I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 331 From this day forward, the world will be free of the three great unsolvable formulas.
The people around seemed to have been struck by a thunderbolt, staring blankly at the chessboard and the game, as if in a daze.

"White has changed... it has become heavier."

轻！
weight!
All the confusion, the bewilderment, and the uncertainty before finally came to a head in this game of chess, at this very moment. Everything became clear, everything became enlightened, and all the answers were found!
but……

When they had no answers, they were confused and bewildered. But now that they finally have the answers and understand why the black pieces moved in the upper right corner when facing the large diagonal, and why they moved in the middle of the battle, they are even more confused and bewildered.

This answer is so shocking, so outrageous, so unbelievable. It is completely beyond human thinking, completely beyond human power, and completely above ordinary people!

All players subconsciously try their best to prevent their opponents from building a solid foundation, because once the opponent builds a solid foundation, it becomes difficult to attack and to threaten them by exploiting weaknesses.

However, no one has ever thought that if the opponent's shape is solid, they would use various follow-up methods to try to make the opponent's shape even thicker!

The saying goes, "Too much of a good thing is bad." When the opponent's shape becomes thicker, the pieces become heavier because of the thickness. If the pieces are too heavy, then the effect of each move will be reduced!
Or--

efficient!

Only the coldest word, efficiency, is most appropriate here!
When the thickness reaches a certain level, it will evolve into lightness and heaviness. In this game, Black's handling of lightness and heaviness exceeded everyone's imagination and subverted everyone's understanding!
Black's various tactics do not directly attack White, but rather try to make White's moves less efficient. This kind of game seems calm on the surface, but in fact, every move hides a terrifying killing intent!
Black, through this chilling tactic, seized the initiative!

This is why, after playing the large diagonal move, White, who seemed to have the advantage, unknowingly fell into a disadvantageous position.

This is why, in the struggle in the center, White spent most of the day working hard, but in the end only managed to live by five or six points!

This is an extremely unpredictable line of thinking, which completely understands the mysteries of Go and reveals the secrets of the game!

Quiet.

The entire room fell completely silent.

There was not a sound at all; you could barely hear a breath.

The people around stared blankly at the chessboard in front of them, completely bewildered.

Across from Yu Shao, Lai Yu stopped making moves. He stared blankly at the chessboard, beads of sweat slowly sliding down his face.

Finally, after a short while...

In the silence, Lai Yu reached into the chess box again. In this astonishing silence, the "click" sound of the chess pieces colliding inside the box was exceptionally loud.

But this time, Lai Yu did not pick out a chess piece.

He grabbed two white pieces from the chess box, then reached his hand onto the chessboard. As soon as he released his hand, the two white pieces bounced onto the chessboard.

"clatter."

"clatter."

Two white pieces fell onto the board with a crisp sound.

The game is over.

White previously chose to sacrifice a large number of stones to try and encircle the center, but now the center only has five or six points of life left. The gap on the board has become so large that it is impossible to catch up. Continuing to play is meaningless and is just a desperate last stand.

White now has no choice but to resign.

Lai Yu resigns in the middle game!
Seeing this, the surrounding crowd fell even more silent.

Then, Lai Yu faced Yu Shao, said nothing, and slowly lowered his head.

Yu Shao looked at Lai Yu, his eyes calm yet subtly silent.

Lai Yu lost this game not because of a lack of skill, but simply because of... the difference in eras.

Although Lai Yu played well throughout the game, many of his moves were filled with flashes of brilliance from the player, and he could feel the opponent's dedication and perseverance in seeking the Way in every move.

but……

The gap is insurmountable.

Chess players who fail to transform and enter the new era are destined to suffer a crushing defeat and a dismal end, no matter how much they persist, how strong their desire to win, or how persistent they are in the face of the gap between the two eras.

That is an absolutely unshakeable gap, an unparalleled pinnacle that mortals can only dream of.

Just like... when he first faced a Go AI.

After witnessing AI's Go skills, the seemingly insurmountable gap and the incredible thinking left him, who was standing at the top of the Go world at the time, feeling an unprecedented sense of bewilderment.

In fact, the four-thousand-year-old hall of Go is empty.

The history of Go spans four thousand years, but there have only been two eras: the pre-AI era and the post-AI era.

It was in this pain and despair that he searched for the answer to Go.

Pursue with trembling body, challenge with reverence.

Finally, Yu Shao slowly lowered his head and returned the greeting to Lai Yu.

Before long, Yu Shao and Lai Yu silently put away the chess pieces. The complex chess game just now vanished as if it had never happened.

Yu Shao slowly stood up from his chair, preparing to leave.

The people around seemed to still be caught up in the game of chess. When they saw Yu Shao about to leave, they instinctively made way for him.

Yu Shao walked through the crowd and quickly left the game room.

Lai Yu remained seated, staring blankly at the empty chessboard before him.

After a while, the people around them finally recovered from the profound shock that this game of chess had brought them.

Everyone looked at Lai Yu, who was still sitting in his chair, and felt a mix of emotions.

"Teacher Lai Yu lost this game..."

"After five years, Lai Yu finally had another chance to enter the title match main draw, but ultimately failed."

"What's even more frightening is that the person who defeated Lai Yu and made it into the title match is only seventeen years old and just became a professional player this year."

"But that's not even the worst part."

"What's even more frightening is that... in this game, Teacher Lai Yu had absolutely no chance of winning from beginning to end."

Everyone looked at the empty chessboard in front of them. The game they had just played seemed to be still fresh in their minds. Every move that the black and white players made was still vivid in their memories.

This tactic of making the opponent's defenses even stronger, concealing deadly intent beneath a calm surface, and gradually leading the opponent into a desperate situation is chilling.

Their minds were filled with images of every game Yu Shao had played since embarking on his path as a professional Go player.

From the initial professional ranking tournament to the torch relay, from the torch relay to the Yingjiao Cup, from the Yingjiao Cup to the competitive chess tournament, from the competitive chess tournament to the team tournament, and finally to the current national champion tournament.

This game of chess not only overturned the concepts of thickness and thinness once again, but also lightness and heaviness.

A young man with tousled hair couldn't help but recall a sentence Ding Huan uttered in a report he wrote after the Yingjiao Cup—

Some chess players are born to crush the times!

At the time, he thought that statement was a bit of an exaggeration, but now, looking at the empty chessboard in front of him and thinking of Yu Shao's chess scores, he fell silent.

The Demon Blade and the Avalanche are no longer there. Within the Great Diagonal, there are numerous variations regarding weight and thickness. While the completion of this game doesn't prove the Great Diagonal's non-existence, its myriad variations will likely be drastically reduced!
Many variations of the large oblique angle may no longer hold true.

The young man stared at the chessboard, his eyes somewhat lost.

Weight, thickness...

An unbelievable layering of thickness, a shocking and bizarre concept...

The youth's eyes grew increasingly confused, and he couldn't help but mutter to himself, "How could someone be..."

"How could anyone... possibly play such a move..."

……

……

That night.

Today's game in the National Masters Tournament, although it was only a preliminary round, didn't even have a recorder and wasn't broadcast live in its entirety.

However, even after the game ended, it still spread rapidly online!
The appearance of the "Great Rainstorm" opening move earlier attracted worldwide attention. Then, the game between Yu Shao and Su Yiming in the professional ranking tournament was exposed, with "Demon Blade" and "Avalanche" being completely defeated in one game, which completely shocked the world of Go.

Therefore, during this period, everyone couldn't help but have a question—

Does the large oblique pattern still exist?
Throughout history, no one has been able to exhaust all the variations of the three most difficult opening moves in Go.

Everyone has become accustomed to the fact that the three unsolvable fixed patterns are deadly moves used in life-or-death situations, which can harm both the attacker and the defender.

Faced with the "Demon Blade," "Great Avalanche," and "Great Slope," everyone is genuinely awestruck by the complexity and variability of these three unsolvable patterns, and feels their own insignificance.

Just like three giant Buddhas standing in the hall of Go, all Go players will feel awe and majesty from the bottom of their hearts when they look up at their Buddha statues!
However, the moment the avalanche and the Buddha statue of the demon sword collapsed, the sound shook the world, causing everyone to tremble from the bottom of their hearts!

Whether the Great Slope exists has become a question everyone wants to know.

And this question was finally answered when the game of the National Masters Tournament came to light!

At this time, the capital.

Inside a messy rental room.

The young man wearing glasses had just gotten off work. As soon as he got home, he rushed to his computer, turned it on with a nervous expression, and typed in the keywords "Yu Shao" and "National Team Battle".

Soon, countless pieces of information about Yu Shaohe's match against the national champions popped up.

"The Lament of the Great Slant?"

Upon seeing the title of the most popular post, the young man seemed to realize something. His heart began to pound uncontrollably, and his palms, gripping the mouse, became slightly sweaty.

The young man took a deep breath, adjusted his mindset, and then opened the most popular post to read it.

The text of the post was very simple—

[This is a game from today's National Masters Tournament preliminary round, played by Yu Shao 2-dan (Black) and Lai Yu 9-dan (White). I don't know how to evaluate this game; just look at the game record, which is linked below.]

The young man immediately scrolled the mouse wheel and quickly opened the chess score, starting to look at it. The entire rented room suddenly became quiet.

The young man stared intently at the chess score, watching every move made by both sides, as if the scene of Yu Shao and Lai Yu playing chess was appearing before his eyes.

"It breaks here?"

As he watched, a deep look of confusion suddenly appeared on the young man's face.

The young man patiently looked at many more hands, but his questions remained unanswered and only deepened.

However, the subsequent development of the game completely exceeded his expectations!

White clearly has the advantage in the upper right corner, but as the game progresses, it seems to be struggling. White is trying to control the board, but as it tries to control the board, it realizes that Black is the one who needs to control the board!

The young man's expression gradually changed from confusion to astonishment, then from astonishment to seriousness, and finally from seriousness to shock!
Soon, he saw the clash between the black and white forces in the center.

This is also the final battle between black and white. After sacrificing a large number of stones, white has gained the initiative in the center. Although it is extremely risky to build territory in the center, it is also the last chance to win in one battle!
Time passes minute by minute.

The young man's expression had become blank at some point.

He stared blankly at the chessboard, his ears ringing, his mind a complete blank, as if witnessing the sky collapsing!
"This……"

The young man opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a single word, as if something was stuck in his throat, preventing him from even squeezing out a sound.

The question that had puzzled him before was finally answered in the final game, after spanning most of the game!

But this answer is chilling!
Thickened on top of thickened!

Because if it's too thick, it will become heavy!

If the pieces are too heavy, it will reduce efficiency!
This is a completely new way of thinking that chess players have almost never had before; it's almost like playing chess from another dimension!
Looking back at Black's every move now, White never had a single chance from beginning to end!
From the moment the large diagonal move was made, the situation was firmly in Black's hands!
"Is this a game that a human could play?"

After a moment, the young man finally finished speaking.

He stared blankly at the chessboard, seemingly oblivious to the passage of time.

"Ding-ling-ling!"

He didn't know how much time had passed until the phone in his pocket rang, finally bringing the young man back to his senses.

He took out his phone, glanced at the caller's name, answered the call, turned on speakerphone, and then looked up at the computer screen, staring at the bizarre and terrifying chess notation.

After the call was connected, the person on the other end did not speak immediately.

After a long silence, the person on the other end of the phone asked, "Teacher Wang, did you watch the national team match today?"

"Looked."

The young man, still staring at the computer screen, replied.

After receiving the young man's answer, the person on the other end of the phone fell silent again, and after a long while asked, "So, Da Xie, should... still exist?"

Upon hearing this, the young man fell silent.

He stared at the chess notation on the computer screen for a long time before answering, "It exists."

Upon hearing this reply, the person on the other end of the phone seemed relieved: "That's good, I happen to be lecturing on the Great Oblique Tomb tomorrow—"

Just then, the young man, staring at the computer screen, interrupted the conversation on the other end of the phone with a slightly hoarse voice, asking, "But, without the Thousand Changes Great Oblique, does it really exist?"

The voice on the other end of the phone suddenly stopped, followed by silence.

"From now on, there will be no more of the three great unsolvable fixed patterns in the world..."

The young man said somewhat absentmindedly, "He stepped into the hall of fame of top chess players, using the corpses of the Demon Blade, Avalanche, and Great Slope as his steps..."

The game is over!

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)