[Soul of Chess] What if

Since it is "knowing yourself and the enemy", while studying sai's chess records and formulating countermeasures, you must also be clear about your own strengths and weaknesses, and then carry out intensive training for your own shortcomings to become a "confidant".

So, what aspects of Wang Xing and Hua Songli's Go are lacking?

The answer is - layout.

In fact, it's not just the two of them, many Chinese chess players are not very good at layout.This may be attributed to historical reasons.

There is no doubt that Go originated in China.Since the Yao and Shun eras, Weiqi has been passed down from generation to generation. In the Kangqian period of the early Qing Dynasty, chess skills reached its peak, and many national players emerged one after another, leaving many famous books.Later, especially since the Opium War, China's chess fortune declined along with the national fortune.

The disastrous defeat in the Sino-Japanese Go friendly match in the 60s made Chinese Go enthusiasts clearly realize the gap between China and Japan. After learning from the pain, after several generations of catching up, Chinese Go has finally caught up.

However, although the progress of chess players is very fast, there are still many flaws in the layout.Although the layout of Go has improved a lot with the help of Mr. Xiuxing, the players are still very weak in this aspect. In international competitions, the situation is often tense before reaching the middle game, and there is almost no room for maneuver.In the Sino-Japanese Go challenge arena, several games were lost in the layout.

Mr. Hideyuki, whose full name is Fujisawa Hideyuki, is a chess player of Nihon Kiin.

Mr. Hideyuki's achievements in the Japanese chess world are extremely brilliant. He has won the six-time champion of the largest professional Go tournament in Japan, the "Kiji War", and was awarded the title of honorary chess master.In addition, he is also a Go master who insists that Go has no national boundaries and has no concept of family hierarchy, and he has practiced it personally.

Mr. Hideyuki not only convened a large number of young chess players in his country to study chess together, since 1981, he has also led outstanding Japanese young chess players to form the "Hideyuki Legion" at his own expense for 11 times to visit China and compete with Chinese players. .

He treats chess players of the two countries equally, and he also has high hopes for young Chinese chess players, with enthusiasm, and sometimes even brusqueness.For example, when he felt that a certain chess player was slack in his practice during the game, he would bluntly point out: "You haven't made much progress recently! You have to work hard!" In the first Sino-Japanese Go competition, He even instructs the chess players of the Chinese team how to deal with the chess players of their own country... ●﹏●

Some people advised him that it is better to be reserved, but he replied: "I don't think chess is such a narrow thing."

It is precisely because of Mr. Xiuxing's unreserved teaching that Chinese Go has progressed more rapidly. Therefore, Chinese chess players have always respected Mr. Xiuxing and regarded him as a kind and strict teacher.

There is still more than a month before the official start of the game. It is impossible to break through this weak link in such a short period of time. Therefore, they will focus on strengthening the layout of the first forty or fifty moves.

So during the period before the game, Wang Xing and Hua Songli, with the help of everyone in the Chess Academy, studied Sai's game records while studying the layout, nervously and orderly preparing for the third stage of the Nongshim Cup .

Like the Chinese team, several members of the South Korean team are also making full preparations.

This small five-story building located in downtown Seoul is the Korean Chess Academy.

In the training room, besides Xu Zhangyuan and the others, there are also some young players playing chess.Everyone is staring intently at the chessboard in front of them. Apart from the crisp sound of falling pieces, there is no other sound here. Against the bright and clean environment, there is a unique atmosphere of a chess academy.

Some famous Korean chess players such as Xu Zhangyuan have studied chess at the Japanese Ki Academy, so they are no strangers to Japanese famous Go players such as Shuce, Doce, Jowa, etc. Because they often study the game records of these people, they are very familiar with these famous Go players. They can even be said to be very familiar.

In fact, according to the records of ancient Chinese books, before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Go was first introduced to Korea and then to Japan.

The Silla Kingdom called in the Tang Dynasty was in the eastern part of what is now Korea.At that time, a Go master from Silla, Pu Qiu, went to the Tang Dynasty of China to take up the highest official position in the chess world called "Chess Daizhao". His duties were probably to teach Go in the court and the court, and to accompany the emperor and princes and ministers to play chess, etc. .

Among the Tang poems, there is a five-character verse poem "Send Chess to Wait for Zhao Puqiu to Return to Silla" written by Zhang Qiao, which records this incident.The poem reads: "Who is the opponent in the east of the sea? Going back to the road should be lonely. The new situation will be spread under the que, and the old picture will be overturned in the boat. The barrenness will return to the sun and the moon, and the accumulated water will carry the whole area. The old country has been separated for many years, and the sangtian is gone? "

It can be seen that during the Tang Dynasty, Koreans came to China to teach Go.From this incident, it can also be seen that Go was popular in China and South Korea at that time.

It’s just that for some unknown reason, the Korean Go industry in modern times did not develop much. It was not until the 40s, under the dedication of Zhao Nanzhe, that Korean Go revived again.

Similar to many modern chess players in South Korea, Zhao Nanzhe also learned chess skills in Japan.

At the age of 14, Zhao Nanzhe traveled across the ocean to Japan alone, and worshiped under the tutelage of Toya Akiko's father, Otake Minori.After five years of hard work, he not only mastered the advanced theories of various Japanese Go styles, but also successfully advanced to the ranks.

After finishing his studies, he resolutely returned to his country regardless of his teacher's persuasion, and began to devote himself to developing the Go career in his country.

Of course, his efforts were not in vain.Because whether it is the establishment of the Korean Chess Academy, the holding of modern Go competitions, or the establishment of Korean professional chess games, all of these were produced under his promotion.After retiring to the first-line competition, he is still engaged in writing and cultivating the next generation of successors, so he is known as the father of modern Go in South Korea.

Although it started relatively late compared with Japan, Korean Go has become extremely popular thanks to the efforts of Zhao Nanzhe and others.With a population of 4000 million in South Korea, one out of every eight people can play Go. This penetration rate is higher than that of China and Japan.When walking on the street, you can see a Go club within a short distance. There are more than 8 Go clubs in Seoul alone!

In addition to popularity, South Korea is not inferior to Japan in terms of Go level.But even so, after Zhao Nanzhe, many teenagers who are keen on Go will go to Japan to learn Go.

It is precisely because of this that they are even more familiar with the Go of Xiu Ce and other top players in history than Japanese professional players.

Like Chinese chess players, Xu Zhangyuan and the others also collected and sorted out sai's game records scattered on the Internet, and sorted them in chronological order.

After detailed analysis and comparison, they were surprised to find that although Sai has mastered the modern formula, if the results of several coping methods in actual combat differ little, Sai still tends to use the method used in Xiu Ce's period.

They think this is likely to be the breakthrough that will bring Sai down from the altar.In order to formulate an effective strategy, they collected nearly [-] game records left by Xiu Ce, dozens of games, hundreds of games, and repeatedly arranged them every day. Take a victory in your hand.

Zuo Wei has no idea that he has become the target of everyone's attack, and he is now fully guiding Aguang's Go.

In January, due to Ah Guang's poor condition and missing a few games due to leave, his results in the group round-robin match in January were not satisfactory, so he still had to stay in the second group in February.

Fortunately, Ah Guang has calmed down. Apart from concentrating on how to play chess well during the game, he didn't distract himself from other things.Even if it seems that the general trend is over, he will continue to go on firmly until the final winner, and he never considers whether there will be an ugly situation of running out of ammunition and food in the end.

Of course, this is the result of Ah Guang's long-term hard work. At the beginning, he would habitually want to back down, especially when facing Zuo Wei.

However, after Zuo Wei pointed out that Taya's current strength is precisely because he knows how to turn fear into courage, Aguang also began to work a little bit to restrain his inner fear.With his continuous efforts, Ah Guang's xinxing has grown a lot. When playing chess with Zuo Wei, he is gradually able to keep calm even if the situation is extremely dangerous, and then try his best to find a way to survive from the deadlock. way out.

It was because of his persistence that Ah Guang won the round-robin competition in February, and without any suspense, he returned to the group of college students in March.

This day is the day when Ah Guang and He Gu play chess.

This is another game with Hegu after two months, ah~ I don’t know how much I have grown~≥﹏≤

Thinking of fighting against his old friend again, Ah Guang's emotions have been a little excited since yesterday, so that he woke up early this morning... ==

Although he dawdled for a long time after getting up, it was a pity that although he had slowed down as much as possible, after everything was done, Ah Guang looked at the clock, but found that the time had not passed .

It's not a problem to keep shaking like this... Ah Guang sighed in his heart.He checked the time again, it was not yet nine o'clock.

Hmm...Although it's a bit early, but if you're a bit slower, it should be about the same time when you arrive at the chess academy.

Ah Guang thought so, so, despite feeling a little helpless, he still set off from home early ╯﹏╰

Unexpectedly, as soon as Ah Guang stepped out of the elevator, he saw a student next to the shoe cabinet, who seemed to have just changed his indoor shoes.

After all, there are only more than 40 students in the hospital, even if they don't have much contact with each other, they are no strangers to each other.

"Morning!" Ah Guang greeted him before the other party had time to speak.

"Ah... Good morning!" Ah Guang quickly responded.

After changing his indoor shoes, Ah Guang also came to the game room.As soon as he entered the room, he saw He Gu sitting cross-legged on the mat, discussing something with a group of students in high spirits.

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The second one is here! (-^〇^-)

Guess what Hegu is discussing with others~(*≧▽≦)

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