This afternoon, the 35th Tongli Cup China Go Tianyuan Tournament Sanban Chess Showdown closed in Tongli Tianyuan Cultural Garden. In the decider, the challenger Gu Zihao defeated Yang Dingxin jiudan in the middle of the white set, thus successfully challenging with a total score of 2-1 and becoming a "new Tianyuan".
Gu Zihao won the title of Tianyuan for the first time
The 23-year-old Hubei chess player Gu Zihao Jiudan is the tenth winner of the title of "Tianyuan" in the history of Chinese Go after Ma Xiaochun, Liu Xiaoguang, Nie Weiping, Chang Hao, Huang Yizhong, Gu Li, Chen Yaoye, Lian Xiao and Yang Dingxin.
Both sides entered and landed in the final
This year's Tongli Cup Chinese Go Tianyuan Tournament Sanban chess showdown was made in Tongli on the 15th of this month. In the first two sets, Yang Dingxin's nine-dan and Gu Zihao's nine-dan each won one set. Today, the two world champions re-guessed and then competed in the decider. At 12:30 noon, the Tiebreaker of the Tongli Cup Tianyuan Tournament was held under the auspices of world champion Chang Hao Jiudan. As a result, the challenger Gu Zihao guessed the white chess piece.
Gu Zihao (top) and Yang Dingxin in the game
In the prologue, Yang Ding's new black 29 and 35 slowed down, resulting in a backward situation. Battle to White 36, White Chess slightly prevails. After that, the two sides fought fiercely in the lower left and upper right. Gu Ziyihao Baiqi defused the offensive well and gradually expanded its advantages. Fighting to 168 hands, Yang Dingxin conceded defeat in mid-game pitching. Gu Zihao's nine-dan challenge was successful.
The competition between the two sides is fierce
Tomorrow morning, the award ceremony will be held in Tongli for this year's Tongli Cup China Tianyuan Competition. This year's Tongli Cup China Weiqi Tianyuan Tournament is sponsored by the China Weiqi Association, Xinmin Evening News and Tongli Town People's Government, and the prize money for the champion is 400,000 yuan.
In April' water town Tongli, as soon as the Tianyuan Tournament opened, it was like an oar rowing boat, and new and old friends in the Go world were all gathered around the boat, which was very lively. Thirty-five years, because of Go, because of tongli, get together, acquaintance, this chess relationship deeper, this friendship for a long time.
Every year during the Tianyuan Competition, new and old friends gather in Tongli
Young people all over the world
Li Qincheng and Gu Zihao, two post-98 chess players, entered the Tianyuan Challenge Decision Tournament, which made people sigh that the posture of the Tianyuan Tournament also became younger with the growth of Chinese chess players. Gu Zihao eliminated Tianyuan's three consecutive championships and nine consecutive laughter in the final four matches, and the two chess players fought fiercely until the beginning of the ancient town Hua Lantern. Speaking of this game of chess, Wang Runan, former chairman of the China Weiqi Association, laughed and said that these old comrades may really be old, "These are young chess players in the front line, and many of the games they play, it is not easy for us to completely keep up." Gu Zihao and Lian Laughed at this game, the two played a single robbery, the result was a robbery, who had the advantage, it was difficult to distinguish. The race was too intense. ”
The battle between Gu Zihao and Lian Xiao is impressive
Before Wang Runan and Yang Dingxin half-joking, last year Even Xiao Tianyuan was picked off by you, this year he killed back to the top four, if he wins the right to challenge again, you are in danger. At the end of this game, he pointed to the reigning Tianyuan next to him and laughed, "Now, you have escaped a disaster." Yang Dingxin shook his head hurriedly, "No, no, the chess players who entered the final are very strong." ”
Li Qincheng picked down Ke Jie
Following the topic of challengers, Wang Runan commented on the competition between Gu Zihao and Li Qincheng, two 98 new talents. In the final four, Li Qincheng quickly won the eight-time champion Ke Jie jiudan, who scored the first grade, and broke out the cold goal of the Tianyuan Competition. This afternoon, in the Tianyuan Garden, there were a lot of chess fans, to see Ke Jie's style, unfortunately, when they arrived at 3 o'clock, Ke Jie had already pushed the orange half an hour ago and admitted his guilt, returned to the hotel, and heard that it was the legend of Li Qincheng's quick knife cutting. Wang Runan, xicai, reminded Li Qincheng that this fast knife can also change the rhythm when it should be slowed down, "At the critical moment of the game, you don't have to force the opponent too tightly, you feel that you are going down fast, you don't want to give the other party time, but this also has advantages and disadvantages." ”
Brothers meet
Yesterday was the second round of the three-game chess showdown, and Hua Yi, former vice chairman of the Chinese Weiqi Association, walked slowly into the Tongli Tianyuan Garden, where the small bridge flowed with water and the pavilion was still familiar to him. Coming to His Excellency Tianyi, a figure surprised Hua Yigang - it turned out that it was Qiu Xin, a famous Go coach in Shanghai, and the father of Qiu Jun, a national player.
Hua Yigang (left) poses with Qiu Xin
Hua Yigang, Qiu Xin and Cao Zhilin, both from Shanghai, were teammates of the Go national team in the 1960s. Among the three, Cao Zhilin is slightly older, Qiu Xin is half a year older than Hua Yigang, but Hua Yigang is an advanced national team, so he quipped, "According to the rules of Chinese entering the division first, I am a master brother, but I have never enjoyed this 'treatment'." ”
Laughing and laughing, when he saw Qiu Xin, Hua Yigang took a bite of a "master brother", still so kind and natural. "How did you get here?" Between the greetings, several chess friends who were similar to Qiu Xin's age walked out of tianyi pavilion, and he pointed to these friends in the Lili Go world, "We came to Lili Ancient Town to communicate with local chess friends and stop by to play." Li Li and TongLi were not far away, and knowing that the Tianyuan Tournament was underway, Qiu Xin pulled his chess friends to come and help him. Speaking of which, Qiu Xin is no stranger to Tianyuan Sai, and his son Qiu Jun Baduan has also reached the final four of this title battle for two consecutive times.
Qiu Xin's disciple Chang Hao has repeatedly topped the Chinese Go Tianyuan Tournament
Qiu Xin is the coach of the Shanghai Go team, tao li full of the world, training Cao Dayuan, Qian Yuping, Rui Naiwei, Chang Hao, Shao Weigang and Hu Yaoyu and other famous chess players, in these years, there have also been tianyuan titles. Nowadays, seeing the Tianyuan Tournament Yangtze River back wave pushing the front wave is already the stage for post-98 chess players, And Qiu Lao is also very pleased. In the Tianyuan Garden, Hua Yigang chatted with him for a long time, and finally, two witnesses and contributors to the history of the development of Chinese Go left a group photo in Tianyi for the friendship to last and for the health of the body.
Little chess friends aspire
Wang Runan, Hua Yigang, Hua Xueming, Chang Hao, and the chess viewing room of tianyuan tournament were very lively. A small chess player with a round head carefully watched them play chess and talk about chess, especially attentively.
Hua Xueming pointed out small chess fans
The little chess friend is called Wang Zijie, who is in the third year of junior high school in Wujiang Experimental Junior High School, and yesterday he came from Wujiang to see the Tianyuan Tournament. "I studied chess for 8 years, and now I'm an amateur in five dan." Wang Zijie said that he admired Wu Qingyuan, Takemiya Masaki and Chang Hao, and had a dream of becoming a professional chess player. The young man was not afraid of the stage, and in the chess viewing room, he sat in front of Hua Yigang Badan and put on the chess pieces to ask Hua Lao to teach him. The exchange between the two attracted everyone's attention, on the one hand, Hua Yi was as good as a pearl, on the other hand, Wang Zijie did not understand and asked, an old and a young person into the black and white world, very enjoyable.
Even laugh at the guide chess
Every time there is a Tianyuan Competition, such a scene is always warm and exciting. Wu Jiang Tongli's chess friends gathered from all over the world to pay attention to the chess game together, and at the same time, they had the privilege of learning, communicating with their idols, and benefiting them endlessly. Signing autographs, taking group photos, and even playing guide chess, these Go elders are willing to take the time and energy to interact with their chess friends and share the subtleties and joys of Go.
Tianyi Pavilion
At the end of yesterday's game, walking up to the Tianyi Pavilion, Wang Zijie listened carefully to the review of Yang Dingxin and Gu Zihao, the two champion chess players, and seemed to be closer to the dream. The young man now spends a lot of time every day on Go training, and his parents discuss with him and prepare to go to the dojo for further study. "In addition to Beijing, does Shanghai also have a Go dojo?" Wang Zijie, who loves to ask questions, grabbed the reporter from Shanghai to inquire, and learned that Shanghai and Hangzhou have youth Go elite training, he said that he would go back and study with his parents again, hoping that one day he could also stand on the stage of the Tianyuan Tournament, "Play chess here, compete for the championship here." ”
Author: Jin Lei, special correspondent of Xinmin Evening News
Editor: Lu Weixin
Photo: Zhou Guoqiang, Xinmin Evening News reporter Li Mingzhen photo