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

"Huh? What's going on?!"

"With the Queen pressing down like this, won't she sell all the white stones above her?!"

Zeng Guangwen almost reflexively let out a surprised exclamation!
As Zeng Guangwen said, with this move, the crucial path to survival for the white stones in the upper area was completely exposed to the black stones, who were almost immediately doomed.

What shocked him even more was the real-time recommendation given by the AI ​​at that moment!
Because after the AI's calculation, this move was clearly the best choice!
Selling everything at the top is actually the best option?!
Comrade Zeng was completely stunned and couldn't understand what had happened.

At this moment, Uesaka Rei on the screen was stunned for a moment, but she had no choice but to immediately break the connection.

But Rui Zhao remained unmoved and continued to stick to the outside. It was inevitable that Black would immediately thicken the board to resolve the ko fight!

In this way... the situation becomes very clear!

The white piece in the upper right corner wasn't saved, and it also caused all the white pieces above to be lost!
Zeng Guangwen gasped sharply, his eyes widening, feeling as if his CPU was clearly overloaded!

At this point, all thirteen of White's stones in the upper and upper right corners were eliminated; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the scene was one of utter devastation!
However, this wasn't the whole reason why Zeng Xigou, who had long since weathered countless storms, remained silent. What astonished him even more was...

At this point, White's winning percentage has reached a staggering 94.7%, forcing Uesaka Rei into a connecting move!
"What...what's going on?!"

Zeng Guangwen finally found his voice again, with a sense of bewilderment and shock at having his worldview turned upside down!
Despite losing so many pieces, despite the chessboard being littered with corpses, the result was...

The diva practically secured the victory?!
Has the world gotten something wrong?!
However, this is still not the limit that Zeng Gou cannot understand!
The game continues: on move 86, White connects and gives away one more stone, a choice!
Black must connect. Then White cuts and reduces Black's liberties, leaving Black with few liberties to retreat and continue reducing them.

Just when Zeng Gou thought that Rui Zhao would eventually make a move in the upper left corner to secure her position and live her stones, the legendary Zhao Jun made another astonishing move:
On move 92, White disregarded the fate of the seven white stones in the upper left corner and directly connected them on the outside!
This move was absolutely astonishing!
"...Even the top left corner is being abandoned by the diva???"

At this point, Zeng Guangwen's eyes were practically bulging out of their sockets!
The top and upper right sections had already been largely abandoned, and it was thought that the upper left section was a sure thing to be won no matter what. But Rui Zhaozhen didn't even want to be the first to live! She continued to abandon the top sections!
This can no longer be considered a discarded pawn...

Even the biggest sell-off in the A-shares market couldn't be more severe than this!
Faced with the decision of Wang Zhaojun to abandon her pawn, Kosaka had no other choice.

After that, Black placed a stone, White blocked it, and Black then killed the White stones in the upper left corner. This was all done in the same way.

What made it even more unbelievable for Comrade Xigou was that even though Rui Zhao abandoned the entire upper left corner again, it only slightly reduced the winning percentage—Black was still forced into a connecting state!
……no!
The Queen abandoned the entire upper half of the chessboard!

They conceded even more goals than they did against Nie Weiping in last year's Changqi Cup!
Although Zeng Guangwen's brain was clearly overheated at this moment, he was still trying his best to think.

Moreover, in that game of chess, Empress Zhao placed her pieces in the opponent's territory, intending to gain external advantages, rather than sacrificing much from the beginning.

But this game of chess...

The Chinese chess master genuinely sacrificed all the pieces on the top side that had a chance to live!

The result is that the situation is still overwhelmingly favorable?!

You have to understand, this is no small matter—it's not just about sacrificing a little bit!

Zeng Guangwen subconsciously glanced at the number of moves on the board—the move that Black just made was the 95th move of the game, with Black making 48 moves and White making 47.

In the 47 moves that Rui Zhao has made so far, two stones were captured by Black in the sacrifice just now, and now all the White stones in the upper part are dead, with a total of 21 dead stones on the board!
That means that after 47 moves, White had sacrificed 23 stones—a full half!
White clearly only had half of its stones in a living group, but...

Now it's still a situation where Black is forming a chain?!

Zeng Guangwen stared blankly at the screen, his mind completely blank.

Meanwhile, Hua Ran, standing to the side, was equally bewildered as she watched the screen filled with question marks!

After a long pause, she finally managed to squeeze out a nearly groan, a sigh filled with the shock of her worldview collapsing:
"this……

"What kind of incredible situation is this?!"

...

...

"Choi, Choi Myung-ho, 9th Dan..."

"In this situation... does White really have such a big advantage?"

At the same time, in the K Go Channel studio in Seoul, South Korea.

Veteran host Kim Min-sun, dressed in a well-tailored suit and with impeccable makeup, was completely focused on the astonishing chess game on the screen. Even her voice, as she asked a question to the guest beside her, trembled slightly.

"After all, White sacrificed almost half the board! Yet Black's winning percentage is only in the single digits, this is just... "

"This is absolutely unheard of!!!"

Upon hearing Kim Min-sun's question, Choi Myung-ho, a 9-dan professional sitting next to her, did not answer immediately.

This legendary chess player, who once dominated the world chess scene and was known for his steady and solid playing style, has become more talkative as he has gotten older, and he also occasionally appears on TV programs to provide commentary.

However, at this moment, he seemed to have suddenly returned to his stoic state from his prime, scrutinizing every detail on the chessboard with a serious expression, as if he himself were playing the black pieces.

"Uh, Choi, Choi 9-dan?" Kim Min-sun couldn't help but ask again in a small voice.

Only then did Choi Myung-ho realize what was happening, and he let out a long sigh.

The coldness that had enveloped him vanished instantly, replaced by a relaxed and indifferent demeanor, a far cry from the pressures of top-tier competition. "...Yes, to be honest: it really is that big!"

He nodded slowly, his voice deep and steady, carrying the composure honed by years and heartfelt admiration:
"Although White sacrificed half of the board, we can see that in order to capture White's dead stones in the upper half, Black's stones were also completely squeezed into the upper half, which is extremely repetitive, and Black also gave up the initiative."

"On the other hand, although White sacrificed almost the entire upper area, after shedding its burden, there were no isolated stones left on the board, and the overall position was solid. Then, Rui Zhao decisively seized the opportunity to cut and capture in the lower right corner, demonstrating that White's potential in the lower area was no less! The board was now in a situation where Black could not make up any points."

"Of course, I need to emphasize that I am now working backward from the real-time win rate given by the AI, so I can give some reasoning."

"But if it were up to me to make a decision on the spot, I really wouldn't have the courage or the judgment—even if I were born thirty years later."

"Among them... the decision to abandon the upper left corner was particularly brilliant!"

"Although it seems that White loses its chance of winning by abandoning the upper left corner, it is actually a move that simplifies the situation for human players."

"If we follow the AI's suggestion to make a group of stones live first, although it seems that White will suffer less loss, after Black jumps out on the third line, the situation in the center will be chaotic and it will look like a chaotic battle."

"To say that the God of Slaughter of this era is afraid of chaotic battles is definitely not true!"

"But as we just said, it seems that Rui Zhao is intentionally testing Uesaka Rei's current strength in this game. It can be interpreted as giving Uesaka a good lesson on how to make choices!"
"For the average player, although the current situation is not easy to play out, it is indeed easier to control than the situation in the upper left corner where the player has the initiative to live!"
"...Ah, of course! It wasn't just Uesaka who got a lesson!"

"Me too."

At this point, Choi Myung-ho gave a relieved smile, then continued with heartfelt emotion:

"After 95 moves, White placed 47 stones, and 23 of them were captured! The entire upper area was almost completely captured by Black... Yet, White still managed to force Uesaka into a chain of moves!"
"Such a level of performance truly makes him worthy of being called the number one player in the world, even..."

"It's the best in history!"

"……Eh?!"

Upon hearing this, Kim Min-sun, who had been nodding incessantly, froze for a moment, then instinctively let out a short gasp!

She was clearly taken aback by Choi Myung-ho's extremely bold assertion!
As a senior host on K Go Channel, she is well aware of Choi Myung-ho's status and influence in the South Korean and even the world Go community! She also knows the deep respect South Korean Go fans have for this "Stone Buddha"!

But this South Korean Go master has now actually admitted that another country's leader is the best in history?
This……

She quickly corrected him in a low voice, with a hint of reminder:

"But Choi 9-dan, everyone generally agrees that you are the greatest of all time..."

However, upon hearing this, Choi Myung-ho merely smiled gently, then firmly shook his head:
"I can't control what others do, but at least in my opinion, Rui Zhao truly deserves the title!"

The stone Buddha's face showed no displeasure at being surpassed, only a calm and detached acceptance of honor and disgrace.
"Even if we're being conservative and say it's not true now, it will be true in a few days when she wins her seventh consecutive World Championship and achieves the absurd feat of winning every title throughout the year!"
"Only one game was lost in all the official competitions throughout the year, with a winning streak of over 100 games and no championships slipping through anyone's fingers... This kind of dominance, which is hard to describe in words, is far beyond what I can match with decades of accumulated honors."

"I think Xiaoliu... he must think so too."

Upon hearing this, Kim Min-sun fell completely silent.

A brief silence fell over the studio, broken only by the faint noise of the equipment running.

For South Koreans, who are known for their strong sense of national pride, the impact of having them admit, especially a legend like Choi Myung-ho, that they are inferior in skill is simply too great!

However, Choi Myung-ho seemed unconcerned by his partner's silence. He maintained his nonchalant smile and refocused his gaze on the ever-changing chessboard.

"Okay, let's watch the next match."

"As I just said, White has a much better position to control right now!"
"I believe everyone will soon see why I say that Rui Zhao's choice to abandon the upper left corner was a brilliant move that simplified the complex situation and clearly defined the advantage..."

...

...

The match unfolded exactly as Choi Myung-ho had predicted.

Facing a solid and flawless white board, despite Uesaka Rei's desperate struggle and attempts to disrupt the game in the center and lower area, the response of the contemporary Zhaojun can only be described as "skillful yet unpretentious"!

She no longer pursued those amazing and extraordinary skills, but simply and steadily responded to each one. Yet the overall difference was as if controlled by a precise instrument, always remaining stable at around a close range!
No matter how Uesaka Rei maneuvered, probed, or looked for opportunities, the world's number one player's defense remained as immovable as the Wailing Wall!
Finally... up to move 222.

On the chessboard, all of Black's struggles have been defeated, leaving only a complete and utterly defeated endgame.

However, in the live stream footage...

In the depths of Rei Uesaka's bright eyes, there was not a trace of resentment or anger, but rather a fervent adoration that was almost overflowing!

"despair--"

A crisp, faint sound suddenly rang out in the almost frozen silence of the Go room—Uesaka Reiko resigned and immediately prepared to discuss this amazing game with her idol, whom she deeply admired!

Of course, Uesaka Rei was not the only one who was so amazed by this masterpiece of chess by the world's number one that she prostrated herself in worship and even regarded it as a god!
In this game, Rui Zhao made an astonishing move of "sacrificing half a piece to win by facing certain death," creating an unparalleled divine sacrifice game!

The ensuing uproar instantly swept across all Go forums worldwide. The shock and resonance it generated even surpassed all of Rui Zhao's stunning performances on the board over the past two months…

They all need to reach even greater heights!!! (End of Chapter)