Go: The live broadcast queen launched a gorgeous rebellion against the dog

“This, this, this…

"Is this Empress Zhao even human?!"

At 2:30 p.m. on April 21, in Huang Bonan's study in Pengze City, Greater Bay Area.

Just as Huang Bo Nan was fiddling with the chessboard, exploring the key changes in the center of the game, an incredulous wail suddenly erupted from Long Bo's computer speakers, shattering the tranquility of the live chat group that had been filled with technical discussions.

That was the voice of the alliance leader, Bian Lele, who was clearly on the verge of collapse.

"How come from move 44 onwards, White has never made a move out of the top three choices!"
"How is Xiao Lei supposed to play this game?"

Bian Lele's emotional breakdown was not without reason.

On the computer screen, the window representing the game's progress and AI analysis coldly displayed: starting with that tricky and alarming high move on the sixth line in move 44, the curve on the board representing Black's winning probability began a near-desperate one-sided decline!

With each move White makes after that, the winning percentage curve on the screen is accompanied by a green evaluation from the artificial intelligence—either "best" or "very good"! 100% accuracy!

Facing Lei Qi, a leading figure of the Chinese generation of the same age, Rui Zhao, the queen of the chess world, is demonstrating a near-textbook-perfect control of the game with her unparalleled calculation skills, keen strategic vision, and incredible attention to detail!

Every move by White is like a precise instrument calibrated, landing precisely on the key points of the board, silently undermining the opponent's efforts to establish an advantage and create chaos.

She didn't seem to be playing a game, but rather putting on an elegant and all-encompassing performance on the small space of the chessboard!

The piece landed in Qiankun Town, its exquisite craftsmanship unparalleled in the world!
Despite the near-perfect execution of each move, Black's winning percentage plummeted like a kite with a broken string, almost without turning back, and has now sadly settled at 16.4%!

Facing the Queen Zhao, who is "unbeatable once the game progresses to the end", this win rate is extremely precarious!

And right now... it's only been 76 moves!
Faced with this miraculous performance, it's not surprising that the captain of the Gezhou team, the leader of the encirclement alliance, was momentarily devastated!
"That Lele..."

"Isn't that a bit of a fuss?"

Seeing that familiar win rate curve, Shangguan Sheng said with utter helplessness:
"Isn't this exactly how Rui Zhao crushed me in the semifinals?"

"Oh, sir, how can these be the same?!"

At this point, Bian Lele was speaking recklessly, saying whatever came to mind, completely disregarding Shi Yiguan's feelings:

"To put it bluntly, your first half of the game was a complete half-hearted effort, just waiting for the opponent to make a mistake!"

"This trick might work well for us old guys, but being swept aside by Rui Zhao is nothing to worry about!"

"But Xiao Lei is different from you. He was clearly trying to outwit and outmaneuver Empress Zhao in this game, but he was being slowly crushed by Rui Zhao!"

"..."

There was a brief silence on Shangguan Sheng's end of the voice channel.

The young reigning Go master on the field today did not have any obvious flaws in his performance!
The strategy is meticulously planned, even when the opponent employs a "scorched earth" approach, it still dares to unleash its full power... Every move is a vigorous effort to seize control of the chessboard!

But the problem is that the absolute strength displayed by the opponent sitting opposite him is simply too terrifying!
After a precise 44th move, Lei Qi continued his attack with a large knight's move on the 45th, while also aiming to respond to the attack on the white stones in the upper left corner.

But Rui Zhao turned the tables and instead aimed to cut off the black stones! As a result, when the black stones continued to grow and forcefully made a move that put a stone in the tiger's mouth, a fierce battle immediately ensued!
On move 55, Black attempted to cut off White's stones, hoping White could cut back and then use the sacrifice to launch an attack on the upper left. However, this was quickly met with a counterattack from Rui Zhao.

After a series of moves, White's position on the upper side became stable, and White gained some points.

Seeing that the attack on the top was unsuccessful, Xiao Lei returned to the center to block the white stones, hoping to force Rui Zhao to go back and capture the five black stones in the lower left corner, thus achieving the goal of making a large moyo on the outside.

But Rui Zhao was too quick-witted; she seized the opportunity and made a decisive move, making another choice!
With this move, the black stones in the center are visibly weak, making it extremely difficult to directly block the white flags.

All of Lei Qi's efforts were like stones thrown into the deep sea, easily neutralized by Rui Zhao's unfathomable and infallible chess skills, without even making a decent splash.

Left with no other choice, Lei Qi can only resort to a desperate measure in the upper part of the board, trying to take advantage of White's tight liberties to strengthen the center and launch a fierce attack.

However, Black's winning percentage is now on the brink of collapse. If this plan fails, there may be no chance of a comeback.

After laying the groundwork of sacrificing pieces to reinforce his position, Lei Qi decisively pushed forward with his 77th move! Then, with his 79th move, he aggressively pressed forward!
The target is the territory of the white stones in the upper part, while threatening the way out of the large white group in the center!

As expected, it rained!
Seeing this, Huang Bo Nan, who had been calculating the changes here, chimed in: "This... should be Xiao Lei's final blow!"

"Lei Qi clearly plans to use the tight liberties of White in the upper part of the stone to threaten the territory of White in the upper part of the stone and the way out of White in the center."

"If White blindly extends on the fifth line, it will indeed be very satisfying to capture the empty space. However, if White is completely blocked in the center and forced to go back to capture the five black stones, Xiao Lei can instantly reverse the situation!"
"But White cannot easily allow Black to block it on the top, otherwise the weakness of having limited liberties will be magnified instantly, and White will suffer a great loss!"
"Therefore, this will test Rui Zhao's judgment!"

"I just calculated that White can only allow Black to press for a maximum of three moves! Otherwise, White will be completely trapped inside!"
"But if Black presses down on the third move and White ignores the cut point in the center, Black will then launch a very aggressive attack."

"Although White still has a clear lead in winning percentage, the entire upper right corner is in chaos, which is undoubtedly an opportunity for Xiao Lei, who is behind..."

"But Uncle Long..."

Just then, Zhuang Zheng's voice, tinged with hesitation and uncertainty, weakly rang out during the live stream:
"Black has already made his third move, but Rui Zhao is still responding!"

"What?!"

Upon hearing this, Longbo glanced at the screen—and it was indeed so!
Faced with Black's threat to block the center, White remained calm and ignored it, clearly believing that there was no problem with the center. "If you press me, I'll gain an advantage on the top first!"

Huang Bo Nan's eyes widened instantly, his mouth slightly agape, an expression of utter incomprehension on his face! He stood there, frozen in place, as if petrified!
How can it be? ! !

He instinctively lowered his head sharply, staring intently at his physical chessboard filled with pieces, his gaze frantically scanning and confirming the key points he had just calculated...

Is something wrong? Did I calculate it incorrectly? It should be longer here...

Ah...that's right?!
Indeed, when White extends further on the third move, Black will seal off the stones inside!
Huang Bo Nan was completely baffled. Even Lei Qi, who was playing the game on the live stream, seemed to be shocked by this move and immediately began to cut off the opponent's moves!
But Rui Zhao, who seemed to have already calculated the changes here, did not hesitate at all and responded instantly with both hands!
The calm pace of placing the pieces and the concise responses suggested that everything was already under control.

When White made the 88th move, Long Bo in front of the computer and Lei Qi in the live broadcast room, who were staring intently at the chessboard, changed their expressions almost simultaneously!

As everyone knows, when it comes to straight line calculations, the God of Slaughter is in a class of his own and almost never makes a mistake!
In this situation, if you find that the other party seems to have missed a calculation, there is probably only one possibility—you calculated it wrong!
On the live stream, Lei Qi immediately stopped placing a piece and began recalculating the variations. Off-screen, Huang Bo Nan took an even simpler approach, summoning AI to provide hints for the next move.

The level of their artificial intelligence is truly impressive!

Just a few seconds later, Huang Bo Nan's expression changed from solemn to surprised, and then from surprised to a sudden realization of "I see!"
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White has a backdoor at the bottom!

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"...Haha! This guy, Xiao Lei, dares to mess with the Empress!"

"Now you've been exposed! Serves you right!"

Meanwhile, in another corner of the Hailing Hotel.

Seeing Lei Qi deep in thought on the live stream, Zeng Guangwen, who was also streaming his own channel, slapped his thigh, his mouth stretching into a wide grin, almost ready to dance with joy.

"Perhaps Lei Qi had conducted in-depth research on the changes on the left side of this branch of Ni Dao's transformation, which is why he came up with the strange method of touching the upper left."

"But now it seems that his understanding of the thickness below is far less than that of the Empress!"

"Perhaps he thought that after pressing down three times, the Queen would have to make a move, but he never expected that... the Queen below had a counterattack!"
Indeed, after Black pressed down three times, White was no longer able to force its way out of the center.

"But White's large group of stones is a good move to connect the two stones in the lower left corner after it has already formed a group!"
"After reconnecting the two white stones, if Black cannot control the white stone below, Black will immediately face the awkward situation of having to fight the six black stones in the lower left corner against the large white group. In a fight, both sides have four liberties against five liberties, and even if Black immediately tightens its liberties, it will still be one liberty behind."

"But now Black can no longer control this piece. The only way is to forcefully tighten the White's large dragon's liberties while simultaneously aiming to control the White pieces below."

"But at this point, White has four liberties on the second line, and Black clearly cannot contain these two liberties. This will cause a big problem!"
"If Black escapes the five Black stones in the bottom, then White will immediately start to collect liberties in the corner, resulting in the death of the lower left and White gaining an advantage in the bottom, which is unacceptable."

"But if Black tries to capture the liberties of the large group, White will make a move on the fourth line, and Black will be unable to extend its liberties no matter what it plays. No matter how Black plays, White will slowly capture it! At this point, Black is already in a state of collapse!"
"Even without the Empress spending much time calculating, she had already clearly calculated the changes that Xiao Lei had miscalculated..."

"It has to be said that the Queen's linear calculations are far superior to those of other players!"

(End of this chapter)