The fifth Fujitsu Cup is destined to produce new world champions from the final four, as well as two new finalists. In the semifinals, Japanese super-first-class chess player Hero Otake and Taiwanese master Wang Licheng defeated two Chinese chess players, Ma Xiaochun and Liu Xiaoguang, respectively.
Wang Licheng further advanced in the Fujitsu Cup the previous year, reaching the third quarterfinals, the fourth quarterfinals, and the fifth final, and gradually grew into a world-class powerhouse that no one dared to despise. However, in the final, facing the senior Hero Otake, his prospects for winning the championship were not optimistic.
The hero Otake, who had previously performed mediocrely in the World Series, broke out in the fujitsu Cup that year, defeating China's Nie Ma shuangxiong and reaching the final of the World Series for the first time in his career. At that time, Otake had already passed the age of fifty and entered the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, and thought that the peak period had passed, but it ushered in a new outbreak. In that year's Japanese celebrity war, he led the way, winning the challenge right 7-1, and the excellent performance of the Fujitsu Cup made everyone see his heyday.
Lin Haifeng, who is the same age as Otake, reached the top of the third Fujitsu Cup, and two years later, can Otake catch up with his old rival and become a world champion?
The 5th Fujitsu Cup Final
Black: Wang Licheng Nine dan
White: Hideo Otake Kudan
Black paste 5 1/2 mesh
A total of 281 lots
White half eyes win
Date of the match: August 1, 1992
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Wang Licheng was 16 years younger than Dazhu and was rich and powerful at that time. When he entered the japanese world in 1972, Otake was already a first-class player in the Japanese chess world.
First spectrum 1-50
In the final, Wang Licheng guessed that the black chess piece went first.
The Chinese stream opens with two consecutive stars, and white 6 and 8 unfold below.
When the white 22 flew the horn, the black 23 clamp immediately instigated, and Wang Licheng was very active.
The exchange of black 25 and white 26 will affect the battle above and is not advantageous.
Black 27 is an excessive move, but white 28 is soft and should hold the second son's head.
In actual combat, it was cheaper than the black chess firsthand, the black 31 big fly expanded the right side, and Wang Licheng's layout stretched.
White 32 shallow elimination, black 37 attack is not necessary, surround the right side of the big air is good.
White 44 broke the black chess counterattack, too hasty, when walking 45 places to jump, the white chess situation is vivid.
White 46, 48 evil hands, hit the thick black chess.
Second Spectrum 1-50 (i.e. 51-100)
Although the white chess piece won the robbery battle, the right side of the black chess piece became the field, and the white chess piece lost its eyes.
White 14 first eat the upper black chess is the style of the big bamboo, at this time the white chess situation is not optimistic, it seems that the 15-bit pressure should be considered, and the big attack on the belly black chess.
Black 15 sticks up a good point, black 17 pull, white 18 can only stick, uncomfortable.
Black 21 tip, white chess piece lost the target of attack.
Black 33 immediately escaped from the remnants, and Wang Licheng's tough chess style was at a glance. However, from the overall point of view, this idea is a mistake.
White 32 is good, white 38 after the formation of the shape, the two sides basically return to the same running point.
Black 41 began to break short.
Third Spectrum 1-50 (i.e. 101-150)
After black 11, he lived a lot.
The white chess piece is also in the lower right corner.
Wang Licheng pays attention to breaking the middle abdomen of white chess, and the big bamboo grabs the big chess piece with 30 small tips in the upper right corner, the overall situation is subtle, and the black chess piece is slightly thick.
Black 35 touched, Wang Licheng lacked confidence in the situation, and the down was too tight. In fact, at this time, the black chess piece is simply dismantled on the left side, and the overall situation has an advantage of about 7 or 8 purposes.
White 36 is below the inevitable counterattack.
Although the black chess piece broke the number of eyes of the white horn, the left side was also broken, and it seemed to be a loss overall.
Fourth Spectrum 1-50 (i.e. 151-200)
Proceeded to the white 18 live horns, the situation showed a half-eye victory and defeat state.
If the black 27 does not go, the white chess can be clipped.
White 28 clamped, the situation of the big bamboo is slightly optimistic.
The officials of the two sides fought fiercely, of which the black 45 was a good order.
Fifth Spectrum 1-81 (i.e. 201-281)
White 10 sticky robbery, Otake is expected to win.
But the gap between the two sides is actually very small, and a little mistake can lead to a reversal. White 44, 46 is small, walking 48 can ensure victory.
Unfortunately, black 47 missed a good opportunity, and it can be cheaper to break 1 eye chess at the top, and it is likely to be upside down.
White 48 turned back in time, and White 54 also became the first hand 1 eye, and the overall situation was decided.
After the two sides finished the official, the black chessboard was 5 eyes, and the big bamboo half eye was narrowly won.
The two sides showed a hard game of style, Wang Licheng failed to grasp the good situation in the middle set, regrettably lost, did not jump from the top four to become a world champion, but his performance has been impressive.
Ohtake finally got his wish and became the xinke world champion, he was 50 years old and nearly 3 months old, the oldest professional Go world champion, and this record has not been broken.
The Dazhu Volcano, which erupted again, also showed its style at the second Ying's Cup this year, reaching the final and competing with Seo Bong-so for the championship the following year.
The fifth Fujitsu Cup song finally dispersed, Japan's four super-first-class chess players Masaki Takemiya (the first and second), Lin Haifeng (the third), Cho Ji-hoon (the fourth), Otake Hero (the fifth) won the first five championships, the Go kingdom still seems to be standing, but in fact, the fierce Korean wave is catching up, and the next Fujitsu Cup is about to change the sky.
Otake Hero holds 281 hands and half-eyes to win Wang Licheng
Otake laughs proudly at the peak
Wang Licheng's contribution was a failure
Hero Otake plays against Mr. Yasuo Kiriyama
Wang Licheng in the struggle
Dazhu watched as Wang Licheng fought Xiaolin fiercely