I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 338 The Misfortunes and Fortunes of All Go Players

Yes, after this move is made, it is inevitable that the white pieces will play the next move to resolve the ko. Once the ko is resolved, all the black pieces in the upper row will be wiped out and completely surrounded and killed by the white pieces!

Black's decision to let White resolve the ko fight is tantamount to suicide!
But this kind of suicide is absolutely terrifying and chilling!

If the black dragon can survive, then it will naturally want to survive. However, the black pieces have indeed been forced into a desperate situation by the white pieces, and it is now very difficult for the black dragon in the upper left corner to survive.

At this critical juncture, Kuroko unexpectedly pulled off a terrifyingly clever move, sacrificing the life of the dragon to fight for control of the central area!
Li Congyou gritted his teeth, and after a long while, he finally picked up a chess piece again and placed it down quickly and unwillingly.

Hey!
Sixteen columns, two rows, fire!
Seeing this, Yu Shao immediately placed his chess piece as well.

Fifteen columns, two rows, counter-attack!

White, in the 17th row, capture!
Black, 10 columns, 7 rows, big knight's move!

White moves in six columns and two rows, placing the pieces on the board!

……

The pieces are constantly being placed, and both sides are moving their pieces very quickly!

Da da da!

Li Congyou's expression showed more disbelief, or rather, unwillingness to believe, than resentment.

It was precisely because of this strong unwillingness to believe that even though he could see the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable, he still stubbornly and persistently made every move!

The pieces spread wildly across the board. Although the black pieces at the top were dead, they gained the initiative in the center and began to continuously build up territory there!
“There’s still hope!”

Li Congyou stared at the chessboard with resentment, his gaze fixed on the lower left corner. He reached into the chess box and picked up a chess piece.

"The black stones at the bottom still have weaknesses and are still isolated!"

"As long as I can kill these black spots, I can still turn the tide!"

The chess piece is placed!

Hey!
Nine columns and twelve rows, super large flying!
Everyone watched the game in silence, and when they saw Li Congyou's huge knight's move, they understood his intention.

The black stone in the lower left corner is indeed an isolated stone, but at this moment, white cannot even make the strongest cut.

Because if Black were to dig now, Black wouldn't simply attack and capture; instead, Black would likely extend directly. This would be an excellent move, forcing White to connect, allowing Black to continue extending.

In this way, the black stones in the corner are alive, and even the black stones on the outside and in the center are in harmony, so the white stones have no way to deal with the black stones!

Therefore, the white stones can only choose to make a huge knight's move, trying to use their influence to pressure the black stones in the corner.

But can this really work?
In other words, the black piece in the lower left corner does have a weakness, but it is almost impossible to use this weakness to defeat the black piece.

"Li Congyou, Eighth Dan..."

"They should understand this principle."

The black piece fell again.

Eleven columns, fifteen rows, Little Fly!
Li Congyou's eyelids twitched, and he immediately placed his chess piece down.

11 columns, 12 rows, jump!

After a moment's thought, Yu Shao also picked up a chess piece and placed it down.

Twelve columns and eleven rows, sharp!
"Click!"

The sound of chess pieces clashing rang out. Li Congyou gritted his teeth, stared intently at the chessboard, picked up another piece, and quickly placed it!
Ten columns, three rows, dot!

"point!"

Upon seeing this move, everyone's expression changed, deeply shocked. Yu Shao, looking at the chessboard, also looked far from relaxed.

"This is White's desperate, decisive move!"

"White has risked everything to destroy Black's potential to gain territory."

"Perhaps, Li Congyou, an eighth-dan player, can once again stage an astonishing comeback like before?!"

Da da da!

Everyone watching the fierce clash between black and white on the chessboard was somewhat stunned.

Every child is born of blood!

Every drop is a tear!

Watching this exchange, everyone seemed to feel the oppressive, despair-inducing atmosphere on the chessboard and were deeply affected by it.

Despite this situation, White still displayed a formidable strength that shocked everyone, attacking Black's weaknesses with dazzling tactics!
Indeed, according to common sense, although Black has a weakness, it is not enough to shake the position. However, Li Congyou's every move is sharp and precise, making people's hair stand on end, and he is turning the impossible into the possible!
However, what is even more impressive is that Black's response to White's relentless and overwhelming attack was also impeccable.

Black completely neutralized all of White's killing moves and all of White's offensive moves!

"If we jump away, he can simply dodge, and it won't be enough. So, we have to create another trap!"

Li Congyou's eyes were sharp, as if he didn't feel the sweat sliding down his cheeks. He stared intently at the chessboard and placed his pieces with lightning speed!
Hey!
Fifteen columns per row, turn!
On the chessboard, a strange and complex pattern has once again formed, and either side can pose a fatal threat to the other!

The third ko fight of this round has begun!

On the other side, seeing Li Congyou's move, Yu Shao's eyes flashed, and he quickly placed his black piece down.

Hey!
Fourteen columns in a row, hit!
"He forced his way in!"

Li Congyou's eyes sharpened, he took a deep breath, quickly picked up a white piece, and swiftly placed it down.

Fourteen columns, two rows, stop eating!

Seeing that the white piece chose to capture, Yu Shao placed his piece without hesitation.

Sixteen columns in a row, lift!
Li Congyou was startled, and his body involuntarily leaned forward again.

Time passes slowly.

One minute……

Two minutes...

three minutes……

After a full three minutes, Li Congyou seemed to suddenly realize something, his expression changed drastically, and a fierce look appeared on his face!
"I was completely wrong!"

Li Congyou picked up another chess piece and quickly placed it down!

"In the last battle, I caught him off guard and cornered him, but this time... it seems I won't be able to!"

Hey!
"He actually figured it out at a glance!"

Twelve columns and ten rows, break!
This seemed to be another ko threat that had to be addressed, but Yu Shao simply picked up the piece slowly and gently placed it down.

Fifteen columns per row, then paste!
The third tribulation, which had just appeared, was unexpectedly eliminated in an instant!

Seeing this, everyone was puzzled, but after thinking about it carefully, they seemed to finally understand the mystery of the game, and all of them showed a look of horror!

As they gazed at the chessboard, they were momentarily reminded of the game between Yu Shao and Su Yiming at the Yingjiao Cup!

White has a very large ko threat here. If Black resolves the ko directly, then White will capture the flower in the center!
Thirty eyes of flowers plucked from the abdomen!
No one wants to see their opponent pull out a flower in the center, because pulling out a flower in the center is too big and has a profound impact on the whole game. All players will try their best to prevent their opponent from pulling out a flower!
but--

Yu Shao, however, was so confident that he let his opponent win the game, as if he had already seen through the end!

Upon closer examination of the game, the situation in the center is strikingly similar to that of Yu Shao and Su Yiming in the Yingjiao Cup!

The chess pieces remain on this crisscrossing chessboard, composing the art of black and white.

At this point in the game, some players had already seen through the final outcome, their gazes filled with complex emotions as they looked at the board.

Time passed little by little.

After a long time.

"White has already..."

"There is no chance of winning."

Looking at the chessboard in front of him, Li Congyou fell silent.

After a moment, Li Congyou slowly raised his head and looked at Yu Shao opposite him.

"Let's leave it at that."

……

……

Inside an apartment building in Gangneung.

On the television screen, Li Congyou slowly released his right hand, and two white stones fell onto the board. Li Congyou resigned.

Seeing this, Su Yiming finally looked away from the television screen.

"It's over..."

Su Yiming's gaze seemed somewhat wistful: "He won the first game of the main tournament of the National Masters Tournament."

The game, which began with three ko fights and burned the entire board, finally came to an end when the kos were resolved and the game concluded.

"What a brilliant game..."

Su Yiming could almost see every move made by both sides from the first move to the end of the game, a game that left him in awe.

In this game, both sides were like creators of miracles, creating one miracle after another on the intricate chessboard, fully demonstrating the mystery of Go.

The Go board is so small, yet the variations within it are so numerous that the entire universe cannot contain them.

It is precisely because of this that one hears the sound of chess pieces falling onto the board, sees the thrilling battle on the board, witnesses the clash between black and white, and feels the profound Zen-like wisdom of Go...

Even after hundreds of years, it still fascinates him deeply.

"Thank God."

"I, who should have been dead, have been able to come to this place a hundred years later, and I am fortunate enough to witness such a game of chess, and to feel the warmth of the chess pieces once again."

"With such a chess player here, I feel that my trip has not been in vain."

"I want to play chess, and keep playing forever."

"Until the answer to Go is found."

"You probably think the same way I do, right?"

"Yu Shao".

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……

In the press room of the Southern Chess Academy.

"it's over……"

Ding Huan was still staring blankly at the computer screen. Although he had high expectations for Yu Shao's first match of the National Team Tournament and thought it would be very exciting, he never expected it to be this bad.

A masterpiece!

This is undoubtedly a masterpiece!

Anyone who sees this game of chess will feel deeply moved!

After a long while, Ding Huan suddenly picked up the pen on the table and began to write furiously.

He doesn't want to use a computer; even just closing the live stream and opening the writing software takes time.

He was unwilling to waste a single second at this moment, and only wanted to immediately put all his emotions after watching this game of chess into writing!

"From the very beginning of this game, Yu Shao once again demonstrated his unique understanding of Go!"

"Although Li Congyou's performance was also remarkable, Yu Shao gained the upper hand with his unique understanding, his chilling demeanor, and his amazing tesuji!"

"I thought the game was going to end like this."

"Unexpectedly, in this precarious situation, Li Congyou, an 8th dan, seized the strongest move with his 'Tatesuki' technique, which is rooted in the Taiwanese elephant, and began the most fierce battle with Yu Shao!"

"Yes!"

"After watching this game, I can only feel the word 'tragic'!"

"That move, so rooted in the Taiwanese style, is already incredibly skillful. I thought Li Congyou, 8th dan, was trying to exploit the weaknesses of Yu Shao, 2nd dan, with this technique!"

"However, I never expected that Li Congyou 8-dan's scheme was far beyond my imagination. Li Congyou 8-dan actually had designs on the large black group of stones!!"

"White forcefully cornered Black's large group of stones, but Black miraculously survived by committing suicide, displaying an almost artistic skill in enclosing territory, and ultimately killing White!"

"Yes, judging from the outcome, White did indeed lose."

"However, White also captured Black's large group of stones, and in a desperate situation, White crippled Black!"

"Although White was almost executed by slow slicing in the end, the fact that it managed to cripple Black to such an extent, fighting to the death—"

"For White, it was worth it!"

"And what about Black?"

"Faced with White's astonishing tesuji, Black was surrounded on all sides and was also in a deadly situation. However, Black made a horrifying suicide move and broke out of the encirclement!"

"Although we didn't win easily after gaining the advantage, we were never in a desperate situation, and such a game would never have been possible!"

"It was precisely because White forced Black into a desperate situation through a ko fight that this most terrifying suicide game was unexpectedly created!"

"For Black!"

"It was worth it!"

"On the chessboard, only the word 'tragic' remains!"

"I don't know what the two players were thinking at the moment the game ended."

"But I guess it should be joy?"

"In a game like this, regardless of winning or losing, both players should feel extremely proud and sincerely thank the opponent who pushed them into a corner!"

"A game of chess can be full of ups and downs, and can even be quite moving!"

"This is Yu Shao, second dan, no, he's already third dan."

"This is Yu Shao, a 3-dan player, playing his first game after making it into the main tournament of the National Masters Tournament and becoming one of the top players!"

All I want to say is—

"It is my good fortune to be able to see a game played by Yu Shao, a 3-dan player, in my lifetime!"

"However, for chess players, this may also be a misfortune!"

"Or perhaps, it was just luck?"

……

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On the other side, the Korean Go Association.

The young reporter's face flushed red as his fingers furiously typed on the keyboard, almost blurring into a blur!

"From the initial sharp turn to the subsequent variations, Yu Shao 3-dan once again demonstrated his groundbreaking new understanding that shocked the world, completely suppressing Li Congyou 8-dan to the point of immobility!"

"However, at this critical moment, Li Congyou, an 8-dan player, devised a grand strategy that completely shocked me. Seeing every move the white player made under such dire circumstances moved me deeply!"

"I thought this was the climax!"

"However, at the critical moment when Black's survival was at stake, Black actually forced White to resolve the ko, resulting in the death of a large group of stones, and thus creating a horrifying suicide situation!"

"Finally, White forced Black into a ko fight three times, and Black allowed White to capture a stone in the center, which was beyond my expectations!"

"My heart is still filled with unease!"

"Chess players have nationalities, but Go itself has no nationalities!"

"Even though we don't speak the same language, have different skin colors, and live in different environments, it doesn't affect our deep fascination with the same game of Go, or our struggle and dedication to the game!"

"Even though Yu Shao is a 3-dan Chinese Go player, seeing such a game of Go still fills me with deep admiration and respect!"

"The struggle between black and white has lasted for four thousand years. I don't know how many more years it will last, or if there will be an end to it."

"If we could see such a game of chess, I believe everyone would think the same way I do, and want it to continue forever!"

"Four thousand years! Five thousand years! Ten thousand years!"

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