Chapter 17 Chen Zude

Chen Zude is a chess player whom I respect very much. He is the first Chinese chess player who defeated Japan's 9-dan, and he is also the founder of "Chinese style". His status in the history of Chinese Go is undeniable. There are some rumors about our relationship in the society. In fact, our relationship is very normal. Some things have been exaggerated or misinterpreted. It is necessary to explain here. Chen Zude and I once had a fight, and both sides fought.That was when we were in the national training team in 1973, and we lived in a dormitory at that time.Originally, our relationship was very good. He was of high standard and he was the object of my admiration when I was young, so I always regarded him as "big brother".I have a friend named Jiang Tiecheng. Once he came to visit me and saw that Chen Zude had a world famous book. He wanted me to borrow it from Chen Zude and promised to return it.I can't remember the specific book, because I only read chess books at that time, and I was not interested in other books.So I asked Chen Zude to borrow the book and gave it to Jiang Tiecheng.

After a while, Chen Zude asked me to return the book, which is also very natural.I asked Jiang Tiecheng to ask for it, and he said that he had lost the book, which made me very anxious. It was still during the "Cultural Revolution", and such world famous books were "banned books", and there was nowhere to buy them.I was so anxious that I turned against Jiang Tiecheng and scolded him, but I couldn't get the book back.I had no choice but to tell Chen Zude the actual situation. I said that I didn’t borrow the book, but borrowed it for Jiang Tiecheng out of face. Now he lost the book and can’t return it to you. What can I think about in the future? way to remedy.This matter is indeed my fault, and I have repeatedly apologized to him.Jiang Tiecheng is also a friend of Luo Jianwen, and he also knows that I am not talking nonsense.

I didn't expect Chen Zude to say "rogue" to me!Said that I used bad means to take his book for myself, and when I was talking, I was in a hurry, and suddenly beat me.At first I didn't dare to fight back, but he didn't stop fighting, and finally I was in a hurry, so I started fighting with him.I've only had two fights in my life, one on the farm and the man wouldn't give me water and I knocked him out.Then there is this time.I don't usually fight, but when I fight, I will fight with all my might. I may have beaten him quite hard. At that time, many people watched the excitement.

The cause of this incident was my fault. Anyway, I borrowed the book from him and should return it. But others lost the book, and I was helpless.I know that book is very precious, especially in that period, it was probably saved by taking a lot of risks, unlike now that you can buy it casually; maybe he also borrowed this book, and there is no way to return it if he loses it. Someone confessed; perhaps this book also had a special meaning to him.Our chess players have one of the biggest principles, we must not break our promises, so he was very angry when he heard that he lost it.I can understand all of this, and I feel very guilty, and I still feel guilty until now.

But no matter how you say it, you can't hit people with your hands!It hurt my self-esteem a lot.I am now playing against junior players in the Go team, and if I find someone is wrong, I can criticize him, or even "swear" him, but I can't beat him, as hitting him will hurt his personality. After this incident happened, it directly affected the relationship between me and Chen Zude, so that we could only maintain a general colleague relationship, and it was impossible to become close friends.I never took the initiative to visit his house, it was because work called me to go.

Another time was at the "New Sports Cup" held in Chengdu in 1980. One night, Chen Zude suddenly had blood in his stool, and he was immediately sent to the hospital for examination. He was diagnosed with cancer and could not participate in the competition.At that time, we didn't know what disease he was suffering from. The doctor kept it secret and kept it secret from him. We only knew that he was seriously ill and could not be discharged from the hospital.Later, his wife Zheng Minzhi and Luo Jianwen came from Beijing to accompany him in the hospital.We continued to compete. That year Wu Songsheng won the challenge, and I successfully defended the title 3-1.

At that time, we didn't have many competitions in other places, and we could only go to Chengdu occasionally.During the competition, friends from Sichuan invited me, Wu Songsheng, Hua Yigang and others to dinner.This is a normal thing, but Chen Zude's wife didn't know who listened to the rumors, saying that I, Wu Songsheng, and many people in the Go team heard that Chen Zude had cancer and drank together to celebrate.What nonsense!Mrs. Chen "complained" to Jin Ming and other central leaders about this matter.I didn't know it at first, but it was Jin Ming who asked me to find out about it.

I was so angry, how could I "frame" others like this without any basis?I told Jin Ming the real situation, he didn't believe that I would do such a thing, and it involved so many people in the Go team, how could it be possible? ! Maybe Mrs. Chen felt that Chen Zude was the number one leader at the time, and I won him down, so she thought we had a big conflict.In fact, I never felt that there was any big conflict between us. Usually our relationship is not bad. We may not be very good friends, but the friendship between chess players will always exist. How could I know that he has Cancer to drink to celebrate it?That's definitely not what I, Nie Weiping, am!If that's the case, I would be too "bad".

Chen Zude has always been my superior. He used to be the chairman of the Chinese Weiqi Association and the president of the Chinese Chess Academy. I still think that Chen Zude is a very upright person. He is worthy of respect and learning in all aspects. I have no conflict of interest with him.Although I have quarreled in person, it is because of different views on business and technology, which is also normal.Generally speaking, our relationship is normal. Some "unpleasant" things that happened when we were young have passed. We are working together for the development of Chinese Weiqi in line with the principle of "looking forward".