Chapter 36 Kobayashi Koichi

Kobayashi Koichi is here! At that time, although Kobayashi Koichi only had the title of the "Ten-dan Tournament" champion, which ranked fifth in the Japanese Go Tournament, he had never won the other tournaments, and there were not many chances of winning the right to challenge.But no one can deny that his chess strength is really "superior".In terms of record, he ranks behind Kato Masao, Takemiya Masaki, Zhao Zhixun and others. People analyze that he has failed several times, not because he is inferior to them in chess, but because at critical moments, his thinking is not so strong.

This time it was Shao Zhenzhong's turn to attack.I still have hope in Shao Zhenzhong.Two years ago, when Kobayashi visited China, Shao Zhenzhong confronted him twice.In the second game, Shao Zhenzhong was already in sight of victory, but somehow he turned a piece of chess that he could have eaten into double play, and his mood was immediately affected, so that he lost again and again at the end, and finally let the cooked duck fly away .He has always regretted this game of chess.This time he suffocated to take revenge.In addition, his overall record against Japan is not bad. At this time, Go became popular all over the country, so more reporters asked for interviews.

Triumph in the group arena.At the airport, he was greeted by Vice Premier Fang Yi, and he was also worshiped by his son. The game room was moved from the larger west hall on the south first floor of the Beijing Gymnasium to the slightly smaller east hall, and the west hall was reserved as a viewing room.In addition, in the competition hall, in the afternoon, the market will be displayed to explain to the audience. After the start of the match, the two played quickly. The nineteen moves took only five minutes, which showed that both of them were prepared and confident.Later, both of them made mistakes, but in the final match, Shao Zhenzhong didn't handle it well and lost in the middle game.

After the game, Kobayashi Koichi met with Chinese chess fans and said: "Although China still has the advantage, Japan will never admit defeat. I am determined to fight to the end." The implication is that he alone can China was wiped out.There were more than a thousand people in the audience, and there was no sound.As the chief general of the Chinese side, I have an indescribable feeling in my heart. The next game was Qian Yuping vs. Kobayashi Koichi. This time, he didn't play the big game to explain, mainly because Qian Yuping had little chance of winning, and playing the big game would inevitably disappoint the chess fans.

Qian Yuping's game of chess was very difficult from the very beginning, and he was always at a disadvantage.His chess is always shrinking, and he is overwhelmed by Kobayashi Koichi's power.In the spectator room, my mood was always depressed.The viewing room and the game room are quite far apart, and it takes a few minutes to run.There was no closed-circuit television system at that time, so we had to find a few low-level chess players to pass the game records back and forth, so it took a while for the game records to reach our hands. Although Qian Yuping was at a disadvantage, he played very tenaciously. At the end of the game, a chance of victory suddenly appeared.The observation room exploded immediately, and everyone hurried to the game room.Of course, I also want to see with my own eyes the scene when Kobayashi Koichi loses, but just as he rushed there, just as Qian Yuping stopped the clock to concede defeat, he failed to play a winning game, which is really horrible!At that time, Qian Yuping was grinning so much that his saliva was about to flow out. I really wanted to go up and slap him and scold him: "Fool, why don't you go on, won't you win if you go on?"

When we pointed this out, Kobayashi expressed doubts, and we gave him a wave, and he suddenly realized. This is a game of chess that admits defeat before the end of the game. Technically speaking, Qian Yuping can win if he keeps going, but objectively speaking, the psychological pressure placed on the Chinese chess players by the super-class Japanese players at that time was very huge. hands unimaginable.Qian Yuping was only eighteen years old at the time, so it was understandable to lose chess under such psychological pressure. But Qian Yuping didn't think about it, Kobayashi Koichi, as a "super-class" chess player, couldn't afford to lose.

According to Hao Keqiang, who was watching the game from the side, Kobayashi’s hand holding the game record was also shaking when entering the duel (Kobayashi has a habit of always asking the recorder for the game record to watch).Later Qian Yuping shaved his head specially in order to remember this lesson. In July 1985, Cao Dayuan failed in the Dongdu attack, which should be said to be within our expectations. At this time, the score between China and Japan is five to five, which is literally evenly matched, but the offensive momentum is on Japan's side.Like in any game, the side that turns the tables and catches up has a psychological advantage over the side that falls, not to mention Kobayashi Koichi, who has never lost before a Chinese chess player!

Now, the burden of curbing Kobayashi's winning streak falls on Liu Xiaoguang's shoulders.Liu Xiaoguang is very serious about preparing for the battle.We still know Koichi Kobayashi quite well, but we didn't study him like we do now.In the past, most of us looked at Japanese chess records with a learning attitude, with the purpose of exploring their subtleties.Now we are conducting research to defeat them, not only to look at their strengths, but more importantly, to find out their weaknesses. Through the confrontation in the first four games, we found that his openings with black chess are basically the same, so that it is easy for us to make targeted preparations.In fact, since May, for three months, I have been playing the role of Kobayashi Koichi, playing black for a while and white for a while.I didn't expect that these preparations would be useful to me in the future.At that time, I was focused on letting them pass Xiaolin's barrier as soon as possible.

Beijing is hot in July and August. At that time, we all seem to have forgotten the heat. A group of people often gather around the chessboard, and the heat is much higher than the temperature. After Jiang Zhujiu's four consecutive victories, Zhao Zhixun once said: "The Chinese players as a whole aim to defeat Japan." This is indeed the case.In terms of chess strength, the Chinese team should admit that it is generally lower than Japan, but if the strength is twisted together, the combat effectiveness will be stronger.In Japan, who would dare to imagine such a preparation scene?And the replay after each game, the atmosphere is equally enthusiastic.

However, in society, the heat wave caused by Jiang Zhujiu has ebbed.People are disappointed! Why can't Kobayashi Koichi be brought down?In this case, Liu Xiaoguang did not openly explain Kobayashi Koichi's game of chess. In order to relieve Liu Xiaoguang's psychological pressure, the game room was also moved from the east hall to the west hall according to his wishes.Athletes have subtle psychology. You can call it idealism or superstition, but they have some taboos.For example, if you don’t get a haircut before a game; if you win a game, that dress will become a mascot; Koichi Kobayashi was also very sensitive to this, as soon as he walked into the game room, he whispered to Hua Yigang who was the referee: "It's the opposite of last time!"

At the beginning of the game, both sides moved quickly.Although Liu Xiaoguang failed to make a few moves, Xiao Linguang was not without mistakes. By the time the game was closed at noon, the two had already played seventy-four moves. The progress was quite fast, and Liu Xiaoguang's situation was not bad, unlike before. The four are so passive. Kobayashi didn't eat at noon during the game. When he came to China for the eighth and ninth games, he followed him to the restaurant out of politeness, but he didn't eat, and only drank a cup of hot tea.When others were eating, he had been sitting on the seat in a daze, obviously still thinking about everything on the chessboard. This time, he didn't even go to the restaurant at all, and sat alone on the sofa against the wall in the game room. Maybe it was Liu Xiaoguang's few chess moves that made him feel pressured, and he had to think hard about countermeasures. In the afternoon, Liu Xiaoguang had several opportunities to win, but unfortunately he didn't grasp them. As long as he grasped one, he would win for sure. How anxious!At the last moment, Shen Guosun, who was originally a seven-dan chess player and later became a reporter for "Sports Daily", went into the game room to observe the situation, and came back and announced happily: Liu Xiaoguang has won, and he has won the game against Bamu.Ma Xiaochun also felt that the victory was certain, and thought that he didn't need to play, he breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered in his mouth: "I'm so tired! I'm more tired than playing myself!" Then he stood up and sat on the sofa farthest from the chessboard. , Close your eyes and go to rest. However, this relaxed atmosphere didn't last long, and the chess records that came out after that brought all the bad news.Liu Xiaoguang couldn't see all the roads leading to victory, and turned to a dead end. The news of the end of the game came from the game room, and people flocked to leave, but I still sat at the chessboard, not wanting to move.As a result, I already knew that Liu Xiaoguang lost a quarter of the game.I feel worse than myself losing a chess game. I'm really angry with Liu Xiaoguang, why did I behave like this?I don't want to watch Hua Yigang count his sons, it makes me feel even more uncomfortable.But after thinking about it, Liu Xiaoguang must have felt more uncomfortable than me, "Although chess is a trivial way, its morality is the most respected." No matter how unhappy he is, he still has to participate in the replay, which is also a courtesy to the guests. It's time for Ma Xiaochun to play. "Xiao Lin Guangyi is not easy to play now. He can win such chess. His luck has come." Ma Xiaochun said to others.It turned out that he didn't say that. At that time, he said: "I am not very afraid of Kobayashi Koichi, I am only afraid of Masao Kato." This is an ominous omen. Sure enough, Ma Xiaochun was in a difficult situation the next morning.In all fairness, Ma Xiaochun played this game of chess well, and did not make any regrettable mistakes, but Xiao Linguang played even better. Now Hikaru Kobayashi has been forcing me to play, as long as I lose, this group arena will be over, and behind Kobayashi there are two super-class chess players Masao Kato and Hideyuki Fujisawa.Objectively speaking, our side is in a desperate situation.At that time, I couldn't think too much. The only goal was to win Kobayashi Koichi first. I found all the chess records about Kobayashi Koichi that I could collect, from the opening to the middle game to the ending, I dissected him bit by bit, carefully, and went all out to study.At that time, I worked much harder than now, and my professionalism was much better. At that time, my mind was full of Koichi Kobayashi, Kobayashi's chess style, and Kobayashi's chess style.See him with eyes open, see him with eyes closed, think of him when walking, and think of him when eating.Some people joked with me that I was crazy.Really, at that time, many acquaintances met on the road, but I couldn't see it, because I was thinking about chess!Sometimes when I was eating, I suddenly thought of a move, so I quickly put the food in my stomach and ran back to the dormitory to study.Sometimes when I suddenly think of something at night, I immediately get up and put on a show until late at night.For some chess pieces, I have played thousands of variations, and I still feel that there is still more to say.Hua Yigang said to me: "I have known you for more than 20 years, and I have never seen you prepare for the competition so seriously." Yes, because I have never taken such a heavy burden! In 1984, after I lost my last championship, I used to feel like I was done. And in this preparation for Kobayashi Koichi, I suddenly felt youthful again, full of vitality. During this period, Xiao Kong also helped me a lot. In addition to helping me set up the chess score, he also gave me great spiritual encouragement.She said to me many times: "I believe that you are capable of defeating the top Japanese chess players. The key is whether you have the confidence and are willing to put in the hard work. As long as you work hard, anyone can win." Looking back now Come to think of it, these words really helped me a lot. In addition, I have also received many letters from the masses, especially many PLA commanders and fighters, some of whom were sent from the Laoshan Front and some from field hospitals. It is said that we are here to guard the gate for the motherland, just for you to achieve good results in the country.The letter was very exciting, and I really shed tears when I read the letter: How can I be worthy of them if I don't win. During the group arena, Deng Xiaoping, Hu Yaobang, Wan Li and other party and state leaders often asked me about the competition, and Deng Xiaoping personally watched the live broadcast.Frequent contact with great people, although it cannot be said that it can directly improve the chess ability, but it can improve one's spiritual realm, which has a subtle effect on chess playing. After more than two weeks of intense preparation, I felt that Kobayashi Koichi's countermeasures were basically studied, and I should relax.According to my experience, before the competition, the strings should not be too tight.If you make yourself too nervous, you may lose energy on the spot and fail to perform at your level.I've suffered from pre-match nervousness.As for how to deal with Masao Kato, I decided not to think too much, and I couldn't distract myself at this time. A week before Xiang Xiaolin's attack, I stopped playing chess.Not touching chess is just a way to relax, without self-control, not touching chess may not be able to relax.As I have been tempered many times in good times and bad times, I think I still have relatively strong self-control. If I want to relax, I can basically do it. In order to relax me before the game, Hu Yaobang personally arranged for me to play bridge.Wan Li also gave me a tennis racket and "forced" me to play tennis.I don't know how to play tennis, and I don't have much interest. It's purely for relaxation. On August 24, 1985, the day before departure, I came to the team. Chen Zude told me that Vice Premier Fang Yi called and asked him to tell me that he hoped that I would be calm and calm. He believed that I could perform well.In the evening, Jin Ming came to my house again. He didn't mention a word about the competition, and left after chatting for more than half an hour.What exactly he said, I have no recollection.In fact, he just wanted to help me relieve my psychological burden. As for what to talk about, it didn't matter. We must have been "absent-minded" at the time. On the morning of the 25th, we headed to the Capital Airport.There was a heavy rain last night, and the wind and rain have not stopped at this time.This day coincided with the opening of the "National Tournament", so I advised the team not to see people off.At the passenger entrance, only Chen Zheng from the "New Sports" magazine bid farewell to us.This was the most desolate time in the group arena, and the wind and rain made it even more desolate.Later, Comrade Hao Keqiang said in the report that there was a taste of "the wind is rustling and the water is cold".But because of the desolation of this profession, I have no pressure. After a day's journey, it was seven o'clock in the evening when we arrived in Atami, Japan.The Nuanhaizhuang where we stayed is a Japanese-style hotel.After going to Japan these years, I feel that sleeping on "tatami" has its own comfort.Especially the hotel has a hot spring, the Japanese-style hot spring bath, soaking in the pool is really comfortable, and the fatigue of a day's journey is instantly eliminated. Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki and Takemiya Masaki Kudan both rushed to Atami.I thought Mr. Fujisawa came, he is the main general.Wugong Jiuduan came, which was beyond my expectation.He has always been very friendly to Chinese chess players. Did he feel that we lost so badly this time, so he came here to express condolences? The next day, the host invited us to go out for a visit, saying that Mr. Fujisawa would also go.Like me, Mr. Fujisawa is a person who doesn't like to play.He has been to Beijing many times, and every time he comes, he doesn't go anywhere, he doesn't go to the Great Wall, and he doesn't go to the Forbidden City, either to play chess or to talk about chess.Chess has become an important part of his life. Today, he wants to accompany me to play, of course I have to go.The scenery of Atami is indeed beautiful. Looking at the vast blue sea and winding hills, my heart seems to be much wider. I don't know whether it was intentional or coincidental, we were led to a scenic spot called Ogasaki Observatory.This is a platform built on a cliff, more than 70 meters high, very steep, and below is the rough sea.The tour guide said that people who want to commit suicide all over Japan jump into the sea here, and it is a famous place to commit suicide.Touching the scene, I think that in the Sino-Japanese group arena, we were also cornered.However, I don't want to kill myself.I said to Hao Keqiang: "This is to let me 'die' here! Maybe who will go down?" In the evening, Hua Yi and I just shared a room. At night, I suddenly told him that I felt that I was going to win tomorrow, and I won by two and a half eyes.If I really win Rinmoku, I can still win Kato.Normally I would not say that, I am very steady and cautious, how can I say that I will definitely win against him tomorrow, and how much will I win?At that time, I was completely involuntary and unable to control. In the words of ordinary people, it was a coincidence.Sure enough, the next day, by mistake, he won two and a half eyes, which is really amazing.Afterwards, I thought, Mr. Chen must be showing his spirit! At nine o'clock in the morning on August 27, the match between Koichi Kobayashi and I started.Originally, when we played against the Japanese, everyone wore suits, but today I specially wore a red sportswear with the word "China" embroidered on it.Later, a Japanese reporter asked me, why do I wear sportswear to participate in the competition?I told him it was for luck.In fact, when I wear sportswear, it means that I am going to fight hard. The word "China" will inspire my fighting spirit, and red is a festive color in China. Although it is said to have won, this game of chess is actually full of dangers.It was my turn to play black in this game of chess, and I took great pains on whether to play the star position or the small eye in the first move.When studying Kobayashi's chess in Beijing, I found that his winning rate of playing diagonal layout is not very high, so I want to lure him to play diagonal layout.If I occupy the small eye in the upper right corner first, Kobayashi often goes to the lower left corner, so no matter which corner I occupy again, I will not be able to go diagonally.After careful consideration, I took the star in the upper right corner.As expected, Kobayashi occupies the star position in the upper left corner, which can be said to be determined by Kobayashi's temperament.The pace of the next few moves was exactly as I expected, and I couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.Until the closing at noon, my situation was good.Hua Yigang who went with him also thought so. Unexpectedly, after eating, after thinking about it, Xiao Lin ignored my attack and suddenly turned to the right.Kobayashi really deserves to be a top Japanese chess player! In recent years, I often feel that my mind is numb and my thinking is slow in the middle of the game, and I have lost many games that I should have won.Later, I went to the hospital for examination and found that it was caused by cerebral hypoxia.Therefore, the doctor advised me to take oxygen in the afternoon during major competitions.This time I brought an oxygen cylinder to Japan.I also encountered a little "trouble" when going through customs. People didn't know what it was, and thought it was a "bomb"! The game went into the afternoon, and the fierce battle in the middle game began. Xiaolin wanted to split my two pieces.I silently thought about the countermeasures, but I just couldn't think of a clever one. I thought I should inhale oxygen, so I went to open the oxygen bottle.In fact, opening this oxygen bottle is not complicated, because my mind is full of chess, and I have completely forgotten the method of opening the bottle that I learned before I left.I didn't turn on the oxygen tank, so I hurried back to the chess table and continued to play chess, only to make a bad move.Hua Yigang was anxious when he saw it, and helped me open the bottle cap, but he forgot how to open the bottle because of his nervousness.He then turned to look for the accompanying reporter Zhang Jiasheng, fortunately he came to rescue him. I finished my oxygen and felt much clearer.After carefully analyzing the situation, I realized that the evil move just now had put me in a desperate situation.I began to think about countermeasures to reverse the situation.The time passed minute by minute. When I looked up at the watch, I had already taken the exam for a whole hour, but at that time I felt that it was just a moment.What's even more frightening is that I still haven't come up with a perfect plan, and finally I decided to burn the boat and choose a road that is dangerous but also easy for the other party to make mistakes.This is called releasing the "winner" in Go.Sure enough, Kobayashi relented and lost a fleeting chance to win. During the replay, Kobayashi Koichi kept blaming himself: "It's too weird" and "It's outrageous."Soon, someone invited me and Xiaolin to meet the audience who were listening to the market.Xiao Lin said in a low tone: "I can't meet with you today." It was very uncomfortable. No wonder, Kobayashi Koichi has never lost in front of Chinese chess players!Japan's "super-class" chess players have played against us for more than 20 games, and they have not lost yet. It is generally believed that there is a big gap between Chinese chess players and Japanese "super-class" chess players.And I think there is a gap, but not as big as people think, and some can even be said to be separated by a layer of window paper.What I say is well-founded. There are many games in which Chinese players were at an advantage, and some were even close to winning. The reason for the final loss is not entirely technical, but psychological to a considerable extent. .He didn't believe in his own strength, hesitant and nervous when he had an advantage, so the opponent seized the opportunity and reversed the situation. Comrade Yuan Weimin once said to me: "This layer of window paper must be pierced. You must take the lead and lead other young chess players to attack." Now I finally succeeded in impacting and pierced this layer of window paper.I happily came to the chess hall.Today's chess is given by Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki.The hall was full of Go enthusiasts. They came from all over the country, and there were quite a few of them.There are two large national flags of China and Japan hanging on the front of the hall, a posture of preparing for the closing ceremony. The reason why this competition is arranged at this time and this place is because the annual Go Conference of the whole Japan is being held here, and the Japanese Ki Academy always feels that it is very meaningful to hold the closing ceremony of the Sino-Japanese Go Challenge on such an occasion .In this atmosphere, it's no wonder Kobayashi Koichi is reluctant to come out to meet everyone. After dinner, I was both excited and tired.After taking a shower, I felt better.The four of us who went with us drank tea instead of wine in the room and toasted. This game can be said to be the most thrilling game of chess in my life, and the battle is extremely intense. Kobayashi said afterwards: "One hour after the end, I felt that my nerves were deranged." And I felt that this chess game was like walking a tightrope on a cliff from the beginning to the end. It would not be an exaggeration to say that I was exhausted physically and mentally.This game also marked that the myth of the invincibility of Japanese super-class chess players has been broken, and our country's Go has made a new leap. Returning to Tokyo the next day, we were taken to the embassy to rest because the hotel room was not available.There we had a good meal and a good night's sleep afterwards.I feel much better. Before the match against Masao Kato, the staff of Nippon Chess Academy handed me a telegram from the All-China Youth Federation, congratulating me on defeating Kobayashi and wishing me to beat Kato again.The Japanese do not understand Chinese, but they can recognize Chinese characters, and I immediately noticed the serious expressions on their faces.In fact, without this telegram, the expressions on their faces probably wouldn't be much brighter.Because they thought that the match with Kato was actually the decisive battle of the group arena, and against Fujisawa Hideyuki, they thought he was just the coach in honor. The game started in this serious atmosphere. Masao Kato's chess is famous in Japan for its ability to attack and kill well, and is called "the executioner" and "the evil star". In the three rounds of chess I visited Japan last year, I lost to Kato 0-2. This time I will fight again, and I will inevitably feel ashamed.But I admire Kato's superb skills, and I also hope to learn something from Kato. I played this game of chess very smoothly, it was like a god's help!It is a rare masterpiece in my Go career.Such a big battle ended at 4:30 in the afternoon. It only took six hours in total, and I won Simu and a half.I think that the game record of this game can be passed on to future generations. After the game, I felt sore and almost paralyzed, but I was still very excited.In the research room, Kato enthusiastically participated in the replay, and immediately said that he had learned a lot through this game.Takemiya said to me: "If you can play such good moves as fifty or fifty-two, Kato should lose to you." Famous players such as Eiio Sakata, Hideyuki Fujisawa, Koichi Kobayashi, Hideo Otake, and Yoshio Ishida also enthusiastically expressed their opinions. Their insightful opinions have benefited me a lot.After such a fierce fight, they can sit down calmly and talk to each other and learn from each other, probably only Go, which has become a tradition of the Sino-Japanese chess game. After replaying the game, we went to a reception. As soon as I entered the venue, I saw a large banner that said "China-Japan Go Challenge Competition Reunion", and there were 70 to 80 people attending.I had just "walked" out of the game of chess, and my mind seemed to go blank. I couldn't figure out why today's reception was so lively? The comrades at the embassy told me quietly that Japan originally prepared the closing ceremony, and even the words "closed ceremony" were hung up, and the words "professional meeting" were replaced later. "Qinqinhui" means a get-together. Only then did I come back to reality. This time Sakata Rongo spoke again. He said that he did not expect this competition to be so intense.He praised me for playing the game of chess against Kato very well, which is worthy of the demeanor of a general.He also hopes that a group arena match like this can be held every year in the future. This reminds me of less than a month ago, that is, the day Xiaolin Guangyi defeated Ma Xiaochun in Beijing, Comrade Tang Ke, Minister of Petroleum and consultant of the Chinese Weiqi Association, hosted a banquet for Xiaolin Guangyi and his party at Fangshan in Beihai. The reason why Tang Ke came forward was that Takeo Ando, ​​a member of the Nippon Chess Academy Standing Committee who came to China with Kobayashi Koichi, had hinted that the group arena may only be held this time, and will not be held in the future.How we hoped to hold at least a second session!Everyone held back their energy and wanted to pierce the layer of window paper.Comrade Tang Ke is an old friend with Mr. Inayama Yoshihiro, the president of Nippon Chess Academy and the leader of the Japanese financial industry. He came to the banquet to show that he attaches great importance to the group arena. At the same time, he took this opportunity to send a message to President Inayama, asking him to Support this game.But at the banquet, Director Ando clearly expressed his intention not to continue. And this time Sakata's speech shows that the attitude of Nihon Kiin has changed a lot. Koichi Kobayashi also attended the reception today, and he has been freed from the pain of failure, perhaps because Masao Kato shared his pain!He shook my hand with a big smile. Mr. Fujisawa said humorously: "When I came out of the house, I already told the barber to prepare the best razor for me." This remark caused a burst of laughter.It turned out that before the match between Koichi Kobayashi and Koichi Kobayashi, Koichi Kobayashi, Masao Kato and Hideyuki Fujisawa held a pledge meeting in Hakone not far from Atami. They held hands and said in front of the press that they would definitely beat me , If you lose, you will shave your head collectively. I admire the general demeanor of these Japanese masters very much. They have already expected that the group arena may go beyond their original idea and end in the failure of the Japanese team, but the atmosphere of the whole reception is quite friendly. When I got back to the hotel, I felt like I was falling apart.The spiritual strength of a person is really amazing. I stood there all the time at the reception without feeling too tired.But now that everything is over and everything is fine, I can't move. When I returned to my home country, I did not expect to receive such a warm welcome.Fang Yi, Jin Ming, Tang Ke and other old comrades all came to the airport.The plane was delayed for more than an hour, and it was almost 10:30 in the evening when we arrived in Beijing. These leading comrades insisted on waiting for more than an hour.For the first time in my life, I saw that exciting scene, just like welcoming a world champion.And the group arena is not over yet! Since then, I have experienced several scenes that I have never seen in my life. At Peking University and Tsinghua University, enthusiastic students lifted me up and paraded on the campus; at the lectures of various universities, the venues were always overcrowded, and the aisles and windowsills were full of people; the place where I reported to Beijing Go lovers , chose the largest theater in the capital - Zhongshan Park Concert Hall.I was really worried at the beginning, how can the people sitting behind see the graphics on the chessboard in such a large venue?Unexpectedly, not only the tickets were sold out, but also the order was surprisingly good. There was no sound in the huge venue, and there were many people outside the gate waiting for the refund. The land of China was originally the hometown of Go. In the past, due to foreign humiliation and internal strife, the country's fortunes were on the rise, and Go was "ignored" for hundreds of years.Go has finally become popular in its hometown today!There is probably no greater joy for a man than to see his own business popular with the masses! In addition to being happy, I feel more pressure than before defeating Kobayashi Koichi.Everyone is too optimistic about the last game. Although Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki has not played chess for more than two years, he has not left chess. His good feeling and solid basic skills cannot be underestimated!