"It's really amazing. This thing can actually... actually be able to play chess. Little friend Xiangping, are these two people from different places really playing chess?"

Li Xiangping chuckled: "Of course."

Considering that Lao Shi was new to this game, Li Xiangping did not rush to ask him to play chess immediately. Instead, he first clicked on "Qingfeng.com" and then randomly selected a chess game between two 9D players to stop and watch.

While watching chess, Li Xiangping also introduced to Lao Shi the basic knowledge of online chess, including ranks, ranks, nicknames, and some differences between modern chess rules and medieval chess rules, etc.

After this popular science, more than 10 minutes passed, and within these 10 minutes, the two 9D chess players also played very fast, and in just a moment, there were more than 40 chess moves on the board.

It felt like Lao Shi seemed to be absent-minded about his popular science, but focused mainly on the chess game. Li Xiangping changed the topic and smiled:

"Brother Ding'an, what do you think of these two's chess skills?"

"The level is quite high, especially the white player. I think this person is close to the level of "four hands"."

"...."

Regarding Lao Shi's answer, Li Xiangping really didn't know what to say.

There are no ranks in medieval chess. Although many people believe that the rank system of Japanese Go should be derived from China's "Go nine-rank system", however, in Lao Shi's era, they were still more accustomed to "national players".

The titles "famous player", "second-hand player" and "third-hand player" are used to classify chess players.

Lao Shi is the chess master of medieval chess, so he is naturally the undisputed "national player". And he just said "this person is close to the level of "four hands"", which is translated into modern vernacular, that is: "his level"

If it were a little higher, then I might only be able to give him 4.”

This statement easily raises two questions. First, these two people clearly don’t have the “fourth skill” yet, so why does Lao Shi still say that their “levels are quite high”.

Second, with the modern Internet 9D, can Lao Shi really make people have 4 children?

The first question is not difficult to understand. After all, ancient Go is not as popular as modern times. According to the "Name List of Guochao Game Players" in the Qing Dynasty, there are only 169 people who can reach the level of "four hands" or above and leave their names.

That's it. So when Lao Shi saw two people playing chess who were close to the level of "four hands", he praised them as "the level is quite high." Li Xiangping thought that this could not be said to be hypocritical.

What really interests Li Xiangping is the second question: Can Lao Shi really make the modern network 9D4?

With this question, Li Xiangping also observed the chess game carefully. He only watched it for a while. After a few rounds, Li Xiangping felt angry and funny. He said to himself, "Qingfeng is a parallel importer, Lianzhong is a scammer."

, in the early years... No, this saying that was circulated in the online chess world in this era is indeed correct. It is no wonder that in later generations, these two websites cannot compete with others.

Needless to say, "Lianzhong's scoundrel" will be deeply impressed by chess players who have been accustomed to online chess games in their early years. But "Qingfeng's parallel import" refers to the rank of Qingfeng.com, which is so bad that it is so bad that it is shocking.

Point out.

Take the two Qingfeng 9Ds in front of him as an example. Even with Li Xiangping's level, which is not at the beginning of his career, he can clearly see that if he goes up to play chess with these two people, he dare not say more.

It's very easy to give them two pieces, and they shouldn't have any chance of beating themselves.

The reason why Qingfeng.com’s rank is so low is not only related to some flaws in the website’s settings, but also due to the website’s deliberate connivance.

The starting registration rank of Qingfeng.com is set at 5D, which means that if a person registers on this website, even if this person does not know how to play chess at all, he can self-report as 5D and play chess on this website as a 5D.

Such a high starting registration rank will naturally cause the entire website's rank to be low. Li Xiangping even believes that this is one of the important reasons for the rapid decline of Qingfeng.com.

You must know that chess websites and other online games for defeating monsters and upgrading have almost the same meaning in some respects. Since the highest level on the website is 9D, after reaching 9D, it is equivalent to "clearing" other games for defeating monsters and upgrading.

It is completely conceivable that if a game is very easy to "clear", how attractive can such a game be?

Qingfeng.com made this mistake, because the rank is too low, and it is too easy to rise to 9D. This will inevitably lead to the loss of a large number of hardcore chess fans, and the entire website will be filled with a group of "fake chess fans".

Therefore, in real history, even if the so-called "Qingfeng Bazi" were in charge of this website, after some internal changes occurred within them, the website quickly disappeared.

Since this game of chess had little reference value, Li Xiangping took Lao Shi out of the room and started walking around the entire hall. Unfortunately, after looking around, he still didn't see any high-level games.

"It's strange, where have all the experts gone today?"

Li Xiangping looked at the time, and it was now between 3 and 4 o'clock in the afternoon. He thought that this situation was normal, and the current situation of the Go website was like this.

In the Go world, the Internet arena can basically be divided into three stages.

The first stage was before 2003. At this stage, most professional chess players were not used to playing chess online. Someone with Li Xiangping's level could stir up trouble on the Internet and easily become a leader.

Characters, and occasionally top professional masters play chess on the Internet, which can even create a legend for a while.

By 2003, due to SARS and the increasing popularity of the Internet, more and more professional chess players began to train online. During this period, Go websites became the world of professional chess players. People who wanted to become the Internet

A star must have a top professional level. Not only must the level be high, but one must also play a lot of chess and spend a long time online.

As for the third stage, of course there is nothing to say. It was after the emergence of "Alfa Dog". By then, the Go AI was the protagonist of the website, and no one even cared about human-to-human games.

It's only the year 2000, and it's still the afternoon on a non-holiday day. You can't see any masters playing chess now, so that's perfectly normal.

Seeing that he didn't see any masters in Qingfeng, Li Xiangping led Lao Shi to Lianzhong again.

Taking into account the prestigious reputation of "Lianzhong Scoundrel", Li Xiangping did not dare to invite people to play chess casually. If Lao Shi met a scoundrel in the first game, to be honest, as a modern person, Li Xiangping would still

I really can't afford to lose that person.

The reason why Li Xiangping came here is because after all, Lianzhong is the number one website for chess and card games in this era, with the most popularity, and Li Xiangping is familiar with the most chess players. "Encountering by chance" is not acceptable, but making an appointment for a game is still possible.

Li Xiangping just wanted to see if he could meet a suitable chess player, and then arrange a game of chess to weigh Lao Shi's weight.

However, what Li Xiangping didn't expect was that as soon as he logged into Lianzhong, someone came to him before he could find anyone else.

"Bai Yi, is that you?"

The account that Li Xiangping is currently logged into is called "White Boy". Li Xiangping was happy to see this private chat message:

"It's me, what's the matter, Boss Hongqiao?"

The online chess friend Li Xiangping was talking to was called "Hongqiao Wolong". In real life, he was a Qianye 5 master. In addition, he also had another identity on the Internet, that is, the "Lianzhong Beggars Gang."

The gang leader.

Hongqiao Wolong: "Where have you been these days? I've been looking for you for several days. Didn't you forget about tonight's game? Remember, the dedicated server for the game at 8pm."

The boy in white: "What, what kind of competition?"

Hongqiao Wolong: "The ultimate 10VS10 confrontation between our Beggar Gang and the Ax Gang. Damn, I'm so anxious now. You actually forgot. Remember to wear the gang's special vest at night."

The so-called special vest is actually adding a prefix to the nickname. For example, Li Xiangping is now called "White Boy", then during the competition, he will be called "Beggars*White Boy".

The young man in white: "Haha, I'm sorry, I'll be there at night, but boss, even the guns of the Ax Gang can compare with us? Our Beggar Gang has many soldiers, I really don't know what you are anxious about?"

Hongqiao Wolong: "Well, you don't know. I received inside information this time. That guy Duowen is planning to come here. He has hired several gunmen. I estimate that tonight, we will meet several foreign nationals."

A young chess player."

The young man in white: "Ah! It's impossible. How can Duowen have such a great reputation?"

Hongqiao Wolong: "Duowen doesn't have Duoqing. I heard that Duoqing from the Ax Gang is currently at the Chinese Chess Academy and participating in the trials for the National Training Team, so it's not too easy to find some gunners."

Seeing this news, Li Xiangping felt depressed.

The young man in white said: "That's it. Boss Hongqiao, who are we planning to fuck tonight?"

Hongqiao Wolong: "Other than you, the only ones who can definitely go up are Bagui and Huangcao. No, no, no, I still have to contact Daidai and Laomei. If they can go, then we will have

I'm sure, at least I won't lose too badly. That's how it goes in this business. I'll go to work now. Remember to arrive early tonight."

The young man in white: "Okay, boss, walk slowly."

After finishing the private chat with Hongqiao, Li Xiangping smiled and was lost in thought at the computer.

"Bagui", whose online name is Bagui Mingjian, is the top amateur player in Bagui land in this era. He once entered the top ten of the "Evening News Cup". "Straw", whose full name is Pengcheng Scarecrow, is a super chess fan and has participated in the "Evening News Cup" many times.

Cup", although he has never entered the top ten of the "Wanbao Cup", he may be the most famous amateur chess player in the country outside the top ten of the Wanbao Cup. Especially in the online chess world, Scarecrow is even more famous and has countless fans.

"Dadai" and "Laomei" are even more powerful. The former won the "Evening News Cup" twice, was one of the four great kings in the domestic amateur chess world in this era, and was the predecessor of "King Hu's White Horse" in later generations."

Although he is known as "Lao Mei" as a gourmet on the Internet, he is one of the few professional chess players in the Beggar Clan and is now the main chess player of a certain Weijia team.

"Brother Ding'an,"
Chapter completed!