Born on June 18, 1976, Zhou Heyang was a native of Luoyang, nicknamed "Jigong", and he was one of the seven small dragons with a fairly prominent and stable record.
As a teenager, Zhou Heyang performed well in various domestic children's competitions, and was selected into the national junior Go training team in 1986. In 1992, Zhou Heyang won the Youth Championship of the World Junior Go Championship, and immediately set off a storm in various domestic competitions.
Zhou Heyang has won the national individual championship and the NEC Cup championship, defeated Chang Hao to ascend the throne 4-0 in the second chess holy war, ended Ma Xiaochun's 13 consecutive celebrity record, won the Ahan Tongshan Cup, The Advocate Chess Cup and other titles, and has long been among the first-class players in the Chinese chess industry.
In the international arena, Heyang is also majestic, he has won the first three encounters with Lee Chang-ho, and was once known as the "Stone Buddha Nemesis". The two have met 10 times in their careers, drawing 5-5, and can still be equal to the heyday of Da Li, which is the only Chinese chess player at that time.
In 2003, Zhou Heyang won consecutive victories over Jiang Zhujiu, Wang Licheng and Mimura Zhibao in the 15th Asian Cup TV Quick Chess Tournament, which became a major highlight of the Chinese chess world at that time.
Heyang's performance in the Chunlan Cup was particularly commendable, from the first to the fourth time he reached the quarterfinals in a row, although he failed to go any further, but the stable performance was unmatched. In the fifth Chunlan Cup, Zhou Heyang ushered in a big outbreak, winning consecutive victories over Naoki Hagen, Gu Li and Peng Quan to reach the final and compete with Lee Chang-ho for the title. Unfortunately, Heyang failed to show his nemesis this time, and was pulled by Da Li after winning one set first, and rubbed shoulders with the world champion 1-2.
On the Fujitsu Cup, Tsurugi is as star-studded as it is. In 1997, he participated in the 10th Fujitsu Cup for the first time and broke Choi Myung-hoon, Lee Chang-hoon and Masaki Takemiya to reach the final four, and lost to Koichi Kobayashi in the semi-finals.
At the 19th Fujitsu Cup in 2006, Zhou Heyang once again made a threat, and after defeating Ko Geun-tae, Liu Chang-hyuk and Park Yongxun, he once again reached the semi-finals, and it was Lee Sedol who competed with him for the right to the final.
As the defending champion, Lee Sedol has won the Fujitsu Cup three times in the previous four years, setting a record of the best in the history of the Fujitsu Cup. In the face of such a strong enemy, almost no one was optimistic that Heyang could break through the level before the game.
Semi-final of the 19th Fujitsu Cup
Zhou Heyang defeated Lee Sedol in the middle of the white set
Date of the match: 1 July 2006
Previously, Zhou Heyang lost to Lee Sedol in the semi-finals of the fifth LG Cup in 2001, and the second Toyota Cup quarterfinals in 2004 were once again hated.
First spectrum 1-50
Lee Sedol took the lead in black.
The opening two sides were very stable, and Zhou Heyang, who has a steady chess style, obviously welcomes such a pattern.
White 22 broke in, 28 touched, and the two sides formed a robbery.
Black 43 gave up the robbery, and Xiao Li was wrong in judgment.
The white 46 tor is a great robbery.
Black 49 sticks on, white chess is cheap.
Second Spectrum 1-50 (i.e. 51-100)
Left to the white 6 tigers, white chess is well shaped.
Black 7 top, Xiao Li realized that the robbery had suffered a loss, and issued a strong hand, but this was an excessive move!
White 8 of course turned, and a lone piece appeared in the black chess.
Black 11 vulgar hands helpless.
White 16 and 18 rely on pressure tactics, and black 19 dare not respond.
After the white 26, the white chess piece is full of shape, and the battle is obviously active.
Black 27 is a big chess piece that had to be grabbed.
The white 30 is in the wrong direction and should jump in the 39th bit.
Black 31 points, there is a feeling of offensive and defensive reversal.
Black 37 span tough, Xiao Li's mid-game power is indeed a headache.
Heyang is very calm, after the white 40, 42, 44 thorns, and then 46 is the hand tendon, breaking the number of black chess pieces on the left, and the harvest on the ground is not small.
However, the black chess pieces have gone to the thick central plains, and the overall situation has been recovered.
Third Spectrum 1-50 (i.e. 101-150)
The white 2 complement is very thick, the embodiment of the Crane Yang style.
Bai 4 did not run out of the central one son, and Heyang continued to seek stability.
Black 5 long astute.
White 6 below eats the four sons of black chess below, but black chess is blocked first, and white chess is not cheap.
The black 21 supplement is the largest, and the overall situation presents a fine chess pattern.
White 22 eliminates hidden dangers, and the two sides enter the official competition.
After the conversion of black 23 torso, white chess has no dissatisfaction.
After the white 30 tip returns, the white chess is slightly better.
Fourth Spectrum 1-50 (i.e. 151-200)
White 16 chess players.
The officials on both sides are very delicate, and Xiao Li has not been able to find the opportunity to overtake.
Fifth Spectrum 1-64 (i.e. 201-264)
White 14 good timing.
Crane Yang Guanzi does not leak.
In the end, when fighting the following robbery, Xiao Li saw that the defeat could not be recovered, and sold a flaw when Bai 62 played.
Bai 64 Ti, Lee Sedol Touzi.
After gaining the advantage, Zhou Heyang resisted Xiao Li's tenacious counterattack, basically defeated this strong enemy for the first time with a complete victory posture, and reached the final of the World Series for the second time!
Unfortunately, in the final two days later, Zhou Heyang unexpectedly lost to South Korea's dark horse Park Zhengxiang and once again lost to the world champion.
Although he failed to become a world champion, Heyang's chess status is beyond doubt.
The low-key Zhou Heyang can be a model chess player.
Zhou Heyang won against Li Sedol in the 264 hand of the white hand
Zhou Heyang Li Ke Li Shishi
Zhou Heyang in front of the tattoo
The 5th Chunlan Cup Final Zhou Heyang vs Lee Chang-ho