Chapter 479 Compromise
If everyone had previously only guessed that small-eye big jump to defend the corner would become the mainstream in the future, and they were still unsure in their hearts, after seeing this scene, many people were completely certain of this!
The Worry-Free Corner is not destined to be eliminated, because it is a reasonable way to play, but the small eye big jump guarding corner will still become the mainstream.
After all, what could be more convincing than the moves made by two quarterfinalists in a life-and-death struggle at the World Championship?
"Using a big jump to guard the corner as well?"
Inside the competition venue, Honinbo Shin'ai's eyes grew colder, and he reached into the chess box again, picked up a chess piece, and dropped it quickly!
clatter!
Three columns and fourteen rows, Xiaofei hangs in the corner!
Honinbo Shinge did not continue to defend the black pieces in the upper left corner, but chose to hang the corner with relatively intense changes.
If you defend the corner, the board will be quite stable, because the white pieces will have to defend the corner as well. In this way, the black pieces will control the upper part and the white pieces will control the lower part, and the two sides will form a siege pattern.
Obviously, Honinbo Shingo does not want the board to be too stable, but wants to maintain a certain degree of complexity, so that he can suddenly attack at some point in the future and fight a decisive battle with the white chess piece!
Yu Shao also immediately took out the chess piece from the chess box and put it down gently!
clatter!
Three columns and six rows, Xiaofei hangs in the corner!
This move of Xiao Fei is also a strong one. Black chess does not defend the corner but tries to seize the lower right corner. White chess does not respond to the risk of the lower right corner and also hangs the corner in the upper right corner, which means both sides will be destroyed!
Now, the problem is thrown to Black again!
Black can make up for the loss now, and if both sides take a step back, the battle on the board will still be extremely complicated and long. In addition, Black has another choice, that is, since White has a tough attitude, Black will be tougher than White!
In this way, the two sides will start a fierce battle at the beginning of the layout, which may even determine the direction of the game!
Everyone realized this and couldn't help but hold their breath slightly.
Honinbo Shin'aku stared at the chessboard in front of him. After a moment, he finally slowly took out the chess piece, and then slowly placed it on the board under the watchful eyes of the whole world!
clatter!
Fourteen columns and fifteen rows, Xiaofei!
"Double Flying Swallows!"
Seeing this move, everyone's expression froze slightly, as if they had already seen a big battle in advance.
When this black chess piece falls, the white piece at the star position has been surrounded by black chess pieces on both sides, forming a dangerous situation of double flying swallows. This is why, when the star position is hung in the corner by the small flying swallow, almost everyone will respond without hesitation.
It is true that Double Flying Swallow is a dangerous situation but not a dead end. Even if surrounded from both sides, White can still survive, but it is always under the control of others, and the changes are somewhat drastic and too risky.
However, no one was surprised to see Yu Shao allowing the black pieces to form a double flying swallow. After all, at the cost of a slight loss, he led the board to the most dangerous and complicated situation. This itself was very much like Yu Shao's style!
What was truly surprising was that Honinbo Shinkazu was not afraid at all and still played Double Flying Swallows!
Yu Shao lowered his eyes and stared at the chessboard quietly, with subsequent changes on the board constantly emerging in his mind.
Letting the opponent form a double flying swallow has always been considered by the world as a slightly disadvantageous move, because it is always not easy to make when surrounded on both sides. This is indeed a fact, and Yu Shao cannot deny it.
However, in Yu Shao's opinion, the Double Flying Swallow strategy is not only not a loss, it can even be said to be a very good strategy, which coincides with the Go AI!
Before the emergence of Go AI, in traditional Go theory, when facing a "Double Flying Swallow", the trapped party would usually choose to move to one side and separate the opponent's two pieces, forming a complex battle pattern.
Furthermore, while the Double Flying Swallows can gain external territory, the value of this external territory is "intangible." The extent of its future territory is uncertain, requiring numerous subsequent moves to consolidate and realize it. However, the territory gained by the opponent in the corner is "real," visible and tangible.
People are always afraid of risks and prefer balance and solidity. It may not be cost-effective to let the other party take the corner steadily for an uncertain future external situation.
Therefore, most chess players will not actively form a chess formation like Double Flying Swallow.
but……
The emergence of Go AI has changed everything. AI is not afraid of complexity, but only of inefficiency. The formation of Double Flying Swallows, although complex, is an efficient means!
Because Double Flying Swallow is a way to quickly seize an important position on the chessboard, that is, near the star position, it draws the focus of the game to a corner from the beginning and quickly radiates its influence to one side of the entire chessboard.
Another important point is that AI has extremely powerful mid- and late-game computing capabilities. It can clearly know how powerful a seemingly "virtual" external force can be in future battles.
In the end, after AI judgment, the potential value of the external forces obtained through "Double Flying Swallow", such as the benefits in attack, appearance expansion, and overall control, far exceeded humans' previous estimates.
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, and finally reached into the chess box again, picked up the white chess piece, and dropped it quickly.
clatter!
Fourteen columns and sixteen rows, damn!
This is the inevitable response of the white chess piece, and it is also the toughest means. While moving outward, it also injures the black chess piece on the left, posing a subtle threat to the black chess piece!
Honinbo Shingo's eyes became increasingly cold. He took out another black piece from the chess box, and the piece fell down as if with murderous intent!
clatter!
Thirteen columns and sixteen rows, pull!
Yu Shao also picked out the white piece again and placed it on the chessboard.
Fourteen columns and fifteen rows, long!
Da! Da! Da!
Both sides placed their chess pieces one after another, and a fierce battle that was so intense that it was hard to keep up with the pace of the game began immediately at the lower right corner of the chessboard. As the chess pieces continued to fall, there was even a tendency for the entire board to be overturned!
Click!
In the quiet chess room, the sound of chess pieces colliding can be heard again!
The next moment, Yu Shao took out the chess piece from the chess box and dropped it quickly!
clatter!
Ten columns and four rows, jump!
White
Take off first!
"Take off your clothes and jump in first. How can you eliminate the invasion so early... No, break in?!"
Seeing this move, everyone was shocked. There were not many chess pieces on the board, but they were already in close combat, and the whole board was filled with a sense of panic and murderous intent!
White's move is more like an attack than an invasion!
The so-called invasion and elimination is to place forces outside the opponent's forces to compress the opponent's appearance. This is lower risk, safer, and not too intense. Of course, the benefits will also be reduced.
To break in means to go deep into the enemy's hinterland and seek complete destruction and survival. The risk is naturally great, but it is also a ruthless method of not getting the tiger cub without entering the tiger's den!
It is normal for White to invade and eliminate, but choosing to invade and eliminate here is too delicate, too deep, and has the feeling of breaking in. If it is an invasion, it is fine, but if it is a breakthrough, it is very frightening!
"Jumping this deep?"
Seeing this move, Honinbo Shin'ai's eyes turned a little cold: "He wants to break in and then directly deal with the isolated piece?"
This jump is ambiguous and theoretically it is an invasion and elimination. If it is an invasion and elimination, then the black chess piece's response is very simple, it can capture and escape, and the white chess piece itself can also move easily.
However, the current position of the white chess piece is too deep, which has already revealed that once the black chess piece captures the outer white pieces, the white chess piece will sacrifice the black chess piece to make the isolated piece alive!
Honinbo Shin'aka looked at the chessboard, did not make a move immediately, and fell into deep thought.
After a moment, Honinbo Shingo finally reached into the chess box again, picked up the chess piece, and dropped it at a high speed!
"Then come and see if I can cure you!"
clatter!
Eight columns and three rows, Xiaofei!
The black pieces landed on the chessboard, not only taking care of the external situation in the upper left corner, separating the high-level white pieces and forming a net formation, but also exerting heavy pressure on the white pieces that went deep into the chessboard, revealing the intention to surround and kill from all sides!
Yu Shao's expression also became more serious, and he quickly took out another chess piece and dropped it. Seeing the white piece fall, Honinbo Shin'ei was not to be outdone, and quickly took out a chess piece from the chess box and dropped it on the chessboard!
Da! Da! Da!
The sound of pieces falling continues to ring out!
“That’s just a few hands…”
On the side, the female scorekeeper in charge of noting the chess pieces kept moving the mouse, noting down the positions of the two sides' pieces. She looked at the chessboard with some fear.
After only ten moves, both sides started a fierce battle with double flying swallows and engaged in close combat. Even now, only more than thirty moves have been made on the chessboard.
In many chess games, even after more than fifty moves, the two sides may not have fought each other once, but just confronted each other from a distance, setting up formations and encircling each other. It is quite rare to fight like this so early!
Although both sides have not officially launched a general attack, after all, both sides do not have enough manpower configuration. This is more like a test before the real fierce battle. But she finds it difficult to imagine that if the test is like this, what will be the result of the final battle between the two sides.
"However, the two flying swallows are still struggling. Every move made by Yu Shao is beautiful, but Honinbo Shinkazu's response is also flawless. However, in this local battle, it seems that Honinbo Shinkazu has the upper hand..."
The female music notator was thinking silently in her heart while noting the music.
Da! Da! Da!
Soon, it was Yu Shao's turn to play chess again.
Yu Shao took out the white piece from the chess box, looked at the chessboard, and gently put it down!
clatter!
Five columns and five elements, tiger!
"The tiger is dead?"
Seeing this move, Honinbo Shin'ai's expression suddenly changed!
On the chessboard, the murderous intent that had been suppressed for so long suddenly surged with the fall of this chess piece. The whole board was in turmoil in an instant, and everyone was afraid of the enemy!
…
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Inside the chess players' study room.
"Yu Shao he——"
"Attack!"
Seeing where the white piece landed, Wu Zhixuan was stunned for a moment, then her beautiful eyes widened. She stared at the TV screen in disbelief and said in shock, "Although I knew Yu Shao was going to attack when the Double Flying Swallows were formed, it was unexpectedly so early!"
"After the Double Flying Swallows, the external momentum is strong, but the actual ground is unstable. Moreover, the White pieces are not deployed enough around them, and they are already in a slightly disadvantageous position. They attack so early. Isn't Yu Shao worried that they won't be able to continue?"
"I originally thought that the previous fight was just a bluff, and the real offensive would only come much later!"
The other people in the seminar room also looked incredulous.
Only eliminated professional chess players and some invited famous amateur chess players are allowed to enter the competition venue. Other professional chess players who come with the team can only review and analyze the game in the seminar room.
During this period, Wu Zhixuan and the others naturally stayed in the seminar room to watch and review the game through live broadcast.
In the crowd, Xu Zijin stared at the TV screen and couldn't help but murmur softly: "Yu Shao...what does he want to do?"
Faced with White's tiger move, Honinbo Nobuaki did not make a move immediately, but fell into long thinking.
This move is indeed a critical decision point for Heizi, and may even be the deciding factor. It is worth spending a lot of time to think carefully about it.
The white tiger may seem like a simple move, but it actually has far-reaching implications. It seems to complete this move, and then launch a direct general attack without any response. Therefore, how the board will develop next depends entirely on how the black piece responds!
If the black chess piece ignores the white chess piece's tiger and directly cuts off the white chess piece's chess tendons, the board will instantly become extremely intense. Both sides will be in a difficult situation and will kill each other. In this way, everyone will be in danger!
About ten minutes later, under everyone's gaze, Honinbo Shin'ei finally took out the chess piece and slowly let it fall.
clatter!
Thirteen columns and fourteen rows, stick!
"Kuroko responded! Kuroko chose to stick around and take the real territory!"
Seeing Honinbo Shin'ai's move, many people showed surprise on their faces.
Someone said in disbelief: "Master Honinbo Shinka...actually...compromised?"
This move is not difficult to understand. It can even be said that many people's first thought is to stick. This is a very stable move, so the black chess shape will be very solid.
However, on the other hand, everyone can see at the same time that the strongest local tactic of Black is definitely not sticking, but ignoring the White tiger, breaking the White chess tendons, dividing the White chess pieces, and fighting a decisive battle with the White chess pieces!
This is of course extremely dangerous, but once successful, Black will be unstoppable!
More importantly, the player playing black is Mr. Shingo, the current Honinbo, and the goal of all professional chess players!
Therefore, everyone originally believed that Honinbo Shin'ei would forcefully cut the white pieces' veins, split the white pieces, and fight each other, and ultimately decide the winner with judgment and calculation!
However, the facts are completely opposite to what everyone expected!
No matter what kind of achievements Yu Shao has made, no matter how talented he is, he is still a junior after all, while Honinbo Shinkazu is a world-renowned top chess player and a giant in the Japanese chess world. It has been difficult for anyone to match him over the years!
Facing White's tiger, Honinbo Shingo chose... the most stable sticking move, which was a real threat to White. Facing Yu Shao, Black sensed the danger and did not dare to take risks, but compromised!
"What's wrong? It's no big deal, isn't it? Sticking is a normal thing to do."
A fourteen-year-old boy in the crowd was a little confused. "Maybe he's so confident that he doesn't want to have a direct confrontation?"
"No, it's not."
A middle-aged man in his forties with an unshaven beard shook his head and said in a deep voice, "Facing a rising star like Yu Shao, Honinbo Shin'ai's behavior can only be because..."
"He felt the danger of sudden death and really didn't dare to take the risk!"
(End of this chapter)
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