Japanese chess | Wang Mingwan: Go is a comedy

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Hara: A Comedy Of Go Wang Mei 9th Dan

From: Daily News

Kokata: Iwanami Shinsho Editorial Department

Author: Wang Minghuan Jiudan

Sports are often referred to as "DRAMA without plots", while Go is a TV series co-created between players, and for those who watch the game, it is actually a game full of "drama".

In Go, it means that the decisive battle is nothing more than "confrontation" or the survival of the dragon, and in these cases, the victory or defeat of this game of chess may change in an instant like magic. Then the two sides in a fierce battle, the final decision is based on the number of eyes, if the number of eyes is 1 eye more than the opponent, you will win everything. In the case of a close situation, the two sides will compete around the "decisive vote" of the chess piece, just like the competition for the right to entrust when trading, everything is very delicate and tense.

Just like having a dramatic ending, it's hard to find such an ending interesting without a perfect story and plot that resonates. There are many options in Go, and players need to immediately decide on the means of thinking when playing. Each hand of chess played by the players is like a line, and then a story is established, which is enjoyed by the people who watch the game.

Chess players are like writing books, on a stage like a chessboard, infinitely playing themselves, and each piece will be improvised, so it is difficult to go exactly according to their own ideas. Go is a combination of pieces of the same color, connected to each other, and on the board both sides will form various combinations, and then these combinations are not the same. It's like the protagonists in the story, showing each other, influencing each other, growing up with each other, until they disappear from the stage.

Sometimes this game of chess will indeed go on according to their own ideas, but looking at the overall situation, sometimes the changes that have not been clear to the present suddenly become clear, and it is also possible that the things that were originally thought of have become completely different. In a game of chess, a person's wisdom and will, as well as all kinds of accidents that you can't control, will merge together, creating a world while potentially bringing it to the climax of the end of the plot.

Regardless of the power of chess, watching chess is the most interesting part. People watching chess are like they are playing a game, but they can focus on the slightest change in the situation without worry. Although the opponent will lament his weakness and sometimes be very painful, he needs to find the means to solve the problem with one hand and one hand in a difficult situation. For the gamers, every game of chess will encounter various tragedies, but for the people who watch the chess, it is a comedy.