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Chapter 428 Slaying the Dragon in 50 Steps

This was Lin Ruo's main rhythm in the next five moves. He placed his pieces without any regard for the direction of the stones and drifted downwards, especially in the seventeenth move where he placed his piece in the 10th column and 16th row.

Wildfox, a former national team player, immediately recognized Black's tactics.

Swallows are making a splash!

It was first created by South Korean Go player Yoo Chang-hyuk in a competition in the 90s and is a tactic that he often uses, bringing him many remarkable achievements in his professional career.

This tactic sacrifices territory to gain external influence. Lin Ruo's approach is to abandon the right-side layout and instead continuously expand downwards to build a shape, then advocate using this external influence to control the situation at crucial moments.

There is gain in loss.

The key is to see how, when giving up an advantage in one area, one can use the gains in another area to completely suppress the opponent and make up for the lost advantage.

Looking at the situation, the commentator from Yehu couldn't help but look forward to Black's fierce attack next.

Because once this tactic is employed, it becomes an all-out attack with no defense, a real battle of wits.

[What? Lin Ruo is going all-in? Holy crap, it feels like he watched our comments and stole our strategy, huh? We deserve half the credit for Lin's victory.]

[There's no way around it, their nationality is such a huge advantage, anyone would want to fight them. Next time, for safety's sake, let's not use that nationality.]

[That little girl is so cute, is Lin Gou really going to bully her? That's just too... too good! I love watching little girls get bullied.]

[Tough them out! If you don't bully them while they're young, will you still be able to bully them when they grow up?]

Indeed, who knows if they'll ever meet again in this lifetime? Lin Gengxin just wanted to leave a deep impression on the Japanese prodigy; what was wrong with that?

He did nothing wrong, I support you.

The chat had already anticipated Lin Ruo's ruthless move, and Lin Ruo himself was not idle either, quickly placing pieces to implement the basic strategy of the game and continuing to expand rapidly in the lower area.

Seeing this, Sumire Nakamura not only didn't panic, but instead became somewhat confident. She believed that she could handle this kind of attack, which was as obvious as it was, without any hidden tricks.

In response to Black's aggressive invasion from below, Sumire Nakamura also became determined to end the game quickly and wanted to settle the score with Black in this aspect.

However, she will later realize that this approach has clearly put her in a deep abyss.

Black presses down, White blocks.

After extending, jumping, blocking, and connecting, Black finally placed its stones, forming a common local shape on both sides below.

After that, White moves its pieces to the second line.

"White is being a bit too aggressive. Lin Ruo, a first-dan player, might be able to surround and kill it."

Seeing Sumire Nakamura's moves, Wild Fox Commentary immediately offered an appropriate solution.

With two black stones sandwiched between white stones, this is indeed the best option for white to counter.

However, Lin Ruo did not rush to kill it, because this white piece was not something he could kill at will. His own layout, especially the deliberate abandonment on the right side, caused this problem.

Another point is that Lin Ruo found a better solution.

They should still be killed, but they can be killed together.

The twenty-seventh move, twelve columns and eighteen rows, Lin Ruo clicked without hesitation.

"this…"

The referee, who was sitting in his seat supervising, suddenly paused, because this move was just too outrageous.

It's only the twenty-seventh move, but this move by Black is about to unleash the most ferocious attack.

That's Tu Dalong.

Because the two had previously formed a fixed pattern in the lower part of the board, and Lin Ruo's goal was to kill the large group of white stones that might form later under this pattern.

"The prototype has only just emerged, and they're already going to go all out on those four or five stones?" Li Weiqing, watching from the sidelines, adjusted his glasses repeatedly, finding it utterly unbelievable.

Because of this move, Black's attitude is as clear as it gets.

They didn't want to give White a chance to breathe, nor did they want the spectators to breathe. After all, how could a large group of stones be killed in just over twenty moves?

At this moment, Zhongyi Jin frowned, thinking that this person must be crazy. He had only made a few moves, and he wanted to kill her before the plan had even started. "Fish to die and we to die" was probably not even enough to describe this move.

Stick it to the side of your back hand.

Sumire Nakamura didn't want to see her chess piece really die like that.

The twenty-ninth move: Press down.

Lin Ruo placed her piece directly on top of the lone white piece that had previously been placed on the second lane, effectively stomping it.

White naturally defended its own piece, but Lin Ruo then followed suit.

If a white stone lands to the left of its own white stones, the other stone will land to the right of its own white stones.

The former can be called "holding back," but as the opposing side representing Black, it should be called "blocking." When White tries to withstand the pressure, it directly blocks the eye-breaking move, eliminating any possible path to survival.

Seeing that things were not going well, Sumire Nakamura reacted quickly and moved to use the previously established white move to open up space for her to break out in the center.

As long as she can make her moves, Black's plan to slaughter her will naturally fall through.

Lin Ruo simply and decisively blocked the piece that wanted to break through by blocking it again.

That means fighting to the bitter end.

White then changed direction and moved out, but Black blocked it again, forcing Sumire Nakamura to make a move in return, trying to coordinate with the white stones on the outside to launch a counter-encirclement.

It grows.

Lin Ruo instead began to move towards the center, in order to lengthen the shape and breadth of the formation and thwart White's unrealistic ideas.

Thrust, then lengthen. The two of them each repeated one hand movement.

Sumire Nakamura had no choice but to change direction and continue to break through, placing her stones in the small space inside, hoping to break out from the narrow left side and connect with the white stones in the upper right area to break the isolation.

Lin Ruo naturally wouldn't give him a chance. With a single move, he cut off the position, directly blocking the possibility for the white pieces to escape his encirclement and connect with the three white pieces in the upper right corner.

With sixteen columns and ten rows of solid points, Sumire Nakamura chose the most stable move, connecting with a white stone on the upper outer edge, and then forming a position with the white stones on the right, in order to consolidate her great advantage on the right side.

At the same time, it threatened the only area where the black pieces next to it had a break, but this reminded Lin Ruo to directly place a piece to fill the gap.

White then returns to the lower area to place its stones, forming a cohesive group with the enclosed stones, thus consolidating its own pieces into a tight but less efficient solid shape.

The next step is to work on the eyes.

The formation of an eye is the core criterion for determining whether a piece is "alive" or not. At least one independent empty intersection must be created by arranging the pieces, so that Black cannot place a piece there.

Zhongyi Jin really wanted her pieces to survive, but Lin Ruo didn't give her that chance at all.

Lin Ruo decisively placed a piece on the right side to break the formation of the only advantageous position of the white pieces, forcing Zhong Yi Sumire to return to defend. After regaining the initiative, Lin Ruo immediately placed a piece to break the eye.

The two sides are now locked in a fierce battle.

The white stones continued to break through the eye, while the white stones kept trying to expand the space for possible eye positions. In a short time, almost all the stones on both sides, which had been in the lower right area for nearly fifty moves, were placed there.

Although White is still surrounded and unable to live, it has a very long range of liberties, and the Black stones in the lower right corner are also relatively weak, so White still has room to turn the game around.

This gave Sumire Nakamura an opportunity to maneuver. She knew that what she should do now was to fight desperately against the black stones in the lower right corner in order to create a bloody path for her to survive.

"The situation on both sides is escalating. With eighteen columns and fifteen rows, did Lin Ruo, a first-dan player, directly play a single bend? If so, it's not about breaking the deadlock or preventing White's desperate attack, but rather leading the situation into an even more complicated state..."

In the live broadcast room.

As Wild Fox watched the chess piece fall, he was completely taken aback by this possibility.

This move didn't solve the problem, but rather created new conflicts, leading to chaos in the lower right area.

Lin Ruo's behavior was like that of a third party in the game; he wasn't one of the opposing sides, but rather wanted to see the situation get even more chaotic so he could enjoy the show.

So we took this step.

This only proves one thing: Lin Ruo's complete confidence was on full display.

He wasn't afraid of the situation becoming more complicated, and believed that he could handle even the most complicated situation. However, it was hard to say whether the genius girl on the other side could handle it.

This is because it puts too much pressure on Sumire Nakamura to think about. The lower right corner is still the best point to break the deadlock, but the problem is that the situation has suddenly become more complicated because it is blocked.

She couldn't decide whether to go down here.

If even the slightest mistake gives Black an advantage, then it's practically game over.

At this point, there weren't many pieces on the board, less than 60, but Sumire Nakamura felt as if she had already entered the late game.

Because the pressure is too great.

What should have been a period of minor skirmishes and strategic maneuvering has instead turned into a fierce back-and-forth battle.

If this continues, won't the outcome be decided in just one hundred moves?
Sumire Nakamura has played fast chess before, but she doesn't think she's ever played chess this fast before, which is a bit too fast for a ten-year-old girl.

"Lin Ruo is too ruthless. How could she be so cruel to a girl? She's so young and her mind can't handle so many things."

Li Weiqing, watching from the sidelines, was amazed and exclaimed that he had seen the most terrifying side of Lin Ruo, who was like a great demon king.

This is truly bullying a child, and it's blatant and forceful bullying at that. Li Weiqing has no idea what the director of the Japan Go Association, who accompanied him, thinks when he sees this.

In fact, the best approach is to let the child win the game, after winning the match.

However, no one from the chess academy said this to Lin Ruo. They probably all assumed that Lin Ruo knew what she was doing and would do it on her own.

However, Lin Ruo did indeed do it, but not only did he focus on making the girl breathless, he also tried to make her drink several bottles of Six Walnuts on the spot.

Although the situation is not yet clearly defined, the problems and the overall situation are already quite clear, and things will only get more difficult for White from here on out.

Let's say that.

Black has a margin for error, while White has none; this is the current difference in strength.

As the situation progresses, Sumire Nakamura will inevitably become the one more likely to make mistakes.

No, it shouldn't be the later development stage; it's only the initial setup phase. In fact, this game will end at most in the middle stage.

"It was indeed too brutal," Zhang Ruo said, also feeling frightened.

Lin Ruo has fought with young girls before, such as Wu Yiming at the National Games. Despite the huge difference in strength, Lin Ruo didn't go all out.

Instead, it was a genuine game of instruction, which might sound like a complete rout, but those who actually watched the game knew the truth.

The so-called "guiding move" was that Lin Ruo kept giving Wu Yiming opportunities until the opponent felt there were no more chances and chose to give up.

Comparing the two, Lin Ruo seemed very tolerant in the first place, or rather, she was just playing around.

But today, Lin Ruo was also playing around, only he was playing with the utmost seriousness, which meant using every possible method to defeat his opponent.

Perhaps Lin Ruo just wanted to use all her strength to tell Zhongyi Jin a very simple truth.

If you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight.

As a world-class prodigy and a rising star in Japan, it is only natural and perfectly reasonable for him to bear this pressure.

Whether he could withstand it was not a question he should be thinking about; that was a question for the young girl, Sumire Nakamura, to consider.

(End of this chapter)