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

Chapter 157 Yi Zheng is the Number One

For every chess player who is at their peak or aspires to reach the peak, seeking innovation and change is inevitable.

After all, once you reach a certain level, simply learning from the experiences of predecessors won't work; you must forge your own path, unless your predecessor is not human.

As someone once said, I believe that all their bets were wrong and my bets were right, which is why I was able to defeat them all.

The change from the third gear to the long gear was inevitable, but Yi Zheng did not switch to the third gear next, but instead chose to switch to the flying gear!
"Your opponent has extended an invitation to you to fight."

Looking at the situation on the chessboard, Mr. Ke couldn't help but add a voiceover.

Mi's Flying Knife, as the most complex variation in 3x3, is not always commonly seen in professional matches.

The reason is simple: if neither side makes a mistake, a complex variation will form at the beginning, occupying nearly a quarter of the board, which will reduce the space for both sides in the later stages.

Another issue is that this throwing knife is extremely complex, with frequent new variations and countless branches. Even world champions who have been tricked by this throwing knife in major international tournaments cannot be counted on one hand.

When playing online chess, Mr. Ke once used this flying knife to defeat his opponent in just a few dozen moves.

However, the chess players in this world are unaware of the existence of such a flying knife in the 3-3 point.

After the 33-point indicator was released, people began to study it, and most of the research results were made public.

In this new change, most people believe that stepping up is the best option.

Li Zongrui was not surprised either, and directly chose to support Yi Zheng, who was essentially throwing his flirtatious glance at Yi Zheng.

After completing a common 3x3 variation in the lower left corner, Yi Zheng decisively moved to the upper right corner as well.

Seeing the 3-3 point appear twice in the live broadcast room, Anjing Sandan couldn't help but laugh: "Since AlphaGo appeared, the 3-3 point seems to have suddenly appeared in the professional arena."

However, there has been considerable controversy surrounding this point so far. What are your thoughts on this, Professor Ma?

It is indeed quite controversial. It is said that in a Go competition in Japan, two professional players directly played four 3-3 positions at the beginning of the game, thus playing out all the possible variations in the four corners.

The veteran chess player, who was the chief referee at the time, was so angry that he almost stopped the game in front of everyone, but he held back and still gave the two young men who played that game a severe scolding after the game ended.

They were criticized for going astray, told not to use such unethical methods in competitions, as it would only harm themselves and others. Is this even Go?!

Some of the older players, though not particularly harsh in their comments, also expressed the question: "Isn't playing Go like this boring?"

Of course, there are also those who scoff at the 3-3 point, such as the older generation of masters who bluntly criticized it: "All '3-3 point' moves in the opening are terrible."

However, some currently strong professional players also voted with their bodies, resulting in a 3-3 score in professional matches.

Ma Zhaoxu is known in the Go world for his sharp tongue. He will directly criticize anyone or anything he dislikes, without giving the other party any face.

However, it seems that Teacher Ma has never made any public comments about Dian San San, so this time, An Jing San Dan wanted to hear if the other party had any insights.

After all, whether it's good or bad, a strong word could be a trigger point. Ma Zhaoxu didn't seem to care much about what he heard: "First of all, I want to correct something. This opening move of 3-3 wasn't AlphaGo's first creation. Someone else made this move a long time before him. I think he was inspired by others."

"what?"

Upon hearing this, An Jingsan was stunned. He had expected Ma Zhaoxu to either criticize him harshly or express his agreement, but he did not expect Old Ma to drop such a bombshell right away.

It is rumored online that AlphaGo is a Go player who lives in seclusion in Lin'an. At the same time, everyone knows that Master Ma is the top Go player in Lin'an. Anyone who goes to Lin'an should pay homage to Master Ma.

Could it be that Mr. Ma knows who the mysterious online chess god AlphaGo is? Is the true identity of the legendary online chess god going to be revealed today? Won't this episode's ratings explode?
Unfortunately, what Ma Zhaoxu wanted to say had nothing to do with AlphaGo: "Before this mysterious AlphaGo appeared, there were already many people in Lin'an who were betting on the 3-3 point, and the source was Yi Zheng in today's game."

In Ma Zhaoxu's view, the idea that the opening move of 3-3 originated from AlphaGo is simply a huge fallacy.

Before AlphaGo appeared online, Yunyi was already almost completely dominated by the Three Gods Cult, which even tried to expel the cult leader in an attempt to put up a last-ditch resistance.

Ma Zhaoxu even went so far as to study exactly when Yi Zheng started playing the "three-three" strategy.

However, since the school could not preserve all the students' chess scores, and a large number of previous chess scores were lost, Ma Zhaoxu could only find the earliest one that was played about six or seven years ago when Yi Zheng played the 3-3 point and canceled the variation of the Ban-Zhan.

However, it seems that due to the teacher's initial disapproval, Yi Zheng did very few more attempts at the "Three-Three" method afterward.

This also confirmed Ma Zhaoxu's belief that this point 33 must have been researched by Yi Zheng, rather than taught by someone else.

The reason is simple: if Yi Zheng were taught by a player as strong as AlphaGo, he certainly wouldn't stop playing just because a teacher of professional level or so criticized him.

After all, what level is the person who taught me, and what level are you? You think you can just say you won't move up like that? Who do you think you are?

Therefore, this step must have been developed by Yi Zheng. After the other party truly confirmed this step, it was rolled out on a large scale and infected others.

Especially in the amateur Go community in Lin'an, Yi Zheng often likes to go to amateur Go halls to play Go with some old men, and has even corrupted some of them.

In this situation, unless AlphaGo is completely isolated from the world, it will definitely receive this point 3-3, and then, finding this move quite good, it will adopt it.

Ma Zhaoxu believes his logic is extremely meticulous: "Therefore, the first person to innovatively come up with this step of 'pointing three' was Yi Zheng!"

Whether it's right or wrong, at least the first one is his own apprentice, and he can't let others take the credit.

However, what Master Ma said is not wrong at all; Yi Zheng was indeed the first person in the world to play a 3-3 bet.

Even someone whose name could not be revealed had to marvel at how this little brat had managed to figure out this step.

Anjing was also a little surprised to hear this. She hadn't expected there to be such a connection. The real origin of the now controversial "point 33" was Yi Zheng.

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(End of this chapter)