Chapter 295 Heaven and Earth in Harmony

"Officer Han, do you like playing chess too?" Jiang Zigui was not sure what the man in front of him was up to, but when he met his clear eyes, his heart softened instantly.

After all, there are not many people who can play chess in this era!

"I don't like it too much, I'm just an amateur." Han Xu smiled heartily, "I'm definitely not as good as Lawyer Jiang."

"Officer Han, you're joking. I can see that you're the kind of person with strong logical thinking. Please wait a moment, I'll go get the chessboard." When Jiang Zigui heard that Han Xu could play chess, he was of course excited. As he spoke, he turned and went to the storage room.

Generally speaking, there is a strict logic in the movement of chess, especially in Go, where every step is ideological.

So the ancients called playing Go "hand talk", which means using hands to communicate ideas.

In fact, Han Xu was just in a momentary mood. Although he knew a little bit of the basics, he was not proficient at all, and he was not even qualified to be an amateur.

But as Jiang Zigui said, people with strong logical thinking are particularly likely to achieve results in the Go industry.

Although Han Xu is not even an amateur, his chess skills are not necessarily unworthy.

After a while, Jiang Zigui came back with a very exquisite chessboard.

Seeing this, Han Xu hurriedly stood up and took it and placed it on the coffee table in front of him.

Jiang Zigui showed a very friendly smile, and then said, "The chessboard has been there for a long time. I originally wanted to get rid of it during the move, but fortunately I couldn't bear to do it. I didn't expect to meet chess friends just after moving in."

Without waiting for Han Xu to say more, Jiang Zigui went back to the storage room and found two chess pots, which were all made of wood and complemented the chessboard.

"Guess first, or..." Jiang Zigui put the chess pot next to the chessboard, a little impatient.

Guess first is actually a professional Go term.

It is also a method used in Go competitions to decide who will play first.

However, there are rules for guessing first. Usually, the high-ranking player holds a number of white pieces but does not show them to others. The low-ranking player shows black pieces to guess whether the number of white pieces in the high-ranking player's hand is odd or even. If the low-ranking player shows one black piece, the guess is an odd number, and if he shows two black pieces, the guess is an even number. The player who guesses correctly plays black, and vice versa.

Han Xu glanced at Jiang Zigui, the lawyer with an excited look on his face.

"I think I should go first. With my level, you are already very good if you don't give me a handicap."

Jiang Zigui was stunned when he heard this, and laughed, "Officer Han, you are not hiding your incompetence, are you?"

"How can that be? Do you think I am a pig who is playing the pig to eat the tiger?" Han Xu was quite a bachelor, and he directly said the words that Jiang Zixu wanted to say.

Jiang Zigui smiled awkwardly and put away his contempt. The young police officer in front of him not only has a strong logical thinking ability, but also seems to be able to see through people's hearts and easily see through his thoughts. It is indeed very difficult to deal with.

"Okay, then Officer Han will play black." Jiang Zigui said, moving the chess pot with black pieces to Han Xu's right hand, and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation.

Han Xu calmly picked up a black piece from the chess pot with his thumb, index finger and middle finger, placed it between his index finger and middle finger, with the middle finger on top and the index finger on the bottom, clamped the chess piece firmly, and stopped it above the chessboard, but did not drop it.

Then he looked up at Jiang Zigui and smiled mischievously.

Jiang Zigui happened to meet this gaze, and his expression was stern.

From Han Xu's action of picking up the chess piece, Jiang Zigui seemed to feel that Han Xu had a good chess skill.

You have to know that real chess players will be very persistent in the way of picking up the pieces, and some will even like or get used to a certain strange gesture, but this situation will have many disadvantages. If there is a lack of practice, it is difficult to achieve the perfect state of brain-hand unity.

But Han Xu's technique is both standard and perfect, like a textbook, and people can't find any faults.

The most important thing is to keep the hand steady. The two white and slender fingers seem to have a magical power, which steadily controls the black piece.

The black and white are clearly distinguished, forming a strong visual conflict.

Jiang Zigui didn't expect that a simple action could actually form such a strong aura, which was really incredible.

Han Xu caught Jiang Zigui's eyes at that moment, revealing a complex emotion, as if he was reminiscing about something.

"Pop!"

The crisp sound of the black piece hitting the chessboard sounded!

No regrets after making a move!

Jiang Zigui came back to his senses, glanced at the chessboard, but looked at Han Xu on the opposite side with a surprised face.

Because he never expected that the first black piece would be placed by Han Xu in the Tianyuan position in the middle of the entire chessboard!

Heaven and earth are one!

This is a very special pattern!

Jiang Zigui frowned, because he knew very well that Tiandi Datong was an ancient chess game, originally named Tianyuan Yishifa, which was said to have been created by Du Ling.

In fact, it is very simple. The first move is to place the piece at the center of the board, Tianyuan.

But ancient chess has always been a seated chess, that is, the black and white sides will start the game at the diagonal position, and the general pattern is to directly hang the corner or occupy the edge.

Few people place pieces directly at the Tianyuan position, because this move is very easy to fail!

So the move of Tiandi Datong was quite shocking at that time, and it seemed to contain a truth.

That is, no matter how Go evolves in the future, Tianyuan can often play a supporting role!

To make an inappropriate analogy, it is like the whole world is the king's land, and the ministers are all the king's ministers, so it is called Tiandi Datong.

"Officer Han, is it so direct?" Jiang Zigui was stunned for a moment, but soon came back to his senses again, and the smile on his face became more psychedelic.

Han Xu smiled domineeringly, "Sorry, I like straight balls!"

Jiang Zigui shook his head, "I am just the opposite of Officer Han. I like to define Go in one sentence."

Han Xu looked at Jiang Zigui in confusion, looking forward to the next.

Jiang Zigui hung a white piece steadily on the corner of the chessboard, and then continued, "The essence of Go competition is to see who occupies more territory. So, if you start from the corner to the center, it is often easier to circle your own territory while leaving space to try to destroy the opponent's territory!

I prefer to approach slowly and violently in silence!"

Han Xu laughed after hearing this, and the meaning of the test became more obvious, almost on the table, "Lawyer Jiang's preferences are really hard to figure out!"

"It's just playing chess, I don't mean any harm!" Jiang Zigui smiled with Han Xu, but the words he blurted out were meaningful.

"Really? Is it just a coincidence?" The coincidence Han Xu mentioned was even more vague, as if referring to Jiang Zigui's sudden move here, or to some things that happened before.

Jiang Zigui nodded slightly, "Officer Han, you're overthinking it. It's just a coincidence."