Go is superb. What happened?

The appellation of "super class" began in the 1980s. At that time, a group of outstanding young players in Japanese chess rose up and attacked the city everywhere, sending the older generation of players into history, thus creating a new generation of brilliant artistic style. The level of these players is obviously higher than that of the first-class players of their time, so they are called "super-first-class". At that time, there were six "super-first-class" players in Japanese chess, namely Zhu Hero,,,, and Kobayashi Kuanyi. Surprisingly, except Lin Haifeng, who comes from Wu Qingyuan family, the other five people all come from Minoru Kitani family, and they are all other disciples. Later, Cao Xunxuan from South Korea and Nie Weiping from China joined in to form the world's eight "super-class" players.

I have been here for twenty years. The former eight "super-first-class" players gradually aged and basically withdrew from the highly competitive first-line world chess world. Later players scrambled to pile up, and a new generation of "super-first-class" players appeared, such as Li Shishi, yoda norimoto, Ma and Chang Hao, the world's first and strongest attacker. Compared with today's world chess world, where players are running amok and competing for territory, the "super-first-class" era of that year has different artistic styles and profound artistic beauty. The author learned chess at a time when eight "super-first-class" players were proud, so he was deeply moved all his life. In this article, in pursuit of eternal embrace.

The first rising "super-class" player is Lin Haifeng Jiu Duan. Lin Haifeng is from Taiwan Province. When I was a child, I was discovered by Wu Qingyuan, a Japanese master of Jiu Duan, and brought to Japan for development. The appearance of Lin Haifeng began in 1964, the famous Japanese Go game. Only 23-year-old Lin Haifeng Dehousse defeated Japan's first man, Yukio Sakata, known as the "razor" in the final, thus staged an earthquake that shocked Japanese chess. Later, Lin Haifeng's chess skills became more exquisite. He was a Japanese chess king. In the past 30 years, despite the impact of several generations of players, Lin Haifeng has been standing at the top of the world of chess. There are seven high-level chess games in Japan, among which "Chess Sage", "Celebrity" and "Honebo" have the highest honors and are called "three crowns". Lin Haifeng won the celebrity and Honebo, but unfortunately, the biggest title, the chess sage, failed three times. Lin Haifeng's best record is to win the third Fujitsu Cup World Professional Weiqi Competition with 1990, thus becoming the first China Weiqi world champion.

Lin Haifeng's chess style is heavy, the calculation degree is fine, and the fairy is fine. One of the biggest characteristics of Lin Haifeng's chess style is "toughness", which is not easy to be defeated by opponents. He is often the last person to win. Therefore, it is called "two waist". This is his sumo metaphor, which means he has two waists. How can a person fall down at the same time? Gao Chuange Jiu Duan, a Japanese chess player, once dominated Honebo for nine consecutive years, and once commented that his chess style was "knocking on the bridge without crossing". This means that when people want to cross the bridge, they may knock on the bridge first and then consider whether it is strong or not. And even if Lin Haifeng knocks at the door, it won't pass easily, which shows its caution.

Another "super-first-class" chess player of Lin Haifeng's contemporaries was Jiu Duan, a great bamboo hero, also known as the "Bamboo Forest Age". Dazhu was born in a family in Minoru Kitani, and he is the elder brother of a first-class chess player in Mugumen. Dazhu Jiuduan's record is slightly inferior to that of Lin Haifeng Jiuduan, and he has won dozens of championships, big and small, but he has never combined Honebo, the biggest celebrity at that time, so he has never enjoyed the glory of King's Landing chess in Lin Haifeng. Dazhu Jiuduan later challenged Chess Saint, but failed. Bamboo hero is a typical national-based chess player. No one can stop him when he is in state, and anyone can touch his head when he is not in state. Generally speaking, "Dazhu Volcano" erupts every five years. The best record of the Great Bamboo Hero is that 1992 won the Fujitsu Cup World Champion and the highest prize in the same year, the Shi Ying Cup runner-up. It's a pity that he failed in the last battle, otherwise he would be the world double champion.

The chess style of the Great Bamboo Hero Jiu Duan is very thick, which can be said to be the thickest among Japanese players. He attaches great importance to the aesthetic feeling of chess form, and thinks that ugly chess form can't be played at all, which will defile chess points, so he is called "aesthetic chess player". However, after all, Weiqi pays attention to the actual combat effect, and paying too much attention to aesthetics will affect the winning rate. Dazhu himself took the initiative to admit defeat many times in order not to "dirty" the chess score when the outcome was undecided. Another feature of Dazhu Jiu Duan is that he is extremely agile in thinking, often flies, and has an excellent record in the fast chess competition.

The third "super-class" player is Masao Kato Jiu Duan. Kato Jiuduan was also born in Mugumen, but he became famous much later than Lin Haifeng and Hero of Bamboo. Kato Jiuduan entered the finals eight times and failed eight times. Until the ninth challenge was successful, it finally broke out. Kato Jiuduan had two glories in his life. Once, in the late 1970s, Kato won five titles, including Celebrity and Honebo, and was called the "Five-Crown King". When he challenged the biggest title "Chess Saint" in the world of chess, he fought with Fujizawa Hedeyuki Chess Saint for seven rounds "China Stream", which caused a sensation in the world of chess for a while. It's a pity that Kato Jiuduan was beaten by Fujisawa Chess Saint for three games in a good situation with a lead of three to one, thus losing Chess Saint. After that, Kato Jiuduan challenged Chess Saints three times, but all fell short. The other time was in 1987, when Kato came to the chess world for four consecutive championships. Unfortunately, in the second year, when my younger brother Kobayashi rose, Kato Jiuduan struggled in vain and lost most of his titles. The biggest regret of Masao Kato Jiu Duan's life is that he didn't win the world championship of Go. And this wish can't be realized in this life. On June 30, 2004, 65438+February 30, Kato Jiuduan died of a cerebral infarction at the age of 56.

The chess style of Masao Kato Jiu Duan can be divided into two periods. In the early stage, he was brave and good at killing his opponent, Tai Long. In Kato's chess game at that time, it was not uncommon to take the initiative to provoke a battle and violently attack the opponent Tai Long, and it was often successful to kill the dragon. Therefore, the players who play against him are often trembling and complaining. Kato Jiuduan is also known as the "star of heavenly killing". During this period, Kato often pursued a straight line, which was fierce and unstable. After his thirties, Kato Jiuduan's chess style changed greatly, and he turned to a balanced situation and delicate officials. During this period, the winning rate of the ninth section of Kato was greatly improved, and it was called "Guanzi Kato". In all fairness, I prefer Kato, who killed Tai Long in the previous paragraph, perhaps because it is more exciting.

The "super-class" player named at the same time with Kato is Masaki Takemiya Jiu Duan. Among the eight super-class players, Jiu Duan, a martial arts player, is probably the most famous, which is related to his chess style called "Cosmic Flow". The martial arts Jiu Duan was very powerful when he was a teenager, and he was called "Jiu Duan Heizai". Martial arts rose one year earlier than Kato, challenging his brother Yoshio Ishida to become the champion of Honebo. Martial arts section 9 has a close relationship with Honebo. They once ruled four times. 1995, he got another celebrity. Like the previous regrets, martial arts has also challenged chess players several times, all of which ended in failure, and it is impossible to combine the three crowns. Masaki Takemiya Jiuduan is the owner of the first world Weiqi champion. He has won two Fujitsu Cup World Champions and four Asian Cup Quick Chess Champions.

The ninth stage of martial arts is unique in the world of chess, and it is called "Cosmic Stream". The corner kick of Go is easy, but the midriff is extremely difficult to grasp. The uniqueness of the ninth stage of martial arts is that it has an unusually keen sense of the position of the upper abdomen and has successfully circled the air many times, thus becoming a chess wizard. However, Jiu Duan himself thinks that his chess style is not a "cosmic flow", but a "natural flow", which is a genre that can be freely grasped according to the flow of the situation. This is probably not modesty, because the general appearance of the Kung Fu Palace changes freely in constant attacks, thus giving people a very attractive aesthetic feeling. However, in the late stage of the Ninth Stage of Martial Arts, some people paid too much attention to the construction of appearance, and the winning rate was not as good as before after being mastered by others. Under such circumstances, Wugong Palace is still obsessed with artistic exploration and tireless in winning or losing, which is admirable.

The next "super-class" player is Zhao Zhixun Jiu Duan. Zhao Zhixun is a Korean, and his uncle is Cho Namchul, the father of Korean Go. At the age of 6, Zhao Zhixun was sent to Japan by his uncle to study chess, and he joined Gumu. Zhao Zhixun was very naughty when he was a child. He runs around with a wooden gun hanging from his ass all day. Later, Jenny lost her temper and wanted to send him back to Korea. Zhao Zhixun finally came to his senses. Since then, he began to study hard and made great progress. First, he set a record for the youngest player, and then he entered the circle of major chess games. In the early 1980s, he defeated his elder brother Zhu Hero and won the Masters and Honeybee tournaments successively, and defeated Chess Saint, who has won the championship for six consecutive years, by four to three in Chess Saint Challenge, bringing the three champions together in an unprecedented way, thus creating a world-beater "Zhao Zhixun era". During that time, Zhao Zhixun walked alone in Japanese chess and killed all the famous players. It is a great pity that Zhao Zhixun, who is at the peak of his life, suddenly suffered a car accident and was seriously injured in hospital. At that time, his younger brother Kobayashi, who was on the rise, challenged him to become a celebrity. According to the regulations, if you can't fight, you have to abstain. In this case, tenacious Zhao Zhixun was forced to fight in a wheelchair. When people saw Zhao Zhixun, who was covered with bandages, struggling to drop every piece of debris, they couldn't help being moved. Zhao Zhixun finally lost his fame because of the pain, and soon lost the chess master to Kobayashi, thus giving up the position of the first chess player. However, after nine years' silence, Zhao Zhixun rose again, defeated his younger brother, Kobayashi Kuanyi, and regained his status as a chess saint. Later, he defeated Masaki Takemiya, merged the three giants into one again, and started the second "Zhao Zhixun era". If there is a miracle in Japanese chess, the greatest miracle creator is Zhao Zhixun Jiu Duan. He not only won three titles twice and four times, but also won all seven titles in Japanese chess, which can be said to be unprecedented, and he won't see any latecomers in the short term. Zhao Zhixun Jiu Duan's achievements in the world series were quite bumpy, but he still won two world championships, Fujitsu Cup and Samsung Cup, and did not disappoint his supporters.

The biggest feature of Zhao Zhixun Jiuduan's chess style is that he loves the game and never gives it to his opponent easily. It can be said that every inch of land is contested. He wrote a book by himself, entitled "Persuading the King to Take Land". Because I am good at taking facts as the basis, I have developed superb skills in treating loneliness. Generally, the lonely treatment of chess players is mainly to avoid the opponent's attack, while the lonely treatment is full of extreme breath, always deliberately playing dragon in front of the opponent, thus forcing the opponent to kill him. However, Zhao Zhixun's calculation is extremely accurate, and the application of various small places is not immune. Therefore, although his dragon is often thrilling, he can always survive and win the chess game. Another feature of Zhao Zhixun is that he can take long exams. It is common to spend an hour or two thinking about a game of chess. It is often seen that others have three or four hours left, and he has entered the countdown. A chess player who doesn't know the internal reasons is often as quick as a hand at this time and wants to use time to force him. Don't want to Zhao Zhixun obviously has been calculated in the front, so come and go quickly not only can't beat him, but the opponent leaked the news because of too fast, and was won by Zhao Zhixun. Zhao Zhixun is such a chess player with unique charm.

Another "super-class" player with the same reputation as Zhao Zhixun is Koichi Kobayashi. Xiao Lin is four years older than Zhao Zhixun, but because he entered the business late, he became a younger brother. Kobayashi was always inferior to Zhao in his youth, so he took Zhao as the object of pursuit and studied hard. Kobayashi has long been a star of hope in Japanese chess, and it is common to enter the circles of major chess games. However, like his early brother Masao Kato, he always missed the finals. Kobayashi's first headline is the ten-stage battle of 1985. After five hard battles, I finally defeated my senior Kato and won the championship. In the position of champion, Kobayashi Jiu Duan choked and burst into tears, so he was called "Ten Tears". Since then, the nine sections of Xiaolin have soared. In the subsequent Go match between China and China, Kobayashi killed six Japanese generals in a row, which was consistent with the account of coach Nie Weiping. Since then, Kobayashi has become the biggest enemy of China players. For a long time, "Down with Kobayashi" became the dream goal of China players. Won ten paragraphs, Kobayashi was appointed as a chess player and won the first place in Japanese chess. In recent ten years, Kobayashi Hiroichi has become a natural representative of Japanese Go. Unfortunately, Kobayashi hit Honebo, Zhao Zhixun three times, but all failed, thus losing his dream of winning the triple crown. Kobayashi's performance in the world series is not ideal. He only won the Fujitsu Cup once in 1997, and the peak has passed.

Kobayashi's chess style is also a love of the field, with fine calculation, and the immortal once claimed to be the best in the world. Unlike others, Kobayashi's chess style pays attention to balance, not going to extremes like Zhao. Kobayashi's other trick is to be good at turning advantages into victories. As long as he firmly believes that he can win the chess game in this way, he will be shaped by vulgar hands. Therefore, Kobayashi's chess is far from the eyes of Masaki Takemiya, an "aesthetic chess player" and a "cosmic stream", and is ridiculed as a "subway stream". However, Kobayashi's vulgar hand is often an extremely effective means, which often makes opponents have no chance of winning. Kobayashi's famous saying is: "Winning Hemisphere Chess depends on luck. Winning a game of chess depends on strength. " Before the rise of Li Changgao, the first man in the world, the second half of Kobayashi-9 was the strongest in the world.

In addition to six Japanese "super-class" players, the Korean "super-class" player is Cao Xunxuan Jiu Duan. When Cao Jiuduan was a child, he also went to Japan to study chess, and studied with Wu Qingyuan's teacher Yue Se Jian. Cao Xunxuan showed great talent very early, and was called a "gifted boy". At the age of 20, Cao Xunxuan returned to North Korea for military service. Seeing the difficulties in the cause of Go in his motherland, he gave up the idea of returning to Japan for further study after military service and stayed in South Korea. Cao Xunxuan soon won almost all the championships in South Korea, when he met a half-life competitor: Jiu Duan, a native of Xu Fengzhu. In the next ten years, Cao Xu and his wife became the representatives of Korean Go. The two played almost every game and played hundreds of decisive battles. In the tempering of such bloody disputes, their chess skills have advanced by leaps and bounds, and they have finally stood at the forefront of the world Go. Cao Xunxuan No.9 is a world-famous "Shi Ying Cup" competition, and the highest prize was held at 1988. Cao Jiuduan defeated Kobayashi, Lin Haifeng and other famous players in succession, and defeated Nie Weiping Jiuduan of China 3-2 in the final, becoming a Korean Go hero. Since then, Cao Xunxuan's chess skills have become more and more refined, and it is common to enter the finals of the world series. So far, Cao Xunxuan has won eight world championships, second only to his student Li Changgao Jiu Duan. Another legendary achievement of Cao Jiuduan is that he cultivated Li Changgao Jiuduan, a genius of Weiqi, which can be said to have made great contributions to the world Weiqi.

Cao Xunxuan's chess style is characterized by agility, quickness and strong fighting capacity. Some people say that his chess style is "soft wind and quick shot". Soft wind refers to the speed at which he plays chess, which comes and goes like the wind and is unpredictable. A quick gun means great strength, such as waving a pike, and often picking an opponent under the horse invisibly. Another unique skill of Cao Jiuduan is "turning over the plate", which means that he is particularly tenacious when playing chess, and always does not let his opponent comfortably set up his formation. If the situation is unfavorable, he will look for trouble everywhere and dig up the foreshadowing laid in the first half everywhere in order to use his opponent's mistakes to turn defeat into victory in one fell swoop. Cao Xunxuan's comeback can't be simply understood as relying on his opponent's mistakes, but it has a very high technical content. Like Koichi Kobayashi Jiu Duan, a strong opponent in the second half, Cao Xunxuan can also make mistakes many times, which shows his strength.

The last "super-class" player is China's Nie Weiping Jiu Duan. Nie Weiping was always inferior to his younger brother at the beginning of learning chess, but he was very competitive and persevering, and finally came from behind. Nie Weiping 1965 was the national champion of children's go, and 1966 ranked 4 1 for adults. But when the Cultural Revolution broke out, Nie Weiping went to the countryside and went to the farm like many young people. There, although Nie Weiping had no chess to play, the tough environment tempered his will, which laid the foundation for his later rise. In the early 1970s, the national Go team was rebuilt. Nie Weiping was selected for the team. Here, he studied and trained hard, and finally won his first national Go championship with 1975. 1976, Nie Weiping crossed to Japan with the national Go team. He won six of the seven games, including defeating the Japanese "Tianyuan" Fujizawa Hedeyuki Jiu Duan, Huo Ningbo and the famous Ishida Liangxiong Jiu Duan, and became famous in one fell swoop. For a long time, Nie Weiping was the first player in China Weiqi, and achieved good results against Japanese players. Nie Weiping's most brilliant achievement in his life was his winning streak of 1 1 in the Sino-Japanese Weiqi match, which made Japanese players suffer from "Nie phobia" for a time and became the historical coordinate of the rise of China Weiqi. Nie Weiping Jiu Duan's greatest regret in his life is that he won three world runners-up in a row, but he always fell short when he reached the top.

Nie Weiping's chess style is heavy, the overall situation is excellent, and he is good at changing flexibly according to the situation, so that opponents can't master his chess pace. In Nie Weiping, it is not uncommon to abandon Tai Long and quickly turn around and take the initiative to attack. This ability to control the situation is beyond the reach of ordinary people, forged by a good sense of the overall situation and battle-hardened agility. Unfortunately, after the peak period, Nie Weiping always lost his energy at the critical moment, thus appearing "powerless", which greatly affected his winning rate. If it weren't for this, Nie Weiping would be more brilliant.