Li Xiaoqiang will play ten games with "masetr"!

As soon as this news was announced, it quickly attracted attention around the world. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info from the East to the West, from chess fans to non-chess fans, countless people are talking about this matter, talking about this matter, related reports are piled up, all kinds of analysis and prediction articles emerge in endlessly, strange... During the 2017 Chinese New Year, Li Xiaoqiang's ten-way chess match with "masetr" became the hottest topic in the world.

All of this is so taken for granted, in fact, the moment Li Xiaoqiang defeated "Masetr", everyone's enthusiasm was ignited, and everyone knew that this match was imperative.

The reason why ordinary people pay attention to this game is because in today's increasingly advanced human technology and artificial intelligence, everyone is extremely aware of the fact that computers will eventually defeat the human brain, which is a trend that no one can stop. Go, as the most complex intellectual game of human beings, will also be conquered one day.

Now the question is; How long can humans last? hidden in the deepest desires of all people's hearts; Even if humanity loses eventually, I hope that humanity can hold on for a longer period of time. This is the background of Li Xiaoqiang's participation in this game, and this is the reason why everyone pays so much attention to this game.

Just 2 days after the news of the competition was confirmed, Dr. Huang, one of the core members of Google's "masetr" R&D team, posted a new Weibo:

"Although reason tells me that Xiaoqiang's chances of winning in the next game are very small, (by the way, please allow me to call Mr. Li that, because I have been a chess fan of Mr. Li since I was a child), I still hope that Xiaoqiang can bring surprises to everyone, and when it comes to the game, I will cheer for Xiaoqiang from the bottom of my heart."

Dr. Huang's words can be said to represent the voice of many people. Compared to ordinary people, real Go fans reacted to this matter more strongly, as for the reason? An article just released by reporter Zhang Da is very revealing:

It's been a long time! Juban chess!

This is the title of the article that reporter Zhang Da just wrote, if Dr. Huang's Weibo represents the voice of many ordinary people, then this article by reporter Zhang Da explains why the majority of chess fans are so excited.

Juban chess is the highest standard confrontation method in Go, and Shiban chess has opened the memory that many chess fans have sealed for a long time.

Li Xiaoqiang has not played ten games, for example, 7 or 8 years ago, "Li Xiaoqiang VS the world's strongest new ten matches", but this is not the highest level of competition, the real sense of ten chess, that can be traced back to the era of Mr. Wu Qingyuan in the last century.

In recent years, not no one has thought of holding a juban chess, for example, in the early years, the boss of "Dream Lily" wanted Gu Dali and Li Shishi to play a juban chess. What everyone didn't expect was that this proposal was resolutely resisted by all chess fans.

"If you can't represent the highest level, how can you be embarrassed to play Juban chess?" This is one of the reasons for the opposition of chess fans.

"To play ten chess, you must have Li Xiaoqiang to play, and now... It seems that there is no suitable opponent at all" This is the second reason for the opposition of the majority of chess fans, which is also the reason why after Mr. Wu, there has never been a juban chess in the world chess world.

And now, it seems that the right opponent has finally appeared!

"If you want to pick a ten-game chess opponent for Xiaoqiang, then this opponent can only be a "master", and in the same way, if there is any other chess player who is qualified to play Shiban chess with the "master", then this chess player can only be Li Xiaoqiang. ”

This is a sentence in this article by reporter Zhang Da, and this sentence speaks to the hearts of almost all chess fans.

The format of the competition has been decided, but due to the proximity of the Spring Festival, the competition cannot be played immediately. A few days before the Spring Festival in 2017, after negotiations between the Chinese Chess Academy and Google, the official date of the competition was finally finalized:

In order to solemnly take the matter, but also to leave enough time for both sides to prepare and adjust, the game will be held in March 2017, the game adopts the rules of Chinese Go, of course, in order to retain the characteristics of Shiban chess, this competition is also a lifting match, that is, if a side can win 4 games, the game will not be terminated, but the chess will be modified.

After winning 4 sets, two of the next 3 sets will be set first, and the other set will be first. If a side can win 8 games in a row, then they will directly beat the opponent to the first place.

It is said that due to Li Xiaoqiang's strong request, the game will be played by the most common human game habits, each side will take 3 hours, and then reserve 10 times 1 minute countdown, and at the same time, in order to take care of the physical strength of human chess players, the game will be played every 3 days, which means that this game will run through the entire March.

Of course, in addition to these, there is also the tournament prize, the total prize money of up to 5 million US dollars makes many people look sideways, and at the same time, the winner takes all, and the loser has no penny, which makes many people feel very excited. Of course, most of the people who find it exciting are some people who don't know the truth. Those who are familiar with the inside story know that the key to this game is the victory or defeat, and the prize money is simply dispensable.

What Google cares about is its reputation in the industry, and $5 million is not in their eyes at all. As for Li Xiaoqiang, don't look at Li Xiaoqiang as just a chess player, but he has an uncle who is a local tyrant, and this money is also nothing. More people who are familiar with the inside know that the prize money for this competition is simply provided by Hu Yi privately.

"Aren't you afraid that all this money will go down the drain?" Li Xiaoqiang and his uncle Hu Yi joked.

Hu Yi's eyes widened; "Why, I see that you have been full of confidence all this time...

"No, I've never been really a dog, and I'll be honest with you, I just don't have any confidence in the next game."

"Huh?!"

This time it was not Hu Yi who was surprised, but Zhang Da, a reporter who was with the two of them. Although Hu Yi is nicknamed the biggest tyrant in the Go world, his Go level is average, and he has never been a real hardcore chess fan, everything he does is only unconditional trust and support for Li Xiaoqiang. But reporter Zhang Da is different, as an amateur master and a senior Go reporter, his understanding of Go is much stronger than Hu Yi's:

"I see that you said that other people's weaknesses and weaknesses are the first thing to say, and the analysis is quite like that. You're telling us now that you don't have the confidence to win at all, Xiaoqiang, tell us the truth, you're not playing with us, are you? ”

Li Xiaoqiang shook his head: "I told you a long time ago, I have never been a real dog black, "masetr" does still have such a weakness, but it is also a fact that it is beyond imagination... ”

At this time, reporter Zhang Da did not pay attention to Li Xiaoqiang's speech, but noticed a book in Li Xiaoqiang's hand.

"Xiaoqiang, what are you holding in your hand?" didn't wait for Li Xiaoqiang to speak, Zhang Da reporter took it and took it himself:

"Huh? Go in the 21st century? Are you watching Mr. Wu's 21st Century Go? ”

Yes, Li Xiaoqiang sighed faintly: "Not many people have paid attention to this book since it was published, and many young people nowadays are even arrogant enough to think that Mr. Wu's set is outdated." But now, I think a lot of people will be re-studying this book. I said on the show the other day that the chess of "masetr" is like Kobayashi Koji, but that's actually wrong, and I gave that example just to illustrate one of its weaknesses. Whose charm is the most possessed by "masetr"? Actually, I think everyone knows it. ”

"Of course, that's the chess that is most like Lao Wu!"

This time, not only reporter Zhang Da, but even Hu Yi said in unison.

"Not only like Lao Wu, but also "masetr" and Dao Ce's combination boxing. When he said this, reporter Zhang Da added such a sentence, and this sentence made everyone laugh.

"Dao Ce's Combo" is a game that takes place in 60 test games. In that game, "masetr" played a rare change, and when we studied it after the game, we found out that the change played by "masetr" was actually the first to be created by the Japanese Taoist hundreds of years ago. To be honest, Li Xiaoqiang doesn't know if those derogatory factions have reflected on the changes of hundreds of years ago, which made modern chess players helpless, where did the "theory of evolution" go at this time? Where did the "technology accumulation" go?

"The Go of "Masetr" has a lot of elements of ancient chess, and there are Taoist combination punches, but it is more of Mr. Wu's Go thoughts, which is why Xiaoqiang feels pressured, right?"

"Yes, the "masetr's" all kinds of "spikes", its various nimble turns, its unbelievable detachment and unreasonable plays... Liuhe's Go! I don't know what the real Liuhe Go looks like, but the "masetr" move should be the closest... ”

Speaking of this, Li Xiaoqiang closed his eyes, he seemed to be talking to himself, and he whispered:

“。。。 I don't know if this is providence, just a year after Mr. Wu died, the alpha dog immediately descended on the world, it learned from others, it brought together the characteristics of so many people in ancient and modern China and foreign Go. I, Li Xiaoqiang, am so fortunate that I can play ten games of chess with such an opponent. In the face of such an opponent, it must be false to say that I, Li Xiaoqiang, are confident in winning it. But in the face of such an opponent, I am filled with the desire to challenge it. That's why I was so high-profile some time ago. ”

"This..."

Reporter Zhang Da and Hu Yi looked at each other, and finally reporter Zhang Da cautiously asked Li Xiaoqiang another question:

"Since you don't have the confidence to win ... So Xiaoqiang, I ask you, do you think that in this competition, in this competition, will you... What about being demoted? ”

"I'm afraid it's going to be hard for it to downgrade me... At this moment, Li Xiaoqiang regained his former vigor, and he smiled at reporter Zhang Da.

"Oh?"

"Although the 'masetr' is rich in strengths, there is a kind of chess, a kind of human chess, which can never be learned."

"What chess?"

"This kind of chess."

Reporter Zhang Da looked in the direction of Li Xiaoqiang's finger, there was a chessboard, and there was a chess hand, which was a very famous chess hand in the history of human Go.