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after 19 years of silence, the japanese go world finally has a world champion. the third game of the five-game final of the 10th yingshi cup world professional go championship ended last night. japanese player ichiri ryo, who was leading 2-0 before, seized the opportunity of a losing move by chinese player xie ke at the last moment of the third game and reversed the situation in one fell swoop. he won the game in 237 moves with black and won the first world championship in his career. at the age of 27, he became the first japanese player to win the yingshi cup and the ninth japanese go world champion.

"this victory is of great significance," said kong lingwen, head of the japanese delegation, to our reporter. "japanese go has been in a slump for a long time, and now we finally have such an excellent player. i believe this champion will cause a great response in the japanese go community and society." the last time japan won a world championship was in 2005 when zhang xu, a foreign player living in japan, won the lg cup. the last time a local player won a championship was in 1997 when kobayashi koichi won the fujitsu cup. coincidentally, zhang xu is kobayashi koichi's son-in-law.

this time, ichiri ryo won the yingshi cup, especially the semi-final three-game reversal of ke jie and advanced to the final, which has attracted great attention from the japanese go community. in an interview with the yomiuri shimbun before the start of the third game of the final, ichiri ryo said: "i am very happy to reach the final. in japan, i have already felt the expectations of many people. winning the championship is also the expectation of the entire japanese go community." not only did many japanese media come to the venue in baoshan district, shanghai, but during this final, the japan go institute also held a "commentary meeting" simultaneously. "many fans cheered for him (ichiri ryo), and the atmosphere was very warm." kong lingwen said.