Chapter 374 First Night
"Shindo, you worked hard this afternoon!"
February 19, 6:30 pm, in the restaurant of Dongjiang Hotel.
When Natsukawa Aoi saw Hiroaki Shindo who had just finished various interviews, summaries and reports, he waved and said hello as energetically as ever.
However, the Japanese throne who had just walked to the table had a helpless smile on his face.
"Hey! It was a complete defeat...
"Although I tried my best to prepare, the opponent is the undisputed number one in the world, and there is indeed a gap in level.
"Sure enough...I still think a little too much!"
But hearing this self-deprecation, the smile on Xia Chuankui's face solidified slightly:
"...Eh?
"Have you...really thought about it?"
"Huh?!"
Hearing this, Shindo Hiroaki opened his eyes wide:
"You Didn’t you encourage me to work hard to win this game yesterday?”
“But that’s just me being able to read the air and comfort you!”
Natsukawa Aoi also looked very surprised:
"This is Ryu Se-hyun! The Ryu Se-hyun who is recognized as the absolute No. 1 chess player in the past and present!
"Shindo...
"You don't...really take my words of comfort to you seriously?"
"Ah——?!"
Shindo Hiroaki was immediately embarrassed, and the expression on his face began to look unnatural.
No! Am I really the only one who thinks... I need to put a lot of effort into it?
In the eyes of others, am I really that overestimated? !
Just when the throne of Japan was ready to press its toes into the three rooms and two halls, Xia Chuankui, who was still full of surprise, suddenly stopped holding his expression and started covering his mouth and laughing.
“Hey, enter the vine!
"Don't care so much about other people's opinions!
"To be honest, the opportunity to compete for runner-up is right in front of you. No matter what, you have to fight hard! "
At this time, Shindo Hiroaki already understood that this was another old friend who was deliberately making fun of him, and complained with a red face:
"That... Aoi!
“You are already in your thirties, can you please stop being so noisy all the time!”
"Hey——
"It's very impolite to mention a lady's age in front of her! "
... Can you be considered a lady with your personality?
Shindo Hiroaki complained in his heart, but in order to avoid extra trouble, he did not dare to say it in front of him:
“Okay, okay…it’s my fault! ”
However...
The female streamer Honinbo still complained:
"Hey, what's your expression!"
"Do you feel that I am not a lady at all?" ”
Uh...
Is this detectable? !
Shindo Hiroaki was slightly frightened. Just as he was about to explain, his old friend suddenly smiled again:
"Okay, I won’t tease you anymore! After all, you are almost thirty-five. He’s so old!
“In the afternoon, I met a Chinese chess fan who knew English. After signing his autograph, he said with emotion that you are still playing! And it plays so well!
“In China, at this age you are almost old enough to compete in the seniors competition!”
"Uh...it's not that exaggerated..."
Hiroaki Shindo's expression was still awkward:
"The essence of Go is persistence.
"For For me, if I can maintain my condition as much as possible and do what I can, I have to work hard.
"What's more, although Ichijo, Ueno, and Yamayama have gradually grown up, I think...if I can play longer, it may be somewhat helpful to the country's Go career..."
Xia Chuankui chuckled:
“Why do you say it so tactfully!
“After all, I still don’t trust that Sanbaga! "
Uh...
Throne of Japan was at a loss for words again, thinking that sometimes it's not always a good thing that old friends are too smart and clever.
But Xia Chuan didn't embarrass him too much, and quickly continued:
"However, I can understand it! After all... I am an old man too!
" Wang Haocheng is now ready to have a child, but I am still struggling to stop a little girl, ugh! "
"Don't be so responsible!
“Life is definitely greater than Go.”
"But Go is also one of the most important parts of my life!"
Xia Chuankui said with emotion:
"Just wait two more years!
"At least I have to wait until Rei-chan grows up before I can feel relieved!
"That's it..." "That's it...?"
Seeing that his old friend was quite hesitant, Shindo Hiroaki couldn't help but ask.
Xia Chuankui smiled bitterly:
“It’s probably inevitable that that little girl will take back the place!”
…
…
“Well, everyone!
“The candidates for tomorrow’s challenge will be announced soon tonight, and we... have to confirm it as soon as possible. ”
At the same time, in the Dongjiang Hotel, in the temporary conference room of the Huaxia team.
Five members of the Huaxia men’s team and coach Jiao Kai gathered together and held a combat meeting.
Unlike the women's team, which has an obvious strength gap, it is difficult to say that there is an absolute strength gap among the five members of the men's team this time.
So, who of the remaining four will be the first to take the stage tomorrow has become a question that needs to be discussed seriously.
What made Lei Qi quite speechless was that after Jiao Kai said this, everyone looked at each other, and no one answered for a while.
Well... I can understand it!
Lei Qi sighed secretly, feeling a little helpless.
Although all teammates in the team are now the leaders of their respective teams,...
As we all know, the leader and the talker are different.
Xiong, Tang, and Sun were one stupid, one stunned, and one unreliable. Although he occupies the position of leader by virtue of his chess skills, the actual talkers in the team are Ni Jue, Huang Bonan and Luo Xi.
As for Dai Gong... although he is indeed the talker in the team, he is autistic. He does not have a good relationship with him like Ni Jue or Ji Qiufu to act as a mouthpiece or twister. It will be greatly reduced.
Let’s take the lead yourself!
Lei Qi made up his mind and was about to recommend Dai Ran to Jiao Kai when he suddenly heard Dai Gongji's dull voice coming into his ears:
"Coach Jiao, if you can, I will go first." .
“Although I have been practicing fast chess recently, there is still a gap between me and Ryu Shixian, especially when I don’t have time in the second half of the game.
“However, the first half of the game made him burn his brain, so I am a little confident.”
“…I understand.”
Seeing Dai Gong volunteering himself, Jiao Kai nodded and then looked at Lei Qi.
Lei Qi also nodded in agreement.
So Jiao Kai looked at the other three people and asked:
"Do the others have different opinions?"
The three people shook their heads - about the formation of troops. Son, they always find it troublesome.
"Then... Dai Ran, please!"
"That's right." Dai Gong's answer was still concise.
At this time, a certain monkey seemed to be suddenly inspired and took the opportunity to ask the veteran of the team something that many people wanted to know but was a bit sensitive.
"Um...Brother Dai, I actually have a question!
"Both you and Liu Shixian are called 'a certain artificial intelligence' because of their high compliance rate and strong taste in chess AI. '. But there is a big difference between your performance and his performance in fast chess. Why is this? ”
As soon as he said this, the atmosphere suddenly became slightly awkward.
Although this question may seem like just a question at first glance, it actually has the flavor of inquiring into the opponent's daily thinking and playing habits.
In the professional Go world, top players are easily targeted if they expose their habits too thoroughly.
So, although this question is often discussed among chess fans and even professional circles, no one has actually asked Dai Gong.
However, Dai Gong didn't seem to care at this time. After smiling slightly, he rarely started talking:
"He and I have similarities and differences!
"The similarity is that, like me, he has played many, many games with AI, and his chess feel is indeed closer to AI than others.
“But...the difference is that he should have practiced more than me, and my brain should be a little faster than him.
“It shows on the board That is, when it comes to straight-line calculations, I may be a little better. So when I'm in good shape, I can sometimes have a slight advantage over him in terms of the quality of my moves.
“But...he is stronger in other aspects, especially the sense of chess developed through heavy training.
"So, once I don't have time to calculate, my mistakes may increase greatly. But he can still ensure a considerable quality of chess moves with his sense of chess, and at the same time smoothly guide the situation to his own advantage.
" Why is it said that to win against Koyanagi, one needs to try his best to guide the complicated situation of chaos in the middle game? It is because his straight-line calculation is indeed not the best, but most of the time he can make up for it by relying on his extremely excellent chess sense.
“But once it comes to an extremely complex chaotic battle, where there are many counter-chess moves and rely heavily on calculations, it is relatively easy for him to reveal his flaws.
“It’s just that Xiaoliu himself also I know this very well, and often use various clever tricks to simplify the situation, so it is not that easy to fight with him..."
Well, that is indeed what it is said...
After listening to Dai Ran's summary, Lei Qi nodded slightly and agreed - because this statement was indeed consistent with Liu Dai's performance on the field.
It’s just...
"Can you use various clever tricks to simplify the situation"...?
The young man couldn't help but think of the flying hand in the last game of the second stage, and fell into deep thought.
Trying to wrap up this volume...
(End of this chapter)