A small square table with a chessboard on it, two pairs of eyes staring at the trend of chess, hands up and down, the situation is glued...
This scene occurred in the final of the first China Go National Hand Competition held in Kaifeng, Henan Province, not long ago, when the two national players Ke Jie and Ding Hao, who were quick to win the promotion, launched a peak duel, and in the end, Ding Hao Jiudan from the School of Humanities of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics defeated Ke Jie Jiudan in the middle of the game, becoming the first champion of the tournament.
In this game, Ding Hao played steadily.
After a large set at the top right of the prologue, Ding Hao's white chess pieces took the advantage. After that, Ke Jie invaded the left side and forced the right side to look, but Ding Hao did not back down, and the more courageous he fought.
By the 128th hand, the cracks in the black chess piece in the middle abdomen had appeared, and Ke Jie could not continue, and the pitcher admitted defeat. Ding Hao won the mid-game and won the first national hand competition.
Hao Ding is a first-year student majoring in economic journalism at the School of Humanities at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. He said that he hopes that campus life can better enrich himself.
He has never relaxed his pursuit of the peak of Go competition, and has shown excellent competitiveness and mental state in the game, achieving many good results: between 2019 and 2020, he has achieved a record of five consecutive wins against Ke Jie.
In October 2021, he was promoted to the professional ninth dan (the highest rank of Go); also in October, he defeated the world champion Yang Dingxin Jiudan and won the "Advocate Chess Cup" National Go Professional Championship; in November, he won the "Wild Fox Popularity Tournament" World Network Go Championship; in December, he once again won the "National Hand Competition" National Go Professional Championship.
That is to say, Ding Hao achieved the impressive record of "Three Crowns in March" in 2021, showing the strong strength of post-00 chess players.
In campus life, Ding Hao's impression of the students is not at all as cold and fierce as on the chessboard, but a gentle and elegant, studious and excellent talent.
Talking about his feelings after enrolling, Ding Hao said, "I met many excellent people and many wonderful stories in college. The students are very sunny and invincible. Seeing more of the different worlds helps you recognize yourself. I hope to make my life more exciting by integrating with them. As the latest chess sport to be conquered by AI, Go is very suitable for the intelligent brains of all students, and I hope that more groups will pay attention to this project that contains Chinese culture, and welcome all students to participate together. ”
For his achievements, Ding Hao said: "I wanted to finish this year (2021), but in the three months after entering the university, I received surprises in three competitions in succession, and next year (2022) the World Championship will slowly learn to let go of obsession and face it with an open-minded attitude, and there may be surprises." ”