Today, I saw such a game on the wild fox Go platform, the Japanese small chess holy qualifier, the black Fujisawa rina against the white Zhao Zhixun, and the white chess won the game.
I really haven't heard from Zhao Zhixun Jiudan for a long time. Unexpectedly, he is still participating in the competition.
Cho Ji-hoon, a famous Korean Go player in Japan. Born in 1956 in Busan, South Korea. In August 1962, at the age of six, Zhao Zhixun went to Japan under the leadership of his uncle Zhao Nanzhe and entered the Kudan Sect of Minoru Mutani to learn the game.
As a foreign chess player, Cho Ji-hoon won 74 championships in the Go powerhouse of Japan, becoming the player who won the most titles in Japanese chess battles, and also set a number of records, known as the "Demon of Seven Chess".
Interestingly, his uncle Zhao Nanzhe also worships Mu Gu Shi, and his uncle and nephew worship the same master, which can be regarded as a good story in the chess world. Zhao Nan returned to Korea after his philosophical achievements, made great and pioneering contributions to the development of Korean Go, and is known as the father of Korean Go.
The 67-year-old Cho Ji-hoon defeated Fujisawa Rina in the Xiaoqi Saint qualifiers, which can be regarded as giving juniors a glimpse of the demeanor of the top of the six super leagues that year.
But what about our Chinese contemporaries? The answer is a little discouraged, not to mention the chess players of the same era as Zhao Zhixun, even Chinese chess players who are a generation or two later than him, are now not very likely to participate in official competitions.
Let's take a look at the current age of the Chinese players in the first China-Japan Go Tournament. This was almost the strongest chess player in China at that time.
Wang Jianhong, 60 years old; Jiang Zhujiu, 61 years old; Shao Zhenzhong, 65 years old; Qian Yuping, 57;
Cao Dayuan, 61 years old; Liu Xiaoguang, 63 years old; Ma Xiaochun, 59 years old; Nie Weiping, 71 years old.
There is also Yu Bin, 56 years old. Unexpectedly, Yu Bin was 1 year younger than the youngest Qian Yuping.
Nie Weiping, 71, and Qian Yuping, 57, are excusable for not participating in the competition due to physical reasons. All other chess players are younger than Zhao Zhixun, right? But now, except for occasional appearances in the veteran tournament, the official competition has long been gone.
Of course, don't talk about this group of chess players, it is Chang Hao, Zhou Heyang, Shao Weigang who are a generation lower than them, basically around 50 years old, and no one participates in the official competition, right?
The new chairman of the Go Association, Chang Hao Kudan
Further down, it is the batch of 40-year-old Guli Jiudan, which is basically in a semi-retired state.
Dream Lily Cup Guli lost to Cui Jing, the first woman in the gender war
In the Japanese chess world, Otake heroes retired at the age of 79, and Lin Haifeng was still playing chess at the age of 80, they really regard Go as a life, as a lifelong pursuit, which is really admirable.
Compared with Japanese players, there are various factors that make such a big difference in careers between Chinese chess players and Japanese chess players. Here, too, there is no need to make all kinds of comparisons, all kinds of criticism. I just think that the chess association should think of more ways to let the old chess players play more games, at least let them play more residual heat.
For example, I think it's good that the veterans of the Korean Chess Association and the competitions of senators against female chess players are very good. After the hot years of the ring competition, many old chess players are honestly more famous and eye-catching than many young players now.
There can be many forms, I will first throw bricks and jade here, and welcome netizens to express their opinions. 1) 10 male and female chess players will play a gender promotion tournament. 2) Form several groups to play the league. Each group is a mix of male and female chess players. 3) Team up with famous chess players (e.g., Ma Xiaochun team, Liu Xiaoguang team). Wait a minute.
As for sponsorship, I don't think it's a problem. The club is willing to spend 100,000 Korean foreign aid per game to sponsor the tournament between veterans and female chess players, and the cost is much less, and the companies willing to sponsor must have, after all, the latter is more attractive to the public. The time can be set in prime time, TV or webcast. In this way, the domestic Go game began to become active, the old chess players have room to play their residual heat, and the female chess players have the best sparring and guidance.
Finally, there is also an elderly chess player in China, who is still fighting on the front line. That is Rui Naiwei Jiudan, who is sixty years old. The results are also quite good now. Hats off to Rui Naiwei Kudan!
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