Chapter 20: A Throat Lock
It's not just Li Yuanhu. When the match between "Jueyi" and "Duowen Tianwang" started, the match just reached the 4th hand.
Yes! It was the turn of “Vaishen Tianwang” to play black in this game. When “Jueyi” just made the fourth move that decided the whole situation, the whole viewing room was as lively as a boiling pot, and all the spectators began to discuss:
"Haha, so flirty! This move is so flirty, this 7D is quite interesting, this game should be interesting..."
"Damn, we run into him at this time? Just watch. It's been a while since I've seen such a pretentious chess game. Today, I've caught a pretentious guy alive. Hurry up and grab a seat, and watch this 7D pretend to be pretentious..."
"Catch a show-off alive. Stand on the bench and watch this 7D show off..."
"I caught a pretentious guy alive. There is no bench left, so I have to take off my pants and sit on the floor to watch this 7D pretending to be pretentious..."
So what exactly did Lao Shi do?
The first move of "Duo Wen" was to play at the "small eye" position, and the second move of "Jue Yi" was to play at the diagonal "star" position. When "Duo Wen" also played at the "star" position in the third move, Lao Shi did not occupy the empty corner in the fourth move, but directly "touched" the first "small eye" with one move.
Anyone who knows a little about Go knows that an opening like this is undoubtedly very rare.
How to describe it? If we compare it to Chinese chess, this chess is a bit similar to the "suicide cannon" and "iron pulley" in Chinese chess. It is very provocative and bullying.
However, unlike the "suicide cannon" and "iron pulley" moves, this type of move in chess is an obvious trick and deception. As long as the opponent responds correctly, whoever plays this type of chess will definitely suffer a great loss.
However, this move in Go is different. It is also very provocative. However, in terms of Go theory, it is hard to say whether this move is good or bad. Even according to the most popular Japanese Go theory, we can only say this:
"If White plays like this, then there is no reason for Black to be bad..."
Please note that here we can only say "there is no reason why Black plays badly", but is it good for White to play like this? This question cannot be answered according to the Go theory of today.
In online chess games, this kind of innovative and unconventional way of playing is undoubtedly the most popular and is loved by the majority of spectators.
For example, the "Abnormal Chinese Style" (moving the three pieces of the "Chinese Style" horizontally to the center of the chessboard), "Super Triple Star" (a piece jumps to the left and right of "Tianyuan", which is called Super Triple Star) and other moves that were once popular on the Internet. Whenever such a weird opening appears, the spectators are often blocked.
The situation today is similar. When "Jueyi" made this move, it immediately set off an explosion in the viewing room, followed by a sharp increase in the number of spectators in the entire game room.
"Brother Ding'an, even though this person's words are extremely rude and impolite, you don't need to be angry with him. You must know that winning the game is the most important thing. If you act in anger like this, you must be careful not to make mistakes."
After following Shi's instructions and making that move, to be honest, Li Xiangping felt the same as the majority of the onlookers. He was also excited to see how the chess master Shi would show off. However, as the saying goes: showing off is the easiest to get struck by lightning.
Especially since this time it was a match between "Yipitang" and "Leimeng", the other gang just happened to have the word "Lei" in its name, which made Li Xiangping a little worried - he was not worried about Old Shi's strength, but he was worried that the current chess master Shi would play chess with emotion, so he gave a reminder.
"Don't worry, my friend Xiang Ping. Ding An knows what's going on."
Li Xiangping was amused when he heard this: "Okay, okay, just pretend I didn't say anything."
After the white chess piece made that move, the opponent did not follow up immediately. It seemed that the opponent was thinking about a countermeasure.
Of course, Li Xiangping thought that rather than thinking about countermeasures, the opponent was more likely adjusting his emotions. After all, to deal with such tactics, the most important thing was not to be affected by emotions, and it was not technically difficult.
For the black player at this moment, there are actually not many options available.
First of all, it is basically impossible to escape the advantage when dealing with this kind of "touching" tactic. If you must respond, in fact, the black chess pieces can only respond in four ways: "pull up", "pull down", "extend outside" and "retreat inside".
"Vaisravana" thought for about 3 minutes, and then he made his move, choosing the "Foreign Minister" move.
After seeing this move, Li Xiangping nodded secretly. After all, "Duowen Tianwang" is an amateur strong 5 at the provincial champion level. This move should be the best choice in the current situation. If he were to play, he would most likely choose this move.
Among the four basic responses, the first one that should not be considered is "inward retreat", which means shrinking back to the "three, three" position. Although this cannot be said to be a bad move, in fact, later Go AIs like to play this kind of move very much. However, humans are emotional animals after all, and there is a so-called "game mood".
So in this kind of online game, especially when facing the opponent's naked provocation, this kind of retreat should definitely not be considered.
Apart from this unacceptable way of playing, the other two ways of "ban" will not put you at a disadvantage in terms of momentum, and there are no problems from the perspective of chess theory and technique. However, these two ways of playing also have a problem, which is that they may "play into the opponent's hands."
Also out of the psychology of the game, when the opponent made the "touch" move just now, he may have hoped that you would do so. Then according to a basic principle of chess, which may be a basic principle of all chess games: the more the opponent wants to do something, the less likely you are to let him do it. In other words, the more the opponent hopes to move in a certain place, the less likely you are to do it that way.
Excluding these three ways, Duo Wen chose the "Foreign Minister" move, which not only showed his unwillingness to be outdone, but also did not give his opponent any chance to use it. It seemed to be the "calm move" that everyone often said. Therefore, people at the level of Duo Wen and Li Xiangping usually make this choice when they encounter this situation. It is even the only choice.
However, what Li Xiangping did not expect was that this "only move" that he thought was actually used by the great chess master Shi. It could even be said that Duo Wen's response really "played into" what Master Shi wanted.
But when Li Xiangping realized this, it was already dozens of moves later.
Let me tell you the story from the beginning.
When the black chess piece chooses the "foreign minister" move, how should the white chess piece proceed?
"With this move, I guess White can only lose the initiative here... "
Of course there were experts among the crowd. When seeing the black chess's fifth move, a line of words soon appeared in the dialog box. Li Xiangping nodded after reading it. Indeed, when "Duo Wen" chose this "foreign minister" move, the white chess had no good moves in this area and had no choice but to escape.
To be honest, this is actually one of the reasons why Li Xiangping agreed with this "foreign minister": Didn't you just come up to me aggressively and want to provoke me? I just simply "foreign ministered" me . Now you have no good moves, right? You can only give up the first move obediently, right? Since you can only give up the first move obediently, of course you can think that I easily resolved your provocation.
In actual combat, the great chess master Shi did choose to escape and surrender, so the first round of competition between the two sides can be considered to have ended with "Duo Wen" winning. Although this victory has nothing to do with technology and has even less to do with the situation on the chessboard, it is a psychological victory in the game.
The game continued step by step. When both sides had played more than 30 moves, the second highlight of the game came, or it could be said that it reached a climax, a real climax. After all, due to Duo Wen's calmness, the previous charge and demolition could not be regarded as a climax. The majority of the spectators did not really get excited except for a few discussions.
However, after more than 30 moves, the crowd really got excited, everyone started talking again, and the whole game room was as lively as a boiling pot.
The reason is simple. The "Five, Six Flying Attack" appears again on the chessboard.
It was "Jueyi" who used this "Five, Six Flying Attack" again in another part.
Thinking back to the previous vanguard battle, "Vaisravana" used this variation to beat the "Evil Gentleman" to a pulp. If this variation appeared again in the second game, it would be impossible not to be excited.
"Haha, interesting. This 7D chess player called Jueyi is quite interesting. Does this count as going to the tiger mountain knowing there is a tiger there? Without saying anything else, just because he dares to play like this, I'll give him a thumbs up first..."
"As expected, they are from Yipintang. As expected, all the people in Yipintang are diehards who worship ancient traditions..."
"Open the pan, open the pan, I'm betting on 7D to win, is there anyone who dares to bet with me..."
"Why do you think this 7D will definitely win?"
"Isn't that nonsense? The vanguard of Yipintang has already been slapped in the face. No, he slapped himself. If he loses this round, it will be two slaps, one on each side. Has anyone ever seen someone slap himself on both sides? So if you say that this unique skill has no knowledge of this change, I don't believe it..."
When Li Xiangping saw such discussions in the dialog box, he was happy. At this time, he could only sigh that those who can play Go are indeed of high quality, and even an ordinary spectator has such knowledge.
Li Xiangping's idea was of course the same as his chess friend's. When he saw Lao Shi perform the "Five, Six Flying Attacks", he knew that "Duowen Heavenly King" was doomed this time. Practicing ancient fixed patterns with the ancient chess saint, let alone a chess player of Duowen's level, even if it was a top-notch master in today's chess world, Li Xiangping had confidence in Lao Shi.
However, in this game of chess, how will "Vaishen Tianwang" die? And what is the inevitable connection between Lao Shi's choice of move and the previous "touch"? At this time, Li Xiangping still doesn't know.
But the answer was soon revealed.
After a while, when the game came to the 66th move, Lao Shi made an extremely charming "Big Flying Sky Cover" move. Even with Li Xiangping's level of skill, he understood it all.
After understanding it, Li Xiangping laughed out loud:
"Haha, Brother Ding'an, you are really a sinister guy..."
