Chapter 73: Bigger or smaller than a millimeter, life or death is determined in the dark
When Gu Dali first mentioned "killing", Kong Erjie didn't really take it seriously. Because there are many types of killing in Go, or in other words, there are many levels.
Killing with 3 pieces or 5 pieces can also be called "killing each other". Even one side deliberately abandons pieces to force the other side to "collect and eat", which can also be called "killing each other" to some extent.
In Kong Erjie's opinion, ever since Li Xiangping made that "jump square" move, the pattern of this game has been roughly determined. This should be a long and detailed game of chess that tests skills. In such a game, the possibility of a big kill is not high.
However, the progress of the actual game was completely beyond his expectations. When Kong Erjie looked at the game again, it was already past 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the whole game had more than 150 moves.
What Kong Erjie saw was a huge fight that swept the entire world!
The two black and white dragons were entangled in the middle of the chessboard. Both dragons had more than 15 pieces, especially Mr. Kato's black dragon, which had more than 20 pieces. Among them, neither the black dragon nor the white dragon had any clear eye positions. There were quite a few "fake eyes" in them, but not a single "real eye".
That would be fine, but the two dragons have been cut off from the outside world. If either side wants to secure their own dragon, they must eat the other side. The so-called "fight to the death" is called a fight to the death. The outcome of this super big fight will determine the outcome of the game.
"Hey, how did you play this chess game?"
Kong Erjie began to set up the chess on the chessboard according to the chess manual. He did not pay attention to the possible outcome of this big fight, but instead was concerned about the cause of the fight, which was actually not surprising.
You have to know that the "jump square" move made in the actual game was exactly what Kong Erjie had imagined. Kong Erjie also knew at the time that even if White played like this, the situation for White would still be unfavorable because of the good and interesting move made by Black before.
What is more important is that after White chooses this variation, the situation of the game can easily become a "Kung Fu chess" where one's skills are tested.
Of course, anyone who has played Go knows that if a game becomes a "Kung Fu game ", especially if you are one point behind, then if you want to turn the situation around, most of the time it does not depend on how well you play, but on how badly your opponent plays.
In other words, if you want to win such a game, you often need to wait patiently, waiting for the opponent to make a mistake, just like the way Li Canghao is best at winning.
But this game actually turned into a killing match, a super killing match that could decide the outcome in one fell swoop! This of course made Kong Erjie very interested, because regardless of whether the killing match could win or not, as the lagging party, this was actually an improvement compared to just passively waiting for the opponent to make a mistake.
Well, to use a Go term, this is called "finding a way to open the situation." As a professional Go player, Kong Erjie certainly wants to know how Li Xiangping found this "way to open the situation."
Kong Erjie moved the chess pieces very quickly, and in the process, he also quickly understood Li Xiangping's idea. No, to be more precise, he quickly understood the thinking of the great chess master Shi.
After understanding Old Shi's thinking, Kong Er couldn't help but sigh: "Wow, I'm convinced. I'm really convinced this time! It's true, at least in the ability to create opportunities and seize opportunities, Jueyi is really a top-notch master..."
When Kong Erjie said this, Gu Dali, Hu Yaoyu and others surrounded him. However, none of these arrogant people refuted Kong Erjie's words.
Go is called "hand talk", and "hand talk" will not lie. In the first game, Cao was defeated by Jue Yi. If a game of Go has many random elements, then up to now, even if the game has not been decided, the strong mid-game strength displayed by "Jue Yi" has already left a deep impression on everyone present.
Why do people have such an impression? To understand this question, we must first understand the reason for this super-killing.
You have to know that when everyone was paying attention to this game before, there were less than 50 moves in the whole game, and at that time, the black chess pieces had a solid pace and were stable everywhere. So in a game like this, how did the super dragon behind the black chess pieces that was involved in the killing come into being?
In fact, it is a series of moves made by the black chess after the white chess "jumps". This series of moves did successfully crush the white chess, and it was true that the chess pieces were stretched out and smooth, and it was also true that it was not safe at all at the time. However, this series of chess pieces was played in the middle of the belly after all, and it was impossible to deliberately make the eye alive at that time, right?
Therefore, this piece was targeted by the white chess piece and was finally involved in a super big fight.
At this time, Hu Yaoyu, who later became known as the "Chinese Hero", spoke up:
"What a terrifying imagination! Look at the previous exchange. I remember that at the time, none of us mentioned this seemingly casual exchange. But now it seems that White should have foreseen and even started planning this big fight from that time, right? Wow, it's amazing, really amazing!"
That’s right! It was precisely because of that insignificant exchange that the youngsters of the National Youth Team took a new look at “Jueyi”.
It is not uncommon for a big fight to occur in a Go game. For example, if Kong Erjie played in this game, even if he did not make that exchange move, if he saw that he could not break the situation, he might fight with his opponent desperately at the 80th, 100th, or 120th move and would think of this fight.
However, that exchange proved that "Jueyi" had thought of this killing 50 moves ago.
Why do I say this? Because at this point, everyone can see clearly that the exchange has no other meaning except for its effect on the killing.
In a game of Go, if you can think of a change after 50 moves and if you can think of a change after 100 moves, this of course represents different meanings and different levels!
This is why everyone is taking a new look at “Jueyi”.
"Alright, Jueyi is a great master, I already knew that, now let's see if the master can win."
Following Gu Dali's words, everyone finally began to study the subsequent changes of this super fight.
Although such a big fight is fierce and complicated, it is not difficult to solve. Such a game may be a problem for amateur chess players, or even for chess players like Lao Nie, but for chess players like Gu Dali and Kong Erjie...
Especially for them of this age, there is no problem at all.
Therefore, within a very short period of time, these young people seemed to have come to a conclusion.
Yes, it just seems like that.
About 10 minutes later, Kong Erjie spoke first. Kong Erjie, at this age, is a very aggressive player with strong calculation ability, so it is not surprising that he finished first:
"Although there is a ko, it seems that White is missing a ko material, right?"
Look, Kong Erlian even calculated the missing one robbery material, but this is not surprising, because a super big fight like this is usually the legendary "robbery in the world". If it is a "robbery in the world", except for the robbery material itself, basically there will be no robbery response. Since there is "no robbery response", except for the robbery material itself, other robbery materials do not need to be calculated, so the calculation is naturally fast.
Then, Hu Yaoyu finished his calculations, and then “Brother Niu” finished his calculations… Everyone’s calculation results were the same as Kong Erjie’s. So, would the great chess master Shi lose this game because of a difference in a captured piece?
Among them, only Gu Dali remained silent. Gu Dali, who is known to have the strongest calculation ability among the young chess players, remained silent.
"Dali, what do you think?"
"I was thinking about this move..." When he said this, Gu Dali slapped a white piece onto the chessboard:
"Now I just don't know if this move counts as a capture."
Seeing Gu Dali waving his hand, Kong Erjie and Hu Yaoyu looked at each other, and Hu Yaoyu and Brother Niu looked at each other.
The chess piece that Gu Dali placed was right next to the previous exchange, and this piece was indeed a great piece of material, a piece of material of enormous value!
Although nearly 40 pieces were involved in that killing move, with a value of nearly 90 points, the value of this captured piece seems to be more than 80 points.
"Come and calculate, everyone, come and calculate..." Hu Yaoyu suddenly became excited.
It’s a pity that after everyone calculated, they found that the value of this robbery material was still relatively small.
Seeing this, Kong Erjie sighed: "Alas, it should be smaller..."
But before Kong Erjie finished speaking, everyone heard a voice:
"Don't count it."
It was Coach Wu and Reporter Zhang who walked in together. Facing the puzzled looks of the crowd, Reporter Zhang smiled and said:
"The reason why I told you guys not to calculate is because Kato has already taken on this fate. In that super big fight, 'Jueyi' won!"
It was 10 minutes to 5 p.m., and the game had 198 moves. Because a super dragon was killed, Mr. Kato adjusted his mood for a while and then readily resigned himself to the defeat.
In this way, Li Xiangping entered the quarterfinals of this year's "Samsung Cup".
At this time, Li Xiangping actually didn't know how lucky Shi the chess master was to win. He was still immersed in the shock of winning such a super big fight.
"Haha, Brother Ding'an, seeing you win this game, I'm reminded of what your good friend Senior Xiping said."
"Oh, what did Brother Xiping say that you remembered again?"
"Haha, big or small, life or death is decided in the dark. Brother Ding'an, is this what you meant by your victory today?"
