Rebirth of the Great Power

Mu Yuan walked into the private room where the game was played, and saw a big man with his eyes closed sitting beside the neatly tidied chess table, leaning back against the back of the chair with his arms folded.The upstairs is not as noisy as the downstairs, and the surroundings of the big man are even more quiet, as if separated by an invisible barrier.

The sound of footsteps awakened the big man who was resting with his eyes closed, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a handsome young man in a long gown sitting over, with calm eyes.

The big man looked at Mu Yuan, and said, "Is your Excellency the next opponent?"

Mu Yuan cupped his hands slightly: "It's right here."

The big man sat up straight, and first reported his family name: "I am the prince of Quzhou, and my subordinates will not kill unknown people. What is your name?"

Mu Yuan responded, "Qiantang, Mu Yunzhi."

Wang Zijing didn't say much, and pointed to the opposite side: "Please!"

Mu Yuan lifted his clothes and sat down.

Wang Zijing quickly set up the table, and said: "When the late emperor was in power, he used to evaluate chess players. At that time, I was rated as the seventh rank. Last year, I played a few games with the seventh rank chess players. Between. I don’t know what level you are?”

Although this is the first time Mu Yuan has heard of the former emperor's rating of chess players, he knows that chess is divided into nine ranks. It is also recorded in the chess records found in his room. The division and names of the nine ranks are the same as those in Mu Yuan. As seen in "The Book of Chess", "there are nine qualities of Husband's Go. One is immersion, the second is sitting, the third is concrete, the fourth is penetrating seclusion, the fifth is using wisdom, the sixth is exquisiteness, the seventh is fighting strength, The eighth is to be foolish, and the ninth is to be clumsy."

If the division of the nine ranks is related to the ranks of modern professional Go, the seventh rank is probably equivalent to the modern professional third rank.But because of the promotion system in modern professional Go, sometimes the difference between ranks is not that big, unlike the gap between ranks and ranks in ancient Go, which is very large, especially between every third rank. .Therefore, in the evaluation of the first emperor's period, in addition to the ninth rank, each rank is also subdivided into three levels: upper, middle and lower.

However, there are many folks who like to play chess, most of them can't even judge the level, just like there are many people who play Go in modern times, but very few can become professional chess players, even if they can get amateur ranks, there are not many same as people.So when you reach the seventh rank of chess, you can already be regarded as a master among masters.

Mu Yuan shook his head: "At that time, I hadn't entered the grade yet."

Wang Zijing said: "If it is a daily competition, your Excellency has no rank or level, and a certain book should be handed over or given first. But now it is a fight, so it is better to guess first, what do you think?"

Mu Yuan smiled faintly: "That's natural. It's just that you just finished a game, do you want to take a break and fight again later?"

Wang Zijing waved his hand, "No need."

Mu Yuan responded, "That's good."

While talking, he naturally grabbed a handful of pieces from Bai's chess box, and signaled the opponent to guess odd or even.

Wang Zijing was stunned for a moment. Although there is no explicit regulation, generally when guessing first, the upper hand picks the ball and the lower hand guesses.Wang Zijing thought that the other party didn't even have a grade, probably because he didn't understand the rules, and since the other party had already caught the ball, it was hard to talk about it, so he casually said "order".

Of course, it's not that Mu Yuan doesn't understand this rule, it's just that he didn't regard himself as a striker from the beginning.As a super-class chess player in the modern professional chess world, although I don't know how the level is evaluated in this era, I also know that it is impossible to be lower than the seventh rank.So when he said that he was not graded, he meant that he did not participate in the evaluation at that time, not that Wang Zijing thought he was not even qualified to participate in the evaluation.

Mu Yuan spread out his palm, and there were five chess pieces wrapped inside. If Wang Zijing guessed "Dan", he was right, so Wang Zijing went first.Mu Yuan put the chess pieces back into the white chess box, then pushed the chess box in front of the opponent, then took the black chess box and put it on the right side.

The ancients respected white, so white always goes first.After modern times, due to the decline of Chinese Go, it followed the Japanese rules at that time and changed to black first.

Wang Zijing twirled a white stone and slapped it on the six or three in the upper right corner, with Xiaofei hanging the corner.

Mu Yuan quickly picked up a chess piece, and his gesture of holding the chess piece was very professional and elegant.Mu Yuan's hand was already fair and slender, with well-defined joints. At this moment, the two middle fingers of his food gently picked up a black chess piece. The white became whiter, and the black became blacker. Without hesitation, the sixth and third figures in the lower right corner were shot, also Xiao Feihang, and the collision of the chessboard and chess pieces made the sound of gold and stone.

Next, Wang Zijing broke his hand, and Mu Yuan used Dafei to defend the corner and gain momentum.Afterwards, the two sides interacted all of a sudden, until the fifteenth stroke, they became a big angle map.So far, the battlefield of the two sides is basically on the right side, and the situation is also divided into two points. The black chess gains the advantage by defending the corner, and the white chess has a little external momentum.

Mu Yuan was very interested in ancient chess when he was studying ancient notation when he was young.Maybe it's the difference in the rules, maybe it's the difference in philosophy, there is a big difference in how to play ancient chess and later generations of Go.Later generations have debates about the chess skills of the ancients from time to time. The praisers think that the ancients were strong, and they should have thirteen dan chess skills;What is right and what is wrong, everyone can only talk about it, it is difficult to judge.

But now, Mu Yuan has the opportunity to personally experience the chess power of the ancients. For a chess player who pursues the way of chess as his lifelong wish, he must be considered lucky.

Wang Zijing is the first chess player that Mu Yuan met in this era who can be called a master, so Mu Yuan did not adopt the common moves in modern Go, but imitated the thinking of the ancients.

The previous few moves were the usual routines in ancient chess, and neither side was too out of the ordinary.

After a few hand exchanges, Wang Zijing made a strong attack, intending to provoke a fight.

coming!Seeing this move, Mu Yuan was refreshed.It can be seen from the research on ancient genealogy that the ancients usually played chess at the beginning, but the ability to fight in the middle game is beyond the reach of many modern first-class professional chess players.Although in Mu Yuan's point of view, the current situation is not the only choice to fight, it would be good to take off first and touch it on the left.It's just that he was already looking forward to this battle, and naturally he would not take the initiative to avoid it. What's more, when playing chess, "peace" is often the key to victory. The opponent has won ten games in a row, and the momentum is already high. Fighting, on the contrary, it gave the other party the feeling that they did not dare to fight. At that time, they were superior and I was weak, and their momentum was inevitably inferior.

Without hesitation, Mu Yuan leaned forward and responded to the battle with the same force.

The chess records of these moves were quickly recorded by the waiter in the room, and then passed on to the big board on the first floor. The chess spectators burst into a "yes" when they saw this move, not that Mu Yuan's move was effective How wonderful, but most of the players who watch chess are not high-level, they just like to watch the excitement, and the intense battle can arouse their interest even more.

Chess players come and go, and quickly play dozens of moves, and gradually they are distinguished.The battle on the chessboard has become intense, but Mu Yuan is still calm and calm, coping with every move without rushing.On the other hand, Wang Zijing thinks longer and longer every time he makes a move, and his brows are furrowed deeper and deeper, obviously coping with difficulties.

Without Mu Yuan’s explanation just now, not everyone watching chess downstairs can see the subtlety of the game, but as the time between the game records is getting longer and longer, everyone can feel that the game has entered a fever pitch stage.

The chess game became more and more tense, while the chess watchers were waiting for the game record, instead of discussing more and more like just now, they gradually lost their voices, holding their breath and waiting for the development of the chess game.Most people had heard Mu Yuan's subtle analysis of the chess game before, so although Wang Zijing's winning streak was full of momentum, everyone was still full of expectations for Mu Yuan.In addition, due to the odds, a large number of people bet on Mu Yuan's victory. If Mu Yuan wins, it will not only save the face of the Qiantang chess players, but also bring economic benefits.So at this time, everyone is unanimously hoping that Mu Yuan can win in one fell swoop as everyone expected.

Regardless of the mentality of the chess player, the chess game will continue to develop step by step.A hundred years later, the flames of war had already spread to the middle abdomen, implicating the entire territory in the upper right side and upper left corner.After another long test, Wang Zijing resolutely took a shot, no longer thinking about fleeing, turned around and threw in, and decided to put all his eggs in one basket to decide the outcome.

In this situation, although the white chess was forced by the black chess, it also took up a lot of ground in the process of tossing and turning. It is inevitable for White to take the upper hand.On the other hand, if white can't make a living and has been slaughtered by dozens of dragons, and black already has external momentum, even if there is still room for competition outside, the number of eyes is not enough. other way.

For both sides, this is a game that must be contested.

Although the situation was tense, Mu Yuan was very calm. If he couldn't handle such a situation, he would have dominated the chess world for more than ten years in vain.

Mu Yuan also sighed in his heart, as expected of an opponent with seventh-rank chess strength, his combat power is really good.

Mu Yuan himself is not a strong chess player, because he prefers to move around and win without fighting.But it doesn't mean that he is not good at fighting with strength, he has also played several games that can be called classics of strength fighting.Among the top-notch chess players in the modern professional chess world, there are also a few typical strength-playing players. Mu Yuan has always won a lot of games against them, so he is also good at dealing with strength-playing players.

Although ancient chess players are different from modern chess players in many aspects, they remain the same. For thousands of years, even if the rules of Go have changed, the essence remains the same. More land wins, and more chess wins.

As another sunspot was placed on the market, "the smarter ones among the onlookers gasped, and one of them murmured, "I won! "

This low sound was like a stone thrown into the calm water, instantly causing countless waves, and people who couldn't understand at the side asked one after another, "How is it, who wins?"

"Do you still need to ask? Black must have won." Although he couldn't see the beauty of this move, it was not difficult to judge who lost and who won.

"Tell me quickly, how did you win? Isn't there still room for success?" This is not enough level to understand.

The one who whispered that he won just now shook his head and sighed, "Black's move just now has destroyed an inevitable eye position of white. White can no longer make two real eyes, so there is no way to survive. High, It's too high!"

Sure enough, Wang Zijing over there was covered in cold sweat, held up the chess piece and looked at it for a long time, finally put it down, sighed, bowed his head and said, "I lost."

Mu Yuan lowered his head slightly, and said in a low voice, "Accept!"

Although I regret not being able to complete the official game, but in the situation just now, the opponent is ready to fight, if I shrink back, I am afraid that I will lose my momentum, even if I win in the end, I am afraid that I will not be happy, so I can only do it with all my strength.

Wang Zijing wiped the sweat from his forehead, cupped his hands and said: "Your Excellency is very good at chess, I admire you very much."

From the beginning of the game, he didn't have the slightest advantage. Although the opponent's chess moves seemed flat, but his attitude was leisurely and stable, and he couldn't find any flaws in his seemingly ordinary moves.Although there are not many good hands, there are almost no slow hands, let alone doubtful hands, which makes people feel that there is still room for strength.Wang Zijing believed that he would not be an opponent in the next few games, so he simply conceded defeat and did not make any entanglements.Qiantang deserves to be a land of outstanding people, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

The author has something to say: the opening of the chess game refers to a game record of Huang Longshi and Zhou Donghou, Huang Longshi plays black and Zhou Donghou plays white.The latter part is nonsense, if there is anything inappropriate, please point it out.