I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 376 I am above you!
Seeing Jiang Changdong make his move, Yu Shao followed suit and placed his piece as well.

Jiang Changdong took a deep breath, glanced at the chessboard, and immediately picked up a piece and placed it down again.

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
The sound of chess pieces falling on the board grew faster and more frequent, sounding like cannon fire!
At this moment, Yu Shao stared intently at the chessboard, picked up another piece, and quickly placed it on the board!

Snapped!
Five columns and eleven rows, sandwiched!
"Using a clamp in this move?"

Upon seeing this move, everyone was suddenly taken aback!
"A skillful touch!"

"Black does indeed need three liberties to escape, but after those previous moves, this clamping move became the finishing touch, actually extending Black's liberty, and White had no way to deal with it!"

"White's key stones cannot be lost, so Black's move is decisive. Even if White gains an extra move, Black must free up his hands to deal with the key stones!"

This gives Black a chance to breathe!

"Now, only two more breaths are needed!"

Jiang Changdong's expression turned somewhat unpleasant, and a layer of fine sweat appeared on his forehead.

This was something he had never experienced even when he was at a disadvantage before!
Black's tenacity was beyond his expectations. Now that it was his turn to attack, he felt that the situation was more difficult than ever before!
"It's okay, we still need two more breaths!"

With the sound of a piece being grabbed, Jiang Changdong picked up another piece, his eyes fierce, and quickly placed it down!

Hey!
The chess piece is placed on the board!

Yu Shao glanced at the chessboard, then immediately picked up a piece and quickly placed it on the board.

Da da da……

The sound of pieces being placed began to ring out again.

The two kept reaching into the chess box, taking out chess pieces, placing them down, pressing the timer, and repeating this process over and over again!
As more and more chess pieces were placed, beads of sweat began to slowly slide down Jiang Changdong's face, his expression filled with deep disbelief!

Just then, Yu Shao picked up another chess piece and gently placed it down.

Upon seeing this move, Jiang Changdong's pupils suddenly contracted, and the disbelief on his face reached its peak in an instant!

"He used the robbery to his advantage, and gained another breath!"

"Just one last breath left!"

Even though he still had the advantage, Jiang Changdong gritted his teeth and stared intently at the chessboard.

After a long while, a look of disbelief appeared in Jiang Changdong's eyes, and he picked up a chess piece again and placed it down.

Across from him, Yu Shao stared intently at the chessboard, almost oblivious to his surroundings, his mind racing as he considered the myriad possibilities of the game.

"So close!"

A moment later, Yu Shao reached into the chess box, picked out a chess piece, and placed it on the chessboard!
Hey!
The sound of the piece being placed was incredibly crisp; although the sound was not loud, it was exceptionally awe-inspiring!
"White's jump should have been met with Black's thrust, but Black's large knight's move actually harmonized the entire board, suddenly increasing the number of ko threats that were already insufficient!"

Su Yiming stared intently at the chessboard, completely captivated by it.

"Black naturally crosses the stone, while White, at this moment, unexpectedly starts another ko fight, and the shape of this stone is—"

The chess pieces are still being placed!
Hey!
Hey!
Soon, Jiang Changdong placed his white piece again.

"Will Black have some strategy in mind to choose not to respond to this move?"

Just as Su Yiming had this thought, before he could think about it in detail, he heard a click, the sound of a piece being grabbed echoing in the game room. The next moment, Yu Shao picked up a piece and placed it in the game like lightning!

Hey!
Sixteen columns and seven rows, paste!
The thought had barely formed in Su Yiming's mind, and before he could even confirm it, Yu Shao had already provided the answer—

"Eternal calamity will not respond!"

The phrase "unresponsive to all tribulations" means that no matter what tribulations the other party seeks, the other party will ignore them and immediately eliminate the tribulation. Once the tribulation is eliminated, it often means that the local changes have become a foregone conclusion!

The room where we played games was extremely quiet.

An Hongshi, Zhuang Weisheng, the two referees, and the scorekeeper all stared at the chessboard in shock.

Even Su Yiming was stunned as he stared at the chessboard, his expression one of shock, unable to come to his senses for a moment.

"Three breaths!"

"Black has successfully escaped!"

Not just them, but a deep sense of disbelief filled everyone's chest at that moment!
Jiang Changdong's teeth were almost ground to powder, sweat was pouring from his forehead, and his hair was soaked with sweat. Even though he still had the advantage, once the black pieces escaped, the game was no longer in his favor!
The outcome has become increasingly unpredictable!

After a long while, Jiang Changdong clenched his left fist and once again placed a chess piece down.

Yu Shao glanced at the chessboard, immediately picked up a piece, and quickly placed it on the board again.

As both sides continued to place their pieces, the rhythmic clatter of the stones echoed continuously.

The people around stared blankly at the chessboard, speechless for a long time.

At this moment, the female music notator was completely stunned.

"A game that should have been decided long ago, yet..."

The notary stared at the chessboard in shock, his mouth dry, and swallowed hard: "They actually managed to catch up to this extent..."

This was even more unbelievable to her than the previous bizarre and unparalleled squeezing technique!

"It's already entered the endgame!"

"The final battle will determine the victor!"

At this moment, everyone in the world is staring intently at this game of chess, not even daring to blink, as if they want to deeply imprint every move of the black and white pieces into the deepest part of their hearts!

"It's like... a raging torrent, catching up with everything in its path!"

Even as the game progresses into the endgame, the gap is still gradually narrowing in this meticulous struggle!

"Black's endgame moves were not only flawless but also extremely aggressive, while White's moves, for several consecutive moves, yielded no substantial gains."

"How is that possible... that kind of gap is impossible to bridge, it's almost like throwing the ball directly at the opponent's feet..."

"What will be the outcome?"

"..."

The entire room was silent as they watched the game, but everyone was deeply moved.

Hands talking indoors.

Jiang Changdong's expression was extremely grim. Time was running out, and he didn't even bother to wipe the sweat from his face. He quickly picked up another chess piece and placed it on the board.

Yu Shao's expression was not relaxed at all; his time was also running out!
Time passed slowly, and there were fewer and fewer places to place pieces on the chessboard. The game was nearing its end, and the closer it got to the end, the quieter the world became!

Everyone was completely absorbed in the game, forgetting everything else and so engrossed in it that they even unconsciously held their breath!

at last.

As Jiang Changdong placed another chess piece.

This game of chess has come to an end after all the endgame moves have been played!
Even so, everyone stared blankly at the chessboard, unable to come to their senses for a long time.

"It's...it's over!"

After a moment, the female notary finally snapped out of her daze and immediately turned her gaze to the chessboard!

How many meshes?

Even though the endgame was over, the difference was so small that even a professional player like her couldn't tell who was winning without counting!
Not just her, but everyone at that moment was staring at the chessboard and silently counting.

"One eye, two eyes, three eyes..."

For some reason, the female music notator felt immense pressure as she counted, and a bead of sweat quietly appeared on her forehead and slowly trickled down her cheek.

After counting once, the female music notator couldn't help but swallow hard, and then counted again from the beginning.

At this moment, there are countless people watching this game of chess, but everyone actually did the same thing as the female notary: after counting the points the first time, they started counting the points a second time.

After counting the points three times, the female notary finally determined the winner of the game.

"Half eyes!"

"The outcome is decided by a mere half-point." The female notary stared blankly at the chessboard: Black had lost by only half a point.

……

……

"It's only a difference of half a point!"

Ding Huan stared at the computer screen, his face still showing lingering shock: "A game that should have been decided by a large margin was actually won by half a point in the final game!"

Yes.

Although Black ultimately lost the game by half a point, it was even more shocking than winning a hundred or a thousand games!
After all, after making that disastrous move of squeezing out the opponent's stones, Black was almost certainly doomed. Under such circumstances, resigning would not have been unreasonable.

However, under everyone's watchful eyes, Black gradually caught up, eventually turning the tide and bringing the game to the brink of victory!

"White has won."

"But does that mean Black has lost?"

"I can't answer that!"

Ding Huan stared intently at the computer screen, seemingly still unable to recapture the game of chess!
"To make the impossible possible, to drag a battered and bruised body into a dead end and fight to the death with White, is also a victory for Black!"

……

……

Japan, Tokyo.

"White has won."

A young professional Go player stared blankly at the computer screen, oblivious to the fact that the cigarette between his fingers had burned to the end. He muttered, "But I only won by half a point."

Beside him, a group of professional chess players of similar age were all staring blankly at the computer screen.

“It’s a miracle.”

A young man with dyed white hair was somewhat stunned, and exclaimed in shock, "The latter half of the entire game was simply played by a god..."

"I used to scoff at the idea of ​​'honorable defeat,' because what's the point of it? We chess players still lose. All we want is to win."

"but--"

The white-haired youth paused, his gaze lingering on the computer screen, his expression still somewhat lost in thought: "This game of chess is simply breathtaking."

……

……

Hands talking indoors.

Looking at the chessboard in front of him, Yu Shao had already counted the points and couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"Lost..."

He lost this game.

Although he finally managed to close the gap to a very small extent, he misjudged the situation in the middle game and made a squeezing move, which led to a huge disadvantage, and he ultimately failed to catch up.

Although I've lost games before, the feeling of losing is never pleasant, no matter how many times.

After a moment of silence, Yu Shao slowly exhaled a breath of stale air, bowed slightly to Jiang Changdong, and said, "I lost."

Inside the game room, it remained completely silent.

Jiang Changdong stared blankly at the chessboard. Although he won in the end, there was no trace of joy on his face. He simply bowed to Yu Shao.

Yu Shao bowed in return, then reached out and began tidying up the chess pieces.

"Yu Shao, third dan".

Just as Yu Shao's fingertips touched the chess pieces on the board, Jiang Changdong suddenly spoke.

Yu Shao paused slightly, then looked up at Jiang Changdong.

"Although many players will be hesitant to engage in direct combat with you because you often win by calculating the moves in complex battles, you should understand by now that this game is over, right?"

Jiang Changdong stared intently at Yu Shao, the sweat still on his face, his eyes still fierce: "I am different."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the game room turned to look at Jiang Changdong.

"It is said that Go is like the way of swordsmanship, and one cannot win without the will to kill."

Jiang Changdong began, “However, all I know is that excessive rigidity leads to breakage.”

"No matter how hard you try to catch up in this game, you can't close this gap, so it's pointless!"

"I--"

"Above you!"

Jiang Changdong's words echoed in the game room.

The referee sitting on the far left was stunned upon hearing this, his eyes widening as he stared at Jiang Changdong in disbelief.

"Teacher Jiang Changdong..."

"How could someone say something as harsh, petty, and disrespectful as 'I am above you' after winning a game?"

"And even though Yu Shao lost this game, he still played it to this extent!"

Just then, the referee noticed Jiang Changdong's hair, which was already soaked with sweat, and his clothes, which were also completely drenched in sweat.

He had been so focused on the game that he hadn't noticed any of this.

At that moment, he put himself in Jiang Changdong's shoes and suddenly understood why Jiang Changdong had said those words.

"Yu Shao, you actually pushed him to the point where he lost all his composure."

"Teacher Jiang Changdong..."

Upon hearing this, Yu Shao's hand, which was about to tidy up the chess pieces, suddenly stopped.

Jiang Changdong took a deep breath, wiped the sweat from his face, and then reached out to tidy up the chess pieces, quickly putting them all back into the chess box.

Then Jiang Changdong stood up and walked out of the game room without saying a word.

After Jiang Changdong left, Yu Shao remained silent for a moment before finally reaching out to continue tidying up the chess pieces. He quickly put all the pieces back into the chess box, then stood up, turned around, and left the game room.

Thinking about the game he had just played, Yu Shao felt a little depressed. He quickly arrived at an empty review room, stopped, pushed open the door, and went inside.

Yu Shao walked into the review room, sat down at the chess table, and then silently took out chess pieces from the chess box and began to review the game move by move.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

The sound of pieces being placed began to ring out continuously.

"Yu Shao!"

Just as they had made a few moves, a familiar voice suddenly rang out from the doorway of the review room.

Yu Shaogang's hand, which was about to place a chess piece, suddenly stopped, and he turned his head to look at the door of the review room.

Su Yiming was standing at the door of the debriefing room, staring intently at him.

Su Yiming took a deep breath, walked into the door of the game room, and quickly came to the opposite side of Yu Shao, looking at Yu Shao.

After a moment, Su Yiming finally spoke and asked, "Do you know where you went wrong in that game of chess just now?"

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)