Go: Is the portable old man the nine-time champion?

Chapter 100: World League Rules [17th Update! ! ! ! ! ! ! ]

"In the first game, we faced Namba Heavy Industries, a team from Japan. They are also very strong and a long-established powerhouse in the second division.

Their team consists of a 9th dan, two 7th dan, a 6th dan, and two 6th dan backup players."

After getting off the plane at Tokyo Airport and getting into the nanny car arranged by the tournament organizer, Li Zhi, the manager of the Metropolitan Bank team, began to repeat the information about the tournament.

Although there is a ninth dan in the Japanese team, the ninth dan in Japan can be accumulated through winning games, and the ninth dan in the team is one of the unknown ninth dans in Japan.

The strength of this ninth level is not particularly strong, and to some extent it is a water ninth level.

But even Shui Jiu is a pretty good player in the B-level league, so anyone who meets him shouldn't take it lightly.

At least to be promoted to the ninth dan in Japan, one must have sufficient competition experience, otherwise it would be impossible to be promoted to the ninth dan based on seniority.

"This year's Go League B still has 32 teams. According to the rules, we have a full team of six players, but only four can play in a game.

This time, we will play against the Japanese team with the four of you, and Zhang Laoxi will be on the bench to prevent any unexpected situations. "

When Zhang Laoxi heard this, he shrank back to his seat, feeling a little embarrassed.

When I heard that two new beginners were coming to the team, I thought they were just here to see the water dispenser, but I didn’t expect that I would be the one operating the water dispenser now.

It's so embarrassing...but there's nothing I can do about it. I lost to Yi Zheng during training, and I can't just go back on my promise.

"Our second-tier league is different from the first-tier league. We don't have a playoff and regular season. We only have a single round-robin regular season, and the competition format is the same as the first-tier league.

Four games on four tables, using a temporary table system, one main table, one fast table, and two regular tables.

Each game is worth 2 points for a win and 0 points for a loss. The winner of the higher score is awarded 3 points, while the winner of the lower score is awarded 0 points. If the scores are the same, the winner of the game is awarded 2 points, while the loser is awarded 1 point.

The regular season is a single round-robin of 31 games. The teams with the highest scores will be ranked in order. The top two teams will enter the A-League, and the top two teams will be eliminated from the A-League and enter the B-League.

Therefore, the position of the captain is the most important. At the critical moment, the captain's victory means the victory of the team.

And every victory in a game is important. It doesn't matter if the team ranks low in the regular season of the First Division League. As long as they enter the playoffs, they still have a chance of winning the championship.

But the points we get in each round will determine our final ranking, so every round is very important! Even every small point is extremely important!"

Gu Zhengyu nodded when he heard this. This was not his first time playing in the second-tier league. The reason why the manager kept repeating it so much was because he wanted Yi Zheng, who was participating in the game for the first time, to understand the situation.

"Most of the time, Xiao Gu is the main player, but we will also make personnel adjustments based on the opponent's players.

It is not just about winning a single game, what we need to do is the victory of the entire team, so the Tian Ji Horse Racing tactics must be used well many times.

Sometimes you might even have to play in games you might not be able to win, facing opponents you have no way of defeating. But at this time, please put the overall interests first. Personal gains and losses must give way to the overall interests of the team, because this is a team competition, not an individual competition.

Although they had not had much contact time, Manager Li felt that Yi Zheng was not the kind of player who would get into trouble. However, some things still had to be said in advance to prevent any mistakes from happening later.

"The next point is the key point. The rules of the World Go League are different from the current number-based rules and the number-based rules. They are new rules created to promote the development of the league."

There are currently two major systems of Go rules in the world: the number method represented by China and the number method dominated by the United States. The results of a game calculated using various rules are generally the same, but there are subtle differences.

After Go became a mainstream sport, unified rules have always been a big issue, but both sides accused each other of flaws in the rules and claimed that their own rules were the best.

The essence of Go is: whoever occupies the largest area wins. However, there is still no universally accepted definition of "territory"—the rule for counting stones is "every empty space is territory" and the rule for numbering is "only the eye is territory."

Many Go rules seminars have been held internationally, but all parties insist that their own country's Go rules are the best and that no concessions can be made. Apart from some unification on non-principle issues (such as board size, time limit, and competition regulations), there has been no progress on the real issue (the calculation of Go wins and losses).

However, in order to promote the emergence of the World Go League and further improve and merge the world rules, the Chinese and American Go teams held a meeting in the Chinese capital to discuss the issue.

After discussions among all parties at the meeting, a new rule proposed by China was unanimously adopted, which combined the advantages of the counting method, the number method and the point system, so that the results of counting and number are consistent.

This is the current World League rules.

第一条：比赛采用19路棋盘，数子法规则。其中竞赛规定的贴子部分按下述执行：黑贴3又1/4子，当白先弃着时黑多贴1/2子。

However, this rule is quite difficult for players below the professional level, so it is only used in the World League.

Originally, many people believed that after the implementation of this rule, the world's rules could be gradually unified, but unfortunately, the results were minimal.

But at least it promoted the establishment and progress of the World League, which can also be said to be a huge contribution.

"So before the game, I'll have a few other people practice this rule with you to prevent any problems."

Yi Zheng nodded after hearing what the manager said. He had indeed never made this rule before and needed to adapt to it in advance.

When Zhang Laoxi heard this, he volunteered to practice with Yi Zheng. The main reason was that after losing half a point last time, Zhang Laoxi always felt that he had to win it back during training, otherwise he would feel bad.

The other team members also told Yi Zheng some precautions and tips for the competition, and discussed what delicious food there was at the competition venue.

Because the second-tier league also often flies around the world for competitions, several players seem to have some knowledge of food from all over the world.

After chatting for a while in the nanny car, a few people soon arrived at the venue of the first round of the World B League, the "Jokiwa Hotel" in Kofu City, Yamanashi Prefecture.

(End of this chapter)