LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 302 If it is Lin Ruo's competition, it doesn't matter whether you watch it or not

On the day of the individual semi-finals, Lin Ruo discovered that everyone at the scene looked at him differently. As the wins continued to accumulate, it seemed that his invincible momentum had become a little frightening.

This is of course not a deterrent for professional chess players, but for many young chess players with potential in the future who are participating in this National Games, it has unknowingly created tremendous pressure.

"Lost?"

"Well, no more."

Walking out of the competition venue, Zhang Xuan, who was wiping his hands, had a smile full of bitterness and helplessness.

As expected, she lost to Wu Yiming, a talented girl from the Jiangsu team, in the semifinals, which was not a surprise to anyone, including herself.

But the inevitable loss will still occur, which is part of the emotions of ordinary people.

"It's okay. You can play the score later and I'll help you find the problem." As the team leader, Tian Bin comforted his teammates for their defeat.

Zhang Xuan nodded obediently, then was startled: "You're not going to watch Lin Ruo's game anymore?"

"Is it necessary to watch? After we review the game he should have won again."

Tian Bin asked nonchalantly, "Even though the opponent is a first-level professional, the reality is..."

Zhang Yu sighed.

Are you infected too? Team leader...

"The amateur individual semi-finals have officially begun. Please guess who will go first."

In the huge competition venue, after four consecutive days of extremely brutal single-elimination, there are only two tables of four people left.

As the referee's voice sounded, Lin Ruo, who had already pulled out a chair and sat down, took out a simple white piece from the chess box as usual.

After adjusting his state, Liu Yuncheng took a deep breath and placed the chess piece in his hand on the chess table.

5 pieces, odd number.

Lin Ruo guessed correctly and played black first.

"Can we win?" The fifth round of the women's professional group had just ended outside the field. Yu Zhiying, who was leading the standings, took a closer look and then adjusted her glasses.

This year, Jiangsu and Shanghai have had particularly many head-to-head battles. Even in the professional group, the one who is currently following her closely in the standings is Rui Naiwei, the former number one female Go player from the Shanghai team.

The Jiangsu team leader pondered and shook his head: "Hmm... well, it depends on the specific situation."

Judging from his performance in the individual competition, Lin Ruo, playing with black, will definitely spare no effort in attacking.

So they have made corresponding preparations before the game, but everything depends on the actual performance on the field.

On the chessboard, Lin Ruo chose the Xing Xiaomu opening, and Liu Yuncheng followed closely without making any changes.

Star small eye against star small eye.

The first four moves each occupy two corners and are equally matched.

The fifth move, Black, defends the upper right corner.

Lin Ruo remained in place to consolidate his formation, waiting for the opponent's next move.

Liu Yuncheng took the initiative to attack in the lower right corner.

In the seventh move, Black returns with a hanging corner move.

Liu Yuncheng gave up the attack and turned to guard the corner, taking into account the safety of the corner while moving towards the middle abdomen, and began to move towards a steady style of play in the middle and late stages.

The two sides then started fighting in the upper left corner.

When in doubt, click 33.

White gains power on the outer net, and Black gains real space in the corner, which is acceptable to both sides.

Fortieth move, White chess piece, leaning on the bottom.

When Liu Yuncheng made this move, Lin Ruo's expression changed slightly and he showed a calm smile.

The Jiangsu team leader watching from the sidelines couldn't help but slap his head. What a self-destructive move, which directly created a clear watershed between the two sides in the layout stage.

It is obvious that before this move, the layout of both sides was still in a very stable rhythm, and the winning rate was almost in a straight line, but with this move.

In the win rate comparison given by AL, White's chances have dropped below 40%.

"He should come out from the center to block the attacks from the black pieces above and to the right."

Listening to Yu Zhiying's analysis, the Jiangsu team leader nodded: "Indeed, this move has caused some confusion. Let's see what happens next. Lin Ruo didn't launch an overly aggressive attack today, but once the formation is formed later, it will be difficult to guarantee it."

Move 61, Black moves up and turns right.

Faced with his opponent's reckless moves, Lin Ruo cleverly chose to make a direct move to establish an advantage.

Then he attacked straight in from the left, deliberately changing the position of the battle to a new direction.

Liu Yuncheng immediately understood Lin Ruo's intention and Xiao Fei opened the blocking formation.

Black moves to climb, while White defends the corner, preventing Black from using close-corner tactics while maintaining the offensive.

Move 65, Black moves downward.

This destroys the white chess piece's control in this area and at the same time makes the middle part thinner, preventing the three pieces on the right from coming out.

Liu Yuncheng placed the white chess piece nearby to block the opponent, and directly attacked the black chess pieces on the left and below, launching all the necessary attacks without giving in.

Lin Ruo calmly rushed forward and used offense as defense to counterattack, and was still in a defensive posture at this time.

He hasn't taken the initiative to attack yet, but the white side's winning rate has begun to fall again.

White continues to capture, and Black grows.

Liu Yuncheng focused his eyes and chose to rush into the upper position.

He was waiting for the black pieces to come and block, so that he would have the opportunity to move down, gradually penetrate to the right, and strengthen the breakpoint at the same time.

So that he can give a fatal blow to the black chess pieces below at any time.

Lin Ruo remained calm and counterattacked between the white pieces, but did not go up to block.

Liu Yuncheng's idea came to nothing.

Then the two sides experienced nearly thirty exchanges of moves in the lower right corner.

Lin Ruo carried the game in an orderly manner from the beginning to the end, eating up the white pieces tightly and sweeping away all of its control ends, making his own lineup very solid.

The big dragon on the right side of the white chess piece, which was not carefully arranged, is still in a half-dead state.

Liu Yuncheng couldn't help but shook his head.

Many players react like this when they make a bad move that puts them in an unfavorable position.

Liu Yuncheng's hair was too short to be pulled, so all he could do was shake his head vigorously.

This is a losing move.

"The odds are now 9 to 1, and I'm 15 moves ahead. How can I still play this game?"

The Jiangsu team leader on the sidelines couldn't bear to watch.

I originally thought that Lin Ruo was a good offensive player, but I didn’t expect that he would be so good at using the opponent’s force to defend.

Liu Yuncheng's moves were no longer like hitting cotton, which was completely ineffective. Instead, they hit steel plates and caused such pain that the patient was exhausted both physically and mentally.

With the right side basically settled, Lin Ruo turned his hands to deal with the situation on the left side that he had initially retained.

After the two sides had gone through nearly 20 moves, seeing that the situation still showed no signs of easing, Liu Yuncheng took the risk and chose to jump up to break the situation.

Black pieces capture, white pieces stick.

Lin Ruo placed his piece in the empty space below, destroying the white chess piece's eye position.

This move...

Liu Yuncheng, who was in a tense mood, took a closer look and immediately saw some hope of a turnaround.

This move hit, but it did not take the initiative, but instead gave him a breathing space.

Ignoring this, Liu Yuncheng chose to first attack in the upper left corner, destroying the nearby black pieces.

Black blocks.

Seven columns and two rows, white chess pieces continue to attack in a chain of moves.

"The winning rate has increased by 10%, so there is still a chance." The Jiangsu team leader outside the field breathed a sigh of relief.

But only the players on the field know how difficult the situation is.

Black is still in a big advantage.

Yu Zhiying next to her was thinking differently. She was thinking...

"He actually made a mistake?"

This was something she had not expected, because in the past, facing the fierce flood-like attack of the white pieces, the black pieces had defended against it without missing a single detail, forcing the opponent's attack to sink deeper and deeper and become increasingly powerless.

Now, the patient placement of points that required almost no thinking when there was a huge advantage was actually placed in a position that was not obviously the first mover.

This directly gives the white player the opportunity to change his position, which is undoubtedly contradictory.

With such a great advantage, he was too confident and made a big move.
Yu Zhiying thought about it.

Making mistakes in chess is a very common situation, but it is still hard to accept that you don’t make mistakes when it is the most difficult, but make mistakes when you have the best chance to win.

The chess game continues.

The black chess piece protected the corner breakpoint, and Liu Yuncheng decisively chose to come over and take the initiative along the way.

Lin Ruo stuck to the nearby one.

Liu Yuncheng quickly changed his position and made a cut in the lower right corner, severing the connection between the two black pieces below and the left side of the gap.

At this moment when the situation was already unfavorable, the white chess pieces, which had a slight respite, launched the most fierce attack directly on the black chess pieces.

Just attack with all your might?

Lin Ruo calmly placed his piece above the barrier. White chess piece grew.

Black continued to place pieces horizontally to fill in the gaps, but White still stubbornly chose to extend the position.

Then Lin Ruo continued to climb for the third time.

Liu Yuncheng seemed to think that was enough and chose to block the attack directly in front.

Do you want to take advantage of the situation to threaten the black pieces in the upper right area of ​​mine?
It’s a good idea, but unfortunately you’re not as quick as me.

Lin Ruo smiled knowingly.

He gently reached into the chess box, took out a black piece, and placed it on the board without hesitation.

With a click.

Move 149, four columns and six rows.

The chess piece fell, and in the battlefield where black and white were intertwined, it was like a dazzling star suddenly appeared in the dark night sky.

Just when Lin Ruo made a mistake and took two steps to the left with his hand sideways.

As soon as the chess piece was placed on the board, all of the white chess pieces' eye positions on the left were broken in a small area.

Liu Yuncheng was a little dumbfounded.

This move was just like the previous mistake, and still did not pose a fatal threat to him.

But here's the thing.

If the black chess piece then makes another move from above, and the defense line formed by the three chess pieces collapses, then his game will undoubtedly be over.

So...it doesn't seem to be a mistake...

Deliberately leaving an opportunity below, giving myself a chance to catch my breath and attack, thus pulling the battlefield to the right...

Liu Yuncheng bit his lips tightly.

When he finally blocked it, he thought he could threaten the right side, but he could no longer continue to harass the left side.

As soon as the chess piece fell.

It was too late to return to defense.

No matter where he moves this time, the flying move of the black chess piece in the upper left corner will kill him.

If he had attacked and defended on the left side at the beginning to strengthen the defense line, then even if he lost the second move, he could have extended it from the bottom outside... But the chess piece had already moved to the right side, and he couldn't do anything about it.

"The winning rate has dropped to 2%. According to Al's calculations, if the opponent flies up, the winning rate will be less than 1%..."

The Jiangsu team leader watched helplessly, no matter what move White made, it would be useless.

So... is there still a chance of a comeback with less than one percent?
The actual actions of the players on the field told him.

Liu Yuncheng lowered his head dejectedly, covering half of his face with his hands, and said in a thin voice: "I... lost."

There is no point in continuing the game now. If he could have a one percent chance of turning the tables, the previous situation wouldn't have been so embarrassing.

"Thanks for the advice."

Lin Ruo nodded slightly at him.

"Thank you for your advice." Liu Yuncheng replied helplessly, and the two stood up and bowed to each other.

At this point, Lin Ruo advanced to the final.

At this time, the table opposite had also finished its meal. Amid the discussions, a large number of people walked into the venue.

Yu Zhiying came over and looked down at the chessboard. After a moment's thought, she said, "It's not unfair for us to lose. Who did you learn chess from?"

She couldn't believe that such a strong overall view was something a player who hadn't even reached the professional level could possess, but that was the fact.

"It's just a hobby. Who can I learn from? Just searching for some basic introductory videos on the Internet should also be considered learning." Lin Ruo said after thinking about it.

I'm not pretending.

It's Go.

The most time is spent during the initial stage, and later on he will become stronger and stronger in actual combat.

No way, who let the experience points increase...

The Jiangsu team leader complained when he heard this: "What a waste! How can you still be an amateur player at the age of 17, considering the strength you have shown?"

Go is an industry that relies on young people.

Those with real potential start to show their world championship style at the age of 16 or 17, and most players will gradually enter a decline stage after the age of 20.

At 25 years old, he can be called an older player.

For those over 30 years old, Lao Deng will speak directly.

At 17 years old, yet with less than six months of chess experience, the Jiangsu team leader only wanted to ask, "What are your parents' last names? How dare they let you play games for no reason?"

It was ultimately impolite to say this, so the Jiangsu team leader chose a euphemism: "Go take the exam now, don't waste your youth, young man."

Lin Ruo nodded. "Go is just a hobby. My profession is a League of Legends player. I've already won the world championship, so it's not a waste of time. I can bring glory to my country, and I can barely make 20 to 30 million a year to make a living."

"It's just a game, how can..." The Jiangsu team leader stopped talking and began to stutter.

"Wait a minute, how much more..."

Why didn’t you tell me earlier that this is so awesome? Humph, your parents were really far-sighted.

"What are you doing? Just review it, why are you chatting about it?" Tian Bin, who arrived late, walked over angrily. You want to poach people right under my nose, right?

The Jiangsu team leader sighed and said that they would have to be able to afford it.

Obviously, it's not achievable, not even with a finger.

"Won?" Zhang Xuan who came over asked uncertainly.

Lin Ruo hummed and looked at her: "What about you, did you win?"

Zhang Yu rolled his eyes, turned his head away, and muttered quietly, "Before the game, he said that I would definitely lose, and after the game, he came to ask me if I won or not."

"That's what motivates you before the game."

"That's good. You've already quenched my fighting spirit."

"We can play a game when we have time." Yu Zhiying said solemnly at this time.

Lin Ruo scratched his face and refused embarrassedly: "Forget it, sister, I'm afraid it will be too much of a blow."

Yu Zhiying inexplicably felt a hint of pride: "What are you afraid of? It's not shameful to lose to me."

She just wanted to test the boy's chess skills, but she didn't expect that the boy would be afraid of losing.

Very good, she felt relieved that he was not the same type of person as Ke Jie.

However, she is the first one to refuse the invitation of the current number one female Go player so quickly. Ordinary people would be happy to do so.

...

There was a mixed doubles match at 14 p.m., so there was naturally no chance to go back to the hotel. After eating outside, Lin Ruo and Zhang Xuan forced themselves to spend their nap time in the venue.

The fifth round of the mixed doubles competition also entered the semi-final stage. The two players will face two 16-year-old players of the same age from the Zhejiang team. Both of them are in the amateur eighth dan stage and are about to enter the professional stage.

At the beginning of the game, the two players, who had already competed for several rounds, fought on their own as usual. There was no tacit understanding between them at all, and if there was any tacit understanding, it must have been an accident.

"Oh, how come they haven't come up with anything in five days? Could it be that they have never played chess together at all?" Tian Bin was worried outside the court.

The content of the game was the same as usual. The team started off badly and made many stupid moves, which led to a continuous decline and poor form.

Tian Bin shook his head repeatedly, and in a blink of an eye it was time to give his acceptance speech after the competition.

As for the comments section for fun, the Go forum, which already knew the result, was still in an uproar.

Can the Go Association just give him a professional certificate? I'm sick of watching him fight amateurs. Can I see something new? He fights amateurs every day. Is this what he should be fighting for?

【Liu Yuncheng is a professional player.】

[Forget about the first level, at least get a third or fourth level or higher. Gou Ba doesn't use Ye Hu, so I have no idea what level he can reach in the profession.]

[When I think about him using QQ Go to learn Go, I can't hold it in anymore.]

This kind of overall perspective and ability to dig holes—I haven't seen that in many professional Go players of the third or fourth dan rank. Playing in amateur tournaments is truly a dimensionality reduction attack, a waste of means.

I can’t believe what it’s like to learn chess from a young age.

[Since childhood? Do you want to destroy the entire LPL? League of Legends finally won a world championship. Without him, who knows how many more years they would have been suppressed by the Koreans.]

...

After the game, Lin Ruo got on the bus for the return trip in the afternoon after finishing the interview.

"Okay, okay, you two, do your best in the finals tomorrow and try to win two gold medals."

Tian Bin was very excited sitting in the car.

In the professional competition, the only chance they have to compete for the championship is in the women's individual event hosted by Rui Lao. In other aspects, it can be said that there is no possibility of competing, and it is even difficult to get a medal.

But amateur competitions are different.

Except for the women's individual event, which had no chance of winning the championship and could only barely get a bronze medal, the other three events had foreseeable gold medal opportunities, especially the men's individual and mixed doubles finals which will be held tomorrow.

If possible, we can win two titles in one day, and there will most likely be no problems.

How could he not be confident in Lin Ruo's strength? Then there is nothing in this world that can be trusted.

At this moment, Lin Ruo naturally started to prepare for the basic exercises. Zhang Yu beside him raised his eyebrows, very curious:
"Have you only been learning Go for half a year? You must have been learning since childhood. You probably just weren't very interested in becoming a professional Go player, so you came to prominence so late."

Lin Ruo agreed: "Yeah, you're right. I started learning since I was a kid. I know Gomoku and Chinese chess, but unfortunately I never learned Go."

The fact is that for many people, Go is not something they can get involved in just because they want to.

(End of this chapter)