Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 193 If you want to learn, I will teach you
Liang Zuo looked indignant and told Lin Chaoyang what had happened.

The Yanda International Students Building is home to international students from various countries. These international students live in dormitories with two people in one room, and the other roommate is a Chinese student.

School had just started that day. In the evening, Liu Guangyuan from the Economics Department was playing Go with his classmates. Fukuda Kazuhiro, a Japanese student who lived in the same dormitory with him, saw the two playing Go and came over.

After a while, Liu Guangyuan was defeated and lost ten pieces.

If it were a professional Go game, losing ten pieces would be an almost insurmountable gap in strength, but the two players are just amateurs, so the gap in strength is actually not that big.

But Liu Guangyuan was still ridiculed by Fukuda Kazuhiro. Liu Guangyuan immediately asked Fukuda Kazuhiro to take over with some dissatisfaction.

Then Fukuda Kazuhiro came up, and not only did he do that, he also won with the white pieces by a huge margin of eleven and a half pieces against the black pieces, which was even greater than the victory and loss margin of Liu Guangyuan's previous match. Liu Guangyuan was speechless for a moment.

Originally, it was just an entertainment activity among classmates.

But I don't know if Fukuda Kazuhiro was blinded by victory, he said proudly: "Guangyuan, you Chinese always like to memorize chess manuals when playing chess, but you can't learn real Go this way."

What Fukuda Kazuhiro said was a bit condescending, but it is not without reason. Playing the game of Go is a necessary step for everyone who learns Go, but it is usually something that needs to be done after one's Go level has reached a certain level.

However, there is a bad trend in learning chess in China, which is to start writing chess scores in the early stages of learning.

The greatest function of playing chess scores is to allow chess players to play against their predecessors remotely, so as to enhance their chess skills.

However, some people have misinterpreted the real purpose of this training method, and turned playing chess scores into memorizing chess scores.

Go has 19 different lines, and there is no same game throughout the ages. The beauty of Go lies in its endless changes. If you only memorize it without truly understanding the changes in Go, you will only learn stupid and dead moves.

Liu Guangyuan was somewhat dissatisfied with Fukuda Kazuhiro's condescending attitude. He took the initiative to propose a game with Fukuda Kazuhiro, but it was obvious that the gap in strength between the two sides was too big, and Liu Guangyuan was defeated again.

While they were playing chess, they attracted the attention of other students. After winning two games in a row, Fukuda Kazuhiro became quite proud and couldn't help but say a few nonsense, which immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the students watching around him.

It was just two games of chess with two bad chess players, but after winning, you don't know how high the sky is and how deep the earth is.

Everyone was filled with righteous indignation and wanted to teach this little devil a lesson, but in the end they found that no one in the entire international student building seemed to be a match for him.

This made Fukuda Kazuhiro, who had been somewhat restrained, completely tremble. He even set up a fighting arena in the dormitory, saying that he welcomed Chinese students to come and challenge him. His implication was almost that there was no one left in China to play Go.

His gesture immediately aroused public outrage, and the students decided to teach him a lesson.

Sadly, for three consecutive days, Kazuhiro Fukuda played thirteen games of chess and did not lose a single one.

Liang Zuo heard about this and went to the International Students Building to teach Fukuda Kazuhiro a lesson. However, he still lost to his opponent by 2 points when playing with black.

"That kid is really good. I feel his level is up to professional standards. Especially at the beginning, he is ridiculously strong. As long as he plays black, he will win with a big advantage." Liang Zuo said unwillingly.

Professional level?

There is a huge gap between professional and amateur levels in the field of Go. If Kazuhiro Fukuda really has a professional level, it would be normal for him to crush all the students of Yanda University.

After listening to Liang Zuo's explanation of what happened, Lin Chaoyang did not feel any anger or resentment in his heart. Japan's Go is indeed strong these days, and this is just a dispute of pride between students.

But he was somewhat curious about the "professional level" Liang Zuo mentioned, "Come on, I'll go with you to take a look."

Liang Zuo brought Lin Chaoyang to a dormitory on the third floor of the international students' dormitory. At this time, the place was already full of people. The two squeezed into the crowd and saw the two players playing chess and the game that had just begun.

"Which one is Fukuda Kazuhiro?" Lin Chaoyang asked Liang Zuo.

"Bai Zi."

The game has just begun, and is still in the layout stage. The black piece starts with the Star Wuyou Corner, and the white piece starts with the Star Xiaomu. Then the white pieces are divided and the black pieces hang in the corner...

At the beginning of this game, Fukuda Kazuhiro's white pieces were placed in the corners several times, and the black pieces defended tightly. The two sides fought back and forth, and the layout stage was very lively, and the atmosphere of fierce confrontation was clearly evident.

Unfortunately, in the middle game, Black's weakness was revealed.

"Gold horns, silver edges, grass belly, black pieces are bound to lose this game."

After thirty moves, Lin Chaoyang observed the situation of the chess game and spoke in a low voice.

If it was a professional competition, Lin Chaoyang would never dare to assert this, but this was just a game between amateur players. The white pieces successfully hung in the corner at the beginning and kept eroding the game. With obvious chess strength advantage, there was really no reason for them not to win.

Liang Zuo looked at the chessboard and said, "This is just the beginning!"

Lin Chaoyang didn't say anything either, still concentrating on watching the chess game.

As he said, Black showed signs of decline in the middle game and was defeated before the end.

"Ugh!"

Liang Zuo sighed and looked at Lin Chaoyang again, "Chaoyang, you have a good eye!"

Lin Chaoyang smiled and said nothing.

Over there, Kazuhiro Fukuda refused to play against another person. He had already played three games in a row today, and his physical and mental strength were a little exhausted. If he continued to play, it would be easy for others to take advantage of him, so he decisively chose to suspend the game behind closed doors.

"Everyone is welcome to challenge us tomorrow!"

Fukuda Kazuhiro finally said something with a smile, which made the onlookers so angry that their teeth itched.

After coming out of the International Students Building, Liang Zuo asked Lin Chaoyang, "Chaoyang, if you were on the field, could you beat Futian?"

Lin Chaoyang pondered in silence. After watching Fukuda Kazuhiro's chess game, he knew that Fukuda Kazuhiro's chess skills were not as exaggerated as Liang Zuo said.

The main reason why Kazuhiro Fukuda left such a strong impression on these students was that his layout was very strong. His playing style in the first dozen moves was extremely ferocious, and his style was somewhat similar to Kobayashi Koichi.

When the players' chess skills are similar, the player who plays aggressively will undoubtedly have the advantage.

Because during a game between amateur chess players, it is actually very difficult for them to consider what will happen thirty or fifty moves later, and the basis for victory or defeat is often laid in the layout stage.

To be honest, Kazuhiro Fukuda is only at the level of a 6th grader, but because of his strong layout ability, he left an unshakable impression on the students, and even made Liang Zuo feel that he was at a professional level.

Lin Chaoyang's Go level is actually similar to that of Fukuda Kazuhiro. If we only talk about strength, the two are almost the same.

In terms of layout, although Fukuda Kazuhiro is strong, Lin Chaoyang has played against AI chess after all. In terms of layout alone, let alone Fukuda Kazuhiro, even if Kobayashi Koichi really came, he would not be his opponent.

This is not because Lin Chaoyang is so strong, but because he is standing on the shoulders of giants. "My level is very average." Lin Chaoyang said modestly.

Liang Zuo felt a little disappointed when listening to his words. He thought that Lin Chaoyang could tell the outcome after thirty moves, and his Go skills must be very high. He didn't expect that even he didn't dare to say that he could beat Fukuda Kazuhiro.

Liang Zuo couldn't help but sigh, "Alas! I never thought that a great Yanda University like me would be humiliated by a little Japanese in Go."

"It's just a game of chess. Your bad skills are your business. It has nothing to do with the school." Lin Chaoyang said lightly.

His tone broke Liang Zuo's defense again, "How is it okay? We are Yanda University, how can we lose to the Japanese in Go?"

"So what do you want to do? Play another game with him?"

Lin Chaoyang's question left Liang Zuo speechless. His level was no match for Fukuda Kazuhiro, and continuing to play against him would only bring humiliation upon himself.

"I just don't believe that we can't find a person in Yanda who plays Go better than Fukuda Kazuhiro."

"So what if there are better players than him? Can it cover up the fact that you lost to him?"

Liang Zuo was very angry and asked, "Chaoyang, which group are you on?"

Lin Chaoyang did not answer his question, but asked: "Do you really want to beat him so much?"

Hearing this, Liang Zuo's eyes immediately fixed on him, "Can you beat him?"

Lin Chaoyang shook his head. "I can't beat him, but I can help you beat him."

"What do you mean?"

"Can we play chess in your dormitory?"

"can."

"Walk."

Lin Chaoyang walked towards Building 32, and Liang Zuo hurriedly caught up with him.

The two went up to the third floor, where all the people living were students from the Chinese Department, and everyone knew Lin Chaoyang.

After greeting everyone, Lin Chaoyang asked Liang Zuo to set up the chess pieces.

"Let's play the next game!"

Liang Zuo was confused by Lin Chaoyang's actions, but he still obeyed and played chess with him.

Liang Zuo played black first and started with Star Small Eye. Lin Chaoyang saw at a glance that he wanted to imitate Fukuda Kazuhiro's playing style.

In the first three moves, Lin Chaoyang, playing with white, laid out the prototype of Shusaku Jian. Shusaku Jian is a classic Go layout technique that originated from the Japanese player Honinbo Shusaku, who was famous for his steady style of play and overall view. Shusaku Jian was his favorite layout.

Like the player who invented this layout, Shusaku Akane's fighting style is solid and reliable, especially when he has black pieces, he can quickly establish an advantage.

However, with the emergence of the handicap system in the 20th century, the power of Shusaku Kenpo in actual combat was greatly reduced and it was gradually eliminated by the mainstream.

Liang Zuo had played the game before and understood Shusaku's style of play. He wondered why Lin Chaoyang dared to use Shusaku's style of play when he was the one playing black first.

In the next few moves, Liang Zuo became more and more confused. There has always been a saying in Go that the corner is golden, the edge is silver, and the belly is grass. It is almost an unwritten rule in Go to grab the corner first. However, Lin Chaoyang ignored his corner grabbing and instead pressed down on him with his black pieces.

The white pieces were pressing forward all the way, and although the black pieces occupied the corners, the pieces were all in low positions. After Liang Zuo made ten moves, he felt more and more uneasy, but he still couldn't understand how Lin Chaoyang played.

As more and more black and white pieces appear on the board, it seems that the black pieces are always suppressing the white pieces, occupying all the corners, and the white pieces can only retreat to the hinterland.

At this time, many people were already standing in the dormitory watching. When they saw this, they all shook their heads and felt that Lin Chaoyang's level was a bit low. Except for the first few moves which showed some good tactics, he was almost always suppressed by Liang Zuo in other moves. The occasional idle move that jumped out seemed to be of no use at all.

It was not until the 30th move that the black and white pieces began to clash head-on at the edge, with both sides advancing step by step.

Everyone suddenly felt that Lin Chaoyang's chess pieces seemed to come alive. Not only that, but the situation that had just been suppressed had now become stronger.

Especially the spare pieces that he had seemingly placed randomly, but they made Liang Zuo unable to connect all the pieces together, making him feel more and more uncomfortable.

Seeing his black pieces running out of energy and being captured more and more, Liang Zuo was in a state of panic. He wanted to find a way to break the deadlock, but he didn't know how.

In the end, he held a black piece between two fingers and swayed it left and right above the chessboard for a long time, not knowing where to put it. It seemed useless no matter where he put it.

"Are you going to get down or not?"

There is a saying in Go that goes "thinking for a long time". In a real competition, one might think about a move for an hour. But this was an amateur game, and Liang Zuo's attitude was not one of thinking for a long time, but rather one of indecision, which made everyone impatient.

The urging of the crowd made Liang Zuo completely lose confidence, and the black piece in his hand fell freely on the chessboard.

He said dejectedly: "I lost!"

At this point, the game had only reached the 87th move.

Everyone was in an uproar. In everyone's opinion, although Liang Zuo seemed to be in a disadvantage in the middle stage of the battle, he still had a lot of room to maneuver and there was no need for him to admit defeat.

Liang Zuo looked at everyone's shocked expressions and smiled bitterly.

These people are not the people involved and will never understand his despair when facing Lin Chaoyang.

Obviously he had such a big advantage in the layout stage, but when the fight started in the middle game, he found that the advantages he had previously built up seemed to have disappeared.

He couldn't understand it. He couldn't understand it at all.

Liang Zuo looked at Lin Chaoyang with a puzzled look in his eyes, "How did you do this chess game?"

"Want to learn?" Lin Chaoyang asked.

Liang Zuo nodded. If Lin Chaoyang was willing to teach him, he would certainly be willing to learn. He had never heard of this kind of layout and fighting style.

"I'll teach you!" Lin Chaoyang said in a relaxed tone.

(End of this chapter)