Soul of Chess: Buy the chessboard from Shi Guangjia at the beginning of the game

Chapter 216
Tian Min held up the huge Ying's Cup and smiled as if he couldn't lift it.

The chairman of the Ying's Go Foundation responded with a smile, "You have to be firm, now there is no one in the world chess world worthy of this championship except you."

This championship is what Tian Minze attaches the most importance to, and also dreams of most, because this is the only honor missing in his championship honor book.

It took only two years for Tian Min to complete the goal that Gao Yongxia hadn't accomplished in 8 years, the Grand Slam of the World Series.

Last year's Samsung Cup plus the world's strongest game, this year's LG Cup, Chunfeng Cup and Yingshi Cup, Tian Min has five world champions plus the "Lianhuashan Cup" World Go Mixed Doubles Tournament, he is truly a collector of world championship trophies .

Gao Yongxia lacks only one Ing's Cup. The last Ing's Cup was eliminated in the semi-finals, and the championship was won by his teammate Cui Zhehan. The Korean media exclaimed with surprise.This time he was completely defeated by Tian Minze. It is estimated that he will not be as competitive after four years, and the regret of the Ying's Cup will always remain.

The lack of a Yingshi Cup does not affect Gao Yongxia as the most successful chess player after Cui Ze, with 14 world championship trophies shining brightly, which is still the goal pursued by future generations.

At present, only the older player Cui Ze Jiudan has completed the honor of Grand Slam, so the pinnacle of human Go history is still Cui Ze Jiudan.

With the addition of Tian Minze today, the world chess world has added another Grand Slam player, but the number of world champions is still far behind the predecessors, but it has already taken a solid step to catch up with the predecessors.

After the Ying's Cup ended, Gao Yongxia's man-machine five-game chess match was officially announced, and the world's attention was focused on it for a while.

Google's management announced that it will officially launch the company's latest research success in December this year. The artificial intelligence alpha dog will compete with human chess player Gao Yongxia in a five-game chess battle.

The man-machine battle of Go really attracted public attention from an article in the British "Nature" magazine on January 2016, 1.The article revealed that Go artificial intelligence (AI) defeated professional Go players in a fair game for the first time.

So now that the man-machine war is announced, it has been warmed up for a year and has attracted much attention.

Originally, the plan was supposed to start in March this year, but a reporter immediately asked why it was postponed.

Dr. Huang stood up and replied, "This year we found that AI does not have a deep understanding of many moves newly developed by player Tian Minze, but we have supplemented Tian Minze's nine-dan game record. With a new type of understanding, we are more confident."

Seeing Dr. Huang's explanation, Tian Minze and Yu Lijun, who were far away in Pengcheng, dropped their jaws in shock. The two looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. Min sighed.

"Minze," Yu Lijun looked at him adoringly, "You have to learn even the AI ​​in chess. Although you are not in charge of the man-machine battle, you are honored."

Tian Min looked at the TV and shook his head, "Gao Yongxia may not be able to win the opponent, I guess it will be my turn soon."

Yu Lijun walked over with a coffee and handed it to Tian Minze, "You have so little confidence in Gao Yongxia, he is a king-level chess player."

"It's not that I don't have confidence in Gao Yongxia," Tian Min said frankly, "It's that Gao Yongxia has no confidence in himself."

Looking at Yu Lijun's questioning eyes, Tian Min explained, "Because Gao Yongxia has set up a luxurious preparation research team, but this just shows that he has no confidence. The young Gao Yongxia didn't listen to anyone."

Tian Min saw a familiar figure appearing on the TV, and Wang Rui was also reporting on the spot, "Go is regarded as the most varied and complex game of chess, and it takes a lot of artificial intelligence to defeat top human players with computers. level of intelligence, so this is seen as a key battle to judge whether robots will surpass humans to rule the world in the future.”

Tian Min chuckled and looked at Yu Lijun, "Is this the word you wrote for Wang Rui?"

Yu Lijun patted him and shook his head, "It has nothing to do with me."

Soon the introduction of AlphaGo was completed, boasting the feeling of being unparalleled in the world, and invited another protagonist, Gao Yongxia.

"The pinnacle figure in the Korean Go world, once the king of the world Go world, was pulled down by the Chinese genius Tian Minze in 2015. Tian Min is now the number one in the world, but before Tian Minze, Gao Yongxia ruled Go world for many years!"

In fact, apart from insiders like Tian Minze, other Go circles and even people who eat melons believe that Gao Yongxia will win the game without any effort.

After all, many people have played Go software before, and professional players can make the software more than 10 pieces.

Although AlphaGo has won the European champion, in front of players like Tian Minze and Gao Yongxia, the European champion is at least two stones away, not a player of the same level.

Therefore, the audience's assumption about such a game before the game is that Gao Yongxia can defeat the AI.

However, some professional chess players also raised concerns. After all, in the history of the major "man-machine battles", chess and Chinese chess have been completely defeated, and only Go is still struggling!

1997年，美国IBM公司的“深蓝”超级计算机以2胜1负3平战胜了当时世界排名第一的国际象棋大师卡斯帕罗夫。“深蓝”的运算能力当时在全球超级计算机中居第259位，每秒可运算2亿步。

In 2006, in the first "Inspur Cup" Chinese Chess Human-Machine Competition, five Chinese chess grandmasters were finally defeated by the supercomputer Inspur Tiansuo.

So when it really came to the fall of Go, many people were at a loss and at a loss, and they couldn't believe it.

But everyone in this event is very satisfied.

Both artificial intelligence and Go have achieved the desired effect at this moment.

Go has always been in a tepid state. Although people who love it regard it as life, for most people, the entry threshold of this sport is too high.

Go successfully got out of the circle in this incident, and the popularity soared.

The same is true for artificial intelligence. Under the overwhelming publicity, people know the progress of artificial intelligence in recent years. Many professional terms, such as "deep learning", can be easily used by ordinary people.

So when a reporter came to interview Tian Minze about his views on the game, Tian Min talked freely to the camera.

"I think that no matter who wins or loses, it is not human beings who lose, but human beings who win. Human beings' development and exploration of technology gradually exceed the limit of the human brain. We are no longer trapped in the shell of the body, allowing others A kind of intelligence that becomes an extension of the human mind, I think this is something very gratifying."

(End of this chapter)