The word "芈" may be considered an uncommon character. It is said that this was the "national surname" of the Chu State in the pre-Qin period of our country. However, Li Xiangping was able to pronounce this character correctly entirely because of a national Go player in later generations. It was because of the "rice" in the saying "two rices and one rice" in the Shanghai Go world that Li Xiangping knew that this character was pronounced as "mi".
And this "Mi's Flying Dagger" was created from this grain of "rice" in the Chinese chess world.
This flying knife was created after AlphaGo came out of nowhere, so it can be regarded as a pattern created by humans in the era of Go AI.
This flying knife is very important and famous in later generations. Li Xiangping even believes that even in the future history of Go, there will definitely be a place for this flying knife.
The reason is simple, because this flying knife has many clues and is extremely complicated. How complicated is it? There is a rumor that when this flying knife was first introduced, humans used it to fight against machines, and some relatively low-level "dogs" would be hit.
That’s right, Li Xiangping believes that this is the meaning of this flying knife!
Since the advent of Go AI, it has been an indisputable fact that the level of machines is far superior to that of humans. Li Xiangping believes that there is nothing to be dissatisfied about, after all, machines are also created by humans.
Although the dogs are very good at Go, have they reached the top? Of course not. Li Xiangping thinks it is far from the top!
Let’s not talk about the fact that when humans use machines to analyze chess games in later generations, they often find that what Go AI says is not necessarily correct:
The Go AI developed by Koreans thought there was something wrong with this move. After 20,000 calculations, a higher version of the Japanese Go AI said it was not the case. Our Jueyi calculated and said, "You are all wrong." Finally, Google's third-generation dog "AlphaZero" spoke out: "Are you playing Go?"
What does this mean? It means that even Go AI has not reached the limit of Go.
Even the "Alpha Centauri", who is recognized as the strongest by everyone, Li Xiangping believes that it is still difficult to call him a chess god.
It is entirely conceivable that if in the near future, humans make another breakthrough in science and technology, such as developing the legendary quantum computer, or discovering a more advanced and reasonable algorithm, then in the eyes of future Go AIs, they might think that even the game played by AlphaGo is not called Go, right?
Is this possible? Of course it is possible!
Li Xiangping even believes that this is not a question of possibility or not, but something that will inevitably happen in the future.
Therefore, Li Xiangping has always felt that this is the significance . Although Go AI has surpassed humans as a whole, they have not reached the pinnacle of Go. Therefore, there is really no need for humans to belittle themselves. After all, there are actually bright spots in human Go thinking.
For example, this "Mi's Flying Knife" is a shining point of human thought! Although this flying knife is just like its name, it is like a "grain of rice" in the whole world of Go.
But then again, this "grain of rice" in the AI ​​era of Go has great power in this era. For example, today, when Li Xiangping used this change for the first time in an official competition, it immediately attracted great attention from spectators, whether they were ordinary people watching the game on the Internet or professional players who were paying attention to this game, they all started discussing this move.
"Ha, I feel relieved after seeing this move. I'm writing this as proof. I bet that Jueyi will win today. Congratulations to Jueyi for making it to the finals of the world championship as an amateur chess player..."
"The person above is mentally ill, right? It's only been a few moves, how dare you say that..."
"You are the one who is sick. Everyone in Qingfeng knows that the boss of Jueyi is always happy when he is not reckless. As long as he uses reckless tactics, has anyone ever seen him lose? Come on, everyone, come and judge for yourself. Who is the one who is sick..."
"Haha, support the third floor. The second floor is the one with a mental problem..."
"I agree. The second floor is the one with a mental problem. I have completed the evaluation..."
"Top! The second floor is mentally ill..."
The above is the daily life of the online spectators, but the reactions of professional chess players are different.
Because the competition was held in South Korea, when the Korean professional chess players saw this new change, they immediately asked the national team captain Shao Weigang who was accompanying Li Xiangping to the competition:
"Hmm? Is this a new change that your Chinese National Go Team has researched?"
"Hey, this, haha. To tell you the truth, this is the first time I've seen this variation. But just looking at the chess shape, it's very likely that it was developed by the younger chess players in our national youth team. Now it seems so shameful. I, the captain of this national team, am not qualified and I haven't worked hard enough..."
Not only in South Korea, when many domestic professional chess players saw this change, they also asked each other who Li Xiangping worked with to research this change, or who Li Xiangping had practiced this change with.
That’s right, this is why this variation is called “Flying Knife”, because it has all the characteristics of a “Flying Knife” in Go.
Especially the highlight of this variation: the "second-row small tip" which is seen as a "wasteful move" by the majority of spectators. This move has a strong "trick" connotation, so when professional chess players see this move, the first thing they think of is the word "flying knife".
At the Chinese Chess Institute, when a group of young chess players from the National Youth Team asked each other and confirmed that this was the first time they had seen this change, and that Li Xiangping himself had never played like this before, Gu Dali said with emotion:
"Tsk tsk, awesome, too awesome! Is it worth risking your life just to get the upper hand? A move like this is irrational at first glance, so I would never believe Li Xiangping if he said he hadn't studied it before. But even if he had studied it, I still think it's a bit bold. This 'small tip' looks like a trick, but there are still too many breakpoints for White..."
It should be said that Gu Dali is Gu Dali, or that professional chess players are professional chess players after all. The world of professional chess players is of course different from that of ordinary spectators. For example, although Gu Dali saw this change for the first time and he has not really studied it yet, he understood the purpose of this change at the first time.
In other words, he pointed out the origin of this "Mi's Flying Knife" at the first opportunity.
The origin of this flying knife is very simple, it can be summed up in three words: take the initiative!
You should know that this variation is derived from the star point 33 chess pattern, and chess fans with a certain level of skill know that in most of the previous variations on the point 33, the side that points 33 first can basically get the upper hand.
For example, in the game the day before yesterday, the most important reason why Li Xiangping dared to play the seemingly vulgar "Second Road Climb" was that he could basically gain an advantage by doing so, which was the reason why such a move was effective.
But this "Mi's Flying Knife" is different. It is a change created for the purpose of gaining the upper hand.