Gu Li and Ke Jie are the only two world champions in the Chinese Go world, they are the leaders of Chinese Go in different periods, and have made great contributions to China's Go catching up with Japan and South Korea.
As the two top masters with the most outstanding world championship records in the Chinese chess world, the difference between the two is that although Gu Li, born in 1983, debuted not late, he was only invincible in China at the beginning, but he was often eliminated prematurely in the world competition, once known as "Gu Round", until he was 23 years old in 2006, he defeated Chen Yaoye in the final of the 10th LG Cup and was crowned the first crown of the World Series. By June 2015, Gu Li defeated Zhou Ruiyang to win the 12th Chunlan Cup, becoming China's first eight-time champion, which lasted nearly 10 years.
The era in which Gu Li lived was precisely the period when the world's first man, Lee Chang-ho, was reaching the peak and gradually slipping down, Lee Se-seok succeeded and continued to lead the Korean Wave to wreak havoc on the world chess world, Park Yong-hoon, Choi Chul-han and other new generations "aided and abetted", Gu Li was not afraid of difficulties, and launched a desperate fight with Lee and Lee, and achieved earth-shattering performance, after ending the lee chang-ho era, together with Lee Sedol, created the ancient Lee era of the world chess world.
Group photo of the Chinese Go world champion
If you can describe the great achievements of Guli in one sentence, it is that in the face of the unusually powerful Korean Wave, the rise of Guli has made China and South Korea begin to sit on an equal footing.
Due to two major factors, Gu li stagnated in the world championship of the eight crowns, one is the "ancient round" mentioned above, because the Chinese Go community has been suppressed by the Korean Wave for many years, and Gu Li's eagerness to succeed is unbalanced, resulting in at least one or two years late to shine in the world championship. Another reason is that his father Gu Jushan died untimely in May 2007 at the age of 54, which was a huge blow to Gu Li, who was deeply in love with his father and son, and could not help but affect Gu Li's record in that period, but fortunately, Gu Li turned grief into strength, and finally turned cocoon into butterfly to complete redemption.
Born in 1997, Ke Jie was not particularly brilliant in the civil war, but he won the Gold Cup early in the World Series, which was in 2015, and he was not yet 18 years old. By the Samsung Cup last November, Ke Jie was wearing her eighth World Crown title, which took less than six years.
Ke Jie's era is precisely the period when the world chess world is not in succession, Lee Chang-ho has long declined, Lee Sedol and Gu Li are old, although The first person in South Korea, Park Tinghuan, has taken over the baton, but has no ruling power, although China's Shi Yue and Chen Yaoye have emerged, but they have not been able to become unique and long-term leaders, it can be said that under the situation of the crowd fighting, Ke Jie stood out and gradually occupied the throne of the first person in the world chess world, leading an era of his own. But standing at the top of the world has naturally become the target of public criticism, which is not a few years after I have been in the first place, South Korea's Shin Jin-chan has jumped out of the call, and seems to have a trend of overtaking.
The Coulee family
Ke Jie and Gu Li have too many topics to talk about, so how are their eight world champions, and who can dominate between the two? Take a look at my elaborate form:
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serial number
Coulee all eight crowns
final
rival
The opponent's identity at the time
Opponent strength
Chronological order and name
score
name
and the status of strength
Five star rating
1
10th LG Cup in April 2006
3:2
Chen Yaoye
The 17-year-old reached the final for the first time
Samsung
2
The 6th Chunlan Cup was held in March 2007
2:0
Chang Hao
Active World Champion
Four stars
3
21st Fujitsu Cup in July 2008
1:0
Lee Chang-ho
The world's first man who has not won the championship in 3 years
4
The 4th Toyota Cup was held in January 2009
Park Moon-yao
The 20-year-old is reaching the final for the first time
5
13th LG Cup in February 2009
Lee Sedol
At that time, the world's first person almost went on strike when he had a conflict with the chess academy
Weak five stars
6
The 1st BC Card Cup in May 2009
3:1
Zhao Hansheng
The 27-year-old Han will have his only final
7
The 15th Samsung Cup was held in December 2010
2:1
Xu Yinghao
The 23-year-old Will have his only final
8
The 15th Chunlan Cup was held in June 2015
Zhou Ruiyang
A member of the 1st Crown Group who has not won the championship in 2 years
Ke Jie all eight crowns
The 2nd Lark Cup in January 2015
Qiu Jun
All three times in the final were relegated to second place
Samsung Cup in December 2015
Time to go
The 2nd Dream Lily Cup was held in January 2016
The 21st Samsung Cup was held in December 2016
Yu Jiaxi
The 1st New Olympic Cup in December 2017
Peng Liyao
The 25-year-old Civil War's only final
The 23rd Samsung Cup in December 2018
Ahn Kok-hyun
The 26-year-old Han will have his only final
The 4th Lark Cup in January 2019
Shen Zhenchen
The 18-year-old reached the final for the second time
The 25th Samsung Cup in November 2020
Active world champion, but sliding
Weak four stars
As can be seen from the above table, from the strength status of the opponents in the final, Guli's eight opponents are 1 weak five-star + 3 four-star + 4 three-star, and Ke Jie's eight opponents are 3 four-star + 1 weak four-star + 4 three-star. Compared with the two, Gu Li beat Ke Jie's 1 weak four star with 1 weak five star, and the other opponents were of exactly the same level.
Judging from the final score, Ke Jie won 3:2 against 2 three-star and 1 four-star in the final of wubanqi, and Gu Li only won 3:2 against the three-star opponent once. From this point of view, Ke Jie is also slightly insufficient.
Through comprehensive evaluation, the gold content of the eight World Series trophies of Gu li and Ke Jie, two outstanding representatives of Chinese Go, is 99.999% of Gu li, Ke Jie is 99.99%, and Gu Li is slightly better.
The Ke Jie family
The 38-year-old Gu Li has retreated to the second line as the coach and player of the Chongqing team, and he did not participate in a single game in last year's Weijia League, so his record can already be determined. Ke Jie is not the case, although the 24-year-old has been in a state of competition since he won the Samsung Cup in November last year, and lost to Shin Min-chan in February this year, but since the May League, I Ke has gradually improved, seems to gradually appear from the lurking, in July to win the chess holy war and the network popularity tournament two championships, if you can maintain this trend, then it is entirely possible to return to the peak, once again to the top of the World Series, to achieve the goal of surpassing Gu Li and Cao Xuanxuan in the number of world championships.
Looking forward to my mission!