In the 4th China-Japan Go Tournament, the match between Li Xiaoqiang and Shuzo Awaji has begun. According to the rules of the ring match, Li Xiaoqiang took the lead in this game.

Obviously, this is a very important international competition. Everyone still has great expectations for Li Xiaoqiang. However, when everyone paid attention to this game of chess, they found that their mentality of watching the game seemed to have changed a lot. There is already a growing belief that:

It's a close game!

In the past, when everyone looked at Li Xiaoqiang's game, they would think that Li Xiaoqiang was "starting to attack". When everyone praises Li Xiaoqiang, they actually add a premise in their hearts, that is:

"According to Li Xiaoqiang's real level, it is not easy to play such a game. Tsk, how can he always play super level chess......"

And now, to this day, there are indeed not many people who dare to treat Li Xiaoqiang as a starter.

All of this, of course, is because Li Xiaoqiang has created too many "surprises". Everything is like this, as long as there are many "surprises", the so-called "surprises" will no longer be "surprises". Li Xiaoqiang's victory over Japan's nine dan last year was certainly a surprise. What about this year? I don't think many people will think it's a surprise.

Specific to this game of chess, if you analyze it objectively, yes, everyone knows that Mr. Awaji is Japan's "strong nine", and Li Xiaoqiang has not yet reached the level of Japan's "strong nine". However, everyone still thinks that it is a "close" game...... This is because Li Xiaoqiang is in charge of black in this game of chess.

"Li Xiaoqiang, who is in black, is even more difficult to right!"

This has formed a consensus in both Chinese and Japanese Go circles. There is some truth to this view. Most of Li Xiaoqiang's layout routines come from later generations, from the era of big stickers. In the era of big stickers, black was originally required to play more aggressively. What can be popular and can be remembered by Li Xiaoqiang is, of course, those "black chess established" plays.

Li Xiaoqiang's "positive, established" method is used in this era, of course, it will seem aggressive. It can seem very difficult to deal with.

For today's game. Although Li Xiaoqiang has not prepared specific routines, through his efforts in the past few years, he has a deep understanding of some novice new models. It comes naturally between moves. If you encounter a big expert like Nie Whirlwind, of course, it is not enough, but it can deal with ordinary people...... Li Xiaoqiang believes that at least he will not suffer.

It's still in the Sino-Japanese Go Hall, and it's still in the research room. Li Xiaoqiang's moves attracted exclamations from time to time:

"Tsk, Xiaoqiang's move is really vibrant......"

"Huh? Isn't this move too much for black? Let's look at the research...... Hey? Black's move seems to be really valid! It turns out that it really can't be said that people are too strong. It seems that Xiaoqiang has research. It is carefully prepared. Tsk, Xiaoqiang, this kid is really hard-working, he really has his own ideas about chess......"

The layout has just reached the 30th hand, and the research room is unanimous that:

"Black Layout Successful!"

This time. There was news in the game room that Li Xiaoqiang took less than 20 minutes, while Mr. Awaji had already taken more than 1 hour. Hearing this, the people in the research room looked at each other again. In this era, there is a well-known notion in the Go world that the layout level of Japanese players is generally higher, and some Chinese players have more power than Japanese players. The strength of Japanese players lies in their layout.

I don't know who Lu Dao suddenly came up with a sentence:

"Mr. Awaji's skills are still very strong. Facing black's aggressive move. The balance of the situation has been maintained. Tsk, it's not easy......"

Hearing this sentence once again aroused the emotion of many people. Since when did Japan become considered to have a "strong layout". When facing Li Xiaoqiang, who was born in the "wild road". Spending a lot of time dealing with some of his tricks, just to maintain the "balance of the situation", can you be praised?

Are Japanese chess players really good at layout? Or is it just plausible?

In the game room, Li Xiaoqiang started his first long exam. He didn't know what was going on in the research room. He really thinks that Mr. Awaji has a lot of skills. He could even feel that Mr. Awaji should have made careful preparations in order to deal with him.

The current situation. A very "balanced situation" was formed. The so-called "equilibrium" in Go is the balance between "land" and "potential". The real space of the two sides is about the same, and the thickness is about the same. There was no "terrain confrontation". In the face of some of his aggressive moves, White chose to deal with it succinctly. Of course, this seems to be a bit aggrieved locally. However, white can still be found elsewhere. In fact, this requires a lot of skill.

Li Xiaoqiang also believes that his situation is not bad. But I can't say it's good. So far, I have maintained the "first mover advantage" at most. This is the so-called "first hand in the hand" in Go. From this point of view, it should be considered a "successful layout" of white chess. Because of this first move, I have had it from the beginning, and now I have played 30 chess moves. Or is it just "the first hand in hand". Of course, it is a good white game.

In Timu Go, a first move needs to be converted to "Time". The value of the first move is greater than the closet, and black can win in the end. And the value of an first move, as more and more chess pieces, should be smaller and smaller. This should be a simple piece of common sense.

Use his profound skills, don't seek to defeat Li Xiaoqiang, form a balanced situation on the chessboard, and then slowly look for opportunities. This should be Mr. Awaji's strategy against himself.

Li Xiaoqiang is thinking of a way to open up the situation. However, there are not many options to start with. This is also determined by this "equilibrium situation". This situation is also common in many professional games. This position can easily lead to a thin chess position. In the end, you need to go through the petty officials to fight the winner.

Now Li Xiaoqiang is nothing more than two choices, one is to manage a "small appearance" of his own, and the other is to destroy a "small appearance" of the other party.

Is it "encircled" or "broken", Li Xiaoqiang is analyzing and comparing. Twenty minutes later, Li Xiaoqiang took out a black disc and dropped the 31st move of the game.

After this move was passed to the research room, the most exaggerated expression was Team Leader Hua:

"Tsk, I said it a long time ago. Xiao Qiang's game is a kind of robber Go. I knew that Xiaoqiang would definitely not choose to be around. He's definitely going to break into people's homes. The first feeling of this move is that it is too deep. Anyway, I think it's a bit excessive, but if you look closely. White really couldn't hold him all of a sudden. What does that make me say about him? Do you praise him for his clever choice, or criticize him for going too far? Anyway, I don't know what to say. ”

Team Leader Hua has a mission today, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He had to go and explain to the chess fans. Li Xiaoqiang's chess needs to be explained again, so Team Leader Hua is very active in the research room. Everyone can see that he is obviously "preparing for class".

Team Leader Hua is "preparing for class", and Zhang Zhidong is looking for the legendary "essence of ancient Chinese chess". However, he didn't hear anything about ancient Chinese chess for the time being. What he heard was still the analysis of the "sub-effect" of Japanese Go theory.

For such a position, black can also choose "wei". It is also possible to choose such a "punch-in". There is nothing good or bad. Even whether the "penetration" is deeper or the "penetration" is shallower, in fact, there is no good or bad. Now it can only be said that due to Xiaoqiang's "breakthrough", the entire equilibrium situation has been broken. The whole situation will enter a different pattern. From this point of view. Xiaoqiang's choice should be reasonable, he at least undermined his opponent's intentions. ”

It was Nie Whirlwind who said this, and when he heard him speak, Team Leader Hua, who was anxious to "prepare for class", hurriedly said:

"Old Nie, let's be more detailed."

Nie Whirlwind took this opportunity to popularize the "sub-effect analysis method" in Go for everyone:

"Let's see. Where black hits. Originally, it belonged to the territory of white, and in the surrounding area, white originally had 4 pieces. The white pieces have no other purpose, just to simply encircle the air. Since it's a simple enclosure. It is necessary to use the efficiency of the enclosure to calculate. How much space is 4 sub-girths? For this balanced situation, it is generally believed that a hand worth one piece is worth a lot. In other words, if the four moves of white chess are more than 22 meshes, they are qualified. If the circumference is more than 25 meshes, it can basically be satisfied. Now black is deeply involved, and white has nothing to do with black. You can see that white now seems to have a problem with 15 meshes. Therefore, the biggest effect of Xiaoqiang's move is to destroy the efficiency of white's space. ”

"It seems that this is really the case, Xiaoqiang's move is destructive enough, and the selection of points is also tricky. So that white does not see a good way to attack for a while. So, is black a good move? ”

"A good move is not a good move, this move can only be regarded as a very characteristic move. In the layout stage, if you can play both offensive and defensive moves, you can only consider a good move. And Xiaoqiang's move, although its destructive power is great, but he himself has no goals. It just upsets the balance on the ground and changes the flow of the whole game, that's all. ”

"In what direction will the whole game go?"

"Hehe, then it's up to Mr. Awaji to respond."

Mr. Awaji's response soon came out. He didn't pay attention to Li Xiaoqiang's provocation at all, he took the lead, and he settled elsewhere instead. Mr. Awaji's response drew a lot of praise:

"Tsk, that's the best way to deal with it......"

Everyone's admiration made Zhang Zhidong a little confused. Isn't white just taking the lead? Although there is a saying in Go that "if you don't do well, you shouldn't", many people know this kind of saying. As an amateur master, Zhang Zhidong of course also knows the way, but when this happens, it is often used when there is no good way. In Zhang Zhidong's view, there is obviously no good way to get rid of the Awaji 9th Section, so he has no choice but to get off the lead. What is there to praise for this forced approach?

Nie Whirlwind seemed to know Zhang Zhidong's thoughts, and he explained to Zhang Zhidong:

"White chess is not a simple "where it should not be good, it should not be". Mr. Awaji, this is a very clever approach. It's a very advanced tactic. It can be considered the best option for this situation. ”

"Why do you say that?"

"You can think about it, after Xiaoqiang played that 1st move, would he still play the 2nd move in that part?"

"That shouldn't be, in that part, after all, it was white who played 4 pieces first, and the good points were all snatched by white. If black is going to play, it seems that there is no obvious good point. ”

"That's right, the same is the use of sub-effect analysis, if black really lands in that place, black itself is not empty, in the local white chess only has 2 more moves, which is equivalent to white chess with 2 hands can still enclose more than 10 empty meshes. Therefore, it is certain that Xiaoqiang will not fall in that place. If you land in that place now, black will have a lower disc. Of course, Mr. Awaji is well aware of this. Mr. Awaji chose to take the lead, on the one hand, to look for opportunities, on the other hand, to ask Xiaoqiang's attitude, and these methods behind him can also be regarded as a series of "test hands". ”

"Why do you say that?"

"Although the black piece broke a lot of real space with white, it was not safe after all. If Xiaoqiang cares about the safety of that piece, he must play chess as far outside as possible in other places. In this way, the real space that white lost in this place can quickly be regained elsewhere. ”

"What if Xiaoqiang doesn't back down elsewhere?"

"Then the white pieces will get thicker and thicker, and the black piece of Xiaoqiang will become more and more unsafe. Tell me, what will Xiaoqiang do to deal with it? ”

"Ha Luha, do you still need to think about this? In other places, of course, Xiaoqiang will not back down. Everyone on this earth knows the way. So, is there going to be a good battle this afternoon? ”

"Hehe, I think the same thing as you. There is only one child in that place, but soon a large dragon will be formed. Whether black can successfully cure orphans will become the key to whether Xiaoqiang can win. ”

The whole game was as the two of them expected. Black refused to back down elsewhere. After playing a few moves, white turned around and briefly attacked the one that black had "hit". White's purpose in doing this is simple:

Let black go heavy!

After a few simple attacks, White moves on to other moves. Elsewhere on the chessboard, Li Xiaoqiang is still-for-tat and refuses to back down. After repeating this several times, I saw that there were more and more real spaces in black, and the balance of real and empty pieces had been completely broken. And what about white? Their own chess is getting thicker and thicker. And it succeeded in making one of Black's big dragons heavier and heavier, and it looked more and more dangerous.

By this time in the game, a fierce offensive and defensive battle was inevitable.

The lunch break passed quickly, and after the restart of the afternoon race, everyone eagerly followed the progress of the game. However, no one has analyzed the whole situation, let alone judged the situation at this time. There is no doubt that the focus of the whole game is the big dragon of black. The offensive and defensive battles around this big dragon will determine the outcome of this game. Everything else is meaningless.

"The attitude is really tough, in order to break the balance of the situation, he does not hesitate to create a lone chess."

Mr. Sakata's eyes were blazing, staring closely at the chessboard in front of him. All the chess players looked at this expert on the chessboard.

Indeed, it is not an exaggeration to say that Mr. Sakata is an expert in attack and defense. "Razor Sakata", "Sakata who cures orphans", he not only has a "textbook attack technique", but what really makes him famous in the world is his superb ability to treat orphans.

What will Li Xiaoqiang do in front of such a big expert?

The game continues step by step. (To be continued......)