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

Chapter 173 Not Carbon-Based Life
"Why did Shen Guhong go off to finish the project? Doesn't he want the right side anymore?"

Seeing Shen Guhong abandon the right side and instead start finishing off the game below, An Jing was slightly stunned, wondering what had happened.

In his opinion, shouldn't there still be room for a kill on the right side? Why is he giving up on finishing the game now?

Jin Wan, a 9-dan professional, was speechless upon hearing this: "It seems you've been a host for a while now and lack match experience. You need to play more matches; you've lost your sensitivity."

There's no way to deal with this. Yi Zheng is already fully alive. Whether you leave or not is pointless. It's better to keep him here for now, as there might be changes later.

If we leave now, even if Shen Guhong tries to catch up, Yi Zheng will follow suit. If Shen Guhong takes something away, Yi Zheng will take something away too.

It seems that Shen Guhong broke the eye as soon as he clicked in, but Yi Zheng only needs a simple ball, and he needs to make eyes on both the top and bottom. If you break the eye on the top, you can make one on the bottom.

If Shen Guhong wanted to kill him by force, he could stick one hand to Yi Zheng and let him eat it before breaking through the eye. However, Yi Zheng also had a skillful hand that could trap the two eyes, so Shen Guhong would still have two eyes. There was nothing Shen Guhong could do about it.

Unbelievable... this piece actually survived.

Actually, the calculation had already been done, but in the end, Jin Wan didn't know what to say.

It's outrageous!
I told myself before that there was no way I could survive here, but not only did I survive, it wasn't a life-threatening one, it was a life-threatening one with two eyes!
If Shen Guhong really made a terrible move, I could publicly criticize him for how irresponsible young people are these days. But to be able to turn things around like this is unacceptable.

For example, if Liu Bang had accepted the advice of one of his good brothers to go out and fight Xiang Yu one-on-one, you would think Liu Bang was an idiot and that he deserved to lose.

However, if Liu Bang managed to surround the enemy with his "Song of Chu on All Sides" move, yet Xiang Yu still managed to break through, then you can only conclude that Xiang Yu was definitely not a carbon-based being, and you can conclude that Yu Ji was probably quite terrifying as well.

However, in Jin Wan's view, Shen Guhong did not have any obvious major problems; at most, it could be said that he had overdone it.

But theoretically speaking, it's understandable to go overboard; we just can't let Yi Zheng live.

On the contrary, the more you try to stop him from living, the more he seems to live?

Yi Zheng went straight to the point and summoned soldiers from beans, but Shen Guhong overdid it and was brutally wiped out!

This is terrible! Shen Guhong probably wishes he could write a huge "misery" character on the chessboard right now.

"Shen Guhong suffered heavy losses in this area. Although Yi Zheng's group didn't survive much, he effectively destroyed almost all of the black stones on the right side."

At this point, Jin Wan 9-dan felt there was nothing more to say. It wasn't a pity that Shen Guhong lost this game, because Yi Zheng played exceptionally well.

I wonder if Yi Zheng, who will be playing black the day after tomorrow, will still be in such good form.

After 218 moves, Shen Guhong, seeing that there was no hope of turning the game around, shook his head and sighed helplessly before stopping the clock and conceding defeat.

When Shen Guhong and Yi Zheng reviewed the game, Shen Guhong was clearly not very enthusiastic, because he had to admit that Yi Zheng's strength as white was ridiculously high.

Bai Yixiu...

Shen Guhong was even considering whether he should adopt the nickname "Leopard Head".

However, Shen Guhong does not agree with Yi Zheng's view that he had the advantage when the four corners were pierced.

If a layout with four corners pointing towards the center isn't an advantage, then what is?
Your victory was due to your brilliant subsequent tactics, not because I was incapable in the initial stages. Yi Zheng didn't say much after hearing this. It's normal for two people to have different judgments in the same situation, and often neither can convince the other.

Even with the advent of artificial intelligence, many chess players will choose moves that lower their chances of winning but that they feel they can better control.

Because sometimes the choices made by artificial intelligence are not made by humans at all; humans simply cannot control them.

After a brief review, Shen Guhong left. After today's match, he had to admit that Yi Zhengzhibai's strength had reached a terrifying level.

However, in the second game of the best-of-three series, the two players switched black and white, with Yi Zheng playing black and making the first move. Shen Guhong did not believe that Yi Zheng could perform at the same level as he had today, so he still had a good chance of winning the second game.

The pressure of winning the second game and bringing the match point back was immense, especially for a player participating in a competition for the first time.

"It's just one game lost, there's still a chance."

Shen Guhong knew that the most important thing for him now was to adjust his mindset and win the second game.

The worst-case scenario would be if one's mindset were negatively affected by this.

Previously, some players had their mentality completely broken in the first game of a best-of-three series, and were then swept aside in the second game.

Yi Zheng finally leaned back in his chair and let out a long sigh of relief. No matter what, he had won the first game of the day and reached match point.

If they can win the second game the day after tomorrow, the match will be over.

"However, playing black against Shen Guhong the day after tomorrow will also put a lot of pressure on you, Mr. Ke. Could you give me more of the game records where you defeated your opponent while playing black so I can study them?"

"Black and white are not important at all! What's important is that you understand my moves, think about why I play the way I do, and form a theoretical system!"

Upon hearing this, Mr. Ke immediately expressed his dissatisfaction, saying that learning should focus on the essence, not just the surface.

How do I usually teach you? Is it important whether it's black or white? What's important is that you learn the principles of Go that I teach you, to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the pieces more deeply, and to explore deeper concepts!
"I'm exhausted from searching!"

Yi Zheng nodded upon hearing this, understanding that Master Ke indeed had no good game records to share.

After all, we've been using other people's starting points as examples recently, ostensibly to say that we can't just learn from my style and to prevent you from going to extremes.

"No matter what, you won this game today. Now you can relax and wait for the game the day after tomorrow."

But Master Ke knew that the second game of the best-of-three series was the most crucial, as there were far too many instances of being given a one-game handicap and then coming back to win two, especially his later performances...

"So my advice to you is, the day after tomorrow, don't think about winning by a hair's breadth. Just go all out and have a blast, it won't hurt! Don't try to crush your opponent!"

All you need to do is play normally and bring out your style.

As he spoke, Old Ke shook his head, as if recalling some unpleasant memories.

The second game was the real deciding game!
P.S.: I'm out of time, brothers... Updates will resume at 10 AM tomorrow.
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