The picture shows Lee Chang-ho 9 Dan and Shin Jin-chan Chu Duan in an informal competition held in Shaanxi County in January 2013 " Talent - Pinnacle Showdown".
Lee Chang-ho gave full encouragement to his 25-year-old juniors after the ninth dan bureau. He said: "Shen Zhenchen's strength and sense of chess are already very strong", "with strong strength, as long as you work hard, you will definitely be able to climb to the championship throne." ”
Shin Jin-hyun 9-dan achieved the second consecutive four-game feat in South Korea, but in the international arena, Lee Chang-ho's ninth-dan still stands out with a record of three consecutive championships.
Last year, Shin Jin-hyun won the LG Cup in February, the GS Caltex Cup in June, the strongest chess player in Korea, the Dragon Star Battle in July, and the KBS Cup in November. Not only that, but he won all the decisive moves in the above matches with a clean sheet.
This year, Xiao Shen has not stopped moving forward, and he has won the strongest chess player battle in South Korea in July, the GS Caltex Cup championship in August and the championship of the celebrity battle. Although the total score of the chess game was changed from 3:0 or 2:0 last year to 3:2 or 2:1, he felt hot and the state of domestic invincibility continued.
Shin has reached four consecutive championships in the GS Caltex Cup Pro Chess Tournament. The GS Caltex Cup was established in 1995 as the "Teklon Cup", then renamed the LG Essential Oil Cup in the 5th-9th edition, and renamed the GS Caltex Cup in the 10th, and has now held a traditional chess game for 26 sessions, and has set a historical record for the largest individual chess game in Korea.
The GS Caltex Cup's 4-game streak has a special significance, as it is a professional chess game of a tournament nature. The so-called tournament refers to the competition in which the winner of the previous tournament can only start from this stage in this competition, so the road to consecutive consecutive championships is long and difficult. This is completely different from the challenge format of the previous championship to meet the challengers of this tournament, and the former is obviously more difficult to win. In the final of the 23rd Caltex Cup in 2018, Shin Jin-chan Jiudan finally defeated Lee Se-hyun Jiudan for the first time after fierce competition from beginning to end, and in the 24th and 25th competitions, Shin Jin-chan Jiudan defeated Kim Ji-suk Jiudan twice in a row. In the final of the 26th Caltex Cup, Shin Jin-hyun Jiu dan defeated Park Tinghuan Jiu Dan with a score of 3-2.
In the professional chess game under the championship system, the record of achieving four consecutive championships is amazing. Even if it is as strong as Shin Jin-chan Jiudan, the record in the Caltex Cup is only the second quadruple game in South Korean history. The original four-game record was set by Lee Chang-ho Jiudan in the Tianyuan War in 1999. After 22 years, Xiao Shen took over the banner of the nine dan of The Stone Buddha Li Changhao and created a record again. (In the women's competition, Cui Jingjiudan achieved 4 consecutive championships in the women's national hand battle last year.)
The picture shows Lee Chang-ho and Shin Jin-chan playing each other for the first time in an official match.
In July 2013, Lee Chang-ho won 1.50 a minute over Shin Jin-chan to advance to the OllehKT Cup. Then, in July 2017, Shin Jin-chan, who was then an eight-dan player, defeated Lee Chang-ho in mid-set at the Nongshim Sim Ramen Cup Selection Tournament, and the two players won one victory each in the official match, equally divided.
The record for a chess game in a challenge format is very different. The highest record is Cho Hwan-hyun's 16-company hegemonic feat in the Overlord Battle! From 1977 to 1993, from the 13th to the 28th, Cao Yanzi, who was at the peak of his form, was invincible and invincible, and sixteen championships were in his pocket. As the absolute ruler of the Korean chess world at that time, the heyday of Cao Xuanxuan Jiudan also maintained the glorious record of ten consecutive hegemons in the national hand war and nine consecutive hegemons in the throne war.
Li Changhao, who inherited the mantle from his master, achieved the impressive record of 12 consecutive hegemons in the throne war and 11 consecutive championships in the chess holy war, which can be called the continuation of the legend. These two records rank second and third in the most consecutive rankings. In the women's chess tournament, Rui Naiwei's nine-dan female celebrity battle 7 consecutive championships is the undisputed highest record.
In the heyday of Cho Hyun Hyun Nine Dan, almost all competitions were challenge format challenge formats, and Lee Chang-ho Nine Dan's heyday also retained many challenge format chess battles. Imagine if the majority at that time was a tournament-based competition, then these two big winners could achieve several consecutive championships, which can't help but make people wonder and wonder.
Looking at the world, China's Ma Xiaochun Jiudan has achieved 13 consecutive hegemonies in China's celebrity war (1989-2001).
Japan's Cho Ji-hoon Kudan and Iyama Yutakudan each achieved ten consecutive hegemonies in the Battle of Benyinfang (1989-1998 and 2012-2021, respectively). As in South Korea, these great players have achieved amazing results under the challenge format.
At the World Series, Lee Chang-ho's nine-dan 1997-1999 Samsung Cup triple-brahmin was a great record that no one broke. Not to mention the triple game, in the World Series, there are only a few chess players who have won consecutive championships. Among them, Li Shiqi had the most nine duans, a total of four times; Li Changhao had two nine duans; and Cao Xuanxuan, WuGong Zhengshu and Ke Jie had one time each.
In addition, Shin Jin-chan and Park Young-hwan Nine Dan met in the final for three consecutive years in Dragon Star Wars, which is also extremely rare in the history of the tournament. This is a good play that has been staged for more than 20 years since the end of the 1980s, after the four consecutive finals of the Chess Championship between Cho Hwan-hyun and Seo Bong-so Jiudan in the chess championship.
(Yin Wei compiled from Han You.com Original: Han Changkui)