When discussing chess skills and competitive skills, there is often an opinion that "masters are among the people" is just a beautiful fantasy, especially for professional chess players, who tend to be skeptical of this view. Chess master Wang Tianyi, for example, made it clear during his live broadcast that it is unrealistic to compare his hobby with the professional field of professional chess players.
He stressed that amateur chess players seem to be offending their professional status by trying to challenge professional chess players. Despite this, it is not uncommon for Wang Tianyi to lose in live broadcasts, and whenever this happens, he often uses his opponents as an excuse to find a step for himself. However, this does not mean that all opponents who outperform him win by unfair means, after all, in the game of chess, one mistake can lead to the defeat of the entire game. Therefore, it is not entirely impossible for an amateur player to occasionally defeat a professional player.
On October 18, 2020, chess grandmaster Lu Qin participated in a wheel battle held in Hangzhou's West Lake District, playing against 15 chess fans. These fans range in age, from the youngest being only 8 years old to the oldest being 76 years old, and they are all relatively unknown amateur players. In this wheel battle, Lu Qin was forced to draw by four chess fans despite his best efforts, and this result surprised him very much. One of those who managed to force him was the 76-year-old man, whose aggressive and domineering style kept Lü Qin in a state of suppression throughout the game. This is a testament to the fact that even among amateur chess players, there are masters who should not be underestimated.
As early as 2001, Lü Qin and another chess grandmaster, Hu Ronghua, were defeated by an amateur chess player named Zhang Caili in a Qingdao wheel battle, an incident that caused a huge shock in the chess world. Although Zhang Caili is only an amateur chess player who sells roast chicken, his feat of defeating two top chess players one after another is enough to prove that there are indeed many talented people with superb chess skills hidden in the people. Although Lu Qin and Hu Ronghua lost in the wheel battle, as top players, they were able to play extremely high even in such informal competitions. Wang Tianyi himself has said that although the quality of the chess game during the live broadcast may be slightly inferior to the official game, he can still play 90% of his strength. This shows that in situations such as wheel battles or live broadcasts, the impact on the strength of professional chess players is very limited. The 2020 National Individual Chess Championship was won by an amateur chess player, Wang Kuo, which once again confirmed the fact that in the field of chess, there are indeed many undiscovered masters among the people. "Can an amateur chess player beat a professional grandmaster? Discover the amazing truths hidden in the world of chess!