"Seven people play a game of chess together. Naturally, the further you go, the greater the advantage. When you make a move after five people, did you also think about it after your predecessor? Did you also take advantage of others?"
When faced with doubts, the old Taoist simply asked.
Jiang Gan disdainfully said: "Juniors are not talented. When it comes to chess ability alone, there is no need to refer to others when asking yourself."
"Since you have the confidence not to refer to others, how can you conclude that others will refer to your decisions?"
"This..." Jiang Gan was speechless and looked at Xia Shang unkindly.
Xia Shang's expression was calm and he didn't even look at Jiang Gan. He just walked to the chessboard and placed a piece first.
"Senior, I am different from what everyone else thinks."
Everyone became suspicious and thought that there were only three or four points to choose from in this first move. What different moves were there?
But when everyone looked at it again, they were surprised again.
Xia Shang's first step was really different, and it was an unexpected move.
But... this is too far off the mark.
Seeing that the most important battle on the chessboard took place in the upper left corner, Xia Shang made a move in the lower right corner.
Originally, the war was going on in the east, but Xia and Shang sent troops to the west, which was completely incomprehensible.
"Hahaha! Turns out he is a fool who can't play chess."
Jiang Gan couldn't help laughing.
Everyone around him was secretly amused when he saw it, thinking that he was an extraordinary person when he reported his identity. They never thought that he was completely ignorant of chess.
The old Taoist also frowned when he saw this game. He had seen thousands of people pass by this chess game, and had seen countless moves. Even the dozen or so moves played by Jiang Gan had been seen before.
But this was the first time he saw Xia Shang's skills.
But does this move count as a move?
"Junior, are you sure you want to leave like this?"
"Senior, you can place chess pieces wherever there are no chess pieces on the chessboard."
"That's natural!"
"In that case, please ask the seniors for advice."
The old Taoist frowned: "Boy, I don't recognize such a messy move to maintain more steps."
"Senior will find out later if you are just messing around. Please give me some advice."
The old Taoist sneered, but he didn't take it to heart. His eyes fell on the chessboard, and after hesitation, he also made a move.
Because Xia Shang's position is in the lower right corner, Lao Dao also responds in the lower right corner.
Xia Shang made quick moves, and his next chance was in the lower right corner.
There is also a battle between black and white in the lower right corner, but it is only a small area, which is not worth mentioning compared to the battle in the upper left corner. Moreover, black has the advantage and white has the disadvantage.
Xia Shang Zhibai didn't care about the largest battlefield above, but made a fuss about the small battlefield in the lower right corner.
At the beginning of the period, no one knew Xia Shang's intention, but after ten consecutive moves, a catastrophe suddenly appeared in the battle in the lower right corner.
And when a battle broke out in the lower right corner, Xia and Shang finally began to take action on the largest battlefield in the upper left corner.
The position of the move is the same as the previous Jianggan, but the robbery in the lower right corner makes the whole game slightly different.
The old Taoist frowned slightly and gradually understood Xia Shang's intention. He wanted to win the battle in the lower right corner by relying on the battle in the upper left corner.
This method is very common in Go, but in this game, the lower right corner is nothing compared to the upper left corner. This exchange is really a loss.
"Boy, do you think the Zhenlong chess game can be resolved so easily? Even if you eat a small piece in the lower right corner, you have lost a large piece in the upper left corner. The difference in acres between us is at least twenty acres. You are hastening your death by doing this."
"Senior, the chess game is not over yet. Although black is in the lead now, I still have the possibility of a comeback before the chess game is over."
"A comeback? How to comeback?"
"Black is now twenty-six acres ahead of white. I don't know how many acres is black's lead according to the senior rule?"
"Of course it's four and three-quarters."
"Nine and a half acres?" Xia Shang was surprised, thinking that the ancient Go rules were two acres more than the modern Go rules. "That means I only need to recover sixteen acres to win."
"What do you mean?" The old Taoist frowned, "Do you want to rely on the final finishing touch to turn defeat into victory?"
"Senior, in my eyes, the Zhenlong chess game only begins at this moment."
After that, Xia Shang made a move, kicking off the final battle of the Zhenlong chess game.
By now in the chess game, everyone has understood that Xia Shang never thought of breaking the life-and-death battle in the upper left corner from the beginning. He wanted to use the final finishing method to move back the huge disadvantage.
Win the Sixteen Mu chess game by finishing?
How can it be?
In this era, it is possible for chess players to move back to five or six acres of chess by relying on exquisite finishing, but to move back to sixteen acres?
Isn’t that a foolish dream?
But Xia Shang soon proved the miracle with facts.
When the old man made his last move, Black's advantageous position was unknowingly evaporated. No one could see the final position of the chessboard clearly, and it had to be counted one acre at a time.
At the end of several acres, White wins half the piece!
When they finally took over, everyone was so shocked that they were speechless.
The old Taoist stared at the chessboard with wide eyes, recalling every move he had made before.
"Zhenlong chess game... Zhenlong chess game has been cracked... It turns out... it turns out that the correct solution to Zhenlong chess game is to rely on closing the game to turn defeat into victory!"
Xia Shang said lightly: "Actually, it's not a crack. And the Zhenlong chess game itself is just a cover. The battle in the upper left corner seems complicated, but no matter how Bai moves, the final result is death. Most people can't see through this. At first,
When watching a chess game, all attention will be focused on the biggest battle, but the fact is that no matter how hard White struggles, it will fail. Chess players generally think that losing the battle in the upper left corner means losing the overall situation.
But the outcome of Go does not matter in one corner, the overall victory is the final victory. And the essence of Go is not to solve this game or that game, but the strength of the players themselves. If two players of equal strength play against each other,
In this game, Black wins and White loses. But if two chess players who don’t want to be strong play against each other, the situation is no longer so important. The outcome will naturally be in the hands of the stronger chess player."
"The essence of a good Go game is actually the competition of chess skills between players. It seems that my chess skills are more than one and a half points behind you, a junior like you. That's why you were able to overtake half a mu in the final stage.
I just didn’t expect that the final outcome of the Zhenlong chess game that I have studied so hard for many years will not be on the chess game, but on the level of the chess players. In this case, what’s the point of studying it for many years?”
"It's just obsession. To turn a dead chess piece into a living chess piece, you can only rely on your opponent to make mistakes. Otherwise, even the gods can't reverse it."
A divine light suddenly appeared in the eyes of the old Taoist, and fell on Xia Shang again. He gave Xia Shang a rare official fist: "I have learned a lesson today. I have never thought of leaving the world for many years. There is still a young master like you in the world. This is the first game.
In the test, Young Master Xia Chun Qiu Xia will have the best results." (To be continued)