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

Chapter 203 Old Master Ke's Little Classroom
"Li Junhe has submitted a request for a match."

"Anxious."

Seeing several match requests popping up, even though the live stream from Shinra's side had been cut off, Ke Lao was certain that the other side was getting impatient.

I bet the other person's mouse is smoking from clicking so much. Thinking about it, if I had seen someone send me a message like that back then, I probably would have gotten furious too.

Humans are such wicked creatures; they want to inflict the pain they themselves have suffered on others!

Yi Zheng looked at the match request from the other side and said, "Let's split the game first."

Li Junhe didn't do any mental preparation or planning; all he wanted to do was prove that he could win by scoring points!
"Humans are just like that, they don't believe in bad luck. After losing, they will think that they didn't play well or that they didn't perform well, and they can find all sorts of excuses for themselves."

Therefore, one beating won't teach a lesson; you have to beat him several times. Only after many beatings will a person face reality. The stark truth must be presented to him, utterly crushing him, before he can accept reality and truly learn from it.

Looking at the computer screen, Old Ke calmly said that he had seen far too many people collapse under the impact of the times, more than anyone else.

Li Junhe's condition is already considered good; he's just not superstitious.

Some older people went crazy when faced with artificial intelligence back then, saying all sorts of illogical things. After all, some things were just too shocking to their values. Older people are less receptive to new things, and the impact was too strong and too fast, so it's normal for them to lose their composure.

But that's just how times are.

At a time and place you never expected, when you least anticipated it, the world has already changed completely.

As the two reconnected online, the comment section immediately started flooding again, and the number of visitors to the website, which had been plummeting, began to rise again in an instant.

The two are playing against each other again!

[Second match! Second match!]

【I'm coming! 】

[I knew Lee Jun-hyuk wouldn't accept this!]

Anjing San Duan, who was packing up to leave the Muye Fox live streaming platform, was stunned when he heard the news. Didn't we agree to get off work? Why do we have to work overtime again?
And there's probably no overtime pay! Why is my life so miserable!

Let's not work overtime! Shouldn't there be more tomorrow?
"Isn't the second round supposed to be between Mingtianxia? How come these two are facing off again?"

Another staff member said somewhat helplessly, "This is how it was agreed with Li Junhe's side beforehand, and AlphaGo replied with a private message that it was okay."

But the problem is, they're playing online chess now, so you can't just restrict them from playing online outside of this competition.

That's true. Both of them are people with free will. They can't just quit whenever they want or quit whenever they want. What can you say about that?

After all, the sponsors only sponsored the live broadcast and didn't provide any prize money for the competition. This competition wasn't an official event with formal rules.

To put it bluntly, these two can play whenever they want, and as many games as they want; there are simply no rules to restrain them.

The director was furious: "These two are world-class athletes, don't they even consider their own commercial value?"

Such a top-tier match has incredibly high commercial value. If they could contact AlphaGo, they could definitely turn this competition into the world's highest-level invitational tournament, the kind that would attract a ton of sponsors eager to throw money at it!
Is AlphaGo really so unmoved by worldly fame and fortune?! That despicable AlphaGo!

Mr. Ke: I really want to consider this matter, but as a ghost, how to make my appearance is also something I'm considering! How to make myself visible to others is an even more important question!
Other staff members timidly chimed in, "What should we do? Should we continue streaming this game? What if those two finish all three games tonight and then stop streaming..."

"Live! Call Jiang Mobai, 9th Dan, back right away! Then talk to Silla and see if the equipment has been removed! If not, keep the live stream running!"

They keep broadcasting, so we keep broadcasting! We'll go home whenever they finish! Let's get moving!

The tiebreaker between AlphaGo and Lee Jun-hyuk surprised everyone, but everyone had to revolve around these two, as they were the absolute protagonists. Everyone knew that the ratings and the audience were drawn to these two; everyone else was just doing behind-the-scenes work.

It's impossible for a top-notch chef to be highly skilled, a director to handle everything from filming to topic selection, and then bring along one of my accounts, only for the rest of the team to say that it's all our credit after they leave, and that we're not allowed to create any more accounts, right?
Who cyberbullies themselves like this?

Meanwhile, on the other side, the second game has already begun.

If it were a match tomorrow, the system settings should have swapped black and white, but since the two players just started a new game, the black and white were random again.

As it turned out, Ke Lao was playing black again, just like in the first game. Ke Lao couldn't help but complain, "Your hand is really bad! Did you wash it after you went to the toilet? I see that you usually guess quite well in the games, but how come you always guess black when it's my turn!"

"Was that on purpose?! You deliberately used up all your chances of winning with Black against me, then used White in your own match! Yi Zheng, you're so wicked! So wicked it's almost dripping with evil!"

Yi Zheng also felt it was a bit strange. Every time he played, the probability of guessing white was very high, but when he helped Ke Lao play online chess as a human arm, the probability of black was very high.

Could it be that Master Ke really absorbed the probability of his black pieces? But... this is good news!
However, there is an art to speaking: "Wouldn't this make you seem like a better player? Otherwise, you could discuss with your opponent and renegotiate. In the second game, you should switch black and white."

"It doesn't matter anymore, the game has begun, I no longer care about distinguishing between black and white! Little Eye!"

"Got it!"

"At the start of this game, AlphaGo used a small-point opening, while Li Junhe also used a star-shaped small-point opening. Then both sides used low-point openings, but AlphaGo directly chose a two-space low clamp in this game!"
When we were learning chess, we had quite a few options for this opening, but it's rarely seen in professional matches now. I haven't seen anyone play it in a long time.

Lee Jun-hyuk opted for a flying tackle, but actually, any double jump to the side would have worked; we could have simply climbed over this flying tackle.

Jiang Mobai had just returned to the stage when he had to catch up on the progress of this episode. He was also feeling a headache. He had just ordered takeout and had only taken a bite when he was immediately pulled back to record the show.

There was nothing he could do; the production team just kept asking for more money! Jiang Mobai said he could only rekindle his love for Go.

What a pity, barbecue! My kidneys! By the time this round is over, they'll all be cold! Damn Li Junhe, are you really going to let yourself get killed?!
Most people were unaware of the private message Ke Lao sent to Li Junhe; they only saw that Li Junhe had submitted a new game to AlphaGo.

Therefore, many people thought that Li Junhe couldn't accept his loss just now, after all, he lost too badly and now he had to play another game to prove himself.

"Break through!"

"Why set such a complicated formula?"

Following Ke Lao's instructions, Yi Zheng clicked the mouse directly, executing a small-eye, small-fly, two-space low-clamp, and then flying-press. The resulting pattern would be very complex, with numerous traps and throwing knives.

If prepared properly, many professions could suffer losses in this area if they are not careful.

At this point, Mr. Ke simply handed over the reins: "You take care of this part, consider it a review."

"Aren't you afraid I'll make a mistake and ruin everything for you? That will be your only failure?"

"Then I'll show you what sleep paralysis really is!"

Yi Zheng curled his lip upon hearing this. Old Ke's mass is currently zero; what can be used to suppress him?

Moreover, Yi Zheng was just talking; his memory, at least in the area of ​​Go, is very strong.

"This area is basically all one-way, but there is a branch of variation here. The best option is to clamp, so that through the exchange, White can capture all the stones in the corner, but Black can also have a very good influence on the outside and gain the initiative."

Regarding this choice, as you previously stated, white is slightly better, but black isn't actually at a disadvantage either; it mainly depends on the terrain and position.

Yi Zheng repeated what Professor Ke had taught in his small class, indicating that he had listened attentively in class and had not forgotten anything.

(End of this chapter)