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

Chapter 196 Prologue
"It's online! It's online! AlphaGo is online again!"

As AlphaGo's account went online, the comments section of the Muyehu Go forum was flooded with messages, and many people cheered with joy.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, AlphaGo has finally returned to the Go platform, no longer having been offline for half a year as before. Instead, it is actively engaging with the platform again, spending its days finding a child to give a loving lesson.

This is fantastic news for many chess fans.

After all, AlphaGo is considered by many to be the world's number one player, but he not only doesn't appear in official competitions, but he also disappears from the internet for half a year at a time, leaving everyone wondering how he trains.

Furthermore, the current AlphaGo only accepts games where the opponent gives you a handicap, meaning that if you want to play against it, you must let it give you a one-move advantage.

This deterred many top chess players who originally wanted to play against him. Why? Because men have pride.

An anonymous professional commented: "If I were to play against AlphaGo with a handicap, I'd honestly beat it in a heartbeat. No need for endgame play. In a hundred moves, AlphaGo is easy to beat, too easy. So why wouldn't I? Men have pride."

Although everyone knows he is very strong, not everyone is willing to lower themselves to give him a handicap.

If everyone has reached this level, let alone top-tier experts, sometimes even most of the stronger professions would find it hard to accept.

Because if you play this game, regardless of winning or losing, you'll always be at a disadvantage against your opponent. And if you lose, it'll be a complete and utter defeat.

Of course, many established veterans are unwilling, and some are even afraid of affecting their commercial value, but many young people don't care.

Being able to play against the world's number one is valuable enough! After all, sometimes even with a first-place handicap, you can't necessarily make any significant moves.

I wonder which kid will get "guidance" today.

"Seriously, you should just log on right after you finish playing chess. Why do you have to wait a while before logging on? It's like burying your head in the sand."

Looking at the account that was finally logged in, Old Ke couldn't help but complain, "Why do I have to stay up until this time every day to log in? Can't I log in earlier?"

Yi Zheng couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this. He had just finished playing AlphaGo offline with Li Zongrui and then logged back in. This was too much of a coincidence. The timing had to be staggered. He should try to avoid suspicion as much as possible.

Old Ke was merely complaining; his attention quickly shifted to the website: "Alright, alright, enough of that. Let's see which kid we should beat up today! Whoever we pick is the one we'll beat up today!"

AlphaGo's account was immediately filled with game requests as soon as it went online, but most people wanted games with different starting positions.

Well, one reason is that they can't bring themselves to lose, and the other is that they're thinking, what if they can get a win by taking the first game? AlphaGo has won so many times, it's about time they lost a game, right?

If I were the one who won a game, I would become famous overnight by stepping on AlphaGo!

"The only person to defeat AlphaGo"

This is incredibly valuable!

However, Old Ke simply ignored these people; there was really no point in playing against these little karaomis.

These guys have no idea how valuable I am now, lacking nothing!
Old Ke felt like he had encountered that weak AI that he used to have to rely on time travel to defeat online, but now he could defeat it with one punch!
Mr. Ke: I have everything I need now!
After looking through a bunch of match invitations, Old Ke chose a lucky one: "It'll be Li Zongrui. This kid is honest; he obediently sent the invitation to let me go first. I like honest kids the most! Put all the others into the talent pool!"

"..."

Yi Zheng didn't say much after hearing this, he just clicked to agree to the game. How to put it, Li Zongrui had just been kicked out of the game by himself two hours ago, and now he was going to be kicked out by Ke Lao again.

Is it really okay to take advantage of someone today?
If Old Ke knew what Yi Zheng was thinking, he'd probably roll his eyes. Wouldn't that be better? Yi Zheng might even have to thank us!

"The application was approved! It's finally approved!"

Li Zongrui felt a surge of excitement as he looked at the computer screen displaying the game; he could finally play against AlphaGo!
Although AlphaGo has been online frequently these past few days, it only plays one game a day, and there are so many applicants now that Li Zongrui thought he wouldn't even get a chance, but he was surprised to actually be selected.

Thinking of this, Li Zongrui first sent a thank you message in a private message, and then quickly made his move.

Because it was a game where the opponent gave Li Zongrui the first move and he didn't have the burden of komi, he adopted a two-star opening. Master Ke simply responded with a three-three small point.

The game proceeded relatively smoothly. Although Li Zongrui tried his best to make a breakthrough, everything seemed to be under the control of Master Ke.

Although Li Zongrui felt he had opportunities during the game, looking back now, it seems like those opportunities never actually existed. "Now I can't even kill him..."

Li Zongrui stared at the computer screen, pulling at his hair, realizing that even at the end, he had still lost money in a small way.

It was already hopeless, but then AlphaGo played incredibly well. Now, even when Lee Zongrui tries to capture a piece, AlphaGo can't respond. White, who could have been killed by a charge, can't be killed by a charge anymore.

No matter which way you try to flush it, you can only stick it on, which makes you lose a little more money.

Moreover, under the preemptive orders of Elder Ke, Li Zongrui will have to continue to work on his eyes.

"Losing a little on the left, losing a little on the right, until finally losing everything..."

This was the first time Li Zongrui had ever felt that playing Go was such a torturous experience. Even when he first started learning Go and faced skilled opponents, he had never felt so imprisoned.

pain!
It hurts so much!
Li Zongrui couldn't help but click the surrender button, because he simply couldn't go on.

After losing, Li Zongrui sent a private message thanking AlphaGo for its guidance.

After seeing the private message, Old Ke immediately said, "I already said, he should thank us!"

Yi Zheng ignored the old man generating electricity and carefully reviewed his game against the others.

This is quite informative for Yi Zheng, because the guys he's been playing against during this period will be the opponents he'll encounter in the world in the future. It's good to get a feel for their styles in advance, even if it's the style of getting beaten up.

It is especially important to learn how Mr. Ke actually beats people up.

"Li Zongrui should have made a decision on this matter immediately. The difference in the number of points is not significant, but it relates to the relative strength of both sides."

The good thing about Professor Ke is that he can talk and share his thoughts and specific methods with you, unlike cold artificial intelligence that only gives you a change graph.

Even with the advent of artificial intelligence, teachers will still be indispensable for people of average ability, because you need someone to guide your thinking, rather than simply memorizing.

Only those who reach the highest level have the ability to understand and analyze the intentions of artificial intelligence; before that, they need a teacher.

Of course, the downside is that Mr. Ke can also speak.

Yi Zheng, who enjoyed Ke Lao's extremely foul mouth after making a bad move, said: "How wonderful it would be if Ke Lao were mute!"

Meanwhile, at the Silla Go Academy, Lee Jun-hyuk was also playing against other players.

"I lost."

Shin Junmin looked at the endgame situation on the chessboard and, having lost by half a point, immediately turned his head away. He had lost again like this. How come Lee Junhyuk seemed to have been given a second spring?

I lost all five training games I played recently, being completely controlled and defeated in every single one of them.

"Teacher Li, this is AlphaGo's latest game record today."

After the game ended, the staff handed a tablet to Li Junhe.

"Let her go first."

"Correct."

After quickly reviewing the entire game, Li Junhe handed the tablet to the staff member: "I understand."

Looking out the window at the bright moon hanging in the sky, Li Junhe said, "The time is almost here."

It’s really fast.

On a night of full moon, at the peak of the Wild Fox.

(End of this chapter)