An old-master game

Grandmaster Li Yiting was born in 1937 in Wuhan, Hubei Province. He won the National Championship in 1958, at the tender age of 21, and became the second person ever to hold the lofty title since national competition was instituted, after the legendary Grandmaster Yang Guanlin.

Later, due to the Cultural Revolution and other circumstances, he turned his back on competition and vowed not to touch any chess pieces anymore, instead, he choose to concentrate on teaching the young. For some, he is a tragic figure, for others he is a model man of ideal.

The following game was played a few years ago by the old-master against Li Jinghua of Hong Kong in an rare public exhibition.





几年前的一场表演赛。

湖北李义庭先和香港李镜华的一盘对局。

 1.炮二平六 马２进１   2.马二进三 车９进１
 3.车一平二 象３进５   4.马八进九 车９平４
 5.士四进五 车４进３   6.车二进四 卒１进１
 7.相三进五 马８进９   8.兵九进一 马１进２
 9.兵九进一 马２进３  10.马九进八 车４平１
11.车九进五 车１进４  12.马八进七 车１平３
13.车二平七 车３进１  14.相五进七 马３退１
15.炮八进二 马１进２  16.相七退五 马２退４
17.兵三进一 卒７进１  18.兵三进一 炮８进１
19.马三进四 炮８平３  20.马四退六 象５进７
21.炮八进二 士６进５  22.炮八平五 象７退５
23.马六进五 炮３平４  24.兵五进一 马９进７
25.炮五平一 马７进５  26.兵五进一 象７进９
27.炮一平五 将５平６  28.兵一进一 炮２进２
29.炮六进一 炮４平１  30.炮六平四 象５进３
31.兵五平四 士５进６  32.炮五退一 炮２平５
33.兵四平五 士６退５  (和)