Blue: the spirit in chess

? Elves in chess games

-Preface to the History of the Chess Association for the Elderly in Yunyang District

Lanshanqing

Being happy in old age is a topic supported by the whole people, and it is obviously in line with the realistic needs of a healthy society and the inevitable orientation of life logic. People are always old, and they should be happy when they are old. Don't say that Sang Yu is late, because it is still full of summer; Music for Sang Yu, I am happy when I am old, and I am comfortable when I am old; Especially in this era of peace and prosperity, respecting the elderly has become a fashion, and generations entering the old world are surrounded by material and spiritual superiority every day. Why not? You have 10,000 reasons to be happy and comfortable. The fishing boat sings late, and there is no reason to go out and sigh and worry, which makes your mood a mess. Therefore, we must have fun for the first time. Only by having fun can we have a beautiful skyline in life.

The chess association for the elderly in Yunyang District is a cordial witness that the elderly in Yunyang District have a good time.

The organization was founded in 199 1, and it has been nearly 30 years. They had fun from the first few retirees with similar interests to participating in various competitions in teams, from getting together loosely to playing games, to forming a regular community organization. Everybody have fun, have fun, have fun with you and me, have fun. We often see that in the shade of the forest under Yunyang Cultural Square and Jiuligang Bridge, whenever the breeze comes, chess games will be spread out in an endless stream, old friends will come uninvited, and a table of new friends and old friends will happily immerse themselves in the world of "chariots and horses artillery". Chuhe Han boundary will be happy and forget to return until the lights are bright and the roads are sparsely populated. This kind of "pleasure" is not lacking in the kind of happiness and hearty happiness in the square dance, the leisure of playing one ball after another on the croquet field, and the family happiness of being a grandson and bowing his head to be a willing ox. Mr. Mo, an old-timer of Yunyang Wen, wrote "Yunyang Senior Chess Association Fu" with deep affection, in which "chess fans often get together after meals and become scenery. Wonderful chess moves, endless cheers, chess landing, and happy scenes in the chess world are vividly written.

By the end of 20 17, the association had successfully held 25 district-level chess competitions for the elderly. At the same time, joint activities between urban areas, towns and neighboring counties were held at any time. Many times, he teamed up to participate in various chess competitions organized by Shiyan Senior Sports Association after the merger of Yunyang District and Prefecture, and participated in the provincial chess competitions for the elderly on behalf of Shiyan City for many times, and participated in the national chess amateur chess championship. , and combines normal entertainment with all levels. For example, Hu Shunqiang, who is good at offense and defense, Qi Yongyi, who is good at calculation, He Mingxian, who shows kung fu in the endgame, Yang Ronggang, who is famous for his meticulous and rigorous chess style, Gao, Wang Taihua, Tao, Li Meinian, Peng Chunsheng, Liu Zhengjiu, Pan Qinghua and Chen Tiancai, who are resourceful and changeable, have all played some classic chess manuals very skillfully. It is very rare that a number of female chess players have emerged, such as Xu Jingmin and Bai Juhua. They not only filled the gap in women's participation in chess, but also participated in the provincial games on behalf of Shiyan, winning honors and trophies. It's comforting!

Chess is an educational and brain-strengthening recreational activity, which is deeply loved by Xian Yi's young and old, especially the elderly, because it is always in a competitive state, especially suitable for elderly friends who enjoy brain-strengthening. If an old friend combines life experience with gossip in chess, every move and game will be infinitely wonderful and elegant. In life, you have to calculate or encounter calculation. Both calculation and calculation are hardships of thinking. Overcoming calculation with calculation is an eye-opener for thinking and beyond joy. In chess, you jump into the calculation from the beginning and calculate step by step until the whole army is wiped out. A good move is a successful calculation. If this successful calculation can be used repeatedly, it will be a tactic in Sun Tzu's Art of War. The ancients left us a lot of their "calculation" classics, that is, chess manuals. If we can remember and use this wisdom well, we can turn novices into veterans and smelly hands into masters without "calculating" ourselves. Every game of chess can analyze the patterns of complex things. Therefore, a monk in the Song Dynasty wrote in a poem: "Willow covers the water bank, wandering south and looking at the blue frequency. Time flies, and things are like new chess. The autumn wind in the distant mountains accumulates over time, and the spirit of the cabinet night rises month by month. I flew for a while in shock, and the lotus leaf boat caught people. " He compared the chess game with the world, showing the diversity of the chess game.

When you enter the chess game, you can forget the noise, forget the time and forget the inside and outside.

A well-known story about a fairy playing chess is the allusion involved in Liu Yuxi's poem "Going to the countryside like a rotten ke". Legend has it that in the Western Jin Dynasty, a young farmer named Wang Zhi once went up the mountain to collect firewood and came to Wang Qiaoxian's mouth. The young man was bold and curious, thinking that people said there were immortals in the cave. What are immortals like? Why don't I go in and have a look? Because the hole is very small, only one person can pass through it. The hole is more than three feet deep, and its width and height are different. Wang Zhi has just entered the cave and can't see anything. Later, the light came from the top of the cave, and two children played chess in front of him. Wang is good at playing chess and is attracted by the exquisite chess skills of two children. Children eat dates while playing chess, and sometimes they hand them to the king. After watching a game, the child said to Wang Zhi, "You should go back." The king bent down to pick up the axe, but the axe (handle) was rotten, leaving only the iron axe. When Wang returned to the village, he didn't know anyone. He asked where his parents were, only to know that they had been dead for a hundred years. Wang Dawei was surprised that he met a fairy. The fairy world has been in the world for a thousand years, so he is already a hundred years away. Putting aside the vicissitudes of this story and looking into the philosophy of the story, we can appreciate the great temptation and incomparable immersion of the chess game. The immersion of a game of chess is often like a lifetime ago. The realm of chess is actually a magical ecstasy, and the realm of chess is an infinite secret realm!

Another story about Gao Mai's chess game is "Guan Gong scraping bones to cure poison" in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. When Guan Yunchang, who had fetal bones, amputated his arm for Hua Tuo without anesthetic, the viewer was sweating profusely, but he could drink and eat meat calmly, laugh and play chess without any pain. What a strong person you think you are! When we lament Guan Gong's heroism, we can't help applauding the great edifying power of chess in calming people's spirits and forgetting the real world. If they don't have a chess game in front of them to distract them, no matter how brave General Guan is, it may be difficult to calm down! Chess is really a trance-like thinking playground. It seems that there is no actual combat of the Kingoma Railway, but in essence there is a thrilling battle for ten thousand horses. It seems that there is no gunfire, but it is a ruthless killing, and often the authorities are fascinated by the bystanders, making the bystanders 10 thousand times more anxious than the chess players.

Chess was called "chess" in ancient times. There is a poem "There are six people in chess" in Qu Yuan's "Evocation", which is the earliest formal mention of chess in literary works, indicating that this elegant entertainment existed in the aristocratic life of the Warring States Period. However, it is still very simple. There are only six pieces on one side of the game, which is not quite the same as today's complicated chess game composed of 16 pieces. Of course, the wisdom of the grassroots period should not be underestimated. Without simple ideas at that time, it would be impossible to have a richer and more reasonable chess set later. Later, the number of "pawn" was set at five, and the number of "car, horse, cannon, scholar and elephant" was set at two, all of which were gradually sublimated from the initial creative enlightenment.

Judging from the ancients' mention that chess is made of ivory, the chess called "Xiang" is related to ivory, and other explanations are speculation. Today, this game has officially become one of the 78 sports events in China, and it is also one of the official events of the first World Intellectual Games. In 2006, chess was approved by the State Council to be included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.

Yunyang Chess Association for the Elderly has effectively developed this traditional entertainment activity and will continue to develop it, which not only delights the body and mind, but also promotes the traditional civilization. It not only shows the jade treasure of Yunyang's historical and civilized heritage, but also embodies the elegance and extraordinary spirit of modern Yunyang people, which is very rare. As "Song of Yunyang Old Chess Association" wrote: "Chess friends have deep friendship, and heroes are not judged by winning or losing. Riding a horse, loading a gun, marching, peaceful competition, and being happy! " Chess is as happy as the heart, and it is as happy as heaven. The chessboard has a glow and the years are like songs.

Feng Menglong has a well-written Sanqu, which is called "Hanging Branches". Here I can borrow it as a conclusion:

"I play chess when I'm bored, and I want you to be an elephant as a scholar. I can manage it; When a soldier moves forward, he must learn to drive straight, not like a horse. If someone blocks my train of thought, I will play like a cannon for a while! "

Let's talk about the fun of chess and the way of life. What's wrong with saying that people are free and easy and happy to this point? When the Old Chess Association of Yunyang District compiled the History of Chess Association, the Emotion Department paid tribute to it, hoping that everyone could have fun, have fun and enjoy every emotional day.

Therefore, it is a sequence!

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