By Skoyatt | Reddit/r/NBASpurs, 2026-08-02 05:15:15
所以……是的，发生了一件疯狂的事。
文章末尾有简短总结（TL;DR），这样大家就不会被剧透了，不过如果你想的话，也可以直接跳过我接下来要写的这大段长篇大论。
好啦，给有耐心看下去的朋友们讲讲整件事的详细经过。我在一家国际象棋专卖店工作。两天前，几位工作人员（我不确定具体是哪个部门，但他们是为NBA工作的）来到我的店里，想买一套小号的国际象棋，好让文班在2026年NBA Summer House活动期间玩。当时接待他们时，我显然不知道他们是谁。但巧的是，我那天第一次穿上了最近在NBA官方旗舰店买的“圣安东尼奥是爱”（San Antonio is Love）T恤（我之前在这个板块也发过帖子，因为那是我和人生中第一件NBA球衣一起买的）。
他们看到了我穿的衣服，便问我是不是马刺球迷，我当然说是。我们聊了一会儿，他们告诉我买这套棋是干什么用的，我当时说：“天哪，真希望我也能去现场，但我周六要上班。”他们买下了那套棋和一两样其他东西就离开了。但过了一会儿，他们又折返回来，手里拿着手机录着我，劈头就问：“你觉得你能赢文班亚马吗？”我回答说：“如果他还是去年的水平……也许能？”
于是他们问我，这个周六（也就是今天）能不能请假，来和文班下一局棋。我立刻去问老板能不能通融一下，比如以后找时间单周上一天六天班之类的，并向他解释了原因。老板毫不犹豫地答应了。于是我把电话号码留给了他们，一回到家就立刻在Lichess（国际象棋对弈网站）上疯狂练兵，等待他们的确认。第二天他们就发来了确认消息。这就有了今天的经历。
他们让我下午3点到场，我准时到了，然后他们带我从后门进去，接着让我在一个摆满食物的房间里等了大约半小时，可能还要少一点。可惜我当时不饿，因为那里有Baiocchi饼干，那可是世界上最棒的“饼干”了（我还是忍不住吃了一个）。然后我们去了准备下棋的房间，又等了半个小时（这次可能更久一点）。
接着他到了，先在NBA 2K Market Place展台拍了几张照片，然后坐下来准备下棋。他先是和现场观众里随机挑选的一个孩子下了一局。那孩子太可爱了，他对一位工作人员说：“我觉得哈珀应该打首发！”接着，他就和我下了。
我再重复一遍，那个被称为“外星人”的维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 居然跟我这个普通得不能再普通的国际象棋店员下棋，而我恰好在刚刚过去的这个赛季成了马刺球迷。对于懂国际象棋的朋友，我尝试了约巴瓦攻击（Jobava attack），但他用兵到d6化解了。
比赛规则是：我们先下10步棋，然后进行30秒的“罚球”比赛（用迷你篮筐和迷你球，坐在椅子上投篮），接着再下10步棋，以此类推。先将死对方或先投中15个罚球的人获胜。或者如果有人时间用尽，则直接判负。那个孩子和我的包干时间都是3分钟，在我之后上场的是一位国际象棋特级大师，他有5分钟的包干时间（文班的时间和他的对手一样，并不是说给更强的选手比文班更多的时间）。
我和文班其实没有真正下完，我觉得工作人员当时有点赶时间，但我得承认是他赢了，因为我觉得他的盘面形势更好（如果我没记错的话，我们吃掉的子数是相同的），而且他投中的罚球也比我多（这不废话嘛）。
我得到了向他提三个问题的机会（工作人员鼓励我们这么做，但在努力集中精力下棋的同时还要聊天，确实挺难的）。
问题1：“你有机会和新秀们见面了吗？”
文班：“还没有，我这段时间一直待在法国。”
问题2：“你渴望见到他们吗？”
文班：“当然。”
问题3：“你知道昆坦斯和里德也会下国际象棋吗？”
文班：“我不知道。等等，不对，我知道昆坦斯会下，但不知道里德也会。”
显然，我还有太多想问的了，但就像我说的，下棋的时候很难保持清醒的思考。特别是在3分钟的超快棋赛制下，尤其是对手还是那个该死的文班亚马！
在他和我们三个人都交过手之后（他因为时间用尽输给了那位特级大师），那个孩子得到了签名球衣，而我则送给文班一套雅尔塔棋（Yalta set），这是一种三人制的国际象棋。我在盒子上写着：“送给马刺队，但更具体地说是送给杰登、塔里斯……以及维克托！”我觉得这是一个很酷的礼物，因为现在马刺队里有三位国际象棋玩家了（现在你明白为什么我在比赛中唯一能想到的就是新秀了吧）。XD
他似乎很喜欢，事后一位工作人员也这么告诉我。我还往里面塞了一张小纸条，表达了对球队的满满爱意，并简短地介绍了一下自己。
差不多就是这样了！我被允许留下来参加其他活动，但我实在不知道自己该干嘛，安保人员也以为我要走了，就护送我安全地穿过人群。我不想给任何人添麻烦，所以……我就离开了，能和文班“仅仅”下上一局棋，我已经心满意足了。: ^)
噢，我全程都穿着哈珀的球衣！第二张照片里的那个人就是我。^^
简短总结（TL;DR）：我能去2026年NBA Summer House专门和文班下棋，基本上全凭运气。在比赛期间我向他提了几个问题，他非常友善。我还送了他一套雅尔塔棋，这是一种三人制的国际象棋。
所以，如果大家有什么问题，欢迎随时提问，我很乐意解答。: ^)
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查看原文：I played chess against Wemby at the 2026 NBA Summer House in Paris
I played chess against Wemby at the 2026 NBA Summer House in Paris
Sooooo… Yeah, something crazy happened.
TL;DR at the end so no one gets spoiled but you can still skip the long ass paragraphs I’m about to wright if you want to.
Okay so for the braves, here’s the whole story in details. I work at a chess store. Two days ago, people from the staff (which staff I’m not sure exactly but they work for the NBA) entered my workplace with the intent of purchasing a small chess set for Wemby to play with at the 2026 NBA Summer House. Now, when helping them out, I obviously had no idea who they were. But it just so happened that I was wearing, for the very first time, the “San Antonio is Love” shirt I recently bought on the NBA Store website (I posted about it on this sub as well since I bought with my very first NBA jersey at the same time).
So they saw what I was wearing and asked if I was a Spurs fan and I obviously said yes. We chatted a bit, they told me what the set they were buying was for and I was like “Man, I wish I could be there but I work on saturdays.” They bought the set and one or two other things and left. But then they came back, phone in hands, filming me, immediatly asking me: “Do you think you could beat Wembanyama?” To which I answered: “If he’s still at the same level as last year… maybe?”
So they asked me if it was possible for me to skip work this saturday (so today) and come play chess against Wemby. I immediately went to ask my boss if we could make something happen, make me do a 6-days week some other time or something and explaining the reason. He immediately agreed. So I gave them my phone number, started to grind a little on Lichess the minute I got home, and waited for them to confirm, which they did the next day. Which brings us to today.
They asked me to get there at 3pm, which I did, then they made me enter from the back, then I had to wait for like half an hour, maybe a bit less, in a room full of food. It’s a shame I wasn’t hungry 'cause there was Baiocchi, which are the greatest “cookie” there is (I still ate one). Then we got to the room where we were going to play chess and had to wait for half an hour again (maybe a bit more this time).
Then he arrived, took some photos at the NBA 2K Market Place set, then sat down to play chess. He first played against a kid they had randomly selected in the crowd. Kid was lovely, he talked to a member of the staff saying “I think Harper should be starter!” Then he played against me.
I repeat, then Victor freaking Wembanyama, The Alien himself, played chess against little-o-me, a random ass chess store clerk who just so happened to have become a Spurs fan this very past season. For the chess nerds out there, I tried the Jobava attack but he countered it with a pawn on d6.
Format was: we play chess for ten moves, then “free throws” for 30 seconds (with a tiny hoop and ball, throwing from our chairs), then back to chess for ten moves, etc. First to check mate the other or to make 15 free throws wins. Or if someone reaches the end of their time limit, they lose. The kid and I had 3 minutes on the clock and after me was a Grand Master who got 5 minutes on the clock (Wemby had the same time as his opponent, it’s not like they gave more time than Wemby to the best player).
Wemby and I didn’t really finish, I think the staff was a bit rushed by the time but I’d say he won 'cause I think his position on the board was better (if I recall correctly we were equal in terms of pieces taken), and he made more free throws than me (duh).
I got to ask him three questions (the staff encouraged us to do so but it’s quite hard to talk while trying to stay focus on a game of chess).
Q1: “Did you get the chance to meet with the rookies?”
Wemby: “No, I was in France this whole time.”
Q2: “Are you eager to meet them?”
Wemby: “Of course.”
Q3: “Do you know Quaintance and Reed play chess as well?”
Wemby: “No I didn’t. Wait no, I knew about Quaintance but not about Reed”
Obviously, there’s so much more I wanted to ask but, like I said, not easy to think clearly while playing chess. Especially a 3-minutes format, especially against Victor freaking Wembanyama!
After he played all three of us (he lost to time against the Grand Master), the kid got to have a jersey signed, and I got to gift Wemby a Yalta set, which is a 3-players version of chess. I had written on the box: “For the Spurs team but more specifically for Jayden, Tarris… and Victor!” Thought it’d be a cool gift since there are now three chess players at the Spurs (now you understand why the only thing I could think off during the game was the rookies). XD
He seemed to like it and a staff member told me so afterwards. I also added a short note inside, basically sending lots of love to the team and describing shortly who I am.
And that’s about it! I was allowed to stay and participate in the other activities but I didn’t really knew what to do with myself and the security staff just assumed I was leaving and helped my get around the crowds safely. I didn’t want to be a bother to anyone sooo… I just left, content with “just” playing chess with Wemby. : ^)
Oh, and I had my Harper jersey on the whole time! And that’s me on the second picture. ^^
TL;DR: I got to the 2026 NBA Summer House specifically to play chess against Wemby mostly by sheer luck. Got to ask him a few questions during the game and he was very nice. I also got to gift him a Yalta set, which is a set for 3-players chess.
So yeah, feel free to ask any question if you have any, I’ll be glad to answer them. : ^)
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By Skoyatt, via Reddit/r/NBASpurs