants to lose. In the first game, Lao Bu, who played at home, was very powerful, and he attacked the next city first with a sharp attack. Throwing a set first, Reco was not convinced, muttering "revenge" on the sidelines. The two then played three more innings, what was the final result? Reko told reporters that the two men fought 2-2, and it was difficult to distinguish between victory and defeat. "We have to play with Bu Xiangzhi tonight, we have to decide the winner or loser," the cheerful Hungarian chess player quipped that he was the best at playing table tennis in chess.

For many chess fans, Recco is not an unfamiliar name, this player from Hungary became a male grandmaster before the age of 15, becoming the youngest male grandmaster in history, and the chess genius set a record that did not stop there. In his subsequent career, he won several Super Competitions in Dortmund and won the gold medal in the 2008 Olympic Team Competition, and although he was nearly 40, his rating score was still above 2700 points.

The Hungarian's high IQ is not only reflected in the chessboard, he is still an "open and hanging" existence in life. "I can speak four languages and am good at five sports," speaking of his hobbies, this cheerful chess player immediately became more talkative, because he played chess abroad for many years, Leko taught himself German, English and Russian, and his language talent was amazing. He is also a complete sports fan, enjoying football, table tennis and tennis. "I started learning to play football at the age of 4, playing chess at the age of 7, table tennis at the age of 9, and tennis at the age of 11," and unlike the average quiet chess player, this tall Hungarian chess player is a sports expert, and he even laughs, "I almost became a footballer."

Before coming to China, Recco had been following the European Championship matches. After coming to Danzhou, jet lag became his distress when watching football. "I didn't watch the European Championship because of the time difference, and it's really too big to know that Hungary is breaking into the European Championship again after 44 years," he said, although he was an avid football fan, but because of a knee injury, Reco had to say goodbye to football and specialize in table tennis.

"When I come to China, I like to play table tennis the most," because he saw the Swedish table tennis national Waldner playing on TV, and Reko began to imitate his movements, and he has been out of control ever since. Every time he comes to China, he will take his own racket and compete with The Chinese masters several times. "I've played in Nanjing and Ningbo, and I've played with Coach Li Wenliang and Xu Jun, and they're very good." Although there is a lot of work to prepare for the Super League, Leko still does not forget to hone his table tennis skills. "I still have to fight every day, the most powerful here is Bu Xiangzhi, I still have to fight with him", it seems that in addition to playing chess, the most anticipated thing he looks forward to every day is probably to play with Chinese masters.

So obsessed with table tennis, who is Leko's favorite Chinese table tennis player? His answer was "Zhang Jike and Wang Hao, I have seen them play in Hungary, but now it should be a new generation." In order to help the Chinese team delegation refuel, Leko also specially recorded a cheering slogan - Chinese team, come on.

Although he spoke four languages, Recco never tried to learn Chinese because it seemed too difficult. "The Chinese characters look too complicated, help me mark the phonetic alphabet, I will learn to say cheering slogans." The first attempt to say Chinese, And Leko's performance was good, which attracted praise from the media on the spot.

(Li Xin)