Chapter 14: Twists and turns
The "Long Feihu" mentioned by Hongqiao Wolong and the foodie is quite extraordinary. Although he is only limited to the field of Go, he is also an internet legend of this era.
This person mainly appears on Qingfeng.com. His most famous battle was against Luo Xihe, one of the "Eight Sons of Qingfeng". Luo Xihe was one of the "Seven Little Dragons" of Chinese Go in this era. In this era alone, he was definitely ranked in the top ten in the country.
Long Feihu and Luo Xihe met for the first time. In a fast game of 30 seconds, Long Feihu slashed Luo Xihe 4 times in a row, which shocked Qingfeng.com. The next day, Luo Xihe, eager for revenge, challenged the mysterious online player again. The two sides played two more games. This time, the two sides tied 1-1, and Luo Xihe still failed to gain an advantage over him.
It is precisely because of this record that "Long Feihu" has become an Internet celebrity of this era. He is even known as the top online Go player of this era.
In addition, this person rarely communicated with others when playing chess online, and never told others who he was. He came and went like the wind, which made him extremely mysterious, and he had a bit of the style of a hermit master in martial arts novels. All these factors came together, and "Long Feihu" was popular among chess fans of that era.
Later on, this person's true identity even caused everyone to speculate, and the "Long Feihu" incident that occurred in the Go world can even be regarded as one of the iconic events of the virtual network in this era.
To be honest, the fame and popularity of "Long Feihu" is both accidental and inevitable. There are probably two factors that created the "Long Feihu myth" of this era.
The first factor is that there are not many Go masters online at this time, and there are even fewer top masters. Therefore, if a first-class professional Go player appears online and defeats a master, it is easy to cause a sensation on the Internet. In fact, when the identity of "Long Feihu" was later revealed, everyone knew that his real identity was Ding Wei, a domestic Go player and one of the "Seven Little Dragons".
The second and more critical factor is that Chinese Go is currently at a low point. The early Sino-Japanese Go Challenge ignited everyone's enthusiasm for Go. Just when everyone thought that Chinese Go was just that, the establishment of the 1988 World Professional Go Championship was a cold shower for all Go fans.
After 8 years of waiting, Chinese Go finally won two world championships in 1995. But before everyone had time to be happy, Korean Go rose at an astonishing speed. They completely suppressed Chinese Go and are currently the de facto rulers of the world Go scene.
It can be said that it is precisely because of the current situation of Chinese Go that the so-called "Dragon Flying Tiger Myth" of this era was created - since reality is not feasible, everyone puts their hopes on the Internet, hoping that a .
This is the most essential and deepest reason behind the “Dragon Flying Tiger Myth”.
It was 10pm, and the match between Honinbo Xiuqin and Honinbo Shudou was drawing to a close. At this time, Li Xiangping certainly didn't know that this game had already aroused suspicion among many people, and some even linked him to Long Feihu.
No! To be more precise, it is to connect the old Shi in his body with the "Long Feihu".
Li Xiangping is now busy assessing the situation:
"...The black piece on the left has 27 points, the upper right corner has 15 points, and the middle... No, no, there are too many pieces in this game. Let me count them again... 38 vs. 38? Well, I shouldn't be wrong this time. The spaces that both sides can point out are basically the same. If we look at the pieces... the computer shows that we have captured 5 more than the bulls. One piece is 2 points. Haha, that means we are now about 10 points ahead on the board. By the way, Brother Ding'an, can you understand what I mean by '10 points on the board'..."
"Xian Ping, please don't say too much. You are affecting my chess game. You must know that my opponent is very strong. I know that black has about 10 more pieces than white. According to the current rules you told me before, black needs to return 5 and a half pieces to white. So in the end, we can probably win 3 to 4 pieces."
"Route? Haha, that's right, brother Ding'an is a smart man. He can draw inferences from one example and understand other things at once..."
At the same time, at the Chinese Chess Institute, Gu Dali is surrounded by people. In addition to Yan Qing and Ao Lang, "Xiao Mei" Kong Erjie, "Chinese Hero" Hu Yaoyu, and "Brother Niu" Qiu Jun, the strongest players of the national youth team, are among them.
Since the situation has become clearer, people are no longer discussing the technical issues of this game of chess. Instead, they are guessing, like "Hongqiao Wolong" and "Gourmet", who is sitting on the other side of the computer.
Kong Erjie, who is as famous as Gu Dali these days, was the first to speak:
"Damn, who is today's opponent? Dali made a wasteful move before, but he was caught tightly by the opponent in that move. He couldn't turn the situation around for more than 200 moves. Now I see that even if so many of us helped to keep an eye on him, he didn't have any decent chances during the whole process. He was completely beaten by the opponent. Who is so strong? Is it Brother Chang and the others?"
The "Brother Chang" that Kong Erjie mentioned is Chang Hao, the leader of the "Seven Little Dragons". In the current domestic chess world, the strongest of the "Seven Little Dragons" can suppress the people in the room, so Kong Erjie made such a statement.
However, Kong Erjie's guess was quickly denied:
"I just saw Brother Chang playing chess in the training room, and he doesn't play online chess very often, so it's unlikely to be him. Besides him, the others are shareholders of Qingfeng.com, and this is Lianzhong, so it's unlikely either."
The "Seven Little Dragons" were denied, and everyone continued to speculate. At this time, someone asked, "It seems that Mr. Nie is one of those who likes to play in Lianzhong. Could it be that Mr. Nie played this game?"
Everyone laughed when they heard this. Needless to say, the "Old Nie" mentioned by this person is Nie Xuanfeng, who created the legend of the challenge match, the current head coach of the national Go team, and the most famous figure in the history of Chinese Go. And his fame may be unprecedented and will never be surpassed. No chess player has been more famous than him before, and it will be difficult for chess players to be as famous as him in the future.
According to Nie Xuanfeng's peak strength, it is certainly possible for him to crush these young chess players at this time, but this speculation is also denied by most people:
"Everyone knows about Mr. Nie's accounts on Lianzhong. I think based on his personality, it seems that Mr. Nie would not do such a thing as hacking people under a pseudonym, right? Besides, judging from this person's chess style, it doesn't seem to be Mr. Nie. When did Mr. Nie become so bloodthirsty in chess? And..."
"And what?"
"If Mr. Nie could show his killing power in this game, I think he would have won the world championship long ago."
Everyone continued to laugh after hearing this, a silent laugh, the kind of laugh that you know, I know, and everyone knows but is inconvenient to say out loud.
Everyone in the room was an expert. Today's online chess game was a very intense game of super-killing chess. The situation had actually been determined since the "dog move" appeared. It was precisely because of the situation of the game that it was hard to believe that this was played by Nie Xuanfeng.
First of all, judging from the style of play, this is no longer like Lao Nie's style. Also, judging from the progress of this game, the black chess moves are dense, orderly, and extremely precise, demonstrating superb combat skills and extremely strong combat effectiveness.
Especially during the chess game, the black pieces have almost no flaws!
At least the person in the room didn't find any flaws in this person!
Then this is obviously not like Lao Nie's chess. You should know that Lao Nie has been making stupid moves since a few years ago due to his bad heart and poor blood supply. At this time, his stupid moves have become as famous as his "big mouth".
"If it weren't for Mr. Ma..."
"Looking at his chess style, he looks a bit like Mr. Liu. Could this be Mr. Liu..."
Everyone continued to discuss, proposing and refuting one by one. In short, after guessing for a long time, and going through all the masters of the domestic chess world one by one, they still couldn't get the point.
When everyone was participating in the discussion, there was only one chess player who did not speak. He was "Brother Niu" Qiu Jun from Shanghai. He kept staring at the chessboard on the computer screen.
"What are you looking at, Brother Niu? Why aren't you talking?"
"Of course, I'm watching chess..."
Although "Brother Niu" looks very sturdy, he speaks like a shy little girl. He is also a super chess fanatic, the kind who regards Go as his life:
"What's so interesting about people? Is guessing people more interesting than watching chess? Look at this game of chess. Wow, this game of chess is interesting. Don't you think the changes at the beginning are interesting? Especially the black chess move. The more I watch it, the more I think this move is wonderful. Interesting, hehe, really interesting..."
Speaking of this, "Brother Niu" looked at his watch with great interest, and then he said to Gu Dali:
"Well, it's only a little after 10 pm now, so there's still time to play another game. Go fast and play hard. Anyway, these are all small endgames, and the biggest one is only 3 points behind. After you finish, let me learn a game with this guy."
Everyone knew Brother Niu's temper and knew that he was excited and itching to get his hands on the game. Gu Dali said with a smile:
"Okay, I'll ask Brother Niu to help me get revenge later..."
But just as Gu Dali hadn't finished speaking, the latest move appeared on the chessboard, which was made by the black player on the opposite side.
A strange chess move.
Everyone was attracted :
"Huh?! What kind of chess is this? Isn't this a single official move? What...what does this chess move mean..."
So far in this game, except for the moves Li Xiangping had made before, Black's only problematic move finally appeared.
