I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 347 No game can surpass it.

"Xiao Fei?"

Seeing that Yu Shao did not resign but continued playing, Zhu Xinyuan was slightly taken aback when he looked at the small knight's move on the chessboard.

Everyone around stared intently at the chessboard. Although the entire room was silent, everyone's heart was in turmoil, and they were completely unable to calm down.

This subtle move was so understated; it seemed like there was a hidden trick up the sleeve, making it all the more unsettling.

But with so many as fifty dragons dying, is there really a backup plan that can turn the tide?
White... does he really have a powerful counter-move?
Or is it just a deliberate attempt to create mystery?

Zhu Xinyuan composed himself, his expression turning serious again. After a moment's thought, he quickly reached into the chess box, picked out a chess piece, and placed it down once more.

Hey!
Eleven columns and six rows, pointed!
"Solid and cautious!"

All eyes were drawn to Black's move.

"Faced with this small knight's move, Black did not become complacent after capturing the large group of stones. On the contrary, Black played the most prudent response!"

"Given that Black has already captured a large group of stones worth fifty points, Black is playing very carefully to reinforce his position!"

Yu Shao quickly picked up another chess piece and placed it down.

Hey!
Nine columns and six rows, Little Fly!
Zhu Xinyuan stared at the chessboard, at the white piece that had just been placed, and kept calculating the various possible changes that would follow.

"The board is very complex and the changes are very unpredictable. No matter what I do, it seems that the white pieces always have many places to move. It's impossible to predict how he will move in advance..."

"However, I have already wiped out nearly fifty points, a quarter of the board's worth of white stones, and my advantage is unshakeable!"

"If he attacks the right, I will attack the top and get the compensation."

"If he wants to attack my external forces, I will take advantage of his strengths and develop my territory!"

"but……"

Zhu Xinyuan looked at the turbulent chess game in front of him, slowly raised his head, and looked at Yu Shao opposite him.

"I actually started to secretly hope that he, as my opponent, could turn the whole game upside down..."

Zhu Xinyuan withdrew his gaze from Yu Shao and looked back at the chessboard in front of him.

"On the one hand, I really want to win."

"But on the other hand, I actually hoped to see in him a realm I had never seen before, and to see him perform a move that I could only dream of."

"What kind of methods are needed to turn the tide in the face of this fifty-point gap?"

"If he really has the means to turn the tide..."

"Then let me open my eyes wide and take a good look!"

Finally, Zhu Xinyuan picked up a chess piece again and quickly placed it on the chessboard!
Snapped!
Eleven columns, five rows, paste!
"As long as I maintain control of the situation and avoid getting entangled with Bai Zi, Bai Zi will be helpless no matter what!"

Under everyone's watchful eyes, black and white pieces fell continuously onto the chessboard with a "clattering" sound.

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
The battle in the upper right corner of the board ended with the complete annihilation of the white pieces, while the fierce battle in the center has begun again!

More and more people fell silent, with only the sound of chess pieces being placed on the board echoing throughout the chess hall.

As the chess pieces continued to fall, suddenly, some people's expressions began to change, their eyes filled with shock, and soon one, two, three...

"what happened……"

Zhu Xinyuan stared at the chessboard, and suddenly his pupils contracted sharply, as if he had suddenly realized something. His left fist clenched involuntarily, and his right hand picked up a chess piece again.

"The chess piece has become heavier!"

"We'll have to stick it on here!"

Soon, the black piece fell!
Yu Shao looked at the black piece on the chessboard without any hesitation, picked up another piece, and placed it with lightning speed!

Hey!
Four columns and ten rows, awesome!

"How can it be……"

Zhu Xinyuan stared blankly at the chessboard, his vision blurred.

At this moment, the crowd was in complete turmoil. Everyone stared at the chessboard in disbelief, their eyes filled with deep shock!
"How could this be?"

"I don't quite understand!"

"Logically speaking, White should have no chance against Black, but... White's previous move, the 'flying knight' on the ninth line, already foreshadowed a shift from defense to offense!"

"Black's move of connecting should be a good one, but for some reason, it feels unusually clumsy. After White's move, Black... has already created a weakness!"

Some people even rubbed their eyes involuntarily and couldn't help but lean forward slightly!

"Impossible, how is this possible?!"

To everyone's astonishment, black and white chess pieces continued to fall onto the chessboard.

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
The deeper they looked, the more intense the shock in their eyes became.

I can't understand it at all anymore!
The battle between the black and white forces in the central area has become increasingly fierce and unpredictable. Large beads of sweat trickled down Zhu Xinyuan's face.

Hey!
Black, nine columns and twelve rows, big jump!
The instant the black piece was placed, Yu Shao immediately grabbed a piece and placed it as if racing against time.

White pieces, in five rows and six columns, have passed through the elephant's eye!
"It's pierced through an elephant's eye!"

"Black makes a big leap and turns to escape, while White penetrates the elephant's eye, and the attack and defense have been completely reversed!"

Upon seeing this move, no one could remain calm. Everyone involuntarily took a small step forward, watching White's chilling moves after the tragic death of the fifty-point dragon!
Shocked!

At this moment, everyone's heart was filled with a profound shock, tinged with a hint of horror!
"How could this be?"

Jiang Changdong could no longer remain calm. He stared blankly at the chessboard, recalling every move made by both sides.

"Even if there are backup plans and ways to break the deadlock, it's impossible to turn the defense into offense with just a few moves."

Jiang Changdong felt genuinely unable to accept it, yet the chess game before him was undeniably there!
Zhu Xinyuan stared at the chessboard, his expression pale and his eyes filled with disbelief. After a while, Zhu Xinyuan clenched his fist in resentment, picked up a chess piece again, and quickly placed it down.

Hey!
Six columns and thirteen rows, press down!
"Pressure, this is an extremely solid move, strengthening the connections of the previous generation, but..."

Beside him, a professional Go player wearing glasses had his glasses slip down from the bridge of his nose to the tip, but he was completely unaware.

Despite being nearsighted, he didn't even have time to adjust his glasses; his eyes were never leaving the chessboard.

"But we've fallen into a trap!"

The pieces continued to be placed, and with each move, the situation on the board became increasingly unpredictable, as if each piece exuded a deadly aura.

"The white pieces have gained the upper hand, and there's simply no way to stop them now!"

One of the guests was both excited and shocked by Bai Zi's series of moves!

Bai Zi's move revealed his true intentions, and the two sides engaged in close combat, making the situation extremely urgent!
Black also played its strongest move in the local area, instead of responding to each move, it seized the key points of attack and defense in the center, intending to use offense as defense and restrain White's pieces!
White's moves were even more eye-opening. He directly locked in the shape on the top, forcing Black to fill in the gaps, and then made a big jump to forcefully attack the center, which was terrifying!
Yu Shao gazed quietly at the chessboard, his hand reaching into the chess box, the cold white pieces once again nestled between his fingers.

Hey!
The chess piece is placed!

Eight columns and three rows, pointed!

Upon seeing this move, a bead of cold sweat slowly trickled down Zhu Xinyuan's face: "Completely contrary to my expectations..."

"The offensive and defensive positions have been completely reversed!"

Everyone seemed completely captivated by the white piece that had just been placed.

Twenty or so moves earlier, the large white group had just been killed, and all of the white stones, totaling fifty points, had been captured, making defeat almost inevitable.

However, after only twenty or so moves, a closer look at the chart revealed a dramatic change that was beyond anything anyone could have imagined—

The isolated white stones in the center have become a strong force, while the black stones on the outside have become isolated stones. The large moyo that was originally a single-entry point with a leap and a bloom on the top has not only disappeared, but the three stones in the upper left are now surrounded!
After twenty moves, the map changed color, the Chu songs were sung, and the mountains and rivers all belonged to the Liu family!

In the twenty-odd moves around the center, White's moves were almost entirely divine, like a lone crane flying freely, each move revealing divine strategy!

"These twenty-odd moves are simply... a masterpiece that any chess player dreams of playing his whole life."

Someone stared blankly at the chessboard, seemingly lost in thought, muttering to themselves, "Black is in danger!"

"White, although I still can't figure out how it did it, it really is... a miracle."

A young professional chess player stared at the chessboard, his gaze somewhat unfocused: "No... it's not a miracle, but rather, it's like a divine intervention."

Among the crowd, Jiang Changdong stared at the chessboard, opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.

He simply stared at the chessboard, sweat trickling down his forehead.

Speechless.

Utter silence.

Previously, everyone thought that no one could turn the tide in the face of such a huge gap of fifty points, but everyone still held a sliver of hope for Yu Shao.

We look forward to Yu Shao putting on a magnificent performance on this chessboard that will change the landscape and make all chess players bow down!
And so, they finally got what they wanted.

However, the performance was too extravagant, so extravagant as to seem unreal, creating a sense of distance and even making them feel somewhat—

terror.

Quiet.

There was deathly silence all around.

"Why……"

Zhu Xinyuan stared blankly at the chessboard, his eyes filled with confusion.

"This huge advantage of fifty points cannot be reversed so easily in twenty moves."

"Unless..." Zhu Xinyuan stared at each chess piece on the board, as if he could still vividly recall how the black and white pieces were placed, one move at a time.

"Unless, even when I killed the large white group, I didn't have an advantage!"

"Only this possibility could lead to a change in the offensive and defensive dynamics after just over twenty moves."

"But why?"

The look of confusion in Zhu Xinyuan's eyes grew even stronger.

"Why is a lead of fifty points, even after killing the large white group, still not considered an advantage?"

Zhu Xinyuan examined the chessboard, trying to find the mystery within its surface and discern the hidden secrets behind each move.

Suddenly, Zhu Xinyuan's expression changed, as if she realized something!
In an instant, he froze completely in place, almost unable to move!

"Teacher Zhuang Weisheng...why?"

Among the crowd, a young professional chess player stared blankly for a long time, still unable to understand the game.

He finally couldn't help but ask Zhuang Weisheng in a low voice, "Black clearly had a huge advantage of fifty points, so why was it turned around? It's simply... unbelievable."

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Weisheng remained silent for a long time.

"Take a good look at this game of chess."

After a long while, Zhuang Weisheng finally spoke.

"Ok?"

The young professional chess player was puzzled and looked at the chessboard again, but still couldn't see any clues.

"Those fifty points, perhaps, were not captured by Black."

Zhuang Weisheng said softly.

Upon hearing Zhuang Weisheng's words, the young professional Go player looked up in astonishment.

Zhuang Weisheng's expression had become incredibly serious at some point.

He stared intently at Yu Shao, as if trying to see through him completely and discover what was hidden beneath that young face!
"That's not a winning move for Black, but something White doesn't want."

Zhuang Weisheng slowly said, "Because the number of points lost by the sacrificed piece is so huge, almost a quarter of the chessboard, that almost no one would believe that it was a sacrifice."

The young professional chess player looked at the chessboard again, and finally realized something, a deep look of shock appearing on his face.

"Better to lose a piece than to lose the initiative..."

He muttered to himself, utterly distraught, "But, there are fifty eyes..."

"It is better to lose a piece than to lose the initiative" is an eternal principle of chess.

Zhuang Weisheng continued to look at Yu Shao and said, "Large-scale piece sacrifices and exchanges, even hundreds of pieces, are not uncommon, but to see fifty pieces die in a struggle for the first move is something I've never seen before!"

"Because the value of this sacrifice is so great that it seems impossible to sacrifice, White has taken the sacrifice to the extreme in this game."

The young professional chess player stared blankly at the chessboard, at the intricate and densely packed pieces.

"How can this be……"

He felt a pang of heart palpitation and found it hard to accept.

"Abandoning fifty points to compete for the first place is theoretically feasible, but it only exists in theory."

Zhuang Weisheng finally shifted his gaze from Yu Shao back to the chessboard and said, "The variations in Go are as vast as the Milky Way; no one can exhaust all the possibilities of Go."

“Sacrificing fifty points to gain the initiative only results in a lone group of stones in the center and the initiative itself. Therefore, we must build the lone group into a strong position and turn the initiative into an offensive…”

"Not a single mistake is allowed, and not a single oversight can be made. How difficult this is."

"No one would play chess like that, and no one would think they could play like that."

"However, in this game, no matter what, White did it."

"Throughout history, there have been countless famous games involving the sacrifice of pieces, but looking at the whole history, there is not a single game in which pieces were sacrificed that can rival this one!"

Zhuang Weisheng looked up again at Yu Shao, his eyes filled with inquiry and seriousness, as if he wanted to see who Yu Shao really was!
"Such a well-thought-out and deliberate sacrifice is beyond human capability!"

Upon hearing these words, the young professional Go player was completely speechless!

There is no game where pieces are sacrificed that can be won by this game alone!

What kind of evaluation is this?
As a professional chess player who has studied so many famous chess games, he almost instinctively wanted to refute such remarks.

However, witnessing such a game of chess before his eyes, he couldn't utter a single word of rebuttal!
A situation that will last for ages!

Such a game of chess, played right under his nose, is a fortunate event that a chess player should remember for a lifetime!
He stiffly raised his head and looked at Yu Shao uncontrollably. Looking at this boy who was five or six years younger than him, he felt a sense of awe, as if he were standing at the top.

"Although he is younger than me, he has already reached a level that is beyond my reach and can only be admired from afar!"

Tick, tick, tick.

The entire chess hall was completely silent, except for the second hand of the clock hanging on the wall, which kept turning.

Before anyone knew it, everyone in the entire chess hall had gathered around this chess table.

As the owner of the chess club, Gao Wanwan naturally knew how to play chess. At this moment, looking at this chess game, there was no longer any shock in her eyes, only deep confusion and bewilderment.

"Regardless of the final outcome of this game, just by reaching this point, with this sacrifice and bloodshed, it has already become a game that will be remembered for eternity..."

"Such a game of chess... was played in my chess club..."

Time passed by minute by minute.

Zhu Xinyuan hesitated to make a move.

No one urged them on, and no one showed any impatience.

To witness such a game of chess was already a great fortune for them, just as the Rotten Axe Man saw two immortals playing chess. The game lasted for a hundred years, and the Rotten Axe Man did not remember the passage of time, but was only fascinated by the game.

Seeing this game of chess, everyone felt as if they were witnessing the vast universe.

Faced with White's miraculous reversal, Black has fallen into a dead end, but the board is still relatively open, leaving room for a fight. Black's next move will determine the direction of the entire game.

"Teacher Zhu Xinyuan, what's your prediction?"

Some people couldn't help but look at Zhu Xinyuan, their feelings complicated: "Seeing such an unpredictable 20-move game, what are you feeling right now, Professor Zhu Xinyuan?"

"If it were me, facing such an opponent, I would probably have completely lost my fighting spirit by now."

"It's impossible to win, they're too strong... there's no chance at all."

"However, Professor Zhu Xinyuan is still pondering this matter. Does this mean that Professor Zhu Xinyuan's fighting spirit remains?"

"But can we really win?"

As everyone waited in silence, time ticked by.

"The original strong position has been destroyed and turned into an isolated piece."

Zhu Xinyuan seemed completely oblivious to the time, as if all he could see was the chessboard in front of him.

"The grand design of the single-stage jump and the blooming flower is completely gone!"

"The three pieces in the upper left corner are also surrounded!"

"Of course I know how difficult it is to win in this situation, even though the outcome is still uncertain."

"On the chessboard, there may be a way to survive, but even if there is a way to survive, that way to survive is destined to be extremely rugged."

"Moreover, my opponent is one who can make such an astonishing sacrifice."

Zhu Xinyuan frantically deduced the ever-changing possibilities of the subsequent game in his mind, and his expression became increasingly solemn.

"We need to disrupt the situation, but we can't confront him head-on or rashly engage in a fight."

"We must address the issue of orphans and seek a change in their situation."

"If I try to live in the small corner, the key stones might be killed, and White's position will become stronger. This will also put more pressure on my Black stones in the center."

"But only in this way can we find the only chance for Black to survive."

Zhu Xinyuan had already deduced in his mind the complex offensive and defensive situation between the black and white sides after Black made a living corner, and his expression became increasingly solemn.

“Managing an isolated group is the most difficult and unpredictable aspect of Go.”

"Time is running out, and how much longer can I hold on?"

Zhu Xinyuan finally raised his head and looked at Yu Shao opposite him.

Click!

He reached into the chess box and took out a chess piece!

The chess piece is placed on the board!

Hey!
Nine columns and seven rows, bang!

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P.S.: I still have a fever... and my head is spinning. I was thinking of taking the day off, but I decided to force myself to keep writing. I've written a few hundred fewer words today, please forgive me.

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)