The literary giants of the late Ming Dynasty began by copying books

Chapter 166 Is this a chess game that humans can play?
  When the three of them first started playing chess, they had no feeling for the chess game. As they continued to play, they began to admire it. After playing for a while, the three people's expressions became strange.

After dozens more moves, Bai Ling, Qian Qianyi and Feng Yuanzhong were already silent before the middle of the game.

Qian Qianyi swallowed silently, Feng Yuanzhong was sweating coldly, and his hands, which were over a hundred years old, started to tremble while playing with the chessboard.

The three of them looked at the chess records given by Wang Wenlong, and the more they looked at them, the more frightened they became.

Yes, fear.

The three of them have been following the thinking processes of both parties, but the more they follow, the more frightened they feel.

Every time the opponent made a move, they felt that they could not parry, but in the next step, the other side made a very clever way to resolve it.

With Wang Wenlong's accompanying explanation, they could understand the general reasons for the moves of the chess pieces, but even so, they felt that Wang Wenlong's explanation seemed a bit too superficial.

This is a cold feeling, because Wang Wenlong's explanation is clearly beyond their horizons, but this only shows that the level of masters playing this game seems to be still higher than Wang Wenlong.

If you look up, you will become higher, and if you drill, you will become stronger.

After another move, Guo Bailing swallowed, Feng Yuanzhong wiped his sweat, and Qian Qianyi quietly twisted his already stiff neck.

All three of them felt their faces numb and their hearts beating.

Guo Bailing has the highest skill among the three, and the most obvious feeling of uneasiness - there are many moves in this game that Bailing cannot understand, and the ones he can understand make him stunned, because there is no move in the game that makes Guo Bailing feel You can think of a better way yourself.

If he couldn't see the mistake, there was only one possibility, and that was that the other party's calculation power was far superior to his.

But this is also a possibility that Guo Bailing never thought of. He has never seen anyone in the world who is faster than him in fighting and killing on the chessboard.

In this era of Go, the outcome can basically be determined by the middle game, but this game was extremely strangled and neither side showed any obvious flaws in the middle game. Instead of ending, the battle became even more intense.

During this period, Guo Bailing kept thinking. Several times he thought he saw an opportunity, but then the evolution of the chess game hit him in the face.

The subsequent moves of both sides clearly told him that he had just misunderstood the high intentions of both players. He thought it was an opportunity. If he had followed his idea and played the game, he would have been doomed. Those thoughts of his were not even a thing in front of others. It doesn’t even count!
  Over a hundred years old has gradually fallen into a state of sluggishness. He used to think that he had played invincible players all over the world and was already a national player. Compared with Wang Wenlong, he just lacked some overall concepts. But after watching this game, he suddenly felt that he He is really a duckweed in the vast sea. What does his little ability mean?
  When the chess pieces passed through the middle game, the intensity of the battle not only did not decrease, but also began to enter the real strangulation stage because the overall situation of both sides was determined.

At this time, a servant came in from outside: "My master was drunk at noon and cannot accompany us tonight. A table of wine and food has been prepared at home, and I invite the three gentlemen to use it."

Feng Yuanzhong glanced at the two of them with some fear, and his eyes clearly asked: Are you still going?
  They both swallowed at the same time.

They really didn't dare to do it anymore.

Can a human play this game of chess?

But something went wrong. The three of them lowered their heads at the same time. Qian Qianyi said, "Thank you, Mr. Li. We will go and eat after we finish the game."

The chess game has reached this level. If they don't finish the chess game today, where will they be able to eat?
  The three of them continued to play chess.

Two hundred and fifty moves later, the robbery begins:
  Before, the black and white sides were still slowly making arrangements, but now the official closing stage began and both players used their best.

They originally thought that the two sides who played this chess game just had a good view of the overall situation, but then they realized how high the calculation level of both sides was... This battle was countless times more intense than the battle chess that the Ming chess players were proud of. .

It was late at night, and the uncle, who was over [-] years old, had already gone to bed. Unknowingly, the three of them had stiffened their hands and feet, but they still gathered around the chessboard holding oil lamps.

"The last move." Guo Bailing placed the black piece on B6. He swallowed hard and felt as if his dry throat was about to split.

The three of them were in a sluggish state. The game was over, but the shock it brought to the three of them could not stop at all.

Is there really such a chess game in the world?
  This chess game has eighty pieces. You must know that both Wen and Peng only have one hundred and eighty pieces in their hands. With such a high number of pieces, both sides have gone crazy in the final stage of mutual raising.

In the final stage, White's big dragon was directly slaughtered, and fifty-one pieces were lifted in one breath, but it was still a white win.

This kind of intensity and layout ability, big openings and closings, life and death transitions, have never been seen by chess players at this time!
  At this moment, Guo Bailing had doubts about his Go level.

He used to think that he had read all the famous names in the world and was successful in Go.

But after just reading the first game of chess copied by Wang Wenlong, he felt as if he was a little kid playing nothing more than child's play.

The so-called Ming national players are also child's play.

Feng Yuanzhong asked Bai Ling in a low voice: "What do you think the chess skills of both sides are in this game?"

Guo Bailing expressed his judgment: "Now that the national players have met these two gentlemen playing chess, they still have no chance of winning even though they have nine pieces." Qian Feng knew that this game of chess was powerful, but he still couldn't help but couldn't help hearing what Guo Bailing said. Dumbfounded.

Since ancient times, there has been a standard for the first stage of amateur chess: being able to accept nine pieces from professional chess players without falling behind. This is called "Nine Pieces Pass".

Guo Bailing's words indicate that he believes that even today's national players are nothing more than amateurs in front of both sides of this game.

Qian Qianyi suddenly said categorically: "This divine book is beyond the reach of human beings! It can only be learned, not defeated."

Feng Yuanzhong and Guo Bailing looked up at Qian Qianyi in shock, and quickly understood that Qian Qianyi was looking for comfort for himself when he said these words.

If someone can play Go like this, he will never play the game Go again. Only by telling himself that this is not a game played by humans can he have the courage to continue playing chess.

After thinking for a while, Guo Bailing nodded.

"Yes, this game of chess cannot be played by humans, it can only be played by gods!"

He needs to find his Taoist heart and tell himself that no one in the world can have such strong computing power and such terrifying ingenuity before he can continue to play chess.

After Qian Qianyi's advice, he finally had the ability to think normally after being over [-] years old, but Feng Yuanzhong didn't quite believe it.

The fairy chess game was so strange that Feng Sheng decided to go to Fujian to find Wang Wenlong and ask: Who can play such a chess game?

However, this did not prevent Feng Yuanzhong from praising him greatly.

"It's something the world has never seen before. It's something the world has never seen before."

Qian Qianyi nodded in agreement: "The review of No. [-] in the world and the No. [-] chess record in the world are all here."

Feng Yuanzhong asked: "I wonder if I can make a copy of this chess record, little friend, and even show it to others?"

Guo Bailing nodded: "At this time, the chess records recorded by Mr. Jianyang, and the letter also asked us to spread them widely, and that's right."

The three of them didn't need to eat at all. Feng Qian and I divided up the chess records page by page and quickly copied them. On one side, they copied every move according to Wang Wenlong's method, and on the other side, they copied Wang Wenlong's instructions on every move. Comments were added to it, and over a hundred years of age began to review.

After copying the chess records, the three of them still couldn't sleep, so they started to review the game for the second time, and then the third time.

Li Rusong was a little surprised. It was the first time that a celebrity was so economical. After arriving at the mansion, there was no need to accompany him or hold a banquet. The three of them just stayed in the room and copied books.

Two days later, Qian Qianyi returned to Wuxi when he was over [-] years old, and Qian Qianyi returned to Suzhou. They each brought back chess records to discuss with their hometown Fang family. The five-game chess records copied by Wang Wenlong quietly became popular in Wuxi and Jiangsu, causing shock to some Sanwu Go players.

He returned to his hometown over [-] years old and thought hard, trying to learn the skills of the chess game as much as possible. He was very pragmatic. He could not touch the thinking of the chess players for a while, but he could understand Wang Wenlong's explanations.

Guo Bailing repeatedly read Wang Wenlong's explanations and gradually drew important concepts in the middle circle: opening, official position, tesuji, setting position, efficiency of chess...

Over [-] years old is a very savvy person. In fact, in the history of Chinese Go in later generations, the concepts of "official son" and "set position" first appeared in his book.

At this moment, Guo Bailing had already begun his own enlightenment, and even postponed going north to the capital to become famous because of this.

Inspired by Wang Wenlong, the over [-]-year-old Go thinking has far exceeded his original depth, and has unknowingly crossed the limitations of each era.

As for Feng Yuanzhong, after leaving Hangzhou, he went directly south to seek advice from Wang Wenlong.

When Feng Yuanzhong traveled day and night to find Wang Wenlong outside his home, he met Wang Wenlong who was about to go out.

After asking Feng Yuanzhong about his identity, Wang Wenlong was surprised at first, but then he smiled.

Feng Yuanzhong is also a leading figure in the literary history of the Ming Dynasty.

Feng Yuanzhong, whose courtesy name was Erli, was a famous calligraphy and painting connoisseur and woodcarver during the Wanli period. In fact, his identity was much more than this. He studied various literature and arts. For example, he was a famous chess player at this time and wrote about Go. "Yi Dan Commentary" and "Game Difficulties", he is even a famous calligrapher: Feng Yuanzhong's "Tianyi Mountain Calligraphy and Ink" is the most famous calligraphy and ink in the world at this time.

To put it simply, this is a versatile artist.

Recently, the entertainment content of "Xunbao" has been doing well. Wang Wenlong is planning to open a game section. Sudoku, idiom crosswords, word puzzles, and chess review can all become the content of this section. Wang Wenlong is lacking an editor like Feng Yuanzhong. Didn't he come to the door himself?
  Feng Yuanzhong asked eagerly: "Where did Mr. Jianyang get this chess record?"

Wang Wenlong said: "This is passed down from my ancestors, but I don't know where it comes from."

"It was passed down by our ancestors?" Feng Yuanzhong frowned, obviously not satisfied with this answer.

(End of this chapter)