There is a disease in the World of Go, the big name is "World Go Championship Syndrome", the main manifestation of this problem is: after winning the world championship title, chess players soon enter the low tide period from the highlight moment, losing chess for a period of time becomes the norm, almost everyone is deceived, serious will be stagnant, and can no longer repeat the glory.
There are many people who have suffered from this disease. Among them, Luo Xiehe, who is known as the "sacred pig", is probably the one who "got sick" earlier. In the 11th Samsung Cup in 2006, Lo Chak-ho began to burn nine Korean masters including Choi Chul-han, Lee Sedol and Lee Chang-ho from the qualifiers, and became the world champion in one fell swoop. Since then, the world's first man, Lee Chang-ho, has never been able to reach the podium of the World Championship, but Luo Xihe has also fallen rapidly, and he has not obtained a good result since then.
Triple Crown King Kong Jie is also a more obvious "patient". In the eight months from December 2009 to July 2010, he won the 14th Samsung Cup, the 14th LG Cup and the 23rd Fujitsu Cup. Since then, Kong Jie has gradually declined, and in 2011 he was still able to enter the final of the LG Cup and win the Asian Cup Quick Chess Championship, but in 2012, he began to decline completely, never achieved good results again, and soon withdrew from the chess world.
Luo Xiehe and Liang Yadi and his wife
China's first person Ke Jie, in November 2020 to win the 25th Three Star Cup, crowned the world series eight champions after the gradual decline, in five or six world championships in a row of defeats, since 2015 every year there have been world championship record last year abruptly, it seems that Jiebao, who has completed the great cause of eight crowns, will also suffer from the world Go championship syndrome.
Of course, this disease is not the patent of Chinese chess players, and South Korea's Park Zhengxiang, after defeating Zhou Heyang to win the 19th Fujitsu Cup in July 2006, also quickly revealed his original form and never won the domestic and foreign competitions again.
Lee Sedol's senior disciple Shin Min-kai suddenly became unable to play chess after Nick Kejie in the 25th LG Cup final last February, with a plummeting win rate and a continuous spoon, almost unlike a world champion-level chess player.
Park Tinghuan, the evergreen tree of the world of Go, defeated Shin Jinchen in the final of the 26th Three-Star Cup last November to win the fifth world championship title of his Go career, but in the next game, he was in no state, and lost to the unknown people, such as the first round of the National Hand Mountain Cup was eliminated by Xu Haofeng of Taiwan, and the previous few days of the Weijia League was defeated by 17-year-old Jin Yucheng.
So what is the reason for this phenomenon? Is it related to old age? Of the six, Roche-ho was 29 when he won the title, Park Ting-hwan was nearly 29 last year, Kong Jie was 28 when he became triple-crown winner, and the other three were only 22 years old when Park Jeong-hsiang and Shin Min-hoon were 22 years old, and Ko Jie was only 23 years old. It seems that age is a factor, and old age and lack of energy will naturally affect the performance, but this is not an absolute reason.
Park Ting-hwan nine paragraphs
I personally think that the main reason for some people is that Bo Ertu is no longer focused on Go. Now some chess players, playing games, playing mahjong poker addicted, going to college, live broadcasting has become the norm, spending a considerable amount of time and energy on other things, yan can maintain a good state!
In addition, the mentality of becoming famous and no longer enterprising is also spontaneously born in some masters, lacking the motivation to go forward and fight bravely, how can they still pass the barrier and fight hard?
In order to cure this stubborn disease, I personally recommend that chess players should have a professional spirit, be in awe of their own profession, regard Go as a career for which they will fight for life, and never see different thoughts and playthings; they must be indifferent to fame and fortune, regard money as dung, as a national hand, they must put the honor of the country far above their personal interests, not limited to life goals such as repaying mortgages; they must maintain a normal heart, cling to the path they choose, and strive to be an evergreen tree, rather than a flash in the pan.