Japanese chess | Kane Kaitaro: the fastest title in history

Original address: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20211228/ddm/012/070/054000c

Akira Hara: Kotaro Seki wins the seventh major title at the fastest time ever

Author: Ryo Takeuchi

Photo: Shunichi Sasaki

In the 47th round of the 47th Tengen Battle Goban chess game played on December 6, Kwan Hang Taro defeated Ichiri Liao Jiudan 3 wins and 1 loss to win the title of Tengen. After 4 years and 8 months of becoming a professional, he became the fastest chess player in history to win seven major titles. Kan kentaro recalled, "I was very happy, and then I was also relieved a lot. But to be honest, there is still a game of chess to play, and I actually want to play another game."

Kwan Hang Taro learned chess at the age of 5. Later, he entered Fujisawa's Yadan school hosted by Shinjuku Ward in Tokyo to learn chess. Fujisawa said, "Attention is very concentrated, and at that time his talent was already beyond others." After becoming a professional chess player at the age of 15, he began to conduct research using the most advanced artificial intelligence software. At first, the results were good, but after a while other players began to use Go software for research, and it began to be difficult to win. After asking Fujisawa about this, he gave the advice of "using your brain to play chess". Since then, I have slightly controlled the time spent studying software, and spent more time on online chess in the form of actual combat.

The effort soon paid off. Last year, he won the championship in the rookie Wang Zhan. This year, in the Tianyuan War, not only defeated the Ichili Liao Jiudan, but also the Shibano Tiger Maru Jiuduan and other powerful people. "As long as the opponent is stronger than me, I can play better. Feel like you're playing at a super level."

In order to prevent the new crown virus infection, after the increase in the time spent learning chess at home, Guan Hangtaro said: "I don't have any other hobbies besides Go", but recently during the break, I watched a cooking program on the video platform "YouTube". I saw the unexpected side of the 20-year-old king.