Yu Bin, still fighting on the chessboard
In May 2000, the 4th lg cup final was held in Shangyu Bin 3-1 Liu Changhe, which was the third gold medal of Chinese Go. At this time, it has been five years since the Chinese chess player won the world championship for the first time.
The predecessor of the LG Cup is the Korean Chess Championship. In 1996, the organizers felt that Go was becoming increasingly international, and resolutely upgraded the Korean Chess King Battle, which had been held for 20 years, to a world competition, and in 1997, the first champion was decided. The LG Cup has been successfully held for 23 sessions. The first ten finals were won and lost by five chess pieces, and since the eleventh edition, the final has been changed to three pieces.
In the fourth lg cup, Yu Bin, Wang Lei, Chang Hao and Ma Xiaochun advanced to the top eight, occupying half of the country. After a battle, all three others except Yu Bin were eliminated.
The other three seats of the final four players are occupied by Cho Hwan-hyun, Yoo Chang-hyuk and Lee Chang-ho. The first thing Yu Bin, who is heavily responsible, has to face the Korean Go leader Cho Hwan-hyun, and as a result, Yu Bin beat Cho Hyun-hyun 2.5 times and met With Yoo Chang-hyuk, who won Lee Chang-ho, in the final.
19 days later, the first game of the final wufan chess started as scheduled, Yu Bin won 3 wins and 1 loss, defeated Liu Changhe, and smiled at the gold medal.
The 15th LG Cup Round of 16
It can be said that the LG Cup is a blessing for Chinese chess players. From the 14th to the 20th lg cup, Chinese chess players set a record of six consecutive championships. In the previous 23 competitions, Chinese chess players won the championship 12 times (including 1 time in Taiwan), Japan 2 times and South Korea 9 times.
Yu Bin
Born on April 16, 1967 in Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province, Yu Bin learned chess at the age of 7, entered sports school at the age of 11, and entered the training team at the age of 12. In 1982, it was set to three stages, and in 1991 it was upgraded to nine paragraphs. After winning the LG Cup in 2000, Yu Bin reached the LG Cup final again in 2005, but lost to Zhang Xu and eventually won the silver medal. In 2007, Yu Bin became the coach of the Chinese women's Go team. On January 14, 2009, Yu Bin succeeded Ma Xiaochun as the head coach of the Chinese national Go team, and has been in office for 11 years.
(Gu Yao)