Chess Soul: Buy the Shijia chessboard at the beginning

Nie Xuanfeng took out an old chessboard and handed it to Tian Minze, "This is the chessboard of Huang Longshi, the chess master of the Qing Dynasty. I heard that you like ancient chess, so let's use it as a apprenticeship ceremony!"

The moment Tian Min received the chessboard, the system gave a prompt, "Get a chessboard full of valuable experience from a master-level chess player, absorb energy, and get 80 points."

"Thank you, teacher," Tian Min said sincerely this time, his eyes shining.

Seeing that Nie Xuanfeng was a little unhappy, he thought to himself, "You kid is a bit obsessed with money."

Tian Minze can be regarded as Nie Xuanfeng's first true inner disciple.

"If you want to have this sense of balance, you must first have some understanding of the small world of the chessboard." Nie Xuanfeng noticed that Tian Minze was a little absent-minded and taught him a lesson.

Tian Minze lived a very regular life. In the past two days, Nie Xuanfeng neither played scores nor played chess with Tian Minze, but began to understand some mysterious chess concepts.

After a cup of tea, Nie Xuanfeng said seriously, "Do you know the style of chess players? Zhao Bingfeng is good at defense, and his ability to treat orphans is unparalleled in the world; Yu Xiaoyang is much more comprehensive, nicknamed "Demon Sword", and his chess skills The wind is strange and changeable, and it can be shocking inadvertently; it is the same from the perspective of Japanese and Korean chess players, everyone has their own style."

The two people started the first lesson.

First, there are students from the Tornado Dojo, and then there are amateur chess players who are famous in other industries as nominal disciples. Neither of these two categories can be considered real students.

According to convention, as long as the inner disciple becomes a real professional chess player, he will move away, so for Tian Minze now, it is more of a symbolic meaning, and he will only stay for a few weeks at most.

"So," Nie Xuanfeng asked, "Minze, have you ever thought about what kind of chess player you want to be? Where is your path?"

But do life-or-death problems and increasing computing power create real masters?

"This is Mingqian Longjing given by a friend. When you set the stage for the race, you can take some with you and drink it on the field. I heard that you like coffee, so it's better to drink less of that kind of stuff," Nie Xuanfeng said casually.

"This is an unknown road, but I will help you go down it," Nie Xuanfeng said.

For example, Lin Li, who has won the title of national champion for five consecutive years, in order to take over Honghe as his apprentice in the future, he was first invited to visit his home for a year and play Go while doing farm work. Finally, he formally became a disciple before Honghe Dingduan and became his inner disciple.

Tian Min didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Nie Xuanfeng knew him well enough, even about coffee.

Tian Min asked, "So?"

"So," Nie Xuanfeng pondered for a moment before replying, "I seem to have taken the wrong path. Things like fixed formulas and calculations are overbearing. Go has become more and more mechanical and I have lost my freedom. If I were given a choice again, I should still study the feeling of Go. "

Tian Min was hesitant. He had never thought about this problem, so he asked, "Teacher, what is your path?"

Nie Xuanfeng laughed loudly, "When I was young, I paid most attention to layout, so I think the first 50 moves of Go are the most important. When I was at my peak, I found that the Japanese players' ideas and the rigor of their formulas made me despair, so I strengthened my study of the formulas and organized Collective research system. In middle age, Korean chess players emerged, and I discovered the importance of computing ability."

In this time and space, in the Go world of China, Japan and South Korea, internal disciples are still prevalent, and this kind of master-disciple inheritance is also in line with the laws of Go.

At this moment, Tian Min seemed to have some enlightenment. If he could really go far on the road of uncertainty in Go and discover the invisible and unclear things in Go, would he have a better chance of winning?

Under the Korean Wave, Go in China and Japan seems to have been taken astray. Doing hundreds or even thousands of life-or-death problems has become a shortcut for top players. Go players prefer to make fixed formulas and use calculation skills to judge the direction of Go.

In the past, Nie Xuanfeng had three types of students.

Two six zero three: c zero two four: c zero zero a: c four one one:: two zero

In the AI ​​era, where is the future of Go?

Tian Minze not only became a disciple, but also received gifts from others, so he had no choice but to carry his luggage and move into Nie Xuanfeng's home.

Nie Xuanfeng's study was very large, with two famous calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall. Tian Minze's artistic skills were average, and he didn't see anything famous.

At this moment, Tian Minze's eyes were filled with light and longing for the future.

"Teacher, please teach me how to feel about Go. The way I want to go is to use the uncertainty of Go to defeat the certainty of Go. Use a more balanced Go to defeat the extremely profitable Go."

If you are a professional chess player who has already established a certain level, most of them already have their own playing methods. Apprenticeship is just to learn skills and is not considered a disciple.

From ancient Chinese chess to Japanese Go, various chess theories and stories emerge in endlessly.

Finally, there are chess players who were actually trained by Nie Xuanfeng, who was relatively close to them, but they all became professional chess players before becoming disciples, and they have never lived in Nie Xuanfeng's home, so they do not meet the standards of inner disciples.

Not to mention the Korean chess world, both Lee Seok-bul and Go Yong-ha were disciples. The older generation king Lee Seok-bul was Cao Yanzi's disciple, and the new generation leader Goo Yong-ha was Choi Byung-gyu's disciple. They were all real masters and disciples who lived in the teacher's house.

Nie Xuanfeng was not in a hurry and slowly brewed a cup of tea and handed it to Tian Minze. Tian Minze took a sip and the aroma of the tea overflowed, "Teacher's tea is better than anything I've ever had before!"

Tian Minze also fell into deep thought.

Tian Minze quickly cheered up. He had said some big words that day, but now listening to Nie Xuanfeng's explanation of some vague things, he felt a little desperate.

The AI ​​has a winning rate judgment for each step, but is this judgment realistic? Does everything count in Go?

In the Japanese chess world, there is still a gold-lettered sign under the Kokutani sect where masters gather. Especially the Japanese chess scene, which is now somewhat in decline, has once again rebuilt Kitani Dojo to cultivate young talents.

As for the deterministic part of Go, do humans have a chance to defeat AI? It seems difficult, but what about the uncertain part of Go? Is AI still that good at it?

What AI is good at is local optimality, which is probability!

What humans are better at is uncertainty, the feeling of Go!

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Early the next morning, Nie Xuanfeng asked Tian Minze to get up at 6:30. After breakfast, he went for a run in a nearby sports park for an hour to breathe fresh air and wake up his brain.

The so-called inner disciples come from the Japanese and Korean chess circles, and there are usually two conditions. The first is that they are young chess players who have not yet determined their level, and the second is that they have to live in the teacher's home.

Go is like the universe, and the universe is more about balance.

Nie Xuanfeng seemed to have noticed Tian Minze's mental state. He took out the chess pieces and laid out a chess game. He asked, "What do you think the next move should be?"

Tian Min took a closer look and found that this chess game seemed familiar.