Go Legend

   Chapter 71 The Charm of Chess

   One day off, the 5th "Samsung Cup" top 16 battle continued in the Chinese Chess Academy.

  Like the first round, on the day of the game, Li Xiangping came to the Chinese Chess Academy early, entered the game room early, and waited for the arrival of today's opponent, Mr. Kato Masao.

   Compared with the first round, Li Xiangping is in a much more relaxed mood today. Although Li Xiangping said a lot of good things about his opponent when he was introducing Lao Shi yesterday, and warned himself not to underestimate the enemy by cheating, but to be honest, Li Xiangping's meaning is limited to this.

   What would you say? Although Li Xiangping will not regard Mr. Kato as a weak chicken, but from the perspective of victory and defeat, he is still more confident in today's game. After all, although Mr. Kato is strong, he cannot be more difficult than Lao Cao, especially now, Lao Cao's performance in the world chess game is much better than Kato. Especially for Chinese chess players, Lao Cao is the second enemy besides Da Li. The so-called "Iron Curtain of Cao Li's Master and Apprentice" is simply the nightmare of Chinese Go in this era.

  Since Lao Shi can even win Lao Cao, Li Xiangping is of course more confident in today's game.

   At exactly 10:00 in the morning, the game officially started. In this game, Mr. Kato guessed black. Today, Mr. Kato seems to be prepared.

However, when Li Xiangping saw Mr. Kato's opening, even though the opponent seemed to come prepared, Li Xiangping's already relaxed mood became more relaxed. He even felt that with Mr. Kato's opening alone, his own side would be more relaxed. The odds are better.

  To say that in the opening stage of a game of chess, it is of course impossible to play any obvious bad chess or a particularly serious problem hand, but why does Li Xiangping think so?

First, Mr. Kato chose a "diagonal" opening today, although he did not play a "diagonal star" like in ancient chess, but chose two "small eyes", which were regarded as "diagonal small eyes". .

However, Li Xiangping still thinks that due to the "Zone", then players like Lao Shi should have a relatively deep understanding of the "diagonal" layout, although it cannot be said that it will be like this. How about it, but the opening that Mr. Kato chose, "the middle of the old Shi Xihuai" is for sure.

   In addition to this reason, the second reason why Li Xiangping is happy is Mr. Kato's third and fourth moves, which are the 5th and 7th moves of the global game.

In the face of Black's "diagonal small eyes", Shi Daqi had nothing to say. He responded with his most familiar "diagonal star", Mr. Kato's third move, and he firmly guarded a "Worry-Free" Corner", when white "Xiao Fei" hangs another small goal, Mr. Kato's fourth move is another very stable move.

   His steady "small tip" step, the famous "Xiuse's tip"!

   What would you say? It should be said that Mr. Kato's first few moves have no problems in this era. They belong to the "blameless" play of this era, and through these few moves, it can be considered that Mr. Kato's thinking in playing this game is very good. Obviously, he obviously wanted to stretch the front and made up his mind to "fish first and then wash".

However, who is Li Xiangping? He comes from later generations. He has seen "dog tricks" and is accustomed to "big sticking eyes", so of course he doesn't look down on this kind of stable and almost conservative tactics. If not, then of course he has a reason to relax, and will feel that his side has a better chance of winning.

However, Li Xiangping's good mood only lasted for about an hour. At 11:00 in the morning, there were more than 20 moves in the whole game. Li Xiangping didn't know whether his judgment was right or not. In short, he felt that at this time, White did not gain his own Looking forward to the advantage, so his good mood gradually disappeared.

When the game was closed at noon, there were more than 40 moves in the whole game. The speed of this game was similar to that of the first game. However, compared with the "two points" of the first game, Li Xiangping felt that at this time, white The chess situation seemed to be a little behind, so his good mood completely disappeared.

   It is very interesting that Li Xiangping felt that the situation was backward at this time, but his plug-in did not think so. During the lunch break, Shi Daqisheng, who seemed to be in a good mood, even took the initiative to talk to Li Xiangping:

   "Little friend Xiangping, how do you think I played before?"

   "It's not good, Brother Ding'an, with all due respect, I think you played well in the morning. At this point in the chess game, our situation is already behind."

   "Huh? How could little friend Xiangping feel this way, but I think I played well before. I dare not say that I have already gained an advantage, but White has an open situation, and it should be considered that the situation has been opened."

"this"

  Although he knew that his level of cheating was higher than his own, at this time, Li Xiangping no longer had blind confidence in his cheating. As the saying goes, "I haven't eaten pork and I haven't seen a pig run", but Li Xiangping, who has been in contact with "dog tricks" and has seen the concept of Go in later generations, is just a person who "has seen a pig run", so this time he To not waver, believe that their judgment may be closer to the truth.

   "Since little friend Xiangping feels that the situation is backward, but I don't know which move you think Ding'an made wrong?"

"this"

It must be admitted that the question of Lao Shi really stumped Li Xiangping. You must know that this is the layout stage of a game of chess, and the layout in Go is all "fake calculations", making him a professional 6 level. To analyze other people's "fake road", of course, it is enough to embarrass him.

   "Where is the problem?"

In order to answer Lao Shi's question, and at the same time to respect his own heart, Li Xiangping revisited the process of the morning in his mind, especially every move played by Shi Daqisheng. After a while, Li Xiangping finally thought of a chess move:

   "By the way, Brother Ding'an, I think your "split shot" on the 32nd hand may be the problem here."

   "Young friend Xiangping actually thinks that "split vote" is the problem hand?"

   Hearing Shi Daqisheng's disapproving tone, Li Xiangping didn't know what to say.

When it comes to "splitting", chess players with a bit of chess will naturally think of the famous "seeing and matching" theory in Go. "Seeing and matching" is a Japanese word. Explain this word in the most common language, that is, when playing chess There must be foresight and follow-up means. For example, if I make a move, it is best to leave two "good points" on the chessboard, so no matter which opponent plays, I can leave a good point for myself.

   This is called "meeting together".

   It must be admitted that this concept has such a unique charm and a meaning of "both left and right", so this concept is very popular in the Go world, and it is one of the most common and widely used theories in the Go world.

   It is important to mention that although "seeing together" is a Japanese word, this concept also exists in medieval chess, but there is no such mention.

   For example, the famous "nine, three-point shot" is a play that is so typical that it can no longer be typical, and is generated by the "seeing and matching" theory.

  Why doesn't Li Xiangping know what to say? In fact, this is the reason. You must know that Shi Daqi is very advocating the theory of "seeing and meeting". In medieval chess, the reason why "nine, three-point shooting" can be raised to the height of "only this one move" is actually very important. To a certain extent, it was all driven by him.

However, Li Xiangping didn't know whether his point of view was right or not, especially after seeing "dog moves" in later generations, he found that Go AI rarely played "match" chess, especially top "dogs" and top "dogs" ”, then this kind of me playing chess leaves two good points on the chessboard, and it is even rarer for me to grab one of your next moves.

  As an amateur chess player, of course Li Xiangping doesn't know why, it's just because the "dog" doesn't play like this, and considering that the level of the "dog" is much higher than that of humans, Li Xiangping is trying to understand it.

  Li Xiangping thinks: The reason why the "dog" does not play the game of "meeting together" is probably that this kind of play is easy to lose its dominance, right? After all, after playing the chess game of "meeting together", it is right to leave two good points, but which one is the best point to choose? The right to choose is in the opponent's hands, and this kind of play that leaves the right to the opponent, Go AI doesn't like it at all, and there is no such human thinking in its algorithm at all.

   "It's done, Ding'an brother, you can take it as if I didn't say it. In short, I think the current situation of White is not optimistic. You need to be more proactive in the afternoon."

   After a few casual exchanges with Lao Shi, Li Xiangping decided not to say anything. After all, it was the closing time at noon, and it was not appropriate to have too many exchanges at this time.

Secondly, in fact, even now, Li Xiangping still doesn't think there is any problem with the "meeting" theory. Even if the "dog" is not as good as "meeting", the level of dogs is much higher than that of humans, but Li Xiangping still believes that, The theory of "meeting together" is one of the shining points of human Go and has a unique charm.

   is the unique charm of human Go!

   It's a pity that Li Xiangping really shouldn't mention the word "flavor", because at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Kato's first move was the 48th overall move.

   This is a good move full of charm!

   And after seeing this move, Shi Daqisheng fell into a long test.

   (end of this chapter)