On June 27, a special match called the Fuma Go Senior Tournament was played in Hiroshima, Japan. The two sides of the game are lin haifeng and the hero of the big bamboo who jointly created the "bamboo forest era" in the go world, and now they are nearly eighty years old. The two famous seniors reappeared in the emotional duel, and the rules of the game also adopted a retro black sticker 5 and a half eyes, and the result was that the elderly Otake hero won 2 and a half eyes white.
A promotional poster for the competition produced by the Hiroshima side. It should be noted that lin haifeng's date of birth on the homepage of the Japanese Chess Academy website is May 6, 1942, which is slightly longer than the May 12, 1942 of Otake Hero. But Mr. Lin is a traditional Chinese born in Shanghai, and his birthday is noted in the lunar calendar. Japan's conversion of the lunar calendar and the Gregorian calendar has always been a simple and crude "transformation of agriculture into public", which is directly copied. So even Wu Qingyuan, the birthday on the resume of the Chess Academy chess player is May 19, 1914, in fact, Wu Qingyuan was born on June 12 of that year, and May 19 is the lunar calendar. Therefore, Lin Haifeng's Gregorian birthday should be June 19, 1942, which is slightly less than a month younger than Dazhu.
Dun hou elder Lin Haifeng. Lin Haifeng and Dazhu Hero, as the eldest disciples of Wu Qingyuan and Mugushi, rose in the chess world in the 1960s, challenged the hegemony of Sakada Eiko, jointly created a new generation, and became famous in the chess world with the styles of "two waists", "buckle the bridge without crossing", "aesthetic chess player" and "turtle step big bamboo", leaving a good name for the "bamboo forest era". "Bamboo Forest" is not only the name of two chess players, but also reminiscent of the literati such as "Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest", who practiced tea, listened to the piano, composed poems, and played games in the dense forest, and the "Bamboo Forest Era" was probably the last elegant legend before Go fully entered the era of competitiveness.
"Old Naughty Boy" Ohtake Hero. Not only that, Lin Haifeng and Dazhu Hero have a very good personal relationship, and in the relationship between the two, the proportion of "friends" is far greater than that of "opponents". In an interview with reporters, Ohtake Hero publicly said that he still insisted on not retiring at such an advanced age, because Mr. Lin was still on the front line. When Mr. Lin does not play chess, he will not hesitate to withdraw immediately. And when he heard that he could play against Dazhu, Lin Haifeng was also very happy. A lifetime of friendship, or so it seems.
In 1984, the hero of Dazhu, Qisheng Wulian, in 1993, Lin Haifeng Tianyuan Wulian, the two of them in 2002 at the age of sixty years old together won the "Honorary Sheng" and "Honorary Tianyuan". But there will be fewer and fewer phone encounters between them, and the last time they met at an official tournament was back nine years at the 37th Masters Qualifiers. On the contrary, the major sponsors look back on the grand scene of the past, and repeatedly promote the reunion of the two elders. In 2005, the Celebrity War commemorated the 30th anniversary, and in 2015, the Go Shogi Channel commemorated the 25th anniversary of its launch, and both invited Bamboo Forest to play a special game.
Hayashi Andōi and Otake's first confrontation was in 1961 at the "Hayashi Otake Shin-rake Sanban" (left) sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun, and by 2020, the "Go Advanced Tournament" (right) sponsored by fukuma Hiroshima Corporation has gone through sixty years. Fuma Corporation is a well-known pesticide company in Japan, and in 2011 launched the "Masters Cup" of the Star Elder Race. Every year on the last Saturday of June, the Masters Cup semi-finals come to Hiroshima as an important festival for the Hiroshima Prefectural Go Headquarters. Although the Masters Cup was suspended in 2019 due to the change of Noriki Ida's inappropriate online remarks, Fuma does not seem to want to sever its ties with the Go community, and this year still invites many celebrities from the Japanese chess community to Hiroshima on this day to join in the grand event. The reason why it is a "bamboo forest duel", in addition to the reputation and status of the two seniors, in the past nine years, their chess luck is not good, and they have never come to Hiroshima as a player, and this special match can also make up for the regret of Hiroshima lovers who have not been able to see the true appearance of the master.
Masaki Takemiya served as the founder of the special match, and the recorder was Tomoya Hirata. Also jaw-dropping was the guest lineup, Masaki Takemiya, Minghu Wang, Mr. and Mrs. Itachi Tokushi Wanbonaho, Kentaro Yamamoto, who popularized Go in the Hiroshima area, served as the on-site commentator, Queen Xie Yimin was invited to conduct public chess instruction with local middle school celebrity Takeshima Ren, former member of AKB48 Toshima Hana as the host, and The first Japanese Go player, Yuta Iyama, also came to help entertain. The 30-minute reserved special match for each side was actually only about two hours long, and the six guests took turns to play in two combinations to explain the two sets of matches.
Wang Minghuan is well received by Japanese chess fans because of his unique chess style and excellent eloquence, and is currently promoting the popularization of "pure chess".
Because of the need for epidemic prevention, the commentators all wore special masks, which was actually quite impressive.
Xie Yimin asked the two sons to defeat the local children.
Hana Toshima (right) and Naho Manbo are the guests of honor at every Hiroshima Go event.
When Ita and Wan Bo took the stage to explain, the other operated the computer offstage, and the couple sang and sang very harmoniously.
Judging from the scene, Wan Bo Nai Ho, who married Itachi Tachibana the year before, had a bulging lower abdomen and was suspected of being pregnant.
Although the two elders of the "Bamboo Forest" have faltered, their enthusiasm for Go has not diminished.
Japanese Go commentary often takes care of beginners, and it is often possible to see a particularly rudimentary sign of the light map.
In front of the two seniors, Yuta Iyama was also a post-scholar of Bi Gongbi, and stood by to listen to the teachings.