Go: Is the portable old man the nine-time champion?

Chapter 11 Two Bad Chess Players
“When he made this move, he had already set a trap for me. Everything that happened afterwards was part of his calculations.

The next dozen or so steps seemed like I thought for a long time, but in fact, every step was inevitable. I took the hook and was hung up by him.

He had already calculated the key position of this move, and placed a piece there, taking advantage of its dual impact on the structure of the chessboard, while simultaneously destroying the paths of my two captured pieces.

One move can solve two problems!

I've become a clown, damn..."

"Why aren't you sleeping yet, Xiao Teng?"

Old Mr. Wang got up in the middle of the night and saw that the light in his grandson's room was still on. He pushed open the door and found that his grandson was still scratching his head, shaking his head and sighing about today's game.

He obviously looked very angry after losing.

"Isn't it just a loss? Why can't you sleep? It's not an important match, I'm just playing for fun."

Grandpa Wang looked at his grandson and couldn't help but make a joke. He usually didn't see his grandson get angry after losing a game of chess.

"It's not that I can't sleep, this guy has already made the hook for me when he turned this step, and every step after that was within his calculations.

I have never lost like this before. I was led by the nose the whole time. I don’t know how to put it, it’s so painful.

I've become a background for others to show off. If this gets out, I'm sure it will be a classic case of life and death."

If this becomes a classic life-or-death problem, I will become a classic background board!
Wang Teng said speechlessly: "With this level, there is a high possibility that this guy will become a professional this year."

“Can I become a professional this year?”

"His planning and calculation abilities are clearly at a professional level. As for the rest, it's hard to say; I don't have any intuitive feeling about it.

But how come I haven't come across or heard of someone of this caliber before? Who is this person? He shouldn't be so unknown.

Yi Zheng...it sounds a little familiar, doesn't it? "

After hearing this, Mr. Wang sat down next to him and said, "Of course it sounds familiar. Didn't I tell you about this super talented boy a few years ago?

When I was seven or eight years old, I almost made it to the dan ranking tournament and was said to be the young man most likely to break the record."

Hearing this, Wang Teng suddenly remembered where he had heard the name.

This is a name that I heard so many times a few years ago that my ears were callused, but now I have thrown it into the garbage dump deep in my memory.

"No? Didn't I remember saying that this kid got worse every year and then became useless? Was it a case of "Shang Zhongyong"?
That's not right. He was at a near-professional level at the age of eight or nine, but he's still at this level now. It's really a case of Zhongyong being hurt. He hasn't made any progress in all these years."

Theoretically speaking, this means that Yi Zheng has not made much progress over the years and is still stuck in his career.

"Tsk, I thought it would be some rising star in Go."

Although we shouldn't gloat over other people's suffering, it doesn't feel that bad if the people who have won over us are not doing well.

"But this one move can solve two problems, it's definitely possible."

……

"One move solves two problems?

This move is pretty good! Which class is this game about? Or did you come up with this question yourself? Great, Lao Cao, your skills have improved recently!

This step can be used as a teaching material for their class tomorrow. Please use it for me. I guess no one in your Class D can figure it out.

If Class A thinks carefully, I think many people can figure it out."

Inside the staff dormitory of Yunyi Chess Academy, Teacher Zhu became interested in what his roommate Cao Ming had arranged on the chessboard and began to study it.

Seeing Teacher Zhu approaching him, Cao Ming quickly pushed him aside and said, "Stay away and don't get all greasy on me. Can't you take a shower after running?
I'm telling you, don't look down on me. The black chess piece that solved the double attack is from our class D student! What do you think? You didn't expect that, did you?

After saying that, Cao Ming looked at his roommate with some pride. No one in Class D could do it. You must be kidding.

This is what my students came up with!
"You're a grown man, yet you still look down on me." Upon hearing this, Teacher Zhu picked up the towel hanging on the bed and rubbed it casually on his head: "When did Class Ding have such a good seedling? Is he new? What's his name? I'm keeping an eye on him in advance.

With this level of skill, he will be able to join our Class A sooner or later. I have to reserve him first."

"This isn't a new guy, he's an old comrade."

"Who is that old comrade? Stop playing tricks on me. He's just talking halfway."

"Easy to conquer."

Cao Ming raised his eyebrows and said something with some excitement.

"Yi Zheng? Don't tell me that's the Yi Zheng?"

"This is the only temple in our area with this name."

Cao Ming looked at Teacher Zhu, whose face was full of disbelief, and said helplessly, "Why don't you believe it even after I tell you?"

Hearing this, Teacher Zhu leaned over to take a look at the chessboard again. The moves in this game were very short, with only one battle in the lower right corner, so Teacher Zhu could quickly analyze the approximate order.

"This level? Could it be that this kid has suddenly become enlightened again?

No, I remember that kid was at the bottom of your Class D a few days ago, and you called him to your office to comfort him.

It hasn't even been 24 hours, and they can play chess like this? Don't even think about it, if this chess record is posted online, even if it's said to be the lost ancient record of the game where Gu Shiyan defeated the Japanese prince, people would believe it.

Is Yi Zheng at this level?"

The more Teacher Zhu watched, the more he found it unbelievable. From the dojo's top to the professional masters, the gap in level was a bit too big.

Cao Ming picked up the fan and fanned himself. This was the chess piece that an old chess friend had sent him in the afternoon, saying that it was played by Yi Zheng in the chess hall.

I didn't believe it at first, but there were so many eyewitnesses, so I had to believe it.

That only means one thing, Yi Zheng has finally gotten it!

Hard work pays off!

"Forget it if you don't believe me. Anyway, I have something to talk about in class tomorrow.

I now believe that God rewards hard work. Yi Zheng has worked so hard for so long, maybe now is the time for quantitative change to lead to qualitative change."

"I advise you not to be so optimistic. When Yi Zheng was eight or nine years old, he played better chess than this, but what happened next?

Maybe after this game, he will return to his original state. Besides, he is almost sixteen years old this year, and he is still in Class D. There is an 80% chance that he will not be able to make it to the qualifying tournament next year.

At the age of seventeen, I have become a professional, so I can come back to be a teacher. Haha, our education industry is short of people."

Hearing Mr. Zhu's discouraging words, Cao Ming shook his head: "I still believe in him. It's not his talent, it's his hard work."

"If hard work were 100% effective, the title of Go Master wouldn't belong to Jiang Mobai."

"Anyway, we'll know after watching him play two more games in a couple of days. Anyway, I feel like I can see the light of victory."

"You've said this more than once or twice before. Give up your fantasies and get ready for bed."

On the other side, Yi Zheng was reviewing the game with Mr. Ke in the dormitory.

It kept Wang Teng awake at night, the chess academy teachers praised it highly, and enthusiasts thought it was at a professional level.

Mr. Ke’s evaluation of this is.

"Two lousy chess players! I don't even want to review such low-level chess records. They're really polluting my database!"

(End of this chapter)