Go Legend Chapter 597

Chapter 597 The **** decides the head

At the end of August, the 10th "Samsung Cup" World Go Open is about to start. The day before the game, Li Xiangping came to the Chinese Chess Academy and assembled with the army to prepare for another expedition.

In the preliminaries that ended more than a month ago, the Chinese team's performance this time can only be said to be quite satisfactory. At that time, more than 70 Chinese chess players played and only 5 qualifying places were won.

These 5 plus two national seeds, plus Li Xiangping, the defending champion, so a total of eight Chinese players compete in the first round.

After all, he is a "veteran" with rich experience in the finals. Therefore, for the first round of the second round, Naxi, a man who is in love with him next to the ring, will be surprised.     龇 ⑵ 審崌                       Xin Mo.

"By the way, Brother Ding'an, I forgot to ask you something."

"What's the matter?"

"It's your brother Xiping, does he have a wife?"

"Yes, Jiuniang is my sister-in-law, how could little friend Xiangping not know?"

"Jiujiuniang?" Li Xiangping listened to the black line, thinking how could I know? Although Lao Fang is regarded as a historical celebrity in a small range, there is a habit in Chinese historical records. Except for the wives of emperors and other political figures, it is basically difficult for other women to leave their names in the history books.

Of course, if the woman herself is outstanding, or her story is outstanding, that's another matter, but listen to this one, Jiuniang Jiuniang, who doesn't even have a correct name. It can be seen that she is neither outstanding nor outstanding. It's no wonder that this kind of people can make a name for themselves in history.

"You sister-in-law of Jiu Niang, who is she?"

"you guess."

Li Xiangping was very angry and funny when he heard it, and he said in his heart that there are a lot of names in ancient China, you let me guess a wool thread.

"Let me give you a hint, but it is possible for little friend Xiangping to guess that Jiu Niang's surname is Yu."

Li Xiangping was stunned for a while after hearing this, but it was finally okay. Just a few days ago, he chatted with Lao Shi for more than 10 days, and specifically asked about some situations in his era:

"Your surname is Yu? Yu Jiuniang haha, I guessed it. Could it be that this person is your mentor's daughter? Is it the younger sister of you and your Xiping brother?"

"Hehe, little friend Xiangping is smart, and she can guess it right, but although Jiuniang is our little junior sister, she is not the teacher's daughter, but the teacher's niece."

"Haha almost almost"

Although Fan Shi are noble chess masters, they also have masters. Their mentor is Yu Changhou, a native of Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Although this guy is a master of two chess masters, his chess skills are very average, and he was rated as "five-hand" in medieval chess, which means that he was given 5 pieces by the first-class masters at that time.

It can be seen that being a qualified or even excellent Go teacher does not require very high chess skills.

A high-level master may not be able to hand over qualified students, and a teacher with lower chess skills may not be able to hand over high-level students. This phenomenon is very common in the Go world.

is very common in ancient and modern China and abroad.

Of course, at this moment, Li Xiangping was not interested in Yu Changhou's level, he was only interested in the little sister Fan Shi named Yu Jiuniang:

"Hehe Ding'an brother, how is your sister-in-law? How is her chess skill? What kind of person is she? Is she gentle? Is she beautiful?"

Before Li Xiangping started gossip, reporter Xie from "Sports" ran over to interrupt him:

"Xiang Ping, come here, why are you alone? Come and chat, I have a few questions for you."

Li Xiangping had no choice. Taizu and his old man taught us to never be separated from the people. Li Xiangping has always followed his old man's teaching, so when he heard Lao Xie's call, Li Xiangping walked over quickly and said, " the people".

"Xiang Ping, the Samsung Cup has shortened the game time this time, the 3-hour game for each side is changed to 2 hours, and the noon break is made fun of, and the game starts directly at 11:00 in the morning. What do you think of this competition system? ?"

"what?!"

Hearing Lao Xie's question, Li Xiangping couldn't help but search the crowd for the tomb of Luoxi River's ninth section. This is the first time in the world.

And the reason why he is looking for Luo Xihe is also very simple: after being reminded by Lao Xie, he only now remembers that this "Samsung Cup" in real history is really a legendary story of modern Go. Oil, б Huan Rian Crispy

The most special thing is that the climax of this legendary story did not appear in the final, when Luo Xihe defeated Da Li 2-to-2, but in the semi-final, when Luo Xihe defeated Cui Du.

In that game, Luo Xihe came up with an amazing idea of giving up the "three calamities cycle" to win directly.

It is precisely because of that amazing idea that in the next 10 years, before AlphaGo was born, not even if the dog was born, many professional chess players believed that the chess records left in the semi-final should be It is the number one score of modern Go! At least it is the number one score in the field of human Go!

As far as Li Xiangping's personal point of view is concerned, he believes that such an evaluation is well deserved.

Although from the overall technical level, the overall level of the chess sheet is actually average, there are too many moves between the two that are debatable, and there is no problem even saying "both sides are wrong."

However, Li Xiangping believes that all this has nothing to do with it. Even if both of them made so many mistakes, it will not affect its "number one" status in the slightest.

There is no other reason, because the chess score shows the charm of Go, and shows a charm that even professional chess players feel shocked. Li Xiangping believes that a chess score can do this, and the title of "famous score" is Well deserved.

To tell the truth, it is actually the same reason. Li Xiangping believes that the appearance of dogs may not be a good thing for Go.

Because in the Go world, in the minds of the majority of chess fans, there has always been a saying that "I would rather watch a good hand than a famous game".

That is to say, a shocking move, or a famous game with few flaws, which one do you prefer to appreciate?

Almost everyone will choose a good hand.

But to be honest, the good moves in Go are actually closely related to the mistakes in Go. The latter is simply the soil for the former to survive. In almost all human games, only if one side makes a mistake, the other side can make a good move. "Wrong in and wrong out", the probability of a good hand is also high.

And the appearance of dogs, Li Xiangping believes that it is a process of killing the master. If the dog can really reach the highest level, so the tricks are like boiled water, "real water has no fragrance", then at that time, it doesn't matter what the master is.

At that time, Go may have completely lost its charm.

"Well, it's okay. Although the dog has greatly improved the technical level of Go, but after all, it has not reached the top. As long as she has not reached the top, there should be soil for good players to survive, and what I want to do now, or I What I have to do with Lao Shi is to find a good hand, to find the kind of hand that can beat the dog, just with the ability of Shi Daqi and I, can we really do this?"

"Xiangping, Xiangping," Lao Xie interrupted Li Xiangping's fantasies:

"Why are you in a daze? You haven't answered me yet. What do you think about the restructuring of the Samsung Cup?"

"Huh? Hehe"

After Li Xiangping came back to his senses, he did not evade this question. He bluntly stated his point of view:

"If only the Samsung Cup is to be restructured, I personally think there is no problem. This is even a good thing. Just like the tennis world, you see the four major championships in the tennis world. There are both hard-court and grass-court events, and even There are also clay-court events. Tennis games can be so rich, and the game system of Go is also richer. Of course, there is no problem. The only thing I worry about now is that all the world competitions will follow suit and make the game of Go faster. This may not be the case. a good thing."

"Oh, what do you say?"

Li Xiangping stared at reporter Xie and talked eloquently:

"Personally, I have always believed that different competition systems test schools for different abilities of chess players, such as fast chess in Go, and test schools for chess players' sensitivity and explosiveness, which is somewhat similar to sprinting in track and field. It is a kind of "two-day system", which also tests the school players' understanding of Go and their endurance. This is a bit like a marathon. As for this kind of 2-hour competition per side, it is a bit like middle-distance running in track and field. Many people say that in fact, the 400-meter run in track and field is the most difficult to practice, because it requires a combination of speed and endurance, and requires extremely high comprehensive skills."

Li Xiang paused for a while: "Athletics is like this, and Go is actually like this. The 2-hour competition system is like the 400-meter run in track and field. This kind of competition is actually the most difficult to play, and requires the highest comprehensive ability of the players, but Go is after all. Unlike track and field, Go is an intellectual game, so in addition to testing the players' comprehensive skills, they are also testing their understanding of Go.”

Speaking of this, Li Xiangping paused again, and the time he paused this time was much longer than before:

"They all say "skills and skills". Now it is obvious that a competition system like this will greatly enhance the importance of "skills", but "art" will be greatly weakened. If things go on like this, I'm worried"

What is Li Xiangping worried about? He didn't continue to talk, but Lao Xie was a senior reporter who has been running the line of Go for a long time. He naturally followed up:

"You are worried that this kind of competition system will become mainstream, which will greatly squeeze the living space of veteran players, and make their understanding of Go unplayable, right?"

Li Xiangping smiled when he heard it, and he didn't want to take the initiative to say it. That's what he meant. He is 18 years old. If he is this age, he will help the old chess player to speak. , that is the typical "ass sitting crooked", the old chess player may not appreciate it, but it will make people think that Li Xiangping is hypocritical.

Of course, now that Reporter Xie has taken the initiative, Li Xiangping can also go on. He rushed to Reporter Xie and smiled:

"Thank you, you must know that one day I will also grow old. This is something that no one can avoid, but to be honest, I am not worried that I will not be able to compete with young chess players when I get old. What I really worry about is, If the rapidization of Go becomes a trend, a trend, the level of professional Go may stagnate, or even regress to some extent.”

"Oh really?"

Lao Xie became interested when he heard this. After all, Li Xiangping's current status is not ordinary. He now represents the highest level in the chess world today. So what he said just now means that he is a professional chess player in the future. Not to the extent he is now?

Of course, as a senior Go reporter, Lao Xie can still understand what Li Xiangping just said:

Go is a kind of "skill", and between "skill" and "art", "art" is the basis of "skill".

Or to put it another way, the "art" in Go can determine the upper limit of "skill". It is difficult to imagine that a person who does not have a deep understanding of Go can achieve a very high level of skill.

However, after the rapidization of Go, the living space of "art" will be greatly squeezed. Many old players obviously have more experience as they grow older, their vision has improved, and their understanding of Go has become deeper. However, In this high-intensity 400-meter track-and-field competition, he has become powerless and completely unable to show his understanding of Go.

Over time, his living space was naturally greatly squeezed.

Just squeezing the living space of the old chess players is nothing. More importantly, Li Xiangping thinks it is easy to give a false impression: when there are more and more young chess players in the professional chess world, the age of achievement is getting higher and higher. No, many people will think that it should be like this. Go should be the world of young people!

Before Li Xiangping crossed over, the mainstream social concept at that time had already become like this.

It's a pity that Li Xiangping is a little stubborn at this point. He always thinks that the truth must not be like this!

As a chess player, he has not yet fully understood the game of Go, he has stopped playing, and he can no longer win in the world competition. In the long run, the overall level of the professional chess world must have stagnated. .

It's a pity that it's a pity that even though Li Xiangping has his own ideas, he can't express his opposition clearly, and he can't even “speak out”, at most he just said it lightly in front of Lao Xie.”

It's still the same sentence, the **** decides the head. Since Li Xiangping is only 18 years old now, it is really inappropriate for him to express his opposition now.

"Oh, let's not talk anymore, now the car is coming, old Xie, let's go."

There was nothing to say all the way. When the Chinese delegation arrived in South Korea, the draw for the first round was held that night.

As I said before, Li Xiangping was not excited enough about the first round, but the result of the draw this time made him unhappy.

Lee Sedol!

In the first round of this competition, in the world's first 2-hour competition, he unexpectedly encountered "old friend" Li Shishi.

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(end of this chapter)

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