Chapter 72 Details No One Noticed
At 1 p.m., Mr. Kato made a good move that made Mr. Shi think for a long time. Mr. Kato played very quickly, and he made this move almost without thinking. But what about Mr. Shi? He had not given any instructions to Li Xiangping until 1:40 p.m.
In Li Xiangping's impression, this seemed to be the first time that Lao Shi had thought for such a long time, which showed that this move really made him feel embarrassed.
So what was so good about Mr. Kato's move? While the great chess master Shi was thinking, a group of young chess players led by Gu Dali and Kong Erjie were also discussing this move in a training .
Since only four Chinese chess players entered the top 16, and young chess players certainly do not value the final results as much as the management, today, someone finally studies Li Xiangping's chess.
After about 20 minutes of collective study, it was Kong Erjie, one of the "Three Musketeers of the National Youth Team", who spoke first. Kong Er also passed the preliminaries of the "Three Star Cup", but he was taught a lesson by Da Li in the first round:
"Interesting, this move is quite interesting. How should Black respond now? It seems that there is really no particularly good way, right?"
After hearing what Kong Erjie said, another member of the "Three Musketeers of the National Youth Team", Hu Yaoyu, glanced at him:
"This game can't be called interesting. It should be said that this game is very difficult and shows great skill. After seeing this move, I finally understand why Dali lost the game the day before yesterday."
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked at Gu Dali. Gu Dali smiled embarrassedly. After being eliminated by Old Kato the day before yesterday, he was laughed at by his friends. This was actually one of the reasons why everyone present was paying attention to this game of chess.
In order to divert attention or to ease the embarrassment, Gu Dali also started talking about chess:
"Yeah, I learned something today. I didn't expect that I could be so powerful. With just a simple move, I could actually put White in a dilemma. So what should I do now..."
There is a key word in Gu Dali’s words, and that is “shallow and big appearance”. Indeed, this is the theme of the current situation.
In fact, if you think about it, just look at the way Mr. Kato made the opening moves, with the "Muyou Corner" and the "Shusaku's Small Point", these are both very solid ways to take territory. So it is normal for the game to form a typical "terrain confrontation" pattern at this point.
For example, in today's game, up to now, the black pieces have occupied the two fat corners in the upper right and lower left corners, confirming that they are ahead in real space, while the white pieces are developing towards the middle of the abdomen with the "star position" in the lower right corner as the center, and a large shape is faintly emerging. Judging from the scale of this shape alone, it is enough to compete with all the black pieces in reality. Therefore, it is time for the black pieces to consider dealing with this shape.
Mr. Kato's recent move is the first step in dealing with the white chess piece.
Now it can be considered that this is a good move, because the point he chose is neither too high nor too low, neither too deep nor too shallow, and it seems just right. More importantly, the point he chose looks quite tricky, making it difficult for the white chess piece to respond. To be honest, in Go, if you make a move that makes it "difficult for the opponent to respond", then most of the time, such a move can be called a "good move".
Such "good chess" can be divided into two levels. If the moves you make are such that your opponent has no chance to respond, then such good chess can be called a "brilliant move".
At another level, although the moves you make allow your opponent to find a response, no matter how your opponent responds, it seems difficult for him to find a satisfactory variation. In this case, your move can be called "a good move with charm."
Mr. Kato's move just now is such a "good move with charm". Although this kind of move is not as destructive as a "brilliant move", it is also unbearable for high-level chess players. The higher the level, the more they cannot tolerate such moves by their opponents. It is precisely for this reason that the great chess master Shi is thinking for a long time, and Gu Dali and Kong Erjie are now mainly discussing this move and studying the countermeasures of the white chess.
After studying for a long time, everyone's opinions finally converged on two solutions. It must be mentioned that everyone present was still not satisfied with these two solutions. Everyone agreed that no matter which solution White implemented, the final result would still be unsatisfactory. However, there was no other way. These two solutions were the best responses that everyone could come up with, and other solutions were worse than these two solutions.
Interestingly, these two plans were first proposed by Gu Dali and Kong Erjie respectively, and these two plans also reflect the chess styles and characteristics of the two people respectively.
Several years later, Gu Dali was affectionately called "the strongest amateur chess player in history" by chess fans. It must be admitted that judging from the plan he chose today, he still "deserves" this title. Because he believes that facing a move like Mr. Kato's, it is absolutely impossible to give in, and must give the most severe attack, so his main plan is to "suppress the head", using the most direct method to start attacking the black chess.
Why is Gu Dali's method a bit "amateur"? This is mainly because Mr. Kato's shallow move is not very deep and is not far from his base camp. Therefore, if the white chess piece wants to attack the black chess piece, it must first forcibly cut off the connection between this chess piece and the base camp.
Since it is a "forced cut-off", the white chess pieces will inevitably need to make some common moves in the process, and "common moves" are usually the patent of amateur chess players. Therefore, from this perspective, Gu Dali's plan is indeed suspected of being "amateur".
Since this is the case, Gu Dali's plan was naturally opposed by Kong Erjie, who was later known as the "most professional chess player".
The solution promoted by Kong Erjie was to "jump square" in one step.
Well, this move is indeed "professional" enough, because this move is the so-called "key point of the shape", and it is also the biggest flaw in the overall shape of the white chess. Kong Erjie believes that the white chess must first repair its own chess shape at this time, and then slowly deal with the black chess.
It must be admitted that these two plans have their own advantages and disadvantages. Gu Dali's intention is to lead the situation into a quick battle and a chaotic fight, hoping to find opportunities in the subsequent melee.
What are the disadvantages of this plan? In fact, Gu Dali himself knew that this kind of operation was actually rather forced. If there was a slight mistake, the situation of the white chess pieces would immediately collapse. It was just because Gu Dali was not the one playing chess today and he did not need to take responsibility, so he "strongly advocated" this way in the research room when he could not find a better way to play.
Kong Erjie's plan is actually to choose to be patient and to stabilize his position first. In this way, he can find a way to extend the battle line while ensuring that he does not collapse, and then look forward to finding opportunities in the long-distance battle line.
As for the flaws of this plan, Kong Erjie also knew them well. The most obvious point was that if White chose to play like this, Black would be able to take the initiative in the next move. He saw a very happy "flying pressure" that instantly crushed the appearance of White...
After studying for a while, since no one could find a better way to play, they stopped studying. At about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Dali laughed and said:
"Okay, now let's see what the master of 'Jueyi' will do..."
Just at this moment, the latest chess record came. After seeing the actual choices made by White, Kong Erjie was very proud:
"Haha, everyone, look, the master of 'Jueyi' and I are thinking the same thing..."
Everyone laughed when they heard what Kong Erjie said, even Gu Dali laughed. But at this time no one noticed:
Although the actual game method was generally similar to Kong Erjie's plan, there was a slight difference. That is, before the great chess master Shi made the "jump square" move, he made an exchange in another part.
A seemingly insignificant detail, an exchange that seems completely insignificant!
This is the only difference between the two plans.
Since the "jump square" move was made, it can be foreseen that although the current situation of White chess is slightly worse, this should be a long game of chess, and the victory or defeat will probably be decided a long time in the future.
So at this time, everyone temporarily put down this game of chess and started paying attention to other chess games.
Among the four matches that Chinese players participated in today, two were between China and Japan, and two were between China and South Korea. In addition to Li Xiangping's match, the other match between China and Japan was between Chang Hao and Yamada Kissei, and the other two matches between China and South Korea were between Yu Bin and Xu Fengzhu, and Wang Lei and Liu Changhe.
Objectively speaking, or in everyone's mind in this era, except for Chang Hao's game, the other three games were considered to be at a disadvantage.
There is nothing much to say about Li Xiangping VS Kato Masao. Not to mention that Mr. Kato is a veteran and top-notch player. In fact, Li Xiangping will definitely be considered a disadvantage when facing any opponent, even if he just beat Lao Cao, and even if Gu Dali and Kong Erjie call him a "great master."
Wang Lei VS Liu Changhe, although it is China's No. 3 against South Korea's No. 3, but there is no doubt that everyone thinks Wang Lei is at a disadvantage.
Yu Bin VS Xu Bongzhu, this is actually the most evenly matched game. However, considering that Xu Bongzhu's record against Chinese chess players is surprisingly good, abnormally good, it is normal that Yu Bin is considered to be at a disadvantage.
Among the four games, only Chang Hao's game was considered to be the one with the upper hand in everyone's mind, so let's start from that game.
Just after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, the Chinese chess players who had watched Chang Hao's game all looked unhappy.
"What's wrong with Brother Chang? Why is he in such a bad state today?"
No one noticed who said this, but after hearing this, everyone nodded silently in their hearts.
By 4 p.m., all the Chinese chess players looked even uglier, because apart from Chang Hao's game, the other two games between China and South Korea were equally not optimistic, very not optimistic!
"Will all the Chinese chess players be wiped out today..."
When someone had this thought, at this moment, this group of young chess players finally remembered Li Xiangping's game.
"Come on, come on, let's take a look at what the master of 'Jueyi' is doing... Hey!"
Hearing Gu Dali's "Eh!", Kong Erjie asked him:
"What's going on, Dali?"
"Killing? Isn't this a game of Kung Fu chess? How did killing come about? Where did killing come from?"
