The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

As soon as July is over, the heat rises again.

As the Obon Festival approaches, the title of Honinbo in the 62nd issue has just ended, and the small chess master battle is coming one after another.

However, on the eve of the 32nd round of the title of Go Master, Shinto Mitsumoto Inbo Little Chess Master made a decision that surprised everyone—he will be the special instructor of the 2nd Tokyo Children's Go Summer Camp for a week After that, together with other teachers and students, they flew to Beijing, China for a five-day Go exchange activity.

And in this list of entourage, Taya Ryo's name was impressively listed.

Unlike Guang’s “approval” in advance, Guang did not know about Liang’s participation in this summer camp.

Therefore, after passively learning the news, apart from pleasant surprises and accidents, I immediately found someone and "questioned" very uncomfortable: "Why did you follow?"

After finishing speaking, he narrowed his eyes again and made a gesture of surprise: "I know!" He snorted softly in his nose, "You want to use public affairs for personal gain, and keep a close watch on you!"

Regarding Guang's several accusations, Liang just smiled and shook his head, then hooked his hands, motioning for Guang to come closer.

A certain light had no sense of danger, and approached ignorantly, the tip of his ear was brushed lightly by his bright lips, and when he was about to have a seizure, he heard him whispering softly in his ear: "I just want to take care of you as an accompanying family member (あなた) [1]'s diet and daily life. Isn't that... okay?"

A certain light: "..."

At that time, the two were walking on the street full of neon lights.

Hearing someone's pun, Guang's face turned red, but he still held on, pretending to look around calmly, seeing that no one noticed them, he stretched out his hand to the bright and thin side He pinched it, then bit Liang's ear with a smirk, and said in an extremely ambiguous tone: "Okay, since you call me "あなた", I must love you well at night."

After the words fell, there was nothing strange on Liang's face.

On the contrary, he embraced his lover's waist, and with a faint and doting smile on his lips, he replied without any hesitation: "Okay, I will wait for you to love me."

"..."

I didn't expect someone to come out like this!

In the end, the skill is not enough, I wanted to tease people but I was teased, I was ashamed and annoyed, I was thinking about how to "retaliate", but a pair of bright eyes looked at me——

The dark green pupils are as bright as jewels;

The corners of the eyes are slightly raised, and the ends of the eyes are gathered into a slender line;

It is these eyes, which are enough to make people unable to move their eyes away when they are not smiling. Once they smile at this moment, even the originally colorful surroundings seem to be eclipsed.

It was too dazzling, and Guang couldn't help cursing secretly.

But... I couldn't help but pray to God, hoping that the smile on Liang's face would never fade, and that time would never take away the health and spirit of the one I love.

so be it.

When being hugged tightly by someone, Auguang thought helplessly but willingly.

After intensive preparations in the early stage, the day of departure finally arrived.

In this summer camp, together with Light and Light, there are 12 students and 5 accompanying teachers in the whole group.

During the five-day itinerary, these students aged 10 to 15 will successively visit various places of interest in Beijing, receive professional guidance from professional chess players from the China-Japan Chess Academy, and have the honor to visit the scene in person to actually experience the Ahan Kiriyama Cup China A high-level duel brought about by the Go Rapid Open Tournament.

The above-mentioned arrangements are certainly eye-catching, but they are only aimed at those parents who want their children to become a success. The real attraction of this itinerary is that they can use the name of "special tutor" to come to Beijing at public expense to communicate and learn from various Chinese chess players. .

——Although it is a "special tutor", it is not necessary for students to accompany them when they visit various scenic spots in Beijing.

This point was specifically confirmed with the sponsor before leaving.

So, on the second day after arriving in Beijing, when the students boarded the bus early in the morning to start a one-day tour of Beijing, Guang Ye pulled Liang up and rushed to the Chinese Chess Academy early-before coming to Beijing, he had already contacted Yang Hai, and " The handy "Yang Hai" was indeed very responsive and prepared a full-day rich "Go feast" for them.

Similar to the title match in Japan, there are also many title events such as celebrity match and chess holy war in China.

After Yang Hai's early publicity, Guang and Liang were introduced to the special Go classroom of the Chess Academy in the morning, and a group of young chess players in their twenties came here one after another.

Due to the fact that there were too many chess players who wanted to play against the two, Yang Hai directly made a decision and selected opponents for the morning chess match for the two.

Liang's opponent is 15-year-old Li Jie's 14th dan, while Guang's is [-]-year-old Zhao Kang's [-]rd dan.

Both sides of the chess game have 2 hours of chess time.

After guessing first, the two chess games officially began.

With the pressing of the timer, the noisy classroom instantly fell into silence.

Calm and atmospheric chess style, concise and concise moves.

Relying on years of experience and intuition, Guang and Liang knew that the other party was definitely not an easy person after only a dozen or so hands-on confrontation.

But... not enough to defeat them.

During the layout stage, both Guang and Liang held this idea in their hearts.

however……

Three hours later, when the two games ended one after another, the two Japanese Go title holders fell silent.

Two chess games in the morning.

Guang vs. Zhao Kang finally lost by 2 and a half eyes.

It's a pity that Liang is only half an eye away from his opponent.

"I thought that Japanese chess players are so good, but I didn't expect that Japanese celebrities and Honinbo are just like that."

"Even if you come five, six, or seven crowns, you are still no match for us!"

……

As soon as the result of the chess game came out, there were similar disdainful voices from the teenagers watching the game.

The consequence of being heard by Yang Hai was naturally to curse, and then he was thrown out of the Go classroom.

But these words were close to his ears, and they were still heard by Guang He Liang impartially.

Before the resumption of the chess game, they sat in adjacent positions and looked at each other silently.

Both Guang and Liang's eyes seemed to be filled with the same emotion.

Feel ashamed?

No.

But after this battle, the gap between them and Chinese chess players was fully exposed.

Not only the difference in strength, but also the unfamiliarity and ignorance of the rules of Chinese Go-the banmu that Liang regretted losing was in the last single official robbery[2].

The chess game and review in the morning ended, and the time was almost 1 pm.

But as if racing against time, Guang Heliang only had a simple meal at the Chess Academy, and then followed Yang Hai to the Go Dojo run by China's top Go player Shen Fangming Jiuduan.

Before that, although Guang had heard about the Chinese Go Dojo, he didn't know much about it.

In his limited cognition, he always felt that the so-called "Go Dojo" was similar to the "Go Classroom". They were both Go training institutions that taught children to play chess. When he took them to visit the Go Dojo on weekday afternoons, he was still wondering until he actually stepped into the legendary "Go Dojo"...

It was a world of Go completely different from what he had imagined before.

Walking in the corridor and looking in through the glass windows, I saw that every Go classroom was almost full, and most of the children sitting in these classrooms were around ten years old, and the oldest looked no more than fourteen or five years old. age.Here, each classroom seems to be endowed with different functions. Some children are in a group round-robin competition, some are studying cultural courses, and some are receiving one-on-one guidance from teachers.

No matter what they were doing, the expressions of these children were so focused, some even serious.

During the whole visit, what surprised him the most was that every time he passed a classroom, he could always see some parents-like adults looking in with worried faces.

In the Go dojo, why are there parents accompanying them?

This is extremely rare in Japan.

Light is puzzled.

When he asked the question in his heart, Yang Hai's reaction seemed to be quite normal.

Instead of directly answering Guang's question, he asked Guang: "What kind of place do you think the Go dojo is? Like an ordinary training institution? An interest class that teaches children how to play Go?"

Guang's eyes flashed, but he couldn't answer.

Yang Hai glanced at it meaningfully, and asked again: "Then how do you think you can become a professional chess player?"

Light finally knows the answer to this question.

He replied without thinking: "Pass the professional chess player exam."

"Yes, that's right!" Yang Hai replied in the affirmative, "In China, if you want to become a professional chess player, you must pass the annual 'set match'. The significance of the existence of the Go Dojo is not so much a family A 'training institution' is better to say that it is a specially designed Go school for children who aim to 'become professional chess players'. In other words, the children studying here are all 'full-time', even There are also some children who live in remote areas. They left their parents early in order to study, and live in the Go Dojo all year round. This is why you will see these parents lingering at the door of the classroom, refusing to leave. "

As Yang Hai said, he brought the topic back: "Some of them chose to resign because their children were too young, and one of their parents resolutely chose to accompany them to study; Let them be stretched, plus the round-trip travel expenses, they send their children here, and they want to take a look after they go back, I'm afraid it will take a year and a half."

Speaking of this, Yang Hai paused for a while as if to give Guang He Liang some time to digest.

He stood still in front of one of the classrooms, looked deeply at the children who were playing chess in the classroom, and then continued after a while: "These parents and children are willing to be willing for a goal that is not sure whether it can be achieved." It must seem very irrational to you to spend so much time and money, even to give up the regular channels for further education, isn't it?"

Turning his head to face the two, after reading the surprise in his eyes, Yang Hai's voice sank, and then he said sharply: "But this is the obsession of Chinese Go players, even if you say they are 'all or nothing', it is not an exaggeration. And this is probably one of the reasons why Japanese Go has been inferior to China and South Korea in recent years."

Hearing Yang Hai's words, Guang Guang was slightly startled, and looked up at Yang Hai.

As if he had expected this reaction from the two of them, Yang Hai curled his lips and said deliberately, "Do you know why?" Seeing the bright light, the two looked at each other, shook their heads, and said unhurriedly: "Because of the competition. consciousness."

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Note [1]: あなた, also written as "your side", not only expresses the honorific "you", but also can be understood as "dear" when the wife calls her husband)^_^

Note[2]: In the Japanese Go rules, the calculation of victory and defeat is to compare the number of eyes, and the single official has no eyes, so there is no order collector, but in the Chinese Go rules, the order collector is required. One of the differences in the rules of Go.