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

Chapter 188 Half an hour, I want his...

"So you're at a loss here; you didn't manage to push it to a loss."

"You shouldn't have done that here either."

"The conversion should be done here, so that I will be in a better position after the conversion."

"And here too, the time I chose to eliminate the calamity here was also wrong."

During the game, neither of them had figured things out, but after reviewing the game, they acted like AI, as if they could see everything and pointed out that this was wrong and that was wrong.

They all seemed extremely frustrated, realizing that if they had seen through it earlier, they would have won long ago. What a pity.

Watching the two players review their game, Old Ke silently commented, "Two terrible chess players."

When it's time to place a bet, no one dares to place a single bet, fearing that something unexpected might happen. When it comes to the post-mortem analysis, what's the point of making every move?

Even if you're a 13-dan player, you still can't win a game.

Yun Linglei defeated his opponent relatively easily. After all, his opponent was not particularly strong. He was a bit older, but his strength was at most similar to that of the Three Musketeers. His ability to reach the semi-finals was largely due to luck.

So in the latter half of the game, realizing that victory was within his grasp, he began to frequently watch the game between Chen Yanran and Yi Zheng.

As they went down to the back, even though it was summer and the air conditioning was on indoors, Yi Zheng and Chen Yanran's shirts were soaked with sweat and even stuck together.

But it wasn't just the two players in the match who were sweating profusely. Later on, it seemed that Yun Linglei had followed the two into the sauna, and even he, who was watching the match, was sweating profusely.

There's no way around it; the winner between these two will be his opponent in tomorrow's final, a single-game match that will decide the outcome.

After talking with Chen Yanran yesterday, Yun Linglei felt that Chen Yanran was under too much psychological burden. The more psychological burden and mental baggage she had, the more likely she was to underperform.

If Chen Yanran doesn't play well today, and Yi Zheng wins, it would actually be a good thing for Yun Linglei.

Because Chen Yanran is quite strong, Yun Linglei wasn't confident he could easily defeat her. He felt he had at most a 60-70% chance of winning, and the probability of him losing was still quite high.

If Yun Linglei had been told that his opponent in the final was Yi Zheng before today's match ended, he probably would have been grinning from ear to ear.

But after watching this game today, Yun Linglei couldn't laugh at all.

Although Yi Zheng managed to defeat Chen Yanran to some extent by sheer willpower in several ko fights and eventually wore him down, this does not mean that he performed poorly in this game.

Similarly, Chen Yanran performed admirably today, playing at her normal level.

In blitz chess, such a performance is already terrifying.

No, this kind of competition format might actually be more suitable for Yi Zheng.

In blitz chess, there isn't enough time for everyone to calculate, so sometimes there's simply not enough time for careful calculation. More often than not, it comes down to a matter of intuition and judgment.

Therefore, the level of the best rapid chess players throughout history has been virtually unparalleled, even without any special training.

This game is very talent-dependent. Sometimes, the more talented a person is, the better they are at playing blitz chess, because in the same amount of time, and even without calculations, they can perceive more than others.

Of course, experience is also very important, and Yun Linglei felt that he was definitely better than Yi Zheng in terms of experience.

But who knows what tomorrow's game will be like? Yun Linglei couldn't help but gasp. The more he thought about it, the riskier tomorrow's game seemed.

"Is this guy... really someone who's only been ranked for a little over a year?"

Yun Linglei couldn't help but increase the airflow of his fan. If he thought about it carefully, it seemed that everything had been foreshadowed.

After all, Yi Zheng, that unlucky kid, had already eliminated Silla's second-best player in the Asian Cup qualifiers. Although the opponent was slightly weaker, he wasn't much worse than them.

From this perspective, it's reasonable for Yi Zheng to beat Chen Yanran today... what a load of rubbish!

After all, if we follow this logic, even a second-stage rider could defeat the world's number one using this kind of chain.

"I will await your challenge for the title of Divine Calculator."

Yun Linglei suddenly remembered what he had said to Yi Zheng in a previous encouraging way. According to his expectations, Yi Zheng might be able to challenge him in three to five years. He was saying these words now to encourage Yi Zheng to work hard and improve.

But now it seems that the other side might really be serious and planning to go straight to the Challenger next year?
I don't want this kind of thing! I'm not planning to end my reign as the undisputed master strategist just like that!
Yun Linglei felt completely numb; anyone would be stunned by Yi Zheng's rapid progress.

Yun Linglei, who is in the same region as Yi Zheng, is undoubtedly the most likely to be the first to be impacted.

"Should we advise him to participate in the competition in a different location? I remember he wasn't born in the southwest?"

Yun Linglei was unaware that his thoughts had drifted to a very strange place.

After Yi Zheng and Chen Yanran finished their debriefing, they went to the billboard and took a group photo with Yun Linglei, who had also made it to the finals.

Unlike Yun Linglei's forced smile, Yi Zheng was actually quite happy, after all, he had already surpassed his previous best result of reaching the semi-finals and advancing to the finals.

After taking the group photo, Yun Linglei quickly left and returned to his reserved high-end five-star hotel.

First, he called to cancel his date tonight, and then quickly called his assistant.

"Within half an hour, find all of Yi Zheng's chess records from the past six months."

"Just go! I know it's online! Do you think I need you to look for it if it's online? Go find all the training games he played in the national team too!"

Looking back, Yun Linglei realized he had said quite a few strange things, such as that Yi Zheng would be his successor, or that the handover would be completed in three to five years.

What the future holds is uncertain, but the present is mine.

If they lose, how strong is the ability of these media outlets to dig up old grievances? They can even take things out of context and fabricate things they didn't say, let alone things they said themselves.

As the holder of this title of "divine divination," he will likely become a laughing stock, ridiculed and mocked by many media outlets.

At this point, Yun Linglei couldn't help but pace back and forth in his suite. After circling around a few times, his mind gradually calmed down, and he sat down on the sofa in the hotel room.

After sitting down, Yun Linglei immediately took out the chessboard and began studying the game, specifically the game between Yi Zheng and Yi Zheng that day.

Sharpening a gun in the face of battle will bring displeasure.

(End of this chapter)