I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 227 The Mystery of Point

Qin Lang strode out of the chess talk room, quickly left the chess academy, returned to the hotel near the chess academy, then turned on the computer and entered the official live broadcast room of the Yingjiao Cup.

"Le Haoqiang, Yu Shao, and Su Yiming, have these three qualified?"

Seeing the scene in the live broadcast room on the computer screen, Qin Lang frowned slightly.

It’s not because Le Haoqiang and the other two won faster than him. In Go, the speed of deciding victory or defeat has nothing to do with the level of chess skill. For example, if the opponent takes a long time, no matter how strong his chess skill is, he will still win slowly.

However, it was somewhat beyond his expectations that both Yu Shao and Su Yiming, two beginner chess players, had qualified.

Yu Shao and Su Yiming are different from all other chess players because they were only promoted to professional chess this year, and no chess records of their matches in the preliminaries have been leaked. Only their match records can indirectly reflect their chess strength.

Although everyone has heard that Yu Shao and Su Yiming are very strong, and their impressive record also proves this point, chess players in all regions except the southern region know almost nothing about them.

Qin Lang clicked the mouse and logged into the official website of the chess academy. He quickly checked the chess record of Yu Shao and Cao Xinghuai, then kept clicking the mouse to click on the next move.

At first, Qin Lang's expression was relatively calm, but as he watched, he suddenly froze.

Qin Lang no longer clicked "next move", but moved the mouse to return to "previous move", and then continued to return, until he returned to the twenty moves before continuing to click the next move.

After seeing the twenty hands, Qin Lang clicked the mouse and went back.

Just like that, after watching it over and over again for several times, Qin Lang looked at the computer screen, his narrow eyes slightly narrowed.

The next moment, he stood up without saying a word, took out the chess board and chess box from his suitcase, sat down at the table, and began to play the chess score by himself.

Da da da……

The room was suddenly filled with the sound of clear, crisp chess pieces falling.

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At the same time, in the Yingjiao Cup, the games of other chess players have also entered the final stage one after another.

A few minutes later--

Table 5, Gu Chuan, 4th dan, advances!
Not long after that, the winner of the fourth table was finally decided!
Although Lin Dehai played very steadily after falling into a disadvantage, he continued to improve himself and waited for an opportunity to turn things around.

But after 212 moves, he was finally defeated by Che Wenyu. Under Che Wenyu's heavy sword attack, he was defeated and surrendered. Che Wenyu successfully advanced!

Finally, only the third table was left, the last game between Yu Shu 5th dan and Ji Yuzhe 6th dan.

The game of chess between the two was once quite intense, and both sides were in a hard fight, but after a hard fight, no one was victorious, and the board finally entered the final battle where every last ounce of the ball was counted.

Under the attention of the whole world, this game of chess has finally come to an end!

In the end, Yu Shu 5th Dan handled the ending more delicately, winning by one and a half points after the endgame!

The third table, Yu Shu, fifth dan, advanced!
The first round of the Yingjiao Cup has ended!

With the end of the first round of the Yingjiao Cup, the screen in the live broadcast room has turned black, but even so, netizens who are still not satisfied have not left, and dense barrages of comments continue to fly through the live broadcast room.

"Wonderful! All the games were very exciting! Not a single game was dull. All the young players showed their strong chess skills and fought to the end like masters of their generation!"

"Even the defeated players played very well. Although Yang Qiaozhen, as a female chess player, lost in the end, she also made a series of brilliant moves that even Le Haoqiang was overwhelmed!"

"This is a true battle between geniuses. Even the loser is a well-deserved strong man! They will have a chance to make a comeback in the future!"

"Le Haoqiang, Qin Lang, and Che Wenyu lived up to expectations and performed well, especially Che Wenyu, 6th dan. It was amazing, he was completely transformed from before. It seems that Le Haoqiang will be under a lot of pressure!"

"The most surprising thing is that Yu Shao Chudan and Su Yiming Chudan both played chess at the 33 position in the opening stage, and they won both games. It's unbelievable and I don't understand it at all!"

"I need to review these two games carefully. Why is this happening? Could it be that point 33 is really valid in the layout stage? Why!"

"Whether it was successful or not, the two players made almost no mistakes in the middle and late game after they had the upper hand. It was very exciting and their chess skills far exceeded my imagination!"

"Not only Qin Lang, Che Wenyu, and Le Haoqiang, but also Yu Shao and Su Yiming! Seeing the wonderful performances of the chess players, I am full of expectations for future chess competitions!"

"Yes, we also have such a strong young chess player. I wonder how the subsequent games will turn out!"

Seeing the performance of the young chess players in the first round, all netizens are looking forward to the next few rounds of competition, and the live broadcast room is still bustling with people.

While netizens were discussing this, all the chess players participating in the Yingjiao Cup had already returned to their respective hotels.

Che Wenyu returned to his room, turned on his computer, and immediately looked up the chess records of Yu Shao and Su Yiming.

After looking at the chess record for a while, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on Che Wenyu's face.

After a moment, he suddenly stood up, took out the chess board and chess box, and started to play the chess.

It wasn't just Qin Lang and Che Wenyu. Since they didn't know Yu Shao and Su Yiming before, almost all the chess players checked their chess records for the day as soon as they returned to the hotel.

Then--

Almost everyone took out the chess board from the suitcase with a puzzled look on their face and started to review the game.

It's not just the case in China. At this time, a group of young chess players from the New York Chess Academy have already gathered around the chess table, starting to disassemble the chess pieces and study them, with extremely serious expressions.

A group of netizens who are not very good at chess can look at the problem of point 33 with a relatively relaxed attitude, but they, as professional chess players, cannot do this!

At this moment, all the professional chess players who were analyzing the two games between Yu Shao and Su Yiming, regardless of their rank, felt inexplicably heavy, even a little depressed.

All professional chess players have questions in their minds!
why?
Why did Yu Shao and Su Yiming still win after clicking 33 even though their thinking behind Point 33 had been figured out?
Point 33 itself hands the initiative to the opponent, and instead of playing the strategy of pulling and sticking, the black piece plays two moves in a row, which goes against the principles of chess and is extremely damaging. Moreover, even if the black piece does not play the strategy of pulling and sticking, the outer strength of the black piece should... still be extremely strong!
What is thick?
There are no breakpoints, the pieces are closely connected, the structure is solid, and it is thick!
What is thin?
The chess piece structure is loose, the connection is not perfect, and it is easy to be broken up by the opponent. It needs to be strengthened with a lot of moves, which means it is thin!

After the 33-point move, the side that is moved will form a series of stick-shaped chess pieces after stretching. This kind of chess piece is almost impossible to be divided by the opponent, and it is extremely tight!
At the New York Chess Academy, everyone kept disassembling and reassembling the chess pieces until dawn. The more they disassembled and reassembled the chess pieces, the more unbelievable they felt!

"No matter how we split it, after the black pieces were pressed, every move of Cao Xinghuai, 6th dan, was excellent in this game!"

Someone's face was full of disbelief, and he said, "Although some moves were indeed slower, that's only the difference between 100 points and 90 points!"

"Same here!"

Next to him, another person was looking at the chessboard in front of him, his mouth dry. "Chu Jiang, 6th Dan, played very well too. Every move was in line with chess theory. At most, he was slow, but it was definitely not a mistake!"

There was silence.

After a long time, a fat man with blond hair stared at the chessboard in front of him, as if he had lost his soul. He finally broke the silence and asked, "Why is that?"

"Why……"

"The situation has reversed without us noticing?"

Everyone looked at Zeng Jun in the crowd, expecting Zeng Jun to give an answer. Even though some people were dissatisfied with Zeng Jun, Zeng Jun's record was indeed real!
However, facing everyone's gaze, this time, Zeng Jun just looked at the chessboard and fell into silence.

"Let's review the game from the move at point 33!"

After a while, Zeng Jun finally said in a deep voice: "Don't worry about the middle game, start from the move of point 33!"

Hearing this, everyone was suddenly shocked and looked at Zeng Jun in amazement.

What does it mean?
Instead of reviewing the game from the middle, why not start directly from point 33?
Does Zeng Jun think that the reason why Cao Xinghuai and Chu Jiang were at a disadvantage in these two games was not because of the subsequent moves, but because of the three-three point?

Zeng Jun thought that the three-three method might be... valid? !

"besides!"

Zeng Jun seemed to have thought of something and spoke again: "Call Teacher Ma Dong. No, not only Teacher Ma Dong, but also find a few ninth-dan and title holders and ask them to review the game together!"

Zeng Jun's eyes were slightly fierce, and he said, "It's about fighting for chess, they will come!"

Hearing Zeng Jun's words, everyone's heart skipped a beat.

"I see."

The blond fat man also realized the seriousness of the problem. He swallowed his saliva, nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and said, "I'll call them one by one right away!"

Zeng Jun turned his head and looked at a young man with blond hair and blue eyes in the crowd, and said, "Wan Jing, haven't you always been dissatisfied with me? Let's play a game. I will use the three-three point, and the chess will be fast in fifteen seconds."

Hearing this, the young man named Wan Jing's eyelids twitched.

He glanced at Zeng Jun, but finally did not refuse. He nodded, then sat down in front of a chess table. Zeng Jun also came to the opposite side of Wan Jing, and the two sat opposite each other.

Soon, after guessing the first move, the two began to play chess. Because it was a super-fast game of fifteen seconds, both of them made moves very quickly, and the crisp sounds of dropping pieces were almost continuous.

Soon after.

Wan Jing looked at the chessboard and lowered his head with reluctance.

Before Wan Jing could say anything, Zeng Jun said, "Let's play another round. Play three three."

Soon, the second game of chess between the two began.

Not long after, Wan Jing looked at the chessboard in front of him with an extremely ugly expression. It was obvious that the situation was extremely unfavorable.

However, Zeng Jun didn't have a proud look on his face. Instead, he frowned tightly. After thinking for a moment, he spoke again: "Let's play another game. This time, it's a slow game. You point to three threes and I will respond."

Similar scenes not only happened in the New York Chess Academy, but also happened all over the world, such as France, Britain, Russia, Japan, South Korea...

Because the Yingjiao Cup is related to future chess competitions, it can be said that professional chess players from all over the world are paying attention!
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Two days passed by in a flash.

In the past two days, netizens were waiting for professional chess players to give a detailed analysis of the two games between Yu Shao and Su Yiming, explaining how the situations in these two games were quietly reversed.

However, what shocked everyone was that in the face of these two games, all the professional chess players actually... remained silent!

No professional chess player could point out which move between Cao Huaian and Chu Jiang in the middle game caused the situation to start to collapse in these two games!
This abnormal scene finally made netizens begin to feel that something was wrong - it couldn't be that they responded perfectly and then the offensive and defensive momentum was different?

Before the sentence “the offensive and defensive situations are different”, they have to add “benevolence and righteousness are not practiced”. I am benevolent and righteous, but you also have a different offensive and defensive situation. Then, isn’t my benevolence and righteousness in vain?

In such an eerie silence, time came to the third day.

The second round of the Yingjiao Cup is finally about to begin! Even though there is still some time before the game starts, countless netizens have come to the official Yingjiao Cup live broadcast room, waiting for the game to start.

Early that morning, Yu Shao left the hotel, came to the chess academy, and then went straight to the discussion room.

After the last round of competition, seven players have been eliminated, and now only eight players are left. These eight players will compete for the top four spots in this round.

Because there are only eight chess players, there are naturally only four chess talk rooms left for hosting the Yingjiao Cup competition. In this round, Yu Shao's competition venue is Room No. 4.

Yu Shao arrived late today. When he arrived at the door of chess talk room No. 4, he saw Zhou Wei, who had arrived in the room in advance and was sitting on a chair beside the central chess table waiting.

Not only Zhou Wei, the female music recorder and two referees had also taken their seats, waiting only for Yu Shao.

Seeing Yu Shao finally arriving late, Zhou Wei subconsciously clenched his fists, his eyes slightly stern, without saying hello. He quickly retracted his gaze and looked at the chessboard in front of him without saying a word.

Yu Shao didn't say anything either. He came to Zhou Wei, pulled out a chair, and sat opposite Zhou Wei.

In the quiet chess room, under the calligraphy of "Sitting and Discussing Taoism" hanging high on the wall, two chess players sat opposite each other, competing against each other. The atmosphere in the whole chess room suddenly became tense and depressing.

Not only in chess talk room number four, but all the chess players in other chess talk rooms have entered the room as well. They are sitting opposite each other in silence, confronting each other in silence!

Table number four.

Yu Shao is the first dan, yes, Zhou Wei is the sixth dan!
Table number three.

Qin Lang is 6th dan, yes, Gu Chuan is 4th dan!
Table number two.

Che Wenyu is sixth dan, yes, Yu Shu is fifth dan!

Table number one.

Su Yiming is the first dan, yes, Le Haoqiang is the fifth dan!
There are eight chess players in total, but only four can advance to the next round, and these four will definitely become one of the ten people participating in the chess competition in the near future!

Today's female music notator was still the same one as before. She felt the atmosphere in the music talk room and couldn't help but secretly glanced at Yu Shao.

"After today's game, regardless of whether we win or lose, Yu Shao will be promoted to the second dan level, and the same goes for Su Yiming..."

"Will they still play that move of 3-3?"

She was originally convinced that the three-three button could not be used during the layout phase.

But in the past three days, she has reviewed the two recent chess games many times, but has not been able to find any mistakes made by Cao Xinghuai and Chu Jiang. Now, her heart is actually... somewhat shaken!
Is point 33 really valid in the layout phase?

If so, why?
If this is not true, then how do we explain the previous defeats of Cao Xinghuai and Chu Jiang?
She couldn't figure out the problem, at least there were only three days, which was not enough time.

"However, his opponent today is Zhou Wei, 6th dan. Zhou Wei, 6th dan, is the strongest young chess player in the Central Chess Academy. Compared with the top players, he only lacks experience."

The female music notator couldn't help but look at Zhou Wei, but the next second, she couldn't help but look at Yu Shao: "But Yu Shao, a beginner, also defeated Le Haoqiang..."

Her mood suddenly became extremely complicated.

She didn't know how many people were feeling the same way as she was, but she was afraid... it wouldn't be a minority.

Finally, after a while, a referee stood up and said in a deep voice, "The game time is up. Both sides have three hours to play. One minute countdown. The handicap is 7.5 points. Let's start guessing first!"

Hearing this, Zhou Wei took a deep breath, reached into the chess box first, grabbed a handful of chess pieces from the box, and clenched them tightly in his palm.

Yu Shao immediately took out a black piece from the chess box and placed it on the chessboard.

"Nine."

After Zhou Wei counted the white pieces, he looked up at Yu Shao and said calmly, "I play white."

"I play black."

Yu Shao nodded, then bowed to Zhou Wei, who immediately returned the greeting.

The chess game begins!

At the music-noting table, after seeing the two men finish their greetings, the female music-noter didn't know why, but she became nervous even though it was a chess game that had nothing to do with her.

She subconsciously looked at the two referees beside her, but was shocked to find that the two referees were staring at the chessboard at this moment, and like her, there was a bit of nervousness on their faces.

Click!

In the quiet chess room, the sound of chess pieces colliding suddenly rang out.

Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, reached into the chess box, quickly picked out the chess piece, and slowly made the first move.

Hey!
Sixteen columns and four rows, stars!
Zhou Wei looked at the black piece in the upper right corner of the chessboard, and couldn't help but think of the two chess games between Yu Shao and Cao Xinghuai, and between Su Yiming and Chu Jiang.

Apart from eating and sleeping, he spent almost all of the time over the past three days analyzing the two chess games, but even now, he still couldn't figure out where the problem lay.

"Perhaps in those two games, both sides were too concerned about taking care of the external forces and worried about being attacked by black pieces, thus ignoring the potential of developing external forces!"

Zhou Wei subconsciously clenched his left fist. Although he had this idea in his mind, he was not sure. His expression became more serious. He quickly took out the chess piece from the chess box and dropped it at a high speed!
Hey!
Four columns and sixteen rows, stars!
Seeing Zhou Wei make his move, Yu Shao immediately took out a chess piece from the chess box and gently placed it down.

Sixteen columns and sixteen rows, stars!

Black has placed pieces at star positions in the first two moves, forming a two-star layout, intending to quickly gain momentum, bring the board into Black's rhythm, and win by speed.

"Eternal Star?"

Zhou Wei thought for a moment, picked up the chess piece again and put it down gently.

Hey!
Four columns and three rows, small eyes!
In the first two moves of the white piece, one was the star position and the other was the small eye, forming a star-small-eye layout, confronting the black piece's two consecutive stars.

The advantage of using the small star against the two consecutive stars is that it is full of flexibility. You can attack when you advance and defend when you retreat. You can wait and see how the situation develops and wait for the opportunity to tire out. This fits the idea that the white player needs to strike back after being the last to do so.

After making this move, Zhou Wei raised his head and looked at Yu Shao opposite him with sharp eyes.

Yu Shao lowered his eyes and looked at the chessboard. He pondered for a moment, then slowly took out the chess piece from the chess box again. The chess piece held between his fingers seemed to be emitting light.

next moment--

The hand is hanging down from a thousand feet.

Hey!
The chess piece landed on the board with a sound like the sound of metal and stone!

Three columns and seventeen rows, dot three three!
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On the other side, the No. 1 talk room.

Under the high-hanging calligraphy that read "Sitting and Discussing the Tao", Su Yiming and Le Haoqiang sat opposite each other.

In this game, Su Yiming played black and Le Haoqiang played white.

At this point, both sides have made four moves.

Su Yiming placed all his pieces at the star positions in his first two moves, and Le Haoqiang also placed all his pieces at the star positions in his first two moves. The two sides formed two stars against two stars in a row, and both wanted to gain the upper hand, which was likely to form a complicated killing situation!

Now, it is Su Yiming's turn to play chess again.

"How will he...make it?"

Le Haoqiang couldn't help but clench his hands, staring at Su Yiming opposite him, waiting for Su Yiming to make a move.

Not only Le Haoqiang, but also the scorekeeper and two referees sitting beside him, stretched their necks subconsciously, waiting with dry mouths for Su Yiming to respond.

at last.

"Click!"

The moment the right hand reached into the chess box, the chess pieces suddenly collided with each other, making a crisp sound.

Suddenly everyone's heart was shocked, and all attention was focused on Su Yiming's right hand.

next moment.

Under the watchful eyes of the whole world——

Su Yiming pinched the black spot between the index and middle fingers of his right hand, and slightly separated his ring finger and little finger, and his hand fell from the clouds!

Hey!
The sound of the pieces falling was deafening!
Seventeen columns, seventeen rows, dot three three!

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At this time, inside the studio.

"They all still clicked on 33!"

Zeng Chenlu looked at the big screen and covered her mouth with her little hands, but she still couldn't help but lose her voice.

Because the competition had entered the second round and there were only four tables left, the big screen today did not switch images continuously. Instead, the four chess games were split into the upper left, lower left, upper right, and lower right screens.

Su Yiming's chessboard is in the upper left corner, while Yu Shao's chessboard is in the lower right corner, forming a diagonal position.

In the other two games, the layout of the chessboard in the upper right corner is that the black piece misses a small eye, the white piece makes two consecutive stars, and then the black piece hangs in the corner.

The chessboard layout in the lower left corner is a wrong small eye against a wrong small eye, followed by the black piece guarding the corner.

The layouts of both teams in these two games were very normal and in line with the principles of chess. Countless masters had used these layouts before to defeat all opponents on this chessboard with 19 columns and 19 rows crisscrossed together!

The two games of chess between Yu Shao and Su Yiming, and the two moves of Three-Three, when put together with the other two games, suddenly seem inferior!

These two games of chess are no longer simply a matter of winning or losing!
This is more of a battle of ideas!
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