In the next half day, Li Xiaoqiang put away the laziness in front of him. He became "serious and nervous" again.

"He looks very similar to what he looked before last year's match against Hirokuku, Yamachi. It can be seen that Xiaoqiang obviously did not make any preparations for the next game. Kyuku, Awaji and Hiroku, Yamachi, are of the same level. Then the final result..."

Li Xiaoqiang's performance fell into the eyes of those who are interested. Naturally, many people are worried about him. At the same time, it makes people look forward to his performance more:

"After more than half a year, how far has his level been improved? Now everyone can be sure that his Go level has indeed improved. And it has made great progress. But with his current real level, can he shake Japan's strong nine in a "encounter battle" similar to tomorrow..."

At this time, even Zhang Zhidong, who was "savage", was a little worried about Li Xiaoqiang. He saw it with his own eyes last year's game. In the game against Hiroshi Yamachi, Li Xiaoqiang began to fall behind in the order of the game. After playing a whole game, there was basically no obvious chance. He didn't even have a chance to counterattack, which can be said to be a real complete defeat. It is more like a complete defeat than Ida's "complete defeat". Ida at least has the opportunity to counterattack.

After dinner, Zhang Zhidong found Li Xiaoqiang again:

"Xiaoqiang, you don't have to take what I said in the morning to heart. Everyone knows that our country's Go level is behind, so we can't blame the old predecessors in our country's Go world. You must know that the country is prosperous, and the chess is prosperous..."

Li Xiaoqiang waved his hand and interrupted Zhang Zhidong's words:

"Haha, I know what you mean. You are afraid that I will act irritated and insist on showing something different in tomorrow's game. Hence, I have lost my normal mind. I can give you a clear idea now. You haven't mentioned the Chinese ancient chess before. I really haven't thought about how to play this game. If you just collided with Mr. Awaji like this, I guess I won't have much chance of winning or winning. Speaking of which, I have to thank you, haha, it's just that you mentioned the "sub-effect" issue. It makes me feel that winning or losing is hard to say, but I will definitely cause more trouble for Mr. Awaji."

Zhang Zhidong looked at Li Xiaoqiang carefully and confirmed that he was not joking:

"That's good, that's good, I'm just afraid you will be affected. But to be honest, are you sure that Chinese ancient chess has a role in your preparation for battle? We all know that Chinese ancient chess has great power, but when it comes to understanding the effect of the pieces, it should be that Japanese Go is powerful, right? People have already theorized such things and explained them clearly in all aspects. And Chinese ancient chess, it seems that they can't see such things."

"Hahahaha, OK, I said, reporter Zhang Da, he actually discussed this issue with me. Not bad, it seems that you have a little understanding of Chinese ancient chess. You also know that you have compared Chinese ancient chess with Japanese Go. There is progress, there is progress."

Zhang Zhidong smiled bitterly in his heart. He said, of course I have made progress. Is it easy for me? If I weren't afraid of affecting your emotions, I would come to discuss such "technical issues" with you. Now who doesn't know you, Li Xiaoqiang? You are just a dull person. If you want you to say a few more words, I can only try to talk to Go.

Li Xiaoqiang seemed to have no idea what Zhang Zhidong meant. When it comes to Go, his eyes were shiny, his eyebrows were dancing, and he continued to talk nonstop:

"It is too superficial to describe ancient Go in China as "powerful". Their understanding of Go is not inferior to Japanese Go even in pure theory. From a certain perspective, Chinese ancient chess is even closer to the essence of Go. I have always believed that Japanese Go is not qualified to look down on Chinese ancient chess at all. Yes. They are not qualified! What they have is just arrogance and prejudice! Hehe, what they don't know is that the Chinese ancient chess they have always looked down on actually them. Not only do they look down on them, but they are even to the point of being dismissive and not worth mentioning. Haha, this is really an interesting thing..."

"There is something like this? Why don't I know?"

It is obvious that Zhang Zhidong was taken into the ditch by Li Xiaoqiang. According to his original intention, he came to chat with Li Xiaoqiang this time, just hoped that Li Xiaoqiang would prepare for the battle with peace of mind and not be affected by "gratitude and grudges from the teacher". In other words, he came to do Li Xiaoqiang's "ideological work", hoping that through chat, he could "instruct and enlighten" Li Xiaoqiang. Unfortunately, the "talk" has been carried out so far, and I don't know whether the purpose of "instruction" has been achieved. Zhang Zhidong's gossip fire is burning.

In the history of exchanges between China and Japan, the "one piece of the two battles" by the Tang Dynasty chess player Gu Shiyan belongs to "ancient Go". This is to use it to show that Chinese ancient chess is better than Japanese Go, which obviously cannot count and lacks persuasion. After Dao Ce created Japan's "modern Go", the exchanges between China and Japan's Go have been relatively small. Especially the Chinese Huanglongshi Chess Saint and Japan's Dao Ce Chess Saint, they basically belong to the same era. The two epoch-making Go masters did not leave any communication records, which is really a very regrettable.

In the history of modern Go, Zhou Xiaosong, who was the last "national player" level of Chinese ancient chess, left no record of communication. When China and Japan began to communicate, due to well-known reasons, Chinese ancient chess began to decline in many aspects. No player who could reach the "national player" level was produced. The subsequent communication history shows that Japanese Go is better than Chinese ancient chess. In fact, it cannot count and lacks persuasion.

Old Mrs. Ito swept the Chinese chess players back then. This was actually a landmark event. It seemed to have sentenced the death penalty for ancient Chinese chess. At that time, everyone realized that Chinese Go was almost all-round behind compared to Japanese Go. To defeat an opponent, you must start by learning from your opponent. This seems to be the only path and there is no other choice. Indeed, Chinese Go also did this, and it did a very good job.

Unfortunately, while learning Japanese Go, no one pays attention to Chinese ancient chess anymore. Many people say they respect Chinese ancient chess on the surface, but they actually disagree with them in their hearts.

Zhang Zhidong is such a person. Through Li Xiaoqiang's "long-term influence", Zhang Zhidong gradually became a little interested in ancient Chinese chess. However, the concept he developed since childhood was deeply rooted and still regards the Japanese Go style as the truth.

Japanese Go looks down on ancient Chinese chess, which is considered to be understandable in this era. Now, I heard from Li Xiaoqiang, the "successor of ancient chess", that Chinese ancient chess seems to have looked down on Japanese Go...

Zhang Zhidong's rationality told him that Li Xiaoqiang was obviously planning to make a fool of himself. However, as a good patriotic young man, he still wanted to hear the "glorious deeds" of his ancestors. Even if he was to satisfy his yy psychology.

"Hehe, you, the "Japanese Go expert", seem not competent enough. At the peak of Chinese ancient chess, although Chinese ancient chess and Japanese Go have not been directly communicated, there are still indirect communications. Don't forget that there was a famous retirement incident in Japanese Go. The head of the "Inoue Family" back then..."

"You mean, ancient Ryukyu Go..."

"Hahaha, have you finally remembered it?"

There was once an "indirect exchange" between Chinese ancient chess and Japanese Go. The bridge of this indirect exchange was Ancient Ryukyu. Ancient Ryukyu is now Okinawa, Japan. However, in ancient times, it was once a country, not only a country, but has always been a "vassal state" of China.

Although the country of Ryukyu is small, the chess style is very popular. In history, there have been many exchanges between Japanese Go and Ryukyu Go. Since ancient Japanese Go was "officially run", this is recorded in the history of Japanese Go.

Daoce was the first "chess saint" in ancient Japan. He had outstanding strength and had a high evaluation of his chess skills until modern times. He was considered a "celebrity with the thirteen-stage level". Of course, this statement has a great bragging element, but it still has a certain basis. This basis is because he had no opponent in their country, and the second place was the eighth-stage level at that time. That is, Japan's "quasi-famous". Daoce once let their "quasi-famous" win two sons and fight. This is the origin of the "thirteen-stage level".

After Japan established the rank system, it was very important to "chess". In the fight between different ranks, the "chess" regulations are very strict. The nine-day and eight-day chess game are "first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-first-firs

To make the two sons "chess share" is a gap between the fourth and fifth sections. Dao Ce can make the eighth section and two sons win in battle. According to Japanese rules, it is not an exaggeration to say that he has a thirteen-section level. Of course, whether Dao Celebrity is too high or the "quasi-celebrity" is too poor, we will not evaluate it here.

Daoce's reputation spread to Ryukyu. At that time, the number one expert in Ryukyu ran to Japan. He wanted to get a Japanese "Exemption Certificate". The "Exemption Certificate" is equivalent to the current level certificate. The "Four Great Masters" in Japan are all qualified to issue level certificates, but they stipulate that more than five stages, that is, what they think is "high stages", only the "chess office" is qualified to issue, and they must pass the "Yuqi City" competition to calculate.

The first master of Ryukyu was very determined, and he asked to get a "high-level" exemption certificate. Because this belongs to the category of "international exchanges". Of course, Japan had to treat it differently, so he sent Daoce to take action. Daoce and "the first master of Ryukyu" played two games, both of which gave four pieces, and the result was one win and one loss. This made the Ryukyu people admired them and were embarrassed to ask for the "high-level" certificate. Because he could feel that Daoce was making himself. After winning the first set, he was obviously at ease in the second set, and he showed mercy.

After the first master of Ryukyu returned to their country, such results were of course difficult to explain. There was no way, so he had to praise Daoce and Japanese Go to the level of amazing. After all, he was the "No. 1 master" and was still very influential in their country. In the past, Ryukyu Go was learned from ancient Chinese chess, but now he has played all of them.

After decades, the new generation of "No. 1 Master" of Ryukyu ran to Japan again and pursued a "high-level" exemption certificate. This time, the disciple of Daoce, who was not as good as the master, but he still lived up to his mission, allowing the three masters to still win the No. 1 Master of Ryukyu. This game of chess is very famous in history and is very thrilling. The chess score has been passed down and is called "a famous game for conquest" in Japan.

Ryukyu Go continued to lie on firewood and taste gall, and continued to pursue it. After several decades, the third generation of "No. 1 Master" ran to Japan again. The situation this time was finally different. At this time, the "Honinbo Family" in Japan was at a low point. The "Four Masters" in Japan fought very well for a "chess institute". Due to the previous two examples, the opportunity to communicate with Ryukyu Go was also considered by them as a great opportunity to "win reputation". Through open and secret struggles, this opportunity to "communicate" was snatched away by the "Inou Family".

The Inoue family originally wanted to "win reputation", but they didn't expect...

Two people came to Ryukyu this time and played two games with the head of the Inoue Family and "Ji Mu". "Ji Mu" means "successor" or "shao leader". The result of the game was beyond the expectations of many people. This time, Japanese Go was beaten up all over the ground. "Inoue Family" lost the face of Japanese Go.

After decades and generations of efforts, Ryukyu Go finally got what it wanted!

When they asked for the "Exemption from the Case", the Inoue family was bitter because they were not a "chess office" and were not qualified to issue high-level certificates, so they had to issue a four-level certificate to Ryukyu Go through a private agreement.

Although it was only a four-stage certificate, this victory caused a great sensation in Ryukyu. It also expanded the confidence of Ryukyu Go. They had studied Japanese Go for decades, and like many people who had learned Japanese Go, as long as they had learned such "study room chess", they would look down on ancient Chinese chess.

Not to mention that era, this has been the case until modern times. Not only are there amateur Go, but there are actually many "professional study chess".

Ryukyu Go became a limelight in Japan, thinking that it should be famous in China. They even fantasized about sweeping the Chinese Go world.

A few years later, the third generation of Ryukyu Go "No. 1 Master" ran to China. At this time, it happened to be the highest peak of ancient Chinese chess, Fan Xiping, Shi Xiangxia was the chess saint, Cheng Lanru, Liang and Wei are the dignified national players. China's "Four Great Masters of Go" are also well-known.

From a geographical point of view, Ryukyu people traveled to China. It should be the current Jiangsu and Zhejiang area. In this area, it was also a very popular chess style in my country during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In addition to the capital, this area should be regarded as the center of Chinese ancient chess activity. At this time, Chinese Go had no "official run". Basically, it was mainly "tea house Go". Ryukyu people easily found a place to play Go in this area.

People in Ryukyu have been influenced by decades of "advanced theories". Of course, they don't like such "tea house Go". After observing in the teahouse for a few days, they thought that the Go played by the Chinese was vulgar and had no master's style at all. Their self-confidence further expanded. They asked directly in the teahouse:

"Who is the highest Go player in China now? Where is it?"

A chess friend told them that the two chess saints Fan Xiping and Shi Xiangxia are the most advanced now. They usually play in the capital, but because the Go play in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is very developed, they often come to this area. The famous "Danghu Ten Games" was played in this place.

"Oh? Are they not far from this place? How can we find them?"

"What are you doing with Mr. Fan and Shi? He admires their name. Do you want to learn chess? If you want to learn chess, I would like to remind you here that you'd better find Shi Qisheng, not Fan Qisheng. Although Fan Qisheng's level is high, he is lazy by nature and probably doesn't have much patience to teach chess..."

"Who wants to learn chess with them? I just want to learn and see what the highest level of Chinese Go is like?"

As soon as he said this, the Chinese chess friends around him were stunned. You should know that in this era, the word "chess saint" was not a random call. The two of them were able to "be called saint" alive, which shows their status in the minds of chess fans. What's more, in ancient my country, we Chinese always felt good about ourselves. Now a group of foreigners say they want to challenge the Chinese chess saint...

What is certain is that this group of Ryukyu chess players did not meet the two chess saints, nor did they meet the national players such as Cheng and Liang. Even "famous lottery experts" like Hu Zhaolin and "Hu Tietou". After they confronted some "tea house go players" in China, they returned to China in shame. There was no way for them to return to China. Playing "tea house go" in China requires money. If the money is lost, they will of course have to run away.

What was the result of their fight? It is also certain that the Ryukyu chess player lost and lost miserably. This historical fact is recorded in Japanese Go. It was because the Ryukyu chess player lost to the Chinese chess player that the "Inoue Family" who issued four certificates was held accountable. The Japanese Go community felt that the Inoue Family was embarrassed. The head of the "Inoue Family" was forced to retire because of this incident.

Interestingly, this incident is recorded in the Japanese Go industry. However, no relevant records are found in China. Even the names of Chinese chess players cannot be verified. Now it can be basically considered that this is a real historical event, which is recorded in the history of Japanese Go. However, the Chinese chess players who appear are definitely not famous. They are definitely not very high-ranking masters. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were not many famous players in China. There were only more than 200 more than "four hands". According to Chinese standards, being rated as "four hands", basically he would be given 3 to 4 sons by Huang Shifan and others.

The Chinese chess player who fought against Ryukyu's "No. 1 Master" may not even be China's "four hands"! In their era, a Chinese chess player who was not even "four hands" beat a Japanese "professional fourth stage" all over the ground.

It is normal for China to not find relevant records. You can think about it. According to the concept of our ancestors, a local "amateur master" bullied a "vassal state" chess player. Although this foreign chess player claims to be their "No. 1 expert in China", our ancestors must be embarrassed to record such things. They must think that it is not worth mentioning, even if it is the local county annals, they may think it is not worth mentioning.

With such a comparison, can we still think that the level of Japanese Go is higher than that of Chinese ancient chess?

"Through this comparison, the level of Chinese ancient chess seems to be really not low. But Xiaoqiang, tell me the truth. If you study Chinese ancient chess now, is it really useful for improving your Go level?"

Li Xiaoqiang and Zhang Zhidong were happily analyzing and comparing the situation. Finally, they came to a conclusion that was beneficial to the ancient Chinese chess. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhang Zhidong asked a very realistic question.

Li Xiaoqiang knew very well what Zhang Zhidong meant. He was still advising himself not to spend too much energy on ancient Chinese chess. Indeed, modern Go must have been much richer in its content through hundreds of years of development, and its level seemed to have made great progress. In Zhang Zhidong's view, modern "advanced technology" is enough for Li Xiaoqiang to learn. Although Chinese ancient chess is good, due to the rules such as "returning the chess head", many moves are no longer applicable. If you have the ability to learn Chinese ancient chess, it is better to study more modern Go. This may be more useful.

Li Xiaoqiang looked at Zhang Zhidong, and his eyes were bright again:

"What is useful is useful! Some specific moves of Chinese ancient chess are no longer useful. But his thoughts and essence must be useful! I just told you. Speaking of understanding the essence of Go, I think Chinese ancient chess has surpassed Japanese Go. If I want to defeat Awaji Jiudan tomorrow, I must use the essence of Chinese ancient chess. Only by doing this can I have a chance."

Zhang Zhidong suddenly became excited:

"Are you going to fight with Mr. Awaji tomorrow?"

We can't blame Zhang Zhidong for thinking this way. Because most people think this way. When it comes to ancient Chinese chess, especially when it comes to good things about ancient Chinese chess, many people first think of "great power". Many people can only think of "great power".

Li Xiaoqiang looked at Zhang Zhidong with an expression of "You are very superficial, I am very disappointed with you."

Zhang Zhidong couldn't stand it. He blushed and he stammered:

"Big, don't everyone think so? Xiaoqiang, do you have other opinions?"

Li Xiaoqiang ignored Zhang Zhidong. He was in a daze there, and he was in a daze there again. After a while, he sighed quietly, as if he was talking to himself:

"Yes, what is the essence of Chinese ancient chess? Can I show it? According to my current level, it should not be able to show it. But I will definitely show it hard. I will definitely! Because only by working hard to show the essence of Chinese ancient chess can I have the chance to win, the only chance..."

At this time the conversation went on, both of them lost interest in continuing to talk. Li Xiaoqiang went back to rest and prepared for the battle with peace of mind.

Zhang Zhidong is more excited about the second day of the game. What will he see tomorrow?

What is the essence of ancient Chinese chess?

In the 2nd game of the 4th World Chinese and Japanese Go Arenas, Li Xiaoqiang vs. Awaji Shuzo.

Li Xiaoqiang entered the arena again. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!

ps: I'm back!

Thank you for your support. I won’t say anything else, just look at my performance!

Let me explain the author's current situation. The Go competition was over and the results were not ideal, so I only won the fourth place in the end. However, I accidentally became a "giant killer". Hehe, I won 3 of them in the 4th place and 6th place. The only set that the final champion lost was to me. Unfortunately, I lost to 5th place in the other two places and only won the 4th place in the end. But overall I was still very satisfied.

I would like to tell you another thing. My vacation is about to end. I used to work overseas in the company. I often needed to go to places where birds don’t poop. This time I applied to work in China, and the head office also approved it.

This should be good news for this book.
Chapter completed!