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Hara: Go 77th Hon-Inbo Battle "Summit Decisive Battle" 7th Game Opens on 10th
From: Daily News
Author: Ryo Takeuchi, Jinsho Shindoi
Translation and Finishing: Making Excuses for Quiet There's a lot more to come in May
The 77th edition of the Honinbo Battle Of Seven Chess, played between Bunyu Honinbo and Ichirio Kiyoshi, will be held on May 10 at Kinsukekaku in Kanazawa City. In the previous issue, Yuta Iyama equaled the 10 consecutive hegemonic records of the 25th Honin-eda Tsukihito. This time, Yuta Iyama will challenge the unprecedented 11 consecutive champions of the Ben in-Fang War. At the same time, the first challenge to the title of Ben Yinfang will impact another three major titles after Qisheng. At present, Yuta Iyama, who holds the four crowns of Honinfang, Celebrity, Throne and Qisheng, can be said to be another peak showdown in the face of the title of Chess Saint who holds the first title in the sequence, and it can be said that this series may change the situation of Japanese Go.
The last episode of honinbo Battle, which took place from May to July last year, was a contest between Yuta Iyama and Toranomaru Shibano for two consecutive years. After Yuta Iyama went down first last year, Shibano Tiger Maru won three consecutive sets from the second set, just one win away from winning the first Honinbo. However, Yuta Iyama, who was forced into a desperate situation, completed the reversal by winning 3 consecutive sets and achieving a ten-game championship of Honinfang.
After that, Yuta Iyama won the title of Emperor and the throne, and defended the title of celebrity. Although he was taken away by Yili Liao, he still maintained four crowns. The number of title battles has reached 54, still breaking the record for the most title battles in history.
Yili Liao won the titles of Qi Sheng and Tianyuan in 2020 to achieve two crowns, but lost the title in 2021 and fell to no crown. However, in this year's chess holy war, he defeated Yuta Iyama with 4 wins and 3 losses to win the first chess saint title. This time, in the round robin circle of the Benyinfang Battle, yu Zhengqi, who was also 6 wins and 1 loss, finally won the right to challenge after an extra match.
The two sides have a record of 9 encounters in title battles. Yuta Iyama wins 7 and LiLi Liao wins 2. The record of the two sides is that of Yuta Iyama's 33 wins and 21 losses, but from 2021, Yuta Iyama's battle against Yili Liao was almost 550% to 11 wins and 9 losses.
One force Liao: the layout is not backward to attack more
In the Round Robin Circle, because it is played at the same time as other title battle events, this time is still relatively hard. The final stage has always been a situation of catching up with Yu Zhengqi, and the number of wins has always been very passive, but fortunately he can persist until the overtime stage and finally get the right to challenge.
The title battle with Yuta Iyama, this time following last year's Celebrity War and this year's Chess Holy War, has been played in a two-day title battle in a row. Facing the same opponent in a title battle is a very rare thing, so this experience is really precious. Compared to the first time, I gradually got used to the two-day game. Ben YinFang battle is also a duel with a reservation time of 8 hours, hoping that he can play a chess game that makes everyone happy through his past experience.
Yuta Iyama's strength in the layout of the idea, especially in the two-day chess game, is still very strong. I often make up my mind with means that I didn't think of, and sometimes Yuta Iyama's methods put herself in trouble. In celebrity battles, I was often behind in the layout phase. So when preparing for the chess holy war, I studied the various layouts in depth. Then he played his own research type in the chess holy war, and the whole game was played with confidence. If you can also fight like this in the Ben in fang battle, I feel that I can make a good victory and defeat.
I also know that this time Yuta Iyama will attack the 11 consecutive championships, but as long as he faces the chessboard, he will not care what situation his opponent is in. For me, it's about doing every game of chess in front of me and then doing my best to perform at the best.
Yuta Iyama: I hope to play the top game
After winning ten consecutive championships last year, I feel that time passes quickly. In the face of the big record in the Go world, Zhao Zhixun is the 10-consecutive champion of Ben Yinfang, and he did not expect that he could compete with this record, and he did not expect that he could challenge the new record. In the challenger battle, Yi Li Liao won the overtime and became the challenger, which can be said to be the chess player who is most likely to become the challenger in his mind. In march this year, yili Liao stopped his 10 consecutive chess holy wars, but the schedule was much easier later, and he could face the Ben innings battle with a new mentality.
Yi Li Liao can play a high-level chess game in any situation, and recently I feel that his style and AI have become closer. Depending on the opponent, Yili Liao will also have different countermeasures, especially in recent years, the preparatory work has been fully done.
In the current Go world, if it is slightly behind in the layout stage, it will suddenly fall into a bitter battle, and now using AI for research is the norm. In this case, everyone is trying every day how to personalize something. My words do not have their own layout, but in the seven chess need to face the same opponent, so you can not only fix one move, you need to think about it before you play.
I believe that everyone feels that this is a peak showdown, and hopes to play the top chess game, after all, as a top chess player, you need to prove yourself through chess games and results.
Attached: Ben Infang Battle Schedule
1st Bureau 5/10-11 "Kinsukekaku" in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture
Round 2 5/24-25 Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Kumagaya City, Saitama Prefecture
Round 3 6/1-2 Takayama Village, Nagano Prefecture "Fujii-sho"
4th Bureau 6/11-12 Kyushu National Museum, Ōzaifu City, Fukuoka Prefecture
5th Station 6/28-29 Shizuka kawazu town "Imaisho"
6th Station 7/5-6 Yamanashi Kofu City "Joban Liquor Store"
Bureau 7 7/12-13 Toda family, Toba City, Mie Prefecture