Chapter 67: The Third Way to Deal with Baron
"I think Jueyi has played very well so far, at least his strategy has been very successful..."
Qingfeng.com is broadcasting the first round of the "Samsung Cup" live. The person who is explaining Li Xiangping's game is Luo Xihe, one of the "Eight Sons of Qingfeng". There is no other way, because he was eliminated in the preliminaries, so he has to broadcast it here today.
There were 16 games in the first round, and 9 of them were played by Chinese players. Therefore, it is impossible for the website to explain all the games in detail. Today, the website chose to explain two of them in detail. In addition to the game played by Li Xiangping, the other game was the match between Gu Dali and his opponent today was Japanese player Masao Kato, 9th dan.
In these two games, and even in all 16 games today , Li Xiangping's game is undoubtedly the most popular. After all, it is only the first round now, and when they are still far from the championship, "Jueyi" VS Lao Cao is certainly very interesting. What's more, this is Qingfeng, the place where "Jueyi" started and became famous. Therefore, the chess fans here regard "Jueyi" as their own child. From the beginning of the live broadcast, the number of spectators of this game far exceeded that of other rooms. As the live broadcaster, Luo Xihe also spent more energy explaining this game.
When Luo Xihe said the above sentence, it was exactly around 2:30 in the afternoon. Lao Cao had just made the "Second Road Flying" move. When the game came to the first key point of victory or defeat, Luo Xihe was expressing his views on the game:
"Why is Black's strategy so successful..." Luo Xihe placed a few reference diagrams on the chessboard:
"Look, although Black's 'Split Two' move is under attack, I don't see how severe White's follow-up measures will be. If White plays like this, Black will flee. It's not difficult to contact them. If White plays like this, Black can even survive on the spot..."
"…It is precisely because this 'two splits' is not difficult to handle, that we can conclude that Black's previous strategy was very successful, because once Black handles this well, White will immediately have pressure in the real space. I just made a simple judgment, and the Black is currently leading by about 15 points. What does this mean? It means that White must at least gain about 10 points by attacking in this area, so that it can gain an overall advantage. Can White do this? I personally think it is difficult, so I think Black has a definite advantage now…"
Luo Dashenzhu was there with pictures and texts, and the majority of the onlookers were happy to see it. At this time, a chess fan asked:
"Pig, where do you think Black's advantage comes from?"
"Well, I think it should be this move..." Luo Xihe pointed out the 47th move in the game, which was the move that Lao Shi used to get rid of the first move:
"To be honest with you all, I didn't expect this move at the time. When I saw Lao Cao's previous move, I just thought about how to simply bandage here to get the upper hand. I never thought that he would dare to lose the upper hand here. But now it seems that this is indeed a good move. This move is not only tough, but also reflects the black chess's superb calculation. It's amazing! This 'exquisite skill' is really amazing..."
Another chess fan joked with Luoshenzhu: "Xiaozhu, who is better, you or Jueyi?"
"Hehe," Luo Xihe said self-deprecatingly, "Of course Jueyi is good. For example, today, why am I here talking about chess? It's because I lost to Mr. Kobayashi. I think everyone has seen the game where Mr. Kobayashi was beaten by Jueyi, right? Tsk tsk, after that game, I think the 'Kobayashi Style' will officially exit the stage of history. The 'break-in' move of 'Jueyi' at that time, at least professional chess players will not play the 'Kobayashi Style' again until a method is found to crack this move. Maybe you don't know, but not long ago, I also lost a game to 'Jueyi', so of course they are good."
"oh?"
After hearing what Luo Xihe said, many onlookers became interested, because it was just a training game and most chess fans didn't know about it. Seeing this, Luo Xihe began to exclusively reveal the news on the website, telling the story of Li Xiangping's 5 wins and 25 losses last month, which made the onlookers laugh .
"Then let me ask you, little pig, do you think Jueyi can defeat Lao Cao today?"
"Hehe, this one..."
There is no further talk here. It’s not that Luo Shenzhu doesn’t want to say it, but he just can’t continue.
Because at this time, the latest chess records had been uploaded to the website, and the actual game progress was completely different from the reference diagram he had set up before. Both Lao Cao's way of playing and "Jueyi's" response were completely different from his reference diagram. So of course he did not dare to easily predict the outcome at this time.
"Well, well... let's just look at the chess now. First of all, I want to correct my previous opinion. Now it seems that my previous belief that black chess had a definite advantage might have been a bit too optimistic..."
Luo Xihe said this because he saw Cao 's move, which was the 88th move in the whole game and the 10th move after Cao's "Second Road Flying". It can be considered a good move, a first-class strong move of Cao's "Soft Wind and Fast Gun". At the same time, this move was completely beyond Luo Xihe's expectations, so he is now explaining this move in detail to the majority of chess fans:
"First of all, I want to apologize to everyone. I haven't seen this trick before. It's a good move! Lao Cao is worthy of being Lao Cao. This move is much better than the reference diagram I used before. Because of this trick, we have to re-evaluate the overall situation..."
"...Lao Cao's move is to force the black pieces to make a living move on the spot. What's the advantage of this move? You can look at the reference diagram I put before. My move is placed there, while the actual game is here. Although both are forcing the black pieces to make a living move, Lao Cao's move is much better and the chess shape is much more complete, because the white pieces are placed here. Please see..."
Luo Xihe laid out a reference diagram for the black chess piece to make a move on the spot:
"If the black pieces can only play on the spot, then they can't get out in the middle of the belly, so the white pieces will leave a lot of space in the middle of the belly. How much space can the white pieces leave? Although I haven't calculated it accurately, compared with my reference map, the white pieces have at least 5 or 6 more points. Therefore, if it really plays like this, then the black pieces will definitely have no advantage, because in this game, the black pieces have to pay 6.5 points. Therefore, if it plays like this, my judgment should be that the black pieces are slightly inferior..."
"...What will happen if Black is not satisfied with the work done on the spot and chooses to flee and make contact? Please see..."
Luo Xihe put out a few more reference diagrams. There was no need for him to explain them at this point. Any chess fan at the amateur beginner level or above could see that if the black pieces forced their way out, then due to Lao Cao's good move, the black pieces would be defeated all the way and the number of points lost would be greater than if they just did it on the spot.
It is precisely because Lao Cao's move seems to have the effect of killing two birds with one stone that Luo Xihe concluded:
"Great move! Cao is worthy of being Cao. With this move, White should be able to gain an advantage. If we win this game, this move should be the winning move of this round."
Qingfeng's chess fans were silent. They had just heard that Black had an advantage, and everyone was very excited and happy. But in just a few rounds...
Some chess fans consoled themselves: "Just do it on the spot. Isn't it said that doing it on the spot is also a fine chess? Then I will play with Lao Cao in the endgame. Anyway, this is how Da Li tortured Lao Cao. By the way, Xiaozhu, you have played chess with Jueyi. What do you think of his endgame level?"
Luo Xihe smiled bitterly while typing: "This... The official of 'Jueyi' is certainly good, but everyone should know that there is only one Big Li in this world."
The crowd of onlookers fell silent. Luo Shenzhu was right. At least in the current world chess arena, there is indeed only one Li Canghao in the world.
Some chess fans still refused to give up. For example, Li Xiangping's old man Li Yuanhu also put on a vest and asked Luo Xihe: "Then Xiaozhu, besides these two methods, does Black have any other ways?"
Luo Xihe smiled bitterly again: "Are you asking if there are any other solutions besides working on the spot or fleeing? I can't see it, I don't know. You know, this is a big dragon. Apart from these two methods, I really can't think of any other way to deal with it."
So is there really no other way? Of course not!
At least today, Luo Xihe saw the third way to deal with the big dragon.
At 3:30 pm, the latest chess records were uploaded to the website. When Luo Xihe saw Jueyi's latest move, which was the 99th move in the game and exactly 10 moves after Lao Cao's great move, he opened his eyes wide and almost lost his voice:
"Black... What does Black want to do?"
It must be admitted that the moment Luo Shenzhu saw that move, he did not understand the intention of this move. However, this move that he did not understand was the way that the great chess master Shi dealt with the big dragon.
Also because of this move, the game is about to reach its final climax.
