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

Chapter 137 Xiu Cejian
"Please give me your advice."

Dilidar nodded at Yi Zheng sitting opposite her. She had heard about Yi Zheng's achievements in the national youth team, and at least the opponent's strength was not necessarily inferior to hers.

However, if it's a matter of forceful attack, then that's not necessarily the case.

Yi Zheng nodded slightly in return.

Dilidar arrived rather late, so the match had barely started when the announcement for the official start of the game was made.

"The first round of the China Longmen Cup Newcomer King Tournament will be held under Chinese Go rules. The game will have one hour of time limit, with each side having three 40-second overtime periods. The game begins!"

As the announcement of the start of the competition came over the radio, the contestants from Channel 16 all began guessing who would go first.

In this game, Dilidar played black and chose a two-star opening, while Yi Zheng chose to move towards the small eye.

Without any hesitation, Dilidar directly used his small flying hook on Yi Zheng's small eye. Faced with Dilidar's small flying hook, Yi Zheng chose the small flying hook, while the other chose the sharp hook.

"Xiu Cejian?"

Upon seeing this move, Dilidar paused slightly. This was a shape that had only been mentioned when learning chess, but had not appeared in professional chess for many years.

"Shusaku Point" is a classic Go opening created by Honinbo Shusaku, the Japanese Go master in the 19th century. Its core lies in the small point move of Black in the opening stage (that is, placing a stone at the diagonal intersection point one line apart).

This move is known for its solidity and stability, and was once regarded as a model of "unbeatable black".

However, when Shusaku and his friends played Go, Black did not have any komi. But in modern Go, in order to eliminate Black's first move advantage, Black's komi burden has been increased to five and a half points, and now even seven and a half points.

After the implementation of the "Tie Mu" system, this step of Xiu Ce Jian gradually faded from the mainstream view because it was "too slow".

Yi Zheng used to like taking this step because, in his view, although it was a bit slow, its solid foundation and flexible follow-up development made it a good move.

Just as Honinbo Shusaku said back then, as long as the board remains a 19x19 board, the value of this move will be passed down forever.

And Professor Ke also confirmed this, and he was also very happy to take this next step.

Delidar believes that the step that was eliminated has been successfully revived in the age of artificial intelligence.

Born hundreds of years ago, it was gradually phased out due to modern development, but it has been revived in the age of artificial intelligence.

Of course, the resurgence is also due to new changes, something the other side is unaware of as well.

But Delilah thought completely differently: "AlphaGo's influence is really huge. Now many professional Go players are starting to explore completely different new ways of playing, and many people are even finding out the classic opening patterns."

The chess world, which had previously been stagnant, was transformed under AlphaGo's leadership, like a catfish effect, once again becoming a vibrant, flowing river.

Seeing Dilidar suddenly break into a smile that looked like she was infatuated with a girl, Yi Zheng subconsciously moved back a little.

Hey sis, I just peeked out a little, what are you laughing at? It's making me a little scared...

However, Dilidar quickly realized that they were still in an official match and immediately regained his composure and got into a serious game.

In the world of professional Go, the styles of male players are incredibly diverse, ranging from control-oriented to aggressive, from cosmic to underground styles. Each top player has a completely different style and their own unique insights into Go.

However, among female Go players, the styles are mostly positive and uniform. Contrary to the common impression that women are delicate, none of the female professional Go players have a delicate style.

If not 100%, at least 90% are aggressive players.

Many people explain this by saying that women are not as physically strong and enduring as men, and are at a natural disadvantage in both physiological and psychological factors. Therefore, female chess players tend to shorten the battle lines through intense battles and use their precise local calculations to create key points of victory or defeat.

Dilidar is a typical female chess player who fights hard, even a bit...

Seeing Dilidar, who seemed to be making a decision contrary to the ancestral principles, pressing down on four lines in a row, just like AlphaGo, Yi Zheng paused for a moment. When Ke Lao played online, he dared to play like this because he knew it was a good move. Dilidar dared to play like this, risking that Yi Zheng's lower side would become completely empty. This was not only to attack the white stones on the left and right sides of the center, but it was also probably an imitation of AlphaGo.

However, this kind of imitation...

"Clumsy Delidar, how can you play like this?"

Yi Zheng couldn't help but shake his head. In fact, he had seen similar things in professional Go more than once, but in Yi Zheng's opinion, such imitation was really too clumsy.

However, blindly imitating without understanding the principles of chess will only lead to the disastrous result of someone trying to learn how to walk blindly.

"Let's create an opening; she's so engrossed, she'll definitely take the bait."

Seeing the somewhat extreme Delidar, Yi Zheng decided it was best not to fight her, after all, a woman going crazy is a bit too scary.

Move 76, White, jumps.

Seeing Yi Zheng fleeing in a panic from above, Dilidar instantly noticed the flaw in Yi Zheng's chess position and decisively made a move without any hesitation.

For a dragon slayer, what are you waiting for if you don't act when the time is right?
"Sure enough, I took the bait."

Yi Zheng feels that he now has experience dealing with such aggressive players.

Dilidar was still in a state of self-satisfaction. In his opinion, if he could cut off all the white stones on the top and make them into territory, the game would be completely won.

This is the next step, and Yi Zheng directly shattered the other party's idea.

Move 82, White, point!

While it appears that Yi Zheng's aim is to capture the key black stones in the center, his true objective is actually to capture the entire large black group in the lower left corner.

"It has ended."

When Yi Zheng saw that his plan had succeeded, he knew that he had completely won the game. The other side had brains, but not many.

Dilidar clearly realized that the situation was unfavorable, after all, the overall error had reached twenty or thirty points, and even an amateur would realize that the situation was unfavorable.

But the most frustrating thing was that Dilidar found that she had nowhere to use her brute strength, as she was firmly controlled by Yi Zheng.

It's like a little girl waving her fists to hit someone, only to have a boy hold her head down so she can't move at all. She's so wronged!
This was also Yi Zheng's strategy in this game: to avoid direct confrontation with the opponent and instead firmly grasp the overall situation through control and judgment.

However, instead of simply surrendering, Delilah suffered a devastating defeat, resulting in an even more tragic loss for Baron Nashor.

By move 164, Yi Zheng had essentially gained a lead of nearly 60 points, having completely dominated the left side of the game.

It was a crushing defeat, a truly rare and devastating one.

So as soon as the match ended, Dilidar immediately clung to Wenxiao and cried, complaining that her family members were not human at all! They had no sense of chivalry whatsoever.

Looking at the situation on the chessboard, Miao Jun couldn't help but sigh, "I'm relieved now. Apart from Wen Xiao, no one else could possibly be interested in you!"

With Yi Zheng like that, who could possibly have a good conversation while playing Go with him? I would have fallen out with him myself.

Yi Zheng was also baffled by these words. What does this have to do with me? It was she who insisted on being killed.

PS: Three more chapters to go

(End of this chapter)