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

Chapter 17: Chess Master Honinbo

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"This is too scary. I remember Yi Zheng was ranked second to last in the second round of the round-robin tournament a month ago.

How come it's only been a month and you're already number one? Even taking hormones can't be that powerful, right? "

"Could it be that he ate Jin Ke La?"

"Not only that, the second-place player lost six games, but he didn't lose a single one! How did he do that? It's outrageous."

Being ranked first is not scary, what is scary is being ranked first by a huge margin.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the difference in strength is not too big and there is no weak opponent's style restraint, it is rare for them to win a game without losing, but Yi Zheng did it.

"Could it be that he's looking for some ninth-dan to give him a small lesson?"

"Which 9th-dan's small lessons can have such an effect? ​​Even the Go Master Jiang Mobai can't do it, right? It's not like we haven't taken small lessons before. Even 24-hour tutoring from a 9th-dan can't do it."

A one-on-one or one-on-one lesson with a high-level chess player can certainly help you quickly find your weaknesses and improve, but it is impossible to be so amazing.

He may push you to break through your current level, but he will never make a leap forward all at once.

This is like changing the fuel of a rocket to water-washed coal.

"I'm also impressed. It's simply too abnormal and terrifying. I feel like he's already at the level of Class A. I couldn't hold on until the middle stage."

"Hey, I persisted until the end."

"You were only one goal behind and still finished with them. I'm ashamed of you."

"What's wrong? Didn't I overthrow you last time?!"

As the bell rang again, the discussions in the corridor gradually faded away.

No matter how good other people's results are, it has nothing to do with you. There are always two places for advancement each time.

So what if Yi Zheng is a pervert? Just treat it as a quota this time.

But Yi Zheng could not hear these flatteries or praises at this time because he was on the train to the mountain city.

There were still a few days left before the winter vacation, but Yi Zheng was forced to leave the chess academy and return to his hometown.

The reason is very simple. An elderly elder of Yi Zheng passed away recently. Although they were not close relatives, Yi Zheng had to go back to attend the funeral according to the rules.

As for advancing in the group round-robin tournament, Yi Zheng does not need to worry too much. According to the current situation, even if the teams behind the second and third places win all the games, Yi Zheng can still secure one of the spots to enter Class C.

Not to mention that the second and third place players haven't met each other yet, so there's no possibility of a complete victory for either of them.

Yi Zheng has already secured a spot in the next round.

On the train, Yi Zheng was using his mobile phone to make changes on the chessboard he carried with him.

The changes and subsequent developments in the area of ​​Point 33 have too many branches. It is impossible for Yi Zheng to fully understand them in more than a month, even if he memorizes them by rote.

Mr. Ke also said that this is just the inventory in his head, and the actual changes plus subsequent in-depth research will probably only become more complex and changeable.

Yi Zheng is now somewhat fortunate to have met Mr. Ke. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't be able to explore so many changes in his entire life, let alone have so many ideas.

Even if I insist on clicking three times in the future, I will probably only be able to feel the most basic changes and cannot see the gorgeous world behind the door.

Especially the variation of the move that Mr. Ke called the Mi Family Flying Knife. Yi Zheng felt that it was countless times more tricky and complicated than the existing so-called three complex patterns.

It can even be said to be a cliff-like lead.

After a while, Yi Zheng opened up the world's most popular game, Mu Ye Hu, and checked out today's matches. There was a China-Japan Go Master Honinbo match, so Yi Zheng naturally checked it out. After all, it was arguably the highest-level competition in Asia.

It also has the longest historical origin and is known as the oldest Go game in human history.

It is said that more than 300 years ago during the Datong period, the Japanese Go player Honinbo Jōwa crossed the sea to the west and challenged various Chinese Go players with the Tianmo Dahua style, and he was undefeated.

In the end, Datong's number one chess master defeated Japan's Honinbo Jō and Tenma Dahuashiki with the Xuan Ji Beng Yun Jue.

After the game, both sides agreed to fight again in five years.

Later, it gradually became a tradition that every five years the Chinese Go Master would face Honinbo, the number one Go player in Japan.

In modern times, due to convenient transportation, the China-Japan Go Master Honinbo Tournament has become one of the focus games in Asia and the world Go community, and the frequency of the game has increased to once a year.

"The Heavenly Demon Great Transformation Style versus the Xuanji Collapse Cloud Technique, both sides are paying tribute to the classics in this game."

Watching the changes in the game on his phone, Yi Zheng placed it directly on the chessboard.

We have to admit that modern Go is no longer like the ancient times where there are secret manuals of magic skills. These two patterns have long been known to most people.

Even beginners know the basic variations of these patterns.

However, the power displayed by the Go Saint and Honinbo is completely different from that of ordinary young men striving for dan.

Is this the ninth level of entering the realm of the gods, transforming decay into magic?
"What are you looking at this thing for? Are you too energetic? It's all just a pile of junk."

Mr. Ke looked at Yi Zheng who was placing the chess record on the train and said something when he appeared again. He looked at the changes on the chessboard and shook his head.

"Shattered metal?"

When Yi Zheng heard this, his mouth twitched. This is two of the three most complex patterns in the history of Go.

They were even hailed as the three most dazzling pearls in the history of Go, but in the mouth of Mr. Ke they became nothing more than scrap metal.

"It's really old and useless. We used to learn it when we were young, but not long after I became world number one, these patterns were quickly updated. I haven't played them in years.

The big diagonal, or the Heavenly Demon Great Transformation, is still a bit better, and can be played, but I basically won't choose this variation anymore."

Mr. Ke looked at the fixed changes on the chessboard and even had a nostalgic look on his face. They were all eliminated by history.

After coming to this world, Mr. Ke also wanted to see if the Go in this world was different from that in the original world. While Yi Zheng was in class, he watched the Go videos of this world in the dormitory.

After a month of understanding, Mr. Ke felt that the development of Go in the two worlds was basically the same.

Before artificial intelligence, the development of human thinking was really similar, with not much difference.

The so-called three major Go patterns in this world, Xuan Ji Beng Yun, Yao Dao Qian Bian, and Tian Mo Da Hua, are actually the three complex patterns of Xue Avalanche, Yao Dao Da Xie in the original world of Master Ke, just with a new cool and more childish name.

Yi Zheng pretended to be weak and groaned: "I have no choice. Apart from clicking on the three-three, I can't help but learn other things. After all, when playing against others, it's okay to play the small eye in the wrong direction. It doesn't have to be played in the star position.

Now I can only learn these junk, otherwise I won’t be able to play with others.”

"Tsk, you're just trying to trick me into giving you some other formulas. Stop being so hypocritical."

Looking at Yi Zheng who was pretending to be pitiful, small and helpless, Mr. Ke directly exposed Yi Zheng's little thoughts.

Yi Zheng, who was exposed, was not embarrassed at all and directly extended his hand: "Then teacher, please teach me quickly!"

"Since you're asking so sincerely, I'll mercifully teach you. After all, just playing with three-three isn't enough; it requires long-term effort."

"Isn't there a Heavenly Demon Transformation event happening today? Then I'll teach you how to defeat the Heavenly Demon!"

(End of this chapter)