At around 11 o'clock in the morning, in the on-site viewing room, when the latest chess records arrived here, Dean Wang Lunan, who had been paying close attention to the progress of the game, took the chess records. He first placed the actual combat progress on the chessboard and squinted at it for a while.

Then he asked Ma Xiaofei, who was sitting next to him:

"Ma Xiao, what do you think of this move now?"

After hearing Mr. Wang's words, Reporter Zhang Da gathered around him, Reporter Xie and Reporter Jia gathered around him, and even "fake chess fans" like Reporter Guo pretended to gather around Ma Xiao, wanting to hear about the biggest chess player in the entire viewing room.

How to say.

Since a Go game lasts for a long time, lasting up to five or six hours, during the morning game time, the viewing room is usually relatively deserted, and even if someone is studying, the atmosphere will not be very lively.

However, the situation today seems to be slightly different. Apart from the fact that these reporters went all the way to Tokyo, they actually have nowhere to go except to watch the game. After all, this is a world championship battle, and it is still the kind of world where "newbies" appear at the beginning.

Championship battle.

So from the perspective of a media reporter, the emergence of a "new model" in the competition is certainly worthy of attention. Although everyone still doesn't know how much impact this "new model" will have on this game, it can be regarded as a "new model".

"Highlight" is the first big point in this game so far. It is for this reason that everyone gathered around Ma Xiaofei, wanting to hear what authoritative experts have to say.

After hearing Wang Lunan's question, Ma Xiaofei did not answer immediately. He first thought about the chessboard in front of him for a while. It seemed that this was not enough for him. Finally, he took the chess score from Wang Lunan's hand and picked it up in detail.

The reporters were accustomed to this and waited patiently for Ma Xiao to make his own judgment.

Everyone plays Go, so of course most of the reporters here are aware of Ma Xiaofei's characteristics. These days, people often say "Nie and Ma are two heroes, Nie and Ma are two heroes." However, Ma Xiaofei is not as bold and outspoken as Lao Nie.

If Lao Nie were here today, he would definitely not be so stubborn. He would definitely make his own judgment right away based on his own intuition. As for whether his own judgment is correct? Do you want to do it in the future?

Correction? This is not within the scope of Lao Nie's thinking. Anyway, he is thick-skinned and has not only done this kind of thing once or twice.

Compared with Lao Nie, Ma Xiao certainly has another characteristic. It's a small thing to talk in a roundabout way, but it's already considered good if he doesn't make others sound confused.

About five minutes after Dean Wang asked, Ma Xiaofei finally spoke. He raised his head and said to Wang Lunan:

"I feel like the white piece seems to be okay."

"Oh, really."

Although he heard from Ma Xiao that "White chess is okay", Wang Lunan's expression did not become lighter. After all, Mr. Wang himself is also an eighth-level master. Before he asked Ma Xiao, of course he had his own judgment. And based on

Wang Lunan's own judgment, he believed that in the current situation, black should be slightly advantageous.

In other words, he believed that in the first round of today's final, Liu Changhyuk, who was in charge, should score a point first.

The reason why Wang Lunan 8th Dan gave such a judgment is certainly not because of his poor skills. Later generations clearly judged a standard "two-point" formula as black's slightly better move. There were two main reasons that contributed to his judgment.

The first reason is that Liu Changhe was the first to initiate this change. How to describe it? This is like the relationship between "plaintiff" and "defendant", although in a real legal sense, the status of the two

In fact, it is equality. The plaintiff may not be right or wrong. However, in most people's habits, they subconsciously think that the plaintiff is better than the defendant. It seems that the plaintiff must be more reasonable than the defendant.

At the beginning of today's game, it seems that Liu Changhe is the plaintiff and Li Xiangping is the defendant.

The second and more important reason is related to the changes that have occurred today. Today's "Vietnam Flow" "Jin Taizi must lose" can really easily give people the illusion that "Black's advantage"

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Even in later generations, everyone recognized that this was a "two-point" change, and this judgment was also supported by the Go AI. However, in the professional Go world, most players still prefer to play the black side.

The main reason for this is that after this change is completed, the black chess piece looks huge. In less than 50 moves, the black chess piece can center on the upper right corner of the chessboard and circle a piece of space from the corner to the edge.

The 30th goal is a big empty. It doesn't matter if it's just empty and long. More importantly, this big empty looks very safe. Black's chess pattern is very thick, which is a variation of the commonly known "empty, long and thick".

So now comes the question. As we all know, in Go, there are usually only two criteria for judging the quality of the situation. One is how much it is compared to the real space, and the other is the thickness of the chess piece. Since this "Golden Prince Must Defeat Variation"

Black's chess is "empty, many and thick", so why do people in later generations think this variation is "two points"?

There is no other reason, there is only one keyword: potential.

Before explaining this problem, it must be mentioned that although this change means that Black's chess is "short and thick", it is not the typical "confrontation of terrain" pattern, but the kind of "ruling across the river"

situation.

Black's chess is centered on the upper right corner of the chessboard and controls a large area of ​​territory first, while white's chess is centered on the "two consecutive stars" at the bottom of the chessboard, preparing to use this area as its own sphere of influence.

It is precisely because today's situation is like this, and the chessboard is only like this, that there is "potential".

"Yes, I think the current situation of white's chess is not bad." After playing the chess carefully again, Ma Xiaofei expressed his opinion to everyone:

"Although the black chess pieces are now thick and empty, everyone pays attention. The black chess pieces are actually limited to this area, commonly known as "one area". In other places on the chessboard, black chess pieces do not seem to have any development potential.

On the contrary, it is White's chess. Don't look at the white chess that is everywhere now. There is definitely not much space. The chess is still relatively thin, but its development potential is still great. Everyone, pay attention. White's chess is now the first move. If White's chess is played now

This, or this..."

Ma Xiaofei placed several reference pictures on the chessboard and finally concluded:

"So so far, I think the white chess piece should be okay. I can't say it has an advantage, but if it's already behind, then I don't think it does. The key to today's game, I think, is to look at it.

How does White manage its own potential? If it is managed well and its potential is fully utilized, then White will definitely be in a good situation. However, if it is not managed well, or the potential is suppressed by the opponent, there will be pressure on the real and short space.

.In short, up to now, I think the situation is still two points, not only two points, this move is actually still early, now the key depends on the afternoon, see if Xiangping can manage its own potential."

"Oh? Ma Xiao, do you think the white piece is not bad? That's good, that's good..."

Although Dean Wang Lunan said "That's good" several times, the worry on his face did not weaken at all. Not to mention that Dean Wang's original inherent judgment was still there, but at Wang Lunan's level, it was no longer

It is very possible to easily change one's inherent judgment just because of someone else's words, even if that person is Ma Xiaofei.

In addition to this reason, in fact, just the rhetoric of "business potential" made Dean Wang not worried about Li Xiangping.

Because at his level, he certainly knows the so-called "business potential", which is definitely a difficult skill in Go. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is one of the most difficult skills in Go.

The main reason why this technique is difficult is that it is too imaginary and abstract. It is not as concrete as life and death or officials in Go. If you want to master this technique well, you must have a deep understanding of Go.

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In addition to the understanding of chess, if you want to master this technology well, you also need a better sense of proportion, because the so-called "business potential" is, to put it bluntly, a question of how to "turn virtual reality into reality", that is, how to

Turn the potential of virtual flowers into real reality.

So in this process, where should we "turn the virtual into the real"? When should we "turn the virtual into the real"? In what way should we "turn the virtual into the real"? These all very much consider a person's Go level.

These things not only consider a person's Go level, but there are actually no certain rules. In quite a few cases, one has to adjust one's response according to the opponent's moves at any time, so this is definitely one of the most difficult techniques in Go.

For example, this "Prince Jin must lose variation", why does Xiao Jin, the dignified "Prince" of Korean Go, known as the second Lao Cao, must lose when encountering this change? Li Xiangping personally believes that of course it is him here

His level in this area is still lacking. Not only is he not good at managing his own potential, but he is also not good at destroying the potential of others. This leads to him losing in vain and losing in black.

In fact, it may be precisely because of this reason that this young and famous chess player has only achieved so much in his life. He was taught by Gu Dali when he was young. When he finally survived Gu Dali's peak period, he was taught by a younger domestic player.

Xiao Pu suppressed him, and the poor "prince" had been the prince for so many years and never had the opportunity to officially ascend the throne.

Shortly after Ma Xiaofei analyzed the situation on the chessboard, it was time to close the game at noon. There were less than 50 moves in the morning, which was about to complete this "variation that the golden prince must lose". And Ma Xiaofei also said that the key to the victory or defeat of this game was

It’s very clear: it mainly depends on how White manages his own potential.

During the lunch break, compared to Dean Wang Lunan's worries, Li Xiangping himself was very satisfied with today's situation and expressed optimism about the prospects of today's finals.

Li Xiangping's optimism certainly comes from his trust in his plug-in, because he knows very well that this kind of "business potential" pattern is precisely Lao Shi's strength.

Due to the existence of "seats" in medieval chess, most medieval chess players "focus on power rather than ground". To be honest, if you want to make good use of the potential on the chessboard, this type of chess player must be strong.

For those "fish first and wash later" types.

In fact, the progress of today's game was not beyond Li Xiangping's expectation. Just after 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Lao Shi made the 74th move of the game.

As soon as Lao Shi made this move, Li Xiangping saw the dawn of victory. At this time, he already felt that victory was in sight.

Lao Shi's move also received praise from the viewing room.

"Haha, what a good move! What a good move. As soon as Xiangping made this move, Black should have difficulty breathing."
Chapter completed!