马来西亚沈毅豪：我的象棋梦想比收入更重要
Shen Yihao of Malaysia : My Xiangqi dream is more important than my income
In the sixth version of the "Yang Guanlin Cup" National Xiangqi Open Tournament, there is a Xiangqi player from Malaysia, he is tall, fair complexion, and polite. He has a dream of one day becoming an International Grandmaster.
His name is Shen Yihao（沈毅豪）, a full-time coach of the East Malaysia Chuangxing Xiangqi Academy.
Before 2014, Shen Yihao had not yet become a full-time chess professional, when he was employed in the Malaysian telecommunications industry, with a good salary, of a monthly income of about 8,000 yuan RMB, which was already a relatively comfortable life in Malaysia.
2013 was a year of confusion in Shen Yihao's life. What direction to take? Go left, or right? He eventually decided to quit his job and get himself to become a professional Xiangqi player.
Shen Yihao, 30 years old now, has already started a family, and his wife is very supportive of his idea of playing chess, but his mother does not agree. When Shen Yihao just submitted his resignation to the company, her mother was very surprised, she could not believe her son doing that, she only knew that he is going to engage his whole life in Xiangqi in Malaysia.
It is a profession few people dare to contemplate. Mother believes there is not much way out in the future.
Previously, Shen Yihao had saw the reported news, that there are many amateur chess players in China who live a pure life of playing chess on the one hand and teaching chess on the other, and feel that it is a life he wants.
"I pursue my dreams, and my dreams are more important than my income. One day in the future, I will reach the status of an International Grandmaster, and I will also be able to obtain commercial advertisements to generate more income, just like the two International Grandmasters in Malaysia, Lee Ka Hing（李家庆）and Wong Yun Hing（黄运兴）. ”
Shen Yihao's dream of chess is related to the inspiration of Grandmaster Jiang Chuan.
On September 1, 2013, Jiang Chuan was invited to East Malaysia for a Xiangqi exchange activity, doing blind chess demonstration against 6 people, the result was only Shen Yihao drew with Jiang Chuan, and everyone else lost to Jiang Chuan. Jiang Chuan praised Shen Yihao and told him that in order to improve his level, he really needed to go abroad and participate in more international competitions.
From that moment on, Shen Yihao, who was full of interest in chess, finally made up his mind to take the road of Xiangqi as a profession.
Shen Yihao's Xiangqi level, according to the results of the first eight rounds of the "Yang Guanlin Cup", with four wins, two draws and two defeats, totalling 10 points, among many overseas masters, is already first-class.
It is worth mentioning that last year, he won the Malaysian National Championship, the National Quick Chess Championship, the National Youth Tournament Runner-up, and the Individual Runner-up of the Malaysia-Singapore-Brunei Invitational Tournament; On June 2nd this year, he played a blind chess exhibition against 10 persons in China, with five wins and five draws, so his level of play can also be seen by all.
Shen Yihao's dream of Xiangqi is supported by many friends in the chess community. One of the participants in the "Yang Guanlin Cup" is Lin Yuefeng（林岳峰）, the founder and general director of Malaysia's First Professional Chess Academy. "He was bold and did what he said. I am the one who has come over the same way, the path he is walking, I have walked too, and I fully support his choice. ”
Lin Yuefeng says that Malaysia's Xiangqi activity has been growing, and children from many Chinese families have the opportunity to contact themselves with Xiangqi. Among the Chinese population in Malaysia, the proportion of chess playing is high, at least five out of ten children know how to play, because their older generation can play it, which really due to the transmission of culture.
Overall, the Xiangqi environment in Malaysia is still improving, and many companies are willing to invest in sponsoring tournaments. In recent years, the Malaysian Xiangqi Federation has been well managed, requiring players to dress neatly and wear tie during official functions and receptions, and the tournaments arbiters to pay more attention to their own public image, which has allowed sponsors to see a very high level of professionalism, and so they are more happy to give sponsorship.
"In the long run, it should be good to engage in the profession of playing and teaching," Lin Yuefeng encouraged Shen Yihao to continue to move forward along his chosen road.
"There is no road longer than a foot of a person, there is no mountain higher than a man."
It is believed that Shen Yihao's Xiangqi dream will come closer and closer to realization as he becomes more and more experienced in the tournament competition.
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Source : 铁将-不动的博客
Dated : 2014-September-26th
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