I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 308 A single move can startle even the gods and spirits; the final move can bring tears to the eyes of mountains and rivers!

Everyone stared intently at the television screen. With White's move, Black was once again trapped in a dead end!

Even if they weren't there at the time, seeing this miraculous move and this unpredictable healing technique, they could guess the anxiety and unease in Li Junhe's heart!

On the chessboard, black and white pieces continued to take turns placing their pieces, creating a complex and intricate board with deadly traps lurking everywhere!
Everyone looked at the chess game with mixed feelings.

With each black stone placed, they could almost see Lee Jun-hyuk's expression as he gritted his teeth and struggled desperately, and they could feel the fighting spirit and unwillingness contained in each move!

Black's every move was perfect, but...

Black seems to have no chance of turning the tide!
However, as they watched, everyone's expressions subtly changed.

"...Li Junhe skillfully shifted his attack, making Heizi's aura even tighter."

Zheng Qin's tone was calm, but the fine sweat on his forehead betrayed his inner emotions.

Clearly, his inner state was not as calm as his expression suggested. In fact, one could say that upon seeing the outcome, he was unwilling to believe it, yet had no choice but to accept it.

Wu Shuheng stared blankly at the television screen, somewhat lost in thought, and said, "A raging torrent of relentless pursuit..."

Yu Shao stared at the television screen, his expression becoming serious.

Beside him, Su Yiming was doing the same, staring intently at the chessboard, calculating the various changes in the game.

Time passes minute by minute.

As the black and white pieces continued to fall on the chessboard, the shock on everyone's faces grew stronger.

Finally, another black stone was placed!
Ten columns and thirteen rows, break!
"Black's move cuts off the white stones from the root without any mercy. The fate of Higashiyama Kaoru's white stones in the center is now uncertain!" Finally, someone couldn't control their emotions and couldn't help but shout out.

Qin Lang was unaware that his attention had been drawn to the game of chess.

"...How could they manage to kill White with that?"

Qin Lang's eyelids twitched involuntarily, and a bead of sweat slid down his cheek.

"Although White still has the advantage on the board, the outcome is still unpredictable!"

"The outcome should have been decided long ago, but in the end, we still don't know whether the fish will die or the net will break!"

Black has come back from the dead!
Trapped in a dead end, Black broke through with force and escaped, and now has to compete with White for supremacy!

At this moment, White seemed to be provoked by Black's astonishing resistance, and with a vengeance, White attacked with every move, aiming to kill Black!

However, Black seemed to have been provoked at this moment. Despite the unfavorable situation, Black was not at a disadvantage in the struggle with White and even wanted to launch a counterattack!
The game has reached its climax!
The hidden killing intent and cunning schemes between the two sides, one attacking and the other defending, are chilling.

"Too powerful, too powerful..."

A male chess player in his twenties stared incredulously at the television screen, swallowed hard, and said with difficulty, "If it were me... whether I played black or white, I... would definitely lose."

The whole place was silent.

Everyone was deeply shocked by the black and white battle in this game of chess!

"Very strong."

Su Yiming finally spoke, his expression unusually grave: "They are all very strong."

Everyone stared intently at the chessboard, not even blinking, their minds completely absorbed in this deadly game.

In any case, this game will eventually come to a conclusion!

At this point, Higashiyama Kaoru has the advantage, but even though it has entered the middle and late stages of the game, the situation is too complex, and the outcome is still unpredictable, with anything possible!
Will Lee Jun-hyuk emerge victorious, or Dong-san Hoon? Or will it be a case of the fish dying, or the net breaking?
Da da da.

The chess pieces kept falling, and time kept passing.

Soon, another white piece was placed.

Five columns and five rows, so crowded!

Upon seeing this move, Su Yiming seemed to realize something and paused slightly.

When Yu Shao saw the current state of the game, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

"Wait, this..."

After a moment, Zheng Qin finally began to see through the mystery of the board and was immediately stunned.

He stared at the television screen as if he were seeing something unbelievable, a look of disbelief on his face, and murmured, "This is..."

The others looked somewhat bewildered as they stared at the big screen. After a moment, their expressions began to change!

"Both sides' main forces are locked in a fierce battle, constantly fighting to gain liberties. This inevitably leads to both sides abandoning their dominant pieces. White pushes, Black captures, White pounces... Finally, after careful calculation, it actually results in—"

A male chess player stared at the television screen in astonishment and exclaimed, "A triple ko?!"

at last.

Everyone understood the mystery of the game: if the two sides continued to play, it would actually... create a bizarre and strange situation of three cycles of tribulations!
There is no such thing as a draw in Go; the two sides will inevitably determine a winner, with the exception of multiple ko cycles!
Once a multi-knock cycle is formed, and either side gives up initiating a knock, it will lead to a local collapse. Therefore, the two sides can only repeat the cycle, constantly initiating knocks, without end, so it can only be judged as a draw!

However, multi-ko cycles are extremely rare. Many players have played Go their whole lives and may not even be able to play a single game with a triple ko cycle, let alone a quadruple ko cycle or an eternal ko.

But at this moment, the cycle of three tribulations has begun!
"The cycle of three tribulations..."

Zheng Qin and Xu Zijin couldn't help but glance at Yu Shao and Su Yiming.

Their memories were suddenly pulled back to that rainy night two years ago, and their eyes were momentarily dazed.

At that time, Zhong Yufei and the vice-captain of Guangnan Affiliated Middle School played a triple ko, a game that is rare even in thousands of games, leading to a tiebreaker rapid chess match.

It was on that rainy night that Yu Shao and Su Yiming played their first game of chess.

Now, the cycle of the three kalpas has begun again.

And coincidentally, just like two years ago, the team competition has once again resulted in a triple ko, as if it were carrying a sense of destiny.

"This is truly unexpected, a draw..."

A male chess player looked regretful: "White should have had the advantage."

"Looking at the central defense, Lee Jun-hyuk's tenacity is astonishing. Despite White being in dire straits several times, he stubbornly managed to create a triple ko situation..."

Another male chess player looked at the game and said with some emotion, "I really didn't expect it to end like this."

"Shouldn't we have a rapid chess tiebreaker?"

Wu Zhixuan couldn't help but ask, "I've never played a triple knockout round before, is there going to be a tiebreaker?"

"Yes, there should be a tiebreaker."

Wu Shuheng nodded and said, "Let's look at the other games. We were too focused on this one." Hearing this, everyone finally turned their attention to the other games, and Yu Shao and Su Yiming also looked at them.

Soon, the game of Four Generals attracted everyone's attention. The game between Bae Yoo-yeon and Murakami Shunichi had reached an astonishing 300-point score, which was equally terrifying.

"This battle is advantageous to Pei Youyan."

One of the male chess players, with a somewhat grave expression, said, "Murakami Shunichi's situation is not good; he's likely to be completely wiped out."

"What if Murakami Shunichi makes this move to cut off the board? Would that work?" Someone frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, pointed at the board, and asked.

"Disconnect?"

Zheng Qin thought for a moment, then began to set up the chess pieces and analyze the subsequent variations.

The group gathered around the chessboard, disassembling it and discussing it.

A moment later, Fang Haoxin was the first in the crowd to raise his head and look at the TV screen, ready to see if Murakami Shunichi had made his move after thinking for so long.

"Hasn't it finished yet?"

Fang Haoxin glanced at the TV screen and noticed that Murakami Shunichi still hadn't made a move. Just as he was about to look away, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the situation of the first game on the TV and was slightly taken aback.

The next moment, Fang Haoxin's pupils contracted rapidly, and he was frozen in place.

He stared intently at the first game of Go between Dongshan Xun and Li Junhe, his mind going completely blank!
"What's wrong? Did Murakami Shun go for a walk?"

Seeing that Fang Haoxin didn't react for a long time, a young man couldn't help but wonder. He looked up at Fang Haoxin and saw that Fang Haoxin seemed to be in a daze, staring blankly at the TV screen.

The young man was a little puzzled. Following Fang Haoxin's gaze, he looked at the TV screen and saw that Murakami Shunichi had not yet made a move on the chessboard for the four-player game.

"You didn't play chess?"

The young man was puzzled and was about to ask Fang Haoxin what he was looking at when he suddenly noticed the main general's chess game out of the corner of his eye, and he was stunned for a moment.

"this--"

The young man couldn't believe his eyes. Finally, unable to contain his shock, he cried out, "What is Higashiyama Kaoru doing?!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was somewhat surprised and looked up at the television screen.

On the television screen—

White moves in the 16th column and 11th row, press!
Upon seeing this move, Yu Shao and Su Yiming were both stunned for a moment.

Everyone stared in disbelief at the move, and the entire seminar room fell silent!
Not only in the discussion room, but everyone watching the game on TV or computer was stunned into silence.

At this moment, all was silent!
In this game, the two sides went from scheming and intrigue in the opening, to fierce and breathtaking battles in the middle game, and finally to a triple ko in the late game...

If the previous sounds were all high-spirited marches, at this moment, with this move, all sounds came to an abrupt halt, leaving only the radiant light on the chessboard, a light that seemed to swallow mountains and rivers!

"He... gave up the cycle of three tribulations?"

Wu Shuheng spoke in a daze.

No one answered.

This game of chess is the best answer!

Under the watchful eyes of the world, after a long time, the black and white pieces continued to alternate.

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
A moment later, a hand reached onto the chessboard and picked up the white pieces one by one. The black pieces had completely surrounded and captured all the white pieces!

Seeing this, people all over the world who were watching this game were getting thirsty.

These white stones captured by the black stones... account for about a quarter of the entire board!

The white stones in the middle half of the board are all wiped out!

Just moments ago, the black and white pieces were tightly intertwined, but now not a single white piece remains. This intense visual impact made everyone's heads buzz!

However, upon witnessing this scene, the whole world became even quieter.

Everyone could see that Lee Jun-hyuk's hand was trembling slightly as he picked up a piece on the TV screen, as if each white piece on the chessboard weighed a ton.

In the silence, the chess pieces continued to fall.

The two sides then entered into a battle for the endgame.

Da da da……

Finally, after both sides had finished all the endgame moves and reached the 293rd move, in complete silence, two black stones slowly fell onto the board.

The game is over.

Everyone has decided who will win this game.

White sacrifices 46 pieces, then—

A resounding victory of seven and a half points!
Everyone stared blankly at the game, their eyes involuntarily drawn to the white piece in the 16th column and 11th row, at that astonishing move!
This chess piece, at this moment, seems to be glowing.

Faced with a draw in the triple ko cycle, Higashiyama Kaoru shockingly abandoned the triple ko cycle, making a sweeping sacrifice of nearly half a board of white stones.

Beyond the three kos, a hidden ko deep within the chessboard was unexpectedly created by a ghostly move, revealing a chance for a complete upheaval!

Inside the seminar room, everyone stared blankly at the white piece, a sentence involuntarily surfacing in their minds—

It will be a success!

Yes, the success of one general is built on the bones of ten thousand!

"This is the first game in history where a triple ko has determined the winner; there has never been a precedent before this..."

"Higashiyama Kaoru made history."

Zheng Qin was somewhat lost in thought, and murmured the Japanese media's assessment of Higashiyama Kaoru: "After Higashiyama Kaoru, there has been no more genius..."

Looking at this game of chess, for a moment no one thought the statement was an exaggeration.

One move can startle even the gods and spirits; the final move can bring tears to the eyes of mountains and rivers!

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P.S.: One more chapter! That's about all the setup. The original game record for this match is Luo Xihe vs. Cui Zhehan. If you're interested, you can search for it; it's amazing!

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