External moves on the Go board

The recent human-machine battle between AlphaGo and Lee Sedol has stolen the limelight. In fact, there are many interesting things about Go. Here are the off-board moves of 818 Go.

In the current development process of Go, China, Japan and South Korea are the undisputed top three. There are representatives from all countries for off-board moves.

In South Korea, the Go Emperor Cho Hoon-hyun is the most powerful player outside the game.

In 1994, in the 5th Toyo Securities Cup finals, Cho Hun-hyun kept singing Korean folk songs while playing chess. Itada couldn't bear Cao's "Korean folk songs", so he started to wear a pair of thick earplugs in the second game as a protest and continued to fight. However, Cao couldn't resist Cao's "Korean folk songs" and lost 1-3.

In 1997, during the 4th Lotte Cup China-South Korea match against Chang Hao, Cao, who was in a disadvantageous situation, hummed "Japanese folk songs", but the effect was not obvious and the situation was still at a disadvantage. When Chang Hao was about to enter the tense "countdown", Lao Cao suddenly changed the "folk song" to a "military song", which finally worked and finally reversed the situation.

In 2000, in the quarter-finals of the first Chunlan Cup, Lao Cao made a ground-breaking "magic move" and defeated Zhou Heyang. In this game, Lao Cao was so excited that he took off his shoes and socks, and put his socks away. Standing next to the table, Zhou Heyang had no choice but to cover his nose. When competing with younger players, Lao Cao relies on his old skills and sells his old skills, so young opponents are naturally inconvenient.

Lao Cao’s student Li Changhao also continued to display his master’s “stunt skills”. In the second round of the first Chunlan Cup, Lee Chang-ho took charge of the black team and faced Yu Bin. Lee Chang-ho suffered a big loss in the response in the lower right corner at the beginning. The situation was so serious that he had no intention of eating after the plate was closed at noon. The battle continued in the afternoon. Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Lee Chang-ho unexpectedly "turned over" all the chess pieces. As a result, a series of "upside-up" chess pieces appeared on the chessboard, which was very disharmonious. Yu Bin did not comment afterwards whether his emotions were affected.

The most sensational "off-board move" was made by Koreans. In 1998, in the first game of the third Samsung Fire Cup final, Ma Xiaochun quickly defeated the sluggish Lee Chang-ho. Seeing that the situation was not good, the South Korean organizers used the "schedule conflict with the Asian Games" as an excuse to postpone the game for two months. As a result, Lee Chang-ho, who was in improved condition, came back to win 3-2, and his super "off-set moves" worked. In the following years, Ma Xiaochun refused to participate in the "Samsung Cup" World Go Open.

The most despicable extra-game move is that in the second round of mixed doubles match at the Guangzhou Asian Games in 2010, China’s Liu Xing/Tang Yi played against South Korea’s Park Yeon-hwan/Lee Se-ah. , when the game was coming to an end, the Korean combination was already lagging far behind, but they did not admit defeat, nor did they try to recover from the situation. Instead, they continued to fill in the blanks, forcing the Chinese combination to raise their pieces so that they could use them. A small amount of time is lost because the competition adopts a "time-based lump sum system". The "time guarantee system" means that there is no countdown, and the game must be completed within the specified time, otherwise the game will be lost. Later, the chief referee found the Korean Go referee representative and took the initiative to admit defeat. Later, the Korean representative also asked the organizing committee and the media not to publish this chess record. He probably felt very embarrassed as well.

There are also many representatives of off-board moves in Japan.

There was a match between two Japanese Go masters Koichi Kobayashi and Zhao Zhixun. One side said it was hot and asked to turn on the air conditioner, while the other side said it was not hot and refused to turn on the air conditioner. The two refused to give in, so the referee decided to turn on the air conditioner for half an hour. Leave it off for another half hour.

Takemiya Masaki also often shakes his head in an advantageous situation, and hits his bald head with his hands from time to time. He mutters in his mouth, often confusing his opponents.

When Zhao Zhixun is in a bad situation, he often likes to bang his head with a folding fan.

China has several distinctive characteristics.

When Qiu Jun plays chess, he always holds his head in his hands and lies very low. When he takes the exam, you can barely see his half of the board, but he can see it clearly and take advantage.

Chang Hao and Rui Naiwei also like to use Fengyoujing to refresh themselves. However, Zheng Yan, who also likes to use Fengyoujing, received complaints from Korean chess players during the game, which is also very interesting.