I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 491 Knowing the distance is essential to determining its height
"top……"

Araki watched Yu Shao's counterattack, and despite this forceful abandonment, he showed no surprise on his face, remaining perfectly calm.

"I can indeed swallow up these sacrificed pieces. Even if he uses the initiative after sacrificing the pieces to fight me head-on, I have a way to deal with him!"

Thinking of this, Araki's expression became even more solemn as he gazed at the chessboard, as if he could glimpse the future on it.

"However, if he is just using the initial move to create a facade, then it will be very difficult to handle."

Yes!

Most people believe that sacrificing a piece is to give up some pieces in order to create a position on the board that is favorable to one's own attack.

That's certainly true, but it's not comprehensive enough.

Sacrificing a piece doesn't always mean launching a fierce attack. It can also be a way to gain the initiative, seize control of the field, and ultimately establish a foothold and gain an advantage!

To put it more simply, sacrificing a piece means exchanging a certain amount of material for a higher value. Therefore, even if there is a short-term loss, it doesn't matter as long as the final value is sufficient!

Araki gazed at the chess pieces on the board, which seemed to gleam, and pondered.

"I absolutely do not want to accept this move."

"However, I have no choice but to accept this move."

"We cannot disengage, nor can we ignore it, otherwise the entire position will be broken up."

"If we cut off the attack directly, that would be a strong approach. But if he also abandons these two pieces to build a huge external force and fights me to the death, the game will get out of control, and both black and white... will be in danger!"

As time passed, Araki's expression grew increasingly solemn.

"He's no ordinary player. Watching him make every move, I can feel the pressure emanating from the chessboard!"

"If the white pieces build up a huge external influence, the previously divided white pieces can respond from afar. In that case, the control and understanding of the overall situation will be very important!"

"His judgment on the overall situation is superior to mine."

"So, he tried to force me to take action in this way."

"The more this is the case, the less I can afford to engage in battle rashly!"

We must find another way!

"We must divide the white pieces. Before they can form a continuous line, we must surround and annihilate them as quickly as possible. This is the way to win!"

Finally, Araki looked at the chessboard, his eyes flashing, picked up a piece, and quickly placed it down!
Hey!
The chess pieces fell onto the board with a resounding clang, shaking the world!

Eight columns and eleven rows, wow!
Araki raised his head and looked at Yu Shao, who was staring down at the chessboard, his gaze sharp as a sword, ready to strike!
"Aren't you trying to force me to comply?"

“I didn’t respond, I ignored it, so everything should be as you wish!”

"If you want to break the black formation, then come over here. This may be your only chance in the whole game!"

"Once you miss this opportunity, you may never find it again!"

"bring it on!"

Araki stared intently at Yu Shao.

"Since you made that move, you were trying to make me give up first!"

"Now, I really can't take my leave anymore, so what are you hesitating for?"

"Yu Shao!"

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Yu Shao fell into deep thought.

The competition venue was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

However, the viewers watching the game live on TV and computer instantly erupted in chaos!

"Araki didn't even bother with that white piece?!"

Everyone was stunned, staring in disbelief at the move Araki had just made!
"How could we ignore it? If we force these white stones to their deaths, although white will have many initiative moves and can borrow some dead stones, it is ultimately a local battle and has nothing to do with the overall game. Borrowing them won't be too troublesome!"

"It's outrageous! Araki-sensei sacrificed a piece first, and Yu Shao ignored it and sacrificed a piece in return. Araki-sensei then followed suit. They could have clearly forced the white pieces to their deaths here! But guess what? Hey, they went for the first move!"

"I don't understand it anymore... but it feels amazing!"

"After watching the games for so long, I've come to a conclusion: the best moves are the ones you can't understand!"

Most people felt confused and puzzled.

However, some people had difficulty breathing, felt inexplicable pressure, as if they had glimpsed a deadly threat in the game, and felt their hair stand on end and a chill run down their spines!

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The Korean Go Association, in the game review room.

When everyone saw Araki's move through the live stream, their expressions changed slightly.

"Teacher Arakino did indeed ignore Yu Shao's discarded pawn, turning a blind eye to it. He clearly saw through Yu Shao's idea of ​​using the discarded pawn to prop up the image. But, Teacher Arakino has already broken away?" someone asked in astonishment.

"In that case, wouldn't Yu Shao be able to easily break up the black pieces' formation?"

"This is exactly what White wanted! Araki-sensei was a bit careless!" someone said, frowning.

"This is bad!"

The debriefing room was filled with a cacophony of voices.

Unlike most ordinary viewers, they were not surprised that Araki did not directly force the white piece in the lower left corner to its death.

Even before Yu Shao made his move, they realized that directly forcing the white pieces to their deaths was not feasible. It wasn't that the black pieces forced the white pieces to their deaths, but rather that Yu Shao himself didn't want them to be!
That's a scapegoat!

This is not difficult for them to realize.

If Black rashly forces the White stones at the bottom to their deaths, although White has the initiative and can borrow some dead stones, Black still has ways to deal with it. The real trouble lies in the fact that White uses these initiative moves to build up its territory!
However, what they didn't expect was that Araki saw that the white pieces were sacrificing, but failed to see that the black pieces had to respond and chose to ignore it. As a result, the black pieces' formation would inevitably be broken up by the white pieces!

"It's not that simple."

Just then, a burly man with a full beard, frowning, spoke up from the crowd.

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback.

A young man of about twenty years old looked at the burly man and couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Cha Yoon-hyuk, it's not that simple... what do you mean?"

"This game is not that simple, and you have underestimated Mr. Araki."

The burly man stared intently at the chessboard before him and said in a deep voice, "We all saw that Yu Shao's move was a feint, how could Araki-sensei not see it?" "Yu Shao naturally understands this as well, so let's continue thinking, knowing that we can't force White to its death, how should Black play?"

"Escape first, or respond with a move!"

"If we ignore the first move, a careful calculation will show that the formation will be broken up. So the only way out for White is to respond, and the best response seems to be to cut off and then attack!"

Upon hearing this, the young man looked at the chessboard and said in confusion, "That's right, cutting off the attack is a good thing, isn't it? Although Black is also in danger, White is also in danger. Since both sides are in danger, then it's acceptable."

The burly man didn't deny it, saying, "Indeed, breaking the fight isn't bad."

"But the problem is that if White sacrifices the two stones in the lower left corner, it can build a huge external influence. In this way, White's strategy of connecting its liberties and Black's strategy of dividing White's stones will fail."

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback at first, then seemed to realize something and suddenly lowered their heads to look at the chessboard.

Immediately afterwards, everyone's expressions changed!
"He probably didn't have any expectations whatsoever about that trick that could fool Araki-sensei."

"I didn't have any expectations for Araki-sensei's decision to leave school."

“Black has cut off the attack; this is the board position Yu Shao really wants to see!” the burly man said slowly.

“But…but,” the young man began, “araki-sensei, didn’t you eventually break free? You fell into a trap within a trap?”

“Li Kunmin, 5th Dan, take another look.”

Before the burly man could speak, a man with slicked-back hair standing next to the young man, his face covered in cold sweat, said, "Take a closer look, Mr. Araki... this move."

The young man was puzzled, frowned deeply, and looked at the chessboard again.

White moves a flying move, Black moves a jumping move, White moves a bend, Black moves a pressing move, White moves an extension, Black moves an extension...

The chess pieces kept falling in his mind as he frantically calculated the subsequent situation!
One second, two seconds, three seconds...

"This is!"

After seven or eight seconds, the young man finally turned pale with fright, as if he had seen some kind of monster. He felt a chill run down his spine and got goosebumps all over his body!
"Exquisite skill!"

Seeing that the young man had finally figured out the problem, the burly man took a deep breath and said, "This move was indeed a departure from the initial move, but it also subtly echoes the black piece in the lower left corner!"

"This move, seemingly unrelated to the battle below, eventually leads to a leapfrog development, giving Black an extra living leapfrog. White then has to make a move to encroach beforehand, thus expanding the battle and affecting the territory Black left behind!"

"Mr. Araki, we can't go in the wrong direction, but we also don't want to do what White wants, so we've found the third path now!"

"If we continue playing like this, we still can't escape the situation where Black's formation is destined to be broken up by White's stones. However, if White really wants to break up Black's formation, then White will be completely divided up. Yu Shao's understanding of the formation will then be—completely useless!"

"Either White decides not to bother with Black and just watches Black calmly reinforce their position!"

"Without a doubt, when faced with two evils, one can only choose the lesser one."

"If Yu Shao was using this point to force Black to cut off the attack just now, now Black is using the same point to force White to make a choice!"

The young man, drenched in sweat, stared at the chessboard, completely mesmerized.

That was absolutely genius.

He originally thought he was different from the ordinary audience, but he didn't expect that in the eyes of the black and white pieces, he might not be any different at all!
Even if he manages to jump out of the game, he has only jumped to another chessboard; he has not truly escaped the game and become a player!

The chess player's thinking was completely different from his!

At that moment, he felt a distance called a chasm!

"Knowing the distance to something is the only way to determine its height."

The burly man glanced at the young man and calmly said, "However, you obviously can't even measure distances yet. Li Kunmin is a fifth-dan, you still have a lot more to work on."

"Teacher Cha Yoon-hyuk, I..."

The young man's face turned pale and then red, and he was speechless.

"So, what will Yu Shao choose?"

Someone took a deep breath, looked away from the chessboard and back at the television screen, and said, "If Yu Shao chooses to disrupt Black's formation, the situation will be even, but White will also be completely divided up. Yu Shao probably wouldn't dare to do that, would he?"

"If Yu Shao chooses not to break up the formation and lets Black reinforce the pieces, although White can connect the pieces as desired and respond to the whole board, then the great opportunity to break up Black's formation will be lost!"

At this point, he felt a sense of satisfaction, and a gloating smile appeared on his face. He said, "Yu Shao used this method to deal with Araki-sensei just now, and now it's Araki-sensei's turn to use this method to deal with him."

"It seems that one should be kind and honest. If you spend all your time hunting geese, you're bound to get your eyes pecked by one."

In the past two years, Yu Shao has emerged as a dark horse, turning the entire chess world upside down. Although he admires Yu Shao to some extent, it does not stop him from being happy to see Yu Shao suffer a setback.

Just then, on the television screen, under everyone's gaze, a white piece slowly landed on the chessboard.

Twelve columns, three rows, let's eat!

"it turns out--"

"He actually went up there!"

Looking at this move, everyone in the review room was stunned at first, and then they couldn't help but fall silent. The fifth-dan young man named Li Kunmin's eyes widened even more!
To everyone's surprise!
Everyone felt that, having reached this point, White had no choice but to retreat and reconsider.

After all, White could have completely avoided being completely divided by Black and connected its pieces into one. However, White still chose to play too aggressively, placing its piece in the 12th column and 3rd row, determined not to give up until it disrupted Black's formation!
Once the piece is placed, both sides are in a difficult position with no way out!

Both the black and white pieces could only pick up their swords, hold their breath, and feel the sound of their hearts beating!
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Looking at the chessboard in front of me.

Araki calmly raised his eyes, his face expressionless.

But under the chessboard, his left hand had involuntarily clenched into a fist, and the veins on his arm were bulging.

Clearly, his mood was not as calm as his expression suggested.

"They've really broken through!"

"Is he really willing to fight me to the death, even if it means this?"

Araki looked up at Yu Shao, who was sitting opposite him on the chessboard, trying to see what Yu Shao was really thinking.

He did hope that Yu Shaozhen would launch an attack and disrupt his black formation, although he felt that the possibility was slim.

However, when he saw Yu Shao actually attacking, he was filled with disbelief!

"Although I played out of position in my previous move, it was a response to the black stones on the lower perimeter."

"Even so, it was inevitable that Black's formation would be disrupted."

This means that for a considerable period of time thereafter, no mistakes are allowed in any move; one wrong move will result in total defeat, and even a slow move is not permitted!

This will be a contest of strength and calculation!

All over the world, people couldn't help but hold their breath, beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads, and their hearts pounded wildly!
(End of this chapter)