Li Xiaoqiang saw that Zhang Zhidong also walked into the room where they were chatting, he organized his language a little, and then he smiled slightly, and he said to the other party:

"Elder Fang, it just so happens that reporter Zhang Da is also here, let's discuss such a question first. What do you think of the phrase "3 dan high in chess"? ”

After throwing out his own questions, Li Xiaoqiang looked at the two in front of him with a smile, waiting for their answers. Hearing Li Xiaoqiang suddenly say such a question, Fang Lao was stunned for a moment, then he shook his head with a wry smile, and finally smiled at Zhang Zhidong.

Of course, Elder Fang knew what Li Xiaoqiang meant. I made a "phased summary" of Go in the Ming Dynasty and gave my own evaluation. Now it seems that Li Xiaoqiang is not satisfied with his conclusions. He thinks he's underestimating. So he had to debate it with himself. And now, he threw out his first argument.

The argument of "watching the chess 3rd dan high"!

The saying "3 dan higher than chess" is widely spread in the Go world. There are also many people who will admit this kind of statement, but there are not many who really take it seriously. I'm afraid that no one has thought about the reasoning in particular. Why is there such a situation of "watching chess 3 dan high"?

The so-called "3 dan of chess" does not mean that if you watch a person's chess, your level will improve by 3 dan . Rather, it means that when you see a move that is 3 dan higher than your own, you may have the following feeling:

"This person's level seems to be about the same as ...... himself"

Such a situation is actually quite common. Whether you are a professional chess player or an ordinary Go enthusiast, it is easy to have this kind of bias in judgment.

Masaki Takemiya commented on Mr. Lin Haifeng's chess: "Just playing Mr. Lin's chess games, you will feel that he is nothing remarkable......" is actually talking about this phenomenon. Mr. Lin is a little older than Wu Gong. Even if Wu Gong has never played chess, he knows that Mr. Lin and himself should be chess players of the same level. But after he played chess, he would be very confused, relying only on chess, he didn't know what Mr. Lin was strong at. Wu Gong's feelings should be true, and when he said this, he was actually saying his true feelings. Such a situation. In fact, it is also a phenomenon of "watching chess 3 dan high".

Of course, such examples are not specific enough. To really explain the phenomenon of "looking at the high 3 dan of chess", it is better to understand the example of an amateur chess player.

Let's take the tesuji of "Goshawk Fighting Rabbit" as an example. This tesuji is very classic, but it's actually very practical. This is a more ingenious "tight air tesuji", or "to the killer tesuji". Especially on the 2 and 3 lines of the board, it is actually easy to have similar shapes. Both black and white have only 3 or 4 breaths, and two pieces of chess are killed in that pair, so that the "goshawk fighting rabbit" is likely to be useful.

It is precisely because this tesuji is more classic that it appears in many "chess strength test" questions. I believe that there are many chess players with a certain strength who know this method. This should be considered an intermediate tesuji. The difficulty is a little more difficult than "rats stealing oil". But it's not as good as "golden cicada shelling". To put it simply, if you reach the level of amateur 3 dan, you will probably have to master this difficulty of tesuji.

You know what you know, but you can carefully recall your game. You can find that even if you have an amateur 3-dan level, you will rarely be able to play this trick in your own actual combat. It can even be said that it is a rare sight. Why?

This actually illustrates a problem in Go: what you know is not equal to what you master. What you have mastered does not mean that you can use it in actual combat!

The so-called "3 dan high chess game". That's why most of it happens!

When you're watching chess, you're watching with "you know" knowledge of Go. An amateur early dan is looking at an amateur 3rd dan chess, and because of this 3rd dan chess, most of it is "known" by the amateur early dan player. So I don't feel amazing. Even this 3rd dan played some stinky chess, and the first dan will soon be able to know. Therefore, this first paragraph will have this feeling:

"This one's level seems to be about the same as mine at most, huh. It is even possible ......"

But when you actually sit down in front of him, you'll see that it's a little bit different. Because when you play chess, you can only play what you can "use". A small part of you are considered to be "mastered" chess. And what about the chess you "know"? Then you have to learn from Li Xiaoqiang. Be able to "have a flash of inspiration" on a regular basis.

For example, "Goshawk Fights Rabbit". An amateur 3rd dan knows this tesuji. But it is difficult for him to use it in real combat. If he can use it, it will be very rewarding. What can really be used regularly still requires an amateur 5-dan level. And what about the amateur 5th dan? This may be rare again. Because for professional chess players, "goshawk fighting rabbit" is too simple, they may have been guarding against this method a long time ago, and will not let it appear on the board.

So when this karma 3 saw the "goshawk fighting rabbit" on the chessboard, he didn't feel much. Because he knows this tesuji, he doesn't think it's profound. Naturally, then, he would think that the level of this karma 5 is "nothing more than that".

There should be some truth in this kind of analysis. At least Li Xiaoqiang himself has had such an experience. In his previous life, when Li Xiaoqiang was able to stand firmly on 9D, he should have an amateur level of more than 5 dan in the future. He has a very familiar chess friend on the Internet, and the two have played against each other many times, and they are not convinced by each other. Once, when Li Xiaoqiang was playing against his opponent online. The opponent used a tesuji similar to "inverted boots" to suffocate a corner. This made Li Xiaoqiang a little depressed.

Of course, this tesuji is a bit complicated, and it is a bit similar to the tesuji of "Golden Cicada Shelling", which requires a certain amount of imagination. Although the difficulty is not as big as "Golden Cicada Shelling", it is still higher than "Goshawk Fighting Rabbit". It's also a "high-level tesuji".

If you want to say that in normal times, the confrontation between the two people, it is Li Xiaoqiang who wins a little more. In Li Xiaoqiang's mind, he has always thought that his level is a little higher than that of the other party. Li Xiaoqiang was depressed in this place at that time. If you give him that advanced tesuji as a topic. Then Li Xiaoqiang has full confidence to solve that question. In fact, as soon as he saw the move, he quickly understood what was going on. It was for this reason that Li Xiaoqiang felt that he had lost a little unjustly. But Li Xiaoqiang thought about it carefully, and he felt that it was not like that again. Because although he knew that Tesuji, in the more than 10,000 games he played, it seems that he had never killed someone else in a similar way......

At that moment, Li Xiaoqiang could only sigh in his heart:

“…… This guy, I don't know what shit luck I have taken this time, actually exploded in the game with me. Such a clever trick was made......"

The matter is not over yet, and a few days later, Li Xiaoqiang was chatting with a professional chess player. This professional chess player is also a friend of Li Xiaoqiang, but he has long since retreated to the second line, which can be regarded as a "second-tier professional". Li Xiaoqiang occasionally asks him for a few games of chess, and the chess pieces range from handicap to handicap 2. When chatting, this friend told Li Xiaoqiang: "A few days ago, you were assassinated by me once. ”

At that time, Li Xiaoqiang was a little confused, in those few days, he didn't seem to have played against such a professional chess player. However, Li Xiaoqiang quickly came to his senses, since it was said to be an "assassination", it must be a joke between friends. This professional chess player must have used someone else's vest in the past few days to "plot" against himself once.

Of course, because Li Xiaoqiang spent a lot of time practicing online in those days, he played a lot of chess, and his opponents were all 9d. He really couldn't guess which game of chess was played by this professional friend. In the end, it was the professional chess player himself who said it:

At such and such time, I used someone's vest, and in that game, I ended up showing a tendon and killing you a piece of chess......

To be honest, when Li Xiaoqiang first heard his friend say this. He didn't believe it. Not only did he not believe it, but he was actually a little complacent. Because in that game of chess, except for the last move, I didn't seem to play well in other places, and I didn't feel much pressure from my opponent. He even thought he had lost a little bit at the time.

This is the reason why Li Xiaoqiang is complacent, you can think about it, if there is such an opponent, his level is much higher than himself, but now, he needs to rely on "sneak attack" to win himself, does that mean that his level is almost the same as him? Does that mean that your level has improved?

Later, Li Xiaoqiang reflected. I was wrong. In the final analysis, there is also the law of "3 dan higher than chess" at work. When I was playing chess, I still thought that there was a "face 9" sitting on the opposite side, so I felt that his moves were mediocre, and his level might not be as good as my own. In the end, he also attributed his loss to the problem of "luck".

"Hahaha, Xiaoqiang analyzed it well. When we study chess games, there may indeed be a phenomenon of "looking at the high 3 dan of chess". In this way, it is likely that you will inadvertently look down on others. Finally, it affects the objectivity of the conclusion. ”

That's right, to verify the opinion of "watching chess 3 dan high". In fact, there is one of the easiest ways. That's to watch your own game. I said Zhang Da reporter, don't laugh there, you can go and see for yourself. You just have to look at your own chess games, and you will feel that you have played miserably. That's not at all what an amateur 6-dan should play. If you don't believe me, you can try it yourself. ”

"Well, we'll pay attention to that later. So I want to ask Xiaoqiang, when we do such a study, there must always be a criterion for judging, right? What are our standards? ”

"Elder Fang is right, when we study other people's chess, we definitely need to give our own standards. I've actually been thinking about this for a long time. Let's sum up and see if my criteria are more objective and fair......"

After saying this, Li Xiaoqiang looked at Fang Lao with blazing eyes. He was ready to continue fooling. (To be continued......)