At 11 o'clock in the morning, the first "Toyota Cup" quarter-finals match was held in the viewing room.

Because this is a newly established world competition in Japan, the Japanese side still attaches great importance to this. In fact, you can tell by looking at the on-site viewing room. At such an early time, many Japanese chess players have gathered in the viewing room. The leader is none other than

Astonishingly, they are the famous "Bamboo Forest" in the Japanese chess world - Mr. Otake Hero, the chief disciple of Kugu Sect, and Mr. Lin Haifeng, Wu Qingyuan's top disciple.

However, although the two big guys are in the viewing room now, they are not sitting together watching the same game of chess. This year's "Toyota Cup" has two Japanese chess players entering the quarterfinals. In addition to Zhao Zhixun, the other one is Wang Mingwan

, Wang Mingwan's 9th dan is currently at the peak of his career. He has just won the right to challenge Japan's "Honinbo Battle", and in real history, he should succeed in the challenge this year and become Japan's "Honinbo".

Wang Jiuduan's opponent today is Liu Changhe. Because they are both Taiwanese and Japanese chess players, at the beginning of the game, Lin Haifeng, Wang Licheng and others were paying attention to this game.

At around 11:15 in the morning, as another former superstar in the Japanese chess world came to the viewing room, everyone began to focus on the game of Li Xiangping VS Zhao Zhixun.

"Mr. Takenomiya."

"Hello, Mr. Takemiya."

"Hey! Masaki, why are you here..."

It was none other than Masaki Takemiya, one of Japan's "Sixth Super League", the famous "Cosmic Ryu", and the only one who could directly call him "Masaki" in the entire viewing room was his senior brother Hideo Otake.

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After Wugong arrived, he greeted everyone else with a nod, but of course he couldn't do this when faced with Dazhu's questions. He smiled at his senior brother:

"NHK asked me to give a lecture on Zhixun's chess game in the afternoon. I'm here to do my homework."

"Haha, you're here just in time," Dazhu said with a smile: "Come over quickly and see how Zhixun is playing today."

In fact, the game has just begun now, and there are still less than 30 moves on the chessboard in front of Dazhu. After taking a quick look at it, Wu Gong frowned and said:

"Zhixun didn't play well today."

"Hahahaha," Hero Dazhu looked very happy: "I knew you would say that."

Otake does know. In fact, not only he knows, but all chess fans who know something about Japan's "Sixth Super League" know that what Mr. Takenomiya said has nothing to do with the current situation, and it is not really what Lao Zhao did.

Not very good", it just has to do with the chess style of these two people.

Although in Lao Zhao's career, his biggest opponent in his life should actually be Koichi Kobayashi. The two are the youngest among the "Six Super Players" and have played the most times, and they are indistinguishable after more than 100 games. However, because of their chess style

, more people are still willing to compare Lao Zhao and Wugong.

There is no way around this. One of the two is known as the "Cosmic Flow", and the other is a "weasel that drills the earth." Their Go philosophies are completely different, and their styles are the two extremes of Go. Even dozens of people behind them

Within this year, the entire world chess world would no longer find two players with such opposing styles.

So in this case, when Wu Gong saw Lao Zhao's opening, when he saw those two "three threes", the sentence "not very good" was almost inevitable.

"I think Zhixun did a good job today. At least his thoughts and intentions today were very clear, and his attitude towards implementing his intentions was also very determined."

Dazhu seemed to want to go against Wu Gong. At this time, the latest chess score came. After reading the latest progress, Dazhu continued:

"Look, Zhixun started with two "three threes", and now he has chosen a land-taking change in this corner. Although this is indeed a bit of a financial obsession, it also makes the piece next to him appear weak. However, this change

Black should be able to gain the first move, right? Since it is the first move, Black should not be dissatisfied. Whether it is strengthening the edge or grabbing other large areas, I think it will be fine."

"snort."

Takemiya Masaki "hummed", and he didn't say anything else at this time. After all, he just said "not very good" just because he had different ideas from Zhao Zhixun, not because he really thought that the black chess piece had been played badly.

, What's more, the person talking to him now is his senior brother. Since the senior brother is speaking for Lao Zhao, it is certainly not convenient for Wu Gong to refute at this time.

Seeing that Takemiya stopped talking, Otake Hero became even more interested, as if Takemiya had been convinced by him, so next, he and other Japanese chess players began to make subsequent changes with great enthusiasm.

Especially around 11:30 in the morning, when another latest chess record came, Dazhu saw that the actual combat process did not deviate from everyone's previous research. The actual combat process was exactly the same as a reference picture that everyone had laid out before - and this reference picture,

This is a change that everyone thinks Black's chess piece is completely playable.

Hero Dazhu seemed to be getting more and more happy. At this time, he picked up a black stone and slapped it on the chessboard. This was a "single-level jump", which was a very common "single-level jump" in Go.

, is a "single-level jump" that is known as "no evil hand in every level":

"Haha, as long as Black makes his next move here, he should be able to move completely smoothly. With this move, Black not only no longer has to worry about being severely attacked, but this move also overlooks the overall situation.

, the next move instantly generated 3 good points. In this way, the overall real-space balance is completely broken. If White does not have particularly harsh means, then I think this chess should be played better by Black, right?

Tree?"

"snort."

Takemiya Masaki let out another "hum". This time he did not answer his senior brother's question, but started thinking about the chessboard. But this time, Otake seemed to be unwilling to let Takemiya go. After asking another question,

Takemiya Masaki suddenly said:

"Zhi Xun will not stay here."

Dazhu was stunned: "Well, Masaki, what did you say? Where can Zhixun not play?"

"I mean, Zhixun won't do the "single level jump" you mentioned."

"Ah?! Why don't you take this step of "jumping"? Isn't this the only move in the current situation? So Masaki, if it were you, where would you like to take it?"

Takemiya Masaki suddenly smiled, and his smile looked a little mysterious: "Of course it would be this move if it were me. I wouldn't even think about it for a second, and I believe that among the 10 professional chess players, there should be

The 9th one is the same as you and me. The first choice is definitely here, but Zhixun won't, he is just the last one among the 10 professional chess players."

"Ah? This and this."

Seeing Otake's disapproving expression, Takemiya Masaki continued to laugh:

"Senior brother, don't you believe it? How about we make a bet? I bet that Zhixun will definitely not take this step of "jumping a single level."

It was a pity that the bet between the two of them did not come into being, because just when Mr. Takemiya Masaki said this, that is, about 20 minutes before the game was closed at noon, the latest chess records came out again in the game room.

It did not go beyond Wugong's expectation. At this time, Zhao Zhixun did not make the "single-level jump" move that everyone believed was the most considerate of the overall situation, the most consistent with chess principles, and the most upright move in the current situation. Many people even thought that this was the only move.

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At this time, he suddenly "entrusted" another corner of the white chess ----- this was already the last corner on the chessboard. You must know that the black chess started with two "three threes", and the third one

The corner is the fixed pattern for Black to take the land, and now, Zhao Zhixun is ready to take the corner of the fourth corner.

Perhaps it was because the actual combat strategy was not in line with his expectations. Hero Dazhu sighed at this moment:

"Hey, this Zhixun, how can he be so obsessed with money at this time? Is it really appropriate to grab the real money at this time? If he is taken over by others..."

"Having been beaten by someone, Black took the opportunity to "break one" out of the three lanes. Although it doesn't look like chess at all, and there is a suspicion of running into someone's advantage, but this is Zhixun's style.

, he is very happy to roam in this third-tier generation, as if he is comfortable being bossed around by others."

Because he guessed Zhao Zhixun's move, it was Wu Gong's turn to be active next. The last part before the game was closed at noon was false, and everyone's research on this game became centered on him.

Sometimes we must admit that "the people who know you best are often your real opponents." This sentence is correct most of the time.

For example, in today's viewing room, although Wu Gong and Lao Zhao have completely different styles, and can even be said to be completely opposite, in the next 10 or so moves, the actual playing methods were exactly the same as Wu Gong's guess.

Near 12 noon, Hero Otake asked Masaki Takemiya one last question:

"So Masaki, since you can guess Zhixun's moves, what do you think of his move?"

Takemiya Masaki silently looked at the chessboard in front of him, and after being silent for about half a minute, he said somewhat nonchalantly:

"Well, I remember that Zhixun once wrote an article "Advising the King to Acquire Land", so the Go community generally believes that this should be his core Go thought. But in my opinion, this is not the case. I think that instead of

Speaking of taking land, Zhixun's arrogance of "let the attack go to hell" in his chess is his most rare essence. Zhixun is now as old as the rest of us. Time has pulled Zhixun out of the front page headlines, but

No matter how the times change outside and how the trends move, Zhixun seems to be still searching alone on the chess track, looking for his own world."

Masaki Takemiya paused for a moment: "For example, when he did the "step" step just now, wouldn't he know about the "single-level jump" step? No, of course he knew. He clearly wanted to tell us when he did it like this; "I

He knows your correct answer, but he is looking for his correct answer."
Chapter completed!