"Gong Qing, this game depends on luck. Maybe I will encounter weak opponents. You will meet the master today. Who do you think will win?" Feng Can said immediately unconvinced.
"It doesn't matter who I meet, as long as I know that if you meet me, you will basically lose."
It seems that the original owner's chess skills are okay, but Feng Can's chess skills are weak. However, there seems to be no age limit for the contestants. Maybe his father is also participating. Chen Fan guessed that when he saw Feng and Gong at the same time and wanted to continue talking, he immediately He said: "Let's go ahead. It's already getting late. When we arrive at the arena later, we'll know our opponents. I hope the three of us won't run into each other." Seeing that the two of them were still arguing, Chen Fan interrupted. As they said, they took the lead and walked outside the house.
Strictly speaking, this was Chen Fan's first time out of the mansion. Since Feng and Gong were accompanying him, Chen Fan just said hello to Achun. Seeing that Achun was very calm, he did not ask Chen Fan to take care of him. After picking up the entourage, he walked out of the house with Feng and Gong.
When they arrived at the door of the mansion, they saw a mansion with the Hudu County School sign opposite. There were many people standing in front of the door, and several government officials were maintaining order. Feng Can and Gong Qing led Chen Fan straight to the opposite door. Walking inside, the yamen servant saw the three people coming in, but did not stop them. He smiled and said, "Three gentlemen, please come in." It seems that this is an era of face recognition, and the yamen servant knows the three of them.
Chen Fan followed Feng and Gong into the county school in a daze. It turned out that the competition venue was opposite his home, which was very close.
After entering, there was a hall. Someone had already greeted them. When they saw the three people, they said, please register here, and then you can go to the stadium to take your seat. The three of them immediately wrote their names and were led to the arena.
There is a notice posted in front of the stadium, which states the rules of the competition. The content is very simple. Everyone draws a number first at the door. There are 78 participants this time, No. 1 vs. No. 78, and No. 2 vs. No. 77. By analogy, the 39 winners today will enter tomorrow's competition. The game must end that day and cannot leave the arena in the middle. There are toilets and meals in the arena. If necessary, you can ask the Yamen to supervise the completion.
The three of them drew lots at the entrance of the arena, said cheers to each other, and walked into the arena. Chen Fan got the number 12. When he went in, he saw that the space inside was quite large. It could accommodate almost two hundred people. Only 39 tables were set up. At the table, everyone sat across from each other in twos and twos, almost all of them were occupied, with only a few seats empty. Chen Fan walked to his seat under the guidance of the yamen servant, and saw an elderly man opposite him, with a thin face and a beard. Chen Fan nodded and said hello, then sat down and looked around. Most of the people who came today were young people in their twenties and thirties, followed by elders. There were probably less than ten young men like him in the room. Fortunately, he He didn’t have stage fright either. While looking around, he accidentally saw his teacher, Mr. Han, whom he had seen in the clip, two desks away from him. The teacher also saw him and gave him an encouraging look. Chen Fan secretly let out a breath. Fortunately, he was not playing chess with the teacher.
Fortunately, after a while, he heard the sound of gongs and drums, and Chen Fan saw his father in his own body walking in. He stood at the door and said, "Dear fellow villagers, today we are holding a Go competition in Hudu County. Everyone already knows the rules of the competition. , I won’t say much more, the time has come, the competition begins.” After that, he walked directly to a table and started talking with the opponent on the opposite side.
Chen Fan looked at the elder opposite and saw that the elder indicated that he should guess first. He did not shirk at the moment and pretended to be deep in thought. At the same time, he glanced to both sides with the corner of his eye. When he saw the table next to him, he guessed the odd and even numbers of the chess pieces in his opponent's hand. , execute white first. There are four star positions in the corner of Go. Each star position is placed with a piece. The black and white colors are the same on the diagonal. Now I know that this is a seat system. The first mover does not give up the stone, which is similar to the ancient Chinese method. same. Chen Fan already knew the rules of this era in advance. When he saw the confirmation, he no longer hesitated and made a random guess. The answer was correct. He immediately took the white piece. After the two placed the black and white pieces on the diagonal star position, Chen Fan The rule of "executing white first" is contrary to the modern Chinese rule of "executing black first".
Chen Fan immediately started playing chess according to the "Grass and Trees Manual" in his memory and began to talk about moves.
The elder didn't hesitate and responded immediately. For the first dozen moves, the two of them made moves like flying, and the elder's brows furrowed. Chen Fan made the moves too fast and floated, which gave him the impression that this was a piece of cake. Before the chess piece was finished, another piece of chess was played.
Since it is a block chess game, both of them occupy the opposite star positions, so they cannot connect into a large-scale chess position from the beginning. In Chen Fan's opinion, it is only the layout stage. I will throw one or two pieces for you to capture. , take the opportunity to encircle the periphery, occupy the large field, and achieve strategic vertical and horizontal layout victory. This is the main thing. This is the essence of "Grass and Trees" and the essence of the art of war in it. Harassing with a small force is actually to use the advantage. Concentrate the troops in the center and annihilate the enemy's main force in one go. This is somewhat contrary to our current Go theory, which is to first occupy the golden corner and the silver border. But isn't the era we live in different? Chen Fan believes that people in this era are like this. Don't be too abrupt when playing. Follow the ideas of this chess record and cooperate with modern people's Go theory. You will never go wrong.
In fact, Chen Fan forgot an important point, which is that the "Grass and Trees Book" is known as one of the five most unique chess books in Chinese history. "Ke Pu" is equally famous, how can ordinary people understand it? Others have seen it, that is, they have seen it, so how can they understand why it goes like this? With the help of "Cheng Ying", Chen Fan can understand the essence of it, how can ordinary people cope with it? Come, not to mention the assistance of modern Go formula calculations. Gradually the elder descended slower and slower, and his brows furrowed tighter. Sure enough, the elder saw that Chen Fan was trying to form a large area in the center of Go and forced his way in. As a result, he was surrounded and wiped out. The two played more than a hundred moves in total, and the elder lost in the middle game.
"Young people are terrible. Young Master is a student of Master Han, right?" the elder said. Although there was doubt in his tone, his expression was affirmative.
"Exactly, it was a fluke that I won today. Thank you sir for your advice." Chen Fan replied respectfully. Chen Fan didn't dare to reply with questions like "do you know your master"? Considering how big a county is, it is normal for them to know each other. From the tone of the other person's tone, he must have met him and his wife, but he may not have told him. Just a passing conversation.
"Your win today is not a fluke. I think you think very fast in playing chess and have a high level of understanding of Go. You will have a bright future in the future." The elder praised.
"Thank you for the compliment. I have been reading chess records these days and I have gained something from time to time. I had a sudden inspiration today, but it is difficult to maintain this level forever." After all, it is not good to be modest after winning chess. It is just a temporary inspiration. Just the right amount of burst.
The young master of the Chen family has a good character. After listening to Chen Fan's words, the elder nodded and said: "Go back to school often when you have time, see your teacher, and come and sit with me."
"Okay, student, thank you sir." Chen Fan stood up immediately and bowed respectfully.
The elder opposite nodded with satisfaction, stood up and left. A government servant came over and recorded the results.
Chen Fan saw that there were many people talking, including his wife, so he didn't waste any time. He left the arena and saw Feng Can already waiting at the door. When he saw Chen Fan, he frowned and said, "Come out, let's Let’s wait for Gong Qing.”
"Okay, let's stand aside." Chen Fan didn't want to be at the entrance of the arena, so he and Feng Can moved to the side and found a secluded corner where they could see the entrance of the arena and wait.
Unexpectedly, the wait lasted for more than half an hour. When converted into hours, it was more than an hour. Some people came out one after another. However, the master has not come out yet, and neither has the father. It is estimated that even if the father is finished, he will stay in the arena. Maintain discipline.
The sun was already in the sky, and the two of them were already a little hungry. They started to stare at each other, "Why don't we go to eat first? Maybe they have already eaten inside and will continue after the meal." After all, it was Feng Can. Can't starve, advised.
"That's what I'm waiting for." Chen Fan said in his heart, "In this era, there is no set time for a game of chess. It's better to play a game of wild fox. You can play a game in twenty minutes." He said, "That's fine, when the time comes Let's go to my house, it's very close anyway." Mainly because he didn't bring any money. In fact, Chen Fan actually wanted to eat out. After all, he had never eaten out before coming to this world, but he forgot to bring money. I guess the copper coins left by the original owner, I don't have to worry about eating out, but I'm not too embarrassed to ask the person opposite to treat me.
I guess the person opposite was used to being treated by others and not used to paying for it himself. He just nodded and said, "Okay."
The two were about to start walking when they saw Gong Qing walking out of the stadium with a cheerful face. I saw them from a distance, with their hands waving to the ground and their cheerful demeanor, I probably just raised their arms and shouted: "Thank you for your hard work, everyone!"
The two of them were very happy to see him. They finally didn't have to wait any longer. Of course, they didn't plan to wait any longer.
Feng Can saw him coming and asked happily: "How is it? Did you win?"
Chen Fan was surprised when he saw his happy look. Why didn't he ask me if I won? I was so happy to see Gong Qing. The difference in treatment was huge.
Gong Qing was stunned and said: "That's not important. What's important is that I persisted longer than Fa Sheng. I saw Fa Sheng when he came out. That was early! Fa Sheng, don't be discouraged. I will invite you at noon today." For dinner, go to Wangyue Tower."
"Why are you so discouraged? Everyone thinks I lost. I didn't lose. You saw me coming out, but I didn't see where you were sitting. Well, let's eat first and don't pay for it. I'll still have to think about it later. There is a way to make money." Chen Fan suddenly came up with the idea of making money, and he didn't say anything at the moment. Well, I just watched quietly. I watched quietly. He and Feng Can looked at each other and followed Gong Qing, who was in high spirits, to eat.
