When Zhong Zhen was a teenager, he devoted himself to this sport. When his chess skills gradually reached a certain level, he challenged Tang Chang, an old chess player in Guangzhou. Around the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, Tang Chang, nicknamed "Lao Xia", was the first chess player in Guangzhou. Just becoming a chess player, he has challenged Tang many times, but he was defeated by Tang Chang. Zhong is still unwilling to fail because of this setback. He watched Tang Chang play chess with people on the spot every day, diligently dismantled Tang Chang's chess path and studied the cracking method. After making full preparations, Zhong Zhen once again challenged Tang Chang with a huge lottery ticket, and a "Battle of Zhong Zhen Famous Players" began. This game, Tang Chang took the lead in attacking, and the first shot was played. Zhong Zhen should catch the wind horse. At the 13 round, Zhong abandoned his horse and got stuck in the car, putting Tang Chang at a disadvantage. Before the end of the game, Tang Chang admitted defeat because of physical exhaustion and agreed to play again tomorrow. But what I didn't expect was that Tang Chang fell ill because of qi depression, and he couldn't keep the appointment the next day. He soon became seriously ill and died with regret. Zhong Zhen, on the other hand, won the lottery, defeated Tang Chang, became famous and became a good cook in Guangzhou. He was only 19 years old at that time.
A few years after 19 12, Zhong Zhen's occupation was to carry rice bags. Judging from his ability to recite poems and write good handwriting, Zhong Zhen was probably born in the upper class or Manchu children. Zhong Zhen loves chess very much, and often squats in front of the chess stall on the way to deliver meals, sometimes even for an hour. He enjoys and studies, and often creates new practical methods, which has achieved good results.
Cynicism Zhong Zhen is also famous for his cunning and cynicism in chess. Huang Songxuan, one of the "Three Phoenix", has dominated the chess world in Guangzhou for many years. Because he plays chess for a living, he has never played against Zhong Zhen. However, if you really want to try it with Huang, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to confront him head-on, so Zhong wants to use the "fairy method". One day, Zhong found a chess player named Chen, told him how to find Huang Abandoned Chess, explained the methods and implementation steps, and figured out the countermeasures in case things were exposed. Chen Qike thought it was very interesting, so he went to Huang Songxuan to raise him.
Legend has it that the stadium is located in the Chen family, and there is no third party in the seat. It was agreed that 5 yuan would win every game, and Huang Songxuan would let Chen Erxian open the market. After that, the old man will add one more. If yellow is negative, he will subtract one first until it is divided or reversed first. Huang knows Chen's chess like the back of his hand. At first, he thought that the second and the third would definitely win, not to mention the first one. Because of this, he is a little careless when playing chess. As a result, Chen lost the first game, but Huang thought it was an accidental miss. The second game was reduced to Chen Xian, who was not only not afraid, but also asked to raise the bonus to 10 yuan per set, and Huang Ziran agreed. When playing chess, he not only saw through Huang's bullying and fear of hard work, but also made Huang at a disadvantage and led to negative results. Before the start of the third game, Chen was a little carried away and asked for an increase in bonuses, and according to the original agreement, Huang should go first. Huang Lian lost two games, and he was puzzled and unwilling to stop there. He has the advantage of going first and sees no reason to lose chess.
In the third game, he took the lead in attacking Chen's fighting horse. In the ninth round, it was Huang's turn to go, and Huang got to the horse three times and two times, so the dark horse retired three times and five times, and the game became a situation of abandoning the horse and getting stuck in the car. As a result, Huang lost another game in the 15 round.
Huang Songxuan is serious about this chess game, but after all, he has no patience. /kloc-When he abandoned his horse and got stuck in the car in the 0/0 round, Huang secretly complained that Jun Chen's chess skills were far beyond the norm, which was amazing. Chen usually got off quickly, but today he was "thoughtful". But there is no third person in the room, so it is impossible for anyone to help. When Chen won the 15 round, Huang couldn't help stamping his feet and inadvertently found something tripping under his feet. Huang, of course, wanted to find out, deliberately waved his trouser pocket and let the silver trough spill all over the floor. So, Huang took the opportunity to clean up the slot and bent down to look at it before discovering the secret. It turned out that Chen's feet were covered with a piece of hemp thread, and the thread was connected to a small round hole on the board wall, leading to another room. This shows that this is a communication line and command line of chess. Playing chess between Chen and Huang is just a formality. The real chess player is in the other room. This "foot cover" was put on by Chen Jun when Huang was very casual. It is not easy to find that it is deep myopia that bullies Huang. Huang is about to have an attack and intends to rush into another room to find out. Knowing that things were exposed, Chen had to act according to the original plan, immediately left his seat, apologized with a smile, and said, "I was joking with Brother Qi", expressing his willingness to return all the winnings of the three games and apologizing for losing wine in the future. As for entering another room to see what happened, Chen insisted on not letting go.
The deception of the deception clock is also reflected in some deception. On one occasion, he and the early famous Gui Li met at Zeng Zhanhong's home. After chatting for a few words, Zhong suddenly invited Li Yiqi. Li Hezhong played chess several times, winning and losing. Before the game started, Zhong deliberately mentioned Li, saying that Li was the "chess king" and should let himself go first. In the sixth round, after Zhong finished playing the "golden thread", he suddenly said that he shot too fast and accidentally touched it. "Ma Sanjin Si" doesn't count. Li didn't know it was a plan, so he disagreed and regretted it. Zhong lied again that it was a draw, but Li still refused. Zhong just showed his true colors and dared to say: I was joking with you just now, but you still refused to talk to me. Zhong asked Li Gui if he dared to add color. Li thought it was Zhong's fault, and agreed to add color because he had the advantage of beating horses. So the game changed from colorless to colored, and the result was Zhong Sheng. It turns out that this is also a game of chess carefully studied by Zhong Pingri, and he lured his opponent into me by deception and won the lottery. There are many such scams, which makes people feel that it is impossible to prevent.
In the old society, it was not appropriate to stay in one place for a long time, because no matter how you invented new methods, people would always know your true colors. To this end, Zhong stayed in Guangzhou for a while, then went to live in other places for a few days and then returned to Guangzhou.
A chess player in Zhong Zhen, Zeng Zhanhong, often brought him information about earning a living in other places, such as Shanghai and Yang in East China, Peiping and Tianjin in North China, Shenyang and Harbin in Northeast China, and Annan (then a French colony). It's too far to go to Yangzhou, Shanghai, let alone Peiping and Tianjin. It is more realistic to go south from Guangzhou, because it is shorter and cheaper, and because Zeng Zhanhong can take him to the south for business, where not only many overseas Chinese play chess, but also chess is very popular with Annan people.
1925, under Zeng's leadership, he finally set foot on Annan's road of playing chess, traveling thousands of miles, traveling all over North and South Qi, and learning chess with famous local players. With the famous local chess players Ruan Baxian, He Guangbu and others, they all achieved excellent results in the competition. And communicate with famous players such as Ye Shizhen, Zheng, Liang, Wu Tang, Liang Guoqiang and Zhao Wenbi. , has had a great impact on the development of local chess activities. Therefore, Zhong Zhen and Zeng Zhanhong, "Three Phoenix in East Guangdong" are mentioned in the Vietnamese chess manual. Zhong Zhen fought in the south and fought in the north. After several years in Wan Li, the Vietnamese chess style flourished. In Annan, Zhong Zhen not only participated in the whole game, but also participated in the final stage. On one occasion, a local endgame player played endgame with Zhong, released at night and played the next morning. The other side staged a snow-covered blue pass, which was a draw in the hundred chess manuals. Zhong Chu Yuan thought it was easy to take root, but after thinking about it, will there be other changes? Back to the hotel, I took the chess apart without washing my hands and feet, played chess by the book, and naturally formed a draw until late at night. However, the clock still hasn't stopped. At about four o'clock in the morning, Zhong suddenly found that after the game was "not capped", it was an "empty" step to move the car to 2 levels and 8 levels according to the 100-game spectrum. If the chess piece is 1 draw 2, it is a black victory. In this way, Zhong tirelessly explored chess skills and achieved a breakthrough "Hundred Chess" victory.
Around the 1920s, Guangzhou gradually stabilized, and there was a chess game in Wu Jia Garden and Pian Pian Teahouse. At this time, Zhong gave up the job of carrying rice because of his superb chess skills, and his major was chess. In a place like Pianpian, he lives by playing chess. Because he wants to play chess for a living, Zhong not only hides his chess skills, but also studies various game methods. Every time he makes an achievement, he doesn't use it on the usual small lottery, but waits for an opportunity to use it on the big lottery, often trapping his opponent. Zhong Zhen once created a method of abandoning horses and getting stuck in cars, which was a development of plum blossom method and made many people enter this country. Because of this, his works are called "immortal works" and he is known as "chess fairy"
The mystery of death In the old society, Jianghu players had three fears: first, they were afraid that no one would play chess or eat; Second, I am afraid of getting along in the old place and the food is terrible; Third, I'm afraid I'll fly away without a board fee. In fact, there is also a fear-getting old and making life difficult.
Zhong Zhen lived in an era that escaped the revolutionary storm of 19 1 1. After the Northern Expedition, Zhong had nothing to do with it, because he was making a living in Annan. However, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression has not escaped this difficulty. At that time, as a Jianghu chess player, he drifted to Shantou, hoping to find some chess players, but how can people have the heart to play chess? It is difficult to eat, and it is even more difficult to eat "black rice" (the clock eats opium). Difficulties weaken the body and lead to illness. At this time, 60-year-old Zhong Zhen had no other skills and was even weaker. He couldn't pull his face down after being called. After wandering in the street for a period of time, he finally lay on the street and never came back. The prosperity of chess in the past became his ethereal memory. He left on 1944 and went to the "fairy country".
After Zhong Zhen's death, some people say that he starved to death, while others say that he died of illness. This is not very important. The important thing is that he died in the street!
(:Modern National Chess)
According to "Sixty Years of Chess in Guangzhou" and "Twenty-sixth Down and Out Camel Buried with Ginger", He Zizhen died on 1946. It is recorded as:
At the beginning of 1947, he returned to Hong Kong after the Yellow War and stayed in Shantou, the famous Kunjiang River. Although Shantou is a ten-mile place to communicate with overseas countries, in the post-robbery years of 1946, officials were busy "robbing" and "eliminating traitors", so it is not surprising that a mere chess player came here. As far as Huang knows, he once participated in a chess competition to raise money for the school, and later Wen died of poverty due to illness in Shantou. A generation of chess players have been buried in the land of eastern Guangdong since then, at the age of 59. "