<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > Chapter 5 Receiving Li Laiqun</h1>
Liu Dianzhong worked in underground coal mining for nearly five years, and in 1974 the trade union resumed cultural and sports activities, and the national chess tournament also resumed. Li Yulin, chairman of the Kailuan Coal Mine Trade Union, already knew that Liu Dianzhong played chess well and was a rare talent, so he was determined to transfer him from the well to work in the Sports Association.
In this way, the heart that loved chess in Liu Dian finally returned to its place.
Coal miners love to play chess, which seems to have become a tradition. At that time, the level of chess skills in Tangshan was higher than that in Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin and other places, and the first four chess masters in Hebei Province— Liu Dianzhong, Cheng Fuchen, Sun Shucheng, and Jing Xueyi— were all from the Kailuan Coal Mine.
Soon after Dianzhong took up his new post, he received an invitation from Shijiazhuang to lead the team to participate in the 1975 Hebei Provincial Chess Tournament held in Handan City. On the field, Liu Dianzhong found that whenever he played against him, there was always a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy standing next to him, his eyes were tightly fixed on the chessboard, watching him play chess intently, and his eyes also showed admiration from time to time.
The boy's body was a little thin, probably due to malnutrition, and his face was a little pale. After being introduced, the temple learned that this boy's name was Li Laiqun, and he was a small chess player in Handan City. Already a little famous. After the two met, Li Laiqun offered to play chess with the palace. The palace readily agreed, sparing Li Laiqun a horse, and the two shook hands and made peace. In the game, Dianzhong found that the group had quick thinking, sharp chess style, accurate calculation, and the plate felt very good, which was the "material" for playing chess, so he encouraged him on the spot: "Chess is good, as long as you work hard, there will be great development." This was Liu Dianzhong's first meeting with Li Laiqun.
In 1975, chess was listed as a competition item in the third National Games, and Hebei Province wanted to form a team to participate, so it seconded Liu Dianzhong from the Kailuan Coal Mine as a coach, and the team members included Sun Yongsheng, Peng Derun, Cheng Fuchen and others. The competition is divided into three stages: preliminary round, semi-final and final, and the preliminary round is held in Shanghai in June. Dianzhong was deeply impressed by this competition, and he later recalled: "This competition was the most political atmosphere of all the chess competitions I participated in, and I asked the master workers to be commentators and engage in 'political coaching'. How each chess player performed in each game, the master worker first commented politically. In the preliminary round, I did not lose a single game of chess, won the first place in the group, and qualified. ”
In September, the competitions of the Third National Games were fully launched in Beijing, and the chess game was first rematched, and Liu Dianzhong and Yang Guanxuan, Cao Lin, Ding Xiaofeng, Li Guoxun and other famous players were divided into a group. As a result, he passed the barrier all the way and once again won the first place in the group with an unbeaten record of 5 wins and 2 draws. In particular, the game of chess that won over Yang Guanxuan was very compact and wonderful, and even the head of the Hebei Provincial Sports Delegation personally came to watch the game, and Liu Zihou, secretary of the Hebei Provincial CPC Committee, also deliberately wanted to record the game of this game, which shows that the chess in Liu Dian has attracted great attention from the leading comrades.
In the final, only Liu Dianzhong, Yang Guanxuan, Hu Ronghua and Jiang Zhiliang were left. Due to his excellent results in the preliminaries and semi-finals, Ternaka's confidence in winning the championship increased greatly, but this also made him eager to win. The first set against Yang Guanxuan, due to lax thinking, insufficient preparation, and poor layout selection, was defeated by Lao Yang; the second set was a battle with Jiang Zhiliang; the third set was a battle with Hu Ronghua, after the palace succeeded in the layout, but unfortunately, due to time constraints, Hu Ronghua was turned over. Although Liu Dianzhong ranked fourth in the end, it still caused quite a stir.
The flowers blossomed, and in the blink of an eye it was another year. In the past year, Liu Dianzhong and Li Laiqun have formed a deep chess relationship. In April 1976, the annual chess tournament in Hebei Province continued, Liu Dianzhong and Li Laiqun were divided into a group, and when the two met, Dianzhong was forced to change due to the light enemy, and the two sides could be judged and reconciled, and the result was defeated by Li Laiqun. Liu Dianzhong was very happy after losing the game, because this allowed him to further understand Li Laiqun and strengthen the view that "Li Laiqun is a malleable talent".
After the game, Li Laiqun's enlightenment teacher Qin Lianyuan said to Laiqun: "You won the runner-up in this competition, and you can be regarded as a countable figure in the Hebei chess world, but you must know that there is a sky outside the sky, there are people on the people, if you want to become a first-class master in the country, you must have a famous teacher to guide, for your future future, I want to find you a famous teacher, how do you see?" ”
Li Laiqun asked, "Who is it?" ”
Qin Lianyuan smiled and replied, "He is liu dianzhong that you have always admired." In terms of chess skills, my level is like a small mound, and Liu Dianzhong is a big mountain. ”
Li Laiqun said busily: "Teacher Qin, you will always be my teacher, if you can worship Teacher Liu as a teacher, you can often get Teacher Liu's guidance, it is naturally great." ”
After the two agreed, they asked the referee of this competition, Sun Yongsheng, to be the middleman, and decided to let lai Qun worship the temple as a teacher. Liu Dianzhong was originally a person who loved talent, and after Sun Yongsheng said it, the two sides immediately hit it off.
There is an unwritten rule in the chess world that the worshipper should hold a ceremony and ask the relevant personnel to make a meal, which can make Li Laiqun difficult. Because Li Laiqun had not yet earned money at that time, the life of a family of six was all supported by the 50 yuan salary of his father, who was a porter, and the family's situation was more difficult. Even this time to the provincial city to compete, or the father asked for five yuan, although this money is not spent, but how can it be enough to invite people to eat?
Qin Lianyuan knew Laiqun best, and he also guessed Laiqun's thoughts. He patted Qun's shoulder and said, "Is it because there is no money in the pocket?" This money will not let you out, I have arranged everything. ”
In a private room at the Red Star Hotel in Shijiazhuang, people sit around. During the banquet, the middleman Sun Yongsheng took out a note that had already been written and read: "Li Laiqun, a chess player in Handan, was originally a high-ranking disciple cultivated by Qin Lianyuan for many years, and now Qin Lianyuan believes that his level is limited, and he is willing to change the court." In order to cultivate Li Laiqun into a master, he is willing to worship Liu Dianzhong as a teacher, and this document is specially used as evidence. ”
After Sun Yongsheng finished reading, Qin Lianyuan, Liu Dianzhong, and Sun Yongsheng all pressed their handprints on it.
Finally, Li Laiqun walked to the front of the temple, respectfully bowed to the teacher, and the temple stood up and said, "No need, nowadays I am no longer happy with this old-fashioned thing." ”
Someone interjected: "The old way is much more complicated than this, and it is said that the group should give a big gift to the teacher, so it will be dispensed with."
Liu Dianzhong accepted Li Laiqun, just like Tang Sanzang took in Sun Wukong on the Way of The Western Heavens, and since then, the two masters and apprentices have joined hands, making the Hebei chess team from scratch and gradually becoming a powerful team in the world of Weizhen. Liu Dianzhong and Li Laiqun are both masters and apprentices, and they are only a small matter of the master and apprentice "after the blue light flashes".
After the end of the Hebei Provincial Chess Tournament in 1976, Liu Dianzhong, although still a staff member of the Kailuan Coal Mine Sports Association, basically stayed in Shijiazhuang, and the Provincial Sports Committee asked him to lead the formation of the Hebei Chess Team. He selected some people for training, and the first one to be selected was Li Laiqun. In July, they went to Lanzhou to participate in the national chess competition, and the palace was in excellent condition, winning the first place in the group with 8 consecutive wins. Unfortunately, the final was not carried out for some reason, and after that, the temple returned to Tangshan to visit relatives, and caught up with the Tangshan earthquake that shocked China and foreign countries.
On the evening of July 27, as usual, people went to the street to cool off after dinner, shaking banana fans in their hands and talking about the world. That night, the temple went to a friend's house and did not return until 1 o'clock in the evening. He slept for a short time, and suddenly there was a strong wind outside, and the sky changed.
After being awakened in the temple, he went out to look at the sky, did not take it seriously, returned to the room and lay down and fell asleep.
Suddenly, the earth was shaking violently, the houses were shaking wildly, falling straight down the earth, and there was a "booming" collapse of the buildings. The temple suddenly climbed up, confused and wanted to open the door and run outside, but the door had been deformed, no matter how hard he tried, it could not be opened, and there was no way he had to jump out of the window.
Outside, the wind and rain were thick and dark, and the entire City of Tangshan was almost shrouded in the sound of "life-saving". The temple was soberly aware: there was an earthquake. Fortunately for him, the family ran out and was not injured. By the time dawned, seventy or eighty corpses were already lying near their home, and the center of the temple was miserable.
"Great difficulties do not die, but blessed by misfortune." There are reasons why the houses of several of our ordinary people in our neighborhood have not fallen. When he said this, the face of the temple clearly showed a sad and sad expression.
Originally, the area around the temple belonged to the relocation area, which was a newly built building and bungalow. The buildings with good conditions have allowed the leading cadres to live, and the people can only live in bungalows, and when the earthquake occurred, the buildings fell, but the bungalows were only cracked because of the thick walls and light roofs, but they did not fall.
"The sky finally has eyes!" Liu Dianzhong's words turned sharply, and then he continued: "For most of my life, I have experienced the difficult period caused by natural disasters in three years, dug coal under the mine, caught up with the Tangshan earthquake, suffered a lot of hardships, experienced so much life and death, and had such a life experience as the foundation, and I can eat all kinds of suffering." More importantly, I honed my strong will to compete on the pitch. ”
Hearing that the earthquake had occurred in Tangshan, Li Laiqun was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and he thought in his heart: What will happen to Liu Guidance? I'll have to hurry up and see it.
So he put down his work, bought a ticket, and went straight to Tangshan.
The two masters and apprentices met again. The palace was very grateful to Li Laiqun for coming to visit him, and specially bought a piece of fish for the group to eat. Unexpectedly, after eating the sour fish, the whole body became small bumps, and even the spine was red, and the itch was unbearable. Liu Dianzhong was originally out of good intentions, but as a result, he killed his beloved disciple, and the temple cried bitterly. He continued to take medicine and guarded laiqun's side until he was well.
In the process of mutual care and mutual love, the friendship between the master and the apprentice has been deepening. For the development of the chess career and for the rapid rise of the Hebei team, a common goal has made the two hearts closely linked.