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

Chapter 158 A Basic Mistake
"So, Teacher Ma also highly approves of this step?"

In An Jing's view, since Ma Zhaoxu had endorsed his apprentice, he must have approved of this step.

However, Ma Zhaoxu shook his head upon hearing this: "I don't have any objections to this step like many others, but whether it can be established or not requires time to settle."

Compared to the complex Go board with its nineteen lines, we are insignificant. Jiang Mobai's claim that he understood at least half of Go was just nonsense to me.

Now that he's been thoroughly thrashed online by AlphaGo, I reckon he wouldn't dare utter that nonsense now.

As I said before, our understanding of Go is still too shallow. I agree with the saying that there are a hundred ways to play Go, but I only know seven. We are probably just infants trying to learn to walk like the people of Handan who were trying to learn to walk in Handan.

There are many times when we happen to make the right changes without even realizing it, or even consider the right changes to be wrong.

Only through continuous gameplay can the correctness of this step be determined.

From what I've seen so far, 3-3 isn't bad; otherwise, so many professional players wouldn't choose it.

Furthermore, I encourage many professional players to be willing to innovate their own ideas instead of sticking to outdated practices, and not just play 3x3.

Anyway, I don't really like some old-fashioned things, like "it can't be downloaded" or "this kind of thing doesn't exist."

But the important thing is that you need to have your own logical thinking, instead of just blindly copying others. You can't just imitate and play the game you think is right.

I think AlphaGo made a great contribution in this regard. Some of the moves it made contradicted our common sense, but it still achieved very good results.

This also encourages many of our young chess players to innovate and explore instead of sticking to fixed ideas. To put it bluntly, you will definitely suffer losses if you innovate and explore, because sometimes you will take detours.

However, in Go, you can't find the right path without taking detours. It is precisely because each generation of Go players is willing to innovate and explore that we can continue to make progress.

Don't take what others say to heart. To put it bluntly, if that AlphaGo were willing to show up and win dozens of world championships, whatever he says would be law. Why would you refute him?

If you're not convinced, come out and play a few moves. If you're so good, beat him. A bunch of people who play terribly at chess just point fingers and talk big. You can't even beat them, so what gives you the right to say they're wrong? A thousand words are no substitute for winning the game.

Listening to Old Ma's rambling, Anjing Sanduan could only awkwardly laugh on the sidelines; Old Ma's attack range was indeed a bit too wide.

You're not afraid of offending people, but I am.

At the current match venue, several people were standing next to the game between Yi Zheng and Li Zongrui. They were not outsiders but players from other final matches.

Because the three matches were an internal battle between China and Asia, although everyone wanted to represent Asia, they were much more relaxed.

Just like in the finals of a world championship, the mental pressure of fighting in an internal battle is completely different from that of fighting in an external battle.

As for why we didn't watch the other game between Shen Guhong and the Silla player?

Miao Jun exclaimed: "I'll be thrilled! If he loses to that Silla guy, I'll laugh at him for at least a year! No, at least two and a half!"

The three-point opening formed by Yi Zheng and Li Zongrui in the upper right corner was exactly the same as that in the lower left corner, only the direction was different. However, Li Zongrui did not choose to hold on like he did in the lower left corner. Instead, he decisively attacked directly from the upper right corner.

The various three-point formulas are still something that others need to study and understand, but for Yi Zheng, they are as clear as the introductory formulas he learned as a child.

All sorts of changes come naturally to him; it's almost become muscle memory.

Move 22, White, block!

Upon seeing this, Li Zongrui was clearly taken aback, because he had originally expected the opponent to attack from the bottom right corner and then lock down the enemy.

In this way, after the exchange, Yi Zheng would break Li Zongrui's potential for development on the right flank, while Li Zongrui would shift his development direction upwards, which is acceptable to both sides.

If we turn the tables on this side, AlphaGo did once download a similar variation online, but this variation is related to the checkmate pattern.

Many beginners believe that fixed patterns are isolated, simple variations in a local area, and that you just need to follow them. But in reality, many fixed pattern choices and combinations are related to the whole situation.

In particular, many fixed patterns take into account the leaping pieces. The pattern is valid only if the leaping pieces are favorable, but if the leaping pieces are unfavorable, then the pattern can no longer be called a fixed pattern.

"Could we be mistaken about the zodiac sign?"

Li Zongrui found this somewhat unbelievable; how could the other party make such a basic mistake?
Don't assume that high-level players won't make basic mistakes. In reality, while not common, they are not uncommon, and they not only make these mistakes, but they also make them quite often, even among some world champions.

Misreading the move is already a minor mistake; even an amateur 3-dan could spot it, yet the world champion still made the wrong move.

In ordinary matches, one might only be able to make fun of oneself afterward, but if one loses control of emotions in a crucial game, it's normal to slap oneself on the spot.

In other words, China does not have a gambling project like Go lottery, otherwise a lot of people would definitely accuse it of being a rigged game.

The fact that South Korea, where Professor Ke lives, has introduced a Go lottery has shocked both China and Japan. Some even exclaimed, "Are you trying to destroy Go, South Korea?"
Of course, there were also people in South Korea who opposed it and even made a scene, but in the end, a certain Go emperor still managed to pass the proposal on a second attempt.

At the time, Cha Min-soo, the president of the Korea Baduk Association, publicly declared in order to promote Go betting: "Even without lottery, fixed games in Go tournaments already exist, and tournaments such as the professional ranking tournament are concentrated areas of fixed games."

Chairman Cha stated: "I don't think professional Go players would risk their entire lives to fix games for a few million won in extra cash. Furthermore, the Korean Go League is a team competition, so one person fixing a game won't affect the team's outcome. Fixing results is much more difficult than in other sports. In basketball, if just one person fixes a game, it will affect the team's performance, but in the Korean Go League, it's very difficult for a single game to influence the outcome."

One person playing a fixed game won't affect the team's outcome. You can hardly imagine such a statement coming from the president of the Korea Baduk Association.

The result is that the Korean Weiqi League in the world of Ke Laoshi has been called a "Korean Weiqi Fake" by its own people.

When the so-called Go Emperor Lao Cao promoted Go lotteries, which eventually evolved into Go gambling, the roots of Korean Go in that world were severed.

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