At a small town of south-west, the secretary of culture and education and 'DingZi Li' who is comes from a family of chess play chess, heloses three games in the set and determines to find a master chessplayer who can beat 'DingZi li'. Just the time for recruiting workers at the farm from Beijing, WangYi sheng 'Chess guozi' is found and accepted by the carder of recruiting who comes from a very poor family but he is perfect in playing chess. Once, WangYi sheng goes to the near farm for calling on his friends who ask him to play chess with master chess player 'ZhiNuan' whose name is NiBing, and NiBing comes from a family of culture and is a soft-behaved person who struggles against WangYi sheng with his strategy handed down from his ancestors and loses three games in the set, but from an exchange of blows friendship grows, they become friends. Soon after a game is held by the district. WangYi sheng makes up his mind to play dead chess with him and other contestants. The news causes a sensation throughout the town. As going to the competition area, WangYi sheng is surrounded by many persons who is reckoned to have eight opponents by'ZhiNuan'. At that moment, a fat man forces his way in and says 'DingZi li' starts to play finally, the secretary of culture and education feels quite happy. So the tactic of several persons turns in fighting one opponent to tire him out is began. WangYi sheng sits at the competition center and watch with his utmost concentration. After a long time, eight opponents are defeated and goes away, only a person in charge of passing on a message for him is busy there who takes a letter of reconciliation from 'DingZi li'. WangYi sheng is carried away by force but he still keeps his posture and speaks out " make it up". After one or two years passed, he is selected into the chess team, since then, he gives up the game of playing chess.