I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 414 They are enemies for life

Not only Zheng Qin, but everyone in the broadcast room realized this and stared at the television screen in shock.

There is no draw in Go; as long as the game continues, a winner will always be determined.

However, there is one exception.

That is the cycle of countless eons!
The most well-known of these is the triple ko cycle, where three kos cycle repeatedly until one is dead or alive. The quadruple ko cycle, on the other hand, refers to the strange pattern in a game where four kos appear simultaneously and form a cyclical ko capture.

A triple ko is already extremely rare, and a quadruple ko is extremely rare, with only a handful of examples found throughout history!

Everyone was completely dumbfounded.

Inside the chess room, Su Yiming's forehead was still covered in fine beads of sweat as he stared intently at the chessboard in front of him, his gaze fierce and sharp!
I have so much to say!

"No, it's not settled yet!"

Yu Shao looked at the chessboard with a serious expression and calmly picked up a piece and placed it back on the board.

Seeing the white piece fall on the chessboard, Su Yiming gritted his teeth, then quickly picked up the piece and placed it on the board.

He also knew that although the possibility of forming a four-stage cycle of tribulations was high, it was not yet a foregone conclusion!

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
On the chessboard, the black and white pieces are tightly intertwined. With each black piece that falls, all the black pieces on the board seem to cry out in protest, shaking the world!

Finally, under the watchful eyes of the world, another black piece, held between Su Yiming's fingers, slowly fell onto the chessboard.

Hey!
Eighteen columns, six rows, lift!
The whole world fell silent.

Although the cycle of the four tribulations has not yet fully manifested, everyone can already see that the outcome is already clear.

In the broadcast room, everyone stared blankly at the two groups of pieces in the center and upper right of the chessboard.

"White's advantage is too great to be defeated, and Black's situation is one of certain death; they could have resigned long ago."

Le Haoqiang said blankly, "That's indeed the case."

"But Black, in a different way... performed a miracle."

On the chessboard.

After Black captures here, White cannot ignore it. If White ignores it and captures the Black stones in the center, it will create a valuable opportunity, but this will create a major problem in the upper area.

After gaining the initiative with this move, Black can now connect White's ko. It's pointless for White to connect on the sideline, because Black only needs to continue to reduce liberties to live.

If White captures the ko, then Black will also capture it. If White connects again, Black will capture it. If White continues to capture the ko, Black will also capture it. It seems that White can live through the ko, but in reality, it will result in the death of White's large group of stones!

In other words, if White wants to live, it cannot move; it can only return to the bottom to capture the ko. If Black captures, White also captures; if Black captures again, White can only capture again...

Neither side will back down here!
Black and white can only endlessly cycle and repeat, constantly leading to more calamities!

On the chessboard, black and white pieces continued to fall.

Soon, after six moves, neither side made a move...

Looking at the chessboard again, in the upper right and center areas, two groups of black and white pieces are intertwined, revealing four incredibly exciting ko fights!

"Two pieces together create a four-ko cycle."

Xu Zijing, who was standing to the side, stared at the TV screen with a somewhat dazed look in her eyes and said absentmindedly, "It's over."

An astonishingly unexpected turn of events.

A four-ko cycle is already extremely rare, but a four-ko cycle formed by two groups of stones is far less common than a four-ko cycle formed by four groups of stones, making it unprecedented!
"It's a draw..."

At this moment, the whole world was plunged into a deep silence!

Everyone was utterly shocked, never expecting that this game of chess would end in such a way!

The two sides fought fiercely from the very beginning. Su Yiming made a series of brilliant moves, creating a new variation that had never been seen before, and gained a slight advantage. However, before he could expand his advantage, Yu Shao defeated him with an extremely ruthless move!
Next, Black went all out, determined to fight White to the death on the bottom of the board. However, White's moves were divine, and even though Black used every trick in the book, he still couldn't move!
After falling into this completely hopeless situation, Black's seemingly suicidal attack on White's large group of stones actually pulled the board into a more unpredictable situation.
After a fierce battle, the two sides eventually reached a 4-fold cycle of tribulations and the battle ended in a draw!
A game of chess, full of twists and turns, magnificent and spectacular, is simply like an art of black and white!
it's over!
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, the entire internet exploded!

……

……

"This is nature's habit; when she shapes a genius, she usually doesn't shape one, but rather shapes another at the same time!"

Ding Huan blushed and was so excited that he couldn't speak. He could only pour all his emotions into his writing!

"I never expected that with such a huge advantage for White in the center, lower left, and upper left, almost a sure win, Black would put on such a breathtaking performance, ending the game with a four-ko cycle!"

"That's outrageous! That's amazing! That's beautiful!"

“This is simply a masterpiece of God. I even believe that God wanted to see Go, so He had Yu Shao and Su Yiming play this game.”

“Those who know me well know that I am a die-hard fan of Yu Shao. In the past, many people on the Internet said things like, ‘Why was Yu born if Ming was born?’ or ‘Why was Ming born if Yu was born?’ I find such things disdainful.”

"Because, in my opinion before, Yu Shao was the one who ushered in a new era of chess. Although Su Yiming was also a genius, he was destined not to be able to compare with Yu Shao. At best, he was just an opponent!"

"However, after watching this game, my opinion changed!"

"I'm finally convinced."

"They are no match for them!"

"They are our true enemies for life!"

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Inside the studio.

"A four-ko cycle, resulting in a draw."

Zhuang Weisheng stared at the stock market for a long time before slowly exhaling a breath of stale air and sincerely exclaiming, "What an astonishing situation!"

"why?"

Chang Yan stared blankly at the big screen, still deeply puzzled: "Why did White's huge advantage end up in a four-ko cycle?"

Upon hearing this, Zhuang Weisheng smiled faintly and said, "Because White played too well."

Chang Yan was completely bewildered. She turned to Zhuang Weisheng and asked, "Teacher Zhuang Weisheng, what do you mean by 'it's so good'?"

Her first reaction was that Zhuang Weisheng was being sarcastic, but judging from Zhuang Weisheng's attitude, there was no sarcasm in his words. On the contrary, his attitude was extremely sincere, and he was genuinely praising Yu Shao's actions.

"It's because he played it so well."

Zhuang Weisheng seemed to see through Chang Yan's confusion and said with a smile, "So every move he makes is aimed at maximizing efficiency, to the point that it is extremely tricky, leaving no way out for the opponent, and every move is filled with coercive pressure."

"Isn't that great?"

Chang Yan was even more puzzled. Even as a 9-dan player who had won a title, she couldn't quite understand Zhuang Weisheng's words.

“It is indeed very good, but... Go is very mysterious, after all, it is the way of Yin and Yang.” Zhuang Weisheng stared at the Go board with his dark eyes and continued, “If you don’t leave your opponent a way out, you will often have fewer ways out yourself.”

"It can't even be called a weakness, but at least in this game, it became the key to victory or defeat."

"When White was about to live, it was discovered that while White could definitely live, the only way for White to live was through a four-ko cycle."

"In the end, Black punished White's overly efficient and cunning move by executing a four-ko cycle..."

At this point, Zhuang Weisheng couldn't help but laugh and joke, "It shows that the principle of being kind and honest is universally applicable."

After hearing these words, Chang Yan finally understood Zhuang Weisheng's meaning. Staring blankly at the big screen, she said, "Perhaps."

As she gazed at the chessboard, a sense of awe arose within her.

"However, punishing the other side for being too efficient and cunning is a bit too... creepy."

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……

Hands talking indoors.

Yu Shao finally turned his gaze away from the chessboard, looked at Su Yiming opposite him, and said, "It's a draw."

Upon hearing this, Su Yiming seemed to have a hundred-pound burden lifted off his shoulders. He leaned heavily against the back of his chair, panting heavily, his face pale, as if he had just finished a marathon.

"It fell so beautifully."

Just then, Yu Shao's voice rang out.

Su Yiming was stunned for a moment, then looked up and gazed at Yu Shao across from him.

Yu Shao, his face still glistening with sweat, looked at Su Yiming and said with a smile, "I thought I was going to win, but I never expected that I wouldn't be able to win in the end."

Upon hearing this, Su Yiming laughed and said, "Actually, I also originally thought we were doomed to lose."

The two smiled at each other, reached out their hands, and began to tidy up the chessboard together. The grudges and grievances that had been on the chessboard before had completely disappeared.

The two referees on the side looked at each other, both of them exchanging knowing glances.

"The cycle of four kalpas and the reconciliation, this is truly unimaginable."

The referee sitting on the left couldn't help but scratch his head.

Before the match, he considered all sorts of possibilities. He thought that Yu Shao would win both sets and that Su Yiming would get his revenge and the two would be tied one to one.

However, he had not considered that this game of chess would result in an unprecedented situation with a four-ko cycle, and he had no contingency plan for it at all.

"What an incredible game of chess."

He watched as Yu Shao and Su Yiming tidied up the chess pieces on the board not far away, as if he could still remember every move they made. This game, every move, still deeply impressed him to this day.

Looking at the two seventeen-year-old boys not far away, he was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.

"According to the rules of professional competition, if a draw occurs due to multiple kos, a rapid chess tiebreaker must be played."

Meanwhile, another referee suddenly whispered, "I encountered a triple knockback once before in the Meijin tournament, which ended up being a tiebreaker."

"Well……"

Hearing his colleague's words, the referee sitting on the left nodded thoughtfully and muttered under his breath, "I guess we'll have to work overtime today."

Although he complained, he didn't feel any resentment in his heart. In fact, he was even a little happy. If he could continue to see the game between Yu Shao and Su Yiming, what did it matter if he had to work overtime?
It's so exciting.

He was willing to watch this game of chess go on forever.

At this moment, he seemed to understand why the woodcutter in the legend could watch two immortals play chess for a full hundred years.

He even had a thought: could the two legendary immortals be Yu Shao and Su Yiming?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but chuckle.

"Referee, let's stop here."

Just then, Yu Shao's voice suddenly rang out.

Upon hearing Yu Shao's words, the two referees and Su Yiming were all taken aback and looked at Yu Shao.

"The Twin Cup was held temporarily, so there shouldn't have been any rules for draws. Moreover, when Chairman Ma told me about the Twin Cup, he said that you had to win both games to win, and he never mentioned that there could be a draw."

Yu Shao smiled, put the last white piece back into the chess box, and said as he closed the lid, "Since I couldn't win both games, it means I'm not qualified for this title."

"Eh?"

Hearing this, the referee sitting on the left was a little confused and quickly said, "But you've already won one game, and this one is a draw, so you should—"

The referee had only spoken halfway when Yu Shao interrupted him, saying, "We have to win both games, and besides, I'm a little tired."

"Besides, the Twin Cup isn't a title match. To win the title, you have to win all your games; a draw won't do. It's going to be quite difficult, isn't it?"

The referee and his colleagues looked at each other, speechless.

Although the Gemini Cup is a tournament, it was a last-minute decision and was held in a hurry. The rules did not take into account the possibility of a draw. It only stated that if you win both games, you can win the opponent's title.

Yu Shao is a participant, and the one with the advantage. Since Yu Shao does not intend to continue the competition, whether or not a competition is held will naturally be decided by Yu Shao.

The two referees exchanged glances, and finally, the referee sitting on the right nodded and said, "That makes sense, so... there will be no extra round."

Just then, Su Yiming opened his mouth, about to say something, but Yu Shao shook his head and interrupted with a smile, saying, "There will be many more opportunities to spar."

Su Yiming looked at Yu Shao, and finally swallowed back what he was about to say.

"correct."

The referee sitting on the left suddenly remembered something and quickly said, "Don't rush to review the game. Since you're not planning on a tiebreaker, go and do your interviews first."

"Correct."

The referee on the right then belatedly nodded and said with a smile, "This competition was set up specifically for the two of you. There has never been a precedent before. The reporters are going crazy."

"Many reporters have greeted me and asked me to remember to invite you for an interview after your match."

“You all go together! Those reporters definitely have a lot of questions for you.”

Upon hearing this, Yu Shao was slightly taken aback and turned to look at Su Yiming.

Su Yiming smiled slightly, stood up, wiped the sweat from his face, and said with a smile, "Then let's go together. I've never done an interview with you before."

"Row."

Yu Shao didn't seem to mind. He nodded and said with a smile, "Then, let's go."

　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)