Chapter 26 first championship

As a teenager, I never dared to think that I would become a national champion in the future, because I thought that those champions were talented and unattainable people.But since I joined the training team, I don't know when, I have regarded winning the national championship as my "obligatory" responsibility.As the win rate of the game increases, this desire becomes stronger and stronger. The Third National Games held in Beijing in 1975 just provided me with an opportunity. In order to participate in the National Games, I went back to Heilongjiang to form a Go team, because there must be five players in the team competition.I also taught a few students in Heilongjiang, but their level was not good. At this time, I thought of Cheng Xiaoliu, who was still working on the farm at this time.For this reason, I rushed to the ninth game where he was and mobilized him to come out.At first he was reluctant to come out, he was very arrogant, thought highly of himself, and wanted to go to college or something.I said that I came here from Beijing to find you. Before I came, I worked with the leaders of the Provincial Sports Commission. As an educated youth, comrade-in-arms, and friend, I was thinking of you. Don’t stay on the farm all the time. many.After my repeated persuasion, he was finally persuaded by me to join the Heilongjiang Provincial Go Team.Due to the poor overall level, our results in the team competition were not satisfactory.

In the final of the individual competition, the four players who won the first place in the group round-robin competition participated, including Chen Zude, Wang Runan, Zhao Zhiyun and me.The final round-robin method.Before the final, even though I knew that sooner or later I would meet Chen Zude, I wished to delay the final battle between us.As long as I win the first two games, I can compete with him in a favorable posture, and at least I can feel more at ease in my heart.Unexpectedly, according to the lottery results on September 23, I ran into Chen Zude in the first round. At that time, the public opinion circles agreed that the champion would be between Chen Zude and me, but when I thought of having a life-and-death struggle with him again, I was a little terrified.Chen Zude won the national championship three times, and was the first Chinese chess player to defeat Japan's 9th Dan. In 1974, I was defeated by him and missed the championship.For those who have never played against Chen Zude, it is difficult to imagine how his aggressive power on the plate is overwhelming.

On the night of September 23, all the chess players who failed to reach the final went out to have fun, and when I thought about the fierce battle tomorrow, I felt panicky.How similar is this to the situation a year ago!Thinking of this, I was startled, will the painful scene last year be repeated?I immediately encouraged myself, "Raise a soldier for a thousand days, and use it for a while." Isn't the hard training for the past year just for this day?Even if you lose, you have to fight "heroically".Thinking of this, my heart calms down. On September 24th, in the Go competition hall of Jingshan Park, Chen Zude, who was sitting opposite me, stared at the chessboard for a long time, and then lightly pressed the button to stop the movement of the game clock—this is the sign of the chess player admitting defeat .Immediately, I felt the heat of ecstasy rushing to every part of my body, and I forced myself to nod my head calmly to greet him.Due to excitement, when I signed the game record handed over by the referee, my hands trembled so much that I couldn't write the words neatly.When I left my seat, even my legs felt weak.This is the most exciting moment in my journey to compete for the National Games championship.Even though this is only the first game of the final, I have seen the door open for me to become the champion.After that, I defeated Zhao Zhiyun and Wang Runan, and won the third National Games Go Championship with a record of 14 consecutive victories. This is the first championship title among the many champions I have won.

Of course, I am very happy to win the championship, but the difficult journey to win the championship made me deeply feel that my chess skills are not perfect, but it is just good luck.For example, in the game of chess with Wang Runan, the situation changed several times, and finally formed a very subtle situation. It ended normally, and I might lose a little bit, but he was too nervous, and there was a small loophole, but I narrowly won by a quarter son.Afterwards, Wang Runan was so sad that he stamped his feet and beat his chest, but I couldn't help but secretly rejoice that I was lucky, otherwise, the crown of champion would be worn on Wang Runan's head.

One more interesting thing before that. In 1975, Hu Yaobang presided over the work of the Academy of Sciences and personally asked my father's question.When my father was going to be liberated but had not yet been liberated, Li Menghua, director of the State Sports Commission, invited him to serve as the vice chairman of the Go Association and also the chief referee of the National Games Go competition. There was a strange understanding between my father and I. He didn't smoke or drink, and he didn't let me smoke or drink. Actually, I smoked and drank outside, but I never smoked or drank in front of him.He became the referee, and we often met in public, and we couldn't avoid it.When I was smoking, as soon as someone said that your father was coming, I quickly put out the cigarette.Everyone in the Go team knew about this incident, and sometimes they deliberately joked with me. When I took a look at the cigarette, my father didn't come at all.But I still dare not be careless.

During the preliminaries in Shanghai, my father happened to be the chief referee of our competition area, which made it very difficult for me. It is impossible not to smoke during the competition!Especially at critical moments, this has become a habit. If you don't smoke, you can't concentrate on thinking.I couldn't care so much during the competition, so I still smoked.I later found that whenever I smoked, my father was definitely not with me, and he never mentioned it, which may also be true.