The top eight of the first Chunlan Cup: 4 Koreans (Cao Xunxuan, Lee Changho, Liu Changhyuk, Cui Mingxun), 2 Chinese (Chang Hao, Zhou Heyang), and 2 Japanese (Wang Licheng, Yida Jiji). In the end, Cho Hoon-hyun defeated Lee Chang-ho and won the championship. The top eight of the second Chunlan Cup: 5 Chinese (Ma Xiaochun, Chang Hao, Zhou Heyang, Kong Jie, Peng Quan), 2 Japanese (Wang Licheng, Yida Jiji), and 1 Korean (Cao Xunxuan). In the end, Wang Licheng defeated Ma Xiaochun and won the championship.
The top eight of the third Chunlan Cup: 5 Chinese (Ma Xiaochun, Yu Bin, Zhou Heyang, Wang Lei, Kong Jie), 2 Koreans (Cao Xunxuan, Liu Changhe), and 1 Japanese (Wang Licheng). In the end, Liu Changhe defeated Wang Licheng and won the championship.
The top eight of the 4th Chunlan Cup: 3 Chinese (Chang Hao, Zhou Heyang, Luo Xihe), 3 Japanese (Naoki Hane, Satoshi Yuki, Zhang Xu), 2 Koreans (Li Changhao, Cho Hun-hyun). In the end, Lee Chang-ho defeated Naoki Hane and won the championship.
The top eight of the 5th Chunlan Cup: 6 Chinese (Chang Hao, Zhou Heyang, Wang Lei, Peng Quan, Gu Li, Hu Yaoyu), 1 Korean (Li Changhao), and 1 Japanese (Zhang Xu). In the end, Lee Chang-ho defeated Zhou Heyang and won the championship.
The top eight of the Sixth Chunlan Cup: 6 Chinese (Chang Hao, Zhou Heyang, Peng Quan, Gu Li, Hu Yaoyu, Xie He), 2 Koreans (Li Changhao, Lee Sedol). In the end, Guli defeated Chang Hao and won the championship.
The top eight of the 7th Chunlan Cup: 7 Chinese (Chang Hao, Zhou Heyang, Ding Wei, Huang Yizhong, Gu Li, Kong Jie, Xie He), 1 Korean (Li Changhao). In the end, Chang Hao defeated Lee Chang-ho to win the championship.
The top eight of the 8th Chunlan Cup: 5 Chinese (Gu Li, Kong Jie, Wang Xi, Xie He, Gu Lingyi), 2 Koreans (Li Shishi, Xu Yinghao), 1 Japanese (Zhao Zhixun) ). In the end, Li Sedol defeated Xie He and won the championship.
The top eight of the 9th Chunlan Cup: 4 Chinese (Kong Jie, Jiang Weijie, Chen Yaoye, Pu Wenyao), 4 Koreans (Lee Sedol, Park Tinghuan, Yuan Shengqin, Jin Zhixi). In the end, Chen Yaoye defeated Li Shishi and won the championship.
The top eight of the 10th Chunlan Cup: 5 Chinese (Mi Yuting, Chen Yaoye, Gu Li, Zhou Ruiyang, Shi Yue), 2 Koreans (Jin Zhixi, Pu Tinghuan), 1 Japanese (Zhang Xu) . In the end, Gu Li defeated Zhou Ruiyang and won the championship. Related event pictures
Tao Jianxing, member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice chairman of the Chinese Go Association, chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Chunlan (Group) Company, General Chen Danhuai, vice chairman of the Chinese Go Association, General Lin Jianchao, vice chairman of the Chinese Go Association, Liu Siming, director of the Chess and Card Sports Management Center of the State Sports General Administration and president of the Chinese Chess Academy, Wang Runan, chairman of the Chinese Go Association, and Taizhou city leaders Zhang Lei, Xu Guoping and Ni Bin attended the opening ceremony on the 28th.
This competition in 2012 also attracted the attention of many media, including Xinhua News Agency, "People's Daily", CCTV, China National Radio, "Economic Daily", "Guangming Daily", China News Service, etc. Many media came to interview and report, and the "Media Watch Chunlan Cup" reporting team composed of more than a hundred media reporters has also arrived in Taizhou.
In 2012, leaders of the Economic Daily, Xinhua Daily, Shanghai Wenhui Daily, Yangtze Evening News and other media attended the opening ceremony.
This year's "Chunlan Cup" can be said to be a big stage for world champions to compete on the same stage. Among the 24 chess players, as many as 9 players from China and South Korea have world championship titles.
As for the Chinese team, Gu Li, Kong Jie, Pu Wenyao, and Jiang Weijie all have world championship titles. Among the six Korean chess players participating, five have won world championships. Players such as Lee Sedol and Park Ting-hwan are all famous.
From this point of view, no matter who wants to win the "Chunlan Cup" in this competition, it will not be easy, and the one who can win the championship prize of US$150,000 must be the king of kings.
Mi Yuting of the Chinese team is the youngest chess player to participate in this competition. Mi [mǐ] Yu [yù] Ting is from Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. It can be said that she grew up with "Zhu Ben Bei". He started participating in the "Zhuben Cup Go Masters" competition at the age of 6, and won twice in the fifth and sixth Zhuben Cup.
Mi Yuting's lively personality, deft and powerful chess style, and rapidly growing chess skills have attracted much attention in all previous Zhuben Cup Go competitions, and he was nicknamed "Mickey Mouse" by everyone. He was only 16 years old in 2012. He is a representative figure of the "post-95" generation of Chinese Go. He became the youngest professional player in China at the age of 11. At the age of 12, he won the runner-up in the youth group of the World Junior Championships and the championship of the youth group of the first National Intelligent Games. , Zeng Hao won nine consecutive victories in the 2011 National Go League A.
So far, Mi Yuting has defeated four world champions including Kong Jie, Gu Li, Park Tinghuan, and Lee Chang-ho, and is called the "Giant Killer" by netizens. Taking part in a competition in Jiangsu province for the first time, Mi Yuting did not want to play a supporting role. He said that although he only had three levels of Go, he came prepared this time because winning the championship was his goal.
Since January 13, 2006, Chinese chess player Luo Xihe 9th Dan defeated Korean chess player Lee Chang-ho 9th Dan in the 10th Samsung Cup World Go Open, winning with a total score of 2-1 After winning the first world championship in 2006, the morale of Chinese chess players has been increasing day by day. It has achieved outstanding results in the 3rd Toyota Cup, the 11th Samsung Cup, and the 11th LG Cup Go Tournament. This time, for the first time in the Sixth Chunlan Cup, all foreign players were eliminated and the championship trophy was firmly in the bag. This shows that Chinese players are unstoppable and are in the "golden opportunity period" to win the championship.
It should be said that Chunlan Group has devoted a lot of effort to the current "high profile" of Chinese chess players. As of 2005, Chunlan invested heavily to hold the Chunlan Cup for five consecutive years. However, the cups were held in other countries, which made many people feel that there was no point in continuing the Chunlan Cup. However, just as people from all walks of life were talking about it, Chunlan Group signed an agreement with the Chinese Go Association in Beijing in early 2006 to jointly host the 6th "Chunlan Cup" World Professional Go Championship, announcing that it would be held in March 2006. The sixth Chunlan Cup will be held in Beijing in September. The 9th "Chunlan Cup" competition was held in three stages. The first stage will be from March 28 to 30, 2012, and the top eight will be decided in Taizhou; at the end of the year, the top eight and semi-finals will be held; the finals will be held in the summer of the next year. The first phase of the competition attracted 24 top professional chess players from all over the world.
At 10:30 am on the 28th, the 16 chess players participating in the first stage of the competition will fight against each other. At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Chunlan (Group) Company will hold a chess lecture in the Chinese Hall on the first floor of Taizhou Hotel. The Chinese Go team leader Hua Xueming and the famous chess player Wang Yuan will explain. Media such as Sina.com and China Go Online will broadcast the entire game live online. Chess fans can also watch and download game records online through the official website of Chunlan (Group) Company and other professional websites. On December 6, 2012, after the semi-finals of the 9th Chunlan Cup World Go Championship at Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, Chen Yaoye eliminated Jiang Weijie, who had been defeated many times by him. Li Shishi caught Kong Jie's missed move in the stalemate. win. At this point, all the finalists for the six major world championships have been determined. Chen Yaoye and Li Shishi are the only players who have won the right to two finals and have not fallen into the first place in the rankings of China and South Korea.
In 1994, when the celebrity Ma Xiaochun (Weibo) in his heyday signed an apprenticeship contract with the young Shao Weigang and Luo Xihe, there was a special note: "Shao and Luo Ruo were in the Fanqi finals. If you win, the contract will be terminated”.
This story was mentioned repeatedly when Luo Xihe and Shao Weigang challenged celebrity Ma Xiaochun, and when Luo Xihe won the miraculous victory in the 10th Samsung Cup. There is no other reason. Winning chess is really important to determine a chess player's strength.
In 2012, Bai Hongxi, known as the "Zhao Zilong" of Korean Go, had good luck all the way in the 4th BC Card Cup, and he combined the good situations formed by Chinese players in this competition one by one. Vanished. When Chinese chess fans exclaimed, "It's time to stop the good luck," Bai Hongxi had already entered the venue for the final five games. Sitting opposite him is Chinese teenager Dang Yifei, who is eight years younger than Bai Hongxi and made it all the way to the finals in his second World Series appearance in his career.
This is the eleventh time that Bai Hongxi has reached the finals of a competition. Since 2006, when he defeated Lee Young-koo 2:0 in the finals of the 10th Korean Rising Stars Competition, he has reached the finals nine times. Nine defeats. Fate may have been too harsh on him. In 2007, Bai Hongxi entered the finals of the 2nd Ten-dan Battle, the 17th Rookie King Battle, and the 7th Rookie Streak Best Battle, but lost 1:2, 1:2, and 0:2 respectively. Lost to An Zuoyong, Yuan Shengqin and Jiang Dongrun. In 2008, he reached the finals of the 19th Chess Holy War, but lost to Park Yong-hun 1:2. In the 4th 10-dan battle final in 2009, he was defeated by Park Ting-hwan 0:2. After a year of silence, he broke out again in 2011. He lost to Park Ting-hwan 0:2 in the final of the 29th KBS Chess King Tournament, lost to Kong Jie in the 23rd Asian Cup final (Weibo), and lost 1:3 in the final of the 39th Celebrity Tournament. Lost to Park Young Hoon. In 2012, unwilling to lose, he invited Park Ting-hwan to compete in the finals of the 30th KBS Chess Championship. The score was the same as before 2011, still 0:2.
Does such an achievement resume seem a bit regretful? But on the other hand, behind the 9 runner-up finishes, Bai Hongxi has played Fanqi ten times in seven years. Even in the contemporary chess world where competitiveness is accelerating, the experience of Fanqi finals cannot be made up for by extensive training and far-reaching calculations. Fighting the same opponent continuously, facing the same face within days. One oversight in a game of chess can even directly affect the mood and momentum of several consecutive games... Those who have not experienced it cannot understand the various feelings. Unfortunately, Bai Hongxi's opponent in the eleventh final, which was also the most important final in his life, was Dang Yikai, who had never played chess before.
Of course, for the young Dang Yifei, being able to defeat masters such as Lee Sedol and Park Yongxun to reach the finals is already an extremely impressive record. When Bai Hongxi won his first championship, Dang Yifei didn't even enter Duan. At this point, we must admit Park Yongxun’s innate advantage. But can we make up for it the day after tomorrow, and how? This is the key to whether Chinese Go can continue to develop strongly. Bai Hongxi entered Duan six years earlier than Dang Yifei. Six years later, will Dang Yifei be able to have double-digit fanqi experience like Bai Hongxi?
Overview of the Korean chess competition, no matter fast chess, slow chess, or emerging players competing in the women's game, if you want to win the championship, you have to go through Banqi. In addition to the above-mentioned "Land of Blood and Tears" by Bai Hongxi, finals such as the National Championship, GS Caltex Cup, ollehKT Cup, Price Information Cup, etc. are all three- to five-game formats. However, in China, apart from the traditional Tianyuan and celebrity battles as Fanqi challenges, and the new events held in recent years, except for the Changqi Cup and Dragon Star Battle funded by Taiwan Yingshi Company and Japan, there is no Fanqi finals. . Xinhua News Agency, Hangzhou: The "Chinese whirlwind" once again blew up in the second round of the 7th Chunlan Cup World Professional Go Championship. Only 7 Chinese masters advanced to the quarterfinals, forming a siege on the famous Korean player Lee Chang-ho.
In the last Chunlan Cup, Chinese chess players occupied 6 of the top eight seats; in this competition, with the numerical advantage in the participating seats and their own outstanding performance, the Chinese Legion has once again rewritten history. Previously, the Korean Legion had a brilliant performance of "surrounding one with seven" in the quarterfinals of the LG Cup. Now Chinese chess players have also copied this feat.
After defeating the famous Japanese player Yoda Noriki at 9th Dan in the first round, this round he defeated the most popular Korean chess player in the world today, Lee Sedol at 9th Dan, clearing the biggest obstacle for the Chinese team on the way to winning the championship. .
The "Xiao Li" who was most feared by Chinese chess players collapsed suddenly, while the "Big Li" whose condition had declined from his peak period tenaciously "survived". After a fierce battle of 299 moves, Lee Chang-ho defeated China's rising star Chen Yaoye 9th Dan with an advantage of one and three-quarters of a piece, becoming the only foreign player to reach the top eight.
The two Korean chess players who won in the first round failed to make any further progress. Mu Zhenshuo lost to Zhou Heyang 9th dan in the middle game with black 9th dan, and Yuan Shengqin 9th dan with white 155 was defeated by Gu Li 9th dan. In addition, Kong Jie's 7th-dan white chess player defeated Japanese chess player Takao Shinro 9th-dan by an advantage of two and a quarter pieces, and Huang Yizhong's 6th-dan also defeated Cha Min-soo, who represented the Americas at 4th-dan, by the same advantage.
The other two games in the top 16 were "civil wars" between Chinese chess players. As a result, Chang Hao's 9th dan and Xie He's 7th dan eliminated Wang Yao's 6th dan and Wang Xi's 9th dan respectively.
For the top eight players in this competition, after a draw, Guli will face Lee Chang-ho, playing the role of the "Stone Buddha" sniper. The other three games will be played between Chinese players. It is certainly not accurate to say that Fanqi experience is the only factor that determines the outcome of this BC Card Cup. But judging from the process of this finals, Dang Yifei did suffer from experience. Moreover, Dang Yifei is far from the only one who suffers losses in chess experience. When facing Lee Sedol in the final of the 8th Chunlan Cup, one of the reasons for Xie He's defeat was his lack of experience in Fanqi (it is unimaginable that with his prominent position and age, he had only played Fanqi twice before). Whether it is for military training or from the perspective of game viewing, it is always a good thing to hope that there will be more domestic games in China.
In the last Chunlan Cup, Chinese chess players occupied 6 of the top eight seats; in this competition, with the numerical advantage in the participating seats and their own outstanding performance, the Chinese Legion has once again rewritten history. Previously, the Korean Legion had a brilliant performance of "surrounding one with seven" in the quarterfinals of the LG Cup. Now Chinese chess players have also copied this feat.
In the Chunlan Cup, the one who won the key battle for the Chinese team was Ding Wei Jiuduan, who once wrote Internet myths under the pseudonym "Long Feihu". After defeating Japan's famous player Noriyoda Yoshida at 9th dan in the first round, this round he defeated the most popular Korean chess player Lee Sedol at 9th dan in this round, clearing the biggest obstacle for the Chinese team on the way to winning the championship.
The "Xiao Li" who was most feared by Chinese chess players collapsed suddenly, while the "Big Li" whose condition had declined from his peak period tenaciously "survived". After a fierce battle between the pure nursing college players, Lee Chang-ho defeated China's rising star Chen Yaoye 9th Dan with a three-quarters advantage, becoming the only foreign player to reach the top eight.