Cao Dayuan was a budding young Chinese Go talent in the early 1980s, who quickly grew into the backbone and was the fifth professional nine-dan player in China. Cao Dayuan looks white and pure, has a gentle personality, and was a member of the Dance Team of the Children's Palace when he was a teenager. He plays chess like a person, one move and one style is solid, has a good kung fu chess hand, and is quite a teenager. Cao Dayuan's domestic record is good, he once won the first news chess battle new sports cup in New China, and became the third cup owner after Nie Weiping and Ma Xiaochun.
In 1984, when the first Sino-Japanese Go Tournament was brewing, Cao Dayuan was a natural player, and of course he was full of ambition. No one expected that for 10 years, the ring would become his nightmare. When the first Cao Dayuan appeared on the scene, he met the super-first-class chess player Kobayashi Koichi, who had been behind and lost a big loss. The second session encountered a second consecutive victory of Kobayashi Jue, Cao Dayuan and Bai, the opening of the game to play a slow hand, the whole game was suppressed by Kobayashi Jue, had to hand over the shot. Cao Dayuan's chess style is thick and solid, usually the black play is better, the white is worse, but in the two tournaments he has played white to challenge the strong enemy, it is really unlucky. In the third session, Cao Dayuan appeared to meet Four consecutive victories of Yamashiro Hiroshi, this time finally playing black chess, some people said at the time, maybe Dayuan's luck came. In the first half of the game, Cao Dayuan really played well and maintained the first effect. However, after entering the second half of the set, Yamashiro gave full play to the power of the "infiltration stream", and the official was good at firing, torturing Cao Dayuan, who was also known as an official, to the point of suffering. In the end, the black chess piece lost with a five-and-a-half-eye difference. After the game, Cao Dayuan wandered alone in the cold wind on the streets of Tokyo for a long time, and according to his recollection, he even had the heart to die at that time.
Because the first three ring matches did not win a game, Cao Dayuan's pressure was too great to dare to lose again, and the leaders of the Go team also understood his pain, so he was not sent to play in the next five consecutive ring matches. Until the ninth session, Cao Dayuan heard gossip that this might be the last one, so he signed up for the competition with hesitation. As a result, the front side killed back and forth, and it was his turn to play, facing a streak of victories over Liu Xiaoguang and Chen Linxin. Prior to this, Cao Dayuan lost to Hiroshi Yamashiro in four consecutive sets in The Sino-Japanese Friendly Match, the Sino-Japanese Confrontation and the Ring Match, which was really his nemesis. Once again, when he met an old opponent, Cao Dayuan's heart did not mention how tired and crooked.
On October 28, 1994, the 9th Sino-Japanese Go Tournament was held at the Jin Jiang Hotel in Shanghai, and the Chinese party Cao Dayuan Jiudan took the battle against the Japanese Shancheng Hongjiudan. Before the game, most people thought that Yamashiro Hiroshi was Cao Dayuan's bitter hand, and Cao was playing white chess, and they really did not dare to have optimistic predictions. However, the Shanghai chess player Cao Zhilin Qiduan encouraged that Dayuan is no longer what it used to be, and it is the mourning soldiers who will win. Cao Dayuan, who has been cornered, has deeply reflected on his previous defeats and found that he always seeks stability at critical moments, and suffers from too much of a mentality of gain and loss. So, this time he decided to go out on it!
After the opening, Cao Dayuan went against the usual style of chess, took the initiative, and resolutely made a great transformation with Yamashiro, making the situation chaotic, and even the spectators could not figure out who was superior and who was inferior. After entering the official stage, Cao Dayuan never returned to his previous steady and conservative attitude, but instead recruited and fought hard. In fact, Yamashiro's situation has always been good, and there are many chances of victory, but he is calmed by Cao Dayuan's momentum, resulting in a series of slow shots. In the end, The White Chess piece won by a quarter-and-a-half advantage. After the game, Cao Dayuan said: "It was too dangerous to win, I played such a thrilling chess game for the first time, and I was afraid in retrospect." ”
On October 30, Cao Daiyuan accepted the challenge of Japanese vice-marshal Satoshi Kataoka, who had achieved well in recent domestic chess battles in Japan. Satoshi Kataoka and Cao Dayuan's chess style is also very similar, and spectators believe that this is a contest of skills. Even Cao Zhilin was vague, cautiously stating that Daimoto's luck had run out in the last set, and he predicted that Kataoka would win the game. Unexpectedly, Cao Dayuan was imposing on the field, continuously attacked, and had the style of Liu Xiaoguang, the hero of the powerful battle, and the result was simply and neatly defeated Satoshi Kataoka in the middle of the game. Nie Weiping, who was watching the battle, couldn't help but marvel, "It's almost like killing Kataoka!" ”
Cao Dayuan's two-game winning streak not only made the majority of chess fans rejoice, but also a huge breakthrough for himself. After the game, Cao Dayuan admitted that the main reason is that his mentality has changed a lot this year. Because of the division of the House by the Go team, half a year ago, Mrs. Yang Hui fell and was injured on the fourth floor of her parents' house in Shanghai (whether it was a lost foot or a light life has been a matter of opinion until now), which made Cao Dayuan feel pained and said that he was "like he died once". At that time, the Go team had already made a plan and made preparations for Cao Dayuan to withdraw from the ring. Fortunately, Yang Hui recovered well, and there was no danger. And Cao Dayuan also wanted to understand, the world is like this, what else can not be let go! In the second half of the year, Cao Dayuan's achievements blossomed, which was given by Lady Bai.
On December 24, the tournament was transferred to the Japan Chess Academy in Tokyo. Japanese coach Masao Kato kudan fought a battle against the water and attacked Cao Dayuan Jiudan on the field. Previously, Kato Jiudan had just lost to Zhao Zhixun and lost the throne laurel, and then lost to Zhao Zhixun again in the Ten Dan Battle Challenger decided to lose to Zhao Zhixun in the battle, and his state was not good. The Japanese media predicted that Kato and Cao Dayuan would be a bitter battle, and even after this pass, the next game against Ma Xiaochun, the deputy commander of the Chinese side, who was in good shape, would be more difficult. However, if you really pass the two levels of Cao and Ma, and finally hold the black against the Chinese coach Nie Weiping, then the chances of winning are still greater.
After the opening, Kato Kudan's black grip was thick and atmospheric, and he quickly achieved a clear advantage. However, Cao Dayuan, who was in full swing, stubbornly chased after him, and made a series of victory and defeat hands, stirring up the situation more and more chaotically. In the second half of the set, Kato Kudan hesitated, the rules were chaotic, and finally lost a good game. As a result, Cao Dayuan defeated Kato Kudan with two and a half eyes, which was his first victory over a foreign super-first-class chess player. At the same time, the Chinese team also won the ring 6-3, and Ma Xiaochun jiudan and Nie Weiping jiudan were relieved not to play.
Because of Cao Dayuan's outstanding performance, he was nominated to participate in the top ten outstanding young people in China that year. The wonderful performance of the three consecutive wins in the ring match has also become the pinnacle of Cao Dayuan's Go career.