Chapter 28 "Nie Xuanfeng"

In October 1975, another Japanese Go delegation visited China, which was the highest-level delegation since the exchange of Go between China and Japan.The head of the team, Takakawa Hideka Kudan, has won the Japanese Honinbo Championship nine times in a row, and won the title of "Lifetime Honor Honinbo", which is well-known in the Japanese chess world.Among the members are Kuboi Shuzhi 9th dan, Shibo Ikuro 8th dan, Toze Zhaoxuan 7th dan and other masters, among whom Kuboi is a famous player of Kansai Chess Academy in Japan.The Japanese delegation is also upgraded according to our continuous improvement.

This time my opponent in the first set was Wa Nei Jiudan, Chen Zude faced Gaochuan Jiudan, and I have been promoted to the second main player.At this time, Gao Chuan and Kuboi didn't know who I was. They didn't care about our domestic competitions, and they didn't care much about my victory in Miyamoto's game. How can I not lose in chess?The game between me and Kubouchi was the second time I played against Japanese Kudan, but it was the first time that I played white chess.From the perspective of a professional chess player, it is more difficult to play white chess. It requires tenacious fighting spirit and strong resilience. In addition, solid basic skills are required to offset the effectiveness of black chess and gain the initiative.

Therefore, the Japanese chess world asserts that it will take several years for the Chinese to defeat Japan's nine dan with white chess. For this reason, I am determined to reverse this perception and defeat Kuboi.At this time, I no longer have "sunphobia". After a fierce battle, I completely defeated Wa Nei.Chen Zude lost to Gao Chuan.Then I easily defeated Shibo 8th dan and Huze 7th dan, and then moved to Guangzhou. On October 28, I faced Gao Chuan Jiuduan in Guangzhou.I knew Mr. Gao Chuan's great name when I was eleven or twelve years old, and I admired him very much.I have studied Gao Chuan's chess a long time ago, and I know that he is good at protracted battles, accurately judges the situation, and often gains an advantage without knowing it. Therefore, Gao Chuan's chess has the reputation of "flowing without competing for the first".

Although Gao Chuan in 1975 was no longer in his heyday, I still have some scruples about Gao Chuan's power.We all made mistakes and slow moves in this game, but one of his unreasonable moves was caught by me, and he immediately attacked and killed, and finally won with the advantage of four pieces. After playing chess, Gao Chuan asked, how did you learn chess?Who is your teacher?I said my teachers were Guo Tisheng and Zhang Futian.He asked again, who do you often play chess with?In Japan, there is a deep sense of sectarianism between various chess academy. If you ask who you often play chess with, it means asking which chess academy you are in.I was not a professional chess player at that time, so I couldn't talk nonsense, so I honestly replied that I was still on the farm, a farmer.This shocked the Japanese, and it was simply unacceptable that a farmer had actually won their Kuduan.As a result, many Japanese journalists also came to interview me, asking why I was a farmer.But I am indeed a farmer, and all relations are still in Shanhe Farm.The Japanese think it is simply an incredible thing.

Gao Chuan then said to me: "According to my opinion, Kobayashi Koichi and Zhao Zhixun are the most powerful chess players in Japan. Your level must be no worse than theirs. If you can come to Japan, you will become a big player in the future." Advise me not to be a farmer anymore, this will delay my future.At that time, I couldn't tell him that I was training with the national training team for a long time. I don't know why there is a rule above that all sports are not allowed to say that there is a national team. Then I played a game with Gao Chuan again in Nanjing. He held black, but I was suppressed by him, unable to perform, and lost.This time my overall record was four wins and one loss, which was already a miracle at the time, especially in Japan, which caused a great sensation. Newspaper reporters published many articles, calling me "Nie Xuanfeng".

They call me "Mimimi", Japanese ears are called "Mimi", and "Mimimi" is three ears.At first they didn't know my name, but they knew that "Three Ears" was powerful. When Gao Chuan went back to report to the Japanese Chess Institute, he praised me a lot. He said: "Generally, Chinese players are very powerful in touch games, but their layout feels a little slow. However, Nie's layout completely has the feeling of a Japanese player. The speed is fast, the combat power is strong, and the official is very clear... If you can draw with me, you can also compete with Kobayashi Koichi, Zhao Zhixun and other outstanding young people." At this time, Japanese chess players began to know me.However, Gaochuan Jiudan is a player who has withdrawn from the front line after all, and Kuboi Jiudan cannot represent the strength of the "superior" Jiudan. Therefore, most of the outstanding Japanese players do not take it seriously, and many people are gearing up and desperately want to give it to me. Click "Color" to see.

In April 1976, the Chinese Go delegation went to Japan for a return visit.This time I became the first main player for granted.This is my first time to Japan and also my first time abroad.When I got on the plane, I had mixed feelings when I remembered how I was not allowed to go abroad two years ago.Now that I can finally go abroad to participate in the competition, I must cherish this opportunity and make some achievements to prove myself. I was very afraid of going abroad at that time, and I didn't have suitable clothes.It is required to wear a suit when going abroad, but I have never worn a suit and never did.Before going abroad, I had to go to the warehouse of the State Sports Commission to borrow two sets of suits worn by other people, and then used the costume fee to buy some shirts, socks, ties and so on. I was so excited that going abroad was a very big event at that time.As for what to buy in Japan, I have no idea at all. The reason is simple: I have no money!I don’t have a penny of Japanese currency when I go abroad, and I only give pocket money of 20 yuan.When I arrived in Japan, people commented that I was wearing a suit that didn’t fit well, yes, it was borrowed, it couldn’t fit perfectly, and I still don’t know how to wear a tie, my tie is plugged in.

Before leaving the country, Tiananmen Square was spontaneously holding activities to mourn Premier Zhou Enlai, and I went to Tiananmen every night in those few days.I have a heartfelt affection for Premier Zhou.Prior to this, the whole country had already begun to "criticize Deng and fight back against the rightist style of overturning verdicts."At a "Criticizing Deng" meeting of the Weiqi team, some people proposed that Deng Xiaoping should be removed from all positions inside and outside the party, and many people also echoed.I was the only one who immediately stood up and said no, Deng Xiaoping was very effective in governing the country, and the position of vice premier of the State Council should be retained and cannot be removed.I didn't know Deng Xiaoping at that time, and I also had a spontaneous feeling for him. I admired the "rectification" he carried out. I also heard some rumors about him, such as white cats and black cats Catch mice is a good cat, Uyghur girls have a lot of braids, even if he loses in a card game, he will get into the table, etc. I appreciate his straightforward speech. What I hate most is telling lies.At that time, those who stood up to speak for Deng Xiaoping like me did not have many sports committees.

Fortunately, Gao Wenzhan, the leader of our Go team, did not report to me, otherwise I would definitely stay due to political issues.At that time, the director of the sports committee was Zhuang Zedong, who followed Jiang Qing closely.At that time, I had a big dissatisfaction with Zhuang Zedong, because on the day of Premier Zhou's memorial service, the whole country stopped entertainment for one day; playing chess is our profession, not entertainment, even though we didn't dare to play chess, we automatically stopped.But Zhuang Zedong came to our place to play chess after attending the memorial service. For him, playing chess is a kind of entertainment.I usually have a good relationship with him, and he is the director, so I dare not let him down.I let him play eight or nine times, but he has no airs. If he loses, he will get on the table.I think that Zhuang Zedong is good in every way, but he has a bad relationship with the "Gang of Four".

We arrived in Tokyo on April 2. After two days of rest, on April 5, in the hall on the second floor of the Tokyo Yomiuri Shimbun, the Sino-Japanese chess match officially started.The opponent sitting in front of me is the famous Fujisawa Hideyuki Jiudan.Mr. Hideyuki is a famous Japanese player who is most familiar to the vast number of Go fans in my country. He has profound skills, comprehensive skills, and is famous for his unique style.He miraculously won six consecutive "Chess Jihad" champions, which made his reputation reach its peak, and was called a "weird man" by the Japanese chess world.

When we played this game, Mr. Hideyuki was the champion holder of the "Tianyuan Tournament" at that time. Before the game, the Japanese chess world believed that there was no doubt that Hideyuki Fujisawa's nine dans would win.With "celebrity" The title holder Otake Hero Nine Dan is even more outspoken. When he talked about the game with the head of the Chinese Go delegation, he said: "Although player Nie is the champion of China, his level is very high, but compared with our Mr. Xiuxing, he is still inferior. It’s far away. To use an analogy, Hideyuki is like a big sumo wrestler, and Nie is a small sumo wrestler. As long as the big sumo wrestler flicks a little harder, the small sumo wrestler will lose.” It’s not surprising that Otake Kudan has this opinion, because In terms of technology and actual combat experience, I really can't keep up with Mr. Xiuyuki.What they overlooked, however, was the single-minded, single-minded determination that got me into the best shape. In this round, I took the lead. The two sides fought fiercely for dozens of rounds.In this regard, Hideyuki Jiudan was amazed and said to the translator beside him: "Mimimi (meaning three ears in Japanese)'s chess is as novel as his name, and he plays very well." In the second match against Murakami's amateur 7th dan, I didn't pay much attention to him at first, thinking that with a little trick, I could win.As a result, at the beginning of the battle, in a partial attack, I was caught off guard by the opponent's opportunity.I really didn't expect Mr. Murakami to have such superb skills.Under his lightning attack, my white chess almost completely collapsed.I judged the situation and found that the black chess was already thirty or forty eyes ahead, and a burst of despair came to my heart.At this time, the game had just been going on for more than an hour. I looked around the hall and saw that my teammates were concentrating on fighting their opponents, and I couldn't help hating myself for underestimating the enemy.As the main player, I know that if we lose so soon, the morale of the Chinese team will be greatly affected. "I can't admit defeat", "I can't affect my teammates", I gritted my teeth and was determined not to admit defeat until the last move.But the situation has deteriorated to such an extent that no matter how determined we are, we have no choice but to "treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor".I went against my own style of chess and used the brute force I used to "domineeringly" in 1973, challenging and provoking everywhere in an attempt to mess up the situation.In an instant, gunpowder smoke billowed on the plate and flames of war raged. In the face of my "crazy" resistance, Murakami, who was in an absolute advantage, became a little at a loss. Murakami, while considered the pinnacle of Japanese amateurs, has never won against a professional grandmaster, let alone a nine-dan.And I have defeated four nine-dan players, so beating me means a lot to him, not only defeating the Chinese champion, but also indirectly defeating nine-dan players.In the mood of being extremely eager to win, he seemed more nervous than me. As a result, he gave up again and again, and made a series of slow moves. In the end, I turned the defeat into victory with one glance.In fact, until the end of the game, he could win a goal or two if he got it right. This game of chess that was walking on thin ice made me break out in cold sweat.After the game, I felt that my shirt was soaked with sweat. This is the retribution for underestimating the enemy.I can't imagine what will happen if I lose this game.But getting through the crisis successfully lifted my spirits. On April 10th in Fukuoka, I Zhihei defeated Katian Katsuji 9th Dan with six goals.This game attracted the attention of Japanese chess experts. They believed that from the content of the game, black played very well, almost impeccable. Although white did not play any bad moves or bad moves, the result was still lost.Later, Daping Shu Sanjiu specially wrote an article to explain this game in detail, thinking that it was a masterpiece of black chess. On April 13th, in Osaka, I Zhibai lost to Masahashi Hashimoto's 29th dan by two eyes.Mr. Hashimoto is a sharp knife of the Kansai Chess Institute in Japan, and has performed well in all major chess games in Japan.His chess style is thick and stable, especially when he is playing black, it is quite difficult to defeat him.I was in the lead, and a random move led to the deterioration of the situation.I have a deeper understanding of the truth of "one careless move, and the whole game is lost". On April 17th, I again defeated Iwata Tatsuaki 9th dan in Nagoya Zhibai.In this game, Iwata adopted the "Chinese style" layout, and I opposed it with "small eyes", "three threes", and "single pass guard corner".The series of receptions to Bai 42 was carried out completely according to my imagination, and the pace was extremely smooth.After the game, Shimamura Kudan called this the momentum of "the great river rushing straight down".But Bai Sisi was too greedy in the next move, which almost led to a bitter fruit. This requires me to learn the lesson seriously. The most critical game was the last set between me and Ishida Yoshio Kudan. The two titles of "Honinbo" and "Celebrity", even if only one of them is won, is enough to make Japanese professional chess players fight for it all their lives.At that time, Yoshio Ishida had maintained five consecutive "Honinbo" championships, and won the title of "Lifetime Honor Honinbo", and he also won the "Celebrity" championship.He was less than thirty years old at the time, and it was his "golden age". He was quick in thinking, accurate in judgment, and had "electronic computers" It is the most powerful opponent I have ever encountered. This chess game was played at the Nihon Kiin Academy in Tokyo on April 19, with me holding the black first.At that time, there were not only many Japanese grandmasters, but also many reporters from major news media. It would not be an exaggeration to say that I was "frightened" and "walking on thin ice" in this game of chess. At two minutes to ten, Ishida Yoshio and I took our seats one after another, waiting for the chief referee to announce the start of the game.This one or two minutes is really hard!I don't know whether it was excitement or nervousness, but I felt as uneasy as a student sitting in the examination room waiting for the teacher to hand out the examination papers.To stabilize my mood, I lit a cigarette. As soon as Ishida Kudan takes his seat, he puts his hands on his knees and sits upright, "seeing the nose with the eyes and the heart with the nose", appearing calm and unhurried.Of course, I don't believe that his mood is so peaceful. The game finally started.Ishida Kudan has a reputation for being proficient in calculations and accurate judgments, and is especially good at ending.Before the game, I estimated that he would fight a protracted battle, so I used the "diagonal star" layout with strong combat effectiveness, hoping to enter the battle as soon as possible. The challenge of taking the steep slope on the seventh hand is something I have planned for a long time.Because when I played Ishida's score in the past, I found that he likes the field very much. Because of his comprehensive skills, when he is not absolutely sure, he would rather lose a little than easily fight against his opponent.As I expected, he really chose to avoid the fight, and this is exactly what I expected.The Black Eleven and Thirteen Consecutive Presses were first played by Chen Zude. I have conducted research on this basis, and this time it happened to be used.Ishida was obviously a little surprised. He picked up the chess pieces from the chess box several times and put them back. After careful consideration, he was still unwilling to form a fierce battle immediately, so he backed down a step.This retreat immediately led me to the thirty-ninth move in one go. Black not only gained the strength of the corner, but also formed a huge position, gaining the initiative in one fell swoop. Since then, I have fought more and more bravely, and my spiritual thoughts have come one after another, and I have written a series of exquisite works.Ishida Jiudan is worthy of being a contemporary master, and he has always clung to it tightly. Several times of fierce counterattacks have given me a great threat.It wasn't until I made the one hundred and twenty-first move that I breathed a sigh of relief. This game of chess was undoubtedly won. When the chief referee announced with a serious expression that Hei won Qimu, there was a burst of warm applause in the entire hall.Under the flashing lights of the journalists, Yoshio Ishida Honinbo and I stood up at the same time and shook hands across the chess table.I noticed the flickering frustration in Mr. Ishida's eyes, and I also noticed the surprise and confusion on the faces of the Japanese chess players watching the game in the hall: how could the majestic Japanese Honinbo lose to an insignificant Chinese? Woolen cloth?And this time is a moment I will never forget in my life. It was this game that strongly shocked the Japanese Go world and made them truly realize the power of "Nie Xuanfeng". It has already reached the Japanese mainland. Regrettably, this "whirlwind" was suppressed by the domestic political situation. I heard about the "counter-revolutionary incident" that took place in Tiananmen Square on April 5, 1976, after the match against Hideyuki Fujisawa, and the Japanese news media at that time reported a lot.In addition to being shocked, I felt extremely worried, and even had an illusion that I could not go back.I always think that professional chess players should stay away from "politics", but sometimes they get involved consciously or unconsciously.At that time, I didn't see the "Gang of Four", and it was impossible to see it, but I was very disgusted with Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, and Yao Wenyuan. I didn't understand Wang Hongwen, and I didn't know the inside story. After returning to Beijing, seeing the "black hand behind the scenes" who was "deeply criticizing Deng" and investigating the "Tiananmen Incident", I immediately felt a strong sense of depression.At this time, Yao Wenyuan approached me through someone from the Sports Commission to ask me for the game record of this game in Japan. Although I was annoyed by him, he was a member of the Politburo, so I had to give it to him, so I made a hasty one.I guess this chess record should be found in Yao Wenyuan's place.