In the previous part, we talked about the growth and fame of Li Te Da, and today we continue to talk about the story of Li Lai Qun.
Four: Continue to be brilliant
Chess Saint Lee comes to the group
In 1982, Li Te da won the championship for the first time, and then he won the championship in the individual competitions in 1984, 1987 and 1991, a total of four championships, and many other competitions won the championship.
In 1989, he won the "Shaolin Coke Cup" championship and won the title of Chess And Chess Saint;
In the same year, the Chess King Challenge was successful, and he won the title of Chess King.
This is why Li Laiqun is called the chess king and chess saint by everyone.
Don't underestimate these two titles, because Li Laiqun has become the only grandmaster in China who is both a "chess saint" and a "chess king". Such glory is not so easy to obtain.
Li Laiqun, who has such a high level of chess strength, if he does not choose to abandon chess early to engage in business, it is very likely that Hu Ronghua and Lingnan Shuangxiong will have less honor, I personally think that Li Laiqun will cause them a very big resistance, maybe Xu Yinchuan's fame will be later, of course, these are my speculations, there are not so many ifs in the world.
There is a question here, why did Li Laiqun choose to abandon chess and engage in business at his peak?
Five: Abandon chess to engage in business
On this topic, there is a saying that once Li Laiqun took a train to go to a foreign country, when he got on the train to find a seat, he found that there was a big man in his position who slept, and when Li Laiqun woke him up and let him move his position, the big han was not moved, so Li Laiqun said that he was a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, a national champion of chess, etc., the big Han was also the same, and even vicious words, when he was young, Li Laiqun was thin, and he was certainly not the opponent of the big Han, but he was particularly competitive, so he had the idea of abandoning chess and doing business at that moment.
I think this reason should not be the most important, Li Laiqun is a very smart person, his personality is particularly strong, I think he definitely does not want to spend all his time playing chess, he has a business mind. Below I have excerpted some of what Li Laiqun said, and perhaps we can know the reason why he went to the sea to do business. At the "Hebei Real Estate Cup" Chess Dao and Shangtao Summit held in 2016, Li Laiqun summoned many national champions to attend the meeting, at which he said: "Playing chess as a champion is not the ultimate goal, chess players should have more social feelings", "Why say so, maybe, you won the championship, but we are really just a small star in the galaxy of thousands of years of splendid chess culture, once shined, but chess has been passed down for thousands of years, it is really thousands of years, there are so many stars in the sky, who remembers you and me"? Ten years, twenty years, more years later, everything has gone flat, and we have really made an impression on society. Moreover, Li Laiqun also used the analogy of Xie Xiaxun, saying that Xie Xiaxun's elder predecessor not only played chess well, but he also personally went to Nanyang to collect donations, and gave the fifty million oceans he had obtained to the Eighth Route Army, contributing a heavy part to the victory of the motherland's War of Resistance. From these words, we can see that Li Laiqun wants to do something more meaningful, the national championship is a glorious thing, but also a meaningful thing, but want to let others remember you, in Li Laiqun's view, the national championship is not enough, so he wants to do more meaningful things, as for what is more meaningful, we will talk later, so he wants to abandon chess and go to the sea to do business, the purpose is to have the capital to do more meaningful things.
Of course, in addition to doing more meaningful things, there are some reasons to explain it in terms of what Li Laiqun said: "When I was a professional chess player, I was already interested in the economy and had a certain understanding." When I talked to my business friends, I learned a lot of business knowledge from them, such as profit models. I also made some thoughts on all aspects of business. It can be said that doing business is my hobby. In addition, playing chess is a very physical mental exercise, especially after a long time, it is inevitable that some tiredness will be. After winning the national championship for the fourth time in 1991, I found that the sense of chess was much worse than before, there was less passion and desire to create, and I didn't care about winning or losing. I began to receive professional training in chess at the age of 17, and since then I have spent the entire time of my life on that small chessboard, so I want to 'shift the position', which is to stimulate the paralyzed nerves. So in 1993, Li Laiqun began to go to the sea to do business, at this time his focus was still on playing chess, supplemented by business, and since 1996, the reverse has been the same. In his words, it is not the opposite: "Once you become interested in business, the degree of concentration on chess will slowly decline, and over time, it will affect the art of chess - tomorrow will be played, and today is still talking about business, can this chess still be played well?" "
Although he went to the sea to do business, but some games he will still participate, but the level of chess strength has dropped greatly, the real thing that made him quit the chess world was in 2004, that year he signed up for the Xiangjia League, but did not participate, the business is too busy, so professional competitions can no longer find his figure.
The above is the reason why Li Laiqun abandoned chess and business, I think I should make it clear, I think this should also be the most comprehensive on the whole network.
Sixth: Abandon chess without leaving chess
Although Li Laiqun went to the sea to do business, he has never left chess, for example, he once held his one-on-one 12 wheel war at his company.
In 2007, Li Laiqun also held the first "Laiqun Cup", and the championship prize money of this event will reach 200,000 yuan!
The prize money of the "Five Sheep Cup" champion is only 50,000, and Li Laiqun is really "Hao". The invited players are also all cattle people: the male chess players participating are: Hu Ronghua, Liu Dahua, Lü Qin, Xu Tianhong, Zhao Guorong, Xu Yinchuan, Tao Hanming, Yu Youhua, Hong Zhi, Zhao Xinxin, Liu Dianzhong, Yan Wenqing; the female chess players are: Wu Xia, Wang Linna, Jin Haiying, Zhang Guofeng, Dang Guolei, Zhao Guanfang, Tang Dan, You Yingqin.
Although the Laiqun Cup was held only once, Li Laiqun's support for chess has never stopped, and over the years Li Laiqun has successively sponsored national fast chess tournaments, invitational tournaments and other events, investing tens of millions of yuan, saying that his contribution to chess is not exaggerated.
In addition to these real money and silver investments, he also wrote a lot of chess books. For example, he is the author of "Chess Mid-Game Strategy and Tactics", "Xiangqi Full-Board Tactical Finger Micro", "Li Laiqun Blind Wheel Battle Match Selection", "Yan Zhao Proud Son Li Laiqun Album" and so on.
These are the more meaningful things that Li Laiqun did.
Finally, I will bring you a poem, which is a poem written by someone to Li Laiqun to win the championship for the second time.
Li Laiqun of the National Hand Group
Handan played chess moves, and the bronze bird spring deeply illuminated the plum flower.
The three of them should be worried, and the plum blossoms a new shoot twice.
Mao Sui introduced himself to the north and south of the kite, and talked about the Chu Han pipa on paper.
A day of red dust travels thousands of miles, and the four parties are determined to sweep away the crows.
It was difficult to attack and defend Yi Jie to report, and wei soldiers saved the Zhao family.
The group of elephants and elephants in the broken cauldron and the sky sing the sand.
Hufu rode a pawn to win the cannon, and the sandpipers competed with each other to bury the soldiers.
The commander-in-chief led the authorities to fight in confusion and drank tea without saying a word.
Strike the stone with the egg with the slot horse, and the deer die in the army who cut the hand.
Plotting is in the words of the people, standing proud of China in the sky.
Group photo of cattle people in the chess world
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