Chapter 46 Game 46 Where is your path?

Author: Captain Polu

Chapter 46 Game 46 Where is your path?

Nie Xuanfeng took out a chessboard that looked old and handed it to Tian Minze, "This is the chessboard of Huang Longshi, the chess saint of the Qing Dynasty. I heard that you like ancient chess, so let's use it as a apprenticeship ceremony!"

The moment Tian Min received the chessboard, the system gave a prompt, "Get a chessboard full of valuable experience from a master-level chess player, absorb energy, and get 80 points."

"Thank you, teacher," Tian Min said sincerely this time, his eyes shining.

Seeing that Nie Xuanfeng was a little unhappy, he thought to himself, "You kid is a bit obsessed with money."

Tian Minze is considered Nie Xuanfeng's first true inner disciple.

The so-called internal disciples come from the Japanese and Korean chess circles, and there are usually two conditions. The first is that they are young chess players who have not yet determined their level, and the second is that they have to live in the teacher's home.

If you are a professional chess player who has already established a certain level, most of them already have their own playing methods. Apprenticeship is just to learn skills and is not considered a disciple.

In the past, Nie Xuanfeng's students fell into three categories.

First, students from the Tornado Dojo, and then amateur chess players who are famous in other industries as nominal disciples. Neither of these two categories can be considered real students.

Finally, there are chess players who were actually coached by Nie Xuanfeng, who was relatively close to them, but they all became professional chess players before becoming disciples, and they have never lived in Nie Xuanfeng's home, so they do not meet the standards of inner disciples.

In this time and space, in the Go world of China, Japan and South Korea, internal disciples are still prevalent, and this kind of master-disciple inheritance is also in line with the laws of Go.

For example, Lin Li, a national champion for five consecutive years, wanted to take Honghe as his apprentice in the future. He first invited him to his home to inspect for a year, and played Go while doing farm work. Finally, he formally became a disciple before Honghe was determined to be a disciple.

Not to mention the Korean chess world, Lee Seok-bul and Ko Yong-ha both started as disciples. The older generation king Lee Seok-bul was Cao Yanzi’s disciple, and the new generation leader Go Yong-ha was Choi Byung-gyu’s disciple. They were all real masters and disciples who lived in the teacher’s house.

In the Japanese chess world, Kitani Dojo is still a golden sign with many masters. Especially in the Japanese chess world, which is somewhat declining now, Kitani Dojo has been rebuilt again to cultivate young talents.

Tian Minze not only became a disciple, but also received gifts from others, so he had no choice but to carry his luggage and move into Nie Xuanfeng's home.

According to convention, as long as the inner disciple reaches a certain level and becomes a real professional chess player, he will move away, so for Tian Minze now, it is more of a symbolic meaning, and he will only stay for a few weeks at most.

Early the next morning, Nie Xuanfeng asked Tian Minze to get up at 6:30. After breakfast, he went for a run in a nearby sports park for an hour to breathe fresh air and wake up his brain.

The two people started the first lecture.

Nie Xuanfeng's study was very large, with two famous calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall. Tian Minze's artistic skills were average and he didn't have much talent.

Nie Xuanfeng was not in a hurry. He slowly brewed a cup of tea and handed it to Tian Minze. Tian Minze took a sip and the aroma of the tea overflowed, "Teacher's tea is better than anything I have ever drunk before!"

"This is Mingqian Longjing given by a friend. When you set the stage for the race, you can take some with you and drink it on the field. I heard that you like coffee, so it's better to drink less of that kind of stuff," Nie Xuanfeng said casually.

Tian Min didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Nie Xuanfeng knew him well enough, even about coffee.

After a cup of tea, Nie Xuanfeng said sternly, "Do you know the style of chess players? Zhao Bingfeng is good at defense, and his ability to treat orphans is unparalleled in the world; Yu Xiaoyang is much more comprehensive, nicknamed "Demon Sword", and his chess skills

The wind is strange and changeable, and it can be shocking inadvertently; it is the same from the perspective of Japanese and Korean chess players, everyone has their own style."

"So," Nie Xuanfeng asked, "Minze, have you ever thought about what kind of chess player you want to be? Where is your path?"

Tian Min was hesitant. He had never thought about this problem, so he asked, "Teacher, what is your path?"

Nie Xuanfeng laughed loudly, "When I was young, I paid most attention to layout, so I think the first 50 moves of Go are the most important. When I was at my peak, I discovered the thinking of Japanese chess players and the rigor of the formulas made me despair, so I strengthened my study of the formulas and organized

Collective research system. In middle age, Korean chess players emerged, and I discovered the importance of computing ability."

Tian Minze asked, "So?"

"So," Nie Xuanfeng pondered for a moment before replying, "I seem to have taken the wrong path. Fixed formulas and calculations have become so overbearing that Go has become more and more mechanical and I have lost my freedom. If I were given a choice again, I should still study the feeling of Go.

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Tian Minze also fell into deep thought.

In the AI ​​era, where is the future of Go?

As for the deterministic part of Go, do humans have a chance to defeat AI? It is difficult to imagine, but what about the uncertain part of Go? Is AI still so good at it?

What AI is good at is local optimality, which is probability!

What humans are better at is uncertainty, the feeling of Go!

The AI ​​has a winning rate judgment for each move, but is this judgment realistic? Can everything in Go be calculated?

At this moment, Tian Minze seemed to have some enlightenment. If he could really go far on the road of uncertainty in Go and discover the invisible and unclear things in Go, would he have a better chance of winning?

Under the Korean Wave, Go in China and Japan seems to have been taken astray. Doing hundreds or even thousands of life-or-death problems has become a shortcut for top players. Go players prefer to make fixed formulas and use calculation skills to judge the direction of Go.

But do life-or-death problems and increasing computing power create real masters?

Go is like the universe, and the universe is more about balance.

At this moment, Tian Minze's eyes were filled with light and longing for the future.

"Teacher, please teach me how I feel about Go. The way I want to go is to use uncertainty in Go to defeat deterministic Go. Use a more balanced Go to defeat extremely profitable Go."

Nie Xuanfeng nodded. At this moment, the two people's goals were the same. Nie Xuanfeng also wanted to know whether pursuing another extreme could create a stronger chess player.

"This is an unknown road, but I will help you go down it," Nie Xuanfeng said.

…

Tian Minze lived a very regular life. In the past two days, Nie Xuanfeng neither played scores nor played chess with Tian Minze, but began to understand some mysterious chess concepts.

From ancient Chinese chess to Japanese Go, various chess theories and stories emerge in endlessly.

"If you want to have this sense of balance, you must first have some understanding of the small world of the chessboard." Nie Xuanfeng noticed that Tian Minze was a little absent-minded and taught him a lesson.

Tian Minze quickly cheered up. He said some big words that day, but now listening to Nie Xuanfeng explain some things that were just in the clouds, he felt a little desperate.

Nie Xuanfeng seemed to have noticed Tian Minze's mental state. He took out the chess pieces and laid out a chess game. He asked, "What do you think the next move should be?"

Tian Min took a closer look and found that this game seemed familiar.
Chapter completed!