Soul of Chess: Buy the chessboard from Shi Guangjia at the beginning of the game

Wang Rui made an appointment with Tian Minze to make the first pre-match interview, but Tian Min didn't choose the interview location at the hotel, but drove directly to Pinghu, east of Wuzhen.

Pinghu Lake is not well-known in history, and there is no lake in fact, because it was sinking into Danghu Lake in the Han Dynasty.

The game of Go in the Qing Dynasty was extremely prosperous, and there were many Go masters, among which Fan Xiping and Shi Xiangxia Huanghuang stood above all the "masters".

The reason why Pinghu left its name in Qing history is nothing more than the "Ten Bureaus of Danghu".

At that time, Xiping was 31 years old and Xiangxia was 30 years old. They were full of energy and invincible.

Now Tian Min is only 18 years old and has just come of age, but it is also the time when he has the most energy and calculation ability, and is invincible in the chess world.

In the words of his teacher Nie Xuanfeng, "Minze is in an enviable state right now."

Wang Rui and Tian Min went to visit the famous Mo's Manor here, and happened to see a film being filmed, and the two watched it happily for a long time.

However, although the movie was good-looking, the filming process was actually quite tiring and boring. The two watched it lively for a while, and naturally felt interested in chatting, but were not interested.

Wang Rui set up the shooting equipment outside, moved two chairs, and started the interview outside.

The staff made hot tea, poured it for the two of them, and chatted while drinking tea, in a manner of sitting and talking.

"I think at this time, there is no need to talk about the issue of confidence," Wang Rui asked with a smile, "Behind AlphaGo is a whole team of designers, but you are alone in Minze. I want to know more, Minze, why are you willing to agree to such an unfair match?"

Tian Min smiled, pointed to the filmmaker and said, "I think life is nothing more than a drama. We step on the stage that we didn't choose, and get the script that we didn't choose, but we want to play it." To play our role well is not whether I want to agree, but at such a period, I just happen to be in this position.”

"I am No.1 in the world Go rating, I must be here."

"I have no choice but to move forward."

Wang Rui smiled and continued, "Now there is a saying that the emergence of AI is actually very unfair to players like Gao Yongxia. He uses oppressive attacks to force his opponents to make mistakes to gain opportunities, but AI is not You made a mistake. Do you think you have an advantage over Gao Yongxia?"

This question is very technical.

"The fear of being dominated by AI?" Tian Min smiled.

Everyone will have a natural fear in the face of the rise of AI, that kind of fear in the face of cold machines. In the future, you will not be able to tell whether it is a human being or an AI in front of you, so everyone will be afraid.

"I think I might thank Gao Yongxia and every chess player who challenged AI on stage in the past year," Tian Min said first, "At least I have more experience than Gao Yongxia."

"In addition," Tian Min said confidently, "I have an advantage over Gao Yongxia, because our styles are different, and I prefer the sense of balance in Go."

"Minze, what do you want to say to your fans in front of the camera?" Wang Rui finally asked.

Tian Min nodded towards the camera, "If no one knows where the limit of AI is, I think I will tell you the answer tomorrow."

After a simple edit, this interview was aired that afternoon, which caused another peak of popularity on the Internet, and the popularity of Go once again reached a new height.

"Tian Min is simply too crazy, so crazy that there is no end to it, AlphaGo will educate him well," commented a rich second generation known as the "national husband" on the Internet.

Those who are not optimistic about Tian Minze and those who are optimistic about him are scolding.

Tian Min stood still.

Zhang Xinxin has a lot of work in Beijing, but this time she didn't leave early, but decided to stay and watch the battle. After all, this kind of scene is probably the last time.

Tian Min is about to start the first round of the man-machine battle.

Tian Min, who was free from any other things today, came to the arena early. From the moment he walked into the temporary venue, everyone's eyes were on him.

Originally, today's competition venue is the same as last year in South Korea. It is an open venue, and reporters and spectators can watch under the competition platform.But such a format was categorically rejected by Tian Min. Even facing the computer, he still hopes to compete in a closed space.

Therefore, the organizer temporarily searched for a new venue, and the audience and reporters present could only watch the real-time process through the screen.

Not only Zhang Xinxin was sitting off the court, but even many Internet leaders who were not seen on weekdays were also present together. For a while, the audience seats off the court were also star-studded.

Tian Minze's net worth of tens of billions of RMB has already been widely spread, so this time no one said that AlphaGo bought Tian Minze, after all, how much money can buy such a billionaire.

Although Tian Min arrived about an hour earlier, he did not open the door to enter the game room.

Instead, he paced back and forth at the door.

The camera faithfully recorded this scene, causing many chess fans to worry, "Tian Minze is also nervous."

On the other side of the camera, the AlphaGo team came 3 hours earlier to set up equipment in the competition venue, which is even larger than the equipment room last year and today.

Tian Min stood at the door for half an hour as he paced, which made people a little worried. Tian Min laughed at himself, then pushed open the door and walked into the game room.

At this moment, Tian Minze seemed to have prepared something, and the language of the camera lens also captured Tian Minze's sense of tragedy. Tian Min was alone, but on the opposite side were a dozen engineers from AlphaGo.

Tian Minze didn't feel embarrassed at all, and didn't talk to anyone, just sat in his seat. The coffee and drinks that Tian Minze liked to drink had been prepared at the scene, and Tian Minze's treatment in domestic competitions was always good.

Dr. Huang, who played chess on behalf of AlphaGo, was also sitting in the seat.

The two sides sat down and waited for the start of the game. At the moment when the referee announced, Tian Min still got up and shook hands with Dr. Huang before making a guess. Dr. Huang got up quickly but was a little surprised. Last year, he and Gao Yongxia did not have a pre-match match. etiquette.

After all, in Dr. Huang's own opinion, he is not a real chess player.

Tian Min guesses first and wins, and plays black first.

Today's Tian Min is uncharacteristically, the layout of the opening is extremely weird, directly three consecutive stars, which caused an uproar among the chess players present, and one move after another, Tian Min's moves are uncharacteristically.

At the commentary table were Yu Liang, Sang Yuan [-]th dan, and Gao Yu [-]th dan. The three of them didn't see what kind of medicine Tian Minze bought in the gourd, and they were silent for a while. (end of this chapter)