Masao Kato has a remarkable record in all major Chess battles in Japan, especially the "Four Little Crowns", Tendan, Tengen, throne and Kisei, who have won the championship many times, and can be called the "King of Five Victories and Defeats", which is complemented by Zhao Zhixun, the "Devil of Seven Victories and Defeats". Among them, the Battle of the Throne was once the "private domain" of Masao Kato, who ascended the throne 11 times, including a wave of eight consecutive hegemons, and was the absolute first person in the history of the Battle of the Throne.
After the unfortunate failure of the challenge of chess in 1978, Masao Kato was not depressed, he defeated Lin Haifeng to defend the title of Tendan 3-1, defeated Yoshio Ishida to defend the title of Honinfang 4-3, although Theosei defended the title of 1-3 against Otake Hero, but at the end of the year in the final of the Tengen War (at that time, the Tengen War did not have a challenge system) defeated Hideyuki Fujisawa 3-1, won the title of Tengen for the first time, and also talked about the evil spirit of the failure of the chess challenge. In this year, Kato still held three major titles, was recommended as a nine-dan, and won the "Best Chess Player Award" for three consecutive years.
In 1979, Masao Kato once again defended the titles of Todan and Honinbo, and won the throne challenge for the first time.
The Battle of the Throne has a long history, second only to the Battle of Ben in the Seven Chess Battles, which was founded in 1953 and carried out in the 27th issue in 1979. Previously, Einan Sakata won the championship seven times (three consecutive championships and one second consecutive championship), with the best record. The early battle of the throne did not have a challenge system, and it was changed to the defending champion from the 16th period to directly enter the final, waiting for the challenger to win or lose three times, which made it less difficult to defend the title. The reigning throne at that time was Yoshio Ishida, who was Kato's classmate, although he was two years younger than Kato, but he became famous and famous before Kato, and had already achieved the brilliant achievements of the celebrity Honinbo and Honinbo five consecutive masters, and created a brief Ishida era. By the time Kato rose, however, Ishida had lost his edge, the celebrity and Honinbo laurels had been lost, and the throne was his only title at the time. In the 1978 Honinbo Challenge, Masao Kato defeated Yoshio Ishida 4-3, and this time they met again in the challenge, and masao Kato, who was more optimistic, was the more optimistic side.
Japan's 27th Throne Challenge was won and lost in the first round of the three-fold victory
黑: Ishida Yoshio (Kudan)
White: Masao Kato Challenger (Nine Dan)
Match Result: White Wins
Date of the match: October 24, 1979
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Masao Kato defeated heroes such as Hero Otake, Hayashi Haifeng, and Kobayashi Hikaru in this match, especially when the challenger decided to fight against Kobayashi, Kato only reversed at the last moment, and after the game, Kato said that his luck had come.
At that time, the Throne Battle Challenge was a three-fold victory and defeat, and the first game could not be lost.
First spectrum 1-50
In the first game, Yoshio Ishida took the lead in black, and he and Kato had very different styles, but they were very good at ending.
The kuro 1, 3, and 5 land acquisition strategies are favored by Ishida.
Black 7 consecutive pieces, the position of the lower right corner of the three three is a bit strange.
White 8 shoulder rush is excellent, black 11 chose the thick down method of turning.
After the black 15 jumped out, both sides were satisfied.
After the white 20 is entered, the white 22 is concise, and the black 27 is safe.
White 28 split two big field, black 29 shoulder punch concise.
White 34 and 36 value the midfea, the direction is correct.
White 44 turn down to static braking.
Black 45 actively pressed, white 46 calmly made up for the chess.
At this point, it is a situation of small pieces of division, and Ishida is better at it in comparison.
Black 49 attack white chess on the upper right of a few scattered seeds, white 50 tigers in the wrong direction, when in the three road tiger, on the side of the survival.
Second Spectrum 1-50 (i.e. 51-100)
Black 1 and 3 are happy, and white chess still has to be contacted by a single official, and Kato instantly falls into the inferior position.
Black 9 touch is a good means, to black 15 concisely break the air, Ishida field lead.
White 16 pressed below, Ishida saw that the situation was excellent, black 17 below the thick above, want to win safely.
White 24 scored in, and Kato began to fight.
After the white 30, the white chess piece has gained in the air, and the right side of the black chess piece has not been completely settled.
Black 31 hit in, ishida estimated to be distressed by the loss of the field on the right, a bit out of tune. At this time, the black chess piece goes 32 bits to limit the white space, and then eats in the 46th bit, and surrounds the mid-abdomen, which is still the advantage.
White 32 attacks, and the game moves into Kato's pace.
The black chess piece worked hard to cure the loneliness, knocking the white chess around the thick, and the potential of the middle abdomen was destroyed.
Black 45 is strong, but is white 46 long, and several pieces of black chess are weak.
With a white 50 tip, the black chess piece first has to deal with the dragon below.
Third Spectrum 1-52 (i.e. 101-152)
White 2 wrench test handle, black chess is very uncomfortable, Ishida simply took off the lead, in the lower left corner of the force.
The order below Black 3 is wonderful, showing Ishida's skill.
The black 9 makes the white chess very painful.
Black 13 eats a son or the first hand, Ishida is really powerful in the subtleties.
But black 15 below is meaningless, should be made up on the left side, the field is large and thick.
White 20 and 22 plucked the flowers first, and then pulled down 24, and the white 26 was able to eat with the first hand, and Kato completely mastered the initiative.
White 32 and 34 split the black chess pieces, and Kato endured for a long time before striking hard.
White 42 pairs, black chess piece on the top of the piece has no way out, only a single officer to contact the left.
White 46 then cut the lower and right sides of the black chess piece, and Ishida's general trend has gone.
After the white 52, the black chess is difficult to complete, ishida does not want to be tortured anymore, so he throws a shot.
After winning the first set, Kato continued to work hard in the second set, winning 3 and a half eyes to defeat Yoshio Ishida 2-0 and ascend to the throne for the first time.
The following year, Yoshio Ishida made a comeback, but Kato made his revenge 2-0 unsuccessful. In 1981, Kato lost 1–2 to Shoji Hashimoto and handed over the throne title, but the following year he regained the crown 2–0 and began his glorious journey of eight consecutive thrones.
At the end of 1979, Masao Kato defeated the new sharp Satoshi Kataoka 3-0 in the Tengen Defense Battle, this year he won the four titles of Honinbo, Shidan, Tengen, and throne, and won the "Best Chess Player Award" for the fourth consecutive year, and the "Hideya Award" for the third time.
At that time, Masao Kato had just turned thirty years old, and he was flourishing...
Masao Kato 152 Hand-in-The-Middle 盘胜 Yoshio Ishida
Mu Gushi and his young disciples