I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 326 In the hall of Go, is there still a Buddha?

Late at night in Beijing, in a messy rented room.

A young man wearing glasses was intently staring at the computer screen, looking at the game record of today's "ten-dan battle," his face filled with deep shock.

"As expected of Zhuang Weisheng, a 10-dan player, the complexity of this opening is even... even surpasses the three most difficult openings in Go before!"

The young man kept calculating other variations of this formula in his mind. The more he calculated, the more his scalp tingled. He was deeply shocked by the complexity and vastness of this formula.

In a daze, he even felt a sense of helplessness, as if he were in a vast ocean, facing a raging flood!

To confront the heavens with the body of a mortal is to defy the heavens, to do the impossible, and to set this precedent is truly a magnificent and heroic act of daring to fight against the heavens!
"call……"

After a long while, the young man finally came to his senses, then exhaled a long breath and muttered to himself, "It seems there's something to teach in the next lesson."

He is a teacher at a well-known Go tutoring institution. He was once a young Go player who almost achieved professional status, but later gave up on that goal and became a Go instructor.

Now that Zhuang Weisheng has played such a startling game in the 10th Dan tournament, as a Go teacher, he naturally has to analyze it carefully and then give his students a detailed explanation of the game.

This is a game of chess destined to shake the times!

A moment later, the young man swiped to close the game record and began browsing comments from netizens about the game.

Almost all netizens, like him, were incredibly excited by this game of chess, constantly discussing its various variations and marveling at the emergence of a brand-new, large-scale, and complex opening!

"Ok?"

The young man was browsing the posts when he suddenly saw one that made him pause in surprise.

"This opening move was first played by Su Yiming and Yu Shao? The opening move is called 'Storm,' or 'Great Rainstorm'?"

Upon seeing the title of the post, the young man was somewhat taken aback. After a moment, he couldn't help but smile, but he still subconsciously clicked on the post.

The post was very simple, saying that this particular move was played by Su Yiming and Yu Shao during the team selection match. Because it was raining heavily that day, it was called "Heavy Rain" or "Storm".

Then, a chess game record was also attached to the post.

The young man didn't think much of it, but he still opened the chess score and started looking at it.

As he watched, the young man's expression changed slightly, and he became serious.

The entire rented room suddenly fell silent.

The young man became increasingly quiet as he looked around, and for a moment the entire rented room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Looking at the game of chess, the young man seemed to see the image of two chess players placing pieces one by one, and his expression began to change little by little.

Soon after, he finally finished watching the entire game.

"This……"

The young man stared blankly at the extremely brief chess notation, his mouth slightly agape, but for a moment he couldn't utter a single word.

This game of chess was full of brilliant strategies.

Every move by both sides reveals the cycle of life and death, the opportunity for a complete upheaval. One move might have put White in a dead end, but the next move could bring disaster upon Black!

In this short game of chess, which consisted of only eighty moves, he saw only a mountain of corpses and blood, and at the end of the game, all that remained was endless desolation!
This is no game of chess that no unknown person could have played, and the two players who could have played such a game are no ordinary people.

This is by no means a game of chess that can be fabricated. Without sufficient skill, one cannot set up such a situation. This is a battle of life and death!
One lives, the other dies, just like the black and white pieces on a chessboard, clearly distinct!

In fact, this game of chess, in terms of the intent to kill and fight, surpasses even the game between Zhuang Weisheng and Zhu Huai'an!

"real……"

An idea uncontrollably surfaced in the young man's mind!
This unprecedentedly large and complex pattern was indeed first devised by Yu Shao and Su Yiming; there is absolutely no falsehood in it!
"But... how is that possible?!"

"If it really was Su Yiming who, through dedicated research, first unleashed the torrential rain, and this was the first time he faced this kind of move, yet he won, and in just over eighty moves?!"

The young man took a deep breath, closed the game record, and, somewhat skeptical, began searching online for the game of the captain selection tournament.

Not only him, but everyone who saw this game record began to spontaneously search for information about the captain selection tournament.

Many people sought confirmation from various sources, and eventually a professional Go player came forward to confirm that this large and complex opening move was indeed first played by Yu Shao and Su Yiming, causing the entire internet to fall into deep silence.

Before long, the entire internet was in an uproar!
The young man stared blankly at the computer screen, his mind buzzing.

Really!

Although he himself believed it to be true, such a game of chess could not have been fabricated by someone with poor chess skills, and someone who could fabricate such a game of chess could not have done such a thing.

But how could it be true?
Su Yiming had already used such an astonishing and unconventional move, yet he was still defeated by Yu Shao's Eighty-Eight Moves?!

"Ding-a-ling!"

Suddenly, the young man's cell phone, which was on his computer desk, rang.

The young man finally came to his senses, picked up his phone, glanced at the caller's name, and realized that it was his colleague calling, so he answered the call.

The call had barely connected when a colleague's urgent voice came through the other end: "Teacher Wang, you've seen Yu Shao and Su Yiming—"

"I saw it."

Before her colleague could finish speaking, Teacher Wang interrupted her, saying, "How could I not have seen it?"

"You knew already?"

The sound of a colleague swallowing hard came from the other end of the phone, his voice even trembling slightly: "A massive avalanche... the massive avalanche actually wiped it out!"

Upon hearing this, the young man froze, asking in bewilderment, "What? A massive avalanche?"

"You didn't see it?"

My colleague suddenly realized what I meant and shouted, "I'm not talking about the game during the torrential rain, but the game between Yu Shao and Su Yiming in the professional ranking tournament that just broke out!"

"Ranking tournament?"

The young man was even more confused: "What ranking tournament?"

"Go and see for yourself!"

Even over the phone, the young man could hear the urgency in his colleague's voice as he urged, "Quick, go check it out!"

The young man was somewhat puzzled. After turning on speakerphone, he put the phone back on the computer desk, then opened a search engine and began searching for the three keywords: "Yu Shao," "Su Yiming," and "Dingdan Tournament."

Soon, the young man clicked on the most popular post, which only mentioned that it was a game played by Yu Shao and Su Yiming in the professional ranking tournament, followed by a simple game record.

The young man opened the chess score and began to study it.

After watching just a few moves, the young man was stunned.

"Big avalanche?"

After quickly observing a few more moves, the young man froze. "This move, is it a defensive move?"

The young man looked somewhat bewildered, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Demon sword?"

After watching a few moves, a look of surprise appeared on the young man's face again.

The Demon Blade is dead; this is now common knowledge.

However, considering that this was a game during a professional ranking tournament, the young man didn't think too much about it and continued watching.

After quickly watching the entire game, the young man was somewhat puzzled.

In this game, it was clear that Su Yiming had played a dangerous move, which led to Yu Shao gaining a large advantage and ultimately losing the game.

If one did not know beforehand that the Demon Blade was invalid, this whole game might seem absurd. But now that we know the Demon Blade is invalid, it is no longer surprising.

Moreover, what does this game have to do with the avalanche?
Both sides had created a basic avalanche pattern in the lower left corner, but Yu Shao preferred to sacrifice a little and chose to play it safe, rather than fully realizing the avalanche formation...

and many more!

The young man suddenly realized something, as if his brain had been hit by a giant hammer!
If you make a decision, you actually won't lose money.

The young man looked again at the changes in the lower left corner of the chess notation, and a look of horror gradually crept onto his face!
He stared at the chess score, his vision blurring!
thick!
薄！
Looking at the avalanche from today's perspective, the avalanche was not inevitable. Even if it had turned into a major avalanche, continuing the game would have resulted in a huge loss for the side that initiated the avalanche!
The change in thickness brought about by the 33-point adjustment was like a bullet, finally hitting the center of the avalanche's forehead!

"The massive avalanche is no longer possible..."

The young man stared blankly at the computer screen, muttering, "This...how is this possible?"

The Demon Blade is dead, and the Great Avalanche has destroyed it!

Of the three most difficult opening moves in Go, two are already dead, and now only the Big Diagonal is still barely surviving!

silence!

Deathly silence!

He is a Go teacher, and just a few days ago, he was explaining the complex variations of a massive avalanche to his students.

now……

Everything he taught his students must be overturned!
Like the Demon Blade, the Great Avalanche will become a thing of the past!
The avalanche and the destruction of the demon sword gave birth to a torrential rainstorm whose complexity far exceeds the three most difficult opening moves in Go.

"Did you hear it?"

The young man stared blankly at the computer screen and asked.

"Hear what? Heard what?"

On the computer desk, a colleague's voice came from the phone.

"Didn't you hear me..."

The young man asked, "The sound of an era being crushed...?"

Upon hearing the young man's words, the colleague on the other end of the phone was speechless.

For Go teachers, the collapse of a Go edifice is undoubtedly the biggest shock to them!

Because this would mean that everything they had taught before would be overturned and deemed wrong!

Just as when the 3-3 point was first introduced, the people who questioned it the most were Go teachers.

"He only needs one more game to qualify for the title match."

The young man stared blankly at the television screen and said, "He will step into the hall of fame of top chess players amidst the sound of the era being crushed."

……

……

The fact that the pattern of the torrential rain was first played by Su Yiming and Yu Shao in their game of chess is already quite astonishing.

but.

With the release of the game record of Yu Shao and Su Yiming's match in the professional ranking tournament, an even more shocking piece of news completely stunned the world!
A massive avalanche wiped them all out!
Often, collapse is more awe-inspiring than creation!

That incredibly complex avalanche buried countless chess players, from amateurs to champions; almost every player was submerged under its snow-like blanket!

When the snow begins to slide and pile up on the glacier, the sound is earth-shattering. Feeling the biting cold wind, everyone can only feel small and powerless, and be awestruck by it!
However, when it was suddenly discovered one day that the avalanche did not exist at all, all the famous games that had been played around the "avalanche" suddenly seemed utterly absurd and ridiculous.

The three most difficult opening moves in Go are like three giant Buddhas standing in the hall of Go, their bodies radiating light, causing countless people to worship and bow down before their great power!

Throughout history, no one has been able to fully comprehend its changes!
However, now two of these three giant Buddha statues have collapsed!
Many people even shared the same thought—

The avalanche and the demon sword are both invalid.

So, what about the final large slope?
Surely the large slant pattern wouldn't also be invalid?
The Great Slant opening pattern, as long as the small eye side responds directly, will generate hundreds or even thousands of complex variations, hence the name Great Slant Thousand Variations!
In ancient Japan, a Go player once made a large diagonal move during a game of Go, and then used that diagonal move to make three brilliant moves, which were praised as a masterpiece that was unparalleled throughout history. In the end, the opponent vomited blood on the Go board!
This game is also known to later generations as "the most tragic and famous game in the history of Go"!
But is the large oblique pattern valid?
Normally, almost no one would consider this question, but seeing the destruction of the Demon Blade and the Avalanche, almost everyone couldn't help but have this absurd thought!
No one wants to think about it, but they have to: what if... what if the big slant really doesn't work out either?!
So, in the hall of Go, is there still a Buddha?

The words Yu Shao had spoken at the opening ceremony of the team competition inevitably came to mind again—

Before me, there wasn't a single game of chess that could be considered a good game!

Now, upon closer reflection on this sentence, there is no arrogance, no conceit, only sorrow and loneliness!

At this moment, in a villa in Jiangling.

A boy of about fifteen or sixteen finally looked away from the computer screen and turned to look at the middle-aged man beside him.

The middle-aged man was short and stout, with a large face and thick eyebrows, but he possessed a calm and unhurried demeanor, yet also a sharp and piercing aura.

"dad."

The boy hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Your opponent in the next national team qualifying match is Yu Shao, a 2-dan player."

The middle-aged man continued staring at the computer screen. After a long while, he finally spoke, "As long as he bets on a small angle, and I bet on a corner, and he's willing to give me the chance to bet on a large angle, then I will bet on a large angle."

"dad?"

The boy was slightly startled and said, "But you didn't fall down much!"

"I don't do many long diagonal shots, but that doesn't mean it's my weakness."

The middle-aged man finally looked away from the television screen and said, "Although I really wanted to win that game, playing a large diagonal move might not give me a high chance of winning."

"However, more than the outcome of a game of chess, I want to ask for an answer!"

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)