Chapter 385: A Hand of the Will
Li Xiangping has always believed that the so-called "perseverance" and the like in Go are a kind of non-mainstream, which belongs to the relatively scarce attribute in Go.
The reason for the scarcity is certainly not difficult to understand, after all, a game like Go -----
No, not even just Go, most board games have one thing in common, and that is a lot of emphasis on "scrambling", a lot of emphasis on the first move. That's what the saying goes, and it's not just for Go, but also for many other board games.
It is precisely because of the scarcity that the "perseverance" attribute in Go is a bit unusual.
The most typical example of this is, of course, Li Xiangping's opponent today.
It is precisely because he often shows such an attribute in his game of Go that he is often regarded as an outlier in the world of Go, despite his high level of understanding, and despite his once dominance in the chess world.
The most typical example of this is his master Lao Cao-----
You must know that although Lao Cao was beaten all over the ground by Da Li, he never thought that Da Li was a genius, at least not the kind of "normal" Go genius, and when it came to him, a disciple who made him have mixed tastes, he at most thought that Da Li was a more "alternative" genius, and a relatively special existence in the Go world.
In Li Xiangping's eyes, if "perseverance" is also regarded as a school of Go, then Da Li is actually quite normal, not a typical representative of this genre, the representative of this school is someone else, and this person should be a famous man in the Japanese chess world, Mr. Minoru Kitani, who was once as famous as Mr. Wu Qingyuan.
How "stoic" is Mr. Kitani? Well, the game of chess he once played back then may be very telling.
It must be mentioned that that game of chess is not a "historical game", and until now, Li Xiangping can't even remember who Mr. Mugu's opponent is, and when he played that game, Mr. Mugu was still young, he was only five dan at that time, that is, he had just proposed a "new layout revolution" with Mr. Wu, so the overall quality of that game was not too high.
However, despite this, in that game, the overall quality was not too high, because of Mr. Kitani's hand in the middle game, that game had a place in the entire history of Go, and also made the term "perseverance" a label for the rest of Mr. Kitani's life.
So what kind of game is this? What kind of strange move did Mr. Kitani make at that time? If you want to understand this, you must first understand the background at that time: as mentioned earlier, when playing that game of chess, Mr. Kitani was still immersed in the "New Layout Revolution", so his chess style at that time was completely different from later, at that time he was very keen on the big appearance, using some experimental methods to forcibly encircle the big shape, and it is no exaggeration to say that Mr. Mugu at that time may be more enthusiastic about the big appearance than his later disciple Mr. Takemiya Masaki.
The general process of that game of chess is as follows: in the first half of the chess game, the two sides "surround each other", and the two seem to be ruling by rowing a river, and various circles form a super big shape. And obviously, Mr. Kitani's kung fu around the appearance at that time was obviously not good, although the appearance he circled was not small, but it was obviously much smaller than the opponent.
Since the appearance is smaller than others, of course, there is nothing to say, Mr. Kitani "enters" is imperative, he must break the bigger appearance of others to be able to win.
Fortunately, after the completion of the "Row of the River", Mr. Mugu earned a first move, and he seemed to be able to "enter" before the opponent was completely encircled.
However, just when onlookers thought that Mr. Kitani would definitely do this, and were all helping him find an entry point, Mr. Kitani made a surprising move:
He steadily strengthened his hand in his air, and after letting the appearance of others completely encircle, he went to break into the appearance of breaking people's houses.
Well, in the end, Mr. Kitani won this game, because his opponent's level may also be limited, even if Mr. Kitani has made a move one step later, but that super appearance was finally pierced by him.
It's just that although Mr. Kitani won in the end, the move he had strengthened in his own big space before still became a topic of conversation for everyone, because that move was obviously a back hand, and even if the opponent grabbed that point, it didn't seem to be a big deal, so everyone didn't understand why he played like that at that time.
To this, Mr. Mugu replied like this: he said that he was right, of course he also knew that the "entry" at that time was a top priority, and he also knew that his step was a backhand, but after reinforcing a hand there, his "little appearance" was completely and completely stable, and there were no hidden dangers, and the opponent no longer even had the possibility of causing a robbery.
Therefore, after strengthening a hand, although he is already one step late, it will bring convenience to the subsequent moves, and after that, he can concentrate on breaking the opponent's big appearance without distraction......
Well, in fact, even if Mr. Kitani gave such an explanation, not many people agreed. Li Xiangping even jokingly thought that if Mr. Mugu's chess hand was made by the dog, the winning rate would definitely only go down.
However, how to put it, after all, Mr. Kitani won the game, right? Therefore, it was not good to belittle the move too much and give it a good name.
In later generations, the Go world called Mr. Kitani's move "the hand of the will".
And just today, just now, Li Xiangping seems to have made a similar move, the 79th move in the overall game, the charm of this chess hand is very similar to Mr. Mu Tani's "hand of will".
It's just that although the charm is similar, Li Xiangping's hand seems to be much stronger than Mr. Mugu's hand, at least just now, Cao and Liu gave a good evaluation of this move.
The reason is very simple, because Li Xiangping faced Da Li's competition everywhere, and in the face of the opponent's appearance that seemed to be about to be encircled, he was not in a hurry to break it, he didn't even think about taking advantage of the breakpoint that Lao Cao Da Liu just said, but firmly strengthened his own piece of chess----
The piece he strengthened was actually the only piece of chess that was still relatively weak in the overall black chess game.
However, even if this is a relatively weak piece, it is not particularly thin-----
This is a "split one" on the chessboard, there is already an eye, Li Xiangping is now reinforcing a hand, of course, there is almost nothing to gain from the number of meshes, only 1 eye chess has been added, but after the reinforcement, this chess has been cleanly lived, it is the kind of "iron work" without any flaws.
Since this piece of chess has been iron-clad, it can now be considered that the black chess is "iron-thick" after 79 moves globally.
Now that black is already "iron-thick", he has no scruples about the next leg of his move, and he can rest assured and boldly grasp the weakness of white's chess shape and chase after it------
And these are the reasons why everyone gives a good evaluation of this move.
Since outsiders can see the wonderful taste of this chess hand, then as Li Xiangping, who played this chess hand, of course he himself knows better, and he also has a reason to think that this chess hand is good, because when he first thought of this chess hand, it was inspired by dogs, and in the many ways of playing the three generations of dogs "Alpha Yuan", there are also many "stoic".
Therefore, when this chess move "stopped" the opponent and Da Li began to think about how to deal with it, Li Xiangping was still free to wander:
“..... It's strange, how can you only see such a forbearance method in the third generation of dogs, but it is completely missing in the first generation of dogs and the second generation of dogs, is this ...... Is it one of the reasons why three generations of dogs are more powerful......"