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- From: yychen@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca (Youyi Chen)
- Subject: The Mysteries of Weiqi (part 7)
- Message-ID: <C09CF5.D0n@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca>
- Organization: University of Waterloo
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- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 03:01:53 GMT
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- !!! Warning !!! Ancient Chinese writing should be understood as an
- art presentation rather than a straight forward communication tool.
- Understanding of art needs imaginations.
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- Number 7 golden rule is
-
- "Shen Wu Qing Su"
-
- Shen4 = cautious, careful;
- Wu4 = avoid, do not;
- Qing1 = light;
- Su4 = rapid, speedy.
-
- "Qing Su" reminds us "Qing Shuai" which corresponds to "rash"
- and "hasty" in English. Also, "Qing Su" is made up by "light"
- and "speedy" in English. With these in mind, we can have following
- straight forward interpretation:
-
- "make thick shape, avoid hasty moves"
-
- where hasty moves sometime result from being too "light" or too "fast",
- i.e. "Qing Su".
-
- After pointing out that it's hard to understand "Qing Su",
- Otake Hideo made his interpretation as follow:
-
- "Make good shape, don't blindly contend for sente".
-
- We should note that being "thick" often ends up with gote.
- It is reasonable to say "thick for gote and thin for sente".
- A good shape doesn't necessary mean a thick one, it seems
- proper to replace "good" by "thick" to go along with "sente"
- in Otake Hideo's interpretation.
-
- Playing "thick" is not only a matter of style. It is actually one
- of the most difficult technique to master. Many winning games are
- being turned over in the end simply by not playing thicker enough.
-
- Let's look at the following interesting example.
-
- Black to play:
- A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T
- 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
- 18 . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . # . . 18
- 17 . . O O . . . . . . O . . . # . # O . 17
- 16 . . . # # . . # . + . . . . . # O . . 16
- 15 . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . 15 Board 1
- 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
- 13 . . . # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
- 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . 12 Black: Otake Hideo [9p]
- 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 White: Si Tian Zhang [7p]
- 10 . . . + . . . . . + . . . . . + . . . 10
- 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
- 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- 6 . . # . . . . . . . . . . . . ? O ? . 6
- 5 . . # O . . . . . . O . . . . . # . . 5
- 4 . . # + O . O . . + . . . . . + . . . 4
- 3 . . . # # O . . . . O . # . . # . . . 3
- 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
- A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T
- Source: "I like to play this way" by Fujisawa Hideyuki.
-
- Facing White's R6, S6 and Q6 are common choices for Black.
- However, with style being called "thick" and "beautiful",
- Otake Hideo choose S5. After S5-P14-S6-P6-R8, Board 1 becomes Board 2.
-
- A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T
- 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
- 18 . . . . . O . . . . . . . . . . # . . 18
- 17 . . O O . . . . . . O . . . # . # O . 17
- 16 . . . # # . . # . + . . . . . # O . . 16
- 15 . O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . 15 Board 2
- 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . . . 14
- 13 . . . # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
- 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . O . . 12 Black: Otake Hideo [9p]
- 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 White: Si Tian Zhang [7p]
- 10 . . . + . . . . . + . . . . . + . . . 10
- 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
- 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . # . . 8
- 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- 6 . . # . . . . . . . . . . . O . O # . 6
- 5 . . # O . . . . . . O . . . . . # # . 5
- 4 . . # + O . O . . + . . . . . + . . . 4
- 3 . . . # # O . . . . O . # . . # . . . 3
- 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
- A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T
-
- Black's sequence S5-S6-R8 is so thick that every move looks as solid
- as a bullet. The advantage of such kind of moves is clear.
- It leaves no room for White to manoeuvre and has huge potential
- in the end game.
-
- Surprisingly, as another "thick" player, Fujisawa Hideyuki
- criticized S5 and suggested that the only move for Black is S6.
- (BTW, Fujisawa Hideyuki's moves are called "The Only Move" in the book.)
- I don't want to get into the details of S6 against S5. However,
- Fujisawa Hideyuki's arguments can be summarized roughly as ----
- Black has already been very thick all over the board, this is the
- place to take advantage by using the thickness. Otherwise, it may be
- overly thick and unbalanced.
-
- Finally, I like to point out that "thick, never blindly contend for sente"
- is often used to characterize players. Fujisawa Hideyuki and Otake Hideo are
- just two among many to have such kind of styles.
-
-
- Youyi Chen yychen@watdragon.uwaterloo.ca
-