After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 153 152. The Shame of Xin Chou

"Who are the members of the Japanese delegation this time?"

"The delegation is led by two Japanese 9th dan players, Kojima Atsushi and Miyamoto Shigena. There are also several 7th and 8th dan players, as well as some new Japanese players. There are no amateur players accompanying us this time. All of them are professionals from the Japan Go Association.

Judging from the list, there are many young chess players. It may be that these young people of your next generation have put a lot of pressure on the Japan Chess Association, making them start to pay attention to the exchanges between young chess players between China and Japan.

To prevent us from overtaking them in the next generation."

Although Chen Long's words sound light and casual, in fact there is a deep shame behind the exchange of Go between China and Japan.

It is even an embarrassing past event that is called the shame of Chinese Go.

In 1960, a Japanese Go delegation visited China for the first time, and Chinese and Japanese players played a total of 30 games.

The Chinese chess players only achieved a record of "winning two games and drawing one game".

After the game, a Japanese nine-dan chess player even said: When playing against Chinese chess players, you must give up the first move, otherwise you will refuse to play.

Subsequently, the argument that the Japanese 9th dan was invincible became popular in the Chinese Go community.

In 1961, the Japanese Go delegation visited China for the second time. The delegation directly withdrew the th dan player, believing that there was no need to allow the th dan player to pass through Chinese Go.

Japan only sent three non-famous professional chess players, including female chess player Ito 5th dan, and even arranged two amateur chess players, for fear that China would lose too many games and would not be able to win any game.

Such a lineup probably wouldn't even be ranked in the middle of the Japanese chess world.

At this time, Chinese Go, which was looked down upon, was also holding its breath, but this breath was quickly dispelled.

In 1961, Ito, 54th dan, was already a -year-old old lady, but she won all eight games against Chinese masters.

During the game, Ito 5th Dan waved his folding fan and looked around, and even stood up to inspect the game situation at each chess table. At that time, this was seen as a sign of not taking Chinese chess players seriously.

But even so, Ito, 5th dan, directly slaughtered Master Liu Jiwen of Nan Liu in the game. At that time, Master Liu Jiwen's hands were shaking and sweat was pouring down his back.

At the same time, Ito Tomoe also defeated another Chinese master, Wang Yaozu, the Northern King, and even another Chinese Go national master was defeated so badly that his hands were shaking so much that he couldn't even hold the chess pieces.

But even with Japan in the Pacific, the team composed of the older generation of Chinese players was completely unable to compete with the strength of the Japanese Go team. The result of the game was a terrible 34 losses, 5 wins and 1 draw, which was completely one-sided.

However, Ito's strength is definitely not considered a strong professional in the Japanese chess world, and he is still quite far from being a top-notch player.

A 54-year-old female chess player can beat the top Chinese chess player so badly, so should the top Japanese chess players give the Chinese chess player two moves? Because this year is the Year of the Ox in the lunar calendar, chess fans also call it the "Shame of the Ox"!
For the first time, Chinese Go players came to a profound realization that the gap between Chinese and Japanese Go was so huge that it was unimaginable.

Chen Long still clearly remembers that he silently wrote in his diary at that time, "Letting Ito 5th dan win all eight games is a shame no matter what. This is not only a shame for Go players, but also a shame for the nation, a national shame!"

That year, after the disastrous defeat, the Chinese Go team was established and the professional research of Go was started. Later, Chen Long defeated Japanese Go player Suginai 1963th dan by one move in 1965 and Iwata th dan by one move in , thus breaking the myth of the invincibility of Japanese th dan players.

Later, when Fang Yuan won six games and lost one during exchanges in Japan, the Japanese Go community really looked up to Chinese Go and believed that China also had capable Go players.

But it was just a glance, and it seemed that the status of the Chinese Go community in the eyes of the Japanese Go Association had gone from a barbarian land to a rural area like Kansai.

And so far, no Chinese player has been able to defeat the top Japanese players who are in their professional careers.

But at least, during the exchanges, a ninth-dan player appeared in the Japanese delegation again. It is no longer the era where a fifth-dan old lady can sweep China.

"Xiaodao Jiudan, I know him, he is good at Mahjong, but his Chinese is a bit poor, he only knows two sentences, thank you, I love eating Xiaolongbao."

Zhan Lang nodded when he heard Chen Long introduce the two main 9th dan players who came to visit. There are quite a lot of 9th dan players in Japan, and Zhan Lang can only say that he is slightly familiar with a few of them. After all, most of them will not have any intersection.

I know Kojima Jiudan quite well. They had a lot of fun playing mahjong together last time. His opponent only lost a few tens of thousands of dollars to me, which was the least among the three of them.

I don’t know if the other party plays mahjong this time, so I’ll play a few more rounds.

"No matter how many times I come here, the scenery here is still incomparable to Tokyo. It's even worse than the countryside in Osaka, where there aren't even any tall buildings."

Feeling the bumps in the bus, 9th Dan Miyamoto Shigena couldn't help but complain.

If it weren't for the official friendly exchange mission, I wouldn't want to come to such a remote place.

When Kojima Atsushi heard this, he smiled. This was not his first time to come to China. He had been here once before for exchanges.

"China is pretty good. In the capital, you can see the ancient Chinese imperial palace, which is now a museum.

It’s a pity that winter has just passed. The last time winter came, the Forbidden City in China was very beautiful after it snowed.

Of course, Chinese food is even more amazing! It is completely different from Chinese food in Japan. Capital Roast Duck, Noodles with Soy Sauce, Hot Dry Noodles, Braised Pork Buns, Donkey Rolls, Fried Tripe, and Shabu-shabu Lamb are all must-try dishes, especially donkey meat.

There is an old Chinese saying that goes, there is dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground. Especially the donkey meat hotpot that one restaurant served last time was so delicious that people could not stop eating it.

I will exchange some Chinese currency with Fang Yuan right after I get there. Prices here are very cheap. You can eat as much as you want with just a little money. I promise you will gain at least 10 pounds of weight when you go back this time."

Miyamoto Shigena 9th Dan couldn't help swallowing his saliva when he heard this, but he still pretended to be calm and said: "How can people just be satisfied with their appetite? Not to mention us, the professional 9th ​​Dan.

But if you insist on going out, I'll accompany you for a while. I'm mainly worried that you might do something that would be disgraceful to your status as a professional ninth dan and bring shame to Japan."

Kojima looked at his companion who said he hated food but acted honestly. He suddenly seemed to think of something and a smile appeared on his lips. "Speaking of food, there is another most amazing food in the capital of China. If you are a gourmet, you have to mention it. It's soy milk!"

(End of this chapter)