I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 351: Treat others with their own medicine.

Gangneung, Nambu Go Academy, in the game room.

The short-haired female notary looked at the chessboard for a while, then couldn't help but look up at Su Yiming, who was sitting on one side of the chessboard.

Su Yiming was gazing intently at the chessboard, his eyes clear and his expression focused.

"The situation is so complicated, and his situation is also quite bad, he has already fallen into a disadvantageous position, yet he is still so calm."

The female music notary silently observed Su Yiming, somewhat surprised.

"It's truly unimaginable to see such composure in a seventeen or eighteen-year-old minor..."

Suddenly, the female music notator's mind flashed with the image of Yu Shao.

"wrong."

"Besides Su Yiming, there's also Yu Shao, who's like this. They're both monsters."

The female notary shook her head, looked at the chessboard again, and thought to herself, "But it seems that Su Yiming is indeed inferior to Yu Shao. The black pieces are in a precarious situation."

At this moment, on the chessboard, the large black group is in danger of being captured by the white pieces. Although black will have a lot of leverage even if its pieces die, white has also gained a lot of territory, making it difficult to shake.

In terms of the situation, the black pieces are at a slight disadvantage.

"As expected of the strongest female Go player who defeated top-tier players like Teacher Zhuang Weisheng and Teacher Kong Zi in succession, Teacher Chang Yan is as strong as ever."

The female music notator looked at Chang Yan, who was sitting opposite Su Yiming, and couldn't help but feel a sense of longing.

"She truly is the idol of all female chess players. I wish I could be as good as Teacher Chang Yan."

Although the situation was slightly better, Chang Yan's face still showed no signs of relief; her unadorned face was filled with solemnity.

Chang Yan waited for Su Yiming to make his move, while keeping an eye on the chessboard. During Su Yiming's long pause to think, she kept calculating the various possible changes in the game.

"Currently, I have the advantage."

"He's incredibly strong. It's unbelievable. I twice sacrificed pieces to launch a strong attack, yet he managed to turn the tide. I've built a large defensive structure to surround him, and even now, I'm only slightly ahead!"

"Although Black has some ways to entangle the pieces, it doesn't have enough aggressive ways to counterattack. As long as it plays steadily, it should be able to win this game!"

After a long period of contemplation, Su Yiming suddenly raised his head and looked at Chang Yan opposite him. Although the situation was not good, his gaze still had a captivating calmness.

"Click."

Su Yiming withdrew his gaze from Chang Yan, lowered his eyes to look at the chessboard, reached into the chess box, and picked out a chess piece amidst the clattering sound of the pieces.

Seeing that Su Yiming was about to play chess, Chang Yan's expression became even more serious as she looked at Su Yiming's right hand, which was holding the chess piece.

Soon, under Chang Yan's watchful gaze, Su Yiming's right hand, which was holding a chess piece, slowly fell.

Hey!
Fourteen columns and eleven rows, sandwiched!
"folder?"

Upon seeing this move, Chang Yan was slightly taken aback.

……

……

Two hours later, in the broadcast room.

"At this point, Chang Yan 9-dan is powerless to turn the tide."

A young man with long hair gripped his folding fan tightly, a look of lingering shock on his face: "Did he take drugs? He managed to turn the tables on everyone?!"

Among the crowd, Xu Zijin was also staring blankly at the television screen. She was so focused on watching the game that sweat had inexplicably seeped from her forehead.

"This mid-to-late game ability is terrifying."

A burly young man with a buzz cut was also deeply moved, staring at the TV screen in disbelief, and said, "When the game progressed to the middle stage, Teacher Chang Yan's advantage was indeed undeniable."

"But in the latter half of the game, Black's entanglement and large-scale encirclement fully mobilized every piece on the board, as if they had control of the entire game, and in the end, they actually turned the tide!"

"This mid-to-late game ability is simply amazing..."

The burly young man with a buzz cut hesitated, then stopped talking.

At this moment, a young man who had been silent until now slowly spoke up, finishing what the buzz-cut young man hadn't finished saying: "It's as if Shen Yi is alive today."

Upon hearing the words "Shen Yi is alive," everyone in the broadcast room couldn't help but twitch their eyelids.

"Shen Yi is well-rounded in all aspects and has no obvious weaknesses. Many people think that Shen Yi's greatest strength lies in his large-scale moves and his tenacious fighting ability."

The long-haired young man gripped his folding fan tightly, refusing to look away from the television screen even after the game was over, and said, "But, in reality, only we professional Go players know—"

"no."

"It is indeed difficult to play large-scale moves because the center is too vast and difficult to control. However, top players are generally quite good at managing the center."

"The ability to entangle opponents is quite remarkable, as long as one's calculations are profound."

"Shen Yi's greatest strength, so great that even modern chess players find it exaggerated, lies in his meticulous thinking."

"He can always see through the most difficult points to detect and capture beneath the complex situation. So the more complex the situation, the stronger Shen Yi becomes. But if the situation is too simple, it is wishful thinking to try to beat Shen Yi!"

"Unless you have a 99% win rate in the mid-game, even a 90% win rate would be very difficult to beat Shen Yi. His endgame is unmatched."

"That's why Shen Yi couldn't find any rivals in his era!"

Upon hearing this, the entire broadcast studio instantly fell silent.

A moment later, the young man with the buzz cut sighed and said, "Teacher Chang Yan has fallen into the loser's bracket. This year, Teacher Chang Yan was determined to win another title."

"Su Yiming is too strong."

The long-haired youth shook his head, opened his folding fan to fan himself, and clicked his tongue, saying, "Even Teacher Chang Yan was defeated by him. Could he and Yu Shao really be going to both win the title?"

"It might actually be possible."

A young man shook his head, then stood up and said, "Let's go to the debriefing room and do a good review. This game is worth reviewing; it was a stunning comeback."

"Let's go."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the broadcast room stood up, preparing to review the game that had just ended.

……

……

After winning today's Grand Chess Tournament main match, Su Yiming returned home and went into his bedroom.

Su Yiming moved out the chess table and took out the chess box, and began to place the chess pieces one after another.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

The crisp sound of pieces being placed echoed continuously in the bedroom.

Soon, Su Yiming finished reading the chess score and then looked down at the intricate chess game in front of him.

On the chessboard was not the game he had just played with Chang Yan in the Grand Chess Tournament, but rather the game that Yu Shao and Zhu Xinyuan had played at the chess hall not long ago.

"It has been more than a year since I arrived here more than a hundred years ago."

As Su Yiming gazed at the chessboard, it was as if he were seeing the scene from his first encounter with Yu Shao at Jiangling No. 1 Middle School.

"When I first played Go with him, I had just come into this world and had only a superficial understanding of modern Go."

"The second game was during the professional ranking tournament. By then, I had mastered a lot of modern Go, but I played a move that was both unpredictable and a series of unexpected moves, which ultimately led to my defeat in the second game."

"The third game was the Yingjiao Cup final. By then, I had completely mastered the modern Go opening, but even so, I was still no match for him."

"At that time I finally understood that simply mastering the modern formula was not enough to beat him."

"The fourth game is the selection of the captain... Although I have conceived of the complex variations of the small knight's move after the 3-3 point, my research on that variation is not yet in-depth."

Su Yiming's eyes reflected the chessboard, and he looked at the intricate game with a strange expression.

"It's hard to believe, but he really...almost revolutionized our understanding of Go."

"Thickness or thinness, gain or loss, terrain, weight or lightness, speed or slowness, sequence or order..."

“He constantly negated and then rebuilt almost everything about Go… He was indeed above me, above Shen Yi, above Shen Yi who had learned the modern opening moves.”

Su Yiming couldn't help but recall the words Yu Shao had said to him after the Yingjiao Cup finals—

I'm waiting for our next game.

"I finally understand that before I completely overturn my old ideas about Go, no matter how many moves are played, it is not a battle of equal strength."

"In any case, I long for a battle of equal strength with you. You're not waiting for me to stagnate in this next game, are you?"

"It will definitely happen..."

"During this time, I have been constantly analyzing and reviewing each of your games, and learning from you."

Su Yiming slowly reached into the chess box and picked out a chess piece.

"Perhaps, this wish will come true soon."

"The one playing chess with you then will not be Shen Yi."

Hey!
The chess piece is placed!

Seven columns and twelve rows, fly!
With that one move, the entire game underwent a profound transformation. Had Zhu Xinyuan made that move, the game might have unfolded in a completely different way.

Su Yiming stared silently at the chessboard in front of him, his expression calm.

"But..."

"Su Yiming".

"Back then, who really won between us?"

……

……

Six days later.

Donghai, Eastern Chess Academy.

Early in the morning, Yu Shao got up, dressed, and went straight to the hotel. After having a simple bowl of noodles at a noodle shop downstairs, he headed to the Eastern Chess Academy.

Today is the third match of the main tournament of the National Players Tournament, and the opponent in the third match is... Chen Shan 9-dan.

When Yu Shao arrived at the chess academy's main hall, it seemed that there were many chess players chatting together, creating a lively atmosphere, perhaps because there were many matches that day.

But when Yu Shao arrived at the chess academy's main hall, the noise in the hall immediately subsided. Many people turned their gazes toward Yu Shao, some with curiosity, some with longing, some with admiration, and some with worship.

"That's Yu Shao? This is the first time I've met him."

"Geniuses are like monsters. Regardless of whether he gets the title this year, he will definitely have a place in the future. It's true that comparing people is infuriating. Sometimes the gap between people is bigger than the gap between a person and a dog."

"Maybe it will be available this year?"

"...I don't know, but if he really gets the title this year, the media will probably go crazy. The youngest title holders are usually in their twenties, so a seventeen-year-old national player is too scary."

"Is today his national team match? Who is his opponent?"

"Chen Shan, 9th Dan".

"Holy crap, Chen Shan, a 9th dan? A showdown between top players, that's definitely going to be a spectacle!"

Inside the hall, everyone looked at Yu Shao, whispering and discussing among themselves.

Yu Shao quickly passed through the chess academy's hall, arrived at the corridor, and headed straight for the game room where the national champions' tournament was being held.

Before long, Yu Shao arrived at the door of the game room, then pushed it open and went inside. Inside, two judges and a notator were already sitting upright, clearly having been waiting for some time.

Upon hearing the door open, the two judges and the scorekeeper immediately turned to look at the door. Seeing that it was Yu Shao, they greeted him immediately: "Good morning, Yu Shao, 3rd Dan."

"Good morning."

Yu Shao nodded slightly, then walked to the chess table in the center of the game room, pulled out a chair and sat down, waiting for Chen Shan to arrive.

About five or six minutes later, with a "click," the door to the game room was finally pushed open again.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Shan, dressed in a black suit, appeared at the door of the game room.

Chen Shanxian glanced around the game room, his gaze sweeping over the two judges and the scorekeeper before quickly settling on Yu Shao.

Good morning, Teacher Chen Shan.

Upon seeing Chen Shan arrive, the two judges and the music notator immediately greeted him.

"Good morning."

Chen Shan nodded slightly, his expression somewhat serious. He quickly walked to the opposite side of Yu Shao, pulled out a chair, and slowly sat down.

Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere in the entire game room suddenly became heavy, with an inexplicable sense of oppression.

Influenced by this atmosphere, the notarizer and the two judges involuntarily became serious and solemn.

"The matches between Chen Shan 9-dan and Zhu Xinyuan are often evenly matched, with each player winning and losing. It's generally a 50/50 situation."

One of the referees couldn't help but steal a glance at Chen Shan, who was expressionless and just staring quietly at the empty chessboard in front of him, and thought to himself, "But Teacher Zhu Xinyuan has lost to Yu Shao twice."

"In the second game, Zhu Xinyuan even played the best game of his life. Although that game was something to be proud of, it was also full of bitterness..."

"Chen Shan, a 9-dan player, is probably under tremendous pressure."

Quiet.

An eerie silence filled the game room.

Time passes little by little.

Finally, after a moment, the referee glanced at his wristwatch, took a deep breath, cleared his mind of all distractions, and said in a deep voice, "Time's up!"

"Each player has three hours of play time, with one minute of overtime. Black has a 7.5 komi. Now, let's start guessing who goes first!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Shan finally reached into the chess box and grabbed a handful of white pieces, clutching them in his palm.

Seeing this, Yu Shao immediately took out two black pieces from the chess box and placed them on the chessboard.

Chen Shansong made his move, and five white pieces immediately fell onto the chessboard.

White has five pieces.

Black has two pieces.

In this game, Yu Shao will play white and Chen Shan will play black.

The two quickly packed up the chess pieces, exchanged chess boxes, and bowed to each other.

The game begins!
Chen Shan looked at the chessboard, quickly picked up a piece, and swiftly placed his first move.

Snapped!
Seventeen columns, four rows, small eyes!

"Place the piece with force!"

Upon hearing the crisp "snap" sound, the music notator was startled.

When a piece is placed with normal force, it makes a "thud" sound as it hits the board. Only when a piece is placed with very strong force does it make a "snap" sound.

"For a chess player, the chess pieces are the voice of his heart."

The female music notator couldn't help but steal a glance at the expressionless Chen Shan, thinking to herself, "So, what are Chen Shan, the 9th Dan, thinking right now?"

Yu Shao gazed quietly at the chessboard, focusing on the black stone in the upper right corner. After two or three seconds, he finally picked up the stone and slowly placed it down.

Hey!
Sixteen columns and sixteen rows, stars!

Seeing the white piece fall, Chen Shan immediately reached into the chess box again, picked up a piece, and quickly placed it down!
Snapped!
Four columns and three rows, small eyes!
"Is it a small mistake?"

The notary looked away from the board and silently slid the mouse to mark the score: "The small eye variation is quite complex. It seems that Chen Shan 9-dan wants to break up the board and form a close game."

"...I wonder how Yu Shao, a third-dan player, will respond."

Yu Shao quickly picked up a chess piece and placed it back on the chessboard.

Hey!
Four columns and sixteen rows, a star!
At this point in the game, both sides have made two moves, and a small-point opening against a two-star formation has been established!
Upon seeing this move, Chen Shan no longer made his moves as swiftly as before.

He stared at the chessboard, and suddenly found himself deep in thought.

"In the second game between Zhu Xinyuan and him, even though Zhu Xinyuan used all his strength, he still could not defeat him."

"I have played too many games with Zhu Xinyuan, and I know his skill level very well."

"Li Congyou and Zhu Xinyuan were both defeated by him..."

"Now, it's my turn to fight him to the death!"

Chen Shan's expression became extremely solemn and profound, his gaze heavy, and within this solemnity, there was also a hint of bone-chilling coldness, which made people feel somewhat frightened!
The quiet chess room had a solemn atmosphere!

"Use orthodox methods to engage, and unorthodox methods to win."

"To beat him, we can't stick to the old ways; we have to take risks."

"In the most chaotic situation, find the enemy's whereabouts, and then use the sharpest claws and teeth, risking death, to fight to the death!"

"This game of chess—"

Chen Shan finally reached into the chess box, picked out a chess piece amidst the clicking sound of the pieces colliding, and quickly placed it down!
"From the very beginning, we must be prepared for a do-or-die battle!"

The chess piece is placed on the board!

Snapped!
Four columns and six rows, a big jump to defend the corner!
"Small eye, big jump, corner defense!"

Upon seeing this move, both referees and the recorder were taken aback, and even Yu Shao was slightly surprised.

"This is a move that Yu Shao, a third-dan player, used before, and Master Zhuang Weisheng also used it!"

The referee craned his neck, staring at the chessboard in shock, somewhat bewildered.

"But... unlike the 3-3 point, this move, while not bad, isn't particularly good either. It's not widely accepted. It just feels a bit strange to use a large jump to defend the corner from a small eye!"

"Teacher Chen Shan, is it really raining like this?"

Yu Shao quickly came to his senses, looked at the chessboard, pondered for a moment, and then quickly picked up a chess piece and placed it down.

Hey!
Fifteen columns in four rows, hanging high!

Chen Shan's gaze remained unchanged, and he quickly picked up another chess piece and placed it down.

Hey!
Three columns and fourteen rows, a small flying hanger!
……

……

Inside the broadcast room.

Instead of responding to that high approach, they directly ignored it and counter-approached the lower left corner of the white stones!

Upon seeing Chen Shan's move, everyone watching the live broadcast in the studio showed a look of astonishment.

"That move of jumping to defend the corner with a small eye, and that move of ignoring the opponent's move and hooking... If I didn't know that the player playing black was Chen Shan 9-dan, I would have thought that the player playing black was Yu Shao!"

Someone exclaimed in shock, "This aggressive style is Yu Shao's style. Chen Shan, the ninth dan, usually plays a more conservative style!"

"Is Chen Shan, the ninth-dan master, trying to use the same methods against him?"

At that moment, a white piece was placed on the chessboard again on the television screen.

Six columns and seventeen rows, Xiao Fei!

Then--

The moment the white piece landed, under everyone's watchful eyes, another black piece landed!
Twelve columns, four rows, with two high bays!

Seeing Chen Shan's move, everyone in the broadcast room fell silent. Their earlier guesses were finally confirmed!

They were now completely certain that Chen Shan's plan was to use the enemy's own methods against him, and to use Yu Shao's skills to subdue Yu Shao!

"interesting!"

Amidst the shock, someone's eyes lit up, and they said, "Previous players at most learned one of Yu Shao's moves, such as the 3-3 point, the shoulder hit at the corner, or the common hit against the Demon Blade!"

"However, no one has ever tried to play chess entirely according to Yu Shao's thinking and playing style! And no one has ever tried to play against Yu Shao in this way!"

"Perhaps even Yu Shao himself doesn't know how to deal with himself!"

Upon hearing this, the others were slightly taken aback, then their eyes lit up, and they became even more attentive to the game.

Just then, a young man wearing glasses in the crowd pushed up his glasses, stared blankly at the TV screen, and said, "But chess players are all proud. Generally speaking, even when they encounter a strong opponent, they will not change their chess strategy."

"Have you ever thought about what circumstances would make a chess player completely abandon their original playing style and start imitating their opponent's style...?"

Upon hearing this, everyone froze in place.

Under what circumstances would a chess player abandon their original playing style and imitate their opponent's playing style?
"Perhaps, a chess player will only win when he doesn't know how to win and is forced into a desperate situation..."

The bespectacled young man swallowed hard and said, "That's why I made this choice."

……

……

Hands talking indoors.

Chen Shan and Yu Shao kept taking chess pieces out of the chess box and placing them on the chessboard.

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
On the chessboard, the situation becomes increasingly complex.

Soon, it was Chen Shanxing's turn to play chess again.

Chen Shan gazed at the chessboard, pondered for a moment, then picked up a piece again and placed it with lightning speed!

Snapped!
Thirteen columns, four rows, stick!
"Although Black has built a strong position on the outside, White also has territory. The two sides are evenly matched and both are wary of each other. The situation is very close!"

The notary stared intently at the chessboard. As a professional 5-dan player, she was perfectly able to assess the situation at that moment.

"In the next move, White has many possible positions. What will Yu Shao, 3-dan, do?"

Yu Shao quickly gave his answer.

The chess piece is clipped out and slowly falls!
Hey!
Sixteen columns and ten rows, that's tough!
"They've got you cornered?"

The female music notary's expression immediately turned to utter astonishment; she had never imagined that Yu Shao would resort to such an unreasonable act.

However, upon seeing this move, Chen Shan's expression became even more serious.

White's move, which seems unreasonable as it's too close to Black's thick position, actually conceals an intention to attack an isolated group. It's not only not bad, but it's also a ruthless and decisive move!

"Is this Yu Shao...?"

Chen Shan took a deep breath, reached into the chess box again, and picked out a chess piece.

"I've never played against him before, but now that I've finally faced him, he's indeed strong!"

The next moment, the chess piece was placed!

Snapped!
Five columns and fourteen rows, jump!
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