Chapter 356 The third era of Go must be led by Yu Shao!
Tokyo, Japan.
"Toyama Xun, your move was brilliant. The Iwagami Jianjiudan was so solid, but you still saw through it."
A long-haired young man looked at the chessboard, shook his head, and said with a sense of inferiority: "I can't even think of this chess move, only you can see it. When can I be as good as you?"
"Just think about it."
On the side, another young man in his twenties with dyed yellow hair couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Otherwise, why is it called Dongshan Xun? If everyone is Dongshan Xun, do we still need to worry about the Dragon Tiger Cup in the future?"
"Not only the Dragon Tiger Cup, but also overseas chess tournaments will start one after another starting next month."
Another fat young man with a buzz cut sighed and said, "Japan's performance in the past two years has not been satisfactory. Last year, they lost to North Korea and South Korea in the Dragon Tiger Cup, and were defeated by the Chinese team in the Oriental Cup. We have to work hard this year."
A group of young people in their twenties gathered together, reviewing the chessboard and chatting. Dongshan Xun was also sitting in the crowd, just looking at the chessboard without saying a word.
"Yeah, I thought with Toyama Xun here, the China-Japan-Korea team competition could win back a game, but I didn't expect that even the China-Japan-Korea team competition would be--"
Hearing the words of the slightly plump young man, the long-haired young man spoke almost subconsciously. Halfway through his words, he realized that Dongshan Xun was here, and his voice suddenly stopped.
The long-haired young man looked a little embarrassed. After a moment, he said to Dongshan Xun: "Sorry."
Hearing this, the others couldn't help but look up at Dongshan Xun.
Dongshan Xun was still looking at the chessboard in front of him calmly, and he didn't seem to be affected by it.
Everyone felt complicated for a moment.
In fact, strictly speaking, the Japanese chess world has performed well in recent years. Not only have many rising stars emerged, but in some international chess competitions, it has even defeated North Korea and South Korea to win several championships.
Although they have been defeated by China and South Korea, overall, their results are actually better than before.
Especially there is a peerless genius like Toyama Xun who has already made a name for himself in the world chess arena at a young age.
However, no one expected that China would have a chess player like Yu Shao who was in no way inferior to Toyama Xun. Even if we only judge by success or failure, after all, Yu Shao won the game, so he would naturally surpass Toyama Xun.
More importantly, China's late-stage talent is not just Yu Shao, there is also Su Yiming, who is actually a monster who can compete with Dongshan Xun.
Dongshan Xun not only lost to Yu Shao, but also lost to Su Yiming in a private match after the game...
The originally relaxed atmosphere became a little dull as everyone suddenly fell silent.
Crunch.
At this moment, the door of the room was suddenly pushed open, and everyone looked at that person. The depressing atmosphere was suddenly broken by the newcomer.
"Takahashi Hikaru, why are you here just now?"
The long-haired young man couldn't help but ask.
"After playing chess at the chess academy, I replayed the game between Honinbo Shingo and the national player Kim Si-woo from North and South Korea with my friends."
The young man named Takahashi Hikaru smiled and explained, "So I'm sorry, I'm a little late."
"Oh, it's that chess game."
The long-haired young man suddenly understood, and he obviously knew the game. He smiled and said, "It was indeed a beautiful game. It made people feel hot all over. It was very exciting."
"Yes, Honinbo Shingo's record against national player Kim Si-woo was not very good before, but this game can be regarded as a revenge."
Takahashi nodded and asked, "What are you doing?"
"I am reviewing the game that Toyama Xun played against Iwagami Ken 9th Dan yesterday."
The slightly plump young man asked, "Want to review it together?"
"Forget it, let's review it."
Takahashi Hikaru shook his head and walked towards the desktop computer in the room, saying with a smile: "I just finished copying the game of Honinbo Shingo Sensei. Now I really want to play a game. Let's play a game online."
"You still like to show off on the Internet."
Someone couldn't help but joked: "Your performance in real life is not good, so you go online to bully amateur chess players to satisfy your sense of achievement?"
"What are you talking about, kid? There are many professional chess players who play chess online, right? It is said that Mr. An Hongshi plays chess online!"
Takahashi Mitsuru rolled his eyes, quickly sat down in front of the computer chair, turned on the computer, entered his account and password, and logged into the 19Go platform.
Takahashi Hikaru had just logged into Nineteen and was about to match an opponent when he was suddenly stunned and his hand that was sliding the mouse stopped for a moment.
"Zhuang Weisheng's 10th dan, no, Zhuang Weisheng's Tianyuan...national champion competition?"
Takahashi Hikaru frowned slightly, thought about it, slid the mouse, and clicked into the live broadcast room.
"Have you gotten down here yet?"
Takahashi Mitsuru first glanced at the chessboard and found that both sides had already made a lot of moves before he finally began to examine the board carefully.
Then, when he saw the board frozen at the last sharp peak of the white chess piece, Takahashi Hikaru was suddenly stunned, staring at the board in amazement, his entire mind was confused.
"How's it going, Takahashi Hikaru, have you found your match?"
At this time, the long-haired young man turned his head and said with a smile, "I don't know which unlucky guy got matched with our Takahashi Hikaru, 8th dan."
After the long-haired young man finished speaking, Takahashi Hikaru did not say anything, still staring blankly at the computer screen.
"Takahashi Hikaru?"
The long-haired young man was a little confused and looked at Takahashi Mitsuru. He immediately noticed Takahashi Mitsuru's unbelievable expression and couldn't help feeling a little stunned.
"What's wrong?"
The long-haired young man stood up with some confusion, walked towards Takahashi Mitsuru, quickly came behind Takahashi Mitsuru, then followed Takahashi Mitsuru's gaze and looked at the computer screen.
However, as the long-haired young man's gaze moved to the computer screen, the next moment, he was suddenly completely stunned on the spot!
"This move, the spire?"
At this time, the others also noticed the strangeness of the two people. They looked at each other, stood up, and soon came behind Takahashi Mitsuru and looked at the computer screen.
Soon, a look of deep disbelief quickly appeared on everyone's face. Even Dongshan Xun, who was looking at the computer screen, was stunned for a moment.
The room suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
After a while, someone finally reacted and said in disbelief: "This move, the pointed top?"
"This is a national team match! How could anyone do this?"
"Where's the opponent?"
"Who is the opponent?!"
It was not until this time that everyone looked at the title of the live broadcast room. When they saw Zhuang Weisheng’s opponent, everyone was shocked again! "Zhuang Weisheng Tianyuan, right——"
Dongshan Xun's pupils shrank slightly, and he stared at the computer screen, looking at the big words on the title of the live broadcast room.
"Yu Shao third stage?!"
Everyone's expression changed slightly: "Zhuang Weisheng Tianyuan is playing chess with Yu Shao!?"
Even abroad, as long as they are in the Go community, there is no one who does not know the name Zhuang Weisheng. After all, the name Zhuang Weisheng is almost synonymous with Go! And now, Zhuang Weisheng is playing chess with Yu Shao?
Moreover, Yu Shao also made this pointed top move? "Although the pointed roof style has been around for a long time, but..."
After a long while, Gao Qiaoguang stared at the computer screen in disbelief, muttering: "This pattern is generally recognized as a disadvantage for White. It is a bad move and has been completely eliminated."
"Traditionally, it is believed that the sharp top is not good. First, after the sharp top, the opponent will grow a hard head in the middle of the abdomen, gaining thickness but losing variety."
"The second is that it will allow the opponent to form an ideal chess formation of two standing and three splitting, thus occupying an advantageous position on the wing."
"Third, there is a point three-three behind the peak that cannot be defended, which is equivalent to going in vain. We may be attacked by the opponent later..."
It was quiet all around.
Takahashi Mitsuru didn't need to say this, as professional chess players, they knew it very well! The spire must not be lowered except on specific occasions! However, Yu Shao still did it this way! "Why?"
The long-haired young man asked, "What's the logic behind the pointed roof here? This doesn't make any sense!"
There was still silence all around, and no one answered.
Because the problem of the long-haired young people is also the problem of all of them! Why? !
This pointed top completely overturned their cognition! After a long time, under the gaze of a group of people, the black chess piece finally fell again on the computer screen.
clatter! Six columns and four rows, long!
"Teacher Zhuang Weisheng, make a move!"
Seeing this move, the slightly plump young man couldn't help but exclaimed.
Everyone in the group stared at the chess game closely, not even blinking.
Soon, the white chess piece fell again.
The battle between the black and white pieces on the chessboard has become increasingly fierce. Both sides are refusing to give in. All their moves are deadly and each one is extremely severe!
In the chess game room, Zhuang Weisheng looked at the chessboard with a serious look.
Although from the situation, the moment the white chess piece placed the tip, the black chess piece should be ahead, but...
"Why do you feel so uneasy deep down?"
Zhuang Weisheng took a deep breath, glanced at Yu Shao, then picked up the chess piece again and dropped it quickly.
And the moment Zhuang Weisheng made his move, Yu Shao immediately picked up his piece and followed the black piece!
On the chessboard, black and white compete for supremacy! "Teacher Zhuang Weisheng made no mistakes. Every move was extremely accurate, and he firmly grasped the weakness of the spire!"
Watching the chess pieces falling on the board, Takahashi said without turning his head, "It feels like the white pieces are in danger!"
"He won't just sit there and wait for death. Since he has made the move, he must have a backup plan! I don't think Yu Shao is unprepared!"
At this moment, Dongshan Xun spoke in the crowd, his words sonorous.
"But, Mr. Zhuang Weisheng's move was too precise. How could he have been prepared? Do you think he was going to overturn the fixed pattern of the spire?"
Some people thought it was a bit absurd and couldn't help but refute: "This kind of board situation has not evolved to the whole game, and there are not many changes. Although White's moves are not bad, there is no backup plan at all!"
This question made Dongshan Xun speechless for a moment. In the end, he just stared at the computer screen and said, "I can't tell, but I think he will definitely take action!"
The black and white chess pieces are still entangled together! The flames of war continued to spread across this small chessboard, causing everyone to hold their breath.
"etc!"
As he watched, suddenly, Takahashi Hikaru seemed to have discovered something and his body began to tremble slightly! Not only him, but several young men behind Gao Qiangguang were also stunned and stared at the computer screen in shock.
"Teacher Zhuang Weisheng, every move you make is good, but..."
The young man who had just refuted Dongshan Xun looked at the computer screen, his eyes even a little dazed. Sweat oozed from his temples without him knowing when. Words came to his lips, but he didn't know how to start! As the game continues to develop, more and more overlooked things are gradually discovered by all of them! "Looking back, I realized that the black chess pieces that had been shining so brightly before were repeated because of the pieces on the side and the blooming on the second road, and the efficiency became low!"
The young man with a buzz cut eyelid twitched and said in shock: "And the black man who was blocked at the side didn't play any role, but became closer to the thick force!"
The slightly plump boy swallowed his saliva and added: "White is just behind, but don't forget that White also seized a big position just now!"
"That is to say, the three disadvantages mentioned earlier have actually turned into advantages—"
Gao Qiaoguang slapped his face, almost unable to believe his eyes: "After all the calculations, White won a pure profit!"
"Why?!"
The long-haired young man was shocked and puzzled. "It would be fine if White had some clever moves, but looking at the whole game, White didn't make any clever moves, and Black didn't make any mistakes either. Why? Why?!"
Everyone was silent. Now their hearts were filled with deep shock. They didn't know how to answer and didn't know the answer at all!
At this time, among the crowd, Dongshan Xun finally spoke slowly: "Order."
Hearing this, everyone was stunned and turned to look at Dongshan Xun.
Dongshan Xun was also looking at the computer screen with a shocked face, and he actually saw through the mystery: "Pay attention to the inevitable order that the white piece should be pushed at the moment when the black piece points to 33. If the white piece is pushed first to make an exchange, the black piece may not point to 33, and may attack in other ways, such as directly stabbing!"
"Now let's look back and reflect on the changes in the apex and the subsequent three-three points. What was originally thought to be a bad move has now turned out to be a good move. After getting the advantage, I was able to defend successfully, and the opponent's blooming moves became repetitive."
Dongshan Xun's face was dripping with sweat. He swallowed his saliva and continued, "The most terrifying thing is that the spire always has to respond, and the following changes are basically-
"There is no choice!"
….….San Francisco, California, USA.
“The cherubim unleashed the wrath of God!”
The blond man almost doubted his life. He grabbed his hair with both hands, stared at the computer screen in shock, and shouted excitedly: "How is this possible?"
His view of Go seemed to collapse at this moment, and he was completely unable to remain calm!
"We have to respond to the tip, right? We can't take it off after we've taken the tip, right? And the following changes are basically inevitable and cannot be chosen! They are all irresistible!"
"Has the spire become an irresistible hand?"
"Is it possible that the terrifying trend in the future is that even if the opponent leaves the star position, they will not dare to hang the corner?!!"
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Gangneung, Nambu Chess Institute, reporter's office.
Ding Huan looked at the computer screen, took a deep breath, and wrote excitedly.
“It’s so creepy!”
"White's pointed top move shocked the world. Almost everyone who saw this move thought it was so vulgar!"
"Almost all Go teachers will tell their students that if they use a sharp top, it will cause the opponent's chess pieces to stretch, exposing their own corner weaknesses, or even making the local shaping inefficient, and they will be severely criticized by the teacher!"
"When I saw this move, all I could think of was this! It's beyond my comprehension!"
"I'm afraid many people will be like me, thinking that there is something wrong with the chess record the moment this move appears on the screen."
"But Yu Shao never cares about other people's opinions!"
"Because it was Yu Shao who made this move, I couldn't help but wonder, is it possible to play this way here? Is the pointed top right?"
"White has the answer!"
"In this game of chess, Yu Shao once again acted like a magician and put on a magnificent show!"
"When we get to this point, the traditional view that white chess is not good is completely turned upside down!"
"From not understanding at first to being shocked and enjoying now, I don't know how to express the complex emotions I feel at this moment!"
"On the road to improving our Go skills, we all need to go through a learning process, learning patterns, layouts, shapes, directions, etc!"
"Once we have mastered this knowledge, we still need to learn to apply it flexibly, but this is not enough to reach the master level!"
"Because in the process of learning, what we learn also restricts our creativity!"
"So the real challenge is to get rid of all the constraints of previous knowledge, integrate your own thoughts into the game, get rid of the so-called "right" and "wrong" concepts, and find the essence of Go, that is-"
“The connection and interaction between the sons!”
"Perhaps this is the way to achieve what we call the state of no moves being better than moves!"
"Yu Shao's chess moves are never restricted by fixed ideas. Everything is determined by the results, so he can play creative chess moves more easily!"
"In the history of human Go, I personally think there are two periods of history that are of decisive significance!"
"The first part is about the ancient chess era. At that time, Go was still in its wildest days. There were not many fixed patterns, from the seat to the points. There was no point limit at that time. It was an era when only small points could be played!"
“And Shen Yi is the master of ancient chess!”
"His extraordinaryness is not only that he has never lost a game since he was 23 years old, but more importantly, he has taken this path to its end, completely integrated all the previous knowledge of Go, and pushed ancient Go to its limit, reaching a level that no one can match!"
"It was only after Shen Yi's death that Go had the rule of handicap points, and it has continued to this day. Shen Yi is equivalent to the founder of modern Go!"
"Because of Shen Yi, few people put effort into mid-game battles. More and more players began to focus on layout and innovation, and Go layouts began to flourish!"
"The layouts we are familiar with, such as the two-star and the star-shaped eyes, became popular after that!"
"However, many of Go's fixed patterns and local patterns still remain in a completely theoretical world."
"The second paragraph is the Japan-Korea era."
"This era is not necessarily a certain person. It started with Japanese and Korean chess players who tried to make bold changes to the modern routines. Those chess moves were initially called vulgar moves and bad moves!"
"But facts speak louder than words. With the in-depth study of chess patterns, a large number of old patterns have been eliminated. We found that the reason why many old patterns are established is simply that the masters have played them before. Often, many variations have fatal weaknesses!"
"In a sense, this also freed us from constraints and allowed us to come up with a lot of new patterns and layouts, such as the Unborn Flow, Triple Star, and so on!"
"In the final analysis, we are more daring to try. This should be a leap forward in our understanding of Go!"
"It is also because of this that after Shen Yi, Japanese and Korean chess players began to rise in large numbers, and now they are ranked in the top two in the world Go rankings!"
"But with the rapid development and progress of the Internet, the gap between players is getting smaller and smaller, and it is becoming more and more difficult to try and innovate. We still find it difficult to overcome a lot of basic theoretical knowledge, but Go is too vast and complex after all, more than the total number of atoms in the universe!"
"Are our previous theories correct?"
"I didn't know about this issue before, and I never knew about it. What most people think is right is right, and what they think is wrong is wrong."
"After Yu Shao, I began to have a question: Is what we have always believed to be right really right?"
“When I was looking at Yu Shao’s chess records, I found that I was no longer sure!”
"What I thought was right before turned out to be wrong, and what I thought was wrong before turned out to be right!"
"Yu Shao took this step, starting from point 33, to overturning the demon sword, avalanche, waist cut and big slope, and then to this tip of the hand!"
“When I saw this move, I even wondered, could it be that the Star Position Hanging Corner can no longer be played?!”
"I don't think so. It must be possible to do it, otherwise Yu Shao wouldn't have the star position hanging in the corner. But if the star position hanging in the corner can be done, how should the interview peak deal with it?"
"I don't know. Let's leave this question to professional chess players to discuss!"
"Although Yu Shao has only been a professional chess player for less than a year, his extraordinary performance has already attracted the attention of the world. He has surpassed all the chess players I know!"
"Although Yu Shao is still young, no matter how good his chess skills are, what he has done is something that many great chess players cannot achieve in their entire lives!"
“Perhaps, Yu Shao can help us create the third leap in the history of Go!”
“Be brave enough to try out moves beyond our traditional Go theory and play moves that are completely free of your own will!”
"Seeing this world-shaking move, I just want to pay tribute to Yu Shao! I am willing to kneel down to the chess player who made this move!"
"If there is a third era of Go, I think——"
"Yu Shao must be the leader!"
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