The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

There is often a saying in the Japanese Go world that playing a hundred games will naturally give birth to some kind of "intuition" or "hunch" that cannot be explained by any scientific theory.

Perhaps it was this premonition that caused nearly one-third of the top Japanese Go players to gather in this review room of less than 30 square meters in today's Honinbo battle.

Before the start of the game, a reporter walked through the wrong door, opened the door and glanced at it, then closed the door in fright.

When he returned to the reporter room, he turned his Adam's apple up and down, and the first sentence he uttered was: "If a bomb/bomb falls in the review room next to it, then the Japanese Go game may be completely over..."

To some extent, what the reporter said is indeed true.

At this moment, in the review room a few steps away from the reporter room.

Up to Toyayuki Hiroshi, Morishita Shigeo, Ogata Seiji, Ashihara Hiroyuki, down to Kurata Atsushi, Toya Ryo, Watani Yoshitaka, Ikaku Shinichiro, Ochi Kosuke, more than a dozen Japanese Go leaders and rising stars, all He had already sat down in the review room early, and even Kobayashi Sachiko, who usually doesn't often watch men's chess games, unexpectedly appeared in the review room today for the first time.

Today's battle, no matter what the result is.

Everyone present will be the witness of this chess game.

At the same time, between Youxuan.

According to the guessing order of the first round, in this chess match, Hitomi Kuwahara will hold the white, and Hitoshi Shindo will hold the black to go first.

First hand, Mitsuroko Shinto "Sixteen of 16", Star.

At the moment when the light fell, before the fingertips of the light left the chess, several reporters who had obtained permission in advance to shoot in the game room pressed the shutter button one after another, and took the first-hand view of the first day of the final match. The falling sub-picture is frozen in the camera lens.

Suddenly, in the silent game room, the sound of shutters came and went like waves, endlessly.

If it was the usual, and there was constant noise in the ear, the light must be abnormally irritable.

But today, all the shutter sounds are like a breeze blowing on the face, only blowing gently by Guang's ear, and then they all disappear.

After the first hand, the photographers filed out one after another as if they had never existed.

In the noisy and noisy game room, it finally returned to silence.

click-

Snapped!

click-

Snapped!

On the rebroadcast screen in the inspection room, both black and white sides were flying like flying.

Second Hand, White "Sixteen of 4", Star.

Third hand, black "four of 17", small eye.

Fourth hand, white "three of four", small eye.

In the fifth hand, Black "three of 14", Da Fei defended the corner.

However, at the very beginning of the chess game, a very dramatic scene took place on the chessboard——

Anyone who has carefully studied the game records of the first six games of Hikari and Hitomi Kuwahara can see at a glance that the first five moves of the seven rounds are exactly the same as the previous game!

"What the hell is that guy Shinto thinking?" He Gu couldn't help muttering.

Sachiko Kobayashi immediately shot a slash.

Behind him, another person echoed: "It's fine with Shinto, why is Kuwamoto Inbo following along?"

Sachiko Kobayashi: "..."

At this moment, another low cry sounded: "Changed! In the sixth move, the white piece hangs in the upper left corner and avoids the lower right corner!"

On the live broadcast screen, after Black 5 flew to defend the corner, White 6 landed on the "17th Fourteen" and turned to the upper left corner, then Black 7 flew, White 8 split three, and Black 9 followed in the upper left corner——

Sure enough... Liang Xin said.

He is familiar with the conventional layout method of light.This layout is only intended to fly black 10 to the lower left corner after white 11 flies. If white wants to defend the corner at the "four of 3", black can choose to split and take advantage of the opportunity.Although the shape of black chess may be broken into by white chess, but with such a layout, black chess will move faster and take the initiative more easily.

On the actual combat board, as Liang expected, after the black 9 hangs in the upper left corner, the white 10 flies, and the black 11 immediately responds with a "big fly". Ren suddenly changed his approach.

White did not defend the lower left corner as Guang wished, but directly moved up, making a sharp move above Black 9, Black 13 decisively stood up, and White 14 played a "clamp" move at the "3 of ten".

It was after Bai's move that the review room was suddenly quiet for a moment——

Under normal circumstances, White 14 will choose a star position that is all the way high, but here, Hitoshi Kuwabara is deliberately low all the way, obviously not wanting to let the two sunspots above easily get stability.

After this move, the situation suddenly became tense.

The fingertips protruding towards Qizhen paused for a while, and Guang calmly looked at the old man sitting opposite him, but his face was still calm.

You are not the only one who has studied your opponent's moves before the match, old man.Light smiled silently.Although I haven't studied your habit of playing and the possible strategies for my chess style, I still have to say it a hundred or eighty times.

During the layout stage, Guang had already expected that the old man would make such a move.

After White 14 settled, at most only five seconds apart, Guang quickly made a "3 three" to grab the corner.Unable to give black a chance to settle down, white responded immediately with "Spire".Not long after, the black and white pair fought for nearly ten rounds in the lower left corner.

When it was Hitoshi Kuwahara's turn to take the move, White 24 pressed again in three ways, and Black 25 responded with a sharp tip again.

Afterwards, White 26 long, Black 27 turn, White 28 long, Black 29 stick another hand, White 30 had to make another hand.

You come and go between black and white, and you don't give in to each other.

It was not until Black 31 "forced" and White 32 "flyed" to retreat, and the battle between the two sides came to an end.

However, in the next move, Black 33 made a move of "touch", and took the lead in igniting the flames of war to the upper left battlefield——

The top left of the board.

After black moves first, white follows closely. White has 34 longs, black has 35 touches, and white has 36 blocks. The black and white sides immediately launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle on the upper left.

After some reshaping and exchange, subtle changes have gradually appeared in the chess game - the upper left black piece is slowly being invaded and eliminated, while the outer white piece is constantly playing thicker.

As far as Black 49, Hikari tried to stabilize the upper-left black chess through a series of connections, while Kuwahara Jin relied on the strength of the upper-left white chess and played a "sticky" move in an attempt to further damage the black chess shape.

Xu Shi realized that Heiqi was in a difficult situation, and fell into thinking unconsciously...

In the review room, seeing that the situation on the board was tilting slightly towards White, everyone's discussion gradually became louder.

Led by Shigeo Morishita, a group of chess players advocated that black should abandon his pieces as soon as possible;

And led by Ogata Seiji, seven or eight chess players believed that black could attack by force.

Received all the opinions in his ears, but Liang never said a word.

It wasn't until Taya Yukihiro asked his opinion, Ryo hesitated for a moment, and then tried to express his opinion.

"At this time, black's goal is to stabilize the top left piece, but if black underestimates the top two black pieces now, and instead grabs the key point in the left center," Liang said, pointing to the "ten of five" on the left side, " Once white insists on capturing two pieces of black, black will make a move below this "pull", then white will "take", black will "fly", white will "hold", and black will "retreat" 'It's like this,' said Liang, while quickly simulating the chess game on the bottom left, "By the time white wants to connect back, black has already taken the upper hand, and if white doesn't make up in time, black can dig and capture white. Playing four stones on the left side of the chess, plus black's previous move of "pull" and the other of "long" lays the foundation, black's subsequent attack will be more powerful, so the problem of "living chess" will naturally be solved."

After Ryo finished speaking, he subconsciously looked at Taya Yukihiro's reaction.

Facing Shangliang's gaze, Taya Xingyang only murmured without making any comments.

And at the same time that Liang finished his analysis, on the screen, Guang finally made his next move.

— Black 51, Spire.

Black's chess is settled, just after this "peak", white really pursues the two black stones on the 56th and [-]th roads, and after two more rounds of confrontation, Guang turns around decisively and discards the two black stones, White [-] takes the opportunity Fighting and eating, but at this time, Guang neither fled to the lower left, nor took strong measures, but used a small tip to connect back the line of black chess scattered near the center to seize the external momentum.

After seeing Black 57, the upper left layout was basically finalized, and Hitoshi Kuwahara no longer entangled too much, but chose to take off and occupy the "18th Seven" first. This piece of fat was already in front of him, there was no reason not to grab it quickly.

Shindo-kun's moves just now...

Looking at the rebroadcast screen, although Toyayuki did not participate in the discussion on the surface, he secretly sighed in his heart.

Judging from the two people's thinking about how to solve the chess just now, Xiaoliang and Shinto thought of giving up two black stones at the same time. The difference is that Xiaoliang analyzed the chess game from the perspective of continuous attack, while Shinto thought about how to maintain the overall balance , and then lay the foundation for future expansion.

In daily life, it is clear that the former is calm and the latter is more impulsive. When it comes to playing chess, the way the two think of dealing with it is completely opposite to their respective personalities.

Slowly withdrawing his gaze from the rebroadcast screen, when his eyes met Ryo unexpectedly, Taya Yukihiro read a trace of confusion from Ryo's eyes.

But in the end, it was still his father's silence and an unfathomable smile on his lips, which seemed to be meaningful and indifferent.

Whether it's Xiaoliang's idea or Shinto-kun's mastery, these two ways of playing chess have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is impossible to find out which is right and which is wrong, but the complementary and similar parts of them seem to imply some kind of metaphor.

After Bai 58, the battlefield changed again.

Since the lower right field was not able to be grabbed earlier, after the upper left corner seized the outside momentum, the black sword pointed directly at the two white chess pieces in the lower right middle field.

However, to Kuwahara Jin's surprise, black did not choose the simplest and most effective straight-line attack, that is, to directly cut off the connection between the two white pieces and the white piece on the left. .

Only a "snap" sound was heard, black 59 settled on the "three of 9" position, sharp.

Facing black's unexpected move, Kuwahara Ren murmured, and immediately, White 60 made a horizontal move--At this time, Kuangyuan Ren was thinking in his heart that if black broke two white stones with one move, he would at most abandon his pieces and switch. , but the lower right field must not be lost.

Xu Shi saw the intention of Mr. Kuwahara to abandon his son to protect the land, and guessed that it would not make much sense to attack the lower right now, so he simply shot back the carbine and settled for the "sixteenth of 18", black 61 "town", to prevent white Chess again point corner encroachment.

It is precisely by virtue of Black's 59 and 61 moves, coupled with the external momentum of "investing" in the upper left beforehand, that the originally turbulent black chess in the upper left immediately stabilized.

And the initiative position that was once lost just now, after several twists and turns, regained it again!

Right now, the situation on the disk is becoming more and more tense.

But at this moment, there was a sudden rustling sound of plastic packaging in the examination room.

Liang looked sideways, and saw Cang Tian Hou, who was sitting on his left, was eating a bag of five small bean paste buns out of season.

Receiving Liang's displeased gaze, Atsushi Kurata mistakenly thought that Liang was also interested in the bean paste bun in his hand, so he generously took out a small bean paste bun he was gnawing on, and presented it to Liang together with the whole food packaging bag. Hand it over: "Do you want to eat?"

Liang gritted his back molars lightly, and then gave Kurata an awkward but elegant smile: "No need, thank you."

Although Liang complained about the fact that Atsushi Kurata actually ate while watching the game, the facts proved that it was indeed time for lunch break, and Atsushi Kurata was just following the natural laws of the human body.

When he finally wiped out the last small bean paste bun in the bag——

In the game room, the staff announced at the same time that it was time for lunch break.

Enter lunch break.

It was a rare occasion for father and son to get together, so Taya Yukihiro and Ryo did not dine with the main force, but randomly chose a Japanese restaurant that was closer to the Kiin.

While waiting for the dishes to be served, seeing his son looking at his phone from time to time, Taya Yukio asked with a pointed smile, "Are you waiting for any news?"

Liang paused slightly when he picked up the phone.

He raised his head to look at his father, still clenched the phone tightly, then lowered his head again, looked at the phone again, unconsciously rubbing his fingertips on the pitch-black screen, and there was a smear on his lips that faded in an instant. With a dying smile, he only said softly, "I'm waiting to go home."

Everyone may have several physical "homes" in their lifetime.

But there is often only one place where your true heart belongs—when you fall in love with someone, that person's atrium becomes your true destination.

You may have the opportunity to talk to him and have a deep friendship with him, but at this time, you are at most just a passerby in that heart.

Whether to go or stay is up to him and not you.

Until the day you really accepted me and allowed me to spend the rest of your life together, after wandering for so long and worrying about nothing for so long, I was truly home.

It wasn't until that moment that I really entered your life——

Become the only citizen of the Kingdom of Light.

The author has something to say:

I have something to do on the weekend, and this week's update will still be two days late.

And, "咔啦" refers to the sound of chess pieces colliding when they are picked up from the chessboard.