Li Xiaoqiang and Zhang Zhidong have known each other for a long time. Interestingly, although the two met because of Go, they never played against each other on a chessboard. What I didn't expect was that the first time the two met was actually in a relatively formal competition. For this game, of course, Li Xiaoqiang doesn't care much about the outcome of the game, but Zhang Da reporter is different, if he loses to Li Xiaoqiang in public, then his face will not look good anyway.

Li Xiaoqiang knew before the game that if there was any pressure in this game of chess, all the pressure would be on Zhang Zhidong's side. It's really hard for him. After the game began, reporter Zhang Da's chess game was really cautious and refused to cross the thunder pool by half a step. It's a pity that it backfired, and just over half an hour after the start of the game, the form on the chessboard became extremely tense. Since this match takes only 1 hour for each side, the process is relatively fast. Seeing Zhang Da's reporter thinking nervously, even Li Xiaoqiang himself felt a little funny.

At present, there are only more than 70 chess moves on the chessboard, and Li Xiaoqiang is ready to slay the big dragon!

"Hehe, do you think that if you play so carefully, I won't find a chance to play chess?"

All of this has to start with Zhang Zhidong's "ga-eat".

It must be admitted that Zhang Zhidong's idea of playing this game of chess is still very correct. Because this is a handicap of 2 backgammon, his thinking is mainly two, the first, try to make the changes as much as possible. This is the same as the idea of taking a large set, the number of hands of the large set is generally more, assuming that in a large part are "two points", it must be more advantageous to start. The more variations remain on the board, the greater the variables. It is important to know that Li Xiaoqiang is a "wizard on the chessboard", and for this reason, reporter Zhang Da must of course try his best to prevent Li Xiaoqiang from having the opportunity to perform "witchcraft". This was his first thought.

Of course, when the "start" is faced with the "start", this idea is not enough. Reporter Zhang Da's second idea. It is to try to "go thick" and try to walk your chess outside. It should be said that this line of thinking is also very correct. In any case, the change in the middle belly of Go is always a little more complicated than the change in the corner. At the level of Zhang Zhidong, he can still see the independent changes in most corners clearly. If you try to "walk outside" your chess, then in any case, you have the initiative in the place where you are most likely to "have an accident" on the chessboard.

That's right, reporter Zhang Da came along these two lines. Aren't you called the "wizard on the chessboard"? I'm going to play thick now, I'm going to go as far as I can outside, see how you toss? Of course. It's possible that I suffered a little loss locally, and there is no way to do it, anyway, I still have the advantage of letting the two of them, so I'll grind slowly with you. This is Zhang Zhidong's strategy.

Not long after the game started, Li Xiaoqiang actually knew Zhang Zhidong's thoughts. If it is only from the perspective of victory and defeat, of course, there are many ways to deal with it, and Li Xiaoqiang can play whatever he wants. The problem is that in today's game, winning or losing is fundamentally secondary. Therefore, the focus of Li Xiaoqiang's thinking was not to think about "how to win this game of chess" at all. He thought more about not letting Reporter Zhang Da get his way.

"Hehe, don't you just want to play "Turtle Stream" with me? Want to keep the whole situation running smoothly? I'm not as good as you want, I must find a chance to kill you a big dragon to try......"

When the game is played to about 70 moves. On the surface, it seems that Zhang Da's strategy has succeeded. The whole situation seems a bit flat. And will continue to be dull. He made a move to "eat", well, this move is good. The "ga-eat" in Go is considered a very safe way to eat pieces. Zhang Zhidong's black chess pieces steadily killed the three white pieces. Of course, there are not many chess moves, but the chess is finally played outside, because the food is relatively clean. This chess is relatively "thick" after all.

What reporter Zhang Da didn't expect was that it was his own step of "eating", which seemed to reveal a flaw, giving Li Xiaoqiang an opportunity, a chance to kill the big dragon! He didn't expect that his other piece of chess had already been targeted by Li Xiaoqiang.

This seems to be a bit contradictory, Zhang Da reporter is also a master, since people play carefully and cautiously, and the chess is very "thick", how can you leave a weak chess piece for you to attack? Indeed, the piece of chess that was targeted by Li Xiaoqiang is indeed not a weak chess. Let's put it this way, although this piece of chess is not completely alive, even if Li Xiaoqiang makes a move, this piece of chess can be easily handled. Even if Li Xiaoqiang is allowed to play twice, the probability of being eaten is less than 5%. In the eyes of amateur masters, such chess is certainly not considered "weak chess", and it is no wonder that Zhang Zhidong did not think of it.

If it was a normal game, of course Li Xiaoqiang would not think about eating such chess. But today is different, Li Xiaoqiang has long had such a thought, and has been waiting for such an opportunity, and now, this opportunity seems to have really appeared.

In order to eat this piece, it is necessary to "make one more move in this place". Li Xiaoqiang also knows very well that even if he plays two hands of chess in a row, it is very difficult to kill chess. It doesn't matter if you can kill it or not, if you have the opportunity to kill, Li Xiaoqiang still has to kill it. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang must first solve the problem of "one more chess move in this place". And Zhang Zhidong's step of "eating" seems to provide him with this opportunity.

On the chessboard, anything interesting starts where it seems unusual. The same is true of this game. When Li Xiaoqiang made an "abnormal" move and played an unexpected move, this game of chess was not exciting. When Zhang Zhidong first saw this move, his eyes were about to fall out.

Of course, this time he was not "shocked" by Li Xiaoqiang's clever move, he just saw a completely unexpected move, a very ugly move. At the same time, it is also a move that he has not yet understood.

Li Xiaoqiang took a step to "arch"!

On the surface, Li Xiaoqiang wanted to escape from the 3 white pieces that were "eaten" by the black chess. Therefore, he played an extremely ugly and obscene "arch", which was not only ugly, but also seemed to be useless, and he couldn't "arch" even if he wanted to. The calculation here is very simple, Zhang Zhidong calculated again, and he was sure that these people would not be able to escape. Of course, Zhang Zhidong was very cautious in this place, precisely because this calculation was too simple, Li Xiaoqiang could not be wrong, and he also knew that Li Xiaoqiang must have other purposes.

Obviously. At this time, he didn't know that Li Xiaoqiang was aiming at his big dragon. So he followed in his suspicions. Of course, he has no choice, he just "eats" other people's children, and it is impossible for him to let his family "arch" out. If these children are run out of the city by Li Xiaoqiang, then Zhang Zhidong's step of "eating" will become "loss".

Li Xiaoqiang was still preparing in this place, and he played a few more chess moves. Even Zhao Dabao on the side knew that Li Xiaoqiang must have a "conspiracy".

Indeed, this scene is very familiar to Zhao Dabao. At this time, the "living signs" appeared again on the chessboard! To use a more figurative Go term, this type of chess is called "hard twisting live sheep's head". A few days ago, Li Xiaoqiang came up with a similar method. That time he used this method to steal oil for a "rat". In Zhao Dabao's view, his good brother is nothing to use such a means, and the most "shameless" thing about him is that he actually gave up the "rat stealing oil" to Lin Mengyu, which is what makes Zhao Dabao "envious, jealous and hateful" the most. And today, there is a "hard twisting live sheep's head" on the chessboard again, what does Li Xiaoqiang want to do?

When Li Xiaoqiang turned around and began to attack Da Long, what he meant was finally clear to everyone. More and more people began to come to watch the game, and reporter Zhang Da's face had turned pale.

You must have the conditions to attack the Great Dragon. Li Xiaoqiang had to play two chess hands in a row in this place, and the chess hand that Li Xiaoqiang needed, he seemed to have found now. This move is "Recruitment"!

The so-called "living sign" means that this piece of chess was originally immortal. Zhang Zhidong saw when he went to "Jia Eat" that Li Xiaoqiang's recruitment was unfavorable, and his step of "Jia Eat" was established. As an amateur player, he will of course also pay attention to whether black has a very strict "recruitment" method. In normal thinking. There is really no very strict "recruitment" in this situation.

The chess game of "twisting the sheep's head" itself is very "lossy", and judging whether the "recruitment" is strict or not generally depends on whether the benefits obtained by the "recruitment" can offset the losses in front.

And now. Li Xiaoqiang did get the opportunity to "play one more move". However, this move cannot be calculated by "value" for the time being, because there are too many losses in front, if Li Xiaoqiang wants to make up for the losses, he must slay the dragon. If you can slay the dragon, this move of "recruitment" is valuable, and if you can't slay the dragon, this move of recruitment is also a waste of chess.

Of course, Zhang Zhidong didn't expect that Li Xiaoqiang would use such a drastic method to deal with himself. He is just to create an opportunity to slay the dragon, and he does not hesitate to make such a "loss". What's more, if this situation arises, there is no room for maneuver at all, and it is either you or I die.

All the onlookers were elated, and they were there to follow the game with great interest. Indeed, the technique of "twisting the sheep's head" is generally rare on the chessboard, and as long as it appears once, it is often very good-looking. Such an idea is not ingenious, it can only be said to be more extreme. Of course, if Li Xiaoqiang succeeds in slaying the dragon, then this idea can be said to be very ingenious. This is also the reason why reporter Zhang Da's face is pale. If Li Xiaoqiang succeeds, then this game of chess may become Li Xiaoqiang's "famous game", which will be sung everywhere, and poor reporter Zhang Da will be reduced to the background, and no one should want to be a "background". This is also the reason why Zhang Zhidong feels that Li Xiaoqiang is "not enough friends".

The chess that appears to be "hard twisted and alive sheep's head" is often very exciting. Although there are few such chess, there are still some in the Go world. The "wonderful index" of the chess game is often related to the length of the "hard twisting of the sheep's head". The more pieces you die, the more exciting and eye-catching the game will be. To give people the enjoyment of beauty, in later generations, South Korea's Li Shishi in their domestic game, he once played a game of such chess, his "hard twisting live sheep's head" chess pieces more than 15, through half of the chessboard, the length is very large. The game ended up with a big conversion of more than 100 goals. Li Shishi relied on this method and finally won in one fell swoop, and that game of chess was indeed very exciting, and it could be called a "famous game".

Of course, Li Shishi's game can only be called a "famous game", in ancient Chinese chess, Shi Xiangxia Qisheng and Zhang Zhenxi played a game of 4 sub-games, and there was also a situation of "hard twisting the sheep's head". In all fairness, compared with Li Shishi's game, this game of chess is more exciting, with higher technical content and richer connotation, which can be called a "strange game through the ages".

In Li Shishi's game, when he played this trick, in fact, that switch was inevitable. Therefore, the key to that game of chess is judgment, not means. Li Shishi saw that there was a chess move worth 100 meshes waiting there, and he judged that he had lost 90 meshes in this string of moves. I can earn 10 goals cheaply, so I came up with this means. Therefore, in this process, his judgment is "static" and does not change, is the coefficient not very large.

And Shi Xiangxia's game is different, he "twisted the live sheep's head" in order to slay the dragon, whether it is an abandoned son or his dragon slaying, with the increase of chess pieces, a "small dragon" slowly rolls into a "giant dragon". The whole process is dynamic. Whether judging from the specific dragon slaying technique or judgment. His games were all more difficult. Therefore, the connotation is also richer. Fully worthy of the title of "Strange Game of the Ages".

And today's game of chess, no matter how it looks, is very similar to that "ancient game". Very similar! At this moment, almost all the spectators hoped that Li Xiaoqiang would succeed in slaying the dragon. This is for sure, only if the dragon slaying is successful, it can be called a strange game through the ages. If it fails, then it is not interesting, it can only be said to be an immature idea.

Of course, reporter Zhang Da is the only one who thinks differently from everyone else. At this moment. He resolutely resisted the emergence of any "strange game through the ages". Under normal circumstances, it is very difficult for a "strange game through the ages" to appear. The big dragon of black chess is indeed not easy to kill. According to Li Xiaoqiang's judgment, although this place itself can "play one more chess" to kill the big dragon, the possibility will not exceed 4% at most.

The game continued step by step, and more and more players watched from the sidelines. Everyone is getting more and more excited. After more than 40 more chess moves, everyone suddenly found that the big dragon of black chess seemed to be getting more and more dangerous, and it must be admitted. His psychological quality is very average, because reporter Zhang Da is obviously under too much psychological pressure, and he made a bad move in the process of treating orphans. As a result, the whole situation becomes tense again. Li Xiaoqiang's chance to slay the dragon seems to be getting bigger and bigger.

"Will this game be a game of chess?"

Everyone was watching with great interest......

The game didn't last long, and the game ended quickly.

"Hey! It's a pity, tsk, thrilling, it's just such a robbery......"

The chess game is finally over, and it is a pity that this game of chess has not been able to become a "strange game for the ages". At the most critical time in the back, Zhang Zhidong didn't know if Lu Dao was an explosion of character, and he finally found the most correct way to treat orphans. He created a robbery, and the whole dragon became "robbery and killing".

That's where the difficulty of slaying a dragon comes in. The lonely party can often create a robbery to resist, because he has a lot of "self-robbery", and such a robbery does not need to consider the problem of conversion, he only needs to be a living dragon, so this big dragon was finally made alive by Zhang Da reporter. However, he still lives a thrilling life, because Li Xiaoqiang can use "Zhengzi" as a robbery, and he has a lot of robbery.

used "Zhengzi" to fight against "self-robbery", and Li Xiaoqiang finally lost one robbery. After the big dragon of black chess survived, Li Xiaoqiang's chess was also fragmented, and there was no way to continue, so that the hope of the "ancient strange game" was also lost. At this time, Zhang Zhidong finally came back to his senses, he glanced at Li Xiaoqiang proudly, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the spectators were a little regretful, everyone was still in high spirits and still felt very excited. Everyone was reluctant to disperse for a long time, and since they did not see the birth of the "Strange Game of the Ages", everyone's topic quickly focused on the real "Strange Game of the Ages".

Wang Linyi happily patted Zhang Zhidong on the shoulder:

"It's still our reporter Zhang who is powerful, at least better than Zhang Zhenxi. By the way, I just found out now, it seems that you all have the surname Zhang...... If his game of chess is also like yours, it is estimated that it will be difficult for Shi Qisheng to kill his chess, right? Ha Luha, it seems that you, the junior, are more powerful, and you have not lost the face of our top ten amateurs. ”

After reporter Zhang Da was shocked into a cold sweat, he is now in a good mood. His face was flushed, and he pretended to be modest in that triumphant:

"Hey, where? Where? After all, Zhang Zhenxi is only a four-hander, he has to be conceded by Shi Qisheng 4 pieces, if he uses my means to resist stubbornly, then the game of chess will not become a strange game for the ages. Isn't that so? Jack bauer! ”

In the face of reporter Zhang Da's "provocation", Li Xiaoqiang could only shake his head and smile bitterly. Li Xiaoqiang knew what these two amateur masters meant. Because the game is very famous, in addition to the explanations left by the ancients, in modern times, the Japanese Go community has also analyzed and studied this game in great detail. Not long ago, there was a Japanese Kudan who commented on this game in detail. In the actual battle of that game of chess, Shi Qisheng won the final dragon slaying. And in the commentary of the Japanese nine-dan, he had different opinions, and through research, he helped Zhang Zhenxi find a means of resistance. And this means is to create a robbery. Just like Zhang Zhidong in this game of chess, if there is a robbery in the governance of orphans, he may not lose that game of chess.

In the commentary left by the ancients in our country, it is believed that Shi Qisheng has no last resort, and the subsequent moves are very accurate, without any mistakes, and there is no "robbery and killing" in that game of chess, and there is no saying that you can use "robbery and resistance".

Which one is correct?

"Hehe, I said reporter Zhang Da, of course I'm not as good as Shi Qisheng now, if you say that you are better than Zhang Zhenxi's predecessors, it doesn't seem to be necessarily, right?"

"Oh, Xiaoqiang, why do you say that?"

Li Xiaoqiang looked back and saw that it was Jiang Zhujiu who was speaking, his own chess had already been played, and he had been watching the game with great interest on the side. When everyone's topic focused on the real "Strange Game of the Ages", Jiang Zhujiu was also interested, and he couldn't help but ask.

"Teacher Jiang, haven't you studied that game of chess?"

"Ha Luha, I'm very interested in that game of chess, and I'm getting ready to take a look?"

Li Xiaoqiang said that this was no wonder, so he didn't say a word and laid out the real game on the chessboard. According to the reference map made by the Japanese nine-dan, Li Xiaoqiang posed for a new change. When this change appeared on the chessboard, the scene was silent.

After Jiang Zhujiu faced the chessboard for a while, his eyes lit up, and he muttered to himself:

"Amazing, Shi Qisheng is really amazing! It turns out that this is the standard answer, and there is no standard answer on the board! Now it seems that our ancients' explanation is correct, and the Japanese Go is wrong! ”

Yes, in that game, the Japanese Kudan's commentary was wrong. Zhang Zhenxi had no means of "robbery and resistance" at all. Shi Qisheng can skillfully avoid robbery, and he can still "kill" Da Long. Judging from the explanation of the ancients, although this change did not appear on the chessboard, it should be within the scope of his calculation. This change has long been expected by Shi Qisheng!

It is a pity that there are very few reference maps left from ancient Chinese chess. Modern people, who are accustomed to "no picture and no truth", do not know enough about them, so there are all kinds of misunderstandings.

The chess they play, even the "detailed commentary" of a Japanese Kudan, can be misinterpreted, and if you don't study it carefully, how many people can understand their chess?

In real history, this change map was discovered by Jiang Zhujiu. There was no way, Li Xiaoqiang plagiarized other people's achievements again.

After a short period of shock, everyone's emotions are still high, and everyone is still discussing this "ancient game". Indeed, there is still a lot to think about in this game. There is no doubt that Shi Qisheng was able to see that covert means. Now the most critical question is, Zhang Zhenxi's predecessor, the "four hands" of ancient Chinese chess, did he see this ingenious method?

Li Xiaoqiang explores the truth of history with everyone. (To be continued......)