Chess Soul: Buy the Shijia chessboard at the beginning

When the Spring Festival came, Tian Minze was in a small county in southern Anhui Province.

On a very old wooden table in the yard, Tian Minze spread out a plastic chessboard with black and white interlaced on it. It was a game of handicap chess between Tian Minze and a village uncle.

By the time Tian Minze's father, Tian Jiang, flew over to ask the two of them to eat, the chess game was almost over. "Oh, Minze has made too much progress. I remember last year he gave me two pieces, and we can still play. This year I have four pieces." They are no match for each other anymore, this kid must be promising!"

After saying that, he saw his little cousin Tian Ye running behind him. Uncle Tian Minze couldn't help but get furious. He looked at his child and said, "You little bastard, I can't even let you study. You can't do anything well. I won't do anything well in the future." What can I do? It’s just a life of dawdling!”

This may be the rural dilemma.

Just after hearing other people praising their children, Tian Jiangfei also reached out and touched the top of Tian Minze's head, "He is still far away. I heard that a professional chess player must pass the stage competition. Every year, 600 people nationwide With many people participating in the 12-round competition, many people may not be able to successfully reach the rank after several years.”

Tian Min found that his father still cared about him. After all, he was a novice at Go before, but now he understands everything about the stage competition.

"Don't worry," Tian Min comforted, "I'm still a little sure. But you have to work hard on your career. If it doesn't succeed, I will have no choice but to come back to do business."

"Haha", Tian Jiangfei was not angry, "If you don't succeed, go abroad to study at university. Your mother and I are both graduates of Anhui University of Science and Technology. If you can't study at university, we will be a failure."

Tian Min smiled and said nothing.

The New Year started with the sound of firecrackers, and Tian Minze also took a video of the fireworks in the county to Lin Miaomiao. After all, fireworks have not been allowed to be set off in urban areas in Luzhou for many years.

Lin Miaomiao was extremely envious, "Ah, Minze, take me back for the Chinese New Year next year. I also want to go to your place to play. Staying in Luzhou City is too boring!"

Tian Min was a little dumbfounded. Lin Miaomiao was a carefree girl, otherwise this would be a bit strange.

"Lin Miaomiao, what are you talking about? Why don't you come over and help with the work!"

Soon Wang Shengnan's voice came from the other end of the phone. It seemed that Lin Miaomiao's unreliable quotation was taken seriously by her.

The first official competition held by the Chinese Chess Academy in the New Year was the National Youth Go Finals, which was held on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Tian Minze arrived in Kyoto two days in advance after a press conference with Bai Chuan and Wang Rui.

Although this is not his first time in Kyoto, Tian Minze still likes the feeling of a big city. In Tian Minze's mind, Kyoto, the Magic City, and the Demon City and Bird City in the south are all better than his hometown of Luzhou. Many places.

Before the game started, reporter Wang Rui received several phone calls, and the conversations sounded a little aggrieved.

"Minze, you have to play well in this competition. You must know that the top three in the National Youth Competition can become special invitees in addition to the normal quota."

"Oh?" Tian Min asked curiously.

As the only way for teenagers to enter the professional arena, the quota is very particular. Most of the quotas in each province are between 10 and 25, based on the development level of Go.

But there are also exceptions. The champions of the annual Wanbao Cup Youth Competition and the top three players in the National Youth Competition, as well as specially invited players by the Huaxia Chess Academy, do not occupy the quotas in each province.

"So, as far as I know, the other three chess players competing against you are all major chess academies that specialize in training players to compete for youth amateur championships and compete for quotas." Wang Rui talked angrily for a long time.

Tian Minze also knew that these three people were not amateur players in the true sense, but non-staff members of the chess academy.

I practice chess at the chess academy without registering, just to participate in competitions and earn extra places.

These people are definitely the young "backbone chess players" of various chess academies.

This world has formed a situation where local chess academies manage youth training, Wei A and Wei B serve as professional leagues to manage professional chess players, and the National Chess Academy serves as the organizer to manage the selection of domestic and international competitions.

From bottom to top, naturally every link will be rolled up unconsciously.

In order to protect the rights of young chess players to receive education, theoretically chess players under the age of 14 cannot join local chess academies.

Since it is expressly stipulated that the age limit is 14 years old, then each chess academy runs some training camps and uses the so-called after-school time in advance to train some young chess players without registering. Naturally, it is not a violation.

As for the rules, everyone is thoroughly aware of them.

So even if a group of three people from Anhui Province knew about it, there would be nothing they could do. After all, there has never been a true amateur chess player in this competition.

Wang Rui kept pacing in the room, "I want to write a report first, the title is "Amateur chess players are not amateurs, who will protect the education of young people under involution?"

"Very good," Tian Min gave a thumbs up, "You are worthy of being the ace reporter of the Wan Provincial Chess Academy."

The more ambiguous and outrageous something is, the easier it is to attract the attention of the world.

In fact, Wang Rui's report was also biased, but it caused a sensational impact. Especially the media in Anhui Province followed up the report, which put the organizers under great pressure.

The Huaxia Chess Academy had to issue a statement stating that the qualifications of the four chess players met the requirements. At the same time, every young chess player who reached the semi-finals deserves respect. It is hoped that media reporters can give better opportunities to Chinese young chess players. Growth Environment.

It was also announced that in the future, reports from registered chess academies on off-campus training camps and off-campus training will be strictly reviewed and corresponding management requirements will be issued as soon as possible.

In such a chaotic situation, the semi-finals of the Youth Go Competition began.

In the draw, two Kyoto chess players were drawn together, so that his opponent was Liao Kai from Shanghai.

After a round of adding points, Tian Min increased the layout and mid-game to 50, and then increased the orphan treatment to 50, spending 40 points, and then spent 15 points to learn the corresponding three courses.

Once again, I was reminded by the system in my sleep. The teacher who appeared this time was Bai Ziqiu under AI simulation.

Personal overall chess strength is 53 (amateur), layout 50, mid-game 50, official 58, calculation 53, overall view 46, strength 65, isolation control 50, and mastery 50.

There are 27 points remaining.

When Tian Minze sat opposite Liao Kai, he suddenly discovered that his opponent seemed to be greatly affected by media reports.

"The system prompts that the opponent's chess power is 69. Current status: absent-minded and chess power reduced by 5%. Actual chess power is 65. Overall evaluation: extremely challenging! This game is worth 15 points."

A chess player who has been affected is still highly regarded by the system. From the beginning, Liao Kai used facts to prove to Tian Minze that he is a strong opponent.