Japanese Go is now in hiding behind China and South Korea, and has not won the Toad Palace in the World Series since 2006. But before 1985, Japanese Go was an invincible presence relative to China and South Korea. Even by 2005, Chinese Go had not yet reached the point of surpassing Japan.
As far as China's national hands are concerned, how beautiful they are now, how they are raised and breathless, how majestic they are, how depressed they were in that era, how gray they are with their tails between their legs.
Don't forget the past, the teacher of the future. Today we will review the six major defeats of the Chinese Go community against Japanese players since the 1960s.
First, the old lady Ito Yue swept the Chinese chess world
After the resumption of people-to-people exchanges between China and Japan, under the guidance of Marshal Chen Yi, the Japanese Go community decided to arrange for Go players to come to China for friendly exchanges, and in 1960, all professional chess players were sent for the first time, and the result was an overwhelming record of 26 wins, 1 and 2 losses for China.
At that time, the Chinese chess world was still relying on the stage of national hands in the Republic of China period, which can be called the period of Southern Liu And northern, that is, Liu Dihuai in the south and Guo Tisheng in the north, who were the leaders of the Chinese Go community at that time. Among them, Liu Dihuai was Chen Zude's teacher, and Guo Tisheng was Nie Weiping's teacher.
In the second Sino-Japanese Go Friendly Tournament in 1961, after mapping out the strength of Chinese Go last year, Japan sent a mix of professional and amateur players to compete, including a female chess player, 54-year-old Ito Yue Godan. As a result, in all the matches with the old lady, none of the eight Chinese players on the court won, and they were swept by the old lady with eight consecutive wins.
In a game between Ito Yuhui and Liu Dihuai, the two sides killed the big dragon when they fought, and Gai because Liu Dihuai thought that the layout was far behind and could only rely on fighting, and as a result, his own dragon was killed.
Chen Zude, 19, witnessed the scene firsthand, and in his opinion, Ito's sweeping eight consecutive victories were a great shame for Chinese Go.
Chen Zude nine paragraphs
Second, the fourth Sino-Japanese ring match Nie Weiping lost to Hagen Taisho
The Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, which began in October 1984, pushed the Sino-Japanese confrontation to a new climax. The Chinese chess players, who had always been behind and beaten, relied on Nie Weiping's divine courage to play and won three consecutive championships, which greatly surprised the Chinese and Japanese chess circles, and Nie Weiping was awarded the glorious title of Chinese Go Saint.
In the fourth Sino-Japanese ring match, the battle situation was reversed in an unprecedented way, and the Japanese pioneer Kiki Yida broke through six Chinese generals, including Jiang Zhujiu, Liu Xiaoguang, and Ma Xiaochun, and directly killed the main general Nie Wei in front of the tent. Fortunately, Nie Weiping's spiritual strength to fight Yitian did not let the Japanese vanguard defeat the Chinese main general's ruyi drama staged. After defeating Japan's second major general, Shuzo Awaji, in the third battle against Taisho Haone on December 18, 1988, Nie Weiping was in the lead for most of the game, I don't know whether it was a lack of oxygen, or a decline in energy and concentration, a fatal defeat, was eaten by the other side and suffered a lot of losses, and finally failed to save the situation.
To say that Hagen Taisho is also a strong nine dan in the Japanese chess world, in 1990 won the throne title in the seven major chess battles in Japan, so Nie Weiping's defeat this time is not a big cold. The key is that Nie Weiping bid farewell to the 11 consecutive victories in the ring, and the myth has since come to an end, of course, the Chinese side of this ring has also declared defeat after three consecutive championships.
To say a word of hindsight, we all know that Nie Weiping will fail one day, but what he did not expect was that it came so quickly, and it was not lost to super first-class, but lost to the middle-class chess players.
Third, in the final of the third Fujitsu Cup in 1990, Nie Weiping lost to Lin Haifeng and lost the world championship title
After consecutive victories over Koichi Kobayashi, Masao Kato, Masaki Takemiya, Hideo Otake and other super-first-class chess players, and won the first three consecutive championships of the Sino-Japanese Ring Match, Nie Weiping was called by Wu Qingyuan as the de facto world number one. Unfortunately, he was reversed by Cho Hyun-hyun in the final of the first Ying Cup in 1989 and lost the world championship title.
Soon Nie Weiping's chance to win the world championship came again. In the third Fujitsu Cup in 1990, Nie Weiping won all the way, and the semi-final revenge of Cao Xuanxuan reached the final, and the opponent was Taiwanese master Lin Haifeng. Lin Haifeng, born in 1942, rose in the Japanese chess world in 1965, with superior strength and tenacity, known as "two waists", which means that it is like having two waists, and it is extremely difficult to be knocked down when fighting.
As a result, Nie Weiping, who was optimistic before the game, ended in the first Straits Derby, and has since drifted away from the crown of the world champion.
Nie Weiping played chess
Fourth, in the final of the 4th Fujitsu Cup in 1991, Qian Yuping abstained
After Nie Weiping failed to attack the world championship twice, the indomitable Chinese master did not discourage and stop. In 1991, Qian Yuping, whose domestic reputation was not as good as Ma Xiaochun's, stood out in the 4th Fujitsu Cup, and defeated four Japanese heroes such as Taisho Hane, Hayashi Haifeng, Yoshio Ishida, and Kobayashi Kobayashi in a row, and reached the final.
Just when everyone was looking forward to Qian Yuping and Zhao Zhixun's duel on the final battle stage, the news that he had abstained from power due to "adolescent headache syndrome" came out, an unprecedented situation that shocked the world Go community, including the Chinese chess world. Now we all know where the syndrome is, Qian da is suffering from schizophrenia, and all this is completely relieved at that time.
Fifth, the second Zhenlu Cup Three Kingdoms Tournament The Chinese legion did not win a single victory and the whole army was destroyed
The fifth untraceable defeat took place in the second True Dew Cup Three Nations Tournament. The four Chinese celebrities Cao Dayuan, Liu Xiaoguang, Yu Bin and Ma Xiaochun who appeared in the early stages faced none of the Japanese and South Korean opponents and left the field. The last straw of victory was pressed on The Chess Saint Nie Weiping, could he turn the tide?
On January 13, 1994, China's main player Nie Weiping appeared to challenge Japan's third player, known as the "tiger", Yoshiki Ida. As we said above, in the fourth Sino-Japanese ring match, Yi tian Kiji, as the vanguard, actually won six consecutive victories and forced out the Chinese main general Nie Weiping, and as a result, our Nie Qisheng lived up to expectations and beheaded the tiger under the horse. But this time, Nie Weiping failed to create a miracle, and Yi Tian also defeated it with color. Since then, the five Chinese generals in this Three Kingdoms Tournament have not won a single victory, which has made me lose face in the Chinese Go community and cannot be repeated.
Nie Weiping, Ma Xiaochun and Luo Xiehe took a group photo
Sixth, the second Chunlan Cup final Ma Xiaochun was tragically beaten by Wang Licheng
Ma Xiaochun is China's first Go world champion and first double champion. He later encountered a natural enemy, Lee Chang-ho, and was knocked down by the other side in the final of the World Series for four consecutive times. However, in the eyes of the Chinese people, they still have high hopes for them.
The Chunlan Cup is the first world competition founded by Chinese mainland, the first championship was won by Cao Xuanxuan, but the second Ma Xiaochun was like a divine soldier descending from heaven, defeating the natural enemies Lee Chang-ho and Yi Tian Ki in succession, ushering in the second Strait Derby with Wang Licheng after Nie Weiping against Lin Haifeng in the third Fujitsu Cup final.
In the sanban chess final that began in June 2000, Ma Xiaochun, who was unanimously optimistic before the game, won the first set, but the power warrior Wang Licheng was definitely not a soft persimmon, he fought against the water and won two consecutive rounds, and then came on top, completely shattering Ma Xiaochun's dream of a triple crown.
Looking back at these six unbearable defeats, in addition to strength, there should be psychological factors, and there are more consequences of not focusing on Go in the later stage.
I have to say that compared with the evergreen trees in the Japanese and Korean chess circles such as Lin Haifeng, Cho Ji-hoon, and Cao Xuanxuan, our national hands are often satisfied with the status quo, and the realm pursued is contentment and happiness, and it is difficult to maintain a long-term peak state.
This phenomenon deserves our deep consideration.