The ten-year trace of the soul of chess

Does human memory always have a certain tendency?

I always choose to remember those happy and beautiful things, and unconsciously forget those painful experiences.

Guang couldn't remember how he got here during the period after Liang was discharged from the hospital.

It's like a cloud of illusory light and shadow. When it touches the edge of the light, it may evoke the outline of pain, but if it goes deeper, it is a white and soft interior.

Those minutiae that once made me suffer seem to be dormant forever in this layer upon layer of packages.

Step back into the world of rental apartments.

As if to make up for the time we had been apart before, when there was no chess game, Liang and Guang stayed at home together, played chess together, chatted together, or, without saying anything, just nestled on the sofa, next to each other , each doing its own thing.

It's the same as before, except——

"Liang, give me the egg."

"Liang, pass the plate for me."

"Liang, do you want to boil the potatoes more rotten?"

……

During the time when I moved back home, in order to ease the relationship between the family, as long as I was at home, I would silently help Mitsuko with housework.

At the beginning, Mitsuko was very resistant and drove Hikari out of the kitchen more than once, but later she couldn't help it, and finally let her go. Hikari started from picking and washing vegetables, step by step, and now she can do a job with ease in the kitchen.

——Some things are actually not difficult to learn, as long as you pay enough attention.

On the day Liang came back, Guang pulled him to sit on the sofa, and went into the kitchen alone.

Liang Yuan wanted to go in and have a look, but he held back in the end.

About 10 minutes later, Guang came out of the kitchen with a small teacup on the tray in his hand.

A look of surprise flashed in Liang's eyes.

Even though he guessed a little bit, when he lifted the tea cover, his heartbeat still fluttered for several times.

In the hot air, the surface of Chawanmushi is smooth and dense, and the top is carefully decorated with a swirl pattern of fish cake.

It was supposed to be an ordinary dish, but Ryo felt a kind of flattered joy as if seeing it for the first time.He looked at the dishes in front of him, then looked up at the light, like a child who was at a loss, with bright spots in his eyes, until his right hand was stuffed into a soup spoon, and he listened to the light's soft reminder, and then held it The spoon made a careful arc on the surface of the chawanmushi.

Usually, the taste is strong, and I always like to order soy sauce ramen for ramen, but this chawanmushi is just right for the saltiness, and because it is specially seasoned with bonito sauce and shiitake mushrooms when cooking, it makes the taste of the eggs smooth and delicious .

Compared with the usual chawanmushi, Xu Shi's cooking incorporates the chef's heart, and Liang actually tastes a taste of "happiness".

From then on, in the kitchen filled with the smell of rice and heat, another figure gradually appeared next to the lonely figure.

They start cooking together.

Light wash vegetables, bright cut vegetables;

Light cooking, light serving.

When cooking, Guang occasionally played pranks, secretly pinching Liang's waist, or splashing some water on his face, once or twice, Liang tolerated it kindly, and sometimes he made a fuss in the kitchen, and was bound to be caught off guard by Liang The ground is hooped into his arms, and he has a good education.

If life is a river, after a period of perilous flood season, it finally returns to its former peace.

In this peace, Guang ushered in the four rounds of his 31st Little Chess Holy War - as long as he wins this round, he will be the new holder of the title of "Little Chess Master".

One is the leader of the new wave of Go in Japan.

One is a rising star of hope in the Japanese chess world.

Kurata Atsuko [-]th dan vs. Shinto Hikari [-]th dan chess match received a lot of attention as soon as it was arranged.

August 8, the day of the chess match.

Although it is a working day, the game has not yet started. The commentary venue located downstairs in the game room has attracted a large number of chess fans to watch the game.

An old man came late and slowly sat down on a back seat. When his eyes passed by the people beside him, he was slightly startled.

His lips parted slightly, and his expression seemed a little excited. After the other party nodded politely to him, he suddenly looked at the big screen used for live broadcast.

——The chess game has begun!

Continuing the previous order of chess, today's chess game, Shindo Hikari is black, Kurata Atsushi is white.

In the first move at the beginning, Guang made the "four of four"[4] without thinking too much about it.

Atsushi Kurata immediately used "17 of [-]", and the small eyes were quick to handle.

When moving his fingertips away from the chess piece, Kurata glanced silently.

He also heard about the abandonment incident a few days ago.Before that, he once thought that Shinto Hikaru's state would be affected by this, but when he saw it today, the young chess player's mental state not only did not show the slightest sluggishness, when they met in the corridor before the game, he even made fun of him: "Kurata Sir, you'd better eat less for lunch, so as not to eat too much at night and be indigestible!"

Back then, I can still vividly remember the scene of playing rogue with Shinto in the go club, but within a few years, Shinto has caught up to him, and even surpassed him.

According to pre-match statistics, he has a record of 11 wins and 9 losses against Kami Fujimitsu on formal occasions.

But it's only slightly better.

Kurata's heart sank.

Today's chess game is destined to be a tough battle...

In the quiet and mysterious room, the tense atmosphere is like a layer of mist, from thin to thick, gradually falling into the colorless and odorless air.

In the layout stage, both sides played relatively conservatively, so that almost everyone thought that the game would transition smoothly to the middle game.

However, in the 23rd hand, the situation changed suddenly.

Black's move of "Demolition Two" on the lower right suddenly brought the game into an unexpected process - black moved to the lower right, and the gap in the upper left corner was immediately exposed, but white seemed to have received a message from black to seek a battle, He actually gave up capturing the black chess piece on the corner, and responded to the black chess piece's challenge with a move of "pulling"!

Putting the light in the chess box, the two fingers that were about to hold the chess slightly paused.

He raised his eyelids and glanced at Kurata on the opposite side, feeling a little uncomfortable and inexplicably excited from this move.

After changing hands several times, as if in return for this move of "pulling", he just slapped the black chess to the lower right "seven of 18", and did not forget to smile at his opponent when he let go.

Light's 37th move, seven of 18, bend.

This move not only made up for the white piece's cross break, but also broke the white eye's eye position, at the same time, it also aimed at the jumping in the corner.

Three birds with one stone.

After recording this move, the recorder at the side felt that the air in the Youxuan room suddenly became thinner.

The entire game room seemed to suddenly be filled with the smell of gunpowder/powder.

However, Kurata Kudan, who has twice held the title of Master Chess Master, is not a fledgling rookie after all. After seeing through the black chess's intention within a second, the white chess immediately reversed direction and turned to attack the upper right corner.

The two sides immediately started from the upper right corner and spread the flames of war from the middle to the upper left corner.

Just when the two sides were evenly matched, Kurata suddenly made a "big jump" move at "Nine of Fourteen", and the span of this big jump was obviously too large!

Guang's eyes lit up suddenly, and then he seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and used a "touch" move to directly lead the chess game to a fierce battle!

The current game of chess...

Kurata frowned slightly.

Years of experience in playing games has allowed him to calmly deal with any unexpected situation in the process of playing games.

With the "jump" of the hand just now, as soon as his fingertips left the chess piece, he felt that he had passed the game, but he had no regrets, and he quickly adjusted his mental state and refocused on the follow-up chess game.

In the current situation, because of the mistake just now, although black has taken the upper hand in the upper middle, but there are still many bad spots in other parts of the black chess, especially the corners.

Kurata thought for a moment, then calmly responded with a move of "sticky".

"As expected of Kurata Nine Dans, after this 'sticky' move, the two black pieces had to swim in the center. It feels like this game has just begun." In the commentary hall downstairs, Kawamura Sixth Dan, who was in charge of the commentary, said so.

Move 66, sticky, is a good move.

As of the lunch break, a total of 85 chess games were played in the morning.

The battle between the two sides in the upper right corner is not yet complete, and the gap caused by white's mistake just now seems to have caught up little by little after several moves by good players.

Continue in the afternoon.

The two sides fought fiercely in the upper right corner from the beginning.

White 86 scored in the upper right corner and tried to expand the territory on the corner with strong means.

Guang gladly accepted the challenge.

After several rounds of fighting, black 92 and 94 also fought back with the strongest means, and went straight to the "18 of 18" and "[-] of [-]", in order to forcibly control the territory on the corner.

White refused to follow, and continued to narrow black's sphere of influence from the sideline.

Considering that the partial release of black chess is very likely to leave behind, after repeated evaluation of black chess's robbing materials, Guang chooses to "rob" directly.

At the same time, Ryo and Ogata Seiji in Osaka, accompanied by a special person, have just visited three potential sponsors who have expressed great interest in online Go tournaments in the early stage, and are heading to the next destination by car - Seki The Western Chess Academy is planning to continue discussing with the Chess Academy about the preparations for the event.

In the back seat, when she caught a glimpse of Ryo looking at his watch from the corner of her eye, Ogata Seiji slightly raised her eyebrows.

With a little thought, you can guess the general idea, but he didn't point it out, just teased with a smile: "I didn't see that, Xiao Liang, you care about time so much."

Liang was taken aback for a moment, and then said without evasion: "As soon as today's business is over, I will return to Tokyo immediately."

Ogata pondered for a moment, and said, "Actually, Xiao Liang, it doesn't matter if you don't come today, just find someone who is familiar with the whole plan to replace you."

After hearing this, Liang glanced at Ogata lightly, and replied with only four words: "That's different."

Today is the key battle of light.

Although he wanted to be there in person to witness the moment when Light won his first title, he also always remembered his responsibilities and responsibilities.

He was the first to propose holding the national online Go competition, and he also wrote the later specific feasibility report and operation plan. The preparation progress of the competition has been delayed by half a month because of his reasons. Now is the critical period, which makes no sense because of his own Let others do it for his private affairs, not to mention he is unwilling to leave this matter to others.

After Liang finished speaking, he turned his head and looked out the window.

The boy's brows and eyes were still peaceful, but the fingers that kept rubbing the dial on his wrist still leaked his emotions.

Ogata raised the corner of his mouth, leaned back on the back seat, and temporarily stopped the topic. After a while, he seemed to be talking to himself, and asked: "At this point in time, what is the chess game on Jinto's side?" , is it almost the end?"

At this time, it was 45:[-] in the afternoon.

Each game of the Little Chess Master Challenge is a one-day match, and each player only has 3 hours to practice chess. As Mr. Ogata said, if the progress is fast, the outcome will not be known at this time.

Ryo understood what Mr. Ogata said.

They went to the Kansai Chess Academy on this trip. If they want to get the latest game records, they only need to do a little research after arriving at the Chess Academy.

Liang didn't answer, just shook his head slightly.

He believes that whether he is present or not, Guang will do his best to show his true strength.And what he has to do now is to complete his work efficiently, and then rush to Guang's side as soon as possible.

Within the Youxuan.

The chess game has reached the 140th move, and it is Kurata's turn to play.

After black and white robbing and eliminating robbing back and forth just now, there are currently nearly 75 black pieces on the board, and although white has to lose a white piece in order to win jie, it has also gained a lot of points through robbing.

However, looking at the overall situation, white is at a disadvantage.

During the long exam, Kurata's right hand involuntarily pressed down on his knee, and his entire face was almost pressed against the chessboard.

He either let out a deep moan, or changed his sitting position, or unconsciously bit his thumbnail, and his disc-like face gradually began to turn red due to the change of emotions.

His eyes frequently glanced towards the light, showing admiration and unwillingness, but the fighting spirit in his eyes has never weakened at all, and his brain is running at high speed, constantly deriving several countermeasures that may turn the situation around on the virtual chessboard. .

——There are countermeasures, so the last resort to find the correct answer is to rely on intuition [2]!

Facing the decline of White, after a 30-minute long test, the corner of Kurata's mouth raised, and White cut straight to the lower left with 140, leading the battle from the lower center to the lower left again.

After the crisp sound of picking up the son, Guang calmly handled it.

Kurata fixed his eyes on the chessboard, and suddenly felt a little thirsty.

He touched the kettle on the side, poured himself a glass of water, poured it down, and then moved to the chessboard, biting his lower lip, while his eyes quickly swept across the board.

He shook his legs subconsciously as if to relieve the pressure.

After that, the black and white sides took turns attacking and defending in the lower left and lower middle respectively.

White tried to break it, but was crossed back by black two ways, and it was easily resolved.

When the plan failed, Bai turned his gaze to the upper left corner again.

However, the situation has long since changed.

Up to the 173rd move, the black chess "Tiger" took a white piece of "Sixteen of Seven" into his mouth, and at the same time won the title of Little Chess Master without any suspense.

ended.

Guang took a long breath, and then gently closed his eyes.

On the floor display, the elevator slowly descends from the fifth floor to the first floor.

When Liang rushed to the Chess Academy, a wave of spectators just came out of the elevator.

"Today's game of chess always feels a bit unfinished."

"I didn't expect it to end up like this."

"However, I am really looking forward to the future performance of Shinto chess players!"

……

When Liang passed by everyone, his footsteps paused slightly.

A strange premonition made his heart skip a beat.He looked up at the elevator that was hoisted to the fifth floor again, and couldn't wait any longer, so he strode directly to the stairs, and ran to the fifth floor where Youxuan was located.

Light……

Light!

——Ryo, I won.

--where are you now?

——Did you watch my chess game?

Although for me now, whether Liang is present to watch the game is not as important as before. No matter what the result is, this chess game already exists. .

You haven't progressed too much, Shindo Hikari, the little chess master.

Unexpectedly, he is already... a little chess master.

When interviewed by reporters, Guang still felt a little unbelievable, but it was the truth.

He entered the eighth dan of Tengguang, and in the 31th round of the 3st Little Chess Master Challenge, he defeated Kurata Atsuko in the mid-set and became the title holder of the 1st Little Chess Master with a total score of 31:[-]!

Guang had been looking forward to the victory of this chess game for a long time.

At first, I was afraid of winning or losing too much and dared not think about it.

Later, when this day and this moment really came, Guang did not dare to relax at all because there were more obstacles waiting for him ahead.

Until now, seeing that person in the crowd, seeing him nodding his head affirmatively to himself, seeing him smiling silently to himself, the joy buried in his heart and the words that he wanted to say but failed to say for days came out together. nod.

While answering the reporter's question, Guang stopped halfway through his speech.

This reporter, the question just now was: "Shindo Chess Player, what are your thoughts on winning this time?"

Guang couldn't help but crossed the crowd again, and stared at Liang for a few seconds, then retracted his gaze, and the smile on his face slowly narrowed.

He looked at the camera, calmed down, and resumed the half-spoken words just now: "Sometimes, it may be true-when you feel that life is particularly difficult, your grades will actually improve [2]." Guang felt a little emotional , "Of course, if life can always go smoothly, that is naturally the best."

On the day when the chess game ended, Mitsu Shinto, who was always perfunctory, said a lot of things for the first time.

He seemed to be choked up, smiled awkwardly at everyone, and then said: "Some time ago, for some reason, I lived, passed..." He kept blinking, and his breathing trembled slightly , "The situation is frequent." He finally straightened out his words, "It also directly or indirectly caused a lot of trouble to many relatives and friends around me, and made them restless with me."

Thinking of the time when I was alone and helpless, He Gu's persistent phone harassment every day.

Thinking of my parents' unconditional tolerance and acceptance of me in the end.

Thinking of my lover's visit without hesitation that night.

"I really..." Guang tried hard to control his emotions, "I really appreciate them, thank them for their unconditional trust and support to me all the time."

After finishing speaking, it was a complete 90-degree bow.

In fact, there are still many things I want to say, but at this moment, all words seem to be pale.

Only this bow can truly convey my sincere gratitude to them.

In the past, when chess games were over, Liang and Guang would not deliberately wait for each other in the chess academy because of the review.

But this time, when the interview was over and Liang offered to wait for Guang to go home together, Guang did not refuse.

Perhaps at this time, he really needs someone to share this joy with him.

Even if he is not in this game room, as long as he knows that he is waiting for him somewhere in the chess academy, the joy in his heart will flow out like a spring.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the chess game review was finally over.

Guang found Liang on the first floor of the Chess Academy. Liang seemed to be attracted by the sound of footsteps, and slowly raised his head from his trance.

Eyes meet in the air.

At that moment, Guang suddenly wanted to do something, and wanted to say something, but those things that he wanted to do and say, seemed not suitable for the occasion of Qiyuan.

Looking at each other, Liang and Guang both smiled knowingly.

When they walked out side by side, they were discussing where to eat later, when a call from an unknown person arrived unexpectedly, as if they had pinpointed the timing.

The author has something to say:

Note [1]: For the chess records written in this chapter, the corresponding horizontal paths are from left to right: 1~19, and the vertical paths are from bottom to top: [-]~[-].

Note [2]: "The last resort to find the correct answer is to rely on intuition", this sentence is said by Kurata Fatty in the "Soul of Chess" manga.

Note [3]: "When you feel that life is particularly difficult, your grades will improve instead." This sentence was said by Kudo Norio when he was 73 years old when he reviewed his Go path.

as well as--

Finally got more T^T...

This afternoon, the computer was powered off once. After the computer restarted, I went out without checking the document.

As a result, when I came back at night and prepared to revise the text, I found that the document was all garbled and could not be opened, which made me cry.

I tried many methods to no avail, so I had no choice but to ask for help from a certain treasure, and the store brother repaired the document in minutes.It’s just because there is a stream of consciousness that I wrote casually at the beginning of the document that cannot be said. When I received the document confirmation screenshot from my brother, I still felt a little embarrassed >///<~~~

Cover your face and escape.

2017.12.4 Fixed a small bug, thank you "Shanren Kuangyu" little angel for correcting me in time^_^