[Commentary] On June 18, the 21st China Southwest Go Championship in 2022 will start in Chengdu Du Fu Thatched Cottage.
Including Chang Hao, Gu Li, Ke Jie and other 8 world champions, 16 chess players appeared in the Thatched Chess Club of the Du Fu Thatched Cottage Museum and competed for the new Southwest Chess King Championship.
It is understood that this year's Southwest Chess Championship adopts a single-elimination system, with each move of 30 seconds, and the ranking will be determined through four rounds of competition over two days.
The focus of the first battle of the day was the collision between Guli and Ke Jie, two eight-time world champions.
Although he is also the eight-time champion, Ke Jie ranks first in the latest Chinese Go rating, and Gu Li, who is 14 years older than Ke Jie, has gradually put his energy on promoting the development of Go. The significance of this matchup And the content has outweighed the outcome itself.
[Concurrent] Chinese Go World Champion Gu Li
So this time I am very happy to be able to come to Chengdu to participate in the Southwest Chess Championship again. Maybe I am the only one or the only one who participated in the 21st session, so I hope to play good chess this time, mainly because my opponent is stronger today. Learn from "Ke Jiuduan".
[Explanation] Although the 2022 Chinese college entrance examination has ended, the thinking caused by the three Go terms of "master, master, and vulgar" in the Chinese composition of the first volume of the college entrance examination continues.
Lin Jianchao, chairman of the China Go Association, said that at present, the total population of Go in China exceeds 60 million, and more than 3 million children are newly learning Go every year. It is the second time that Go-related content has appeared in the Chinese college entrance examination in ten years, which reflects the new development of Go in China. development boom.
[Concurrent] Lin Jianchao, Chairman of China Go Association
This is a very good way to popularize Go knowledge and Go thinking for them.
Therefore, it aroused the excitement of the candidates first, then the parents, then the school and the teachers, and then the people in the Go world, especially those engaged in Go training.
During this period of time, there has been a lot of discussion, which shows that as a cultural phenomenon, Go has its eternal vitality.
[Explanation] In Lin Jianchao's view, there are three levels of mastery, mastery, and vulgar mastery. One is the definitional answer, which is also the answer most people think of when faced with this exam question; The interrelationship between skilled and unskilled players in the chess game.
In addition to the definitional and relational answers, there is a third level—dialectical answers to the master, the master, and the vulgar.
[Concurrent] Lin Jianchao, Chairman of China Go Association
When we learn Go, we not only need to learn its general concepts and general moves, but also learn the broad and profound dialectical thinking contained in Go. This is the deeper level we can have. To be able to think of such profound and comprehensive in a few minutes, that is demanding.
But when we study and understand this problem, we should make our thinking more plump, three-dimensional, and more in-depth, so I think this question is a good one.
Reporter He Xi reports from Chengdu
Responsible editor: [Ji Xiang]