72名日本职业棋士，浩浩荡荡奔赴第7届三星杯外围赛，没想到竟是踏上不归的铁达尼之旅，无一幸存。呼应年初丰田杯首回合4胜9败，以及亚洲四强赛两轮惨败1比9的连番重创，这已经不是屈辱等字眼能贴切形容日本棋界眼下的心境了。曾是“围棋王国”的日本，缘何沦落如斯?基本上是 72 Japanese professional chessman, mighty went to the 7th Samsung Cup qualifying game, did not expect to actually set foot on the trip to Titanic, no one survived. Echoes Toyota Cup first leg of the year 4 wins and 9 losses, as well as the Asian Final Four fiasco two rounds of defeat 1 to 9 repeated setbacks, it is not humiliating and other words can be aptly described the mood of the Japanese chess sector now. Why was Japan, once the “Go kingdom”, reduced to such a condition? Basically