The genealogy of the first korean Go player is Cho Nam Chul - Kim In - Cho Hoon Hyun - Lee Chang Hoo - Lee Sedol - Park Young-hwan - Shin Jin-jin, which can also be said to be the genealogy of Korean Go. Today, I look back at the national hand Kim In and his time who died last year.
Named "1 Nam-do" by art historian Yoo Hong-jun, Khamjin-gun, Jeolla-nam-do is Kim-in's hometown. As a young man, he traveled to Seoul with a chessboard, became a professional chess player at the age of 15, and overthrew Cho Nam-chol's fortress eight years later. Since then, Kim Yin has won 30 championships in a total of 30 consecutive championships, such as 6 consecutive championships in the battle of the national hand, and 7 consecutive championships in the battle of the overlord, becoming the strongest in Korean Go. The annual winning percentage was as high as 88.1%, and set a record for the longest 40 consecutive wins in official matches, which was not broken by Lee Chang-ho more than 20 years later.
Jin Yin's Go is thick and inflated, and there is almost no way to climb the second way, which is very similar to his personality. He believes that Go is noble and wants to realize the value of life through Go. In the final of a match, he conceded defeat without any disadvantage, believing that he was in a bad mood and concluding that he had no hope of winning.
He always laughed quietly, never embarrassed anyone for the rest of his life, and did not insist on his own ideas. He values the process more than the result of the victory, and hopes to become a real master, not a go technician.
For him, the advent of the TV fast chess game is a pain. Under the scorching light of the studio, the sweaty, breathless and nervous game is really unbearable. He did not choose to compromise, but gave up participating in a TV Game of Go. One of the words he often wrote down was "hook xuan", which meant to seek the truth. He took to heart the "way of Go" that disappeared centuries ago and felt shy for fear of being discovered. I call such a Jin Yin "fictional martial artist."
Kim In smiled like that – in fact, Kim In was the first Korean player to become a nine-dan chess player, but due to an administrative error in the Korean chess academy, Cho Hyun-hyun became the first nine-dan player. Kim In says nothing about this mistake and the process, and he sincerely welcomes the appearance of Cho Hyun Hyun, a wizard, and takes it for granted that Sam Cho Hyun took his title away.
If you want to say Jin Yin, you can't do without "wine". At that time, the romantic atmosphere of the Jongno-gu, where the Korean Chess Academy was located, could not be ignored, and the Korean Chess Academy was a place frequented by the poet Park Jae-san, the poet Shin Dong-moon, and the philosopher Mr. Min Byung-san, known as the "D'Orgni of the Jongdo Cave". In addition, there are many novelists and journalists gathered in the Korean chess academy. They like to drink, and Jin Yin gets along well with them.
Some people say that "there was no world series in the era of Kim In-kook's hand, as long as he dominated the country." Jin Yin reached his goal early, there was nothing left to pursue, which was why he was addicted to wine. ”
I disagree with that statement. Jin Yin is very simple, nostalgic and not easily changed. He spoke slowly and logically, so when it came to the party that the number one should attend, he would break out in a cold sweat. Because he liked mountains, he gave his son the name of the mountain, called Jinshan. He climbed the mountain with his friends and drank shochu very leisurely. He is very fond of Tao Yuanming's poetry, but this romantic factor is likely to become a trap that the winner and loser will not be able to get rid of. In a word, he is a pure lover.
I think Kim In is pure love, so I became obsessed with wine. One day he walked into the bottle and never came out again.
Not long ago, the "Memorial Ceremony for the First Anniversary of the Death of Kim In-Kwok-tetsu" was held in his cemetery, and Cho Hwan-hyun and his wife attended the day's event. Surprisingly, the old man in the first-person genealogy and the first woman, Cui Jingjiudan, were also present, and Jin Yin must have been very happy. In this beautiful spring when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, let us raise a glass together in memory of Jin Yin, the romantic winner and loser.
(Saury compiled from a column by Park Ji-moon, a reporter for South Korea's JoongAng Daily)