Near 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the latest game entered the game room. At present, the focus on the chessboard is, of course, the offensive and defensive battles around the lone piece of white chess. In fact, there aren't many hands in the latest game. He also played more than 10 chess moves. But after Qian Yuping saw the latest development, his expression became slightly grim.

"Big money, what's wrong? Did Xiaoqiang make a bad move? ”

"I didn't see the bad moves, but the black pieces didn't seem to gain anything from their attacks during this time. Tsk, Mr. Sakata's treatment of orphans is indeed a must. During this time, the order and technique of white chess were very exquisite. If this continues, black's real space will become tighter and tighter......"

After listening to Qian Yuping's words, reporter Zhang Da's face also darkened. Just now, so many experts from China and Japan were analyzing the situation. Zhang Zhidong also has a general understanding of the pattern on the chessboard. At present, the biggest uncertainty is actually a question of "attacking to make profits".

Assuming that Li Xiaoqiang attacks well and he is able to gain enough meshes in the attack, then black will gain an advantage. What if white "holds well"? , if Mr. Sakata makes the opponent's attack have no real gain, let his lone chess easily do the work. Then it is this extra 2 chess pieces that may determine the outcome of the whole game.

Listen to the meaning of Qian Yuping's words. The current situation on the chessboard seems to be developing towards the latter......

"Sakata, who governs orphans, is really worthy of his reputation, today is finally an eye-opener, admire! Admire ......"

"Tsk, Mr. Sakata is really getting older. You must know that the old man is almost old, and at such an advanced age, he can still make such a subtle move. Terrific! Mr. Sakata is amazing......"

"Hehe, if China's talented teenagers don't come up with good countermeasures. I guess he had a hard time passing Mr. Sakata, right? What do you think? Mr. Hideyuki. ”

As the head referee, Hideyuki Fujisawa was the only one of those who had the power to enter the game room. He has been walking back and forth between the two places. When he reappeared at the door of the research room. Most of the Japanese players watching the game in the room were relaxed. He is even more full of praise for Mr. Sakata.

"Yes, yes, this old guy Sakata had a really good time today. He's really not a loss to my target when I was younger. But if he wants to win this game easily, I'm afraid it's not that easy, right? I still advise everyone to be calm and not impatient, everyone just wait to see the show. Well, if I'm not mistaken, I guess the real excitement is just beginning. ”

"Oh? Why does the gentleman think so? By the way, you've just come out of the game room, has there been a change on the board now? ”

"No, nothing has changed on the board, the current game. It's fully synchronized with the progress of the game. ”

"Then how do you ......?"

"Hehe, actually, nothing. All I can tell you now is that when I left the game room, the Chinese boy was taking a long exam. ”

"Oh? Is it Li Sang's long exam......"

I don't know when it began, "Li Xiaoqiang's long test" seems to have become very famous in the Go world. This fame of his is known even to many Japanese chess players.

To say that the pace of the game this year is not fast, most of them are slow chess. In this kind of game, which takes 3 hours per side. The "long exam" of chess players is something that happens every day, and there is nothing particularly worth mentioning at all.

But "Li Xiaoqiang's long exam" is different. Thanks to the propaganda of some do-gooders. His long test is already well-known in the Go world.

There was once a good person who counted the law of "Li Xiaoqiang's long exam". No. 1: It is that he appears in the long test more regularly. For example, in this 3-hour race. He rarely takes long exams for more than half an hour, and often only has one game at most. At other times, he often played chess without delay. It is relatively rare to think for 10 minutes in a move. The second feature is that Li Xiaoqiang never seems to waste his long exams. As for what "long test stinky chess" and the like, he has nothing to do with it. And he took a long exam. It seems that there is always something different. It's either a local idea, or a global brilliant and unique idea. Especially when he encounters a difficult situation, he can always find a way to open the situation.

It is because of these two reasons that "Li Xiaoqiang's long exam" is very expected. What's more interesting is. It is said that some chess players have said that it is definitely a painful thing to encounter "Li Xiaoqiang's long test" in the game......

"Mr. Xiuyuki. When you came out just now, did you pay attention to Xiaoqiang's demeanor? Is he now crooked in the neck, with a demented face on his face, and then staring blankly at the ceiling? ”

"Ahem, I didn't see this as clearly...... Well, when I left, he seemed to be exactly what you described. ”

"Hahaha, that can't be wrong! This is the standard posture of the "Xiaoqiang Long Test", it won't be wrong, this is the real "Xiaoqiang Long Test". In this way, it can be called "Li Xiaoqiang's long exam", ......

After getting an affirmative answer from Hideyuki Fujisawa. Reporter Zhang Da's inexplicable mood was relieved, and he even danced happily there, causing everyone in the viewing room to look sideways.

In the game room, Yukari Umezawa is a little restless right now.

It is still the era of manual counting, and she is responsible for counting the seconds for Li Xiaoqiang in this game. It is said that it is still early, and Li Xiaoqiang still has a lot of time to reserve. Umezawa doesn't have much to do for the time being. Under normal circumstances, she could have been like Fujisawa Hideyuki and go outside for a few laps first.

But no one knows why, she has been sitting in the game room, putting on a posture of "serious study", and has not left for a moment. Naturally, Umezawa's attitude of serious research has been well received by the majority of Japanese professional chess players. Although Yukari Umezawa, who is almost 16 years old, has not yet passed the professional entrance exam. In other words, the current Umezawa is still a relatively sad "student".

Since she was responsible for counting the seconds for Li Xiaoqiang, she sat closer to Li Xiaoqiang. And when Li Xiaoqiang crooked his neck for a long exam, his whole eyes were just facing her in this direction. That's why Umezawa is restless.

Of course, Umezawa and Li Xiaoqiang have dealt with each other not less. She is relatively familiar with Li Xiaoqiang. Mei Ze actually knows that Li Xiaoqiang's current posture is just an unconscious action at the moment of the long exam. He didn't mean to look in his own direction at all. Still, Umezawa felt awkward at this time. She didn't dare to look at Li Xiaoqiang. Because she was worried that if Li Xiaoqiang came back to his senses, it would be a bit embarrassing. But the more this happened, the more uncomfortable poor Umezawa felt. At this moment, she even felt that her neck was a little stiff,

"How long did he take the exam? 10 minutes? Or 20 minutes? No, no, no, I think he's been taking the exam for at least half an hour. Well, what is he taking in the long test? Did he run into a problem? He was able to find it. Is there a solution to the problem......"

At half past four in the afternoon, Li Xiaoqiang was still motionless. His long exam is not over yet. Obviously, since Li Xiaoqiang thinks that he needs to take the long exam, it must be because he senses that something is wrong. But today "something is wrong". Li Xiaoqiang thinks that it is still different from the past, which feels very strange. So it took him a long time to sort out his thoughts.

In previous competitions, Li Xiaoqiang often needed to take long exams. However, in the past, the long examination was often when he thought that his situation was unfavorable, and it was when the situation was very difficult that he needed the long examination. But this time the situation was different. When the chess game has been played until now, Li Xiaoqiang's own judgment should be similar to Qian Yuping's previous judgment. Other words. Li Xiaoqiang thinks that his black pieces are good. He doesn't see his situation as unfavorable.

There is a lone piece of white chess, so no matter from which point of view, the current situation can be regarded as "black thick and white thin". And as long as that's the case. Then, in terms of general chess theory, on the chessboard, there must be some hidden eyes that belong to black. Li Xiaoqiang would never think that when there was a master of "treating orphans" sitting opposite. This does not apply. The key question is whether you can find these hidden meshes. If you find out, then you win. If you don't find it, then the other party has a high level of "orphan treatment".

"Where are these hidden eyes hidden?"

And this idea is the direction that Li Xiaoqiang is thinking about now. Because in the first few rounds, Li Xiaoqiang felt that something was not quite right. Mr. Sakata's means are subtle, but. Yes, it was not unexpected by Li Xiaoqiang. But if this continues, Li Xiaoqiang suddenly found that the number of eyes he expected did not increase, so that the pressure on himself to stick to his eyes will increase. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang needs to think about it.

At the same time, Li Xiaoqiang has a deeper understanding of "Bantian", which governs orphans. couldn't help but make him feel admiration.

In the eyes of many people, the so-called "orphan cure" ability in Go is probably equated with the ability to "do work". Not really. In Mr. Sakata's career, he has indeed played a lot of "work" tricks, bringing some solitary chess pieces that seemed precarious back to life through his skillful moves. And some of these methods are often easier for people to remember. Therefore, it will give a false impression. thinks that being good at "curing orphans" is equivalent to being good at "doing work". In fact, this is not the case.

The real "treatment of orphans" is often associated with the number of eyes or officials. You lost your armor all the way in the process of "curing orphans", and when you finally "worked" after a lot of hardships and crawling, the number of meshes was almost lost. Maybe when you succeed in making a lone move, you will lose the whole game.

Such a person must not say that he can "cure orphans", let alone say that this person is a "master of orphan treatment".

The real "master of orphan management" must be like Mr. Sakata. In the process of "doing work", he was able to minimize the loss of his mesh, and even let people not see the obvious loss of mesh. This is the real "orphan treatment expert".

In his previous life, Li Xiaoqiang, as a Go enthusiast, also played Mr. Sakata's chess games. Among them, there is a plate of Mr. Sakata's "self-war commentary", which made Li Xiaoqiang very impressed. In retrospect, the layout of that game was similar to today's game. It is also Mr. Sakata who is treating orphans, of course, the specific means are no longer clear. What impressed Li Xiaoqiang was actually Mr. Sakata's explanation.

In that game of chess, Mr. Sakata spoke very carefully, basically as long as he played a few moves, Mr. Sakata would accompany a large number of reference pictures, and he would explain his thoughts on playing chess in detail. In the game of chess explained by Mr. Sakata. Sakata, who was in charge, also appeared a lone piece very early.

However, it should be pointed out that the so-called solitary chess is actually said by Mr. Sakata himself, because when Li Xiaoqiang was learning that game of chess, he didn't think it was "solitary chess" at all. At that time, the situation was very early, and there were no more than 80 moves on the board. In Li Xiaoqiang's view, that piece of chess is not only free, but also the shape itself is full of elasticity. There is no "lone chess" at all.

But Mr. Sakata didn't think so. Li Xiaoqiang noticed. In Mr. Sakata's explanation, he emphasized that he "has a piece of chess that is not alive yet" in almost every few moves. Even every idea he has behind will take this factor into account.

Let's be honest. At that time, Li Xiaoqiang didn't quite understand what Mr. Sakata meant. Wait for yourself to finally sit in front of him, and wait for yourself to compete with Mr. Sakata with real guns. Li Xiaoqiang finally understood what Mr. Sakata meant.

In that game, Mr. Sakata emphasized his "solitary move" at the 80-hand mark. Later, that piece of chess did become a real lone piece. But it was precisely because of his thoughtfulness that he prevented this situation early on. So he didn't let his opponent take advantage of him. So in the eyes of outsiders, it seems to have become a model of Mr. Sakata's "orphan treatment".

Will today's game of chess be the same as that game?

Li Xiaoqiang was combing through his thoughts while looking for a way to break the enemy. Around 4:50 p.m. Li Xiaoqiang finally fell. At this time, Yukari Umezawa on the side seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief. Because she could finally move her already stiff neck.

When Li Xiaoqiang began to fall, the atmosphere in the research room was also active again. Everyone wants to know Li Xiaoqiang after the long exam. Can we find a way this time? In the research room, reporter Zhang Da once again showed his "unique skills", he nervously observed the expressions of various masters, and wanted to be in the expressions of others. Read out the pros and cons on the board.

The game continued, and the latest game was finally transmitted to the research room. Zhang Zhidong noticed. When the first few moves are placed on the board. There was no reaction. As a master of observing words and feelings, reporter Zhang Da knows very well what this means. He knew that Li Xiaoqiang's moves did not surprise everyone. In other words, Li Xiaoqiang's current chess is changing in the research room. When about 10 chess moves were placed, Li Xiaoqiang's move seemed to have finally exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Qian Da, how's it going, what's the situation now? Did Xiaoqiang play an unexpected move? ”

"Well, Xiaoqiang's move is really unexpected, but it's ......"

"But what? Haha, if you don't say it, I also know that when I encounter such a situation, Xiaoqiang will never let me down. He must have played an unexpectedly good move, right? ”

"No, judging from the progress of Xiaoqiang's moves, he still follows the idea of "attacking and profiting". But Xiaoqiang seems to have played bad chess. Well, it was a move that I didn't expect. Originally, according to Xiaoqiang's level, he should not have such a mistake. ”

"Ahh

"Look at it, although Xiaoqiang's mistake is not obvious, this place doesn't seem to be fine enough! Shouldn't he have squeezed first? , did not squeeze to this step, and now is grabbed by the opponent. In this way, between one in and one out, Xiaoqiang obviously lost 2 chess, you know, his real space is not enough. If we lose two more goals here, the situation for black will be even more difficult. ”

"This ...... This, don't you see that Xiaoqiang has other ideas? ”

"Judging from this series of means, I haven't found Xiaoqiang's other ideas yet. It's really strange, Xiaoqiang usually plays chess very carefully, and mistakes like this are very rare in his chess games. Now there is only one explanation, it seems that he has not competed in official competitions for too long. It's a bit rusty about chess, which is why such a simple mistake happens. ”

"Oh!"

After listening to Qian Yuping's explanation, Zhang Zhidong had no choice but to be silent. Indeed, Qian Yuping's explanation is very reasonable. Even if reporter Zhang Da had the heart to help Li Xiaoqiang speak, he couldn't say anything. It's like "stinky chess in the long exam". Although Li Xiaoqiang has not had this situation before, can you guarantee that he will never "get stinky chess in the long exam"? Maybe it's coming today.

But what is the real situation?

In the game room, Li Xiaoqiang made another move. After he finished this move, he glanced up at Mr. Sakata. Then leaned back slightly. So that you can sit up more comfortably. Because he knows. If Mr. Sakata didn't find out his intentions in the previous move, it should be relatively normal. He may be the same as Qian Yuping. Treat that move as an official mistake. After all, his intentions are more hidden. The discrepancies of mere 2-goal chess are indeed easy to be overlooked. But it's a different move. When the opponent sees his move, he will feel a little strange, and he may be alarmed. That way, he might know what he wants to do. Therefore, under normal circumstances, no matter how thoughtful Mr. Sakata was in advance. He probably didn't count this or that place either. Therefore, he needs to take a long test, and he needs to rethink his countermeasures!

Because Li Xiaoqiang is sure that he has found the number of eyes hidden on the chessboard. What you need to do is to cash in on these goals that originally belonged to you.

In Li Xiaoqiang's vision, the next step in the chess game should be Mr. Sakata finding a way to resist fiercely.

Where are these hidden eyes found by Li Xiaoqiang hidden on the chessboard?

Li Xiaoqiang was quietly waiting, waiting for the last battle of the game to come. (To be continued......)