Original Address:https://www.sankei.com/article/20220314-RRATYANKG5HNZIAMEY5FGCHQEA/
Akira Hara: Special Commemorative Talk on the Opening of the Daiwa House Cup 10th Dan × President Keiichi Yoshii
Excerpt from: Sankei Shimbun
Author: Tomoaki Yamada
Translation and Finishing: Making Excuses for Quiet Writing a Little Bit Lately
The title battle between Hsu Ka-won Ten Dan and Yu Zhengqi Eight Duan, the Yamato House Cup Phase 60 Ten Dan Battle, was held at Osaka University of Commerce on March 1. The second bureau was held on March 23 at the Yamato Housing Group's facility "Nagahama Hotels & Resorts".
Before the series began, Keiichi Yoshiichi Yoshii, president of Yamato Housing Industries, who sponsored the ten-dan battle, and Xu Jiayuan had a commemorative dialogue with Ten Dan. Dialogues were held on the ten-dan war and on the opponent, including the philosophy of victory and defeat.
Keiichi Yoshii: I hope to get my strength from the young people
Xu Jiayuan: I hope I can become an example
——Following last year, this year continues to specially sponsor the Ten Dan Battle, what are the expectations for the Go community?
Yoshiichi Yoshii: The shogi world is the same as the Go world, and now young people are very good, and then they all win beautifully. Although it is now mentioned that there are fewer children and older children, we are also encouraged to see young people promoting the message with great spirit. Our work places great emphasis on the relationship between our families. Now it is difficult to find a stage like Go, whether young or old, can pinpoint Mai Mang on the chessboard to win or lose, so I hope that our generation will continue to work hard, and it is best to integrate some of the advantages of some young people.
—Xu Jiayuan challenged Shibano Tiger Maru last time and won the title of Ten Dan with 3 wins and 2 losses. Look back at last year's series.
Xu Jiayuan: That time was still very difficult for many times, and I can only say that my luck was better that time. Playing on a stage like Ten Dan battle is not easy in itself, so winning the title that time made me a lot more confident.
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Xu Jiayuan: At first, I couldn't understand Japanese, and even if my junior high school classmates talked to me, I couldn't understand what they were saying. I couldn't answer anything, so I just stayed silent, and then gradually alienated me. Later I heard they wanted to play with me. Then I am not used to eating things, and most of the food in Taiwan is cooked, so raw things such as lettuce, raw eggs, and sashimi are not accustomed to eating.
Keiichi Yoshii: When I was in college, because I was not used to the training of the football department, most of the new students escaped in the middle of the night on the first day. Despite so many difficulties in language and diet, what is the reason for not choosing to go home?
Xu Jiayuan: Later, I became a disciple of the teacher, and after my parents returned to Taiwan, I called and cried and said, "I'm so tired." But that night my teacher organized a seminar with the disciples, and through Go everyone understood my ideas. Even if I don't speak the language, I enjoy it. After they knew what I was thinking, I was really happy.
- Are you used to eating now?
Xu Jiayuan: I used to eat raw things, but after 20 years, I began to like to eat sushi, and now I like to eat sushi. Crabs, sea urchins and fish briskets are favorites.
Keiichi Yoshii: The next chess hand is the meaning of corporate growth
Xu Jiayuan: In the face of unpredictable means of opponents, how should you face them
- Go is a very difficult world of winning and losing, in order to beat the competition, what kind of training needs to be done.
Xu Jiayuan: In the past, I spent effort in the layout stage and then maintained my advantages to the end. So spend a lot of time in the layout phase, and then often make mistakes in the mid-set and are reversed by the opponent. No matter how much you study in the layout stage, there will always be some other means on the other side. Recently, however, I've been getting a little faster in the layout phase and trying to spend my time on the key to winning or losing in the middle and back sets.
When it comes to tough battles, I believe the same is true in the business world. This is especially true now.
Yoshiichi Yoshii: There are now new conditions for online work in society. We need to focus on this kind of chess, how we are going to carry it forward, which is really very important. If it has always been a very conventional means, it is really difficult to be evaluated. We have to have a different way of coming out differently than before, giving people the idea of "Oh oh, it can still be so whole here". In this way, it can be linked to the growth of the company.
Xu Jiayuan: Mentioning how to play the next chess hand is often mentioned in Go. It is indeed easy to plan tactics and strategies in the layout stage, but the opponent also learns a lot, so the opponent will also play chess as it should be. Among them, if the opponent does something I did not expect, then how should we change? Lately I've been paying attention to these situations when I'm playing chess.
——For President Keiichi Yoshii, what is the joy of facing victory and defeat?
Keiichi Yoshii: I love tension so much that I love it. In the case of my rugby, the most nervous time for me is the moment when the whistle goes. If you are nervous to a certain extent, the brain is very energetic.
Xu Jiayuan: When it comes to nervousness, I also like very tense wins and losses. Inadvertently indulging in it, sometimes I feel that this is a very happy thing.
Keiichi Yoshiichi Yoshiyoshi: Xu Jiayuan is worthy of being a winner and loser.
Xu Jiayuan: Yu Zhengqi is a good brother to me
Keiichi Yoshii: Strive to achieve the first defense of the title
—— This time your opponent Yu Zhengqi Baduan and you are fellow countrymen.
Xu Jiayuan: We have been learning chess together and playing together since we were young, just like brothers. When I was playing in Osaka, I lived in Yu Zhengqi's house, and if Yu Zhengqi was playing in Tokyo, I also invited him to live in my house, and we would often study until late. It's really incredible for the two of us to play against each other in a title battle, and hopefully we can leave a good game.
- What are the ambitions?
Xu Jiayuan: Compared with the challenge, I think it is more difficult to defend the title. Because the most powerful player of the year can get the right to challenge. I haven't successfully defended my title yet, so this time I'm trying to defend it for the first time.
Keiichi Yoshii: It was also the first time I knew that defending the title was not an easy task. Hope you can rewrite your own history, come on.