LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 430 Don't cry, crying won't help.
Under the intense scrutiny of all the media reporters present, black and white pieces continued to fall alternately on the chessboard, but the difference was that the speed at which white pieces were placed on the board gradually slowed down.

Clearly, one side has found itself in a very difficult situation.

Although the two sides were engaged in a fierce battle in the lower right corner of the board from beginning to end, Black had gained a considerable advantage by adopting a more meticulous offensive strategy.

Especially in the ko fights, it almost swallowed up part of the lower right corner area, which gradually turned the situation of white into being surrounded.

The large dragon, which was attacked from the very beginning, has indeed taken on a considerable shape, but this shape is completely encompassed by the black stones. Clearly, this dragon has been in a cage since its birth.

In the current situation, the only way for White to survive is obviously by placing seven or eight stones in the left area that can be connected. This is also the only direction White can still break through.

However, Lin Ruo quickly completed another precise strike in that direction.

On move 87, in the fourth row and seventeenth column, Black launched a counterattack by crossing the line, pressing down without any hesitation.

WildFox Live Room.

The professional commentator paused for a moment, then exclaimed with great emotion, "He directly inserted his stone into the opponent's small knight's formation, successfully cutting off the opponent's connection. How did he find that? That was a brilliant move!"

He didn't see it clearly at all, or rather, he really didn't expect this move to happen, which is the biggest reason why the commentator was so surprised.

According to his thinking, there is at least an 80% probability that Black can completely block out White, and with such a probability, it is obviously impossible to do so in one move.

Therefore, the most suitable move is to place the white stones directly at the end of the ninth column. Although, because the white stones have already flown to the outer left, placing the white stones there would not be enough to make the white group attack aggressively.

But it's already the best way to restrict White's shape.

However, Lin Ruo took a different approach, directly attacking the enemy's stronghold and instead broke through with a single blow.

This cross-cut move is like directly breaking the spine of the white stones.

At this point, with fewer than 90 moves in total, the commentator had to say in a deep voice, "Black has the winning position!"

He felt he hadn't explained it clearly enough; in fact, White could have resigned.

But the girl hadn't moved a hundred moves yet, because anyone who had just started playing Go knew how embarrassing it would be to lose like that, so she had to hold on until at least a hundred moves.

Three-digit numbers look much better than two-digit numbers.

Moreover, since it's Go, everyone still has a chance to fight back.

White moves back to the side of Black's cross and blocks, while Black resists strongly.

Hey!
Hey!
Lin Ruo calmly reached into the chess box, gently picked out a chess piece, and then placed it down.

As several pieces were placed on the board, the face of ten-year-old Japanese prodigy Sumire Nakamura grew paler and paler. She began wiping her face until she started sobbing uncontrollably.

She felt unwell because it seemed she couldn't even hold on for a hundred hands.

In move 94, White captures a stone, and Black follows suit, then connects and White forms a tiger's mouth. Black then pushes again.

The situation was like a tidal wave bursting its banks; Black had completely broken out of White's control on the left side.

Yes.

Not only have all of White's stones been wiped out in the lower area, but Black has also gained a greater advantage in the upper area, with a much longer liberty network, making it virtually impossible for White to survive in that part.

Now, Sumire Nakamura is completely trapped with nowhere to turn.

"I haven't seen such an intense battle in a long time. Both sides have only reached the hundredth move and have already filled the entire lower right area. It's like they're fighting all the time, with almost no peaceful opening."

At this time of year, most games are still about vying for influence or territory in all directions, in order to gain a better position in the opening stage and thus facilitate the mid-game battle.

But today's game is too unusual. Looking at the seven games that are also in progress, it seems that they are only just entering the point of collision.

There's no table like the one between Lin Ruo, 1st Dan, and Zhong Yijin, 1st Dan, where they fought fiercely without any strategy, and the outcome was decided by a hundred moves.

Nakamura Sumire, a first-dan player making her debut at the Dream Lily Cup, is currently lacking in skill and clearly needs more practice.

However, as a gifted prodigy who is only ten years old, she has already given us the biggest surprise by defeating Wang Chenxing, a fifth-dan player, in the first round. This likely loss is not a failure for her.

Lin Ruo, a first-dan player who is also making her debut at the Mengbaihe Cup, is not to be underestimated after going through the tough group stage of the preliminaries. Every match she has played so far has brought us, the audience, a lot of surprises and expectations.

We all say that it's impossible for a person not to make mistakes, but Lin Ruo really didn't make any mistakes in this game. Otherwise, she wouldn't have been able to devour the white pieces so easily in just a hundred moves.

He's so scary.

The official commentators in the Wild Fox livestream were amazed after watching the entire game; they were practically shouting "Lin Shen, worship me!"

This is so brutal, you'd think it was a neighborhood competition.

"and many more…"

The commentator's effusive praise continued, but a sudden scene on the field forced him to stop, and he couldn't help but say, "Nakamura Sumire, 1-dan, has tears in her eyes...?"

For a while.

All the media reporters on the scene captured this moment: when she used all her strength to make her 100th move, it was unclear whether Japanese prodigy Sumire Nakamura felt relieved or completely broken down.

After surrendering, tears welled up in her eyes and burst forth, accompanied by barely suppressed sobs, which surprised all the onlookers.

This little genius girl actually...cried after being hit...

The game ended at that moment, with both sides having played exactly one hundred moves.

The upper left and right areas of the chessboard were almost completely empty except for the two pieces at the start, as if it were waiting to be developed, but there was no further development in this game.

Lin Ruo completely crushed Nakamura Sumire, who was also a first dan but much younger, almost capturing all the white stones and leaving the white side in dire straits.

This is a scene that most viewers have never seen before.

[Starting to slay the dragon on move 19, nearly achieving a complete strategic layout and almost wiping out all the pieces by move 90, and forcing the opponent to surrender by move 100?]

Although the opponent is a first-dan player, they have at least defeated a fifth-dan first-dan player before. It's really hard to believe they could beat someone like this.

[It turns out, it wasn't that the opponent was too weak, but rather that Lin Gou was too strong.] [Whether Lin Gou is strong or not, I don't know, but this is the first time I've seen a game end with 100 hands.]

[It seems like Lin Gou (Lin Gou) went easy on them; otherwise, he could have won in 99 moves and ended the game before the opponent surrendered. There wouldn't have been a chance for him to forfeit in 100 moves.]

[If it ends with a true 99-hand attack, it will be a lifelong trauma for that young girl. Lin Gengxin still has some humanity.]

[Let it go once the 99 rounds are over. Kids forget things easily; they'll forget about it after a good night's sleep and when the sun rises tomorrow. It's no big deal.]

Amidst the barrage of comments, aside from the humor, the audience really only had one thing to say.

Horrible, so terrible.

Only those who watch the game, especially professional Go players, know what a magnificent situation it was when the opponent almost captured all of their pieces in the last 90 moves.

"This should be considered Lin Ruo's masterpiece. Although the opponent's overall level was a bit low, his offensive style was too sharp. I wonder if anyone will dare to go head-to-head with him in the future."

Li Weiqing, watching from the sidelines, still couldn't believe it, but after thinking about it, there was nothing about Lin Ruo's performance in this game that he could believe.

It was indeed the right decision that he hadn't engaged in direct confrontations with Lin Ruo during training these past few days; otherwise, who knows if his mentality would have collapsed before the round of 32 even started.

"Playing an offensive game? I've always played an offensive game against him, both in the past and now."

Zhang Ruo didn't care much. He was most familiar with playing offense with Lin Ruo. He had trained with her every day during the National Games and played quite a lot of games with her.

The Lin Ruo she fought was a completely different person from the Lin Ruo who fought the Japanese prodigy. She was aware of this and avoided Li Weiqing's merciless criticism.

"The game is over. Sumire Nakamura, 1-dan, resigns, and Wakabayashi, 1-dan, advances to the final round of 16."

The referee's emotionless voice echoed throughout the game hall, residing solely at the table that was the center of attention.

Less than half the time had passed, yet the game was already over. The little girl couldn't help but burst into tears, her mouth trembling as she stood up to maintain the final courtesy and shake hands with Lin Ruo.

"Thanks for the advice."

"You're welcome." Lin Ruo had anticipated this and took out a mini pack of toilet paper from her bag, then handed it to Nakamura Sumire with a warm smile.

Having been beaten like this, how could Zhongyi Jin possibly look Lin Ruo in the eye? Anyone who didn't know better would think Lin Ruo had a grudge against her, since she had used such a heavy hand the whole time. It was impossible for her not to feel hatred.

But looking at Lin Ruo's gentle expression as she handed him the paper, it was as if he wasn't the one making the moves on the chessboard.

Ultimately, lacking paper, Sumire Nakamura was forced to accept Lin Ruo's gift, but this did not diminish her resentment and dissatisfaction.
"I'll remember you, and I'll come back."

"Oh." Lin Ruo, who was worried that the little girl might have a bad memory and not remember him, was relieved.

Although the little girl's Chinese was awkward and shaky, you could still understand what she meant.

He didn't have any particular thoughts; he simply wanted every player who faced him to never forget him. What is this called? This is called using skill to enter the opponent's heart.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Ruo remembered to ask, "By the way, do we need to do a debriefing?"

This is the victor's responsibility to the underdog, but considering there's still a match going on, they need to find a different space to review their performance.

However, judging from the girl's emotions, she was clearly resistant. It seems unlikely that she would do a debriefing; she was already too exhausted to do anything about it. It would be good enough if she didn't keep crying in front of you.

Being able to understand this suggests that the person probably received professional training before the match, since post-match analysis is a routine procedure that is followed by both the winner and loser.

At this moment, what the other person clearly needed most was comfort. Lin Ruo knew this, and reassured him, "It's normal to lose to me. Don't be sad. Being sad won't solve anything."

"You're still young, you have plenty of opportunities, although you'll definitely still be no match for me when you grow up."

"It's okay, just go back and work hard, and you'll be able to surpass others in the future."

Nakamura Sumire turned her head away, completely bewildered. The reason was simple: she couldn't understand most of the Chinese.

Lin Ruo knew this, otherwise he wouldn't have offered comfort. Offering comfort in this way was a bit too much, and he would have made the person cry again.

"How do you say 'Go for it,'" Lin Ruo thought for a moment and clenched her fist: "Let's do it, bro."

That's what you say in Japanese, like "cheer up!" Sumire Nakamura reacted, couldn't help but cry again, and then left to find the director of the Japan Go Association. Ignoring this means that her pronunciation is still fine.

While the other seven chess players around him were still looking serious, Lin Ruo had already gotten up, tidied up the chessboard, and left the venue.

A player who was waiting for a turn glanced at the game and was immediately overwhelmed with shock and disbelief.

What kind of chess game can leave large blank areas on the chessboard?

What kind of game was it that ended so quickly, seemingly after just one hundred moves? Are you sure it wasn't because the little girl wanted her mother to come home, so she stopped halfway through?

...

Meanwhile, outside the venue, many media outlets, anticipating the outcome, had already begun their preparations, including pre-announcements, so they could directly interview Lin Ruo after the event.

"Good morning, everyone. I am a reporter from Sina Media. I am currently at the BJ Chess Academy Mengbaihe Cup main tournament venue. At 10:38 this morning, some of the eight matches in the first round of the 32-player main tournament of the Mengbaihe Cup have already ended ahead of schedule."

"As you all probably know, Lin Ruo, a first-dan player, defeated Nakamura Sumire, a ten-year-old prodigy from Japan, with a huge advantage in the middle game by killing the dragon."

"First of all, we would like to congratulate Lin Ruo, a first-dan player, on making history once again by successfully advancing to the top 16 as a newcomer to the Mengbaihe Cup for the first time."

"How exactly did Lin Ruo perform so perfectly, even achieving a ruthless 100-hand victory? We've invited Lin Ruo to share his insights with you."

The words fell.

Under the camera's lens, the Sina reporter, like most reporters, rushed into the crowd, blocking the way and relentlessly pursuing an interview with Lin Ruo, who had just emerged.

Lin Ruo was already used to it, so there was nothing to be afraid of. He also wanted to go to the toilet to avoid the interview, but today ended too early.

Unless he can spend two hours in the toilet, he won't escape the media's clutches.

Moreover, he is the biggest focus today, unlike the first round of 64. It is inevitable and unavoidable that he will be interviewed after the match.

So Lin Ruo chose to face it with a smile, putting on a show of confidence and indicating that any problems were welcome.

I'm not afraid!
(End of this chapter)