I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 287 The Key to Victory (Two in One)

On the other side, inside the Qiankun Dojo.

A man in his late 40s was looking at the intricate chess game in front of him with a focused expression, his brows slightly furrowed, and he kept moving the chess pieces on the board, deducing various changes.

"Master, are you reviewing this game of chess again?"

A boy of about twelve or thirteen couldn't help but come over and take a look at the chessboard. He couldn't help but exclaimed: "Master, you have been dismantling it for a few days. No matter what, he is only a second-dan."

Hearing this, You Yuhao frowned and said, "Rank has nothing to do with chess ability. No matter who you are, you need to play a lot of games to get to a higher rank."

"Even if chess skills have nothing to do with rank, experience must be related to rank, right?" the young man wondered.

You Yuhao looked at the chess board in front of him and was silent for a moment.

"Normally, that's true."

After a while, You Yuhao finally spoke: "But watching him play chess is like watching a seasoned master play chess. He has incredible insight and judgment."

After that, You Yuhao pointed to the upper right corner of the chessboard and said, "The subsequent changes of Fei Ya here have never happened before."

"Is this block really effective?"

The young man looked at the chessboard and asked in confusion, "The white pieces are too tense here. No matter how you look at it, the black pieces are in an advantageous position, right?"

"No, I have conducted in-depth research on this area in the past few days."

You Yuhao's expression became more serious, and he said, "Although it is counterintuitive, there are so many variations. No matter which variation, the fact is that the white pieces can definitely compete with the black pieces."

"This……"

The young man was a little bit incredulous and asked, "So, this is really going to be a completely new branch of the Fei Ya Style?!"

You Yuhao looked at the chess game, and finally nodded slowly, confirming the boy's guess.

Gudong!

The young man couldn't help but swallow his saliva with difficulty, and his scalp felt numb.

Once this kind of chess is played, it is not difficult to analyze the gains and losses on the board, and an answer acceptable to both sides can be obtained, but this kind of chess is too counterintuitive, and I am afraid no one would think of playing it this way.

However, White played it this way, and after playing it, it was discovered that this was a new branch pattern, which was a little too scary.

He hesitated for a moment, glanced at his master secretly, and asked, "Master, are you sure that your next national player opponent will be Yu Shao 2nd Dan?"

"Ah."

You Yuhao looked at the chessboard and nodded slightly.

Upon seeing this, the young man stopped talking for a moment. It was the first time that he felt worried about whether his master could win the next professional second-dan title.

"He taught himself how to play Go, so he often has amazing ideas."

At this moment, You Yuhao suddenly said, "But these few days, through reviewing the game, I finally found his flaw."

"Flaw? What flaw?"

The boy couldn't help but ask.

"Because he taught himself Go, he didn't study the layout deeply enough. In the upper left corner, he played the white piece and played the magic sword, which led to the black piece gaining and forming a powerful external force."

You Yuhao pondered for a moment and said, "Therefore, in order to break the momentum, he had no choice but to make a desperate attempt and force his way into the black pieces' formation."

"Although he finally seized the opportunity of Kuroko's slow move and successfully won the game, it is undeniable that he failed in the layout. He is not good at dealing with the layout of the Misaki Ryu."

You Yuhao picked up a black piece from the chess box and slowly placed it on the chessboard.

"This will be the key to determining the outcome of the next game."

……

……

Three days passed in a flash.

Because the next national team match was about to begin, Yu Shao did not go to school the day before. He stayed at home to rest for a day. Early the next morning, he took a taxi to the Southern Chess Institute.

The registration period for the National Team Competition finally closed a few days ago, which means that there will be no newcomers joining the National Team Competition, and people will only be eliminated continuously.

One must pass the brutal qualifying rounds to get a ticket to the tournament. Being able to stand out in the title match is already the lifelong goal for many chess players.

But even so, in the end, only one person made it through the competition and was qualified to challenge for the title. And even if he got the qualification, he might not get the title as he wished!
The seven major titles of Go Saint, Tianyuan, Tenth Dan, Meijin, Great Go Player, Go Saint, and National Player were forged with the corpses and blood of countless chess players. It can be said that one general's success is the result of the sacrifices of countless others!

Yu Shao came to the game room and looked towards table number three. He immediately saw a muscular man in his thirties sitting down on one side of table number three. It was obviously You Yuhao, the 9th dan.

Seeing Yu Shao coming, the man also raised his head and looked at Yu Shao with a sharp gaze.

Yu Shao quickly walked to the other side of table number three, pulled out a chair and sat down opposite the man.

Seeing this scene, many people were startled and walked quickly towards table number three. Soon they surrounded table number three and waited for the game to begin in silence.

The other chess players in the game room were already accustomed to this scene, and if possible, they would even like to watch the game themselves.

Yin Yanang, 9th Dan, lost, so what about You Yuhao, 9th Dan?
It's impossible that we can keep winning after reaching this score, right?
Everyone had different thoughts at the same time, and various emotions surged in their hearts.

Just then, a young man in his early twenties, wearing a black jacket, appeared at the door of the game room.

Seeing the young figure at the door of the game room, everyone was stunned for a moment. The next moment, everyone opened their eyes wide with a look of shock on their faces.

"Li Cong is the eighth level?"

Li Congyou glanced around the game room and finally locked onto the direction of table number three. He walked into the crowd and waited quietly.

"Li Congyou Baduan... Why is he here?"

Seeing this, a young chess player was puzzled and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "I remember that he will be in the Western Conference tomorrow. Is he going to have a game?"

"I do know that Li Congyou 8th Duan is on vacation in Jiangling recently. Wang Sheng 3rd Duan ran into Li Congyou 8th Duan in the scenic area last week, and Wang Sheng 3rd Duan mentioned him to me."

Someone looked at Li Congyou in bewilderment and said, "But the regional competition starts tomorrow. I thought he had already returned to the Western Conference."

"He wouldn't... plan to fly back tonight just to watch Yu Shao play chess, right?" Someone else couldn't help but whisper.

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in confusion.

Although Li Congyou was promoted to 8th dan not long ago, his chess skills are already very, very strong, even stronger than most 9th dan players. Li Congyou can often be seen in major title tournaments.

However, every time Li Congyou fought in a title battle, he was just a little bit away from qualifying for the title challenge, so much so that netizens jokingly called him "half a step to the title."

They can understand why Li Congyou pays attention to Yu Shao's chess game. After all, there is no chess player who doesn't pay attention to Yu Shao nowadays. But Li Congyou still has a game in the Western Conference tomorrow!
Is this a bit too much?

Not long after, the two referees finally arrived at the game room. When they saw Li Congyou in the crowd, they couldn't help but look at each other and could see the shock on each other's faces.

Time passed by minute by minute.

After a while, a referee looked at his watch and said in a deep voice, "Time is up. The game time is two hours for each side, and the countdown is one minute. Let's start guessing the first move now."

As soon as the referee's voice fell, You Yuhao was the first to reach into the chess box. With a "click", he grabbed a handful of white pieces from the box and held them in his palm.

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

“Click, click.”

After counting the chess pieces, there are eight white pieces and one black piece, which means that You Yuhao will play black first and Yu Shao will play white.

The two of them quickly put away their chess pieces, exchanged chess boxes, and then saluted each other.

Li Congyou stood quietly in the crowd, watching this scene, thinking silently in his heart: "Although I have studied many of his chess records, these records are too few after all."

"Compared to the national players and other opponents, his chess records are even frighteningly few. After all... he just became a professional chess player not long ago."

"Since he may be my opponent in the National Championship, I must thoroughly understand his chess style. Only by knowing both myself and the enemy can we win every battle."

Li Congyou crossed his arms over his chest and couldn't help but raise his head and glance at Yu Shao, frowning slightly.

"Zhu Huai'an has won the title. I am determined to win the title of national player this year... It's really a sudden success."

Soon, under the gaze of Li Congyou, You Yuhao took out the chess piece and made the first move without thinking.

Sixteen columns and four rows, stars!
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, quickly picked up the chess piece, and made his second move.

Four columns and four rows, stars!

"It's raining on the stars..."

You Yuhao glanced at the chessboard and quickly picked up another chess piece and put it down.

Sixteen columns and seventeen rows, small eyes!
With a click, Yu Shao quickly took the chess piece out of the chess box and placed it on the chessboard.

Four columns and sixteen rows, stars!
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……

In the quiet chess room, the crisp sounds of chess pieces dropping continued to ring out one after another.

A young man was looking at the chessboard, frowning and thinking about how to arrange the chess pieces. Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a figure at the door of the game room and was startled.

"Chen... Chen Shan, ninth dan?"

At some point, Chen Shan appeared at the door of the game room. After he glanced around the room, his eyes quickly locked on the direction of table number three.

When Chen Shan saw Li Congyou in the crowd, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

Chen Shanduo looked at Li Congyou for a few times, then finally retracted his gaze, strode into the crowd, and finally stood beside Li Congyou.

Li Congyou also noticed Chen Shan's arrival, but his expression did not seem too surprised.

"Teacher Chen Shan is here too..." Li Congyou glanced at Chen Shan and then turned his gaze back to the chessboard.

"Xing Xiaomu vs Erlianxing, has it just started?"

Chen Shan cast his eyes towards the chessboard, looked at the four black pieces on it, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Shan couldn't help but recall the chess game played by Yu Shao and Yin Yangang in the last national team qualifying match.

"I know Mr. You Yuhao's level very well. Mr. You Yuhao should be able to spot the flaws he revealed in that game..."

Chen Shan glanced at Li Congyou and saw that he was concentrating on the chessboard. He thought to himself, "Li Congyou came here specially. I guess he has the same reason as me, right?"

Hey!
The sound of a move falling was heard.

"Sure enough, Xiaofei is hanging here!"

Chen Shan retracted his gaze and looked at the chessboard again. After seeing the position where the black piece was placed, there was no surprise on his face.

Black piece, six columns and seventeen rows, Xiao Fei is hanging!

When Yu Shao saw this move, he quickly picked up the chess piece again and slowly put it down.

Hey!
Three columns and fourteen rows, Xiaofei!

Seeing this move, You Yuhao's eyes changed instantly, and the chess game between Yu Shao and Yin Yangang also appeared in his mind.

"In the last game, he was able to defeat Yin Yanang by relying on his attacks and struggles after breaking into the opponent's position. He used an airtight offensive to hold on to the black pieces tightly, and finally succeeded in forcing the black pieces to make mistakes."

"In that game, the black pieces were too strong. In order to prevent the white pieces from having any chance of a comeback, they even sacrificed a large number of pieces to gain external momentum, causing the board to completely get out of control and become uncontrollable."

"This will give Baizi an opportunity to win in the chaos!"

"In short, once you have the upper hand, just don't show any flaws, close the gap steadily, and keep a tight control!"

Thinking of this, You Yuhao finally took out the chess piece from the chess box again and quickly placed it on the chessboard!

Hey!
Ten columns and sixteen rows, high demolition!

"It's coming out!"

Seeing the black piece fall on the chessboard, the expressions of Li Congyou and Chen Shan became serious.

The black pieces' small eye, flying hook and high demolition echoed each other and formed a formation in an instant. Just like the previous game between national masters, the game surprisingly played out the Weisheng style!
How the board develops next will depend on White's next move!

"However, in the last game, he was forced to take risks and forcefully break through the situation. He has already suffered a loss. If he studies it after returning, he may not be able to make another high-profile move."

Li Congyou stared at the chessboard closely: "Maybe he can do two hanging moves, big flying moves, or super big flying moves?"

Click!

As soon as Li Congyou had this thought, he heard the sound of chess pieces colliding inside the chess box.

The next moment, under everyone's gaze, a white piece quickly fell onto the chessboard!
Hey!
Sixteen columns and fifteen rows, one hanging high!
"Still... still one is hanging high?!"

Seeing this move, everyone couldn't help but show a look of surprise on their faces!
When seeing the white piece located at the fifteenth position of sixteen, You Yuhao's expression remained extremely serious, without any intention of underestimating it.

"Even if he chooses a high hanging, according to the way he played in the previous game, the next move is a big flying move, and then the white pieces in the local area directly make the pieces alive, the final victory or defeat will still depend on the struggle between the two sides in the middle game!"

You Yuhao looked at the chessboard intently, reached into the chess box and took out the chess piece.

"Well, let's give it a try!"

next moment!
Hey!
The black piece falls!

Sixteen columns and twelve rows, with two high bays!
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard silently. After a moment, he finally picked up the chess piece and put it down gently.

Hey!
Fourteen columns and fifteen rows, jump!

As soon as the piece was placed, everyone was stunned, even Li Congyou and Chen Shan were no exception. This move was completely beyond everyone's expectations!
"No big flying, but... jumping?"

Everyone couldn't help but recall the famous game between Zhuang Weisheng and An Hongshi. In that game, facing the two high fences made by Zhuang Weisheng, An Hongshi made this jumping move!

"Here the black piece must also jump, so the next move of the white piece is to continue to jump away, but then... the black piece has a sharp ghost hand!"

Li Congyou also frowned and looked at the chessboard in confusion: "In that game, Teacher Zhuang Weisheng played this move, even Teacher An Hongshi lost in the end!"

"Instead of playing like this, I think it would be better for Da Fei to bring out the demon sword and fight the black pieces in the middle game."

Chen Shan frowned even more tightly, looking at the chessboard, and had already seen the subsequent changes on the board: "In this way, the black pieces have too much real estate on both wings. Although the white pieces have external forces as compensation, it is difficult to play a role."

Seeing Yu Shao's move, You Yuhao was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and finally picked up the chess piece again and put it down gently.

Hey!
Fourteen columns and seventeen rows, jump!

"Next move, the white piece jumps, and then the black piece points..."

Li Congyou frowned more and more: "Baizi can indeed obtain a certain external force, but this external force is too difficult to bring into play. Is he confident that he can bring into play the role of this external force?"

At this moment, Yu Shao picked up the chess piece again and put it down gently.

Hey!
Seventeen columns and seventeen rows, damn!

As this chess piece fell, the whole place became quiet for a moment.

next moment--

"No... didn't continue to jump, but directly..."

Seeing this move, everyone was stunned, looking at the chessboard in disbelief. Some even suspected that they were seeing things and couldn't help but lean forward slightly!
"Lean directly on San San?!"

The whole audience was silent!

Everyone stared at the chessboard in amazement, with confused looks on their faces.

What is this for?
The white piece is leaning on 33 at this time, asking to fight with the black piece. Then the black piece's next move will definitely be to pull back, and the white piece will definitely retreat. Then the black piece's next move will be to stand up, which means it will directly kill the white piece and ask whether the white piece lives or dies!

The offensive and defensive momentum changed with just two moves!

In this situation, even if the white piece does not die, it will be in a tough battle!

"Could it be that... Baizi has another trick up his sleeve?"

Everyone looked at the chessboard, constantly calculating the subsequent changes in their minds, but the more they calculated, the more confused their expressions became.

There are actually quite a few variations on this board, but they are not too complicated. No matter what the situation is, it seems that it is difficult for White to gain any advantage.

You Yuhao frowned, looked at the chessboard, and fell into deep thought.

"I push, White retreats, I stand..."

Finally, after calculating all the changes in the local battle, You Yuhao reached into the chess box again, picked up the chess piece, and put it down without hesitation!
Seventeen columns and eighteen rows, pull!

Yu Shao also immediately took out the chess piece from the chess box and placed it on the chessboard!
Seventeen columns and sixteen rows, retreat!

You Yuhao picked up the chess piece in an instant and placed it down at lightning speed!
Hey!
Eighteen columns and eighteen rows, set up!
Seeing this move, everyone couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts, and they all felt the sharpness and murderous intent revealed by this move!
This move directly kills all of White's eyes and cuts off White's way of survival. White's piece in the lower right corner is already very heavy and there is absolutely no way he can discard it... Now even White's life and death has become a problem!
"Click!"

Originally, everyone thought that Yu Shao was going to fall into deep thought, but the next moment, they heard the sound of grabbing the pieces.

When the sound of grabbing pieces stopped abruptly, Yu Shao pinched a white piece between his right fingers and slowly placed it on the chessboard.

Hey!
Eighteen columns and twelve rows, missing!

The whole place suddenly became quiet again.

"Leaking...leaking on the second route?"

Everyone stared at the white piece in amazement, and were speechless for a moment.

As soon as one piece falls, the white piece in the lower right corner, which was originally unstable, instantly becomes stable. There is no longer any worry about life or death. Even if the black piece makes a series of clever moves, it cannot do anything to the white piece.

Baizi is indeed alive.

However, this is by no means a brilliant move, but the simplest and easiest way to keep chess alive that even beginners can easily think of!

In the layout stage of Go, pieces are always moved on the third and fourth lines. The number of points on the second line is very small, and usually, people would not consider using this method to keep pieces alive.

Moreover, this move is purely for keeping the chess pieces alive and has almost no value. It has no points and cannot pose a threat to the black chess pieces. If there is no other way, one would not consider making such a move.

In other words, the white piece admitted that he could not kill the black piece, so he chose to retreat and placed the piece on the sideline of the second road helplessly. If the white piece survived, he would definitely survive, but, he would live a very aggrieved life!
"Is this... under the pressure of the black piece, they just force the chess piece to live?"

Everyone looked at each other for a moment.

Although this is not a bad way to play, if you play it this way, then the white piece might as well choose to jump. After the black piece stabs, even if the white piece's outer position is not good, at least there is still the outer position as compensation.

But in this way, White will get nothing!

You Yuhao was also a little dazed when he looked at the white piece on the second line. He didn't make any moves for a long time. He had already calculated all the changes that might occur in this part of the game...

Although White is in a tough fight, there must be a lot of local borrowing, and the two sides should still have a long fight.

As a result, the white piece simply gave in and did the job with grievance?
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard with a somewhat puzzled expression.

This mistake was beyond human imagination. Before the emergence of Go AI, this move was once considered a bad move.

However, after the birth of Go AI, it gave a completely different view on this, vindicating this move and completely overturning human's understanding of terrain and piece effects.

The Go AI believes that this mistake by the white piece not only stabilizes the white piece itself, but also reduces the efficiency of the black pieces in the two high spaces on the side. In the area below, the black pieces are also suppressed in a low position, so the white pieces are fully capable of fighting!
The success or failure of this chess move will be determined by the effects of the pieces and the terrain!
If this move was placed in the AI ​​era, it would be just an ordinary move, but before the AI ​​era, this move could even be called a god's move!
After a moment, You Yuhao finally came back to his senses. After taking a deep look at Yu Shao, he looked at the chessboard and cautiously fell into thought again, wondering if the white pieces had any other tricks up their sleeves in this situation.

Finally, after thinking it over again and again, and confirming that White's move had no other meaning other than keeping the chess piece alive, You Yuhao finally took out the chess piece again and placed it on the chessboard!

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