Shao was born in 1958 65438+ 10 65438+May. My father is a primary school teacher at Baima Lake Farm, and my mother works in a street factory. He has one sister and two sisters, and his family is very poor. 1967, due to the suspension of classes during the Cultural Revolution, students had to stay at home. At that time, his family lived in Dongchang Street residential area, and there was a barber shop at the door. The master of the barber shop likes playing Go very much, and his father and several uncles also play chess in the barber shop from time to time. He often observed, sometimes for a long time, and gradually saw the doorway and understood the life and death of Go. Once, the master of the barber shop was playing chess with others. He put a sentence in his mouth, pointed to a chess piece, and said that he would fill it here, or he would die. After the master heard it, he didn't care at first, and then he took a look. Just like this. At this time, the master began to teach Xiao Shao to play chess. One of his uncles, who is recuperating at home due to illness, often teaches him tricks and chess. His father teaches in the countryside. When I go home on Sunday, I often take him to find the Go masters in Huai 'an, such as Mr. Cai Wen, a teacher of Huai 'an Normal School (who used to be the champion of Huaiyin Go), and other old-timers like Yu Chongxi and Zhang Guoxiang to play chess and ask them for advice. Two or three years later, no one in the county can beat Xiao Shao. By chance, Comrade Yao Weiding, a decentralized cadre in Baoying County (former deputy director of propaganda department of Yangzhou City, fifth amateur chess player in Jiangsu Province, retired director of foreign affairs office of Yangzhou City, and now Shao's father-in-law) heard that there was such a teenager in Huai 'an who came to Huai 'an to play chess with Shao. After a game, he was shocked and immediately accepted Shao as an apprentice. Since then, I often come to Huai 'an to teach Xiao Shao to play chess. It won't be long before Xiao Shao can compete with him. At the beginning of 1973, it was regarded as the "four seniors" of the Cultural Revolution. On Yao's recommendation, Zheng Huaide and Xue, two Go coaches, came to Huai 'an successively to test Shao's chess skills, and the results were satisfactory. After arriving at the provincial team, I met Cao Zhilin, a national Go player, on a tour. Shen Guosun, the go master of the provincial team, got two sons in the seventh quarter, which surprised them very much. If the time is delayed for five years, a child of 15 years old is lost to two children by a seven-stage chess player, which is really nothing. But in those days, it was really rare. Shao finally entered the competition, which was 1973 winter Zhengzhou Go Invitational Tournament. Fourteen provinces and cities participated in the competition, and he won the third place in the junior group. The first place is Wang Qun of Shanghai, and the second place is Jiang Mingjiu of Shanxi. Half a year passed, but he still failed to catch up with Jiang Mingjiu. A year has passed, and the distance between him and Wang Qun is even greater. Shao is depressed. He is not timid and doesn't work hard. He just relied on a little talent and didn't lay a good foundation.