Literary Master 1978.

Chapter 234 When in doubt, point three

Nie Weiping is now not yet 30 years old, but he is already a leading figure in the domestic Go community, but he is still far from reaching his peak.

He was very interested in the Go patterns, layouts and routines that Lin Chaoyang mentioned. After continuous questioning, he was no longer satisfied with this question-and-answer format.

"Do you have time now? Why don't we play a game of chess?"

"This……"

Nie Weiping looked at his hesitant expression and remembered that Lin Chaoyang still had work, so he said, "I forgot that you still have to go back to work. I'll come see you on Sunday."

Don’t worry!

Isn't it just being abused? Anyway, it has to be abused sooner or later. The sooner it is abused, the sooner it will be reborn. Being abused on Sunday will ruin the good mood of the whole day.

Putting down the psychological burden, Lin Chaoyang said cheerfully: "Let's do it now. I'll ask for leave from my colleagues."

Nie Weiping said happily: "Okay."

Lin Chaoyang returned to the library and asked for leave. Nie Weiping asked again, "Where are we going to play chess?"

"Come with me."

Lin Chaoyang led Nie Weiping to Langrun Lake Apartment. The Overseas Chinese Apartment was a bit far from Yanda University, so it was better not to bother with that and just play a few games at his father-in-law's house.

When they walked downstairs, they saw Tao's mother standing under a tree chatting with her neighbors.

Lin Chaoyang greeted Tao's mother and introduced Nie Weiping.

In recent years, Nie Weiping's name is no stranger to the ears of ordinary people. When he helped the Chinese team win the China-Japan Go competition in 1976, Nie Weiping's deeds were widely reported in the country. Anyone who pays a little attention to the news basically knows him.

When Tao's mother heard that Nie Weiping was coming to play chess with Lin Chaoyang, she was surprised. Before, she only knew that her son-in-law could play Go, but she didn't expect that a national player like Nie Weiping would come to play chess with him.

"Mom, let's go upstairs first."

After saying hello, Lin Chaoyang said something to Tao's mother.

"Oh, fine, go ahead, your dad and your Uncle Zhu are at home."

Mother Tao watched Lin Chaoyang take Nie Weiping upstairs. A neighbor nearby said with envy, "Your Yushu is really discerning. She found a husband as talented as Xiaolin."

Mother Tao suppressed the smile on her face and said, "They are in a free love relationship. Chaoyang even saved Yushu's life."

"Really? I didn't know this before. What's going on?"

"It's a long story..."

When Lin Chaoyang and Nie Weiping went upstairs, Tao's father and Zhu Guangqian were playing chess. When they greeted each other, Zhu Guangqian took the time to look up, and his expression was immediately stunned. He pointed at Nie Weiping with surprise on his face.

"Nie Weiping!"

Hearing his old friend's call, Tao's father turned his eyes to the young man next to his son-in-law. Nowadays, the media is not well developed. Except for those movie stars, ordinary people are familiar with many celebrities by name, but have no idea what they look like.

Zhu Guangqian stood up and walked over. "Is that Nie Weiping?"

Lin Chaoyang introduced: "This is Professor Zhu Guangqian from Yanda University."

Nie Weiping smiled and shook hands with Zhu Guangqian, "Hello, Professor Zhu, I am Nie Weiping."

"It's really you!" The old man held Nie Weiping's hand, his face somewhat excited.

After some pleasantries, Zhu Guangqian quietly asked Lin Chaoyang: "How do you know him?"

Lin Chaoyang had an unfathomable expression on his face and said, "I can't say it, I can't say it!"

Seeing that he was keeping the secret, Zhu Guangqian looked unhappy and approached Nie Weiping to ask.

"I'm here to learn chess from Comrade Chaoyang."

Nie Weiping's words not only surprised Zhu Guangqian, but also showed an uncontrollable surprise on Tao's father's face.

Nie Weiping, a national player, is coming to exchange chess skills with Lin Chaoyang?
"Is his level high enough to compete with you in chess?" Zhu Guangqian pointed at Lin Chaoyang and asked Nie Weiping in disbelief.

"Comrade Chaoyang has his own unique understanding of Go, and I was quite inspired when communicating with him."

Although he was unwilling to admit it in his heart, since Nie Weiping said so, Zhu Guangqian could not comment any more.

"Then you guys come down."

He took the initiative to give up the chessboard, and then stood firmly behind Nie Weiping.

It's a rare opportunity to watch national players play chess at such a close distance. I have to learn well and also see how Lin Chaoyang gets beaten.

Nie Weiping and Lin Chaoyang both sat down, each of them took back their chess pieces, cleared the chessboard, and Lin Chaoyang played black.

"Comrade Chaoyang, please!"

Nie Weiping extended his hand towards Lin Chaoyang. His originally lazy and sloppy temperament changed drastically in an instant, as if he had become a different person. Even his eyes became sharp.

In front of the chess master, Lin Chaoyang did not dare to be careless. Even though he knew that his strength was far inferior to that of the opponent, he still showed his full fighting spirit.

There is a saying in the AI ​​era: When in doubt, click 3.

With the powerful computing support of AI, the point-three-three pattern, which can be used for offense or defense, is one of the most common openings.

In the first four moves, each side occupied two three-three positions, and then in the fifth move, the black chess piece was placed where the white chess piece was placed in the second move.

After a fierce battle between the two sides, all the black pieces were pushed to the bottom by the white pieces, but at this time the black pieces suddenly jumped out and ran to the sideline to open up another battlefield.

Looking at the situation on the chessboard, Nie Weiping couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Lin Chaoyang's black chess pieces were pressed in a low position, so it was understandable that he wanted to find another way out, but why did he not move the other three corners but instead run to the sideline of the second road to make a move?
Unable to guess Lin Chaoyang's thoughts, Nie Weiping could only continue playing. After 24 moves, the white and black pieces were facing each other on the second and third roads, and the difference was clear. The black pieces had 5 breaths, and as long as the white pieces could grow 6 breaths first, they could kill the black pieces.

At this moment, the black chess piece suddenly forced its way down. Nie Weiping quickly made the 30th move to split the chess, and then made a jump with the 32nd move, a long move with the 34th move, and then a connection with the 36th move, making the most of the advantage of the white chess piece and forcing Lin Chaoyang to make up the chess piece.

Unexpectedly, Lin Chaoyang not only did not make up for the chess piece, but also forced the game to be evenly matched again. After feeling the strangeness of Lin Chaoyang's thinking, Nie Weiping could only play a delaying tactic and take it slowly.

After 50 hands, he felt that Lin Chaoyang's level had dropped significantly, and it did not cause him much pressure until the end.

The result, of course, was that Lin Chaoyang was defeated. He only had three tricks in the layout phase. He only had the unexpectedness of AI Go, but did not have strong computing power to support him.

Fighting against Nie Weiping was like a donkey from Qian meeting a tiger. Apart from being able to scare the opponent with his weird appearance at the beginning, he was completely defeated afterwards.

After the game was over, Nie Weiping recalled the game, especially the layout stage. He felt that Lin Chaoyang's chess skills were not very high, but his style of play was indeed different.

"Who did you learn chess from?" he asked.

"No one taught me. I learned it by myself." Lin Chaoyang said casually.

Nie Weiping nodded. If he was a wild-style player, this move that deviated from the traditional way of thinking in Go would be understandable.

The key is that facing Lin Chaoyang's unexpected Go thinking, his thoughts became active and very inspiring.

"Let's play another game!" Nie Weiping invited.

"It's still raining?" Lin Chaoyang said with a bitter face.

It's fun to bully the weak, but it's not fun to be bullied.

Nie Weiping invited Lin Chaoyang warmly and he had no way to refuse. He played two more games with him. The result was undoubtedly that he almost lost all his pants.

In the end, Lin Chaoyang's facial features were wrinkled and he looked worried, and Nie Weiping was too embarrassed to go any further.

Seeing Lin Chaoyang being beaten badly by Nie Weiping for three rounds, Zhu Guangqian, who was watching the game, felt indescribably happy.

You usually show off to me, but you finally got beaten this time, right? You were totally powerless to fight back, it was so satisfying.

He was gloating in his heart, but he still had to be careful about his demeanor. Zhu Guangqian said earnestly: "Chaoyang, your level is not good enough!"

Lin Chaoyang glanced at him, and there were four words clearly written on his face: a villain succeeds.

Thinking about how he had bullied the newbie for such a long time, perhaps with some guilt in his heart, and out of a desire to compensate Lin Chaoyang, Nie Weiping said, "Comrade Chaoyang is quite good, and his chess moves are unique. If we only talk about the first fifty moves, I may not be able to beat him."

Hearing Nie Weiping's words, Zhu Guangqian's face was full of surprise, and even Tao's father beside him looked surprised.

They saw it clearly from the side just now. Lin Chaoyang was suppressed by Nie Weiping the whole time and had no temper.

In the initial layout stage, it seems that there is a lot of movement. Isn't that normal? There are only a few chess pieces placed, so what can be seen?

No matter how Zhu Guangqian and Tao's father reacted, after listening to Nie Weiping's words, Lin Chaoyang immediately smiled and the depression of being bullied just now was immediately thrown behind his mind.

"Hey, Comrade Weiping, you're too polite. I heard that your first fifty moves were said to be invincible in the world. How can I compare with you?"

Although he spoke modestly, Lin Chaoyang's face, smiling like a chrysanthemum, betrayed his inner feelings.

Nie Weiping said modestly: "There is no such thing as being invincible in the first fifty moves. I just thought more about the layout. I was very inspired by the few games I played with you. Come on, let's review them."

Today’s Nie Weiping does not have the reputation of being “invincible in the first fifty moves”; he said this himself in an interview after he reached middle age.

Nie Weiping pulled Lin Chaoyang to review the chess game just now. For an expert, reviewing the game can help him to clearly see the gains and losses, but Lin Chaoyang is still some distance away from being an expert. He can only show his presence in front of Liang Zuo, Zhu Guangqian and other rookies.

When analyzing the first few dozen moves, he could still explain the logic of his layout clearly, but he couldn't explain it clearly later on and could only say that he relied on his feeling.

After reviewing the game, Nie Weiping said with some regret: "You are really imaginative and wild in your layout, but it's a pity that you are old now and it is almost impossible to make further progress. Otherwise, you can really spend more energy on this aspect."

Lin Chaoyang said with a smile: "Go is just a form of entertainment for me."

Nie Weiping nodded and said, "I have gained a lot of inspiration from playing these few games with you. I will think about your layout carefully when I go back. It is indeed quite interesting."

The two chatted for a while, and then Nie Weiping said goodbye to Lin Chaoyang.

"I'll play chess with you next time I have a chance."

Lin Chaoyang smiled bitterly, "I play chess for fun. You can come to me for drinks and meals, but forget about playing chess."

Hearing this, Nie Weiping couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Okay, I'll come drink with you next time!"

After Nie Weiping left, Lin Chaoyang packed up the chessboard. Seeing that Zhu Guangqian still had a look of satisfaction on his face, he said, "Come on, let's play two games!"

Having just been bullied, he also needs to bully the weak ones to get back into a good mood.

"Your level is too average and I'm not interested." Zhu Guangqian said disdainfully.

"I think you are feeling guilty, right?"

Zhu Guangqian sneered, "I don't know who was killed just now."

Lin Chaoyang listened to his sarcasm without any shame or anger on his face, "He is a national player. Why should I be ashamed of losing to him?"

After saying this, Zhu Guangqian was almost invincible. He stammered, not knowing how to fight back.

At this time, Lin Chaoyang took advantage of the victory and continued to attack, "Did you hear that just now? Nie Weiping praised me for my good layout and said that he might not be able to beat me in the first fifty moves."

Encountering a fatal blow, Zhu Guangqian's defense was successfully broken, and he muttered stubbornly.

"I was just being polite, but you took it seriously. You're a bad chess player, but you think well."

(End of this chapter)