After defeating South Korea's vice coach Cho Kao-hyun in the second Nongshim Cup, but losing to South Korea's coach Lee Chang-ho, Masao Kato went on to play in the third Nongshim Cup, as the coach of the Japanese team, and lost to the third general of the Chinese team, Yu Bin. The Japanese team won only one set in that tournament and was out early, and the Korean team relied on Lee Chang-ho's last-minute consecutive victories over Chang Hao and Zhou Heyang to win the championship. In the fourth Nongshim Cup, Kato became the vice coach of the Japanese team, this time he was overwhelmed by the five-game winning frenzy of the Chinese vice coach Hu Yaoyu, who only relied on Kobayashi Koichi to win two wins and was still the first to get out. South Korea coach Lee Chang-ho finally won consecutive victories over China vice coach Hu Yaoyu and coach Luo Xianhe, and stood still.
By the fifth Nongshim Cup, which took place between 2003 and 2004, the Performance of the Japanese team rebounded, with pioneer Zhang Xu winning two consecutive victories and second general Kobayashi Keiichi winning three consecutive victories, gaining an early advantage. Then south Korean vice coach Won Sung-jin launched a counterattack, winning three consecutive games and forcing out Chinese team coach Gu Li. Gu Li resisted the pressure and knocked down Yuan Shengqin, so that there was one main general left in China and South Korea, and two generals in the Japanese team. Vice Marshal Masao Kato jumped into the ring and engaged in a conversation with Guli about Hercules.
The twelfth round of the 5th Nongshim Cup Three Kingdoms Tournament
Black: Coulee Seven Dan
White: Masao Kato Kyudan
A total of 170 lots
White wins in the middle of the game
Date of the match: 12 February 2004
Location: Shanghai, China
Although Gu Li was only a seven-dan at the time and had not yet become a world champion, he was already the leading master in the Chinese chess world. When he was young, he regarded Masao Kato as a chess idol, and this was the first official confrontation between the two.
First spectrum 1-50
This bureau Coulee black first.
Black 5 and white 6 hang horns on each other, and black 7 is a positive downward method.
To the black 17 ordinary set, white 18 pinch hit, the upper configuration is good.
The black 19 hanging horn is intended to be induced.
White 20 pinch attack, Black 21 immediately cut, Gu Li will fight Kato long ago wrist strength.
The points of the white 24 and black 25 are both chess-shaped.
White 26 flying town, fighting the feeling of white chess initiative.
Black 27 jumps up, white 28 keeps the upper side correctly.
Black 29 is very comfortable to fly down first, but Black 31 is slow, and should be sent out to fight with the three sons above.
White 32 sealed the three sons of the black chess piece, satisfied.
Gu Li pinned his hopes on the attacks of Black 33 and 35, because it involves the upper left corner, and it is not easy for White Chess to work on the spot.
The white 38 and 40 spans were sharp, and Kato's counterattack gave Guli a big headache.
White 44 blockade, showing the shape of the two sides attacking.
To the white 50 pull, the black chess is more embarrassing.
Second Spectrum 1-50 (i.e. 51-100)
Black 5 tips, do not let the white chess do the work.
White 6 jump, Kato Nagato's good hand after the exam, black chess forced to kill if it is likely to be worse.
Black 7 still blocked, but White 8 did not pull a hand first in the second way, almost becoming a defeat.
Unfortunately, Gu Li did not catch the fighter here, and Black 17 chose to work and lost the opportunity. This hand is established in the 18th place, and the killing will be black and fast, so it can be won in one fell swoop.
White 18, 20 contact, black chess attack failed, Kato gained the advantage.
Black 21 is a sharp means that Coulee has long targeted, and the profit after black 25 is not small.
The battle shifted to the lower right corner, the white 32 two-way flying to live, the black 33 pinch attack.
The White 34 Elephant rushed shoulder to shoulder, Kato killed, and it was good to work at the tip of the lower right corner at this time.
Black 35 leaned on, and the situation was complicated.
The exchange of white 38 and black 39 is casual, losing the first hand of star squeezing.
Black 43 turns, white 44 stupid, uncomfortable.
Black 45, 47 consecutive tips, Coulee found the target.
Third Spectrum 1-50 (i.e. 101-150)
Black 1 picked up, and Gu Li aimed at the two pieces of white chess.
White 2 squeeze good hands.
Black 7 and 9 were pulled twice, intending to kill the white side.
The two sides are compact, black 17 pulls the blockade, and you die below.
White 18 first break the good order.
Black 21 digs after rolling the bag, to white 38 broken eye, the two sides form a kill.
Black 41 Bad Chess! If you directly collect gas in the 42nd bit, it is robbery, and the black chess overall robbery is advantageous.
Although the white 42 fight is still a robbery, the black chess piece of this robbery has obviously become heavier.
Black 47 connected, And the Coulee square inch was chaotic. At this time, you can only mention the robbery first, the black chess pieces are robbed a lot, and it is difficult to kill the black chess pieces under the white chess, and the black chess pieces still have great hope.
White 48 followed the first hand, Gu Li barely walked 49 to take care of the right, but white 50 broke, and the black chess under the side was about to collapse.
Fourth Spectrum 1-20 (i.e. 151-170)
White 2 to eat, if the black chess piece is connected, the local becomes a robbery, the white chess piece can be converted to eat the left black chess, the global black chess number is insufficient.
Black 3 wants to make the white chess piece on the left bigger first.
White 4 follows, below is the rocking robbery, black chess net death, Gu Li has gone.
Black 5 and 7 plot to completely annihilate the left and upper left white chess pieces.
White 8 is in order below. White 14 digging good hands.
After white 18, black chess has been unable to kill white.
Gu Li exchanged a hand, saw the change, and immediately conceded defeat.
In the duel between the new and old warriors, Kato's sword is not old, and he surrenders to the future chess overlord. After Mr. Kato defeated Gu li, the Chinese team took the lead in falling out of the ring, and this year's Nongshim Cup featured a scene in which the Japanese team besieged South Korean team coach Lee Chang-ho. Unfortunately, Mr. Kato still failed to break through the iron wall of Lee Chang-ho on the Nongshim Cup this time, and lost the black mid-game. Lee Chang-ho then defeated Japanese coach Lin Haifeng, who played as the main player of the Korean team in the first five Nongshim Cups, achieving nine consecutive wins and helping South Korea complete five consecutive championships, which is indeed an unbreakable iron gate.
Guli did not lose confidence after losing to Mr. Kato, and three months later, the two met in the fifth China-Japan Ahan Kirito Mountain Championship Match, and Guli finally defeated the idol and won the victory. It was the first time a Chinese chess player had won the tournament, and it was unforeseen that it would be mr. Kato's last confrontation with Chinese mainland player.
In the 6th Nongshim Cup, Mr. Masao Kato still appeared in the Japanese team lineup, but shortly after the two stages of the game, Mr. Kato, who had not yet appeared, left us due to illness. The Japanese side replaced Kato with Jang Hyo, and the result was that Lee Chang-ho fought back, completing the myth of a five-game winning streak and defending the Nongshim Cup for South Korea.
Lao Xiao lamented at first hearing of Mr. Kato's death that the sixth Nongshim Cup should be closed, and the subsequent competition should not be carried out again to show the memory of Mr. Kato. Unfortunately, cruel competition needs to be stimulated by new legends, and the heroes who have passed away will always have a dim light...
Masao Kato beat Guli in 170 hands
Mr. Kato led the team to the Nongshim Cup
Three months later, Gu li took revenge on Kato in the Sino-Japanese Ahan Kiriyama Cup Championship Match