hotmtlnovel Chapter 1062 A young boy who is just a classmate, in his prime
Chapter 1062 A young boy who is just a classmate, in his prime
Chapter 1062 A young boy who is just a classmate, in his prime
On the last Sunday before the end of summer vacation, after lunch, the courtyard was crowded with people.
The reason why so many neighbors gathered here is because today is a special day. Shanghai TV will broadcast the recording of the National Go Championship finals.
Although everyone knows that Qin Hao has won the championship, the feeling of seeing his winning moment on TV is completely different.
In response, Song Ying took out the remaining snacks and candies at home to entertain her neighbors.
"Xiaojun, Shanshan, this is for you."
Song Ying grabbed a handful of melon seeds and a few candies and stuffed them into Wu Shanshan and her brother's hands. She also kindly called them to sit next to her, so that Zhang A-mei would not find an excuse to give the food to Xiao Min.
"Song Ying, your Haozi is really promising. He is now a true national champion."
"No, I've liked this kid since he was young. He's been smart since he was young."
Facing the flattery from the neighbors, Song Ying was almost getting cocky. She had long regarded Qin Hao as her own child. Who else could achieve such success at the age of ten? If she wasn't cocky, who would be?
Amid the noise, someone suddenly shouted.
"I'm coming."
All of a sudden, the originally noisy courtyard became extremely quiet, and everyone was staring at the TV.
The scene first came to the commentary booth outside the stadium, and it was still the two commentators that everyone was familiar with.
"Good afternoon, audience friends, welcome to the National Go Championship..."
After an unremarkable opening speech, the screen cut to the competition scene, where Qin Hao and Nie Weiping entered the venue.
"Tsk tsk, Haozi looks so smart in this little jacket."
"It's because Sister Ling has good cooking skills."
"Shh, stop making noise, it's about to begin."
The scene changed and returned to the commentary booth outside the stadium.
"Today's finals are highly anticipated. Just before the finals, our TV station received letters from Go enthusiasts from all over the country."
"That's right. The vast majority of the letters are in support of Teacher Nie, which shows how much support Teacher Nie has among the vast number of chess friends."
"However, there are also many letters supporting Qin Hao. Whether our biggest dark horse of this tournament can continue to be a dark horse depends on his performance in the finals today."
"Of course, there may be viewers who have just started to pay attention to this National Go Championship. Let us briefly introduce the two players who entered the finals."
"Teacher Nie Weiping is the most powerful player in the Chinese chess world in recent years. He won the National Go Championship twice in 1975 and 1977. In the 1976 China-Japan Go Contest, he defeated the top Japanese player Yoshio Ishida, 6th Dan, and achieved a record of 1 wins and loss. He was praised by the Japanese media as the "Nie Tornado."
"And our player Qin Hao's experience is even more legendary. This is his first time participating in the National Go Championship, and he is less than ten years old. However, in this competition, he defeated national players three times, and each time he won with an absolute advantage of 2:0. Player Qin Hao's style of play is murderous and does not match his age. His attack is extremely fierce. According to statistics, no one has been able to play more than moves against him. He can be called the biggest dark horse of this Go Championship."
"So today's game is destined to leave a strong mark in the history of Chinese Go. Will our teacher Nie be more skilled, or will Qin Hao be the dark horse who will prevail? Let us wait and see!"
The emotions of the neighbors in the courtyard were also aroused by the off-field commentary.
"It turns out that Haozi is so powerful."
"Of course not. Haozi defeated three national players. Can ordinary people beat national players?"
The scene changed again and cut back to the court. Qin Hao and Nie Weiping had already finished guessing the pieces. Qin Hao guessed correctly and got the right to play black first.
The game still starts with three-three.
Nie Weiping occupied the star position in the lower left corner. He did not choose to engage in close combat with Qin Hao at the beginning, but insisted on his own style.
Nie Weiping had played a game of chess with Qin Hao at the Children's Palace before this. He was the only contestant who had played chess with Qin Hao before the competition. In addition, before the finals, he had carefully studied all of Qin Hao's games in the tournament. It can be said that Nie Weiping's understanding of Qin Hao far exceeded that of other contestants.
Based on Nie Weiping's research on Qin Hao's chess games, he found that although Qin Hao's attack was fierce, what was more troublesome was actually his layout ability. Every move he made was very precise. So far, Nie Weiping has not found that Qin Hao has made a useless move. Such terrible calculation ability means that Qin Hao has almost no weaknesses.
Facing such an opponent, Nie Weiping believed that only by making full use of his flexible and adaptable style of play, making arrangements in the mid-term, dragging the game into the endgame, and utilizing his rich experience, could he have a chance of winning.
So starting from the 50th move into the middle game, Nie Weiping entered the defensive mode, not seeking to achieve anything but to avoid mistakes.
"It can be seen that Qin Hao brought a lot of pressure to Teacher Nie today. According to Teacher Nie's previous style of play, he would normally engage in a fierce battle with his opponent after entering the middle game. But look at this move. Teacher Nie could have chosen to attack the black piece and suppress Qin Hao's living space in the upper right corner, but Teacher Nie chose to defend firmly."
"Yes, although Qin Hao is less than ten years old and this is his first time participating in a high-level competition like the Go Championship, he is not at all nervous and continues to pressure Teacher Nie with his fierce attacks."
As the game entered the 120th move, Nie Weiping's thinking time increased significantly, and the time on the timer decreased by every second. On the contrary, Qin Hao continued to make moves without thinking, and the pause button was pressed as soon as his timer started to tick.
"I don't know if the audience has noticed that up to now, the time on Qin Hao's timer has only passed less than three minutes. This has never happened in the history of our National Go Championship."
"Does this mean that Qin Hao is confident in every move he makes?"
From the off-site commentator's explanation, everyone in the courtyard seemed to sense that the game had entered a critical moment. From move 150 onwards, no one spoke loudly anymore and their eyes were fixed on the TV, fearing that they would miss the exciting moment that would decide the outcome.
It has to be said that Nie Weiping played this game very tenaciously. Until the 186th move, he was only slightly at a disadvantage. But at the 193rd move, when Qin Hao placed a black piece at the thirteenth six position, Nie Weiping once again fell into a long thought lasting five minutes. Just as the time on the timer was about to run out, Nie Weiping reached into the chess box, grabbed a handful of chess pieces and placed them on the board.
"Oh, let's see what happened, Mr. Nie gave up and admitted defeat!"
"Oh my god, audience friends, maybe we are about to witness a piece of history. Qin Hao defeated Teacher Nie in the first game of the final of the National Go Championship and won the first game. He is the biggest dark horse of this tournament. Will he be the dark horse all the way and create history as the youngest champion?"
A burst of intense cheers broke out in the courtyard.
"Well done Haozi!"
"Haozi won, that's great, this chess game was played really well."
"Old Wu, if you know how to play chess, just say yes."
"If I can't play, then the guides can't play either? They all said it's good, so what's the difference?"
Everyone was celebrating, Song Ying became the biggest winner, the smile on her face never faded.
Lin Wufeng also secretly said to Qin Hao beside him: "I have been married to your Aunt Song for so many years, but this is the first time I have seen her smile so happily."
Qin Hao thought about it and said, "Impossible."
Just as Lin Wufeng was stunned, he heard Qin Hao say with a smile: "Aunt Song and Uncle Lin must have been happier when they got married than today."
Lin Wufeng couldn't help but burst out laughing when he heard this.
The finals was a best-of-five format, and Shanghai TV broadcast it from noon to afternoon. It wasn't that Nie Weiping caused any trouble for Qin Hao, but the time Nie Weiping spent in long thinking in the last two games increased significantly. Coupled with the various analyses from the off-field commentators, I don't know if it was to delay the broadcast time.
The final result was that Qin Hao won the championship with a 3:0 victory.
"Dear viewers in front of the TV, please allow me to be excited and out of control, because today we have witnessed many historical events in Chinese Go together."
"That's right. First of all, Qin Hao won the Chinese Go Championship at the age of less than ten. This achievement is unprecedented, and I think it will be difficult for anyone to surpass him in the future. Even he himself cannot break this record."
"Yes, and Qin Hao also created a historical record. He is the first and only player to win the Go Championship with a perfect record since its inception."
"I remember Mr. Nie once said in an interview before the game that he would fight with all his strength, but he hoped that the championship would belong to the future of Chinese Go."
"Dear audience, this China Go Championship has come to an end, but the future of Qin Hao and Chinese Go has just begun. They have an even more powerful enemy - the Japanese Go world. This reminds me of the poem written by my teacher."
Everyone in the courtyard, young and old, regardless of gender, spoke almost in unison.
"...
Just a young boy, Fenghua Zhengmao; book business gas, swaying Fang.
Pointing the country, enthusiastic writing, the dung soil was ten thousand households back then.
Do you remember paddling in the middle of a river, with the waves stopping the boat from flying? "
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For children, the two-month summer vacation passes by in a flash, and the new semester starts in the blink of an eye.
Early in the morning of that day, Zhuang Chaoying took Zhuang Tunan to No. 1 Middle School to register, while Song Ying and Huang Ling took Qin Hao, Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting to the primary school affiliated to the cotton mill.
As a result, before I reached the school gate, I saw from afar a piece of red silk hanging on the school gate, with the words "Warmly congratulate our student Qin Hao for winning the National Go Championship" written on it.
"Song Ying, you better hold back and don't laugh too exaggeratedly."
Facing Huang Ling's teasing, Song Ying had already started to laugh: "Sister Ling, I can't help it. Now Lin Wufeng said that the corners of my mouth are curled up every night when I sleep, and he can't suppress them even with his hands."
"Hold on. You are the guardian of the national champion now. Hold on."
Song Ying took a deep breath and said, "That's right, I can't embarrass Haozi."
Qin Hao was chuckling at the side. After he won the championship, he not only became famous in the cotton mill, but also attracted some reporters from Suzhou and Shanghai. These reporters not only interviewed Qin Hao, but also interviewed everyone around Qin Hao. They said that the growth environment of a genius is also very important. In short, they dug up all the stories of Qin Hao from childhood to adulthood, no matter whether they could be written in or not, at least there had to be enough material.
As Qin Hao's guardian, Song Ying was naturally the first to be interviewed and was the one who was interviewed the most.
When she thought about being on the newspaper, Song Ying's face was always smiling. She even turned a blind eye to Lin Dongzhe's mischief, which made Lin Dongzhe a little uncomfortable.
"Hey, isn't this our national champion? Why are you here to sign up so early?"
"Congratulations, Song Ying. Haozi won the championship again. He really brought honor to Suzhou."
Before Song Ying could say a few polite words, the teacher warmly invited everyone to go to the principal's office.
The registration procedures were completed directly in the principal's office, and snacks were prepared for Qin Hao and the other two. The service was very thoughtful.
Qin Hao scored full marks in the final exam last semester and was directly skipped to the third grade, while Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting were promoted to the second grade. Before leaving, the principal specifically instructed Qin Hao's class teacher.
"Teacher Liu, I'm handing Qin Hao over to you. He's younger than the kids in your class, so you must be careful not to let the naughty kids in the class bully him. He's our school's treasure. If anything goes wrong, I'll hold you responsible!"
Teacher Liu naturally did not dare to neglect after hearing this. After leading Qin Hao to the classroom, he called out the troublemakers in the class and gave them a stern warning.
When Song Ying saw this, she finally felt at ease and went to work with Huang Ling.
In the following month, Qin Hao lived a leisurely elementary school life. At first, his classmates were a little curious about him, but later they found that he, a national Go champion, was no different from them except that he was better at studying, so they gradually relaxed.
Lin Dongzhe and Zhuang Xiaoting are still in the same class, but without Qin Hao in the class, Lin Dongzhe often acts up in class. In the first month of school, his parents were called by the teacher. Fortunately, the teacher took into account the relationship between Song Ying and Qin Hao, and spoke more subtly.
However, Song Ying still beat Lin Dongzhe severely in the evening. In her words, she hadn't done it for a long time and she was almost rusty in the job, so she wanted to get the feel of it first.
The one who has changed the most is Zhuang Tunan. The courses in junior high school are much more than those in primary school. Moreover, as a key school, the teaching facilities of No. 1 Middle School are incomparable to those of the primary school attached to the cotton mill. Zhuang Tunan came into contact with many modern literary magazines in the school library, such as "October" and "Harvest".
Unfortunately, junior high school students can only read books in the library and cannot bring them back.
In November, the weather in Suzhou gradually turned cooler, with continuous rain and overcast weather. One day at the beginning of the month, a down-and-out middle-aged couple walked into the alley of the cotton mill families.
When Aunt Li saw the two of them, she shouted, "Qin Jianjun, have you let him out?"