Compared with Shen Zhenchen, who has already won 2 championships and 3 runners-up, the pressure of china's 00 four masters of the same age is heavy. Similarly, compared with Shen Minzuo, who won the first title in the 25th LG Cup at the beginning of the year, China's 99 double males of the same age are also under pressure. In terms of strength, it is indeed difficult for everyone to compete with Shen Zhenchen, but is the gap really so big?
This is reminiscent of the 11th LG Cup crown of Zhou Junxun, the king of Baodao chess, although it is true that he will have a certain strength to reach the top of the world championship, but if there are no previous dozens of free opportunities, I am afraid that this championship will be difficult to get. World champions are indispensable regardless of strength, performance, luck, etc., but first of all, they must have the opportunity to participate.
Zhou Junxun's previous world championship results: all are exempted from selection.
Going back to looking back at Shen Zhenchen's comparison with China's 00 Sijie.
Shen Zhenchen and China 00 Four Masters World Championship results statistics:
Including the upcoming 26th Samsung Cup, Shin's 22 appearances so far are almost equal to the 24 times that Sheiko and the other four have combined.
Shen Zhenchen 2014, 2015 to participate in the Samsung Cup, LG Cup, Dream Lily pre-selection have failed to qualify, the 2014 second Lark Cup is the wild card given by the organizers, the 2016 three lark Cup is the only time Shen Zhenchen from the qualifier to advance to this competition, it is undeniable that at this time the 16-year-old Shen Zhenchen has a first-class level. But in time for the best years of Chinese Go to bloom, the collective outbreak of the post-90s and post-95s delayed the seizure of the first crown of the new generation of Talents in South Korea.
Although it was suppressed by China in the world competition, it no longer had to participate in the qualifiers in 2016, and was completely exempted from the election since 2017, and has since begun to emerge.
China 00 Four Masters World Championship Results: Please pay attention to the colors of the pre-selection and exemption.
Although the competition for talents after 95 is fierce, the opening of competitions such as China's Bailing Cup and Dream Lily and south Korea's Samsung Cup and LG Cup also adopt open pre-selection, providing young chess players with the opportunity to enter the world hall, including Ke Jie, Mi Yuting, Gu Zihao, Xie Erhao, yang Dingxin all won the first championship from the pre-selection. However, the environment for hosting the World Championship has changed, and China's post-00s chess players have been unable to follow the growth path of the post-95s to the world championship throne, and the gap between Shen Zhenchen and Shen Zhenchen will inevitably increase.
First, China's post-90s and post-95 post-90s crown groups not only squeezed the post-80s to retire early, but also suppressed the 99s and 00s in the past few years.
The 4th Dream Lily of 2019 is China's latest open qualifier world tournament, and young players have fewer chances to qualify through the pre-selection. In addition to the dream lily, there is no pre-selection of the Ying Cup and Chunlan Cup in China.
The three, the Samsung Cup, the LG Cup have significantly reduced The number of Chinese qualifiers by taking the Samsung Cup as an example, 2018 and 2019 Chinese chess players have been able to occupy 11 of the 14 places through open pre-selection, but in 2020 and 2021, South Korea has only given China 6 places. With more monks and fewer porridges, coupled with China's internal selection methods, it is even more difficult for young chess players to participate in the world championship.
The most important 2021 China World Championship has zero start, and all world events this year are held in South Korea, and South Korea has the final say.
Statistics of Shen Min and 99 Double Male World Championships:
If there is a certain gap between 00 Sijie and Shen Zhenchen, then there is really a gap between Zhao Chenyu, Xu Jiayang and Shen Mincheng? The number of times Shen Minzuo has participated is also the sum of Zhao and Xu, and now after 99, 00 and even 03 are facing the same dilemma.