说起围棋与王向东的渊源,大致可以归结为时代氛围与个人兴趣。在王向东年少时,恰逢80年代中日围棋对抗赛兴起。在最初的三届比赛中,中国棋手聂卫平保持八场不败的纪录,并使中国队夺得了头三届比赛的胜利,聂卫平也因此被封为“棋圣”称号。那样纯朴年代的人总是有着满腔的爱国热情,我国选手连连取胜的局面甚是鼓舞人心,于是兴起了一股学围棋的热潮。而此前,王向东对于围棋早就向往已久,可苦于无人引导,于是只能作为 Speaking of Go and Wang Xiangdong's origins, can be attributed to the era of atmosphere and personal interest. When Wang Xiangdong was young, coincided with the rise of Go-Japan match in the 1980s. In the first three matches, Chinese player Nie Weiping kept eight unbeaten records and won the Chinese team's first three matches. Nie Weiping was therefore named “Chess St.”. As simple people always have a patriotic enthusiasm, our country winners win again and again inspiring situation, so the rise of an upsurge of learning Go chess. Prior to this, Wang Xiangdong long for the chess has long been long, can suffer from no one guide, so only as