After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 156 155. Victory and Defeat Master

"Zhan Lang grabbed the big field below."

Fang Yuan was playing against a Japanese 8th dan player today. While the opponent was thinking, Fang Yuan couldn't help but walk over and take a look at Zhan Lang's chess.

After all, it is quite rare for Zhan Lang to face off against a Japanese 9th dan. The last time was a year ago when he faced Lin 9th dan. At the end of the game, he relied on a clever idea to form a four-kill cycle of cheating kills.

Although it is also a good story, it also reflects that Zhan Lang was not strong enough at that time and there was a huge gap in strength between him and Jiudan.

But a year has passed, and this time Zhan Lang is facing a new Japanese 9th dan, and it is still quite exciting to see what the outcome will be.

After all, no one knows better than Fang Yuan how fast Zhan Lang has improved in this year.

After all, there are only four ninth-dan players in China, and Zhan Lang has already defeated three of them, so Fang Yuan is the only remaining one.

As the last one, Fang Yuan will have to wait for Zhan Lang to challenge him in the final of the New Sports Cup in more than two months.

This not only represents whether he will be the last ninth dan to be defeated by Zhan Lang, but also represents whether he can defend the title of the New Sports Cup for the fourth time.

The 80 yuan prize money is not important, the national championship is important.

As long as I can defend my title, it means that the future of Chinese Go will not change, and this is still my kingdom!
With these factors in mind, Fang Yuan naturally has to pay special attention to Zhan Lang's progress.

Whether it's chess, style, or speed of improvement, you have to master these yourself.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy can help you win a hundred battles.

In Fang Yuan's opinion, the two people on the right almost made a move very similar to that on the left, but Kojima Kyudan did not choose to attack aggressively like Zhan Lang on the right, but instead chose to attack the black pieces in the upper right steadily.

This actually allowed Zhan Lang to seize the initiative and take over the large area below.

If it were me, I would definitely take the initiative and then grab the big piece of ground below. After all, it is visible to the naked eye and it is the last big piece of ground on the entire chessboard.

However, Kojima is a type of chess player who strikes back after others strike. This is the way of playing that he is most accustomed to. The subsequent effects remain to be seen.

Fang Yuan doesn’t think that his way of playing is better than others. His personal style is different and his choices are also different.

What you think is a winning method may seem like a dead end to you at home.

There is no standard answer to Go so far, and everyone firmly believes that they are right.

It's like a top-notch duel between a solid player and a high-ranking player. After both sides have laid out their positions and are looking at the same chessboard, they will both feel confident that they have the advantage.

I have all the real estate (external forces) under my control, so it's a sure thing!

Kojima 9th Dan was not in a hurry either. He made a hanging move at a high position, intending to let Zhan Lang fill in the pieces to protect the real space below the black pieces. Then he could use this hanging move to attack from the left, capture one of Zhan Lang's black pieces, and then begin to form a formation.

Move 44, White, squeeze.

This was a follow-up move made by Kojima Kyudan to block the previous move, aiming to plunder the black pieces in the upper right corner.

Seeing this classic little tsuji, Zhan Lang couldn't help but scratch his eyebrows.

If I use a tiger, Kojima 9th Dan will take the initiative and I will be involved. If Kojima 9th Dan digs again, this place will be cut off directly.

If he wanted to play in a live corner, Kojima Kyudan could take advantage of this opportunity to capture four black pieces and occupy a considerable territory. No matter how you look at it, the opponent would benefit.

Moreover, the black chess pieces in the middle will soon be attacked from both sides by the white chess pieces.

How to deal with it here is indeed a problem.

It seems that no matter what choice he makes, it’s not good and cannot satisfy Zhan Lang.

What should you do if you encounter a problem on the road? Just go around the problem.

do not care.

Zhan Lang completely ignored Xiaodao Jiudan's tactics in the upper left corner, and instead came to the central Feizhen.

Seeing this, Kojima Jiudan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Zhan Lang would not respond to such harsh measures from him and just leave?
Theoretically speaking, no one would want to give up this role.

But Zhan Lang gave up without thinking too much and went to the Central Flying Town.

Although this is a great point in the overall situation, it is indeed difficult to judge which one is more important compared to a corner. Moreover, in these two important choices, Zhan Lang basically did not think much, and seemed to choose it directly in seconds.

Can you at least think about it for a while?

The three beauties of Legend of Sword and Fairy are standing in front of you. If you can't have them all, wouldn't you feel conflicted?
But Zhan Lang was able to make the decision so quickly. Should we say that he is young, impulsive and does not use his brain, or should we say that he is decisive and has the style of a master of winning?

It depends on the result.

If you lose, it means you are young and impulsive, and you don’t use your brain when playing chess.

Winning means acting decisively and winning with style.

Kojima Jiudan didn't hesitate at all and said, "Since you don't want it, I'll eat it."

After all, the solid space in this corner is extremely huge, and we have to eat it.

Move 46, White chess, cut!

Zhan Lang still didn't care and flew again.

It looked like Zhan Lang's black pieces formed an encirclement around Kojima's four white pieces, but Kojima only needed to stand up to escape.

With this standing, Zhan Lang had no way of killing Kojima Kyuduan.

However, Zhan Lang was not in a hurry. All this was within his calculations, because his target was not these white pieces.

But the entire midsection!

Forty-ninth move, Black chess, pull!

Move 51, Black, attack!

Move 53, Black chess, fly!

After these three moves, the hand that Kojima 9th Dan had originally hung in the middle was instantly cut off.

The black chess pieces instantly formed a huge shape in the middle of the board.

Seeing this situation, Kojima felt a little familiar.

Cosmic flow.

Takemiya Masahiro.

A man who stands out in the Japanese Go world.

This girl likes to play chess in a high position. Everyone thinks that the real field is the best, but she prefers the middle of the board.

Many top and even first-rate chess players have advised him, but Wu Gong has his own complete and self-consistent logic.

In fact, when you can’t win the argument, the best way to solve the problem is to kill the other party.

But Wu Gong himself has top-notch strength, and most people can’t talk him down or beat him, there’s really nothing they can do.

All we can do is let this bug, which is totally inconsistent with the logic of normal Go players, exist.

“From the perspective of the real space, I gained the most, but the little guy Zhan Lang also began to take shape after two consecutive moves in the middle.

Perhaps this option is not worse than simply dealing with it in the corner, and may even be a little better. ”

Kojima Kyudan looked at the current situation and made a silent judgment. From the perspective of hindsight, everyone can see that Zhan Lang’s choice was still a good one.

But when you are asked to make two similar choices, it is not that simple.

Except for some tricky and weird AI choices, most chess players can usually tell what the first few choices are, but they can’t say which one is better.

AI can accurately judge the difference in winning rate and points between two selected points, but humans cannot do this.

Even in top-level matches, everything seems similar. If one could make the right choice every time, that person would have been invincible long ago.

(End of this chapter)