Original Address:https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/serial/jidai/20210106-OYT8T50068/
Hara Ying: [Witness of the Times] Living with Go Zhao Uji < 19 > Title Fight in the Same Generation
Excerpt from: Yomiuri Shimbun
Author: Zhao Zhixun Honorary Celebrity
Translation and Collation: Make excuses to be quiet and fight tomorrow
From 1990 to 1992, after the three Honin battles between 1990 and Koichi Kobayashi, the title battle changed. My opponents have changed from seniors under The Kidani Gate, such as Masao Kato and Masaki Takemiya, to chess players such as Hiroshi Yamashiro, Satoshi Kataoka, and Wang Licheng.
Hiroshi Yamashiro, Satoshi Kataoka, and Wang Licheng, all three of whom were born in 1958, and I am a generational person born in 1956. However, I debuted earlier, so watching them has a feeling of being a junior. One of these periods was from 1995 to 1997, when I and Kobayashi Kyaw jihaded. Kobayashi is like me under the Kaya Gate, but he became famous relatively late, so there is a feeling that "this era has really changed".
Born in Nagano Prefecture in 1959, Kobayashi kyaw won 11 championships in 1974 and Ichisei. He is currently the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Japan Chess Academy. Kobayashi Chishou Rokudan is his sister.
Kobayashi's chess style is very solid and slow, and this style of chess is still difficult for me to deal with. Teacher Lin Haifeng and Kobayashi Koichi are the same, good at defensive chess players, for me is a hard hand. On the contrary, Masaki Takemiya and Masao Kato like chess players who like "rushing", I often use defensive counterattacks, so I am still handy with them. But when I was forced to attack, I was prone to mistakes. The first holy battle between me and Kobayashi Kyaw in 1995 is a typical example.
"Huh? It's not the same as my previous title battles." When I was still doubting myself, I lost the title 2-4. But fortunately for me, kobayashi's chess style changed slightly, and kobayashi also began to learn to take the initiative to attack. Then in the revenge battle in 1996, he regained the title of chess saint, and in 1997 he successfully saved the title when he faced Kobayashi again, but if Kobayashi kyaw still used the style of chess that he had played against me at the beginning, I felt that I was still quite dangerous.
However, Wang Licheng is about the same age as me, so there is no barrier between myself. But in the 2000s, after I fought with Naoki Hane Kudan and Yamashita Keigo Kudan," the "Heisei Four Heavenly Kings," I felt the gap between our generations.
But if you think about it, I still fought with you for a long time. I won the celebrity title from The Hero Teacher Otake, who was 14 years older than me, and I fought against Keigo Yamashita, who was about 20 years younger than me, in a chess jihad. I started out in the title battle with Eio Sakata, who is 36 years older than me, and until now I am still playing officially against young people who are more than 40 years younger than me.
Regardless of international and age, you can compete with a sharp needle. In this way, I once again realized the greatness of Go.