China, Japan, South Korea and other domestic Go have their own historical chess battles, such as China has a celebrity war and a Tianyuan war; Japan has seven major chess battles such as chess holy war, Benyinfang war, celebrity war; South Korea has a king war, chess holy war, national hand war, throne war and so on. And the chess player's maintenance of continuous hegemony in the famous chess battle represents his own status and dominance in the domestic chess world.
The three kingdoms chess world has given birth to the title battle of the company record, the most familiar is the following company records:
16 Consecutive Lords of Cho Hwan-hyun (1977–1992)
Ma Xiaochun Celebrity 13 Consecutive Champions (1989-2001)
12 consecutive reigns of Lee Chang-ho (1995–2007)
Lee Chang-ho (1992–2003)
Zhao Zhixun Benyinfang 10 Consecutive Lords (1989-1998)
Takakawa Kakumoto Inpaku 9 (1951–1960)
Yuta Iyama Hon-Inbo 9 连霸 (2012-2020)
Yutagi Iyama Jihad 9 consecutive champions (2013–2021)
Chen Yaoye Tianyuan Battle 8 Company (2009-2017)
These chess players who created a record of continuous hegemony were all in the national chess world and belonged to the influential figures at that time. The question is, which of these serial records has a higher gold content? If you compare it horizontally, South Korea's Lee Chang-ho's 12-consecutive reign war should be the highest gold content deservedly.
If we compare the 12 consecutive hegemons of Lee Chang-ho's reign war with the 10 consecutive hegemons of Zhao Zhixun, the first japanese man, and the 13 consecutive hegemons of Ma Xiaochun, the first person in Chinese Go, we can conclude why Lee Chang-ho's record of consecutive hegemons has the highest gold content.
From 1977 to 1992, Cho Wong Kwan-hyun achieved 16 consecutive championships in the Battle of the Overlords, which is the highest consecutive championship record for the title battle between professional Go players in China, Japan and South Korea. When the overall level of Korean Go before the 90s was not high, the gold content of Cho Hwan Hyun's nine-dan record of the game was naturally not too high.
Lee Chang-ho's throne battle recorded 12 consecutive hegemons
1996 Lee Chang-ho 4-2 Yoo Chang-hyuk
1997 Lee Chang-ho 4-0 Cho So-hyun
1998 Lee Chang-ho 3-1 Cho So-hyun
1999 Lee Chang-ho 3-2 Liu Chang-hyuk
2000 Lee Chang-ho 3-1 Seo Bong-so
2001 Lee Chang-ho 3-0 Cho So-hyun
2002 Lee Chang-ho 3-2 Lee Sedol
2003 Lee Chang-ho 3-1 Cho So-hyun
2004 Lee Chang-ho 3-2 Lee Sedol
2005 Lee Chang-ho 3-1 Yu Dezhen
2006 Lee Chang-ho 3-0 Lee Young-joo
2007 Lee Chang-ho 3-2 Yoon Jae-sang
Zhao Zhixun was originally recorded in the ten consecutive hegemonies of The Fang
1989 Zhao Zhixun Nine Dan 4-0 Takemiya Masaki Nine Dan
1990 Zhao Zhixun Nine Duan 4-3 Kobayashi Guang 19 Duan
1991 Zhao Zhixun Nine Duan 4-2 Kobayashi Guang 19 Duan
1992 Zhao Zhixun Nine Dan 4-3 Kobayashi Hikari 19 Dan
1993 Zhao Zhixun Jiu Duan 4-1 Yamashiro Hong Jiu Duan
1994 Zhao Zhixun Nine Dan 4-3 Kataoka Satoshi Nine Dan
1995 Kaku Kakudan 4-1 Kato Masao 9th Dan
1996 Zhao Zhixun 9th Dan 4-2 Liu Interval 7 Duan
1997 Kaku Kakudan 4-0 Kato Masao Kudan
1998 Zhao Zhixun Nine Duan 4-2 Wang Licheng Nine Duan
Ma Xiaochun celebrity battle thirteen consecutive hegemonic records
1989 Ma Xiaochun 3-0 Liu Xiaoguang
1990 Ma Xiaochun 3-2 Yu Bin
1991 Ma Xiaochun 3-2 Nie Weiping
1992 Ma Xiaochun 3-1 Zhang Wendong
1993 Ma Xiaochun 3-0 Cao Dayuan
1994 Ma Xiaochun 3-2 Luo Xiehe
1995 Ma Xiaochun 3-0 Liu Xiaoguang
1996 Ma Xiaochun 3-2 Liu Xiaoguang
1997 Ma Xiaochun 3-1 Luo Xiehe
1998 Ma Xiaochun 3-2 Liu Xiaoguang
1999 Ma Xiaochun 3-0 Chang Hao
2000 Ma Xiaochun 3-2 Shao Weigang
2001 Ma Xiaochun 3-2 Chang Hao
In the process of Lee Chang-ho's defense, he defeated Cho Hyun-hyun's challenge on four occasions. The scores were a surprising 4:0, 4:1, 3:0, and 3:1. Cho Hyun Hyun Kudan is recognized as the world's first player in the post-50s chess player, and won the World Go Championship of the Samsung Cup in 2002. Cho Hyun Hyun Kudan has always been a bitter hand at Chinese and Japanese Go. In addition to Cho Hyun Hyun, Lee Chang-ho defeated the challenge opponents, as well as Liu Chang-hyuk, Lee Se-seok, Seo Bong-so and other super-first-class chess players, and they are all at their peak.
Zhao Zhixun's defending opponents are also very strong, and Masaki Takemiya, Koichi Kobayashi, Masao Kato, wang Licheng, etc. are all super-first-class chess players. The gold content is actually very sufficient, but the peak of Japan's six super-first-class chess players was in the 80s, and after entering the 90s, their peak period has actually passed.
Among Ma Xiaochun's defending opponents, Nie Weiping Jiudan and Chang Ho are super first-class players and are at their peak. In fact, the gold content of Ma Xiaochun's defending title is also very sufficient. However, compared with Lee Chang-ho, it is still slightly lower.
The gold content of Lee Chang-ho's record of this continuous hegemony is probably unprecedented.