Go: I’m 50-50 against the AI

Chapter 115 114. Nameless

As one of the winners of the first game, Ying Jie just received an invitation from the organizer to be interviewed by the media.

Ying Jie, who has gone through several interviews, is already familiar with it.

Facing some tricky questions from the media, Ying Jie originally wanted to go back and rest, but ended up having to work overtime, so he was too lazy to say anything.

Pushing the envelope, doing Tai Chi, talking nonsense.

Three magic tricks for facing interviews.

Facing Ying Jie, who seemed like a veteran, the media was also disappointed that they did not hear Ying Jie's "astonishing words".

After all, after the last interview, many media came with the intention of adding fuel to the fire before the interview and leaving an authentic Manchu-Han banquet after the interview.

After dealing with the media interviews, when Ying Jie left the chess court again, it was already dark.

Because Ying Jie had an interview assignment and didn't know when he would be able to leave, Xiao Xiao and the others took the first step.

After taking a look at the time, Ying Jie decided to take a little luxury and took a taxi on the road next to him.

After all, the Chess Academy is still a certain distance away from the community where we rent now. Taking the bus and then transferring to the subway is a waste of time.

There will be a match tomorrow, and the opponent is a ninth-dan player in his prime, so he must be prepared to recharge his batteries.

After all, in today's match, it seemed as if the opponent had revealed a flaw, and he was chasing after the victory, winning easily.

But in fact, in the middle game, Ying Jie did not dare to relax for a moment.

Facing the ninth dan, if the strings in your mind are slightly looser, you may risk being overturned by the opponent.

So after playing a game of chess, Ying Jie still felt that it took a lot of energy.

No wonder in the past life, many chess players performed poorly in two games a day, and even fainted frequently because they were tired.

Because there were no taxi-hailing apps in this era, Ying Jie could only silently wave at the roadside and wait for the taxi.

However, there were not many taxis in the capital. It didn't take long for Ying Jie to wait for a car, open the door and sit in the back seat.

As soon as Ying Jie got in the car, the driver asked in a less than standard Mandarin: "Young man, where are you going?"

"Go to Shuntianyuan Community."

"okay."

After hearing the destination, the driver skillfully turned on the meter and kicked the accelerator to start the car.

Like most taxi drivers in the world, this taxi driver is also very talkative. He can be said to know astronomy and geography as well as trivial matters.

From family issues to the international situation, there is nothing that the driver cannot talk about.

As soon as Ying Jie got into the car, the master started talking about all kinds of things.

"Hey, young man, I think you came out of the Chinese Chess Academy. Are you a chess player?"

"right."

"What kind of chess are you playing? Go, chess, backgammon?"

"Go."

The master nodded immediately after hearing this answer, and said with a very understanding look: "Oh, oh, I know Go. Are you holding any competitions recently?"

It's rare to meet people who know Go outside. Ying Jie was a little surprised: "Yes, we are currently holding the China-Japan Agama Kiriyama Cup competition."

The driver keenly recognized the key words in it and immediately started to brag: "What about the China-Japan match? I'm very concerned about this. Fuso is very good there. Wasn't there some Sixth Super League before?"

But at that time, he was defeated by Nie Feng at the ninth level. He won 11 consecutive victories in the group arena, which was really a relief.

By the way, are Nie Feng 9th Dan and Yu Xiaochun 9th Dan still playing chess? This Yu Xiaochun is not very good at 9th Dan. I feel that it is better to let Nie Feng get into 9th Dan in this competition. "

Listening to the driver's information that was more than ten or twenty years out of date, Ying Jie suddenly felt a little bit dumbfounded.

The two ninth-dan players Nie Feng and Yu Xiaochun mentioned by the opponent were already leaders in the previous generation, and the most recent one had not played chess for almost ten years.

As for the Sixth Super League in the Fuso chess world, I don’t know when it was.

The opponent directly skipped more than one era and was talking about Go to himself.

It can only be said that this driver's information and knowledge related to Go have not been updated for a long time.

Ying Jie couldn't help but shook his head: "The two old seniors haven't played chess for a long time."

"Aren't they playing anymore? I thought they were still playing and retired when they were 60 years old? Then who is playing chess now?"

Seeing that the driver didn't understand much, Ying Jie asked helplessly: "Do you know Guangyin 9th Dan and Lu Li 9th Dan?"

These two can be said to be the leaders in their prime of playing. If we talk about the current Chinese chess world, we have to mention these two.

Ying Jie originally wanted to ask himself, but thinking about his popularity, if the other party didn't even know these two, he wouldn't be humiliating himself.

"I've never heard of it. Is it awesome?"

The driver thought for a moment after hearing this, and shook his head to express that he had never heard of it.

"Well, they are all world champions."

Although he had expected it, Ying Jie was still a little disappointed. He finally met someone who knew a little bit about Go, but his understanding of Go was still decades ago.

But they are all normal things.

Even for a game as popular as chess, many people who play chess don’t even know who the chess players are.

Not to mention Go, a sport where the threshold is relatively high and it is difficult to get out of the circle.

Ying Jie suddenly thought of the several times he went out of the circle in Go in his previous life.

The first time Go came out of the circle was when Nie Jiuduan showed his country's majesty in the Sino-Japanese Arena Tournament in the last century. The huge national pride made Go go out of the circle.

The second time he came out of the circle was the high-spirited Cupping King, who achieved success as a teenager and realized his bold words in various ways, attracting attention from the outside world.

Until the battle between man and machine, it completely triggered a series of outside attention to the Go circle, but most of this attention was limited to him.

The third time was the live broadcast of Cupping King with various chess players. The sport of Go has entered the field of vision of many people, further attracting the attention of the sport of Go.

Although his old age is ominous, he has really brought a lot of promotion to Go.

Many people went from knowing him only as a chess player to having a certain understanding of the sport of Go and even other athletes.

Of course, while going out of the circle has brought unprecedented popularity, it has also attracted many elite celebrities to criticize Go going out of the circle, making the elegant sport of Go vulgar and lacking in competencies.

Ying Jie said: It's so funny, you don't want to spend a penny to sponsor the competition, you need to use a niche chess sport to show off, and you don't like the influence of others outside the circle.

In fact, only when a sport is out of the circle can it continue to attract people to come in. Only when it has traffic can it attract sponsors. Only when sponsorship and competitions can attract new blood to join can a virtuous cycle be achieved.

Otherwise, they won't even be able to play the game, and professional chess players will starve to death, and no matter how elegant they are, it will be of no use.

At this moment, Ying Jie suddenly understood why the cupping king spoke so many heroic words when he was not sure.

If he didn't say it, no one would pay attention to him, and no one would pay attention to this game.

Just like today, so many media interview me, not because of Go, but because of the "crazy words" I said in the last interview.

Maybe my future self should also say something.

At least let Go in this world come out of the circle again.

PS: It’s over!

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