Chapter 392: Classic Hard-Talk
For the audience, the show naturally became interesting when they saw [Wuhu Sima], who always touted himself as a "retired god of war", lose to a small "amateur 1st dan" Go enthusiast and admit defeat in the middle of the game.
Especially the way [Wuhu Sima] jumped around like a red-skinned duck, it was so funny!
The barrage was full of gloating for a while——
"Is this how you retire as a god of war?"
"A professional 9th dan player can't beat an amateur 1st dan player. This really makes me laugh."
"Who is this [Gu Qingqingqing]? Is this the talented young talent that the Chinese Chess Academy has carefully nurtured?"
"I don't think the host was careless, he was just suppressed the entire time. Even if he made a brilliant move, it felt like it was completely within the opponent's calculations!"
"It really felt like the host was suppressed the entire time, with no chance at all. It felt like the other player's understanding of Go was completely superior to the host's!"
"It feels like we'll just lose if we play one more game. Don't struggle, streamer. The audience watching your live streams are all very knowledgeable about chess. Even if you're not careless, you won't be able to beat them."
…
[Wuhu Sima] He was a little upset when he saw these comments, mainly because he had always felt that when playing on the "Hikaru no Go" Go game platform, no matter what kind of opponent he met, he did not feel any pressure.
No matter what, the value of a professional ninth-dan title is indeed there. Even though his career was only glorious in China, he was basically beaten when he met Go players from Japan.
In this world, if we talk about the truly strongest Go country, it is of course the vassal state of Japan. This is mainly because many Go schools were created by players from this country.
What is being praised as a miracle nowadays is none other than the "Cosmic Style" created by Japan's top-notch Go player Masaki Takemiya.
The main idea of "Cosmic Flow" is to place the chess pieces at a high position, so that the whole board can echo each other to form a big shape, and directly form a big space in the middle.
The emergence of the Cosmic Flow has changed the value system of Go, which is characterized by "gold corners, silver edges and grass belly", and has had a great impact on the Go world today.
The most typical layout of the Cosmic Flow is the Triple Star, which means ignoring the traditional corners and keeping the pieces high and focusing on the middle midfield.
However, Masaki Takemiya prefers to call his style "natural style". He feels that the name "cosmic style" does not understand the essence of his chess skills.
In fact, the "Cosmic Flow" is not a simple imitation of "throwing the pieces to a high position", it is supported by powerful attack power and a sense of balance in the situation.
Before the emergence of the Cosmic Style, most Go strategies focused on practical benefits.
The emergence of Masaaki Takemiya brought about a change in this approach. He attached more importance to external forces than to actual benefits, and to the fourth line than to the third line. He advocated that chess pieces should develop towards the center rather than the edge.
In most of his games with black pieces, he primarily used a triple-star layout, occupying four lines and utilizing external forces. Because this style of play focused not on the ground but on the entire central sky, it was called the Cosmic Style.
In addition to the "Cosmic Style", the "Shusaku Style" that was previously popular in the chess world was also created by Japanese chess players.
However, Honinbo Shusaku was not the inventor of the "Shusaku-ryu" layout, but it was Shusaku who first conducted systematic research on this layout and applied it extensively in actual combat, so the name "Shusaku-ryu" is well deserved.
Shusaku was the first chess player to realize that overall interests were more important than local interests. His chess was very peaceful, emphasizing the use of reason to convince others and the balance and harmony of the overall situation.
By repeatedly making situational judgments during the game, one can stay ahead of the opponent in every move and defeat the opponent without fighting.
His chess style has a sense of going with the flow. From this perspective, his chess is most in line with the essential rules of Go.
This is also the reason why he is most respected among contemporary chess players.
At this time, [Wuhu Sima] said: "I haven't even used my most proficient Cosmic Style yet, how can this be considered a loss? Watch me use the most cutting-edge style in the current chess world to directly defeat this guy with strange chess moves!"
Anyone who has watched Wuhu Sima's live broadcast for a long time knows how much he likes to be stubborn sometimes, and every time he gets anxious, his red-skinned duck look is really funny.
However, due to his popularity in the Go live broadcast community, he will also be criticized for his stubbornness and defensiveness.
Some netizens like to say that his Go level is getting worse and worse, and say something like "No one cares about the king for ten years, but once he becomes a fool, everyone knows him." Sometimes he does play Go very poorly, which gives people the impression that he is very stupid and has a short circuit in his brain.
But in fact, today's Go is increasingly becoming a battlefield for young national players. As the older national players' calculation ability becomes increasingly poor, they can only choose to retreat to the second line.
Some people choose to become Go teachers, passing on their understanding of Go to the younger generations. There are also retired players like [Wuhu Sima] who choose to become anchors, using Go to entertain the public and at the same time attract more people to like Go, an intellectual sport.
It’s no wonder that viewers who were not interested in Go originally found it very interesting after watching his live broadcast and began to like this chess sport.
[Wuhu Sima]'s live broadcast of playing chess, combined with his live broadcast effect, is indeed quite enjoyable to watch.
Gu Qingge naturally received the opponent's request to play another game at this time, and she decisively chose to agree.
Because the opponent opposite her, [Wuhu Sima], is the strongest chess opponent she has encountered after playing so many games on the "Hikaru no Go" platform.
At least the opponent's chess skills made Gu Qingge further feel the fun of Go. Otherwise, if she kept playing with a rookie, she would feel it was boring even if she kept winning.
As for the chess players of a certain rank, in her eyes, to be considered a rookie, she must at least be a chess player of a professional rank.
After all, even if Gu Qingge does not rely on the "Program Wizard" and only relies on expert-level Go skills, she is still a first-class professional Go player.
Of course, for a top-notch Go player like Masaki Takemiya who founded a school of Go, his Go skills must be considered master-level.
However, the development of modern Go in this world is indeed lagging behind the original world. The original world has experienced the dominance of Japan in the Go world, the dominance of the two Lees in South Korea, and later the invincibility of China's Ke Jie. Of course, with the emergence of Go artificial intelligence, more and more players have begun to use it to further improve their Go skills.
But this world is still at a stage where Japan, a cultural superpower, is invincible in Go. I just don’t know whether South Korea will have another “Stone Buddha” Lee Changho.
However, even if it appeared, the "Stone Buddha" would still be defeated by a wall-hanging figure like Gu Qingge.
The appearance of Gu Qingge means that "history" will directly advance the era of Ke Jie...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
