Chapter 44 Ying's Cup

The first "Ying's Cup" was held in 1988.Mr. Ying Changqi has long wanted to engage in such a competition, why has it not been decided yet?As a Chinese, he certainly hopes that the first competition will be won by a Chinese, but China's strength is far from enough.After the China-Japan group arena, China showed its own strength, which prompted Mr. Ying to make a decision and pin his hopes on me. I really lived up to expectations and made it to the finals.Another player who entered the final was Cao Xunxuan of South Korea. The final will take Wufanqi, and the first game will be held in Hangzhou on April 23.Unexpectedly, Hu Yaobang passed away suddenly on April 15th, and the memorial service is scheduled to be held on April 22nd.I had already arrived in Hangzhou at that time, and it was said that I should attend Yaobang's memorial service, but if I did go, I would definitely not be able to download it when I came back, so I had to send a telegram to their family to explain my situation.Unexpectedly, someone came back from Beijing at night and talked about the memorial service, which made me feel particularly bad.He knew my relationship with Yaobang, so he shouldn't have talked about it at all, and he should have said it after the game.

At the pre-match press conference on the 23rd, I burst into tears, which made Cao Xunxuan baffled. This has never happened to me.I lost to Cao Xunxuan in the first game. There were many factors for the loss, but emotional instability must be an important factor. Two days later, my mood stabilized and I won two games in a row.If I continue to compete in China, I will definitely win. At that time, my level was higher than that of Cao Xunxuan, so there was no problem.However, the "June 4th" turmoil occurred in China, and the final two sets had to be postponed to early September in Singapore.

There was an urban bridge competition in Hong Kong at the end of August, and I was invited to participate.So I went to Hong Kong first, and then went to Singapore from Hong Kong.Someone accompanied me when I went to Hong Kong, but no one accompanied me when I went from Hong Kong to Singapore.I said that I have never been abroad alone, people are unfamiliar, don't get me wrong.They told me that this flight is a direct flight, as long as you get off the plane as soon as it lands, someone will pick you up there.I believed it was true, and as soon as the plane landed, I carried the suitcase down.This is bad, this flight is not a direct flight to Singapore, there is a stop in Bangkok, so I arrived at Bangkok Airport.

At first I was still waiting in line to get out of customs, but when I arrived at the customs gate, I was detained. I didn’t have a visa and they would definitely not let me in, but I couldn’t understand what they said at the time, and I was so anxious that I was sweating all over my body. I can understand some Japanese, but English is a mess.Later, I found a policewoman who could speak Chinese, and then I found out that it was Bangkok.I became even more anxious when I heard that, and immediately wrote her a note, saying that I wanted to find the Chinese embassy.She was happy when she saw it, and told me that you don't need to find the Chinese embassy, ​​and the plane hasn't taken off yet.It turned out that they found that one person was missing and did not dare to take off.In this way, I went through the security check again, boarded the plane, and tossed back and forth for more than an hour.

Bangkok airport was extremely hot, and I was sweating a lot due to my anxiety.But the air conditioner on the plane was quite good, very cool. The heat and the cold made me sneeze several times in succession.At that time, I didn't realize that I had a cold, because I usually have allergic rhinitis, and I would sneeze whenever there was a change, so I didn't take it seriously.Unexpectedly, when I arrived in Singapore, I started to have a fever, the highest fever reached 40 degrees, which was extremely uncomfortable.It was also impossible for me to propose to postpone the game, so I had to take some medicine and take part in the competition due to illness.In fact, I won these two chess games. I only need a very simple move to win, but I didn't see it. It can be seen how bad my state was in the second half of the game.

Gambling is prevalent in Singapore, betting on horse races, football... everything, and someone set up a bet on the Go game this time.Before they placed their bets, they had to ask a fortune teller to make a fortune teller. It was strange to say that all the fortune tellers said that I would definitely lose, but in the end I really lost.I think Singapore is relatively unfavorable to Chinese sports. In the previous World Cup qualifiers, the Chinese team had lost to the Lion City. This time I also made the same mistake. Before the final game, Shen Junshan and others from Taiwan made a special trip to Singapore. They thought I would win and planned to hold a celebration bridge match for me.I didn't expect that I lost, and the bridge game couldn't be played.In the evening, Shen Junshan invited me to a very luxurious bar for a drink, just the two of us, and he asked me how I felt after losing chess.I said just an idea and jumped off the stairs.I really had an unbearable pain at that time, and I couldn't get rid of it.Shen Junshan drank with me until late at night, and drank a lot.

After returning to Beijing, Rong Gaotang somehow found out about this matter, and he was furious, saying that something like this could happen? !And said to investigate.At that time, Li Tieying and Wu Shaozu were beside him.Later, Wu Shaozu called me and asked who booked the ticket for me and why he let me go alone.I said that the chess has been lost, so what else to check!Suppress this matter. After I lost the "Ying's Cup", some people said that I was affected by playing bridge, especially because I went to Hong Kong to participate in the bridge game before the game, which distracted my energy.I still don't think so.I play bridge just for entertainment and adjustment, not for playing exclusively, and playing bridge is also a kind of relaxation for me.In the Sino-Japanese group arena, Hu Yaobang specially arranged a bridge match for me to relieve my pressure, which had a good effect objectively.If I was going to play bridge specifically, it would be "fighting two rabbits".

We boycotted the second "Ying's Cup" because of "political" factors. As an individual, I have a good relationship with Mr. Ying Changqi, and I fully support his "Ying's Cup" competition.Since he organized the cup, we respect his opinions on which countries will participate and how many places each country will have.But who will be sent to participate will be decided by the Go Association of each country, otherwise, it will not be called a world competition, but an individual invitational tournament. It is a pity that Mr. Ying Changqi must appoint Jiang Zhujiu to participate. He feels that holding the "Ying's Cup" is like treating guests to dinner. He can invite whoever he wants, and no one else can control it. This is completely unacceptable to us.

Besides, Jiang Zhujiu did not go to the United States because of the persecution of the "June 4th" incident as he claimed. During the "June 4th Movement", Jiang Zhujiu did go to the streets to support the students. He also went with Rui Naiwei and Wang Jianhong, and they went with the flag of the Chinese Go team.I didn't know about it, I was in Japan at the time.After returning to China, many central leaders asked me, why did you also take to the streets?I had no choice but to explain that this was just an individual's behavior, not representative of the Go team.After I came back, I found Jiang Zhujiu and told him very seriously, you can go to Tiananmen Square, this is your freedom, I can't control it, but you can't play the banner of the Chinese Go team.It's over and it's over, and it didn't do anything to him.

At the beginning of July, we had a competition in Japan. He didn't have a competition task, but we still asked him to be an interpreter.I told him, if you don't come back, kid, I'll never end with you for the rest of my life. Wherever you like to go in the future, you can't run away this time, I can't explain if you run away.He repeatedly said no.In fact, I have a good relationship with him, and I trust him.At that time, due to well-known reasons, the censorship of going abroad was quite strict. In his case, he could have been prevented from going. I went to the State Sports Commission to guarantee him. How can we say that he was persecuted? !

This time he didn't run away. In 1990, he said that he was going to the United States to marry a woman named Yang, which was a good thing, and we agreed.But later it turned out that he lied to us. There was no such thing as a woman surnamed Yang, and he married Rui Naiwei.Of course we have nothing to do with this, but what is intolerable is that he claims outside that he has been politically persecuted in China. If it were true political persecution, he would not be allowed to go to the United States to get married. I made it clear to Mr. Changqi that first of all, we did not carry out political persecution against Jiang Zhujiu. In addition, the participating chess players must be decided by the Chinese Weiqi Association. We may also let Jiang Zhujiu participate, but it must not be appointed by you.My attitude is very firm, and the attitude of the Go Association is also very firm.It is a pity that Mr. Ying Changqi insisted on naming Jiang Zhujiu and Rui Naiwei to participate, which created a stalemate between the Chinese Go Association and Mr. Ying Changqi. We always believe that the game of Go is just a pure sport and should not be mixed with any political factors.With Mr. Ying Changqi unwilling to make concessions, we have no other choice but to resist. I personally boycotted the third "Ying's Cup".Mr. Ying Changqi no longer specifically named which chess player to participate in this competition, but asked all Chinese chess players to participate in the first round of the competition, and the top few Japanese and Korean chess players in the previous competition, Jiang Zhujiu and Rui Naiwei, directly participated as seeds Second round.I think this is unfair and clearly discriminates against Chinese chess players.Chess players from China, Japan, and South Korea are known as the top three in the world. In previous major competitions, if there is a bye in the first round, the chances of the three countries are equal.If we did not participate in the second session, it would not be a world competition, and the results cannot be imposed on us.If we admit that, it is tantamount to admitting that the second session of our boycott was wrong. Unfortunately, both the Go Association and the National Sports Commission decided to participate in the competition.I think this is wrong, and I have approached Wu Shaozu and Li Tieying for this matter.They said that they didn't know the situation at the time, but the National Sports Commission had already made a decision, so they couldn't say anything.In this case, I personally decided to boycott. When it comes to "Ying's Cup", we have to talk about its notation.Ying's method of noting points does have its advanced points, which is quite good, but its fatal point is that it is too cumbersome, even our professional chess players can't understand it, let alone amateurs, it is very difficult. popular. Later, Mr. Ying Changqi and I met and had a meal together. No one mentioned this matter, nor apologized. Everyone was polite, as if this had never happened.Now I have no contact with him at all. I have been to Taiwan twice but never met him, and I will no longer participate in the "Ying's Cup".