Chapter 109 Who is he? (Please subscribe, please vote!!!)
At this time, the chess game between Qin Hao and Zuo Wei has reached the middle of the game, the 120th move.
Qin Hao could clearly feel that Zuo Wei at this time was much more powerful than he was six years ago. It seemed that during this period, he had thoroughly understood the rules and records of modern Go.
The scene is very tense. So far, Qin Hao has not taken much advantage, and can only be regarded as having a small advantage.
And Zuo Wei also felt tremendous pressure, and he took longer and longer to think about his next move.
Shindo Hikari could clearly sense that Zuo Wei was different from usual, his eyes had never been so bright.
For fear of disturbing Zuo Wei, Shindo Hikaru could only cheer him silently in his heart. Zuo Wei had been waiting for this game for six years.
On the other side, Ta Yaliang suddenly said "Hey".
Taya Xingyang frowned slightly: "What's wrong?"
"Father, look at this ID for playing chess with Sai." Ta Yaliang pointed at the computer screen.
Taya Xingyang doesn't understand Chinese and is a little confused.
Ta Yaliang explained: "This is not English, but Chinese Pinyin. Father, do you still remember the boy you met at the Go Club six years ago?"
"His name in Chinese pinyin is qinhao."
Ta Ya Xingyang was shocked. How could he forget that the boy he lost to was a genius he had never seen before. Unfortunately, there was no news about him since that day.
Perhaps as the lady said, he went to China, but what puzzled Ta Ya Xingyang was that in the past six years, he had not heard of any Go genius appearing in China. As for the young man named Yu Liang, he was only He can be regarded as a talent, but he is still far behind Qin Hao.
"You mean, this person is Qin Hao?"
Ta Ya nodded brightly and pointed to the white piece on the chessboard: "Yes, with the same strong desire to attack, he uses it frequently: point, rush, break, and pinch. Apart from him, I really can't think of anyone else who would do this. chess."
Taya Xingyang fell into deep thought, and his mind began to recall the game of chess six years ago, as if it overlapped.
After a while, Ta Yaliang said firmly: "He is back!"
Taya Yukihiro looked at his son's determined eyes, and suddenly felt that he was getting old. Perhaps, the future of Japanese Go will fall on his son, and the mysterious sai.
The battle between Qin Hao and Sai was quickly spread to some Go-related forums by chess friends, which also caused more and more Go enthusiasts to flock to the chess and card battle platform.
As a result, the server also suffered a huge test. The official chess and card game platform had to temporarily set up equipment and use servers to solve the load bearing problem.
Although there was a period of chaos, the platform officials were happy. This battle brought tens of thousands of new users to the platform.
It is equivalent to one-tenth of the total number of users of the original platform, and this number is still growing.
In fact, the impact of this game has far exceeded the platform’s official expectations.
Since there are many overseas students from Korea and China in Japan, there are also some Go enthusiasts among these international students. After seeing such an unprecedented battle, they excitedly sent the chess records back to China to share with some chess friends.
The Go circle was originally relatively small, but if such a big thing happened, it spread quickly.
The development history of Go in China, Japan and South Korea is very interesting. Initially, Japan had the absolute upper hand in Go. The reason is that after Japan's economy took off, Go also began to be commercialized and a large number of masters were produced.
It was only later that Chinese Go gradually rose to prominence, and Nie Chesheng and other national Go players broke the monopoly of Japanese Go players. From then on, Japanese Go began to decline. Taya Xingyang was the only one left, and he could win against top players from China and South Korea. The negative one.
Korean Go began to rise rapidly in 1993, and soon completed commercialization and a youth training system with the sponsorship of a group of chaebols. The representative figure is Liu Changhyuk 9th Dan, who has won the Fujitsu and Yingshi Cups. champion.
Here in Korea.
The highest-level Korean Go professional players, led by Liu Changhyuk and Cho Hoon-hyun, are also watching this unprecedented battle through the Internet at this time.
At this time, Qin Hao and Zuo Wei had reached the 138th move, and the scene was still very anxious.
Liu Changhe glanced at the expressions of other chess players and sighed: "Qinhao and Sai are both very strong. If they participate in this Fujitsu Cup, who is sure to beat them?"
Cao Xunxuan and the other chess players looked at each other and shook their heads secretly. When their strength reached their level, it was hard to say who could win for sure. The key was to look at their on-the-spot performance.
However, based on the strength shown by the two so far, they are definitely qualified to compete for the Fujitsu Cup championship.
Li Changhao, a 9th-dan player on the side, suddenly said calmly: "If this Qinhao competes, I will most likely lose to him!"
Lee Chang-ho's words immediately shocked other professional chess players. Regardless of the fact that chess players such as Liu Changhyuk and Cho Hun-hyun have higher status in the world than Lee Chang-ho.
But the one currently recognized as the strongest chess player in South Korea is actually Lee Chang-ho, known as the "Stone Buddha."
In Japan, Taya Yukihiro has won five celebrity titles and is already the strongest professional chess player in Japan. But if it were placed in South Korea, the situation would be completely different.
Since 1992, Lee Chang-ho has almost swept the entire Korean chess world. In 1994, he won 13 championship trophies in succession.
Lee Chang-ho, now the number one Go player in South Korea, actually said that he could not play qinhao, which was a huge shock to all Korean players.
Korean chess players of the same generation as Lee Chang-ho are both lucky and unlucky. Fortunately, they can represent Korean Go with such a person. In some international team competitions, it is easy to win honors. Unfortunately, his existence has made many professional chess players Just missed out on the championship title.
But it is undeniable that the existence of Lee Chang-ho has given Korean Go great confidence. As long as he is behind it, Korean Go does not have to worry about losing the title of world number one.
"Lee Chang-ho's ninth level must be joking, right? It's just a game of chess, there's nothing obvious about it." A professional chess player couldn't help but say.
However, Lee Chang-ho, known as the "Stone Buddha", had a cold face and stared at the opponent very seriously: "I never joke! Let alone make fun of Go!"
For a moment, the atmosphere in the entire chess room became extremely solemn, and everyone couldn't help but worry that if this Qinhao appeared on the professional Go field, who else could stop him.
"Is this Qinhao a Japanese chess player?" Someone suddenly muttered.
Someone immediately retorted: "Although this chess and card battle platform is in Japan, qinhao is not necessarily a Japanese chess player. Instead, I think he is more like a Chinese chess player. Look at this grammar, is it the grammar of Hanyu Pinyin?"
"If you are a Chinese chess player, you should be more careful."
In the chess room, many professional chess players began to discuss with each other. Since the decline of Japanese Go, Chinese Go has begun to enter its glorious period and is currently also a strong rival of Korean Go.
Just when Korean chess players were speculating which Chinese professional chess player Qinhao was.
In the Huaxia Chess Academy, many professional chess players were also watching the chess game and discussing it.
Nie Qisheng opened his folding fan and glanced at everyone: "Who among you has an impression of this Qinhao?"
Many professional chess players look at me and I look at you, and they all shake their heads.
"Mr. Nie, this man's chess style is so unique. If we had met, we would have remembered him immediately. There is no need to be so entangled." A professional chess player said with a bitter smile.
"Isn't that right? Could it be that a Japanese chess player admires Chinese culture, so he got such an ID?"
"This is possible. After all, many Japanese characters are directly used Chinese characters."
"Yes, there are many foreigners who have Chinese characters tattooed on their bodies."
After hearing this, Nie Qisheng closed his fan, slapped his hands a few times, and frowned: "If this is true, then this Fujitsu Cup will be in trouble. The opponents in South Korea are difficult enough, and now Japan Two chess players with such high abilities appear again, we need to make plans early!"
As soon as these words came out, there was a lot of discussion at the scene, and all the chess players looked bad.
The Fujitsu Cup is the earliest international professional Go competition in history. Although it is not the Go tournament with the highest prize money, it is of extraordinary significance to professional players. At the same time, the Fujitsu Cup is also a World Go tournament. The titles of champion and runner-up are helpful. Promoting to professional eighth-dan and ninth-dan is also an excellent opportunity for young chess players.
Now that two powerful enemies suddenly appear, it is inevitable that the young chess player will be discouraged.
Nie Qisheng suddenly noticed something was wrong with Yu Xiaoyang's expression, as if he was thinking about something, so he asked curiously.
"Yu Xiaoyang 9th Dan, did you think of something?"
What Yu Xiaoyang thought of was naturally the chess records that her son Yu Liang had brought back. And most importantly, the child's name happened to be Qin Hao. If it was a coincidence, it would be too much.
After hearing what Yu Xiaoyang said, not only Nie Qisheng didn't believe it, but also the other professional chess players.
"Yu Xiaoyang 9th Dan, did you remember it wrong? How could a sixteen-year-old child have such chess skills?"
"Yes, if I have such a level at the age of sixteen, then wouldn't all my years of playing chess have been in vain!"
"Sixteen years old? By the way, what were you doing when you were sixteen?"
"Anyway, I'm still trying to reach Duan. I wouldn't be able to play this kind of chess at the age of thirty-six, let alone sixteen!"
"Yes, Go does require talent, but it's impossible for someone to be gifted to this extent, right? This is no longer a genius, but a complete monster!"
"That is, if we say he is twenty-six years old, it may still be possible, sixteen years old. How many chess games has he played? Has he determined the position? Can he memorize the chess records?"
Yu Xiaoyang's words stoked a hornet's nest. All professional chess players couldn't believe that someone could play chess like this at the age of sixteen.
Only Nie Qisheng remained silent. He understood Yu Xiaoyang's personality and knew that he would not say so without basis.
"Yu Xiaoyang 9th Dan, the child you are talking about is Qinhao, are you sure?"
Yu Xiaoyang could only shake his head helplessly: "I can't be sure yet. I just think that their playing styles are very similar, and they have the same name. In fact, I have not seen him play chess with my own eyes, and it is difficult to judge whether those chess records were written by him." of."
Yu Liang wanted to play chess with Qin Hao but was rejected. Yu Xiaoyang was a more cautious person and would not stick to his words.
The professional chess players present breathed a sigh of relief.
"It turned out to be a guess. I just said I was sixteen. How is that possible?"
"Hey, the chess style may not necessarily be the same person. The media also said that my chess style is very similar to Nie Qisheng's."
"Haha~~~ You kid is just trying to put money on your face."
This sentence reminded Nie Qisheng. He unfolded his fan, fanned it twice, and then suddenly closed it again.
"Yu Xiaoyang 9th Dan, tell me, is it possible that the child you are talking about is actually this Qinhao's apprentice?"
Yu Xiaoyang was stunned for a moment.
However, this guess has been recognized by many professional chess players.
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that? Maybe it's true. If the chess style is very similar, it can't be imitated if it's just a pure imitation. It has to be passed down from master to apprentice."
"Well, that makes sense. This can also explain why the names are the same. Think about it, computers are a new thing, and they are on a Japanese platform. Older people will definitely not be able to use them. Maybe they are his apprentices. The person who did it for me casually used the pinyin of his own name when registering the ID.”
Nie Qisheng also smiled and said: "If you say that, then everything makes sense, and we don't need to scare ourselves, but we still have to think carefully about who this person is, and it is best to find him out. , it’s a pity that it’s just a matter of playing chess on an online platform at this level. If you can come to our Huaxia Chess Academy to be a coach, it will be very helpful to improve our overall level.”
Nie Qisheng knew very well that there was no such person among Chinese professional chess players, and he was probably older than the certain age limit. I was afraid that he would never be able to become a professional chess player in this life. Inviting someone to be a coach would be the best option.
At this moment, someone suddenly exclaimed.
"This move is wonderful! All the chess moves on the right come alive!"
Yu Xiaoyang and Nie Qisheng took a closer look and found that it was exactly what he said.
At this time, the chess game between Qin Hao and Zuo Wei has reached 185 moves. I have to say that Zuo Wei has made great progress. When he and Qin Hao played against each other for the first time, they didn't even last 150 moves before losing. .
At this time, not only did he and Qin Hao have a back-and-forth fight, but he also made a clever move at move 185, which not only defused Qin Hao's offensive, but also brought a large piece of the chessboard to life on the right in one fell swoop.
Shindo Hikaru said excitedly: "Sawei, is this the legendary hand of God?"
Zuo Wei's eyes were shining at the moment, but after calming down again, he still shook his head regretfully.
"No, this is not the Hand of God. It is far from perfect. But if we continue to fight Qin Hao, I believe we will definitely see the Hand of God!"
Zuo Wei's eyes were fixed on the screen. He wanted to know how Qin Hao would crack his clever trick. If the other party could make a magic move, he would be willing to see it.
Zuo Wei has been waiting for thousands of years for God's hand.
"How would you take this step?"
On the other side, Qin Hao was facing the screen. The third generation of AlphaGo is stuck in high-speed computing.
On the side, Shi Guang and Chu Ying were stunned.
Shi Shi saw Chu Ying's dull look, so he asked curiously: "Chu Ying, is this the hand of God that you have been thinking about all this time?"
Only then did Chu Ying react: "No, this is not a divine move, but it is indeed a very subtle move and very imaginative. It is hard to believe that someone can think of this step."
Shi Guang curled his lips: "Isn't this considered the hand of God? What is the standard of this hand of God?"
Chu Ying shook his head and said: "There is no standard for the god's move. The so-called god's move is actually a chess move that is beyond the reach of mortals, just like the famous Lanke chess game. According to records: The former king's quality is like that of Quzhou Lanke Shancai When a woodcutter met an immortal playing chess, he remembered it and passed it down to the world. Most of the gods' skills came from such immortals."
Shi Guang said disdainfully: "This is all feudal superstition. If you say so, don't look for the help of some gods. Wouldn't it be better to go directly to seek immortals and visit the Tao?"
Chu Ying shook his head secretly. Shi Guang had a kind nature, but it was a pity that his interest in Go had not been aroused and he did not have enough respect for Go.
On the other side, Qin Hao has dragged the mouse and clicked lightly.
"Thirteen-eight, stab!"
In the next second, this move appeared in the eyes of Go enthusiasts from China, Japan and South Korea through the Internet.
The viewing hall of the chess and card battle platform exploded instantly.
"Here, how did he come up with this move?"
"This stabbing move is incredible. Is this a move that anyone can come up with?"
"It's amazing. This is definitely the most exciting game I have ever seen! I didn't expect to see it not in a professional game, but on the Internet. Regardless of winning or losing, this game is worthy of being recorded in the history of Go."
The Japanese Chess Academy was also in a state of excitement at this time.
"My God, is this the legendary hand of God? It's so wonderful, so unexpected!"
"Yes, how did Qinhao come up with this move? Sai just took advantage of the right wing. Instead of solid defense, he expanded the battle and connected the entire middle with the right wing. Isn't he afraid of Sai? Should we take advantage of the situation to pursue him and eat his entire middle dragon?"
"You're wrong. The purpose of this stab is actually to force Sai to respond to a move of chess. Attack the enemy and save him. Look at the middle. If Sai doesn't come up, the next step is just to use Qinhao to break the whole middle. It’s gone.”
"However, if sai responds to this move, qinhao can continue to snipe in the middle and drag sai into an offensive battle. Sai's previous advantage will be gone!"
On the other side, the Korean Chess Academy was completely silent at this time.
The reason is that Lee Chang Ho simulated sai's possible response, and the results were without exception. As long as sai responded to this move, the game was basically over.
"Who is this Qinhao? How did he come up with this move? I just took a closer look. It took Qinhao less than a minute to figure out this move from Sai's black stone. What a terrible calculation. Ability?" A chess player exclaimed.
At this time, everyone no longer doubted what Li Changhao said before, that he could not play this game. This was not modesty, nor was it a joke.
This qinhao can only be described as terrifying.
"So, who is he? Who is that sai?"