Tribute to the 30+ veterans of the qualifiers Gulyan Zuoyong added up to over 70 years old

On March 30th, the 3rd Dream Lily Cup World Go Open Championship Comprehensive Qualifier Final was held at the China Chess Academy. In Group 33, the mottled Gu li and Sven's calm An Zuoyong competed for the right to qualify. The old gay pair is over 70 years old, and whoever wins will be the oldest to qualify for this qualifier.

Gu Li said on Weibo in the early morning: Why can't a pair of upper-eyed princes always sleep the night before? Fate, luck? For the Chinese Go champion Hercules, those kung fu players are like peaks that don't look too high, and it seems not difficult to cross, but as soon as you walk in, you will fall into a maze of layers, and the danger will always be hidden in tranquility. Gu Li's track record against Anzuoyong was a thrilling 0-4. Among them, in the 2nd BC Credit Card Cup Round of 16 in 2010, it was still because of the pain of robbing the material. Previously, in the 2007 Samsung Cup semi-final against kung fu master Park Yongxun, he was taken away from the final by the other side with two official reversals.

The last sentence of Gu Li's Weibo is that it seems that tomorrow only by rolling up the sleeves is to cheer up! Fate lifted him to the top, fell again, and played with his life, but he smiled in return and then stepped forward.

Gu Li has a sunny personality and a strong chess style, and when he won the world championship, his father suddenly left; when he adjusted his mentality to continue to fight with Li Shishi, Gu Li Juban ended with his fiasco; for a proud son of heaven who led a Chinese chess player to resist Korea for a long time and reversed the inferiority against Han in his hands, such two heavy hammer blows were enough to make people lose morale. But Gu Li was no one else, he was also depressed and wandering, but after that, he still relied on his love for Go and got back on the road. This is the spring orchid in 2015, after the age of 30 Nirvana was reborn, winning his eighth world championship trophy.

The Dream Lily Cup is related to Gu lily, but it is recorded in the memory that there is more bitterness than sweetness. Gu Li appeared directly in the tournament as a seeded player in the first session, defeating Kim Ji-seok, Luo Xuan, Hu Yaoyu, Wang Lei, and Zhou Ruiyang all the way to the final, winning one set first and then being reversed by Mi Yuting in three consecutive sets, ranking second. The runner-up of the second and above editions directly entered the tournament, but the first round was more and more defeated. After 4 years of storms, he is no longer the former Leader of China, his rank has fallen out of the top ten, and he has several more identities, such as husband, father, and college student. The whole of life has not only been limited to Go, but Go has always been the focus of life. For the first time, Coulee started from the qualifiers. He won 3 consecutive Chinese players in front of him, and in the decisive battle, he welcomed the Korean chess player Ahn Joo-yong.

The half-eyed prince has the bitterness of a prince. When this chess player Wen Jing, whose chess style completely deviated from the wild trend of South Korea, appeared, it could have become a maverick scenery, but it was suppressed by the big devil in fate and could not turn over. From 1999 to 2015, the two sides met 22 times, with the prince winning only 3 times. This demon head, whose chess style is similar to the prince's chess style, is Lee Chang-ho, who is 4 years older than him. Then another nemesis, who was 6 years younger, arrived. Another demon leader similar to his chess style, the two sides have played 18 times, and An Zuoyong is a pitiful 3 wins. This is Park Yong-hoon. In this way, the half-eyed prince failed to welcome the legendary white horse and princess, and could only be forced to survive in the cracks.

Now, at the age of 37 and a half, An Zuoyong is still fighting. This time, the time was changed towards his sneering demon head. Fortunately, he has long been accustomed to the embarrassment of being beaten and defeated, it does not matter who the opponent is, what is important is that the veteran will not be knocked down, and he will always take his own inherent steps. Just last April, An Zuoyong participated in the LG Cup World Chess Championship Qualifiers and qualified with his head held high.

In this battle, in the end, Gu Li still failed to cross the hurdle of bitter hands, and lost in the middle. An Zuoyong became the oldest qualifier in the open group of this year's qualifiers. This result disappointed Chinese chess fans, but in the face of such an opponent who insisted on crossing all obstacles, we still have to pay tribute.

The three world championships held by China in recent years are all open tournaments, and there are more opportunities to advance than the previous two traditional open tournaments in South Korea. LG Cup pre-selection does not distinguish between age and male and female children, the Samsung Cup pre-selection is to set up the elder group and the women's group, and later also set up the world group. However, due to the fact that the two events are in the round of 32, only 16 and 19 places are qualified for the preliminary round. The Dream Lily Cup is a round of 64 battle, so the first pre-selection line is 50 places, and then the last champion and runner-up directly enter the tournament, so the pre-selection line is 48 people (including 4 women and 4 amateur places). The qualifiers offer the same number of places and the format is basically the same as the Lark Cup, which was held slightly earlier than the Dream Lily Cup. Slightly differently, the Lark Cup does not have a special amateur group, but spreads the amateur chess player lottery to various professional groups (there are also 4 professional women's groups). The latest World Series Xin'ao Cup qualifiers are also 50, divided into 45 people in the open group, 2 in the special women's group, 2 in the middle-aged and elderly group, and 1 in the world group.

The Open tournament uses qualifier selection, providing opportunities for more chess players. However, compared with the ambitious, newborn calves after 95 or even 00, those veteran chess players who have experienced the wind and frost have not changed their original intentions, and it is extremely difficult to win 3 consecutive to 5 consecutive wins in a few consecutive days. But what they like is that a few more times they can enjoy the beauty of Go and feel the love-hate feelings woven with painstaking efforts. Old Chinese comrades like Gu Li, who are still struggling in the qualifiers, are not uncommon in the history of the Dream Lily Cup, and Chang Hao, who participated in the first qualifiers in 2013, was 37 years old at the time, and he defeated An Zuoyong (how familiar... ) in the final of the qualifiers. ）。 Also promoted in the same year were Wang Lei, who was a year younger than him, and Qiu Jun and Hu Yaoyu, who were also 31 years old. In the second qualifiers in 2015, 34-year-old Huang Yizhong and 33-year-old Kong Jie advanced, if you count the women's team, the miracle created by Rui Naiwei born in 1963 is unparalleled.

Among the evergreens who reached the final of the qualifiers this year are Peng Quan, 32, Sheikh, 33, and Zhang Xuan, who is nearly 50 years old in the women's group. Among the South Korean players are Park Yong-hoon, 32, and Heo Young-ho, 31. Of course, when it comes to the elders participating in the qualifiers this year, we have to mention fang Tianfeng male god born in 1962. Out of the line, upset, occupy the headlines, that is not the purpose, in the prevalence of artificial intelligence, chess players are beginning to learn to hold high when the three or three angles of the male god appear at the right time, leisurely show personality and chess style, the so-called chessboard shines to record human wisdom, thinking and soul, but so it is.

(Sharp needle)