Go: 50-50 split between me and AI

Chapter 223 222. Xiao Xiao Can't Laugh
"Xiao Xiao, why don't you smile, just smile?"

Seeing Xiao Xiao sitting opposite him, Ying Jie said with a smile all over his face.

In my impression, you are a big boy who loves to laugh.

Why don't you laugh when you play chess with me?
My Go game is meant to bring smiles to everyone.

Smiley, Smiley.

Seeing Ying Jie with a flattering smile on his face, Xiao Xiao really wanted to go up and give him two punches.

Happy.

Make me laugh too.

Why do you think I can't laugh?

"Why aren't you at the main commander's platform?"

Xiao Xiao looked at Ying Jie who was sitting opposite him and couldn't help asking.

From the perspective of strength, Ying Jie must have been able to achieve the position of the main general.

After all, the terrifying record of single-handedly challenging all the chess players in the country without a single defeat, no one in the whole of China dares to say that they can beat Ying Jie,
This is indeed the case. In the first few games of the Siege Playoffs after the end of the new year, Ying Jie played as the main player.

After all, if the main general guarantees to win, he can directly score two points for his team.

Therefore, under normal circumstances, a strong player will definitely be given priority on the main stage, so as to ensure that his team wins.

Xiao Xiao originally thought that Ying Jie would still be the main player in this match, so he comforted his team's main player, Lao Xie.

Victory or defeat is common in military affairs, and it is normal to lose, since no one has ever won anyway.

But when Ying Jie came in front of him, Xiao Xiao felt that he couldn't laugh.

Normal ghost, who wants to lose if he can win?
"Tactical adjustments, and the Siege has been flying all over the country recently, and I'm terribly tired, so I want to take a break and adjust.

Don't start the pre-selection for the Nongshim Cup right now, you need to adjust your condition. After all, there are only two places in total, and each of these contestants is better than the other. "

The Nongshim Cup that Ying Jie refers to is a Go team competition between China, Japan and South Korea. It is held every year. Last year, South Korea won the championship.

This year, China and Japan will start the first round of the competition. The winner will become the champion, and the Korean side will challenge on the stage. The winner can continue to accept the challenge from other countries in turn as the champion.

Until the five players from the other two countries all failed, the player country that still served as the leader in the ring won.

It can be said that it is a project where the three countries face each other every year.

Even Fusang, who doesn't pay much attention to international competitions, most of the time sends the strongest lineup in China.

South Korea has formed the legendary Nongshim Iron Gate in this Nongshim Cup for a while, and it seems that no one can break through the strong lineup of South Korea to win the championship.

In fact, it is true. If it is about five players, the gap between the top five Korean Go players and the top five Chinese Go players is not that big, not to mention that the opponent has the world's No.1 Gao Yongxia.

It can be said that it is extremely difficult to break through the encirclement of the opponent.

Therefore, it is logical that South Korea has dominated the Nongshim Cup for several times.

As for the selection of the five players from China, two of them can be exempted from being the world champions last year. If there are more than two world champions, they will be ranked according to their grades.

So what is certain is that Luli [-]th Duan and Shi Mingzhi [-]th Duan can enter without selection.

One of the remaining places will leave a wild card to prevent upsets in the trials and produce some unfavorable lineups.

Wild cards are reserved for players that the Chinese Chess Academy believes can play an important role, ensuring that the probability of the Chinese team winning the championship increases.

Others will have to compete for the remaining two spots.

The requirements for participating in the selection competition are even higher. It can be said that not only the top among the top are not eligible to participate.

Last year's runner-up in the World Series plus ranking according to rank, a total of 16 people can qualify for the trials.

Then the 16 players were divided into two groups for the knockout round, and No.1 in each group was selected for the Chinese representative team.

With the addition of the wild card of the Chinese team, a total of five people were formed to participate in the group arena.

Although Ying Jie has participated in relatively few competitions during this period, his own rating is still relatively low relative to his strength, so he is still in the stage of rapid growth.

Currently, Ying Jie has ranked 17th in terms of ratings, and if he wins two more rounds soon, he should be able to meet the qualification conditions for the competition.

After all, wild cards are generally those who can participate in the qualifiers and lose the selection. If they can't participate in the qualifiers, they will be in trouble at that time.

"Nongshim Cup."

Hearing the name of this competition, Xiao Xiao couldn't help feeling a little excited.

Young people, who wouldn't want to scold Fang Qiu internationally and win glory for the country?
The reason why Mr. Nie can be called a master of chess is that he single-handedly defeated all the six top chess players in Fusang in the Sino-Japanese group arena, winning 11 consecutive group arena victories.

He won several times from the desperate situation of one person fighting against all members of the Fusang team, and helped the Chinese team win the group arena championship by defeating the strong.

In that era, those who could win the foreign war championship were all national heroes.

This is true of women's volleyball, and so is Go.

Even now it is the same. The concept of all Chinese people is that if you are in the nest, you are not tyrannical, and you are strong if you can win foreign wars.

Of course, except for table tennis.

When you think about it, it's not just the Nationals.

The Asian Games, which will start in a few months, will definitely be more competitive than the so-called Go World Championships.

If Ying Jie can win the gold medal, that is the real glory for the country.

MD, this guy has unknowingly involved himself and these people with no way out.

Seeing Xiao Xiao's eyes about stabbing himself with a knife, Ying Jie's face was full of fear.

If Xiao Xiao dared to poke him, he would have poked him long ago, and waited until today?

Just to be angry with him, just to play.

Xiao Xiao and Ying Jie didn't know each other for a day or two, so they naturally knew what Ying Jie was like.

If it weren't for the fact that the matchup tables of the two teams are not disclosed to each other, Xiao Xiao wondered if Ying Jie came to attack him on purpose.

Conscience is very bad.

The home and away games of Go League One have been decided in advance, so there is no need for players to guess first.

Xiao Xiao got the black chess, while Ying Jie got the white chess.

The two looked at each other and smiled, as if they were back at the dojo.

Then, Xiao Xiao gave Ying Jie a trick in the first step.

Black chess, the first step, out of the eye.

In the traditional Go layout, the first move in the corner is usually placed at the position of the small target, and there are fewer moves outside the target.

However, with the development of Go theory, the first move is placed outside the eye, which often occurs in actual combat.

After the first move is out of the eye, if the opponent makes a move with a small eye, the next move of the opponent is to use a large oblique flying cover, which will produce many changes, so there is a saying of "big oblique thousand changes".

But even professional chess players think that it is not easy to defend corners, and there are fewer and more complicated related formulas.

Seeing Xiao Xiao's hands firsthand, Ying Jie couldn't help but poke his head and cheer up a little.

First-hand, do you want to do any tricks for yourself?

But Xiao Xiao's third hand immediately landed on the position of the small target, forming a worry-free corner.

He directly poured a basin of cold water on Ying Jie who was full of expectations.

Alas, nothing, just teasing you.

PS: There are three more chapters tonight.

14/17.

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