Japanese chess | Wang Mingwan: The Joy of Playing Chess with "Subjective"

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Hara: The fun of hitting subjectively Go Wang Mei Kyudan

From: Daily News

Kokata: Iwanami Shinsho Editorial Department

Author: Wang Minghuan Jiudan

I believe that many times, everyone feels that Go is very focused on "objectivity", through learning Go, many people feel that "learning to look at things objectively", and then for chess players who pursue victory and defeat, they will not change because of subjectivity, and often look at it with a "black and white" attitude.

Admittedly, in Go, there is no such thing as a "change in the ultimate goal". In terms of technology, Go also has a long-term accumulation, and then you can improve your level through the way of review. On the basis of countless studies, ai is now added, and compared to other fields, I think the Go world is richer in objectivity.

But if you want to enjoy Go, I don't think it's very accurate to just think that you pay attention to objectivity. Although Go AI can play chess very well, there are some places that are difficult to judge correctly, in fact, it is the same as humans. Because no one knows what the best means are, from the local chess type of Go to the battle, they will more or less carry some ideas of their own. In the same situation, even if it is analyzed from an objective point of view, the results will still have different opinions according to everyone's different subjective concepts. Each game of chess is played with two subjectives, and then each with its own opinion, and the fun of a game of chess is born.

In the post-match review of a Famous Go player, he said this about the means: "I know that this hand is very good, but I refuse to play." Objectively speaking, this hand chess hand is really good, but this hand does not match my subjective, so I did not make a shot. It was a great pleasure to pass my words through my own ideas and then present them on the chessboard. If you just think, "It's good to be down here, so I'm going to get down here," you think it's a very boring thing.

Precisely because humans are creatures, they produce "fluctuations." Although my subjectivity may change from time to time, I think it is also part of the subjectivity. In an objective framework like winning or losing, bringing in such a subjective Cheng bites gold and then plays a unique game of chess, which is the fun of Go. No matter what era, this pleasure is eternal.

Under a pavilion in Tokyo's Philosophy Hall Park, there is a stone table carved with a chessboard, and this pavilion is also called the "subjective pavilion", and I can't help but lament the insight of the ancestors.