First of all yesterday was my 21st birthday.
Two days ago, I published two articles from the NHK Go Lecture, both of which are about the eight-dan Go story of Sugita Suganai, both of which were articles from 4 years ago, but it is worth reading now, so I translated these two articles.
Yesterday, I also posted the love story of Suzuko Suganai and Masao Sugane. I feel that it is very good to post this article on my birthday two days.
In addition, due to class last night, the tweet time was brought forward to 3:21 p.m.
What never expected was that an hour later. This article, which pays tribute to the two "chess gods", unexpectedly becomes a reminiscence of Sugita Masao's nine paragraphs.
On my birthday, the article was launched before the press release, or unfortunate news.
After class, I sent a weibo message expressing mixed feelings.
In the Japanese Go world this year, it may be worth being swiped twice.
Last month, Yuta Iyama won seven more titles, as well as yesterday's Mr. Masao Sugineuchi.
Well-known chess players also published memories of Masao Suganai's nine dans.
Takao Shinji 9 Dan: Masao Suganai's nickname is "God of Go". Keep the seat straight, the body is straight, and the posture is very graceful.
At the age of 97, he was still full of self-motivation: "Yesterday's game of chess, if OO is right, it should be to win half a eye." This is why Masao Suganai is known as the "God of Go".
Kiki Ieda: It is a great pity that Mr. Masao Suganai has passed away. When I was the president of the chess player, I also applied to the Guinness World Records Committee for the eldest competitor directly.
Mr. Masao Suganai gave the elderly a lot of courage and hoped that when he was still alive, he would convey a positive spirit to the Go community.
Isamu Shiraishi: Even at the age of 97, he still presents us with a game that is not inferior to that of young chess players. But unfortunately, we can no longer see the match of Mr. Masao Suganai.
Masao Suganai used to serve as a tutor for students, and was very polite when playing, and did not say a word. In addition, after the game, he will enthusiastically participate in the discussion, and you can hear the voice of Mr. Masao Suganai from a long distance. Maybe he liked Go too much. The career spans 80 years, and in a sense, this feeling has transcended everything.
Nagashima Keiji: When I was a student, Mr. Masao Suganai watched my game and said to me, "Your chess has no vitality at all." After listening to it, I felt very ashamed, I couldn't forgive myself, and I regretted it and shed tears. But this sentence is the most precious treasure for me. Thank you, teacher.
There are also many comments from netizens:
Some of them are "justice": it is really handsome to make the winner to the last moment of life.
Greze581g: It was really a fight to the last minute.
**o***a*: We didn't see Masao Sugitouchi at his peak, but in his later years, together with his wife, he devoted himself to the popularization of Go.
eau: Mr. and Mrs. Suganai are over 90 years old this year, but they continue to play as chess players, and they are chess players who have to be respected in the Go world.
Three weeks before my death, I was still playing a game, and I was really impressed.
hid: An era is over.
Azo: This year, the media such as television have basically mentioned Kato Ichijizo, the oldest player in shogi, but the real oldest chess player has not said a word. Let's not mention those women who are difficult to win in the chess world. Masao Suganai, who is in his 90s, can win 5-8 games of chess every year, and Kato Ichigo really can't reach this height.
lfo: I put up the chess score of Masao Sugi Uchiha, and I gained a lot.
Finally, look back at the life of Masao Suganai Kudan.
Born on October 20, 1920 in Miyazaki Prefecture, he studied under Ichiro Inoue Godan.
In 1933, he became an inner disciple of Kensaku Setsukoshi's honorary kudan.
In 1937, he entered the section, and in 1949, he and Wu Qingyuan had a chess match in the New Sharp Battle. In the past few days, he was the only remaining chess player in the world who had played chess with Wu Qingyuan.
In 1954, she married Sugita Sugita, who was 7 years her junior.
After defeating Sakata Eiko twice in 1954 and 1958, he became a challenger in the Battle of Honinbo, and although both lost 2-4, it had a huge impact on Takakawa Katsura's nine-in-a-row. In 1959, it was promoted to nine dan.
In 1963, As the head of the Japanese Go visiting delegation, Masao Sugine went to China to conduct an exchange tournament. He also awarded Marshal Chen Yi a seven-paragraph honorary certificate. Although he lost to chen zude, a new chess player at the time, he became the first Chinese player to defeat the Japanese nine-dan chess player. However, in the same year, he defeated Lin Haifeng Jiudan at the 7th Japan Go Players' Rights Conference, and won the second and last championship of his career after winning the Fast Chess Celebrity Battle Championship four years ago.
In the 1970s, he served as the chairman of the Japan Chess Academy and made great contributions to resolving the celebrity war dispute between The Asahi Shimbun and the Yomiuri Shimbun.
The cycle of the Ben innings battle was maintained for 7 periods, and the old Celebrity War was maintained for 5 periods. He has been active in the Japanese chess world for a long time.
In 2004, at the age of 84, he reached 800 wins, becoming the oldest chess player at the time of 800 wins. And in the following years, it maintained an average of 10 sets per year. This year, Masano Suganai's record of nine dan is 2 wins and 6 losses.
Even at the age of 90, Suganai can still win 5-8 games a year. Masao Suganai, who was 95 years old last year, played against Ōnishi Ryuhei Hatsudan (at the time), who was 15 years old at the time. The 80-year-old age difference is also the largest age difference in history.
On October 15, 2015, in the 40th chess holy war qualifier, Hanmu defeated the 21-year-old Waiyanagi Ishiwa Erdan, not only setting a record for the oldest win at the time, but also the age difference of 74 years old is also an insurmountable number.
The last victory of his career was on August 24 this year. At the age of 96 years, 10 months and 27 days, he defeated Katsuko Furujo Iidushi, setting a record for the oldest win.
The last game of his career was on the 2nd of this month, at the age of 97 and 13 days, at the time of the game against Eimi Koyama, a game in which many chess players were once optimistic about The victory of Masao Suganai, but unfortunately lost to his opponent.
After The death of Masao Sugine, the oldest player in the Japanese chess world was his wife, Sugita Shouko Hatsuko Yatsudan (90 years old).
The overall career record is 883 wins, 677 losses, 12 and 2 winless.
On November 2, 2017, in the chess holy battle FT preliminaries, Masao Suganai lost 240 hands to Eimi Koyama 6dan
I learned about Masao Suganai in recent years, and it is indeed very great to make Go a lifelong career. Remembering the legendary Japanese professional baseball catcher, Katsuru Nomura also said: "I was dead when my players threw me into the air to celebrate the team's championship and put me down. This is the best way for a baseball player to die."
As an active chess player, Masano Suganai almost won the game three weeks ago, and it is regrettable that he passed away. But the spirit of a lifelong obsession with Go is still there.
We believe that after learning about artificial intelligence, Suganai Masao Kudan conveyed what he saw and heard to chess players such as Wu Qingyuan, Sakata Eio, Hideyuki Fujisawa, Kensaku Setsushi, Chen Zude and so on.
On this day, the tribute became a reminiscence.
I happened to be 21 years old on this day, and this birthday is estimated to be unforgettable for the rest of my life.
Good way.