Unlike every round of reports on Chinese matches and every report on Japanese and South Korean matches, Go events in Taiwan have received less attention. As an important pole in the world chess world, Taiwan's Go industry has produced twelve professional championships in 2021, and Xu Haofeng has further promoted from four crowns to five crowns at the end of 2020, and Wang Yuanjun has also increased from two crowns to three crowns. Lin Junyan alone guarded the chess king, Chen Qirui was crowned the newcomer king, and Lu Yuhua, who was not famous before, won the women's strongest and female celebrity double crown, which can be called the biggest dark horse.
Born in 2001, Heo Hao-hoon defeated the three world champions of Kang Dong-yun, Xie Erhao and Park Tinghuan in the Weijia League and the National Hand Mountain Cup in 2021, and the record was quite dazzling.
The first champion in the 2021 Taiwan chess industry is still the Haifeng Cup held by the Haifeng Chess Academy, which started on January 4, the 64th Round of 64 on January 7, and the final on February 4. The last champion, Xu Haofeng, started from the first round, winning consecutive sun Weixun's first dan, Zhang Zhehao's sixth dan, Lin Xinwei's second dan, Xiao Zhenghao's ninth dan, Chen Qirui's sixth dan, and the final 2-0 clean sheet Jian Jingting's fifth dan, winning the championship for the fourth time in five years, receiving NT$600,000 (about 140,000 yuan). The last champion Lai Junfu lost to Chen Qirui, who won the official stage long examination for 1 hour in the final seven-dan quarterfinals.
On January 4, 76-year-old veteran Chen Guoxing and 17-year-old newcomer Lin Hanzhang met in the Haifeng Cup qualifiers (picture centered on the game) and staged a professional match with a age difference of one year. Chen Guoxing became famous in the 1994 Fujitsu Cup defeating Liu Xiaoguang Jiudan.
On January 7, Zhou Junxun watched a game of two young chess players. On the left is Huang Youteng Chu Duan (born 2007), and on the right is Xu Jing'en Fourth Duan (born 2006), and the result is that the older one wins.
From March to May, the 20th TianYuan Tournament hosted by the Taiwan Chess Academy and the final of the 2nd Celebrity Championship Hosted by the Haifeng Chess Academy were played at the same time. Wang Yuanjun fought in nine dan double-line battles, the Tianyuan Tournament Seven-Time Victory Challenge 4-2 to repel Jian Jingting, and won Tianyuan for the sixth time in seven years at the same time, but the Celebrity Tournament Seven-Time Victory and Defeat Final lost 1-4 to Xu Haofeng, and Xu Haofeng thus achieved the six crowns (with May 6 as the node, Xu Haofeng was also a celebrity, a chess king, a ten-dan, a national player, a qisheng, and a Haifeng Cup. After that, his chess king was taken away, Qi Sheng failed to defend his title, and he was newly credited with the United Power Cup Fast Chess Tournament, which ended with five crowns at the end of the year).
After a single-elimination preliminary round and a double-elimination rematch, the Tianyuan Tournament decided four finalists, Xiao Zhenghao, Lu Yiquan, Jian Jingting and Lin Lixiang, and formed an eight-person circular circle with Lin Juntan, Xu Haofeng, Chen Qirui and Lai Junfu retained in the previous edition. The circle of circulation lasted from February 19 to March 12, Jian Jingting won the right to challenge with 6 wins and 1 loss, Chen Qirui, Lin Juntan and Lai Junfu won more than half of the relegation rate, and Xu Haofeng, who won 3 and lost 4, and the other three new entrants were relegated. The final lasted from March 30 to May 4, and Wang Won won the second, third, fifth and sixth rounds, receiving a prize of NT$1 million (about 230,000 yuan) for the championship.
Jian Jingting won the second place three times a year, except for the Tianyuan Tournament, which lost to Wang Yuanjun, and lost to Xu Haojun at the end of the year.
The first Celebrity Championship in 2020 lasted until December of that year, and the second edition was quickly launched in February 2021, with the winner decided in May. The semi-finals of the 1st Championship and Runners-up met early, Xu Haofeng took revenge on Lin Junyan 2-0, and Wang Yuanjun also eliminated the super new Xu Jingen 2-0. From April 8 to May 6, the seven finals became a solo dance, Wang Yuanjun won only the first set, and Xu Haojun went down to four cities to win NT$1.8 million (about 415,000 yuan). Xu Haofeng's victory on the way to the championship was Lin Yuxiang's five-dan, Lin Jiehan's fourth-dan, Lu Yiquan's fourth-dan, Lin Juntan's eighth-dan, and Wang Yuanjun's nine-dan.
Unlike the Taiwan Chess Academy competition in the above picture, which is still dominated by chen Yong'an, Lin Shengxian and other older generation players, the referee of the Haifeng Chess Academy has been updated to a younger generation such as Xiao Zhenghao, Zhou Pingqiang, and even Wang Yuanjun.
A month after reaching the top of the 2nd Celebrity Championship, Hsu ho-hoon won three consecutive championships with a 3-0 clean sheet challenger Lin Lixiang in the 17th National Hand Championship Defending Championship, with a championship prize of NT$500,000 (about 115,000 yuan). Lin Lixiang struggled to win chen weiting's second dan, Lin Yuxiang's fifth dan, Lin Yancheng's third dan, Chen Feng's fifth dan, Wang Yuanjun's nine dan and Lai Junfu's five dan to get the right to challenge, but from May 18 to June 15, it was difficult to win against Xu Haofeng.
Lin Lixiang, who had won all four games against Mi Yuting and Luo Xuan, now rarely appeared in the finals.
Another month and a half after the clean sheet Lin Lixiang, Xu Haofeng regained his strength in the 11th Youshi Cup Ten Stage Competition, and from July 30 to August 4, he repelled the challenger Lin Juntan in three consecutive cities, achieving four consecutive championships, and the championship prize was NT$700,000 (about 160,000 yuan). Like Lin Lixiang, although Lin Junyan defeated Chen Qirui, Chen Shiyuan, Li Wei, Xiao Zhenghao, and Wang Yuanjun one by one, it was still difficult to leave a victory on xu Haofeng's iron wall.
The beautiful chess player Yu Lijun won the new star Xu Jingen in the ten-stage round, but then lost to Xiao Zhenghao and Lin Lixiang.
The 7th Jianqiao Cup Women's Strongest Match with a championship prize of NT$400,000 (about 90,000 yuan) was held from August 16 to September 6, with the four-time champion Hei Jiajia's seven-dan absence for the first time, and the 4th and 6th champion Yu Lijun's third-dan also lost to Yang Zixuan's fourth-dan and Su Shengfang's third-dan in the double-defeat elimination match. Born in 1997, Lu Yuhua's three-dan sudden victory over Bai Xinhui' three-dan, Zhang Kaixin's sixth-dan and Su Shengfang's three-dan victory in the final won the first time.
On the left is champion Lu Yuhua, and on the right is runner-up Su Shengfang.
On August 23, Yang Zixuan (center) and Zhang Kaixin (right) set a record for the longest number of professional matches of 431 hands in the Jianqiao Cup rematch, leaving a mark in the history of this event. At the award ceremony, the sponsors specially presented the two with "special awards".
Shortly after the end of the Jianqiao Cup, on September 24, Lu Yuhua won the championship with consecutive unbeaten victories over Su Shengfang, Yang Zixuan and Zhang Kaixin (winner group and final twice) in the 4th Omori Cup Women's Celebrity Tournament, and won the championship prize of NT$150,000 (about 35,000 yuan) and won the women's double.
The UMC Cup, founded in 2020, adopts a challenge format, in which Xu Haofeng, Jian Jingting, Lu Yiquan and Niu entered the round robin circle after the rematch, and fought seven rounds in the fourteen days in late August with Wang Yuanjun, Chen Qirui, Chen Shiyuan and Xiao Zhenghao, who remained in the circle in the previous edition. Wang Yuanjun won the challenge with 6 wins and 1 loss, and Chen Qirui, Xiao Zhenghao and Xu Haofeng were relegated. From September 14 to October 5, Wang Yuanjun faced Lai Junfu, who defeated himself last year, and won the first, second, fourth and sixth sets, and successfully challenged 4-2, winning the championship prize of NT$1 million.
Wang Yuanjun, who was born in 1997, will defend the three crowns of Tianyuan, Qisheng and Liandian Cup in 2021 under the onslaught of his descendants.
The sponsor of the 6th Rookie King Tournament (under the age of 25 who did not win the tournament) was changed to USI, and the format was adjusted from two sets of round robins to a single-elimination tournament. Born in 2000, Chen Qirui defeated Chen Weiting, Yang Bowei and Lu Yiquan in a row to defeat Lin Shixun 2-1 in the final to win the championship on October 26, which was the second time he won the rookie king after five years, with a championship prize of NT$250,000 (about 60,000 yuan).
The phenomenon of "new people and kings are not new" is happening in the world chess world.
After the Rookie Wang Competition, Chen Qirui and Wang Yuanjun will attend the final of the 9th Central Qiao Shengsheng Competition. From October 31 to November 21, Wang Yuanjun won the first and third sets in three wins and losses, winning the championship 2-1 with a prize of NT$400,000. Wang Yuanjun defeated the second stage of Huang Daolong, the fourth stage of Lin Jiehan, the fourth stage of Huang Shiyuan, the fifth stage of Lu Yiquan, the seventh stage of Xu Haofeng, and the seventh stage of Chen Qirui.
The only seven-game final in 2021 is the 14th Chess Championship hosted by Haifeng Chess Academy. Xiao Zhenghao, Li Wei, Cai Chengwei and Niu passed the preliminary round, and formed an eight-person circular circle with Wang Yuanjun, Lin Juntan, Jian Jingting and Lin Lixiang retained in the previous session, and from October 4 to 28, they fought seven rounds in one month, Lin Juntan won all seven battles and won the horse challenge, and Wang Yuanjun, Lin Lixiang and Lai were all relegated. From November 8 to 29, the score of the seven-game final rose alternately, and in the seventh game, Lin Juntane was in a better state to win, defeating the strongest junior 4-3 and winning NT$1.2 million (about 280,000 yuan) for the championship.
After defeating Xu Haofeng in seven pieces of chess for two consecutive years, the presence of Lin Juntane made the pattern of Baodao Go not monopolized by one or two people.
In order to strengthen the promotion of the Chess King Tournament, the Haifeng Chess Academy took out the portrait folder of the final chess players and the black and white string soap to draw a lottery online.
The 2nd UMC Cup Quick Chess Tournament is the last crown decided by the Taiwanese Go community in 2021, this five 40-second fast chess tournament after 10 minutes per side is the only tournament in 2021 for "red-faced chess king" Zhou Junxun Jiudan, who won consecutive victories over Chen Weiting, Lin Shixun, Lin Juntane and Yang Zixuan to enter the final four, showing the majesty of the world champion. In the semi-finals, before Zhou Junxun stopped Xu Haofeng, the first champion Wang Yuanjun was eliminated by Jian Jingting. The three finals were won on December 27 and 28, and Xu Haofeng won 2-0 and won the NT$600,000 championship prize.
Yang Zixuan defeated Chen Shiyuan, the former first master of Treasure Island, to reach the quarterfinals in this year's United Power Cup, and also set off a wave of female chess players.
In addition, from December 16 to 21, Haifeng Chess Academy held the "Year-end Mixed Doubles Quick Chess Exhibition Tournament", in which eight male and female chess players formed a team, and the combination of Lai Junfu / Yang Zixuan defeated xu Haofeng / Lu Yuhua to win the championship. From December 24th to 28th, the annual Kansai Chess Academy vs Taiwan Chess Academy Exchange Tournament was launched on the Tencent Wild Fox Go Platform, and the Taiwan Chess Academy players won 9-6 in three rounds.
Affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, in 2021, the Taiwan Chess Academy canceled the social group entry section, and only selected You Haoyu (born May 17, 2006) and Xiao Ruishan (born August 5, 2010) from the academy students. At the end of 2021, the Taiwan Chess Academy specially approved Zhan Yidian, who has won the World Amateur Go Championship twice, to be promoted to the third dan of the profession. Zhan Yidian and Dang Xiyun Er duan married in 2020, and with his special duan position, a pair of professional bi people have been added to the world chess world.
Zhan Yidian and his wife Dang Xiyun jointly held up their professional certificates.
Xiao Ruishan, who is under 12 years old, is currently the youngest professional chess player in the world chess world.