With less than a month to go, on September 13-16, Tang Weixing will compete with Shin Jinchen for the 13th Chunlan Cup. So, as a triple crown champion, can he do it for the fourth time to release the satellite?
Tang Weixing is one of my favorite anti-Korean heroes. Born in Guiyang in 1993, he learned chess at the age of 5, won the National Amateur Go Championship in the Evening News Cup in 2005 and 2006 as a teenager, and became a professional beginner chess player at the age of 13.
Tang Weixing has many nicknames, including: Tang Fat, Tang Xuanzong, Elder Tang, Tang Zonglord, Big Heart, Nerve Knife, Three Star Cup Man, an unknown chess player and so on. It is estimated that no one in the World of Go has more than his nickname.
Ying's Cup Tang Weixing dueled against Park Tinghuan
As a rare triple crown in the world chess world, in fact, Tang Weixing was not optimistic about the chess community before winning the championship three times. In the final of the 18th Samsung Cup in 2013, his opponent was Lee Sedol, the world's first person at the time; in the 8th Ying's Cup final in 2016, his opponent was Park Tinghuan, the first person in South Korea; in the 24th Samsung Cup final in 2019, he met Yang Dingxin, who ranked second in the Chinese Go ranking rankings. It can be said that the strength of the three opponents is obviously stronger than that of Tang Weixing, but in the end, it is Tang Zonglord who does not accept defeat.
Among Tang Weixing's nicknames, "Xuanzong" is the most famous, and its origin is as follows: In the 8th Ying's Cup final, Tang Weixing, who relied on a big heart, after winning the championship with a 3:2 victory over Park Tinghuan, said such a meaningful sentence: "Winning chess is a kind of metaphysics." Since then, the name "Xuanzong" has been widely circulated.
In the first two sets of the 2019 Three Star Cup final, Tang Weixing and Yang Ding were newly matched to 1-1, and Tang Weixing has been at a disadvantage in the decider. In the key second reading stage, Yang Dingxin made a mistake, was not concise enough, and was reversed by Tang Weixing, winning the Samsung Cup after 6 years. Yu Bin, head coach of the Chinese Go team who watched the game on the spot, commented that Tang Weixing was behind in the entire sanban chess final to disrupt the situation and finally win the championship. Yu Bin's original words were like this: "Today's chess, Yang Dingxin has always occupied the advantage. But Tang Weixing was still very tenacious, leading the situation to a state of chaotic warfare, and finally led to Yang Dingxin's new mistake to win the victory. It can be said that this is also The style of Tang Weixing. ”
Tang Weixing won the Samsung Cup
Indeed, tang Weixing's magic weapon for victory, in addition to the big heart, was his field style of chess. Like a weed, do not play cards according to the routine, known as the Chinese weed Xu Fengsu. Brute force, once he danced that nerve knife, it was absolutely to see who destroyed whom, and Ke Jie, the first person in China, tasted this taste in the semi-final of this Chunlan Cup. Tang Weixing also has a must, that is, in the backward situation, the stirring kung fu is extremely powerful, and the defeat of Yang Ding's recruits in the above three-star cup final to him is a good example.
With the temperament of this winning and losing division, Tang Weixing's anti-Korean record is quite good, but in domestic competitions, because he knows each other's roots, his results are average. According to the number of matches, we select 10 Korean opponents and three opponents with the highest and lowest winning percentages in China (more than 8 games) to see the battle between Tang Weixing and them, and the list is as follows:
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Anti-Korean War Serial Number
Tang Weixing opponent
Number of general offices
Win
Defeat
Winning percentage
1
Park Young-hwan
17
8
9
47%
2
Kim Ji Seok
13
6
7
46%
3
Choi Chul-han
78%
4
Shen Zhenchen
5
29%
Ahn Kok-hyun
40%
Bian Xiangyi
60%
Jiang Dongrun
Lee Dong-hoon
80%
Shen Min
10
Lee Sedol
50%
total
75
41
34
55%
Civil War High Chance Serial Number
Fan Yunruo
Zhong Wenjing
75%
Tong Mengcheng
12
67%
Civil War Low Win Chance Serial Number
Chen Yaoye
11
8%
Mi Yuting
18
14
22%
Zhou Ruiyang
As can be seen from the above table, Tang Weixing's overall winning rate against 10 Korean masters has reached 55%, which is a very good performance, because the opponents are the leaders of the Korean chess world, not sheep to be slaughtered. Among them, Tang Fat defeated Lee Sedol and Park Tinghuan, two Korean leaders, in the finals of the Samsung Cup and The Ying Cup respectively, which is definitely a record in the annals of Chinese Go. For Shen Min, Li Dongxun, and Cui Zhehan, the winning rate of the suzerains was very high, almost 80%, which was very remarkable.
As for the civil war, Tang Weixing has not much to show off, and the highest winning rate is 80%. There are many sad points, and the winning rate against Mi Yuting and Zhou Ruiyang is as low as 22%. What was most difficult for him to accept was that the result of his battle against Chen Yaoye was completely one-sided, winning only 1 set in 12 games, almost being kept a clean sheet, and the winning rate was only 8%, almost low to the dust.
Shen Zhenchen nine paragraphs
The confrontation between Xuanzong and Shen Zhenchen is an unavoidable topic. For next month's Chunlan Cup showdown, I analyzed three unfavorable factors for Tang Weixing: one or two people fought 7 times in history, the first 2 innings were Tang Weixing's kai, but the last 5 innings Shen Zhenchen returned with 5 consecutive wins, and Elder Tang's winning rate was only 29%. Second, Tang Fat is 28 years old this year, and he can definitely be regarded as a veteran, and compared with Xiao Shen, who is full of life, his energy is not caught. Third, Shen Zhenchen is not afraid of Tang Weixing's wild style, because Xiao Shen is also a militant, but at the same time he does not lose his overall view. A while ago, he and Bian Xiangyi fought in the GS Cup and celebrity battle in South Korea for 8 games, killing the sky darkly, and finally Xiao Shen won 3:2 and 2:1 respectively. Fourth, Tang Weixing had already cut down two of South Korea's leading figures, Lee Sedol and Park Tinghuan, on the previous two occasions, because Xiao Li had already gone downhill at that time, and Park Tinghuan was more afraid of the chaotic style of chess. There is a saying in China that things are not three, so it is even more difficult to win for the third time.
Although difficult, Go is as round as football, the game is not over, and any outcome can happen. In the unlikely event that Xuanzong's nerve knife was once again extremely powerful, or if Xiao Shen encountered an accident such as a slip mark again, then the miracle of Tang Weixing's fourth time on the highest podium of the World Series could still happen.
Exactly whose hand the deer died, let us wait and see.