Chunlan Cup World Professional Go Championship "Chunlan Cup", founded in 1998, is a Go tournament jointly organized by the China Weiqi Association and Jiangsu Chunlan Group. The match of the 13th Chunlan Cup semi-finals ended with Shen Zhenchen reversing Lian Xiao and Tang Weixing slaughtering Dragon Ke Jie.
Below, Xinglin Yike takes stock of the "Chunlan Sorrow" of the first person in the previous Chinese Go through previous competitions.
The first session: Cao Li's master and apprentice competed for hegemony, and Chang Hao lost to the Korean general again
The first Chunlan Cup, 1998-1999, ended with Cho Hyun Hyun beating Lee Chang-ho 2-1. Although these three games have always been controversial, regardless of whether Lee Chang-ho conceded or not, the championship was eventually taken away by Cho Hwan-hyun. Chang Hao, the only Chinese chess player to reach the semifinals, lost to Cao Xuanxuan in the semifinals, and won the fourth place after losing to Choi Myung-hoon in the third and fourth places.
Because the first person in China's Go at that time was still considered to be Ma Xiaochun, although Chang Hao reached the semi-finals of this tournament, he could not be regarded as the "first person's Chunlan Sorrow".
The second session: Wang Licheng half-eyed and walked the horse demon knife
In the quarterfinals of the second Chunlan Cup, Chinese chess players Ma Xiaochun, Chang Hao, Zhou Heyang, Kong Jie and Peng Quan entered the quarterfinals, Japan has Wang Licheng and Yi tian Kiji, and South Korea now has Cao Xuanxuan.
Under such an advantage, Ma Xiaochun, Kong Jie and Yitian Jiji Wang Licheng formed the final four, and when Ma Xiaochun and Wang Licheng competed for the championship, Ma Xiaochun was defeated by Wang Licheng in the third game and lost the championship, so Ma Xiaochun "went to Nanjing". Because Ma Xiaochun still had a strong dominance at that time, this competition can be regarded as "the first person's Chunlan Sorrow".
The third session: Ma Xiaochun lost the fold again, and Wang Lei was still too young
In this year's quarterfinals, China's chess players occupy five seats, the Japanese chess player is still the previous champion Wang Licheng, and although South Korea only has two chess players, who dares to underestimate the strength of Cao Xuanxuan Liu Changhe?
In the quarterfinals, Ma Xiaochun lost to his old rivals Cao Xuanxuan, Yu Bin lost to Wang Licheng, Kong Jie lost to Liu Changhe, and Zhou Heyang was out of the civil war wang Lei. In the semi-final battle, the young Wang Lei was cut down by Liu Changhe, and Wang Licheng once again reached the final.
At this time, it is generally believed that the first person in Chinese Go is Gu Li, and Ma Xiaochun is already a "veteran", but the eight finalists have not seen Gu Li!
The fourth session: Gu Li can not chang Hao, Lee Chang-ho for the first time to win the Chunlan Cup
There is still no trace of Gu Li in the quarterfinals of this competition, so "Gu Li can't always hao", after all, the "Gu Round" at that time was really deserved. As a result, in the semi-finals, Chang Hao lost to Lee Chang-ho again, and Rochehe lost to Japan's Nongshim Cup hero Naoki Hane, so the semi-final battle can be regarded as the "first-man highlight moment".
Fifth: The loser is Wang Zhou Heyang, and Li Changhao has won the Chunlan Cup for the first time
The top eight of the 5th Chunlan Cup are as follows: Chang Hao, Zhou Heyang, Wang Lei, Peng Quan, Gu Li, Hu Yaoyu, Li Changhao, Zhang Xu.
We can clearly see that Gu Li appeared in the quarterfinals for the first time, but with the Guli civil war Zhou Heyang out, Chang Hao lost to Lee Chang-ho again, and the semi-final became Lee Chang-ho, Hu Yaoyu, Zhou Heyang and Peng Tsuen. The two "first people" folded their halberds, and it was indeed sad. What is even more tragic is that in the third game of the Chunlan Cup final, Zhou Heyang regretted losing to Lee Chang-ho, which not only created Lee Chang-ho's second consecutive championship, but also he himself never won the championship again.
The sixth session: Chinese chess players won the top four, and Guli kept a clean sheet chang hao
The 6th Chunlan Cup was held in Beijing on March 11, 2006. In addition to the six Chinese chess players in the quarterfinals, the other two are the famous South Korean "two Lee", these two did have the strength to win the championship and runner-up at that time, Lee Chang-ho's sword is not old, Lee Sedol has taken over the banner of Lee Chang-ho and become the first person in Korean Go, so such a combination is too powerful.
However, Sheikh played the "hard hand" to eliminate Li Shishi, And Gu Li was in excellent condition to cut down Li Changhao, so the semi-final was won by Gu Li, Chang Hao, Sheikh and Peng Quan, and finally Gu Li won the championship with a clean sheet Chang Hao. Because Coulee won the championship, this competition "Chunlan is not sad".
From the 7th to the 10th 4th tournament, our chess players won the championship 3 times, "Chunlan is not sad", so there is no need to take stock.
11th Tournament: Ko Jie lost to South Korean veteran Park Yong-hoon
In the 11th tournament, Ke Jie still became the first person in Chinese Go, at that time, he had good results and people were also "crazy", so he attracted much attention.
This tournament, Ke Jie as a seeded chess player directly advanced to this tournament, the top sixteen beat Li Xuanhao, the quarterfinals defeated Mi Yuting, the semi-final encountered the Korean chess player official Park Yongxun, originally thought to advance to the final, but Park Yongxun did not give Ke Jie a chance, Zhibai 5.5 eyes to defeat Ke Jie, for a time let many chess fans even say: Ke Jie's black and second-rate level of untrue remarks.
In fact, Park Yongxun is really not weak, the three masters of consecutive victories over Zhou Ruiyang and Lian Xiao Ke Jie advanced to the final, although the final was not defeated by Tan Xiao, but the brilliant deeds of the consecutive victories over Zhou Rui Yang even laughing Ke Jie were enough for Korean chess fans to blow for half a year.
12th: Park Young-hwan wins the championship and Ko Jie falls back in the semi-finals again
This semi-final battle can be described as "sad" unusual. As an old opponent, The first person of Chinese Go Ke Jie and the first person of Korean Go Park Tinghuan met in the world competition for the fifth time, before Ke Jie only achieved one win and three losses, this time Ke Jie was in good shape, but because of the two "guess first win" and many people did not think that Ke Jie could win, and finally Ke Jie also lost by 1/4.
Reaching the semi-finals twice, losing to South Korean chess players twice, for Ke Jie, can Chunlan Cup yan not be sad?
The 13th Chunlan Cup: Tang Weixing did not agree to the matter of three, chaotic battle slaughter dragon Ke Jie
The semi-finals that ended a few days ago can be said to be the most miserable game of chess that Ke Jie lost in the World Series, the super dragon was slaughtered by Tang Weixing, although the "overtime loss", but the clear-eyed people should be able to see that Ke Jie dragon is almost impossible to live, in fact, even if he lives, he can't win, so Ke Jie finally lost.
Now let's look back at the "first person's Chunlan Sorrow": Ma Xiaochun fell in the final, semi-finals, and quarterfinals, and finally did not win the championship. "Rensheng" Chang Hao was hit by Korean chess players, and the runner-up in the three final four finals finally returned to the championship reward. Therefore, compared with Chang Hao, Ke Jie is not "too sad", without a thorough cold, how can he get plum blossoms? So I hope that Ke Jie will continue to work hard, just like his LG journey, repeated defeats and never give up, one day you will advance to the final, after all, he has this strength.