I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 451 The Pressure from Go AI (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)
Time keeps passing.

On the chessboard, black and white pieces alternately fall over time.

Han Xiu stared intently at the chessboard. With each piece that was placed, he seemed to see the hidden glint of swords and spears lurking on it.

"As expected... Black played very steadily, never entering areas where it could obviously go deeper, but instead constantly strengthening itself."

Everything unfolded as Han Xiu had predicted. Li Junhao played with extreme steadiness, giving White no chance to exploit any weaknesses and striving to avoid overly aggressive variations in order to prolong the battle.

Soon, Yu Shao picked up another chess piece and quickly placed it down!

Hey!
Eight columns and thirteen rows, jump!
Upon seeing the move, Lee Jun-ho's eyes turned serious. After a moment of careful thought, he finally picked up a piece and placed it on the board!
Seventeen columns and fourteen rows, press!

Yu Shao then made his move.

Sixteen columns and thirteen rows, how long!

Da da da……

Soon, the two sides made more than ten moves in succession.

Han Xiu, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, frowned more and more deeply.

At this point, both black and white sides have played very well.

Since Black is unwilling to go deeper, White will take advantage of the situation and use its strength to compress Black's potential for strength. This is an open strategy, and White must either accept it or fight back.

Black was prepared for this, and since it was ready to defend and counterattack, it went all the way down the same path. It did not change its strategy despite White's relentless pressure, and tried its best to recover its losses through solid exchanges.

If the game continues like this, the battle will become very long. White will have a slight advantage, but Black's position is also acceptable. In the complex and close game, through entanglement, there is still a chance to win.

However, if that's all there is to it, it's clearly far from what his friend described as "utterly devastating."

"Okay, we've come down here. Everything is proceeding as I expected!"

Lee Junho clearly thought the same thing, looking at the chessboard with an irrepressible sense of excitement.

"Although I will be short of points in the middle game, because the board is small and scattered, there is still a lot of room for fighting. I still have many opportunities. If I fail once, I will have a second chance."

"In this way, we won't be wiped out in a single battle. Even if we fail to catch up in the end, we can still get to the endgame and won't lose by many points!"

"That's enough!"

Li Junhao quickly picked up a piece and placed it back on the board.

Yu Shao's face showed no emotion. He lowered his eyes and looked at the chessboard. After a moment of contemplation, he finally picked up a chess piece again and gently placed it down!

Hey!
With a crisp sound of a piece being placed, a white piece landed squarely on the chessboard!
Seven columns and eleven rows, charge!
"They...they rushed down?"

Upon seeing this move, Lee Junho's hand, which had just reached into the chess box to pick up a piece, suddenly stopped, and then his eyes slowly widened.

"rush?!"

Not only Li Junhao, but also the other Go players watching around them couldn't help but show a deep look of disbelief on their faces as they stared incredulously at the white piece that had just been placed on the Go board!

now!

On the left side of the chessboard, black pieces are densely packed together, echoing each other from afar, like a net covering the sky and the earth. But this white piece resolutely throws itself alone into the black formation!

Even those who don't understand Go would find this move visually striking, and for these Go players, the impact is even greater!

Because of this move, besides invading the black territory, it also ignores the threat posed by the black stones earlier, and the white stones in the lower left corner are instantly killed!
"How... could it be a charge?!"

Han Xiu stared intently at the chessboard, completely unable to believe his eyes: "After the push, Black clearly has a chance to dig in the middle and back, and White can indeed gain the initiative here, but how dare he?!"

"If White cannot use this initiative to directly defeat Black, then White's game is over!"

"Unless it's an extremely complex mid-to-late game where every possible variation on the board has been calculated, allowing for a decisive victory over Black, then such a tactic is naturally unparalleled in skill. However..."

Han Xiu looked at the chessboard, which was still completely empty after only fifty or so moves had been made.

"But we're only in the middle stages!"

The so-called sacrifice attack means that an offensive is gained by sacrificing a piece. At this moment, although White has the initiative, the board is too empty, and even if he wants to attack, he has no way to start and no direction!
Unless someone can truly calculate all the changes here, then they can find the direction.

but……

This is absolutely beyond human capability!

With only about fifty moves played in the entire game, it's impossible for anyone to predict all the possible changes that will follow!
Even for Yu Shao, it's completely impossible!

Han Xiu couldn't understand it at all, and not only Han Xiu, but Li Junhao, who was sitting opposite Yu Shao, felt the same way.

After a long while, Lee Junho finally came to his senses, took a deep breath, and a ruthless look appeared in his eyes. He then picked up a chess piece and quickly placed it!
Hey!
Eight columns and ten rows, break!

Black, finally no longer willing to back down, made a move that was a decisive one, aiming to determine the fate of White!
Because White's move was unreasonable, attempting to forcibly cut off Black's key stones, it exceeded Black's ability to concede. If Black were to concede, Black would instantly collapse!

Black must immediately punish White, regardless of the circumstances; it's a move that must be made!

Seeing Li Junhao make his move, Yu Shao also quickly picked up his piece and placed it down!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
A battle initiated by White spread across the board almost instantly!
No one could have imagined that the game, which had been calm just moments before, would suddenly become so intense that it was astonishing. Black mobilized its entire force to cut off White's retreat!
Da da da……

The pieces began to be placed alternately again.

However, the more they read, the more confused they became.

They initially thought that Yu Shao's willingness to make such a move meant that he had perhaps found a direction for attack after sacrificing a piece, but... that wasn't the case.

With White's move, the dead stones seem to be dead forever, meaningless. Black has already gained an absolute advantage, and all White can do next is put up a desperate resistance.

Ten moves, twenty moves, thirty moves...

Finally, after about forty moves, the expressions on the faces of the people around him gradually changed. Han Xiu stared blankly at the development of the game, his expression full of disbelief!
Lee Junho's forehead was covered with countless fine beads of sweat.

"The central battle is almost over, and Black's move to the point is a solid one. However, White has relentlessly invaded the upper area, creating a weakness in Black's shape! After more than forty moves..."

Han Xiu looked in shock at the lower right corner of the chessboard, at the white stones that had been discarded forty moves earlier.

"The sacrifice has finally formed an offensive!"

Looking back at the entire game now, that one "rush" move connected the whole board. Through meticulous exchanges and the utilization of the initiative, it ultimately led to this astonishing sacrifice attack after more than forty moves! "But... is this possible?"

Han Xiu stared blankly at the chessboard.

"It's probably just that the skill gap was too large, so Yu Shao made good use of the dead stones through subsequent moves..."

Beside Han Xiu, someone whispered, "Of course... even so, it's still extremely exaggerated."

Regardless, they couldn't believe that Yu Shao had already calculated the current board position more than forty moves ago. If this was true, then there was no need to play the World Championship.

Yu Shao is definitely going to be the champion; it's impossible for him to lose a single game.

The final result of that "rush" move could be an accident, but it could never have been a result of pre-calculation of all the possible changes. It was absolutely impossible for Yu Shao to have intentionally played the "rush" move forty moves in advance!

Because that's something no human being could do.

No, not even a "god" would do!
At that time, the board was not so complex that there were few options left. On the contrary, although the board was scattered, it was not complicated. In other words, for each move, White had no less than ten possible moves.

In these ten moves, after White makes one move, there may be ten more moves to choose from, and then ten more moves after that, like branches of a tree, endlessly. If someone could calculate all the subsequent variations by then...

This is almost equivalent to exhaustively listing all possible variations in Go.

The possibilities in Go are more numerous than the total number of observable atoms in the universe; it is impossible for anyone to calculate them all.

Even if someone could actually pull off this move, it shouldn't have appeared so quietly in this game!

However, even if it was just that Yu Shao realized the subtle changes on the board in his subsequent moves, turning a dead piece into a sacrifice and ultimately launching an attack, that would still be beyond imagination...

Lee Junho gritted his teeth and fell into deep thought.

On the opposite side, Yu Shao stared at the chessboard, quietly waiting for Li Junhao to make his move.

Indeed, he could not calculate all the changes in the game, nor could he calculate all the remaining changes in just over fifty moves, even if that was not calculated from the very first move.

This "charge" move is indeed something no human could pull off, and he was no exception.

However, this "rush" move was indeed intentionally made more than forty moves in advance, not something he realized halfway through, turned a dead piece into a sacrifice, and ultimately induced—

This was simply a move made by the AI ​​under similar circumstances in his previous life. He knew that he could make this move, which is why he was able to execute it!
Unlike the 3-3 point or the sharp point, this is not a fixed pattern or routine, nor is it even a Go understanding; rather, it is an AI move that changes with the situation.

This is something the AI ​​has already calculated. Under similar market conditions, there are similar ideas and methods, but after the market changes slightly, these ideas and methods will no longer be feasible!

Therefore, this move cannot be learned. Only by truly playing against AI face-to-face and engaging in numerous battles with AI can one find and execute this move in actual gameplay!
Without playing against AI extensively, no one can discover this move.

This is also his greatest advantage.

Because this move is one that no one but him can possibly make.

Many people believe that the power of AI lies in its new understanding and perception of Go, and in its subversion and innovation of old patterns. This is a huge shock to human Go players before the advent of AI.

actually not.

The power of AI, in essence, still lies in its profound computational capabilities!
Understanding can be learned, patterns can be learned, and innovation can be learned. The reason why AI can overturn countless old patterns and have a completely new understanding of Go is that it is all based on cold calculation!

For example, in various game scenarios, the moves made by AI that cannot be systematically learned are things that humans can never learn. They can only be defeated repeatedly, and then learn the knowledge unique to that particular game from the defeats.

This is the reason why human players can never defeat Go AI!
In the past, when he encountered similar situations, even if he knew that he could place his bet in this way, he would often not do so, because although this method was valid, if he was not careful, he would lose the whole game and leave himself no way out.

However, after the National Masters Tournament, he changed his mind and no longer left himself any room for maneuver. This was reflected on the chessboard as a more ruthless, or rather, fierce, attitude compared to before!

This is the gap called "era".

This is the oppressive feeling called "despair" that comes from Go AI!
He had personally experienced this suffocating sense of oppression countless times, and the answer he obtained, or rather, the chess sense he honed, was earned at the cost of blood!
"Su Yiming, I will not lose."

Yu Shao stared at the chessboard, his gaze sharp as a sword: "I'm waiting for you!"

Time passed by minute by minute.

Finally, after a long time, Lee Junho, his face pale, gritted his teeth and finally picked up a chess piece from the chess box, placing it with great difficulty.

Although the tide has turned against him, he still wants to give it his all and fight for victory in the world championship!
After another dozen or so moves...

Lee Junho's face was deathly pale, and his body was trembling slightly.

He wanted to pick up a piece and place it, but he felt that no matter how he played, it was too late to turn the tide.

"No...how is that possible?"

"how come……"

He gritted his teeth, staring intently at the chessboard, racking his brains to find a way out for the black pieces.

"The chessboard is still so empty, there must be another way!"

Time ticked by.

The people around looked at Li Junhao, their hearts filled with mixed feelings.

They could all see that the game was already decided. No matter what Li Junhao did, it was just a desperate last stand. Black had no chance to reverse the situation.

Generally speaking, under this situation, most players would resign gracefully.

However, seeing that Lee Jun-ho was reluctant to resign and wanted to continue playing, the other players couldn't bear to criticize him because they empathized with him.

This is the world championship, the stage that all chess players dream of. The moment you resign, it's tantamount to killing your own dream!

A moment later, Lee Junho finally reached into the chess box again, seemingly trying to pick out a chess piece.

However, Li Junhao ultimately did not pick up the chess piece. Instead, he lowered his head and said weakly, "I..."

"Lost."

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