From 7 12 to 756, that is, during the congenital, Kaiyuan and Tianbao years of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, a generation of Weiqi masters emerged in the history of China, which was the first Weiqi master in the world-the king who was praised as the "peerless chess king" by later generations.
Gu Shiyan, the Holy Hand of the Town
In the late Tang Dynasty, the most famous chess player was Gu Shiyan.
Gu Shiyan, who lived in the 9th century A.D., is another royal chess player after Wang, and has a history to study.
Liu Zhongfu, the chess saint of Song Dynasty
After Gu Shiyan, the peerless chess king and master of Zhensheng, this great chess master first popularized Weiqi, which dominated the chess world for more than 20 years in the Northern, Yuan You and Zhenghe Dynasties (A.D.1086-11).
Another talented chess player is Jin Shiming, an excellent chess player from humble origins.
Jin Shiming, a native of Hedong (now Taiyuan, Shanxi), came to Tokyo in the early days of Song Huizong's administration.
Jinshi will be 2089 years old next year, and he is a genius chess king in the history of Go in China. Jin Shiming's chess skills are very distinctive. When playing chess near the board, he seems careless, trusting his hands, swinging and changing pieces at will. Between talking and laughing, he will kill his opponent, lose, and be wiped out.
Since Jin Shiming's debut, the chess front has been invincible and invincible. Many famous Go masters and masters have been defeated by him, and no one can beat him. Therefore, his fame spread for a while and shook the world. In just a few years, his fame overtook that of Liu Zhongfu, the first chess player at that time.
Fang Xin, the chess god of Ming Dynasty.
Fang Xin is a legendary talented chess player in the history of Go in China. When he was only six or seven years old, he showed amazing talent and intelligence. He was an outstanding national chess player in the late Ming Dynasty and was praised as "the chess god of Ming Dynasty" by later generations.