After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

"After yesterday's match, we have another match today. Once we reach the semi-finals, we will have to play three games.

Then I have to transfer to the south to compete. Although it is not all in one go, it is much more tiring than the Fujitsu Cup. "

After Zhan Lang arrived at the competition venue, he did not rush to go in. Instead, he stretched out his body outside for a while.

Zhan Lang did feel a bit uncomfortable with the clothes he was wearing, but the Yingshi Cup competition required contestants to wear formal attire.

So Zhan Lang also put on a suit and leather shoes, but this outfit didn't look comfortable no matter how he wore it. In this weather, shorts and sandals were the most comfortable.

Compared with the Fujitsu Cup, the Yingshi Cup's schedule is definitely more arduous. After all, if you want to win the championship, you have to win at least three more games.

The Yingshi Cup first has two consecutive days of matches for the round of 16 and the quarterfinals.

After a day's rest, the semi-finals will be a three-game match. The semi-finals will play one game first, and then two games in a row after a day's rest.

After that, they will go directly to Hangzhou for the first game of the final. After the first game, they will return to the hometown of the sponsor Mr. Ying Changqi to play the rest of the final.

Even for this competition, Mr. Ying Changqi donated money to repair a lot of things in his hometown.

After stretching his muscles a bit, Zhan Lang entered the game room. No matter how tiring the game schedule was, there was nothing he could do but play one game at a time.

When Zhan Lang entered, today's opponent, Takenouchi Katsuya, had already taken his seat.

Although there are various styles of chess players in Japan, Katsuya Takenouchi is definitely the most disciplined one.

As a traditional Japanese chess player and the senior fellow of Kitani's school, Katsuya Takenouchi's every move shows his observance and pursuit of the so-called rules.

Theoretically speaking, his character can be said to be the eldest senior brother that the leader of a famous and upright martial arts sect most desires.

He is capable, law-abiding, and a little rigid, but he cannot stand against "evil"!
Even though his opponent had not arrived yet, and there was not even a referee, Katsuya Takenouchi was still sitting steadily in his seat, sitting very straight and motionless.

To be honest, if it were Zhan Lang, he would definitely not be able to stand being tense like this all the time.

After all, I had to move my butt every five minutes during class, let alone playing chess now.

"morning."

"I saw your chess record in the Fujitsu Cup."

Looking at Zhan Lang who was sitting opposite him and greeted him, Katsuya Takenouchi suddenly spoke something at this time.

Takenouchi Katsuya did not pass the Japanese selection for the Fujitsu Cup, so he naturally did not enter the main competition, let alone have the opportunity to compete with Zhan Lang.

However, as it is a world competition, the Japanese side will naturally keep good records of the game results. As for Zhan Lang, the first champion, the four game records from the beginning to the end of the game are naturally no secret in the Japanese Go community.

It can even be said that the game has been widely spread, and most Japanese professionals who are still competing have seen it.

Katsuya Takenouchi didn't even ask anyone for it, and the chess record had already arrived on his desk.

When Zhan Lang heard this, he didn't say anything, but just nodded.

Things like chess records cannot be hidden. For example, most of the subsequent competitions were broadcast live on the Internet and were all public.

Even during internal training matches within the national team, some chess records will leak out.

Even China and South Korea have some understanding and research on each other's emerging third and fourth level players, and have begun to plan and study future enemies in advance.

It is quite normal for a top chess player to study his opponent's chess records, and as the world's number one player, he is the focus of everyone's research.

For example, South Korea once organized a special study on a former world number one. After all, he and another triple crown winner almost turned the Samsung Cup into the Ke Jie Weixing Cup, and even asked others to change the rules. However, it is estimated that they will not organize it again now.

"You actually have great talent, but your ideas are too complex and erratic, and there are too many strange and gimmicky tricks in your moves.

If you want to go to the next level, you must return to the basics, otherwise, it will always be a castle in the air." As a traditional chess player, Takenouchi Katsuya always believed that Zhan Lang's messy moves played a lot of roles and even helped him win many games.

But these moves are not orthodox after all, they are basically unorthodox and unorthodox methods. As long as you find the flaws and restrain them, Zhan Lang will be left with nothing.

Although Katsuya Takenouchi has not found a crack yet, he believes there must be a crack.

And theoretically speaking, there is nothing wrong with what Katsuya Takenouchi said. Returning to basics is the right path for Go.

There was once a person who absolutely reached the state of returning to nature. He won sixty consecutive games against top players from China, Japan and South Korea online without a single defeat.

Moreover, in the official competition, he defeated the world number one player at that time with a score of 3-0. The opponent had no power to fight back and he beat him directly until he cried.

His moves are plain and simple, his principles are simple, and his heavy sword has no edge. They have inspired countless people and broadened people's perspectives.

His surname is Huang.

The reason why he was able to reach this level is because he developed the second-generation dog master and drove the dog legally in the competition.

What's more, the strange and tricky techniques that Katsuya Takenouchi mentioned are actually the methods of returning to basic simplicity.

It’s just that people nowadays can’t understand and accept it.

Zhan Lang couldn't help but shook his head when he heard this: "Takenouchi Katsuya 9th Dan, do you know modern Chinese history?"

Hearing this, Takenouchi Katsuya was obviously stunned for a moment. He didn't know what Zhan Lang meant by this.

"At that time, the West was the first to complete the Industrial Revolution, but China earned a huge amount of silver through its huge trade surplus. It believed that those things of the West were nothing but gimmicks and refused to learn from them, and closed its doors to the outside world.

Even when the country's doors were forced open with powerful ships and guns, people were still reluctant and reluctant to learn. It was not until they were beaten so hard and were about to be destroyed that some people made up their minds to do so.

In comparison, Japan did better than us in this regard. After being beaten once, you accepted it quickly and progressed faster than us. Then the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 defeated us and brought us an extremely shameful history.

But this time, when it comes to Go, it is you, China, who are closing the country to the outside world. You are learning faster than us.

Soon, Chinese Go will use its powerful ships and cannons to break open the door to Japanese Go. Of course, you can continue to shrink in your shell and dream of becoming the Go Kingdom.

But refusing to learn and closing the country to the outside world will only lead to death in the end."

Zhanlang has no way of saying that the latest Go moves and ideas provided by artificial intelligence are 100% correct. Perhaps with future development, there will be more correct answers.

Just like when artificial intelligence first came out, the moves made by the second-generation dog and Ke Jie were admired by everyone, but later they were gradually eliminated.

With the advancement of the times, even artificial intelligence will continue to update and deny its past self.

But at least for humans, this is the correct answer at this stage.

China is already learning, while Japan is still dreaming of becoming the Go kingdom.

The way of heaven is clear, and change is constant.

Change is the way of heaven. If you think outside of your own box, you will be able to understand the changes of heaven and earth.

PS: South Korea's Samsung Cup did a good thing. It changed the original rule that only one person from China could participate in each group. Now, as long as you register, you can participate in the comprehensive preliminaries, which has also dramatically increased the number of people in the comprehensive preliminaries.

In addition to the 14 places that have already been reserved, there are 18 places for comprehensive preliminaries. Basically, it can be said that there are a lot of 9th dan players in each group (although there are quite a few Korean 9th dan players), but China's top players have basically all participated, and you can even meet the top Chinese players in the same group in the second round.

Lao Ke also participated in this comprehensive preliminaries, but theoretically he should have enough points, right? The top four in the World Series also have points.

(End of this chapter)