MTL - Go Legend-Chapter 858 what is the truth

   Chapter 858 What is the truth

In the end, Da Li was unable to escape Zhenxiang's Law. At the end of May, in the last 3 sets of the "Ying's Cup" final, Cui Du lost two straight games, thus defeating Da Li with a total score of 3 to 1 and winning the personal award. The first world champion of his career.

   This result is not surprising.

  Because it can be seen from the game that the 34-year-old "old" Da Li is indeed no longer at his peak, and his omissions and mistakes in the middle and back games have begun to increase significantly, not to mention that Cui Du is still Da Li's nemesis—

  When Da Li was at his peak, there was nothing he could do about Cui Du, not to mention that Cui Du was almost ten years younger than him, so this kind of result was of course very normal.

   However, although the result was normal, when the "Ying's Cup" ended, another topic caused a heated discussion in the Go community:

   After the "Ying's Cup", the games of last season are all over. If you look at this season alone, the 08-09 season in the Go world can be said to be exciting and the competition is very fierce.

   A total of 6 individual world championships were won by 5 players.

   And in this year, three new world champions, Kong Erjie, Chang Hao and Cui Du, were born.

How about it? If someone has just become a chess fan this year, and he has no understanding of the past history of the Go world, will he feel that the current world chess world is thriving? Experts emerge one after another? Great game? Extremely competitive?

   And then from what he can see on the surface, he further deduces that Go has been developing? Technology has been improving? The overall level has been improving?

   Well, it’s understandable to make such inferences, because it’s human nature.

   Unfortunately, this is not the truth!

  In this one, except for the fact that "the competition is more intense", the others may not be the truth!

   Because in real history, the history of Go in real history also had several similar stages.

  The first stage was the medieval chess game in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. At that time, the Manchu and Qing Dynasties had already entered the customs, and some scholars and officials were reluctant to serve foreign races, but this part of the people, if you let them rebel, they would not have the ability.

   So in this case, they adopted a lifestyle similar to "non-violence and non-cooperation", not being an official, not political, and pinning their spirits on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

As for the "My Great Qing" who has already seized power, they actually support it. Anyway, if you play chess, it is better than rebelling. So, in that special social environment, it will cause With the abnormal prosperity of Go, in the past few decades, famous experts and masters in the world of Go have emerged in large numbers.

  It started from the generation of "chess masters" who passed Bailing, then Zhu Yuting, Zhou Lanyu, Li Yuanzhao, then Wang Hannian, Shandayou, Zhou Donghou...

   In a word, the chess world of that era was definitely bright with stars, fierce competition, and a prosperous scene.

  Naturally, when the genius Huang Longshi came out, he quickly dominated the rivers and lakes. In the end, except for Zhou Donghou and a few others, no one else could compete with him at all.

It was only at this time that everyone realized that despite the large number of masters in that period, the overall level did not improve much. Huang Longshi said it himself, but unfortunately he was already old after a hundred years. If he was still in his prime, then he might not be able to. would be so lonely.

   The second similar stage is the famous "Six Super Era" in Japan.

  I believe that more experienced chess fans will have the impression. Thinking back to the Japanese chess world in the 1980s, it gives the impression that it is the pinnacle of Japanese Go. They have a lot of soldiers, a lot of superstars, and fierce competition...

   But what about the truth?

  The truth is likely to be a stage where the overall level of Japanese Go is relatively low.

   I won’t mention the later Da Li who unified the rivers and lakes – there is an excuse to mention this. After all, Da Li and they are not the same generation, so Da Li dominates the chess world, and everyone can also say that it is the normal metabolism of the Go world.

But don't forget that in the 1980s, when the "Six Supers" were the most dominant, in the Japanese throne battle in a certain year, the 65-year-old Fujisawa Hideyuki defeated Hane Shotai to win the "Throne", and then in the second year , he ushered in the challenge of Kobayashi Koichi, the strongest in Japan at that time.

   In the end, the 66-year-old Mr. Hideyuki Fujisawa successfully defended his title with a score of 3-2!

You must know that this is a game of chess. At that time, the strongest in Japan could not win an old man who was almost old, so no matter how much you emphasize the contingency of that game, you can't say that the absolute level of "Six Super" is better than that of Fujisawa. Bar?

   Pushing the time forward again, when Hideyuki Fujisawa was in his prime, his main opponent was actually Eio Sakata--

  Senior chess fans of course know that in the case of Fujisawa Hideyuki VS Sakata Eio, objectively speaking, of course, Fujisawa Hideyuki has a slight disadvantage.

   If you compare Sakata Eio and Mr. Wu Qingyuan again….

   So through this comparison, do you really think that Go skills can be accumulated? Is it really stronger from generation to generation? During the decades of Japanese Go development, the level of the "Six Super" era must be higher than that of Wu Qingyuan? ,

  The truth should not be like this, no, it should be said of course not!

The truth is probably the opposite. The fiercer the competition in the world chess world, the more you will sing and I will appear, then it may be that the absolute level has been lowered, and the overall level of everyone has been flattened. no one.

  Similar to the first two paragraphs, that is of course the pattern of chess in later generations in real history.

  Especially after 2013 in real history, when Da Li really got old, when Gu Dali and Li Shishi became more and more powerless.

Then, with the rise of the "New Six Super Leagues" in China, many pseudo-chess fans who don't know how to play are cheering, thinking that after so many years of hard work and long-term accumulation of skills in Chinese Go, young people have finally taken over in an all-round way. surpassed their predecessors.

   But what about the truth? The truth may be cruel. From 2010 to before the birth of the dog, the overall level of the Go world was not improving. It is likely that, like the first two stages, it actually declined to some extent.

   All this was not until the emergence of Go AI, which far surpassed the emergence of all human Go geniuses, which led to the overall progress of Go level again.

   Well, to say that similar debates have always existed in the Go world, but for a long time—

  The truth is often in the hands of a few people, just as the number of denouncing ancient sects far exceeds those of chonggu sects.

   These days, the vast majority of people still believe in technology accumulation, believe in the "evolution theory", and believe that Go should be like most other things, and it must be better from one generation to the next.

   It’s just that this year, when everyone started such a controversy again, the situation seems to be different.

   There is no way, because of the existence of Li Xiangping!

The existence of    Li Xiangping made many pseudo-chess fans who believe in evolution vomit blood.

   I didn't see him as much. He announced his semi-retirement at a young age, which made some people have no excuse for normal metabolism.

  It's good now, with his living example out there, he is indeed significantly stronger than others.

   So this year's competition is fierce, lively and lively, good-looking and good-looking, but no one dares to say that the technology is improving, and no one dares to say that the current level of competition will be higher than when Li Xiangping was there.

Of course, for Li Xiangping himself, who cherishes feathers so much, he will definitely not end up and dispute with others in person, so in the face of such a big discussion, he will eat melon quietly by the side, except for occasional contempt. Some people who are extremely derogatory of the IQ of the ancient school also regard this as a hilarious event.

  The time slowly came to June 2009, and in less than a month, Li Xiangping will graduate from college, so during this time, he often stayed in school.

   In addition to preparing for the thesis defense, I just go drinking everywhere—

   Graduation season on college campuses, of course there are all kinds of casual meals.

   Well, fortunately, there are not many people who study philosophy these days. For example, in a class like Li Xiangping, there are fewer than 20 people.

   And a scumbag like Li Xiangping, apart from being his mascot, really doesn't have much presence in school.

Think about it too, think about him being the world's No. 1 Go master, but he doesn't even participate in the school's Go club, and rarely attends the school's Go activities, so how can a person like him be in an institution like Peking University? Presence? Therefore, after a circle, there are not many people who invite him to have a meal. Apart from getting together with his classmates, he really seldom walks around with students from other departments.

   But there is one person who must move, and that is his former "daughter-in-law" Cai Shanshan.

   One day in mid-June, at noon, Li Xiangping had just had a drink with his classmate Zhang Sirui, and was about to go back to the apartment for a nap. Zhao Daokai ran to the school to find him.

   "Li Daqisheng, your daughter-in-law is going to Lighthouse Country soon, you know?"

"Oh."

  Li Xiangping was a little stunned at the time. If you count it, he has not been in contact with Cai Shanshan for more than a year.

  Yes, since the first half of last year, he officially announced his relationship with Yaya, and the two never had any contact. Even Li Xiangping went to Lao Cai's house to pay New Year's greetings, and he didn't see Cai Shanshan that day.

  Li Xiangping asked, "When will she leave?"

   "I don't know, but it will be a month later. She actually completed the formalities long ago. She should leave as soon as she gets her diploma."

  Li Xiangping nodded after hearing this. In fact, in her previous life, Cai Shanshan went abroad after finishing her undergraduate studies in China.

   It's just that her study abroad is really studying abroad, and she really wants to go outside to improve her skills, because Lao Cai is only her daughter, and Comrade Lao Cai's ten thousand family wealth is still waiting for her to inherit.

   Zhao Daokai continued to smile at Li Xiangping:

   "This weekend night, your daughter-in-law said she wanted a treat, and she asked me to take you with me. Are you going?"

"Oh?"

  Li Xiangping said "oh", and then said to Zhao Daokai:

   "Go, of course."

   (end of this chapter)