Chapter 460 Ancient score?
Seeing that Yu Shao's opponent was Ishida Norio, Zhao Zhengyang couldn't help but frown slightly. He picked up a pen and wrote down the names of Yu Shao and Ishida Norio on a piece of paper. Then he spoke again: "Where is number 17?"
Soon, the two players who drew number 17 also raised their hands.
After writing down the names of several players, Zhao Zhengyang asked again, "Number 28."
“It’s me.”
As soon as Zhao Zhengyang's voice fell, Araki No raised his hand in the crowd.
Seeing that number 28 was Araki, everyone was stunned, and then subconsciously turned their eyes to the remaining players who had not yet determined their signing numbers.
"I'm twenty-eight too."
At this moment, Dongshan Xun was silent for a moment, then slowly raised his right hand.
Table twenty-eight, Toyama Xun, yes, Araki No!
Seeing the result of the draw, everyone's eyes suddenly became a little strange. Yu Shao couldn't help but look at the two of them again. After being stunned, the audience in front of the TV couldn't help but discuss it heatedly.
"The Japanese Civil War?"
"Toyama Xun versus Araki Ye?"
"I was originally looking forward to seeing Toyama Xun's round of 64 match, but his first-round opponent is still Araki?"
After the list of single-elimination round-robin matches for this World Championship was released, it can be said that the most unexpected name of the chess player on the list of 64 players was Toyama Xun.
In the eyes of most people, although Toyama Xun's level is good, it pales in comparison in the world championship where there are so many strong players.
It is not impossible for Xun Dongshan to enter the top 64, but he needs to be lucky and draw opponents who are not strong. As a result, Xun Dongshan encountered strong opponents such as Kimura Go and Fu Shunan one after another.
The most incredible thing is that Toyama Xun actually won in the end!
It is also hard to believe that Araki has been away from the professional arena for ten years and yet he can once again reach the top 64 of the World Championship.
Fortunately, Arakino is Arakino after all. The name alone still holds value even after ten years. In addition, Arakino did not encounter any strong opponents in the single-elimination round-robin tournament.
Therefore, although most people were shocked that Araki made it to the top 64, they could still accept it.
As a result, in the first round of the sixty-four matches, Arakino faced Toyama Xun?
Zhao Zhengyang withdrew his gaze from Arakino and Toyama Xun, wrote down their names, and spoke again: "Twenty-nine."
The two chess players reacted and quickly raised their hands.
"thirty."
"Thirty-one."
“…”
Finally, after a while, the drawing results for the thirty-two tables were all determined!
"Now that the draw results have been determined, all contestants can prepare and take their positions."
Zhao Zhengyang raised his wrist, glanced at the time on his watch, and said, "It's 8:48 now. In twelve minutes, the Phoenix Cup World Championship 64 rounds officially begin!"
After Zhao Zhengyang finished speaking, some chess players turned around with serious expressions and walked directly towards their seats, while some other players left the competition venue and went to the toilet.
A small number of chess players came to the door of the competition venue, took out a lighter, lit a cigarette, and started puffing.
Time passes by every second.
After about five or six minutes, the players who went to the toilet had returned, and the players who were smoking at the door also returned to the competition venue. Five minutes before the game, the competition venue had become completely quiet.
finally--
"Time is up!"
Zhao Zhengyang took a deep breath and said, "In a double-elimination match, each side has three hours to play, with a 30-second advantage. Black has a 7.5-point handicap. Now, let's start guessing!"
Hearing this, Ishida Norio, who was sitting opposite Yu Shao, was the first to reach into the chess box, grabbed a handful of white pieces, and held them in his palm.
Norio Ishida and Yu Shao both hold the title, but Norio Ishida is older than Yu Shao, so Norio Ishida draws the pieces and Yu Shao guesses.
Seeing this, Yu Shao quickly took out two black pieces from the chess box and placed them on the chessboard.
Ishida Norio loosened his grip and the chess piece fell onto the board.
"Two, four, five."
After counting the pieces, Ishida Norio looked up at Yu Shao and said in not-so-fluent Chinese, "I play black."
Yu Shao nodded, put the black pieces on the chessboard back into the chess box, and exchanged the chess box with Ishida Norio. Then he slowly lowered his head and said, "Please give me your guidance."
Ishida Norio stared at Yu Shao, looking at the boy who was not even an adult. After a moment of silence, he finally lowered his head and said, "Please give me your guidance."
The chess game begins!
Soon, Norio Ishida reached into the chess box, picked up the chess piece, and gently put it down!
clatter!
First-hand
Sixteen columns and four rows, stars!
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The other side.
Seeing that the contestants had already started to guess the first move and some players had even started to make their moves, the amateur players who were invited to watch the world championship and the professional players who lost in the single-elimination tournament looked around with a conflicted look on their faces.
In the end, some people took steps and walked towards the tables of Yu Shao, Su Yiming, and An Hongshi, but more people thought about it and walked towards the table of Dongshan Xun and Araki No.
Zheng Qin looked at Yu Shao's table, then at Su Yiming's table, and finally at Arakino's table. After hesitating for a moment, he finally walked towards the table of Dongshan Xun and Arakino.
Soon, Zheng Qin squeezed into the crowd and cast his eyes towards the chessboard.
"Arakino-sensei plays white?"
At this time, Toyama Xun and Arakino had already guessed the first move. Toyama Xun played black and Arakino played white. A black chess piece had also been placed in the small position of 17.4 in the upper right corner of the chessboard.
In other words, it's Araki No Rakuko's turn.
Arakino looked at the chessboard with a deep gaze, quickly picked up the chess piece and gently put it down.
clatter!
Four columns and four rows, stars!
Dongshan Xun's eyes became slightly more serious, and he picked up the chess piece and placed it right after the white chess piece.
clatter!
Sixteen columns and seventeen rows, small eyes!
"It's not a star, and it's a small eye. Is it a wrong small eye layout..."
When people saw that Dongshan Xun chose Cuo Xiaomu instead of Xing Xiaomu, they were not surprised and their looks were a little complicated.
Not only them, but all the major live broadcast rooms are also constantly refreshing the screen at this moment.
"Hahaha, it's my fault, my youth is back."
"I'm dreaming back to ten years ago. This is the value of Mr. Arakino."
"No matter what type of chess player you are, if you meet me, you have to play small points!"
Although this move seemed ordinary, everyone could vaguely see something else.
Toyama Xun is also a chess player known for his fierce attacks. Chess players like him prefer layouts based on star positions. Even if they play small eyes, they are often star small eyes.
The control of the corner by the star position is naturally not as solid as that of the small eye, and it cannot be compared with the three-three position. However, the star position has the advantage of being in a high position, which can quickly develop external forces and easily form attacks, and is preferred by chess players who are good at attacking.
Ten years ago, Araki was famous for his ability to place stars in his layout. No matter if it was two consecutive stars or diagonal stars, as long as he could place a star in the first two moves, Araki would definitely place a star!
Why is Erlianxing a compulsory subject for all professional chess players, and even so common that it is no longer used by professional chess players today? Araki has contributed to this.
It can be said that it was the dispute between Araki and Yasuhiro Seki more than ten years ago that greatly promoted the research on Erlianxing, so that all the changes and routines of Erlianxing have been almost thoroughly studied!
When An Hongshi faced Araki No, he used his two small eyes to attack the enemy, giving the visual effect of using the hardest shield and the sharpest spear.
Will the spear pierce through, or will the shield break the spear? This question still puzzles everyone today, but at least in the Go world ten years ago, this question had an answer.
Yasu Hiroishi is still active in the chess world, while Araki has faded out of the world.
Therefore, even though Toyama Xun is also good at desperate attacks, when facing an old senior like Arakino who is a strong fighter, even though he knows that Arakino has not competed for ten years, Toyama Xun still gives him enough respect and chooses Xiaomu, who has relatively firm control over the corners, rather than Xing!
Yes.
In Go, there is no better way to show respect to your opponent than to painstakingly target him and make the most brutal and ruthless move!
When Arakino saw Toyama Fumio's move, he looked at the chessboard quietly and did not make a move.
"Does this require some thinking?"
After waiting for two minutes, everyone looked at each other in confusion when they saw that Arakino had not made a move yet.
Although how to manage the time within the available time of both sides is the players' own problem, and two or three minutes does not seem to be a long time, the problem is that this is the fourth hand, which is a bit incomprehensible.
More importantly, White has only so many choices here, either a small eye or a star. Since it is Araki, this move should be a no-brainer, just play the star position directly to form two consecutive stars!
If you say that Erlianxing has been played too many times and you are afraid of being targeted by your opponents, so you don't want to play it, that's nonsense. More than ten years ago, the media interviewed Araki about this issue.
The reporter asked Araki why he didn't change his playing style since he always played in the star position in every game and was targeted by Yasu Hiroishi.
Araki's answer was -
Since there is nothing wrong with the star position itself, and the star position is easy to expand quickly, which suits his style of play, why should he change it? Since there is nothing wrong with the star position itself, then losing the game is just because his chess skills are not good enough.
Just when everyone was feeling confused, finally, with a click, Arakino reached into the chess box, picked up the chess piece, and dropped it quickly!
clatter!
With the crisp sound of the chess piece falling, the white chess piece landed on the chessboard. It was not a star, but also not a small eye. Instead, it was -
Fifteen columns and three rows, Xiaofei hangs!
"This... Xiao Fei Gua?"
"No stars?"
Seeing Araki's move, everyone present was stunned. They couldn't help but widen their eyes slightly and stare at the white pieces on the chessboard, somewhat unbelievable!
"This move directly hits the corner!"
What made them feel unbelievable was not the fact that Araki didn't make a move, but the move Araki chose itself!
The audience who saw this scene through the live broadcast were also shocked!
"This... is such an ancient attack method!"
"The last time I saw this method was in an ancient book."
"Is this true? Didn't Mr. Arakino become a Go teacher? Are the students in the teaching academy really like this?"
This way of playing the board directly in the corner is not something that no one has ever done before. It can even be said that many years ago, this way of playing was very popular. However, that was in the era when there was no goal posting!
At that time, because there was no penalty point, after the black chess piece formed a wrong small point, the white chess piece did not want the black chess piece to form two worry-free corners, so in just the fourth move, the white chess piece boldly drew its sword, directly hung the corner, and attacked the black chess piece.
But later, because Black had a big handicap of seven and a half points, and the Worry-Free Corner was also considered to be still a good shape, but not necessarily worry-free.
Therefore, this method of play is considered extreme and is generally considered to be less effective than occupying a corner and waiting to see what happens, so few chess players use it anymore.
Of course, since this move is a corner move, it is not a bad move no matter how you look at it.
However, after the white chess piece hangs on the corner, the black chess piece occupies three corners, while the white chess piece only has one corner. In other words, the white chess piece gains an offensive at the cost of giving up a corner.
This means that White must fully exploit this offensive and suppress Black's right corner, otherwise it will fall into a disadvantage and lose the entire game. This is equivalent to White cutting off its own retreat and burning its boats!
This is why, in the era when there was no goal posting, the white chess pieces would play like this, because the black chess pieces have the power to move first, and if the white chess pieces want to win, they must fight, they must attack to the end, fiercely to the end, and fight for victory!
"Xiao Fei Gua?"
Dongshan Xun was also stunned when he saw this move.
Obviously, he had never expected that Arakino would do this.
After only four moves, a hint of grandeur has already emerged on the chessboard.
After a moment, Dongshan Xun finally came to his senses. He took a deep breath, picked up the chess piece, and dropped it quickly!
clatter!
Three columns and sixteen rows, small eyes!
Since the white chess piece has abandoned the lower left corner, it is only natural for the black chess piece to occupy the corner!
As for the response to Toyama Xun's three consecutive small moves, since he had played a small flying trick, Araki was naturally not surprised at all. He quickly picked up the chess piece and placed it down again!
Seventeen columns and fifteen rows, Xiaofei is hanging!
On the right side of the chessboard, the black pieces at the two small eye positions have all been corner-hooked by the white pieces, and the whole piece is under attack. This is the suppression force that the white pieces have gained at the cost of a corner!
Dongshan Xun's expression was solemn. He picked up the chess piece without hesitation and dropped it again!
clatter!
Sixteen columns and five elements, sharp!
"tip!"
Seeing this move, the whole world was in an uproar again, and the people watching the game were completely stunned. Even Araki hesitated for a moment when he used the clamp.
Obviously, he never expected that Dongshan Xun would respond with a sharp response!
"Xiao Jian, this is also a very ancient way of playing!"
"Are you kidding me? I've traveled through time? In this era, can we still see this kind of chess?"
"Back then, when facing White's small flying hook, Black didn't have a penalty point, so he didn't have to rush and could wait for the opportunity. The small tip was a solid move, which was of course a good move. But then the penalty point was introduced, and White played like this, so Black's response with the small tip was too slow. Now they've switched to a double-team attack!"
"You know all this, how could Dongshan Xun not know?"
"I feel like I'm reading an ancient music score! Is this true?"
"No, this is the same move Yu Shao used in the last game of the national team match!"
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