Chapter 24: Self-learning plug-in
The time came to August 25, 2000. Before Li Xiangping knew it, 10 days had passed since he traveled through time.
Today is the weekend. This afternoon, "Jueyi" defeated a 7D named "Honinbo Shu IQ" and achieved 40 consecutive wins in the promotion and relegation matches, thus officially becoming a "straight 9" on Qingfeng.com.
"Okay, Brother Ding'an, let's not play chess this afternoon, shall we? Let's chat for a while so that we can get enough rest and wait for the masters to challenge us in the evening."
"Okay, let's do as you say."
Playing the promotion and relegation games during the day, and participating in the "Yipintang" VS "Leimeng" competition at night, this is how Li Xiangping and Lao Shi spend the past two days. Compared with the ordinary Qingfeng 7D, the level of the opponents at night is naturally higher, so the chess master Shi is not very interested in the daytime bullying behavior, and he readily accepts Li Xiangping's suggestions.
The topic between the two started with the two games of chess last night.
"Yesterday's game was really dangerous. Looking back at it now, Ding'an was completely suppressed by his opponent in the first 50 moves. If that person hadn't made mistakes later, Ding'an would have lost the game. Alas! I never thought that Go skills would develop to this point. Ding'an has really become a frog in a well."
Li Xiangping smiled slightly after hearing this. He expressed his understanding of the mood of the great chess master Shi at the moment. At the same time, this was the second time he heard Master Shi say that he was a "frog in the well."
Although we won both games yesterday, neither was a beautiful victory, nor a complete victory.
Especially in the second game yesterday, the opponent of "Jueyi" was "Yao Li" of Lei Meng. Li Xiangping knew this chess player. He was very active in the domestic chess world in the past few years and was considered a standard "core chess player". It was only in recent years that he began to slowly decline.
Li Xiangping could see that Yaoli must have made careful preparations for this game, so in the layout stage, he was able to restrain the ancient chess tactics of the great chess master Shi, gaining an advantage at the beginning of the game, and this advantage lasted for a long time.
To be honest, Li Xiangping was mentally prepared for this situation.
Traditional Chinese chess is what we often call "seat Go". Because of the existence of the "seat", there is a natural flaw for chess players who are used to playing traditional Chinese chess.
The most concentrated manifestation of this natural defect is their unfamiliarity with "Small Eye Go".
Because of the "seat", the medieval chess did not develop the small eye pattern. It is also because of the lack of deep understanding of the "small eye", so chess players like Lao Shi are naturally less familiar with the various tactics and routines developed around the small eye in modern Go.
The reason why Lao Shi fell behind at the beginning of yesterday's game was because of this. In yesterday's game, "Yao Li" made a change shortly after the start of the game. As Li Xiangping has studied formal Go for several years, he still knows something about this change. This should be a new change that the national team has just researched not long ago, the kind of new change that is said to be "the latest research result of the national team".
It was during this new change that the great chess master Shih suffered a great loss due to a careless move. As a result, he fell behind significantly at the start of the game and was trapped in a tough battle for a long time. It was only after nearly 100 moves that Shih finally seized an opportunity and turned the situation around with one move.
Li Xiangping secretly laughed when he felt that the chess master Shi Xiangxia seemed to be in a low mood. Come to think of it, what kind of person is Shi Xiangxia? He is a chess master in the Middle Ages. Throughout his life, he only had one equal opponent, Fan Xiping. Even Liang Weijin and Cheng Lanru, who are called "masters", are inferior to him.
Then people like him are almost certainly arrogant. Therefore, when he met someone who was said to be ranked outside the top 50 in the country (Li Xiangping told him casually yesterday), and was beaten by him for a long time, he would definitely find it difficult to accept it, even if he won the game in the end.
Because she understood his feelings, Li Xiangping comforted him:
"Brother Ding'an, there is no need to worry. You are not familiar with small-eye Go because of the environment and rules you were in. It has nothing to do with your level. I believe that with your talent, it should not be difficult for you to catch up on this lesson."
Old Shi sighed again, "Alas! Little friend Xiangping, there is no need to comfort me. I thought that the small-eye Go was out of the essence of Go and had fallen into the lower level. Now it seems that it was Ding'an's prejudice. It turns out that this kind of play is so profound. Ding'an is ignorant and is really a frog in the well."
This is the third time that Lao Shi said he was a frog in a well. Li Xiangping laughed when he heard this. For some reason, he suddenly remembered a chess review article from the Republic of China era:
"……In the Eastern countries, Korea, Japan, and Ryukyu all know Go, which was probably passed down from China. Korea and Ryukyu all regard it as a game and don't pay much attention to it; however, there are many people in Japan who are fond of it. There is a nine-dan system for judging the quality of Go players in their country: those who only understand the common rules are the first dan, and those who gradually improve will be ranked higher, up to the ninth dan. Many new Go records are published every year, and there are Go magazines. Those who are good at it can teach students and be paid a fee, so researchers are quite enthusiastic. I have read their Go records, and their moves are similar to those of the players in the early Qing Dynasty, but they have not yet mastered the moves of the players in the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods. However, the Japanese are very self-promoting, saying that the best Chinese player is Huang Yuetian, who is only equivalent to the fifth dan of his country. This is really arrogant. If the Japanese Go players are better than the Chinese players, then the players in the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods should not be as good as those in the early Qing Dynasty, and the theory of evolution is false. It can be proved that this is absolutely not the case!"
"…When playing chess with Chinese opponents, they first place two pieces on each of the four corners and four fourths of the board, which are called "potential pieces", but the Japanese do not have this. They criticize Chinese chess players for losing the natural situation. They do not know that China did not have this in the past, and added it later. The reason for adding it is that without potential pieces, they can place pieces on the four thirds of the corners at the beginning as a strategy for defense, but there are few changes; with them, neither side can use the corners to defend themselves, and they cannot survive without fighting hard. It is like a group of heroes competing for supremacy. A true hero must want to establish the Central Plains, and will never be willing to first seize a corner to defend himself. Therefore, from having no potential pieces to having potential pieces, it is also an evolution for chess players, and the Japanese are just stuck in the old state!"
It is obvious that this is an article written by an "angry young man of the Republic of China", because the article is full of specious arguments and makes people feel a strong breath of angry young man.
I remember that when Li Xiangping first read this article , he disagreed with the views in it. But it was not until the birth of Go AI that his ideas changed.
Because according to the analysis of the Go AI, at least according to the analysis of the highest level Go AI when Li Xiangping traveled through time: What is the best opening for Go? The Go AI gave two answers, one is the "two-star" opening for both sides, and the other is the "diagonal star" opening for both sides, which happens to be the "seat system" of medieval Go!
Please pay attention to the second paragraph of this article. If you read this paragraph in conjunction with the conclusion of Go AI, you will find that it seems to make some sense. Although the "angry young man of the Republic of China" is making specious arguments, he has hit the nail on the head.
While Li Xiangping was daydreaming, Old Shi suddenly spoke again:
"Oh, my friend Xiang Ping, through yesterday's game, I know that small-eye Go is also very advanced, but why do you say that it is not difficult to make up for this lesson? If I want to learn this skill, who is the best person to learn from?"
Huh? Old Shi is actually a studious chess master? The cheat in his body is actually a cheat that can be learned? This made Li Xiangping feel interesting and happy at the same time:
"Brother Ding'an, don't worry. I said this is easy, so it's easy. Xiaomo Go originated in Japan. Its founder was named Dosaku... Well, this person should be about the same age as Huang Yuetian, born several decades earlier than you. The master of this game is named Shusaku. Both of them are revered as chess saints in the Japanese chess world. But to be honest, if you want to learn Xiaomo Go, these two are not the most suitable candidates. Here, I solemnly recommend someone to Brother Ding'an. If you learn the essence of this person, I guarantee that you will catch up quickly."
"Oh? Who is this person?"
"This person is also from China..."
Who else could Li Xiangping recommend? Of course, he wanted to recommend Master Wu Qingyuan. After introducing Mr. Wu's life to Lao Shi, he continued to say to Lao Shi:
"Brother Ding'an, please forgive me for being blunt. Although you are a Go Saint and I have always respected you, to be honest, you are not the best in history in my mind when it comes to Go. There are at least 3 to 5 people who can be ranked with you, and at least one person has achieved more than you."
"No, no, Ding'an is so ignorant and incompetent, how dare he call himself a chess saint... The one that young friend Xiangping thinks is the best in chess is the junior named Wu Quan?"
Hearing this, Li Xiangping couldn't help laughing, because although Lao Shi said it modestly, the unconvinced tone in his voice was obvious:
"That's right. The number one Go player in my mind is none other than your junior Wu Qingyuan and Wu Quan. You must know that Brother Ding'an is only proficient in seated Go, while Japanese Go has always been limited to small-eye Go. It was not until Mr. Wu was born that the two were integrated and the modern Go pattern was created..."
As Li Xiangping said this, he took out two chess books from the bag he was carrying. Both books were not thick, just two thin booklets. They were "Black Layout and White Layout" written by Mr. Wu Qingyuan. He was going to let Lao Shi take a look at these two books.
As Li Xiangping took out the book, he thought, it's a pity that Mr. Wu's "21st Century Go" has not been published yet, otherwise I would let Lao Shi read it. But it's okay, "21st Century Go" is already close to the way Go AI plays, and it is the closest to Go AI that humans can play. That thing can't be learned, it can only be understood. If I just want to give Lao Shi a lesson, then this "Black and White Layout" may be more suitable.
"Brother Ding'an, can you read books by yourself? Do you want me to translate them for you?"
"Yes, yes, I can see it myself..."
After seeing the two books, Lao Shi never spoke to Li Xiangping again, as if he had been addicted to them.
At this time, Li Xiangping began to fantasize again: Damn, this guy can read books by himself? What about playing chess in the future? Can he also operate the mouse by himself?
