"Right, start at the opposite corner?!"

March 4, 14 p.m.

Hailing Hotel, the temporary live broadcast stage of [Go Xiaozhao].

Hua Ran, who was commentating on the live broadcast, was slightly surprised when he saw Xu Xiangheng's third move.

Because in the second hand, when Rui Zhao gave up the diagonal position, Lao Xu placed the piece at the other end of the diagonal without hesitation!
"...Even though I knew that a diagonal arrangement would be more likely to lead to a fight, and Sister Rui Zhao was particularly good at chaotic battles, I still made this choice...

"Xu Xiangheng, 9th Dan, is really brave!"

"Well... that's not surprising!"

At this time, Du Weichen, who came to the scene as a guest to participate in the commentary, helped to explain:

"Xu Xiangheng is a fighter, so he is relatively open-minded.

"I guess he saw in the previous game that Rui Zhao's weakness in the endgame has been greatly improved and there is no way to target him, so today he decided to start a fight with his second niece.

"Hey! My second niece, this official is really good!
"I felt so frustrated watching her play chess last year. She was always targeted in the endgame. The whole game was uneventful, and in the end she was defeated by the endgame!
"Now... my jail term has finally come to an end!"

"Ah... who said it wasn't!"

Hua Ran couldn't help but smile bitterly:
“Sometimes I wonder, is it necessary for Sister Rui Zhao, a female chess player, to be targeted by the high-ranking male chess players?”

“No no no!

"It is because she is a female chess player that we must target her. Otherwise, where would those old and young people put their faces?"

Du Weichen shrugged helplessly and stopped talking about this topic:
"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore!
"Let's continue talking about chess!"

“Oh, okay.

"After Xu Xiangheng made a small mistake in the diagonal, Rui Zhaojie responded with a diagonal star. Black played a big flying move in the lower left corner, and Rui Zhaojie played a small flying move in the upper right corner.

“Then the two sides fought in each of the four corners.

"In the 16th move, Rui Zhao was very aggressive in forcing a move in the upper right corner. Xu Jiudan first used a shoulder charge to strengthen his own chess shape, and then a high clamp was another choice!
"It can be seen that Xu Jiuduan has done some research on this formation!"

"An expert at this level must be familiar with such changes."

Elder Du immediately responded:

"Looking at the AI's recommendation, there are two ways for White to play here: gaining momentum and gaining territory.

"I feel like given my second niece's style, she's probably going to take advantage... eh?

"She cast a hand down there?!"

Seeing this move, Triple Crown Champion Du Weichen couldn't help but ponder:

“This move is quite flexible.

"In theory, this move should be made to take advantage of the situation, otherwise the black chess piece will be free to capture the upper right piece, which is actually a bit of a disadvantage.

“But the advantage of doing this is that it preserves subsequent changes, making it easier for you to take the initiative in the future.

"This move also has the meaning of taking the initiative, aiming at attacking the black piece in the lower right corner, and also seeing the big field.

"Well, it can be seen that my second niece's chess skills are still improving recently!"

As expected, seeing the white pieces split, the black pieces immediately chose to push into the corner and deal with the lower right side.

After both sides have played the common corner formations, Black will break up and force his way to initial stability, while White will take advantage of the situation to break up two pieces from the other side to deal with itself.

Seeing this, the black chess piece decisively charged forward, but at this time, Rui Zhao did not choose the common long move, but chose to stick to it.

After the two sides exchanged several moves, the black chess piece that got the first move took the lead and attacked in the upper left corner:
The 43rd move, points!

...

...

"Well……

"At this point, the black and white sides are almost evenly matched.

"Rui Zhao is not at all inferior to Xu Xiangheng!"

At the same time, in Pengze City, China, at Chu Jun's home.

The young man with glasses, who was participating in the team's concentrated discussion via microphone, stared at the winning rate and goal difference given by the AI ​​to Xu Ruijian in this game, and made a small summary.

Recently, after participating in the Tianyuan Tournament, Chu Jun has been out of competition for a while.

Although this is the Tianyuan Tournament, he has entered the title tournament for the second time after last year's Masters Tournament, and his strength is steadily increasing.

But last season, Pengze team had a poor record due to his long period of slump, and finally only finished ninth in the regular season and fell into the relegation zone, which made him quite concerned.

Recently, due to Rui Zhao's continued popularity, the Weiqi League has received unprecedented attention. During this off-season, each team in the Weiqi League seems to have increased its investment. Some non-main players of strong teams have been poached, and more teams are willing to spend a lot of money to dig out foreign aid.

It is foreseeable that the competition in the new season of the Weiqi League will be more intense. But on my side, Old Longbo is one year older, and God knows how long he can maintain his current form. So this time in the Spring Orchid Cup, Chu Jun, as a rookie chess player, took the initiative to propose a live broadcast analysis and review with the team, hoping to further improve his strength and take on the responsibility of the team as soon as possible.

However, when he saw that Rui Zhao, who was of the same age as him, had already begun to compete with Xu Xiangheng, who had the strength of a strong general in the Weiqi League, in the world championship, even though he had Lei Qi, the "Qiao Feng of the North", he, the "Murong of the South", still felt quite emotional when he saw a new "Duan Yu" coming.

“…It’s nothing!”

At this time, Tang Guansheng, a tough guy on the microphone, said disapprovingly:

"This is just the layout. It's normal for her to not be at a disadvantage. We still have to see how she handles the transition to the middle game!

"I don't know if I can deal with this two-five attack correctly..."

But just as Hen Ge finished his words, he saw that Rui Zhao had already made his choice!

In the 44th move, White directly blocks the attack, forcing Black to choose whether to enter the corner or to guard the edge.

After a little thought, Xu Xiangheng chose to retreat, and the next step was:

The white chess piece plays tiger, the black chess piece clamps, the white chess piece drums, and the black chess piece attacks and captures. The white chess piece does not stick to the edge, but takes the position on the edge first, not giving the black chess piece a chance to break the edge.

Seeing that the white pieces were so aggressive, Xu Xiangheng naturally would not show weakness. He directly raised the idea of ​​capturing and started a fight with the white pieces!

At this time, the material for capture that White found really surprised everyone on Pengze team.

In move 52, the white chess piece is at the lower right corner, threatening to break through the black chess piece.

"…Isn't this move a bit of a disadvantage?"

Chu Jun frowned slightly.

Although the win rate of this move did not drop much, it was not among the recommended options given by the AI:

"Originally there was some borrowing here, but the flavor was gone after Black made one move... I think it's a loss of capture."

But at this moment, Huang Bonan, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up:
“Well, it does look a little bit damaged, but I think Rui Zhao should have been aiming to attack the black chess piece in the lower right corner.

"In the lower left corner just now, she chose to stick to it, which was actually a bit of a misguided move. The purpose was to make the outer part thicker in preparation for attacking the black pieces in the lower right corner.

"Now there is a fight for capture in the upper left, and she is trying to find this slightly damaged capture material as her first capture, in fact, she is also testing the attitude of Black.

"If Black doesn't play well, I'm afraid she'll find a chance to plunder him."

"Attack the lower right piece?"

Chu Jun was slightly puzzled:
"Isn't the lower right side basically stable?"

“It still has a light taste.”

Long Bo, a professional dragon slayer, gave his judgment:
"This chess piece is not difficult to make alive, but if Old Xu doesn't respond carefully, White will have various means of borrowing and plundering...

"Ouch! What did I say?!"

Halfway through his words, Long Bo, who saw the black chess piece just made the 53rd move, couldn't help but sigh.

The AI ​​also gave a bad review for this move, losing one and a half points with just one move!
"This girl Rui Zhao is really becoming more and more like a top expert!

"I feel like... Old Xu is not going to have an easy time with this game!"

"...Xu Xiangheng made up for it a little casually."

At this time, Tang Guansheng seemed to look at the follow-up recommendations of the AI, and after pondering for a while, he also commented in a complicated tone:

"The first choice of the AI ​​here is to capture and supplement the chess pieces. Although the white chess pieces will definitely be plundered later, this will at least leave a backhand eye for the big dragon, making the subsequent moves more confident.

"This small tip seems to be a trick to make an eye and prevent plunder, but if White moves down, the next move will have the meaning of taking the initiative, which means that a potential eye will be lost for no reason.

"But the changes here are quite complicated. I wonder if Rui Zhao can find out...

"Hey, the little girl is still a little immature - she just robbed him!"

Indeed, as Tang Guansheng's tone rose slightly, Rui Zhao did not rush down decisively as the AI ​​suggested, but instead made a move in the upper left corner!
Seeing this, Xu Xiangheng jumped out the black chess piece below and continued to threaten and attack the big white dragon on the lower left.

After White made a flying move, he continued to make tiger moves, while Black was happy to see the opportunity to surround the empty space.

When White raised his head in move 64, Xu Xiangheng felt that there was no need to respond, and immediately returned to the upper left to continue the fight.

However, Black's series of moves seemed to be smooth and fruitful, but the AI ​​did not think so - Black's winning rate had dropped all the way to 27.8%!
"Well, it seems...

"Xu Xiangheng still hasn't noticed the problem on the lower right side!"

Long Bo commented again:
"Although it seems that the black pieces in the lower left have been surrounding the empty space and the upper left has also proposed a capture, the series of moves made by the white pieces at the bottom have made the white pieces extremely thick, and the black pieces in the lower right are becoming increasingly thin.

"As long as the white pieces start to attack the black pieces' eyes, this dragon will be destroyed...

"Brother, I think...

"Rui Zhao's move should have inspired her to move to the lower right corner." (End of this chapter)

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