Chengdu, October 30 (China News Network) -- The 3rd China-Japan-Han Nie Weiping Cup Go Masters in 2021 landed in Chengdu Du Fu Caotang on the afternoon of the 30th. One of Japan's "Six Supers", Masaki Takemiya, South Korea's Cao Kaoru- and Lee Chang-ho's mentors and apprentices, and other Japanese and Korean chess players connected through the Internet to talk with Nie Weiping, Chang Hao, Gu Li and other Chinese chess players in the air.
It is understood that the China-Japan-Korea Nie Weiping Cup Go Masters tournament was established in 2019. Since the first tournament, the scale of players in the tournament has expanded from Nie Weiping, Kobayashi Koichi, Liu Changhe, Xu Bongsu and other veteran players of The Korean Won to the four generations of chess players playing against each other in the same hall. In the first competition, Nie Weiping regretted losing koichi Kobayashi and was relegated to the second place. Last year's second tournament adopted a team-based system, and Cho Hwang-hyun led the South Korean team to the championship with two consecutive wins.
Nie Weiping in the game. Photo by He Shaoqing
This year's Masters tournament invited a total of 15 outstanding chess players from the three countries to participate, including Go players in the 1950s and "post-00s" young players who were just emerging. The Chinese team was led by Nie Weiping, the "Chess Saint", with his disciples Chang Hao and Gu Li, the "newcomer king" Tu Xiaoyu, and the female national player Zhang Xuan; the Japanese team was led by Masaki Takemiya, leading one of the "Four Heavenly Kings of Heisei", Keigo Yamashita, as well as Kono Rin, Fukuoka Kentaro and female general Kikudai Aoki; the Korean team once again sent Cao Kao-hyun, Lee Chang-ho' apprentices, as well as Cho Han-cheng, Moon Min-jong and Lee Jingyuan.
Coulee in the game. Photo by He Shaoqing
Lin Jianchao, president of the Chinese Weiqi Association, used "luxury" to describe the lineup of this year's Masters. He said that the competition is a retrospective and interesting game, and hopes that young chess players will learn from Nie Weiping's spirit of not being afraid of strong hands and daring to fight. "Even in the era of artificial intelligence, the most important thing about Go is still the spirit."
The day's opener was played between the Chinese and Japanese teams. After more than four hours of fighting, the Chinese team led by Nie Weiping Jiudan regretted losing to the Japanese team led by Masaki Takemiya Jiudan. (End)
Source: China News Network