1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 459 What happened to Nie Weiping?
"It's not certain who will go down!"

Nie Weiping's response was powerful.

This made the translator very stumped, and he didn't know how to explain it. He mumbled vaguely for a long time but failed to explain it clearly to the man with a mustache.

But the mustache no longer cared.

He only needed to take a look at Nie Weiping's expression to roughly understand what Nie Weiping said.

This is enough.

If he could make Nie Weiping's emotions become unstable and his state of mind unstable, then his goal would be achieved.

This is exactly: an outside trick!
Lei Lingyun said it well in "The Go Boy":
“Winning a game of chess sometimes doesn’t happen on the chessboard, you can also defeat your opponent outside the chessboard.”

Go has always been inseparable from off-board tactics.

Even Kawabata Yasunari, who was obsessed with "beauty", wrote about this trick when he wrote "Celebrity":
During the game, the Mingren's opponent, Otake, would deliberately take a long time to think for each move, sometimes thinking for more than three hours for a move. As a patient, it was difficult for Mingren to persist in such a long game.

The most classic battle in "Go Boy" - "Fang Sheng drags down Lin Xincheng" was also inspired by this plot in "Celebrity".

In addition to dragging out the game, Otake also kept going to the toilet during the game, disrupting the thinking of the celebrities.

In a game like Go, one bad move can instantly reverse the situation.

Then as long as you can influence your opponent even a little bit, the balance of victory and defeat will tip.

What is written in the novel is not exaggerated, the reality is even more outrageous.

Nowadays, players are allowed to smoke, drink tea, and even fan themselves during Go games.

This leaves a lot of room for development.

Of course, the most classic one is Bian Xiangyi’s “God’s Move”.

So what if you are good at playing chess?

With my "godly move", I can just report it directly, so won't the championship be within my grasp?

In short, off-board moves have always been a form of Go strength from ancient times to later generations, from film and television works to real life.

"What happened today was just a coincidence. Don't take it to heart." After returning to the hotel, Hao Keqiang, the editor-in-chief of New Sports magazine, said to Nie Weiping.

"New Sports" is the portal magazine of the Chinese sports industry and one of the organizers of this Go challenge tournament.

"Do not worry."

Nie Weiping agreed verbally, but today's scene still stirred up quite a stir in his heart.

Now he is the only one left in the Chinese Go national team, and he is truly driven into a dead end.

The Japanese side naturally had ulterior motives in arranging him to come here.

Seeing that our opponent, who was defeated by us thirty years ago, actually issued such an arrogant provocation to him, if we say we are not angry, we are simply not a Chinese.

Nie Weiping secretly clenched his fists.

But then a hint of bitterness quickly appeared on his face.

Although he has always been confident, he still is not very sure when facing Kobayashi Koichi.

Moreover, due to his poor health and poor chess playing condition, he made many "stupid moves" in competitions over the years and has passed his peak.

"Ugh."

Nie Weiping sighed.

He has been on edge during this period, with Kobayashi Koichi, Kobayashi's chess moves, and Kobayashi's style of play all in his mind. He sees him with his eyes open and he sees him with his eyes closed. He thinks of him when he walks and he thinks of him when he eats.

Some people even joked with him, saying that he had gone crazy.

The national team members were also shocked. Team leader Hua Yigang said that in all he had known him for more than 20 years, he had never seen him prepare so seriously for a match.

Now, on the night before the game, he suddenly didn't want to set up the chess set anymore. He lay on the bed to recuperate. When he was bored, he suddenly remembered the novel Jiang Xian gave him.
1985 8 Month 27 Day.

The Ogizaki Observatory has been very busy these days.

Under the organization of the Japan Go Association, more than 700 Japanese Go enthusiasts came to the Ogizaki Observatory to hold a Go conference.

Enthusiasts can play chess while traveling, and there are also activities such as professional chess players performing quick chess, giving instructional chess, and recognizing grades and ranks.

Quite lively.

The finale of this conference is the 13th game of the China-Japan Go Challenge held today:

"Chinese chess player Nie Weiping 9th dan vs. Japanese chess player Kobayashi Koichi 9th dan."

Under the gaze of Japanese Go enthusiasts and the cameras and flash lights of Japanese media and reporters, Nie Weiping slowly walked into the arena.

"What are you wearing?" Hao Keqiang looked at Nie Weiping strangely.

Normally, Chinese chess players wear suits when competing to show respect.

But today, Nie Weiping actually wore a red sports shirt with the word "China" embroidered on it.

Not only Hao Keqiang, but many people from the Japanese Chess Institute were also staring at Nie Weiping as if he were a monster.

However, Nie Weiping did not feel embarrassed. He was an e-person, so he just explained calmly:

“China inspires fighting spirit.”

“Red symbolizes good luck.”

Looking back ten years ago, Nie Weiping visited Japan for the first time, which was also his first time going abroad. He didn’t have decent clothes, so he borrowed two ill-fitting old suits from the Sports Commission’s warehouse and boarded the plane with 20 yuan in his pocket.

This time, he had enough money to buy a suit, but he decided not to take the usual route.

"Please come in."

Following the referee's instructions, Nie Weiping entered the game room and finally met his opponent, Kobayashi Koichi.

Unlike him, Kobayashi Mitsui was dressed neatly in a black suit, with shiny hair that lay close to his scalp.

The only thing that was a bit out of place was the folding fan in his hand with the word "fly" written on it.

Nie Weiping took a deep breath and greeted Xiaolin.

Both parties took their seats and began to guess the first move under the instructions of the referee.

"Black chess!"

"Nie Weiping plays black!"

Beijing, Yanjing Gymnasium.

All 1200 seats in the museum were fully occupied, and 300 more tickets were sold on short notice.

At present, Go games are rarely broadcast on television. Listening to Go explanations in a large venue is the best way for Go fans to understand the game situation.

At this moment, Jiang Xian's entire family also came out in full force and sat in several seats closer to the front.

"What are they happy about?"

Zhu Lin asked Jiang Xian in confusion.

Before Jiang Xian could answer, his father had already explained the confusion to Zhu Lin.

"I guess Nie Weiping will play black first, so he has an advantage in this game."

"Is there such a saying?" Zhu Lin didn't know how to play Go, but she was not the only one who didn't know how to play Go.

In addition to her, there were many people who also didn't know how to play Go and came to watch the game.

This really tests the skills of the tour guide on stage.

"Nie Weiping's first hand."

"Sixteenth column, sixteenth row."

"star."

The commentator on the stage was fiddling with the huge chess pieces.

"Kobayashi Koichi, fourth column, sixteenth row."

"star."

"It seems that Kobayashi Koichi is very confident and is not afraid of playing diagonally with Nie Weiping."

The commentator of this game was Cao Zhilin, then editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Go".

Although he has retired from professional competitions since the late 1970s, his "iron mouth" has made him famous among chess fans and he is a famous chess commentator with national influence. Cao Zhilin has a special feature when he talks about chess. He knows that after a period of buzz, many people do not understand Go. Therefore, he never shows off Go terminology when he talks about chess. He maintains a style that emphasizes both professionalism and popularization. Even audiences who do not understand Go find it very enjoyable to listen to.

At the beginning, both Nie Weiping and Kobayashi Hikaru made their moves very quickly.

Nie Weiping occupied a small diagonal eye with black pieces, and Kobayashi Koichi also occupied a small diagonal eye with white pieces.

"I see that the chess fans here are very nervous, but there is no need to worry."

Cao Zhilin took the opportunity to chat between moves, "From the past few moves, we can see that Kobayashi Koichi's moves were completely within Nie Weiping's plan."

“You may not know.”

"Before the competition, 9th Dan Nie Weiping conducted an in-depth study of Kobayashi Koichi's chess. Our national team found all of Kobayashi Koichi's chess records and sorted them by type."

"Comrade Nie Weiping, his teammates from the national team, and Chen Zude, 9th Dan, have been doing research together. It is said that they have compiled more than a thousand diagrams of the opening game alone!"

"Kobayashi Koichi is a very skilled chess player, especially in the middle and late game stages, he is very good."

"How is it so powerful?"

"He knows when to stop, that is, once he is ahead in the field, he will quickly consolidate and then completely control the situation."

"So we can see that in this game, Nie Weiping's strategy was not to give Kobayashi Koichi a real lead, but to gain ground ahead of him and force him to fight in the middle of the board."

As he was talking, the black and white pieces kept falling, and the crisp sound of the pieces landing could be heard continuously.

Jiang Xian could clearly feel that the atmosphere was gradually becoming hotter.

In the previous stage of setting up the game, chess fans in the surrounding seats would whisper to each other and comment on each move. But at this point, the voices gradually became less and less.

The chess game has entered an intense and fierce fight.

"Black has the advantage!" someone in the front seat exclaimed.

Move 47, Black chess piece, pull.

One child fell.

Even Cao Zhilin on the stage looked happy.

"You can see that Nie Weiping's black pieces are now in a very advantageous position."

"Let's count them."

"Black has 25 points in the upper right, 8 points in the upper left, and about 15 points in the lower left. So, the total number of points for Black is 48."

"There are six points of white chess in the upper right corner, and about six points in the lower right corner. The left side has about fifteen points, so the total number of white chess points is 27."

When the chess fans in the audience heard this, they immediately became excited.

"An advantage of more than 20 goals, awesome!"

"Hold on! Just keep going like this, and victory is certain!"

"As expected of Nie Weiping, 9th Dan!"

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"Don't get too excited. The advantage isn't that big."

A chess fan sitting in front of Jiang Xian said, "Look at the left side. The potential of the white pieces on Kobayashi Koichi's left cannot be underestimated. It is far more than 15 points. And now Kobayashi Koichi has the first move. Overall, it can only be said that the situation is evenly matched now."

This point was also quickly pointed out by Cao Zhilin on the stage. It can only be said that the current situation of black chess is very good, but it is not necessarily true that black chess is invincible.

"Kobayashi Koichi should not be underestimated." Cao Zhilin said quietly.

These words touched a sore spot among chess fans.

Among the six games that Kobayashi Koichi won, several of them had good starts, but unfortunately they were not able to withstand Kobayashi Koichi's profound skills in the middle and late games.

Sure enough, in the next few moves, Kobayashi Koichi's white chess pieces showed an extremely tough counterattack, trying to block the black chess pieces.

Nie Weiping's black pieces seemed a bit exhausted in several moves, and several of them made Cao Zhilin shake his head. It had little impact on the situation, and did not put much pressure on the white pieces.

"Kobayashi Koichi, first column, fifteenth row, top."

"Wow."

When Kobayashi Koichi's 72nd move fell.

The whole audience was stunned.

"how is this possible?"

"too strong!"

"The mid-game battle was in full swing, and Kobayashi Koichi actually closed the official game at this time!"

"At such a critical moment, Kobayashi Koichi seized the opportunity just right!"

"He started to take shape at this time. His judgment of the overall situation is so strong that it is simply amazing! He handled it so perfectly!"

"My jaw is dropping. I'm afraid there's no one else in the world who could come up with this move!"

Although these words may boost others' morale, they will destroy one's own prestige.

It can be seen that when Kobayashi Koichi made this move, the chess fans watching the game were speechless and were impressed by this move.

Kobayashi Koichi's sudden attack took the initiative of the situation away from Nie Weiping and took it into his own hands.

House seemingly endless rain.

Just after Kobayashi Koichi made this surprising "top" move, Nie Weiping made another evil move that made the whole audience frown, and Kobayashi Koichi followed up with a good move.

However, because Nie Weiping arranged the battle array according to the pre-conceived layout, he led the situation into a situation where Kobayashi Koichi was uncomfortable but he was particularly comfortable:
It occupies three corners and surrounds a space on the side.

So, until lunchtime, his situation was pretty good.

At lunch time, the chess game was closed, the players went to take a break, and the chess fans at the scene also left their seats to find food.

"I didn't even realize it was already noon."

Jiang Ke shouted, "This game of chess was too thrilling. I even forgot to breathe while watching it."

"Kobayashi Koichi is truly worthy of being called a 'super six' master."

Jiang Guoqing was also amazed. "Faced with such an unfavorable start, he was tough when he needed to be. He handled it perfectly. If someone else was in such a situation, they would have given up long ago, but he was able to maintain the balance."

"Yes."

In the crowd, Jiang Xian looked at the chessboard without saying a word, but in his heart he denied the comments of his family members.

"balance of power?"

"Kuroko, you are gradually falling into a disadvantage."

After lunch time.

The chess game continues.

I didn’t expect that such a jaw-dropping scene would occur while I was just having lunch.

After dinner, Kobayashi Koichi thought for a long time and ignored Nie Weiping's attack. He suddenly turned to the right and tried to separate Nie Weiping's two pieces.

Such tactics made Cao Zhilin on the stage admire him again.

This person is truly worthy of being called Japan's top-notch chess player.

He turned the tables and mastered the tactics of offense as defense to perfection.

Just when everyone was expecting what kind of response Nie Weiping would give.

"Black chess piece, eleventh column, fourteenth row."

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Cao Zhilin was stunned on the spot and stood up from his seat excitedly.

"What's going on with Nie Weiping?"

"Why would you do such a thing?"

One doesn't even need Cao Zhilin's Go level to see it, even some amateur enthusiasts in the museum can see it.

This chess game.

A shocking and evil move that ruined the entire game.

(End of this chapter)