Whether you agree or not, there are three gods in the Korean Go world, namely Cho Hwan-hyun, Lee Chang-ho, and Lee Sedol. They are both the strongest presence in the Korean chess world and the top three in the number of world championships, of which Lee Chang-ho ranks first with 17 crowns, Lee Sedol ranks second with 14 crowns, and Cho Hyun Hyun ranks third with 9 crowns, so they are also indisputably the hegemons of the world chess world.
Who is the one who pulled them off the altar? After China's sacred pig Luo Xiehe overthrew Lee Chang-ho 2:1 in the final of the 2006 Samsung Cup, Shi Fo bid farewell to the world championship title with nine consecutive ya at the World Series; Cao Xuanxuan won the ninth crown of his life in the 2003 Samsung Cup final, and he was already half a hundred years old, and he was greeted by the pig-killing knife of the years, and he has not had the experience of the World Series final since then.
Lee Sedol Nine Duan
Under the rendering of the Chinese media, the great achievements of The Great Achievement of the Lotus River in striking the Stone Buddha are well known and enduring, and although 15 years have passed, they are still sung by many singers. However, for Xiao Li's journey to the throne, who the sniper is, there are very few people who know, and it is rare to mention. So who drove the "undefeated boy of Bird Island" Lee Sedol off the altar? Today I will comb through it for you.
Born in 1983, Lee Sedol won his first world championship at the age of 19 in the Final of the Fujitsu Cup in August 2002, when he won the world's first world championship. In 2009, he almost abstained from a fight with Guli's LG Cup due to a dispute with the Korean chess academy, and finally he lost the battle described by the Korean media as the "Battle of four thousand years", which was his first defeat to an opponent outside South Korea in the final of the World Series. But then again, Gu Li and Lee Sedol are the ultimate double pride who created an era of world Go together after Lee Chang-ho, and the victory and defeat between the two is purely normal.
Lee Sedol and Chen Yaoye
Subsequently, the conflict between the maverick Lee Sedol and the Korean Chess Academy continued to intensify, and a suspension letter was formally submitted to the Korean Chess Academy for a period of 18 months from June 30, 2009 to December 31, 2010. After multiple coordination, Lee Sedol made an early comeback in January 2010. In April of the same year, still in a brave state, he won the second BC Card Cup with a 3-0 victory over Chang Hao, and announced his return as the king. But in July, he was defeated by the same explosive Kong Jie and failed to win the crown of the 23rd Fujitsu Cup. This is his second defeat to the Chinese national player in the world series final, and it also represents a slight loosening of his suppression of other Chinese masters besides Guli.
However, the reason why Lee Sedol's stubborn stone is a stubborn stone is because of his solidity, strength and stubbornness, from 2011 to 2012, he once again staged the great drama of the return of the king, successively defeated Gu Li twice, defeated Sheikh once, won three world championships such as BC Card Cup, Chunlan Cup, and Samsung Cup, and accumulated his number of world championships to a high position of 14, second only to Lee Chang-ho's 17. On December 6 of the same year, in the semi-finals of the 9th Chunlan Cup, Lee Sedol swept the comet-like Kong Jie out of the door and broke into the final.
After talking about Lee Sedol for half a day, let's talk about another protagonist of this article - Chen Yaoye. As a young hero, he has an impressive record: he has set the youngest age to be a finalist in the World Series. Born on December 16, 1989, Chan Yao-yeol beat Park Wenyao to reach the final of the LG Cup on October 19, 2005, when he was only 15 years old, 10 months and 3 days old. The previous record was owned by Lee Chang-ho, born on July 29, 1975 in Shifo, and the age of reaching the final of the third Toyo Securities Cup on June 17, 1991 was 15 years, 10 months and 19 days.
Next, let me show Chen Yaoye's magical journey of winning all the way to the 9th Chunlan Cup and winning the World Championship of Link. In the first round, Xiao Qiang won the limelight of the South Korean world champion Jiang Dongrun, Jiang Dongrun and Chen Yaoye were born in the same year, but in 2009 they were noble as world champions, this time just happened to be used by Xiao Qiang to sacrifice the flag; in the second round, he lightly took the style of the same as the subway stream of Japan's super first-class Zhao Zhixun, Zhao Zhixun can be said to be the originator of this genre, 56-year-old he is still fighting in the front line, absolutely can make Nie Weiping of the same era ashamed; the third round of eight finals will be South Korea's rising star, Xinke and the last Fujitsu Cup world champion Park Tinghuan cut down the horse, Park Tinghuan is on the road to surpassing Lee Sedol, but when he encounters Chen Yaoye, a fierce enemy in this life, he can only bow down to him; in the semifinals, Chen Yaoye and Li Kexinke LG Cup and the first world champion after the 90s, one of the representatives of violent Go, Jiang Weijie, whose online name is "Bloodthirsty Madman", destroyed Jiang Weijie's dream of reaching the final for the second time, and met with Li Shishi in the final of this Chunlan Cup.
Before wrenching his wrist with Lee Sedol, in January 2013, in the final of the first Lark Cup, that is, Chen Yaoye's second World Series final, he was defeated by zhou Ruiyang, a lifelong bitter hand. Indomitable, he could only wipe his tears to meet the battle with Lee Sedol five months later.
Chen Yaoye won the Chunlan Cup
In June 2013, the 9th Chunlan Cup Sanbanqi Final kicked off, Chen Yaoye stood on the final stage for the third time, the first two times were tragically defeated, but this time he encountered Li Shishi, the first person in Go in the world today, Chen Yaoye's luck is really not generally bad!
On the other hand, Lee Sedol's luck is not much better, because he meets Chen Yaoye, a top Chinese player who does not believe in evil, is not superior, and is not afraid of any opponent in the world chess world. His classic story is that once when he was 13 years old when he was young, when he was in a Weijia league, when the game was reviewed at the end of the game, he confronted Nie Weiping, the first bull in the Chinese Go world and was awarded the Chinese Go saint, and was pointed at the nose by Nie Weiping and said: You cow! You cow! Since then, it has become famous in the Chinese chess world for its personality of not being afraid of giants. The Korean chess community is praised by the Korean chess industry as the world's most two-eyed master, has a resounding title: "Xiao Qiang who can't die".
Sure enough, in the first game of the sanban chess final that began on June 17, Chen Yaoye, who was in charge of the white, won the middle game and ushered in the opening; Lee Sedol, who was not willing to fail, was a soft persimmon to be pinched, and in the second game he also won the color, the same in the middle game; the decisive chen Yaoye did not have the slightest timidity, but let go of his hands and feet, sprinted with all his might, and finally crushed the stubborn stone in the last move, and finally did not do three, standing on the highest podium of the world championship for the first time.
With this advantage, Chen Yaoye won the third Lark Cup crown in December 2016, becoming a double champion, and in December 2018, Shen Zhenchen, who broke into the final of the World Series for the first time, was sent back to his home and crowned the Triple Crown of the World Series.
On the contrary, Lee Sedol has also entered the final battle of the World Series twice, but he was knocked down by The Chinese nerve knives Tang Weixing and Ke Jie respectively, and has never had the opportunity to enter the final stage since then.
Personally, I think that Chen Yaoye, who completely pulled Li Shishi off the altar, is absolutely immeasurable for the Chinese Go community.
Chess fans, do you think so?!