Original Address: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20211025/ddl/k27/040/248000c
Hara:/61 Go Katsuaki Kubo (63) = Ikeda City Born in AI late blooming / Osaka
From: Daily News
Author: Nishin ToiHimasa
Translation and Finishing: Making Excuses for Quiet 1:4
This year, he entered the Group C round robin of chess holy war for the first time, and finally won 3 wins and 2 losses to successfully relegate. Although after the last round of defeat, it was regrettable that he could not upgrade, but he gained good results in the face of Kobayashi Jue jiudan, Wang Minghuan jiudan and other strong hands. But Katsuaki Kubo said, "In terms of content, I think these chess pieces can be won." This sentence seems very arrogant, but Kubo Katsuaki's words are not annoying, he does have such a feel, and his strength comes from the study of AI.
"In fact, I made the chess game library earlier than AI." These are chessboards that you will never see again if they are not published in the Go Almanac. "I think it would be a shame to lose it." But when I first started using chess more than 20 years ago, I was still very clumsy, and every day was very difficult. Not only japanese chess boards are entered, but also chinese and Korean chess players' chess scores, which are shared every week to 50 players such as Shibano Tiger Maru. "They are very grateful to me and I feel that it is all worth it". And he himself, on the eve of the game, also looks at the opponent's chess game and then prepares countermeasures.
Making chess score libraries for many years, Katsuaki Kubo is also proficient in computer usage, so there is no resistance to AI. But his method of use is very unique. "I may be different from others, I use AI and AI to play." Of course, if you play chess first, you will only be played by the AI, so put another AI next to it, and then the AI will show a lot of candidate means. I am among these means of "my words may play this chess hand" of the hand of chess. Katsuaki Kubo smiled and said, "The AI that teaches me to play chess is stronger, and then I can win the AI."
Originally, Kubo Katsuaki's chess style liked to attack, and he laughed and replied: "Professional chess players win chess is the first meaning, but like amateur chess players, it is best to win chess after eating the dragon." Although he also wants to finish a game of chess like AI, Kubo Katsuaki still can't forget the habit of "wanting to win the game in one fell swoop". However, the sound of the drop is very light, and after calming down, I gently let go of the feeling.
Since starting to use AI, enjoying chess from a third-party perspective has also become a good reason for recently. "AI is very strong, so it's not surprising to watch human chess." When I played against Wang Minghuan in the C group loop circle, although the game was lost, I didn't feel that the gap was very large. Those young people who use AI, even in the face of strong chess players, will not be afraid of them, they should be stronger in the future." For Katsuaki Kubo, there is also this effect.
Katsuaki Kubo began learning chess in the 4th grade of elementary school, and it was his parents who opened a Go club. He later became a student at the Kansai Chess Academy, and became a professional chess player in the third grade of junior high school in 1972, thinking that it would be a career full of sails. But Kubo Katsuaki said: "In my time, especially in Osaka, I didn't receive a lot of information. I thought there was no opponent in Kansai, but in Tokyo there were chess players of the same age, such as Wang Licheng and Kobayashi Jue, and then I thought that these people were so strong."
When I was young, I adjusted my mood by watching movies after losing chess, and I immersed myself in movies after losing consecutively. "It was probably like running away. When I first started watching Star Wars, it was really fun that lit up my eyes." Because he liked movies so much, he served as an extra in "Princess Toyotomi" recorded in Osaka. "Although I am one of a group of people, I can see myself in the picture. It's a completely different world from Go, and it's really interesting."
Next year will mark the 50th year of his career. "Now Go is more interesting, and there is not enough time to learn chess every day, so that there is no time to watch movies." He added: "The current era is also very interesting, and humans can also be stronger and show their preferences." Then you can also use the power of AI. In the past, if I lost chess, I would only become sullen, but now the AI will be very kind to tell me, 'This place is not good, so I lost chess', and then I understood, so I felt very happy playing Go. Let's win chess because I'm happy. After the interview, Katsuaki Kubo attended an AI research meeting for veteran chess players. He smiled and said, "Those guys, I can use AI."