在2013世界大学生围棋邀请赛上,来自上海财经大学的王琛一举夺冠。年纪轻轻的他已是一位横扫国内诸多赛事的高手了,今天就让我们一起走进“围棋王子”的内心世界吧! While many students are hot on playing computer games or exercising outside,
Wang Chen, 20, prefers sitting quietly in an empty classroom with his peers. The
only sound is when a playing piece is moved on the wooden board. They are
playing weiqi, called “Go” in
English. Compared with the busy sports ground, it seems a bit dull, but Wang and his
peers enjoy an intense brain
workout. Wang, a junior majoring in economic news at Shanghai University of Finance
and Economics, is an amateur seventh-degree master player – the highest degree
amateur players can
attain. This July, he won the International University WEICHI Tournament 2013 in
Shanghai, which saw competitors from 54 universities around the world, including
Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. “I was familiar with my opponent and we were equally matched, but I was still
surprised about the result. I had hopes to win first place, but when it came
true, I couldn’t believe it,” says
Wang. Giving up Wang began studying weiqi when he was 7 years old. “I was a quiet boy and my
parents thought weiqi would help develop my logical thinking ability,” he
says. He began to attend the Chinese Rank Promotion from the age of 10. Thousands
of children take part in it every year, but only the top 20 are accepted to
become professional players. It was a great source of pressure for
Wang. “I failed for nine years, and then I gave up. I entered university and became
an amateur player,” says
Wang. Another path The tempo of playing weiqi on campus was slow, which gave Wang more time to
explore his skills. Wang now sees playing weiqi as a hobby. He is the captain of the weiqi team
on campus, which has five members. He organizes them to research the latest
formations once a
week. “Different trends and new styles emerge all the time and we discuss how to
deal with them,” says Wang. “I really enjoy this pressure-free way of playing
weiqi .” Independence What this hobby brings Wang is not only a sense of achievement, but also
independence. He has won 10 national and international championships, which have brought
the young student a handsome sum of money. When he won the national amateur
competition in 2011, he received 100,000 yuan in prize
money. With awards from contests, Wang covers his expenses and tuition fees all by
himself. Lonely hobby Wang is busier than most of his peers. A look at his calendar shows that he
had attend competitions in Guizhou and Taiwan at the end of August, after
attending an international competition only this July. But Wang admits he has
little in common with his
classmates. “I feel a bit lonely sometimes,” he says. “Whenever I lose, there’s nobody
with whom I can share the pain.” Wang says his next project is to promote weiqi among his peers on
campus. “Many young people in China don’t understand this kind of sport and I want to
promote it,” says Wang. 来源:原版英语网 |
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