I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 377 Not seeking eternal glory, but only worldly fame

Upon hearing Su Yiming's words, Yu Shao stared at the chessboard, remained silent for a moment, and finally slowly said, "I made a mistake in my judgment."

"I thought that squeeze was a good move, but White didn't play as I expected, which led to the complete annihilation of a group of stones."

Yu Shao reached out to the chessboard, moving the pieces around, and quickly presented another variation: "If that squeeze were replaced with a more solid point, the board would be completely different."

Yu Shao originally thought that Su Yiming would discuss with him the changes after the incident, but to his surprise, Su Yiming suddenly spoke up and said with absolute certainty, "No, that's not it."

No?
Yu Shao was slightly taken aback and turned to look at Su Yiming with some confusion.

Throughout the game, he knew where he went wrong. He originally had the advantage, but if he had played it safe and controlled the board, although the battle would have been long, he would have maintained his advantage.

However, he misjudged the situation, thinking he could defeat White in one fell swoop. In that most complex board situation, he made the most intense changes, which ultimately caused his advantage to vanish.

That's why he was completely unable to refute Jiang Changdong's statement that "too much rigidity leads to breakage."

"That squeeze move was undoubtedly a brilliant one!"

Su Yiming pulled out a chair, sat down opposite Yu Shao, looked directly at Yu Shao, and said, "If I were to play, White would lose!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Shao was stunned.

Was that squeeze move a good move?

Su Yiming took a deep breath, reached out, and quickly picked up the pieces on the chessboard one by one, restoring the board to the state it was when he made that squeeze move. Then he began to place his pieces again.

Not long after, Su Yiming stopped, stared intently at the chessboard, and said, "The problem lies in this move."

贴？
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, frowned slightly, and began to calculate the subsequent changes in his mind.

"This move seems inevitable, very solid, and fills in all the gaps, but it is actually a bit slow."

Su Yiming didn't keep them in suspense. He quickly took out a chess piece, set up another variation, and said, "The board situation is now so complex that a single move can affect the whole board. We must launch a fierce attack on White without hesitation!"

"Even if I am riddled with holes, I will not hesitate!"

"This is a life-or-death battle; we cannot leave ourselves any way out!"

"After this move, White blocks, Black makes a small knight's move, and White crosses over. So, although White's position still looks dangerous, it has actually caught its breath!"

Su Yiming quickly picked up a chess piece, placed it swiftly, and said, "So, what if this move wasn't to connect, but to cut?"

Upon hearing this question, Yu Shao was stunned. The myriad changes that had been constantly being calculated in his mind came to an abrupt halt!

断？
This move, a downward cut?

This was a path Yu Shao had never imagined, a path of survival against all odds!
"If White cuts, then White can only attack with a tiger's mouth, filling the cut point while counterattacking Black. Black can then forcefully pounce into the tiger's mouth, forcing White to capture it!"

Yu Shao stared at the chessboard and instantly saw the path clearly. He murmured, "After sacrificing a piece here, Black is crippled, but has gained the initiative. If Black makes good use of this initiative, White will collapse!"

Upon hearing Yu Shao's words, Su Yiming, who had just made two moves in the game, stopped what he was doing and did not make any more moves, because it was pointless.

Su Yiming exhaled a breath of stale air, looked at Yu Shao who was still staring intently at the chessboard, and suddenly said, "Yu Shao."

Hearing Su Yiming call his name, Yu Shao snapped out of his reverie, looked away from the chessboard, and turned to Su Yiming.

“I don’t know why you’re betting this way, but since you’ve chosen this approach, you have to change it.”

"Your overall perspective is breathtaking, but—"

"That's your biggest weakness!"

Su Yiming stared intently at Yu Shao and said, "You've thought things through far too thoroughly and far ahead, even to the point that a normal person wouldn't consider such things. Subconsciously, you always try to make every move as solid and flawless as possible. You're too cautious!"

"This is both an advantage and a weakness!"

"Because once this move is made, it means that every move after this one will not seek fame for eternity, but only the achievement of this lifetime!"

Upon hearing Su Yiming's words, Yu Shao's mind went blank, and he stared at Su Yiming in a daze.

I do not seek fame for all ages, but only the merit of this lifetime!
indeed.

Although he has been trying to break through his limitations and change his playing style in this life, in reality, those changes have only been superficial. At his deepest level, he has not truly transformed.

His seemingly aggressive moves were actually well-considered moves made after taking the overall situation into account, and were the answers that the Go AI from his previous life had given him!

Subconsciously, he always looked to the far future, always planned carefully before acting, and always subconsciously maintained control.

This results in his chess moves always having a sense of disjointedness!
The AI ​​plays extremely poorly, frequently abandoning its own pieces and sacrificing them. This is because after abandoning its own pieces, the AI ​​can revive those seemingly doomed pieces, or even if a piece is dead, it can find a way to use it.

However, human players wouldn't dare to make that move. That's why professional players in the past didn't fully consider the AI's first choice, because making a better move would actually lower their winning percentage.

In this life, he tries to make choices about AI, to avoid those drastic and excessive changes, and to pursue a better outcome. However, he is still bound by his past self and cannot completely abandon it.

The problems had already been subtly revealed in the games he lost to Su Yiming, but he was completely unaware of them at the time.

"You shouldn't have taken such a risky move, but you did take the best one yet, and you just couldn't stick to it. In other words, you didn't fully utilize the advantage of this move."

Su Yiming gazed at the chessboard, his face filled with undisguised admiration and respect: "I had absolutely no idea that way of thinking. This move is simply a masterpiece and an art, completely surpassing my own, completely... unattainable."

Upon hearing the words "out of reach," Yu Shao fell silent for a moment.

"When this road appeared, I saw the direction, but no matter what I did, I couldn't find it."

"You couldn't find the way, but..."

Su Yiming paused, his expression somewhat unwilling, as if asking Yu Shao, or perhaps talking to himself, and asked, "Why?"

"This isn't even your forte, so why, how did you manage to find... such a path?"

Yu Shao opened his mouth, but couldn't bring himself to say "It wasn't me."

He was the one who made this move, yet he wasn't the one who made it either.

Having watched too many AI games and studied too many AI game records in his previous life, he thought of similar choices that the AI ​​had made on that board and ultimately made that move.

In other words.

The reason he was able to find this path was because a sage had once guided him... His original path, although correct, involved a much longer detour, while this better and shorter path was full of thorns. To walk it, one had to endure what ordinary people could not endure and suffer what ordinary people could not suffer.

Only in this way can one ultimately reach a higher level in Go.

After a moment, Su Yiming shook his head, seemingly to compose himself, and looked at Yu Shao, saying, "Yu Shao, do you remember what I said to you after the China-Japan-Korea team competition?"

Yu Shao paused for a moment, then nodded slightly and said, "I remember."

After the China-Japan-Korea team competition ended, Su Yiming said that after winning the title, the two of them would play another game, and the title would be the stakes in this game.

"Just remember."

Su Yiming nodded, said nothing more, slowly stood up, and walked out of the debriefing room.

As they reached the door of the review room, Su Yiming suddenly stopped, turned his back to Yu Shao, and said without turning his head, "The national team match is best of three!"

"I'll be waiting for your last two games!"

After saying that, Su Yiming pushed open the door and left the debriefing room without looking back.

Yu Shao stared at Su Yiming's retreating figure until it disappeared from sight, then finally turned his gaze to the chessboard in front of him.

Su Yiming wasn't referring to playing one more game of chess, but rather to having two more games left.

You have to understand that if you lose the next game, you don't have two games to play.

Therefore, the implied meaning in Su Yiming's words is self-evident!

He wanted Yu Shao to win the first game of chess, and then win the next game as well!

"Not seeking eternal glory, but only seeking fame for this lifetime?"

Yu Shao took a deep breath and reached into the chess box again. The chess pieces collided inside the box, making a crisp sound.

"This is exactly the opposite of my past life. In my past life, I didn't seek fame for this lifetime, but only for eternal glory!"

"To achieve this, one must completely abandon one's past self, say goodbye to one's former self, and undergo a complete transformation..."

"I have absolute confidence in my overall perspective, and I don't think I'm inferior to anyone in terms of calculation. As for the final outcome, I'm even more confident that no one can surpass me."

"However, when it comes to the courage and decisiveness to take a gamble in a complex situation, Su Yiming is superior to me!"

Previously, Su Yiming had never won a single game against him in an official match, so although Yu Shao considered Su Yiming a formidable opponent, he did not feel that Su Yiming had any advantage over him.

Until this moment, he finally saw it.

Beneath the most complex surface of the market, Su Yiming possesses an awe-inspiring fighting spirit and determination. He is never afraid of failure and dares to take a gamble. It is precisely because of this that you can see every move that is most terrifying!
That kind of courage to risk everything is enough to unleash an imagination and boldness that would make any chess player in the world bow down!

Before Yu Shao's eyes, every game of chess he had played with Su Yiming involuntarily appeared.

The first game was in a high school Go league.

In that game of chess, Su Yiming was no match for him at all. Although he fought hard until the end, he was still no match for him. The gap in the game was so large that there was no chance for him to even risk his life.

The second game was the professional ranking tournament.

In that game of chess, Su Yiming played the Demon Blade and Avalanche moves in succession. Although he thought these two moves were obsolete, Su Yiming and most people thought they were the most complex and easiest moves to get wiped out!
At that time, Su Yiming's courage to risk his life was already beginning to show.

The third game was played in the Yingjiao Cup.

In that game of chess, Su Yiming, who was in dire straits, finally unleashed an amazing spirit and calculation. With his boundless imagination, he abandoned his large group of stones to fight for the initiative, and finally played a game that shocked the world!

The fourth game was played in the main tournament selection round.

Needless to say, in that game of chess, Su Yiming played the most complex and risky 3-3 complex joseki, a joseki so complex that even the three most difficult joseki to solve before him paled in comparison.

He never considered things from Su Yiming's perspective. He wondered what kind of courage and determination Su Yiming needed to make such a series of moves when facing him!

This courage to risk everything is Su Yiming's greatest strength, and also his weakest point!

This is why, although he made that squeeze move, he ultimately failed to find the right path, while Su Yiming did!
Su Yiming was never just a pursuer; there were always things about him that Su Yiming lacked, but Su Yiming never realized it before!

This amazing fighting spirit, never-give-up attitude, and courage to risk everything—Yu Shao had never seen anything like it in any of the chess players in his past or present lives!

Therefore, Su Yiming was never the pursuer. He always underestimated Su Yiming because, having the AI ​​experience from his previous life, he always felt from the bottom of his heart that Su Yiming was just chasing after him.

no!
Su Yiming possesses something that even he, who experienced the AI ​​era in his previous life, did not have!

He is a powerful figure completely opposite to his past self; he is... a true formidable rival!

"If... I had all of these too!"

Yu Shao slowly picked up a chess piece, his gaze changing slightly at that moment.

The moment Yu Shao took the chess piece out of the chess box, it was as if he saw all the chess games he had played in his past life, and as if he saw every move he had made in this life!

Actually, Yu Shao hadn't cared too much about losing to Jiang Changdong.

Because he knew very well that choosing that move was just him trying to break through his own limitations, just him searching for a stronger move; otherwise, if he had played according to his previous life's chess style, he wouldn't have lost.

Now, Yu Shao finally understands that this was actually just a form of self-escape.

He has never actually stepped out of his comfort zone, and he has never been able to shake off his past self.

No matter how strong you were in the past, it has nothing to do with who you are in this life. You are destined to walk a path completely opposite to that of your past life, so losing because you changed your playing style is not an excuse.

If you lose, you lose.

Because they were too concerned about the overall situation, they dared not take a gamble. Even though they did make a better move, they still lost. There is no excuse for that!

Even if he won that game using the strategies from his past life, it only meant that he won in his past life, not in this life!
At this moment, Yu Shao's mind was clear, and he saw where Su Yiming was better than him. His fighting spirit was completely ignited because, after walking for so long, he finally saw the way forward!
"If only I also had that kind of courage to risk everything!"

Hey!
The chess piece is placed on the board!

"I dare to break up with AI first!"

(End of this chapter)