It was a difficult question to answer.
The others couldn't even understand it.
Tong Yan knew that Jing Jiu would understand.
Knowing that Jing Jiu was going to challenge him at the Plum Meeting, he went to read the chess records of the Four-Seas Banquet.
He wouldn't give this kind of attention to other challengers, even to those famous national chess players.
He paid more attention to Jing Jiu because he was a disciple of the Aoyama Sect.
The disciples of the Aoyama Sect didn't like zither, chess, calligraphy, or painting, which was quite different from the Zhongzhou School. However, those who dabbled in zither would show amazing talent, such as the current peak master of Qingrong, Nan Wang.
The more important reason was that Jing Jiu was the personal disciple of the Immortal Jingyang.
After reading the chess records of the Four-Seas Banquet, Tong Yan didn't pay much attention to Jing Jiu; instead, he felt displeased.
It was the same as Xiang Wanshu's feeling.
They had never seen anyone who played chess so badly.
If there were different schools of chess playing, then there had always been two schools since the ancient times.
Those who played chess like Jing Jiu were classified as the school of hard fighting, calculating all kinds of gains and losses.
Tong Yan couldn't accept such a method of playing chess that lacked beauty and relied on brute force to win.
How could the personal disciple of the Immortal Jingyang behave like this?
Tong Yan asked Jing Jiu if he could understand her chess playing, in order to tell him that it wasn't the way to play chess.
Could you predict every move I would make? Don't tell me you can predict my next move every time?
Jing Jiu didn't answer Tong Yan's question.
This seemed to prove Tong Yan's idea.
"I just said that these people don't deserve to play chess here, and so do you."
Tong Yan stood up and said while looking at him, "Because you're not playing chess, but planning."
As he said this, he looked down at Jing Jiu, his eyebrows even lighter, and his arrogant look even more unbearable.
Moreover, what he said was extremely mean.
The crowd was restless.
In chess, Tong Yan was qualified to comment on anyone.
A moment ago, he had easily defeated the number one Grand Scholar Guo in the middle game.
However, his evaluation of Jing Jiu was too harsh. After all, Jing Jiu was a disciple of Aoyama.
"Some time ago, when you broke Nanshan's sword, you used calculation, just like your chess style."
Tong Yan said, "Today, I want to tell you that it is difficult to achieve the Great Way by scheming."
Zhao Layue listened on the other side of the street and finally understood why this person spoke so rudely.
It turned out that the reason was the same as what Lo Huainan had said in the plum garden.
Guo Nanshan traveled all year round and made friends with countless heroes. Even the geniuses of Zhongzhou School wanted to stand up for him.
The relationship between Zhongzhou School and Aoyama Sect was not close.
It had nothing to do with his identity as the principal disciple of Aoyama Sect; it was because of his outstanding temperament and way of doing things.
"Calculating is many times more complicated than playing chess."
Jing Jiu stood up and said to Tong Yan, "I think playing chess is no different from playing mahjong. They are both games, but it requires some calculation."
There was an uproar. Many people were angry when they heard this, thinking how could these two games be compared? Even those stall owners who had been pushed to the far side were not convinced, thinking how could chess be compared to mahjong, which was a game of gambling. Though they could also make money by playing the remaining games, they were doing it for the sake of elegance; it couldn't even be counted as cheating!
Tong Yan sneered, "You think you can calculate all the possible changes by relying on your calculation? Don't you understand that the path is boundless? "
Jing Jiu said, "The universe is boundless, so it is impossible to calculate all the possible changes. But there are only thirty-eight lines and three hundred and sixty-one points on the chessboard; why can't you calculate all the possible changes?"
Tong Yan said, "You can't even calculate my next move, let alone calculate all the possible changes."
Jing Jiu said, "Nobody can calculate every move of his opponent; it's because his opponent doesn't even know it himself."
Tong Yan didn't agree with this statement.
Take this chess game as an example, no matter where Grand Scholar Guo would place his move, Jing Jiu had already prepared a few excellent solutions.
How could he not know what his next move would be?
Jing Jiu tapped the chessboard with his fingertip, and then picked up a black Go piece and put it on a spot on the chessboard.
"You have your own path, and I have mine. Let's go our separate ways. If you want to prove me wrong, you should defeat me at the Plum Meeting first. "
Having said that, Jing Jiu put away the bamboo chair, turned around and walked to the other side of the street, leaving together with Zhao Layue.
Tong Yan pulled back her gaze and looked at the chessboard.
Many onlookers had also fixed their gazes on the chessboard.
Then, the discussions and laughter broke out in the square.
The place where the black Go piece was placed had blocked a large area of his own Go pieces.
"Isn't this a joke?"
As the winner of the chess tournament at the Four-Seas Banquet, nobody thought that Jing Jiu didn't know how to play chess.
As such, there were only two possible explanations for Jing Jiu's behavior.
Jing Jiu had blocked a large area of his own Go pieces, so Tong Yan's response would be different from what he had planned in advance, which could prove what he had just said.
Nobody could predict all the possible responses of his opponent, including himself.
Yet, what was the point of proving it?
How could he admit defeat in such a way and then leave without losing face?
The crowd thought it was a clever response, so they laughed kindly.
Tong Yan didn't laugh, looking at the chessboard in silence.
Grand Scholar Guo didn't laugh either, looking at the chessboard thoughtfully.
He was the one who played this chess game, so he had a thorough understanding of it.
What they were looking at was not the black Go piece, but another spot on the chessboard.
Before Jing Jiu left, he knocked on the chessboard with his finger, and it was at this spot.
After a long while, Grand Scholar Guo said sentimentally, "That's awesome."
Tong Yan said expressionlessly, "It's not bad."
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Zhao Layue didn't know how to play chess, but she knew that Jing Jiu's move was suicide.
It was a real suicide, not jumping off the cliff. There wouldn't be a miracle, and it was impossible for the black Go piece to turn defeat into victory because it had a new space.
That kind of strange game was mostly recorded in stories, and it would never happen in the real world, not to mention that his opponent was the best chess player in the world.
Then, what was the meaning of Jing Jiu's action?
Jing Jiu said, "He definitely didn't expect that I would make such a move, so he definitely didn't know what his next move would be."
Zhao Layue thought he was acting like a child throwing a tantrum, and sighed, "Is it interesting to do so?"
Jing Jiu said, "I just wanted to tell him that he can't predict his opponent's thoughts by relying on his imagination and intuition; he has to calculate all the possibilities in the end."
Thinking of what Tong Yan said earlier, Zhao Layue asked, "Can you really calculate all the possibilities on the chessboard?"
Jing Jiu said, "Not all the calculations need to have a result. Sometimes we only need some numbers to help us choose the direction of our next move; but it's best if we can calculate everything clearly. The chess book you bought for me talks about the potential, beauty, shape, and space. Many people believe in this, but it's because they can't calculate everything clearly. "
Zhao Layue said after some thought, "Maybe it's true, but it's a bit uncomfortable and cold to listen to."
Looking at the night sky, Jing Jiu said, "It's because we are human beings who are good at comforting ourselves with beautiful words and definitions, and the world is like this."
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