Chapter 68: Trading changes and there is always a flash of inspiration
It was almost 4 p.m. and the total number of moves was close to 100. It could be considered that the game had reached its most critical moment.
"Brother Ding'an, what is the meaning of this move? Are you...are you sure you want me to play this?"
At this critical moment, Li Xiangping spoke again. There was no other way. Although he had heard the saying "A true gentleman watches chess without speaking", he also knew that it was inappropriate for him to speak at this time, but he still couldn't help it. He really couldn't help it.
The reason why Li Xiangping couldn't help it was very simple, because he completely couldn't understand the recent moves made by his cheater, and he had no idea what the great chess master Shi was trying to do.
It just so happens that he can't understand Lao Shi's chess. However, he still understands the main contradiction on the chessboard. In fact, at this time, let alone an amateur 6th dan like Li Xiangping, even if he is only an amateur 6th level, he knows that the focus on the chessboard is the "splitting two".
If this "two splits" is handled well, then black will have an advantage, but if it is not handled well, then it may be immediately defeated. Therefore, the offensive and defensive battle in this area may very well be the final victory or defeat of this game.
It was for this reason that Li Xiangping was anxious. Since Lao Cao's "Second Road Flying" move, this was actually the official launch of the general attack. The first few moves of the chess master Shi were still well-prepared, and he seemed to be seriously dealing with his "two splits".
But when Cao made the 88th good move, Li Xiangping felt that his cheat had completely changed. He first "touched" a move in a completely irrelevant place, and then "broke" a move in another irrelevant place.
Well, in Li Xiangping's opinion, the moves made by Lao Shi were very similar to the "attack on the general" in Go, which made Li Xiangping puzzled.
You have to know that it is not yet 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and both sides still have plenty of time. The countdown has not yet begun. So at this time, is it necessary to make such a wasteful "attack"?
Precisely because he did not understand at all, Lao Shi asked Li Xiangping to make the second "attack on the general". This was the 99th move in the whole game, and when it came to the "break", Li Xiangping finally could not help but speak.
Because for such a move, even a player of Li Xiangping's level can see that this move is not even a "strike", it is not a first move at all, the white chess piece can completely retreat here a little, and then grab a so-called "quick first move" and take the initiative to attack the "two splits".
And if the White piece gets the first move to "split two" again - you have to know that as early as the 46th move, the Black piece had already taken the lead, and when Lao Cao made the "second road small flying", it was still the other party who got the first move. If the other party gets the first move again now...
Of course, Li Xiangping would feel that Lao Shi’s moves were unreasonable. Did he really think that he was an ancient chess master and that he could bully modern chess players who couldn’t kill?
"Don't worry, my friend Xiang Ping . Just follow my instructions. There is no need to worry about splitting two pieces here... Well, the opponent has been too hasty in recent moves. If Ding'an is right, the outcome of this game has been decided. The opponent has no chance."
“…”
Li Xiangping was speechless. He had to admit that he was speechless at this moment. What else could he do at this moment? Of course, he had no other choice but to follow the instructions of his cheat.
What comforted Li Xiangping a little was that he didn't understand Lao Shi's moves at all, but he did understand Lao Cao's moves, especially in the next few rounds, Lao Cao's moves were exactly the same as Li Xiangping expected. Facing the black chess's "cut" move, Lao Cao really got an urgent advantage in that situation.
Then Lao Cao made his move! His move looked extremely fierce, extremely domineering, and visually impactful "Flying Cover" appeared on the chessboard.
How to describe this move? Anyway, when Li Xiangping saw this move, he could not see any way for the "Chai Er" to survive. He could neither survive nor escape. It was completely like he had been slayed.
Li Xiangping even noticed a detail: after Lao Cao made this move, he even looked up at him. Although his expression was relatively calm, his eyes - to be honest, Li Xiangping didn't know what kind of look Lao Cao had at the moment. The only thing he could confirm was that he hated such a look very much.
Because this is how a winner looks at a loser.
Fortunately, after a minute, Lao Cao's eyes changed.
"My dear Xiang Ping, please place the move 'five, three' now."
"Hmm? 'Five, three' from what place?"
"It's the 'five, three' in the upper right corner."
Li Xiangping had to confirm it again. You know, the "two splits" were on the side of the board, and the "five, three" position was at the corner of the board. So Li Xiangping didn't know what the meaning of suddenly running to the corner was.
But something strange happened. When Li Xiangping made this move according to the instructions of his plug-in, he suddenly found that Lao Cao's face changed.
Yes, in that minute or so, Lao Cao's facial expression changed very obviously. He was stunned at first, then confused, and then surprised. In the end, Li Xiangping saw it very clearly, and he was sure that he saw it very clearly: Lao Cao's expression suddenly became very serious, the kind of serious expression that only appeared when the situation was unfavorable!
"What happened? Did Old Shi make a brilliant move..."
Li Xiangping was too busy thinking about anything else. He also leaned over to look at the chessboard, wanting to see what was so clever about Lao Shi's move that could cause such a rich change in Lao Cao's expression.
It’s a pity that with Li Xiangping’s level, he really didn’t see the beauty of this move.
Fortunately , although Li Xiangping didn't see it, Luo Xihe, who was commenting on chess on Qingfeng.com, saw the beauty of this move a few minutes later.
At 4 p.m., the game was at its 105th move, and this final move was what Lao Shi had said, "five, three." Luo Shenzhu, who understood this move, began to explain it with great excitement:
"What a brilliant move! This move is simply... I really don't know how to describe it, because among all the brilliant moves I have seen, it seems that there is no move similar to this one. The only one that is somewhat similar is the brilliant move made by Mr. Ma in the final of the 7th 'Fujitsu Cup', which is somewhat similar to this one..."
When Luo Xihe mentioned this joke, many veteran chess fans on Qingfeng.com smiled knowingly, because the brilliant move that Ma Xiaofei had made was very famous. At that time, Old Nie, who was explaining the move on TV, did not realize the beauty of this move at the first time. Therefore, the allusion of "Can you understand the world champion's chess?" was left in the Chinese chess world.
Luo Xihe continued, "I even think that today's move is even better than Teacher Ma's, because the calculation of this move is obviously more complicated and has richer connotations, so it is actually more difficult to find this move... Well, by the way, in addition to Teacher Ma's brilliant move, there is another brilliant move that is very similar to this one. It was one of the 'Ten Games of Danghu'. I forgot whether it was 'Danghu Seven' or 'Danghu Eight'. Shi Xiangxia used a brilliant move like a depth bomb to successfully eliminate the isolated piece and won the game. And what about this brilliant move today? It can be regarded as a combination of the two brilliant moves of Teacher Ma and Chess Saint Shi. Wow, his skill is amazing. I heard that he has a deep research on medieval chess. To be honest, before this, I was skeptical, but after seeing this move, I am now convinced..."
"... Now let's analyze what is so brilliant about this move. Before we analyze, I can first tell you very clearly that with this brilliant move, the black dragon has actually been stabilized. As long as the black dragon is stabilized, then Lao Cao will not be far from standing up. Why do I say this? Please see..."
Luo Xihe first laid out the first reference picture:
"I know that many chess friends have a question. Isn't the focus of the chessboard the 'split two'? Shouldn't that be the main battlefield? Then, if the black chess piece suddenly moves in this place, doesn't it seem like it is deviating from the main battlefield? This question is very good. Therefore, in order to understand the beauty of this move, we should start with this question and see what the result will be if the white chess piece ignores this move and starts to slay the dragon..."
Just today, Li Yuanhu was among the crowd of spectators. After listening to Luo Xihe's words, he looked at the reference chart that Luo Xihe had laid out. With his professional level, he quickly realized that facing the black chess's brilliant move, the white chess really couldn't get away with it.
Because once White gets out of the lead, although it can kill the "two pieces", if Black plays a move in the corner, the fat corner that was originally named "White" will become "Black". This cannot be said to be White slaying the dragon, but it is similar to a transformation, and it is a transformation that White suffers a great loss.
Although capturing the "two splits" is worth more than 30 points, and the black chess piece taking out the white corner is only worth about 20 points, it seems that the "two splits" is worth more, but Li Yuanhu knows that this is not the way to calculate it. The most important reason is that once such a transformation is formed, the black chess piece will get the first move in the end.
The value of taking the initiative at this time is very great!
Why do we say this? Because once the black chess piece gets the first move, the white chess piece gains in this section are actually equivalent to receiving a second-hand official piece worth about 10 points.
When there are about 100 moves in the whole game, you want to make an official move with 10 points behind?
More importantly, after you took this official move, did you also let the black chess get rid of a burden? Before this, the opponent still had a weak piece, and now this weak piece has been eaten, which is equivalent to the black chess no longer having any weak pieces.
Well, such a transformation certainly cannot be called a transformation. Since it is not a transformation, then the white chess piece certainly cannot escape the initiative and cannot try to capture the black chess piece's big dragon at this time.
"Okay, now we know that facing this brilliant move by Black, White cannot escape the advantage. So what if White honestly blocks the move and protects its own corner first?"
Luo Xihe put out the second reference diagram. After seeing this reference diagram, more chess fans saw the beauty of the "five, three" move.
Because this move just plays a very clever supporting role. If the white chess piece honestly blocks at the corner, then the black chess piece can break through in the normal way and break through to this corner.
All chess fans can see clearly that after more than 20 moves, the step of "five, three" hit the "tiger's mouth" of the white chess piece. Because there is a "double", the encirclement of the white chess piece has a flaw and it is impossible to block the black chess piece.
After seeing this change, the majority of the onlookers were excited, because from this change chart, they could clearly feel the wonderfulness of that move.
Some chess players with higher levels were still not satisfied, and they asked Luo Xihe:
"Could it be that facing Black's brilliant move, White has no other options?"
"Yes, of course..."
When he said this, Luo Xihe quickly showed the third reference picture:
"I think the strongest move of White right now is this 'Small Tip'. The purpose of this move is, first, to tenaciously defend their corner, and second, to continue to exert pressure on Black. But I just looked at it, and it is precisely because White has too many goals that this move seems to be a bit forced. Although it is better than the previous two results, please see, because of the previous exchanges of Black, those exchanges that I didn't understand before... Tsk tsk, I can only say it again now, 'Jueyi' is really a high-level chess player. I only understand his exchanges now. Because of these far-sighted moves, the black dragon was still able to successfully break through the encirclement..."
At about 10 minutes before 5 p.m., after 157 moves, Cao watched as the black dragon broke through the encirclement and flew away. He saw that he was powerless to save the situation. He muttered something, and Li Xiangping didn't understand what he said. He saw him put two chess pieces on the board, indicating that he surrendered.
Lao Cao left without reviewing the situation. Li Xiangping was still sitting in his seat, and no one knew what he was thinking.
"My dear Xiang Ping, what are you thinking about?"
"Haha, Brother Ding'an, after watching your performance, I remembered something your good friend Senior Fan Xiping once said."
"Oh, what do you remember Brother Xiping saying?"
"Senior Xiping once said that when playing chess, one must: change the transaction, always keep a mind; every second, every third, use a comprehensive plan. This is the second highest level of chess players. Has Brother Ding'an reached this level in this game?"
"Haha, thank you for the compliment, little friend Xiang Ping."
