I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 52 Desire to Win or Lose

For the next half month, Yu Shao went to the activity room with Zhou De to play chess after school every day.

Zhou De is so thick-skinned that he pesters Zhong Yufei to play chess almost every day, vowing to take revenge. Moreover, Zhou De is incredibly resilient and will not be discouraged no matter how badly he loses.

After all, he had just started learning Go. No matter how badly he lost, he always had an excuse: How long have I been playing? How long have you been playing? Isn't it natural that you should win over me?
Chen Jiaming finally felt that he had found a place to put his talents to use. After all, Yu Shao and Xu Zijin were simply not capable of teaching at his level.

Therefore, Chen Jiaming often gave instructions to Zhou De and Zhong Yufei, pointing out the mistakes they made during the game, and sometimes even gave Zhou De special training.

Xu Zijin was quietly composing the music by herself from beginning to end. She had an aura of keeping strangers away, so no one bothered her.

During this period, Yu Shao also read a lot of chess records played by chess players in this world, and gained a lot of understanding about the level of professional chess players in this world.

"The top players in this world, although because there is no Go AI in this world, there is a gap in their understanding of Go compared to the players in the previous life."

Yu Shao lowered his eyes and looked at the chessboard filled with chess pieces in front of him, his gaze flickering.

"But, because in this world, Go has a very high international status and a wider audience—"

"The top chess players in this world are in no way inferior to the top chess players in the previous life in terms of the overall situation, balance, and attack and kill of the chess game. They should not be underestimated!"

During this period of time, Yu Shao was deeply impressed by the chess skills displayed by several players in their games.

When looking at the chess games played by these chess players, Yu Shao even had a strong urge to play a game against these chess players, wanting to see what kind of game he could play against these chess players.

“How could I still feel this way today?”

Yu Shao was a little confused about this.

In his previous life, he had also had this urge when he was young and wanted to play against masters, and that period was also the time when his chess skills improved the fastest.

However, as his chess skills improved and he fought against almost all the masters in his previous life, this feeling gradually faded.

Even if there are latecomers, such as some emerging young chess players, although they can also play wonderful chess games, he has no urge to play against these young chess players.

On the contrary, seeing the endless stream of new Go players, Yu Shao only felt pressure.

The fear of being beaten by newcomers and the pressure of being overtaken by rising stars.

Why is it that, in this life, I have rekindled this impulse that I only had when I was young?

Did I become younger because of my rebirth?
No.

Yu Shao is very clear that even if his body and mentality become younger, his mental age will never change, and his cognition and views on things will not change.

So, why?
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard in front of him. After a long time, he gradually figured out the answer to the question.

"Maybe it's because... of the desire to win..."

When he was young, he had nothing, so he could move forward without hesitation, because he was not afraid of failure at all and only wanted to play the most exciting chess game.

However, later, when he became successful, he shouldered the hopes of his fans, his relatives and friends, and even the country.

He didn't want to disappoint these people.

So he has to win, he can't lose!
There is nothing wrong with having a desire to win. Only when a chess player has this desire can he push himself to his limits. Therefore, if you want to become a top chess player, you must have this desire and strive to win.

The desire to win is a driving force that enables him to never give up even when he is at a disadvantage, and often enables him to stage a reversal in the game.

However, when the desire to win reaches its limit, isn’t it also an invisible shackle?

In his previous life, he was not unaware of his certain shortcomings in attack and killing. On the contrary, he was actually very clear about it.

But once on the field, because of his desire to win, he could only choose the chess game he was best at, where he played soft but effective moves, hiding his murderous intent in the invisible places, rather than attacking with great violence.

Because he wanted to win. His desire to win had surpassed his pursuit and love for Go.

But now that he was sixteen again, he no longer had the burden he had in his previous life, and his desire to win was naturally no longer as strong as it was in his previous life.

He still wants to win the game, but not just want to win the game.

That is why, after seeing these chess players playing wonderful games in the chess records, he had a strong urge to play a game with these chess players.

After realizing this, Yu Shao could not help but stare at the chessboard in a daze.

"Is it true that after I was reborn, I spent my entire life playing chess and was accompanied by chess, so... I simply want to enjoy my youth in this life?"

Not long after, Chen Jiaming's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Yu Shao's thoughts.

"It's almost time. Let's stop here today and everyone can go home."

Yu Shao came to his senses and quickly put the chess pieces back into the chess box, then put on his schoolbag, stood up and prepared to leave.

Just as he passed by Xu Zijin, Yu Shao noticed that Xu Zijin was still concentrating on the chess game in front of him, extremely focused, and had no intention of getting up and going home.

"Xu Zijin, it's time to go back, why don't you go back?" Yu Shao asked puzzledly.

But Xu Zijin seemed not to have heard it and still looked down at the chessboard.

"Xu Zijin?"

Yu Shao couldn't help but raise his voice and asked again.

It was only then that Xu Zijin woke up from his dream, turned his head to look at Yu Shao, and asked, "Is it time?"

"We're here. What are you looking at so seriously?"

Yu Shao was a little puzzled. He looked at the chessboard in front of Xu Zijin, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face. He asked, "What is this?"

On the chessboard, the black and white pieces are tightly entangled together. The situation is complicated and unpredictable. Both sides fight desperately against each other and are evenly matched.

Because of this, the situation of the chess game is particularly intense. Both sides' dragons are at risk of being slaughtered. It can be said that every tree and grass is an enemy. This tense and intense situation is extremely rare.

Xu Zijin stared at the chessboard and said softly, "The ancient score of Yang Shirong and Gong Sheng."

"The ancient score of Yang Shirong and Gong Sheng?"

Yu Shao frowned. It seemed that this ancient score was very famous?

"You don't know?" Xu Zijin raised his head, looked at Yu Shao and asked.

"do not know."

Yu Shao shook his head. He really didn't know.

Xu Zijin was silent for a moment, then said in a cold voice: "This is a very famous ancient chess record, and it is also my favorite chess record."

"There was no handicap system at that time. Ancient chess players were all strong fighters, so both sides started fighting fiercely from the beginning, attacking each other fiercely and leaving no room for retreat."

"Because the attacks and killings of the black and white sides in this ancient record are so brilliant, even now, many modern chess players will play the record to learn the attacking ideas of both sides."

Xu Zijin paused, then looked at the chessboard and continued, "However, this incomplete chess game ends here."

"The complete chess record... has been completely lost. People only know that the white piece won the game. Because of this, this half of the chess record has been left to future generations for endless reverie."

Xu Zijin stared at the chessboard and said softly, "I really want to know how wonderful this chess record would be if it had not been lost..."

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