I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 310 Foolish Appearance and Common Hands (Two-in-One)

Meanwhile, on the other side of the competition venue, in the commentary room responsible for providing overall analysis, the room was already bustling with people.

No unauthorized personnel are allowed to disturb the competition venue, and no unauthorized personnel are allowed to enter the discussion rooms of each country. If you want to watch the game, you must do so in the commentary room.

The commentators for today's five team matches are Moon Yong-hyun 9-dan and Yoo Da-hye 6-dan, male Go players from North and South Korea.

However, since there are five games, they will only explain the main battle on the large board, and will only explain the other four games as an aside.

"The guessing is complete. Lee Jun-hyuk is playing black, and that kid named Yu Shao is playing white," someone said after seeing the guessing results on the TV screen.

A man in his thirties, recalling Yu Shao's words during the team competition, looked rather displeased and said, "Although Li Junhe lost to Dongshan Xun yesterday, he still deserves credit for his defeat."

"Lee Jun-hyuk's Go skills are evident to all."

He crossed his arms and continued, "I want to see how he performs in this game. If he doesn't play as well as Higashiyama Kaoru did yesterday, I'll see how he explains himself."

"How could he possibly compare to Higashiyama Kaoru's game yesterday? That kind of game is not something that can be easily compared to. Let alone compare, he probably couldn't even beat Lee Jun-hyuk."

Beside him, a bald, middle-aged man stared at the television broadcasting the main battle, his expression unfriendly, and said in a cold tone, "He might actually have some skill to dare to say such a thing."

"If he loses to Lee Jun-hyuk, he'll lose face big time. I'll definitely laugh out loud and make fun of him."

The person in the back seat chimed in, "That's right. There's a limit to youthful arrogance. Does he really think Lee Jun-hyuk and Dongshan Xun are just ordinary geniuses? How arrogant."

"Because they're like frogs in a well, with no view of the sky?"

A young man scoffed, "Among China's younger generation of chess players, apart from Su Yiming, only Qin Lang is passable."

"He beat Qin Lang, and before that, he beat Zeng Jun in the chess competition, even winning ten games in a row, so he thought he was invincible."

"He has never seen a real genius and has no idea what the situation is like in the Go world of Japan and South Korea. He naturally assumes that what he sees is the ultimate truth."

The crowd chatted indignantly until Moon Yong-hyun, a 9-dan professional Go player, picked up a Go piece and hung it on the board, finally drawing everyone's attention to the board itself.

“The game begins!”

"Lee Joon-hyuk placed his first move on the Star position!"

Both sides made their first few moves quickly, and soon a black star point versus a white star point was formed. Then it was Lee Jun-hyuk's turn to make his move.

Soon, Lee Jun-hyuk placed his piece again.

Three columns and six rows, flying high!
"Li Junhe didn't use the small flying star to guard the corner of Wuyou, but instead chose the large flying star. The small flying star guards the corner with the large flying star. This change is quite rare."

Seeing Lee Jun-hyuk choose to defend the corner with a large knight's move, Moon Yong-hyun was slightly surprised, but he quickly took out a black piece and placed it on the board.

"Small eyes, big wings, guarding the corner?"

Beside him, Liu Duohui, a 6-dan player, looked at the board and said thoughtfully, "In the previous game, Yu Shao used a shoulder hit against the Wuyou corner. Lee Jun-hyuk should have been prepared for this, so he chose the big knight's move, right?"

At that moment, the white piece finally landed on the television screen.

Five columns and sixteen rows, a single gate guarding the corner.

"A single defensive corner?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Moon Yong-hyun's eyes: "It's quite a rare technique for guarding the corner with small eyes, isn't it?"

In the game of Go, Black often uses a small knight's move to defend the corner, creating a safe corner and thus forming a solid and stable board position. However, in this game, Black chose to use a large knight's move to defend the corner, while White chose to use a one-space jump to defend the corner.

Both of these corner defense methods are feasible, but relatively rare!

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……

Japanese seminar room.

"Su Yiming chose to play the 3-3 point, but Yu Shao, who played the 3-3 point first, did not play the black stone's 3-3 point when he could have, but instead defended the corner and waited for the situation to change."

"Qin Lang chose to play a small-scale move, it seems he intends to prolong the battle and engage in a close game with his opponent?"

"Le Haoqiang chose the two-star formation, and Pei Youyan also chose the two-star formation..."

"..."

As everyone watched the television screen, they simultaneously placed their chess pieces, and the discussion lingered over almost every one of the five games.

Higashiyama Kaoru simply stared intently at the battle on the television screen, remaining silent.

On the TV panel, black and white pieces alternately fall.

"Tomorrow... my opponent is this guy."

Dongshan Xun couldn't help but recall what Yu Shao had said at the opening ceremony of the team competition, and his fists clenched unconsciously.

"I must beat him and make him apologize! I absolutely cannot allow myself to lose to him!"

"How can someone who says such things be called a chess player!"

After Yu Shao chose to defend the corner with a single pass, Li Junhe chose to use a small flying move to the lower right white star position, and Yu Shao responded with a small flying move as well. Then Li Junhe used a small flying move to enter the corner and spy on the white corner position.

Faced with the black pieces' lurking, the white pieces remained completely unmoved and chose to move first to the upper right corner.

Then--

White's pieces are arranged in eight columns and four rows, then split into four!

"Divide into four?"

Upon seeing this move, Higashiyama Kaoru was taken aback, his thoughts abruptly interrupted.

At this moment, everyone else also noticed Yu Shao's move and were all stunned for a moment before turning their attention to the television broadcasting the main battle.

"...Disassemble into four?"

Fujiwara Terashima looked puzzled and said, "It's common to split two or three pieces in the upper area, but if you split four, Black clearly has a way to invade the upper area."

Upon hearing this, Higashiyama Kaoru finally looked away from the television screen. After pondering for a moment, he took out a black piece from the chess box and placed it on the chessboard.

"If Black invades directly here, White can force Black to defend the corner by pressing on this side."

With a focused expression, Higashiyama Kaoru explained the subsequent variations, saying, "If Black plays a move in the upper left corner, then White can move in from the upper right, initiating a complex battle."

"In this battle in the upper area, the black piece that has invaded is somewhat isolated and helpless."

Upon hearing Higashiyama Kaoru's words, everyone frowned slightly, considered the potential consequences, and finally nodded.

"However, Lee Jun-hyuk will not do as he wishes."

Higashiyama Kaoru turned his gaze from the Go board to the television screen and said, "Lee Jun-hyuk is definitely aware of this; he's not an easy player to deal with!"

"As long as Lee Jun-hyuk doesn't rush in directly, then if Black builds up momentum before invading, it will be extremely severe!"

As soon as Higashiyama Kaoru's voice fell, Lee Jun-hyuk placed a chess piece on the television screen!

Fifteen columns in three rows, pointed!
"Good move!"

Upon seeing this move, Onishi Kagekawa was slightly taken aback, but quickly understood its intention and said in a deep voice, "After Lee Jun-hyuk's sharp move, White will inevitably grow!"

"In this way, White has formed a two-space extension and four-space extension pattern. If White does not reinforce, Black will have the opportunity to invade in the future. If White does reinforce, it seems that it is not easy for White to reinforce!"

On the television screen, the white piece was placed.

Just as Onishi Kagekawa had predicted—

Fourteen columns and four rows, so long!
Immediately afterwards, the black pieces fell again on the TV screen!

Seven columns and three rows, split into two!
Upon seeing Lee Joon-hyuk's move, everyone's expressions immediately turned serious.

"This move of splitting two stones is anything but gentle; it threatens a strong attack on three of White's stones, demanding that White reinforce their position, but... it seems that White is in a difficult position to reinforce!"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, a white chess piece was slowly lowered between a finger on the television screen.

Upon seeing this move, everyone was stunned, even Higashiyama Kaoru!

On the television screen, below the small black stone, a white stone had suddenly appeared!
Faced with Black's threatening move of extending two spaces, White not only failed to respond, but knowingly went against the grain, directly crashing into the star point in the upper left corner—

Four columns and four rows, bump!

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Inside the competition venue.

"bump?"

Upon seeing Yu Shao's move, a hint of confusion appeared in Li Junhe's eyes.

"Instead of reinforcing the position, should we directly invade this side? If I play a right-side extension, the white stones will extend, and I can play a position, but if the white stones play a clamp, it might be very troublesome, so the only option is to play on the left side?"

Lee Jun-hyuk gazed at the chessboard, pondered for a moment, and finally picked up a piece and placed it down again.

Hey!
Three columns and five rows, turn left!
Seeing the black piece fall, Yu Shao also quickly placed another piece.

Hey!
Five columns, three rows, turn!

Black and white pieces began to alternately fall, and the pieces gradually spread out in the upper left corner.

Soon, Yu Shao placed his white piece down again!
Three columns and three rows, break!

"Excellent!"

Upon seeing this move, Lee Jun-hyuk's expression became extremely serious. He had already grasped the subtlety of this move and was frantically calculating the subsequent changes in the game.

"If I capture on the left, White's block is the initiative. If I capture, White will block after playing, and my Black will be in a tough battle, which is extremely dangerous!"

"If White turns outwards, White can then capture Black's two-space extension from above. Since White has the option to capture and block Black's liberties in the corner at any time, Black will be in a dilemma!"

“Once I reinforce the corner, and the white stones connect, not only will the invasion in the upper area be neutralized by the white stones, but the black stones that have extended two spaces will also be captured by the white stones!”

The more he delved into the calculations, the more serious Lee Joon-hyuk's expression became.

"If I use force to capture the white piece, and the white piece captures the piece, and I capture it again, and the white piece sticks to the spot, and I capture it again, I can demand to capture the white piece, because it is advantageous for the white piece to capture the white piece, and forcibly killing the white piece is not feasible!"

"..."

In just one minute, Lee Jun-hyuk had already calculated several possible moves in his mind, and even calculated each move more than ten times!
One minute later, Lee Jun-hyuk finally picked up a piece and placed it on the board!
Hey!
Three columns, two rows, fire!

"Did it hit here?"

Yu Shao quietly gazed at the chessboard, calculating the changes in the game. After about half a minute, he picked up a piece and quickly placed it down.

Hey!
Eight columns and five rows, attack!

Seeing this, Lee Jun-hyuk also quickly placed his chess piece.

Seven columns and three rows, stick!

Da da da……

"Use blunders to force a standstill?"

A moment later, seeing Yu Shao place another piece, Li Junhe's expression changed slightly, a look of astonishment appearing on his face. "He actually played this seemingly bad move so casually?"

On the chessboard—

Six columns and three rows, perfect!

With a single move, White has created a foolish shape that no player would want to avoid!

The term "foolish shape" refers to a chess formation that is inefficient, looks incredibly clumsy, and is utterly unattractive.

Lee Jun-hyuk couldn't help but look up at Yu Shao, only to find Yu Shao simply staring at him quietly.

It was as if... he didn't know what move he had made, but was just quietly waiting for his response, as if any move he made was within his grasp!

Lee Jun-hyuk's eyelids twitched involuntarily. Thinking of what Yu Shao had said at the opening ceremony of the team competition, and seeing Yu Shao's calm expression, a sudden surge of anger welled up in his heart.

At that moment, he even had the urge to go down to the next row and see if Yu Shao had anticipated this move!

"Calm down..."

However, Lee Jun-hyuk managed to control his crazy thought, looked away from the chessboard, and after a moment, picked up a piece again and quickly placed it down!

Hey!
Seven columns, two rows, curved!

Soon, Yu Shao placed his white piece down again.

Five columns, five rows, charge!

The pieces began to be placed alternately again.

Black, fifth row, sixth piece, move!
White, in the sixth row and sixth column, play!
Black has six columns and seven rows, and it's an elongated formation!
……

Soon, after a few more moves, it was Yu Shao's turn to play again.

Yu Shao picked up a chess piece and slowly placed it down.

Hey!
Six columns and five rows, stick!

Upon seeing this move, Lee Jun-hyuk, who was about to take a piece out of the chess box, paused involuntarily.

"They've made their pieces live right here?"

It's not impossible to make a move directly with both eyes, but just like using the foolish form to forcefully hold on before, this move seems too vulgar and makes one look very aggrieved. No one would even consider making such a move!

"The strongest move here should be to directly search the root and attack my black stones."

Lee Jun-hyuk was looking at the chessboard, preparing to place a black piece, when he suddenly realized something, and his pupils contracted slightly.

"No... After this move, White's position is completely secure, and White has almost no leverage on the outside!"

"Moreover, White has left room for a follow-up move after the capture, such as growing a white stone in the corner, and on the right side... because White's move is a forcing move, and it even indirectly supports the previous four-space extension shape!"

"More importantly, upon closer inspection, my black stones are in a local situation—"

"There's absolutely nothing left to counter!"

.....
……

What happened on the chessboard was chilling!

Inside the market commentary room, everyone stared in disbelief at the market chart in front of them, their faces filled with undisguised shock!
"how is this possible?"

The young man who had previously called Yu Shao "a frog in a well" was now staring blankly at the large trading board in front of him, with beads of sweat streaming down his face!

"Previously, Higashiyama Kaoru racked his brains, making one brilliant move after another, and the game was still evenly matched even after fifty moves. But now, apart from that one cut move, White has not shown any highlights at all!"

The young man bit his thumbnail, staring at the large trading board in front of him, his eyes trembling.

"You could even say that White's moves are full of foolish shapes and clichés, but... but..."

"Li Junhe has already fallen into a disadvantageous position after only forty moves!"

Not only him, but at this moment, many people in the entire commentary room even covered their mouths in disbelief to keep from making a sound. This counterintuitive scene sent chills down everyone's spine!

On the commentary stage, Moon Yong-hyun 9-dan and Yoo Da-hye 6-dan also had expressions of disbelief on their faces as they continued to demonstrate the subsequent changes.

“If Black moves in from above, White can play a support move. If Black moves in, White can move a crawling move. In this way, Black will gain nothing except to make himself heavy.”

"but……"

Moon Yong-hyun stared at the board, beads of sweat forming on his forehead. As he placed the stones, he said, "If Black tries to block, it doesn't seem to work. White cuts, Black captures, White extends, Black forms a tiger's mouth, and White connects..."

"In the end, although the black stones broke through some territory in the upper area, the white stones in the center strengthened dramatically, so the black stones also lost more than they gained."

"so……"

Ultimately, Moon Yong-hyun could only come to a conclusion that even he found somewhat unacceptable: "In this local situation, it seems that Black truly has no response..."

The whole place fell into silence.

A moment later, the black piece finally made its move again.

Seven columns and seventeen rows, Xiao Fei!

Seeing this move, Moon Yong-hyun finally came to his senses, took a deep breath, and said, "The top is not a good place to play. Lee Joon-hyuk has moved his pieces to the bottom!"

"That's a good player too!"

"Lee Jun-hyuk was very calm. White's move of jumping over a single stone to defend the corner left the second line vulnerable. This move precisely exploited White's weakness and fulfilled his previous intention of forcing White's stone on the fourth line!"

"Don't worry, everyone, this setback is only temporary!"

"The black stones at the top are indeed slightly at a disadvantage, but the board is still quite open, and the outcome is far from decided! You must know that Go never judges a player by a single moment's victory or defeat!"

Liu Duohui nodded and said, "As everyone knows, Li Junhe's amazing ability to entangle opponents in a losing situation is obvious to all. Even when at a great disadvantage, he still managed to turn the tide countless times!"

"Not to mention that it's just a slight loss in a localized area, which isn't even a major disadvantage, and the market is still very close!"

Upon hearing this, the audience's eyes lit up, and their confidence was instantly rekindled.

"That's right! How many comebacks has Lee Joon-hyuk orchestrated?"

"In yesterday's game, even though Lee Jun-hyuk was at such a great disadvantage, he still managed to control the board and even managed to get to a triple ko in the end!"

"Go Lee Joon-hyuk! Beat him next time!"

The room where the market analysis was being conducted immediately erupted in a cacophony of voices!
Because it was a home game for North and South Korea, the commentary room was almost entirely filled with North and South Koreans, all cheering and encouraging Lee Joon-hyuk!
Just then, the white piece finally landed.

"Has White made her move? Let me see..."

Moon Yong-hyun glanced at the TV screen and was about to pick up a chess piece and place it on the board.

However, the next moment, when he saw clearly where the white piece had placed its move, he froze.

Gudong.

After a moment, Moon Yong-hyun swallowed hard, finally snapping out of his daze, and placed the white piece on the board.

White, thirteen columns and sixteen rows, shoulder hit!

Upon seeing this move, everyone in the review room was stunned!

After a while——

"Li Junhe threatened White's weak second line, but... Yu Shao not only didn't defend, he actually launched a shoulder attack in the lower right!"

A bald man, finally unable to contain his shock, exclaimed, "He's going to turn around and threaten the weakness of Black's pieces on the third line being positioned too low?"

……

……

On the chessboard, the pieces continue to be placed.

"He completely ignored my attempt to break through the air..."

Lee Jun-hyuk's expression was somewhat unpleasant. He quickly picked up a chess piece and placed it down again.

On the opposite side, Yu Shao quickly placed a white piece.

Seven columns and sixteen rows, press down!
"Or rather, he doesn't want any of the real short positions below. He's handing over all the real short positions on the three lines to me, forcibly suppressing me below, not afraid that I'll form a large short position!"

Lee Jun-hyuk gritted his teeth and placed another chess piece.

Theoretically, White could indeed make this move, but that's only in theory, because it's extremely risky, risky to the point of being unreasonable!

This statement, seemingly contradictory yet actually contradictory, is not.

Generally speaking, if the opponent launches a strong attack, then you just need to respond accordingly. In this situation, White abandons all the territory on the side. Although it lowers Black's position, Black has actually surrounded its territory!

After pressing down the black stones, it is unknown how much territory the white stones can build. They may be able to build a larger territory, but they may not be able to build as much territory as the black stones!

After all, no one can predict what will happen on the outside. The variations in Go are as vast as the Milky Way. If you make a wrong move, you will be doomed!
"This method is theoretically sound, but... it's only theoretical!"

"Abandoning land to gain strategic advantage is a common tactic, but to abandon all the land below to gain strategic advantage requires a strategic vision that is beyond human capability!"

Seeing Yu Shao place his piece again, Li Junhe steadied himself, frantically calculating various variations in his mind. After a moment, he finally picked up a piece and quickly placed the black one.

"Since you insist on doing it this way..."

"Then bring it on!"

Hey!
Four columns and seventeen rows, pointed!
“Great idea!”

Upon seeing this move, the referee's eyes narrowed.

"Black's move, a sharp one, preserves the variation for the outside game. White's next move is to connect, otherwise Black will inevitably cut off the White's position!"

The referee silently calculated the subsequent changes in the game. The difficulty of this move lies in its unseen nature, but once it is played, the subsequent changes are not too complicated, and he can calculate them clearly.

"After White connects, Black plays again. After White responds, Black then connects three times in a row. White is forced to cut and capture, and then Black can take advantage of the situation to extend along the upper side!"

"In this way, Black not only gains territory in the lower area, but the Black stone that extends along the side also alleviates the problem of Black's tight liberties in the upper area. Furthermore, it can even restrict White's future territory encirclement on the outside!"

Yu Shao gazed at the chessboard, focusing on the black piece that concealed a treacherous intent. After a moment, he finally picked up a white piece and slowly placed it down.

Hey!
Eight columns and fifteen rows, let's eat!

The referee's eyes widened when he saw the white piece make that move!

"Kuroko's sharp move was definitely the first strike, but he didn't stick to it and instead attacked from the outside?!"

Lee Jun-hyuk stared at the chessboard in disbelief, looking at the white piece that had just been placed.

"Isn't he afraid I'll break through his defenses?!"

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