In the Tokyo Olympic Games that ended on August 8, 2021, the playful and cute Yang Qian won the first gold of the women's 10-meter air rifle, and for a time this cute girl who won glory for the country had countless fans. It didn't take long for enthusiastic netizens to pull out that Yang Qian was a strong player in the Olympic arena, and she was young and beautiful, or a high-achieving student at Tsinghua University.
As soon as this news came out, it attracted the envy and admiration of countless netizens. Coincidentally, 21 years ago, there was also a Talented Tsinghua girl who won glory for the country in the chess game, that is, Zhu Chen. In addition to being noticed for his chess champion, Zhu Chen's marriage to the prince of a Qatari state that allowed polygamy was even more surprising. For Zhu Chen to renounce Chinese nationality, it was once unacceptable to the Chinese people.
Zhu Chen has a status and record in the chess world that no one can shake so far, and some media have given a concluding comment: "Zhu Chen is the world's first chess player to win the world championship in juvenile, youth and adult competitions, and is the top chess master in our country." ”
Zhu Chen
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > happy family of origin</h1>
Zhu Chen was born in 1976, an era of great material scarcity, and then fortunately Zhu Chen was born in a superior family with abundant material and spiritual resources, his father was an engineer, his mother was a teacher, and he was a typical intellectual family.
Just like today's parents, Zhu Chen's parents are enlightened and far-sighted, attach great importance to the child's all-round development and interests, encourage Zhu Chen to try what interests them, and are willing to pay money to cultivate her interests.
At the age of 7, Zhu Chen began to be interested in the game of chess, and his parents naturally encouraged learning, so they let Zhu Chen receive formal training and learning, and it was also from this time that Zhu Chen first appeared and showed extraordinary potential.
Subsequently, Zhu Chen studied under Huang Xiwen and began a more profound and systematic study. As the saying goes, the master leads the door, and the practice depends on the individual. However, in that era, chess was still a cold field in China, and research data and literature on this area were very scarce. In order to facilitate their daughter's study, the parents of intellectuals went to various bookstores and libraries and began to collect materials and books. Kung Fu paid off, and eventually the book "Principles of Chess Opening" was found by his parents. In order to facilitate her daughter to read and study at any time, they copied the "Principles of Chess Opening" by hand.
<h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > a lonely way to study, and achieved good results on the field</h1>
Away from parents, immersed in hard practice, the road to study is lonely and boring. The little man endures loneliness and gives up the play time that belongs to the child. Those countless days and nights, it is also this hand-copied "Principles of Chess Opening", which gives her companionship, warmth and encouragement, and illuminates the way forward for her.
It was with the support and encouragement of his family that Zhu Chen's talent in chess developed well: in June 1988, Zhu Chen temporarily entered the Chinese national training team. In August of the same year, she won the 12-year-old women's championship of the World "Junior and Peace" Championship in Romania. Zhu Chen, who tried the bull knife, became China's first world chess champion. The 9 wins and 1 loss on the field were highly recognized by FIDE President Campomanes, who personally wrote a congratulatory letter for her.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > to win the chess arena</h1>
From this point on, Zhu Chen's name began to be known by more and more Chinese, and it also became the pride of Chinese. Later, Zhu Chen broke through on the field: in 1990, he won the national women's B championship in chess. In 1992, she won the National Women's A Championship.
Behind the honor is a certain hard sweat and courage to go forward. Honor didn't alleviate her loneliness, but it didn't stop her from moving forward. Zhu Chen's thoughts would be written into letters one by one and sent to his parents.
Although the road ahead was lonely, it did not consume Zhu Chen's love for chess, but on the contrary, it inspired her confidence to climb the top and see the mountains. World champion is her goal.
At the age of 18, at the most beautiful age for a girl, Zhu Chen won the national individual women's championship; then went to Malaysia to win the Asian Youth Women's Championship; and then moved to Brazil, winning the trophy of the Women's Championship of the World Youth Championship. Famous in one fell swoop, Zhu Chen finally reached the top of the field of chess.
At that time, Zhu Chen was just like Yang Qian today, with superior skills, toad palace folding laurels, youth and beauty, famous school students, a time of fame, countless circles of fans, became the pride of the people.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > is like a bamboo, and there are countless awards</h1>
In different fields, because of temporary successes and failures, there are many people who are unstable in their mentality. Perhaps it is those lonely paths of study that have already honed Zhu Chen's tenacious character, or perhaps it is the long-term layout of chess itself and the characteristics of far-sightedness that have achieved her calm personality.
In the following competitions, Zhu Chen continued to play steadily and honorably: in 1996, Zhu Chen won the national women's championship for the third time. In the same year, she won the women's world youth championship for the second time in Colombia and wrote a wonderful stroke with a record winning percentage of 11 wins and 2 losses. As a high-achieving student at Tsinghua University, her wisdom in the chess world does not affect the development of literature and spirituality, and is even quite helpful. She summarized her experiences and insights along the way, and in 2002, she compiled a book and named it "No Regrets about Falling Chess".
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > chess field meets love</h1>
I have to say that Zhu Chen's people, as his name suggests, are decisive and tenacious, and they are lonely and courageous. This is true of chess, and it is also true of love. Zhu Chen is known as "China's most beautiful chess player" and "China's most beautiful chess queen". Whose house will such a sonorous rose fall? Under the pursuit of the Chinese people, Zhu Chen suddenly announced his marriage in 2002, and what was even more unexpected was that the groom was actually an Arab wearing a headscarf?
Muhammad Al and the Lords
This act has dampened the patriotic feelings of some Chinese people, who feel that the goddess and pride of the Chinese chess world should not turn around and marry a foreign boy. In the face of media questioning, Zhu Chen was reluctant to say more. It turned out that the groom was Zhu Chen's peer, the only chess grandmaster in Qatar, and was once named "the best chess player in the Arab countries of the last century".
The first encounter was on the field, when Zhu Chen was so skilled that he easily lost several opponents, so he didn't care about the opponent named Muhammad Al. However, the chess field was like a battlefield, changing rapidly, and the confident Zhu Chen folded here in Muhammad.
Thus Muhammad began to attract the attention of the gods and planted a seed of love. Yes, the one who can win this sonorous rose should also be such a strong person, with the same hobbies and equal strength. In the ensuing game, the two people went from acquaintance to acquaintance and then fell in love again. The seeds of love begin to sprout and grow. The fit of souls crosses the barriers of national boundaries, ethnicities, and cultural differences, and the two people feel sorry for each other and fall in love.
As expected, the relationship did not have the support of the family. Zhu Chen's parents were reluctant to love their daughters and marry far away, let alone foreign countries with different cultures and economies. On Muhammad's side, as a member of the royal family, her family also opposed her marrying this commoner girl of ordinary origin and no noble title.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > marry Qatar</h1>
In the midst of such opposition, the two ran a love marathon for 6 years hand in hand. The longer we see people's hearts, the longer we get along, the more we feel the soul fit. In the end, this lonely girl made her choice: to marry Qatar. This decision gave her love a good home, but also made her bear the pressure of public opinion.
Because Qatar is a Muslim in the Arab region, according to local customs, a major prerequisite for Zhu Chen to marry Muhammad must be to change faith, be baptized, and change faith. Without regrets, Zhu Chen began to follow qatar's religious beliefs and lifestyles, and also gave up his Chinese citizenship.
If these are just personal freedoms, then absent from the Chinese team's competition, so that standing in the Qatari team to attend the game, has become the fuse of the rising problem, igniting the long-suppressed anger of the Chinese public. Public opinion of condemnation began to pour in: pride as a representative of the Chinese chess world, withdrawing from the Chinese chess tournament and becoming a representative player of other countries is undoubtedly equivalent to treason; being carried away by love, ignoring national honor and disregard.
In addition to moral criticism, rumors and slanders also followed, there were rumors that Zhu Chen was not happy after marriage and suffered domestic violence; there were rumors that Zhu Chen's mother died of illness, but she did not return to China; what is more, because of the polygamy system in Qatar, it was rumored that Zhu Chen had thrown his friends to marry her husband.
In the face of these absurd rumors, Zhu Chen also clarified and said that he was helpless in an interview, and his family had to post photos of his mother to prove that he was still alive. Subsequently, Zhu Chen slowly reduced the exposure of public venues and platforms, and disappeared into public opinion. Time flies, and now 21 years have passed, what is the current situation of this chess beauty who is married to a foreign country?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > love career double harvest, not forgetting the home country</h1>
Although the husband did have the right to marry multiple wives, Muhammad never remarried, and the two accompanied each other. There are two daughters, both of whom are born beautiful, and the family life can be described as happy and happy.
In their careers, Zhu Chen and her husband both became members of the FIDE and continued to work for the development of chess. Not only that, Zhu Chen has never forgotten his roots, has been committed to the cultivation of Chinese chess players, and has also held chess competitions and public welfare activities in China in his own name.
The public's dissatisfaction has finally subsided with time, and Zhu Chen has indeed done a lot of things for the development of Chinese chess over the years, which has also won a certain degree of recognition from the Chinese people.
But just as "science knows no borders, but scientists have borders," many people still can't forgive her for standing in Qatar and confronting China. Zhu Chen also admitted that everything has two sides, and it is difficult to say whether he is right or wrong.
Just like the title of her book, there is no regret in falling chess, she enjoys the glory brought by her efforts, and also bears the criticism brought by her own choices, but what remains unchanged is her pursuit of her own life, for chess, for love, for family, for the development of Chinese chess, she has never stopped.