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

Chapter 210 All I wanted to do was play chess
"Is he trying to ruin Silla Go?!"

The headmaster of the Silla Chess Academy was furious. Where did Lee Jun-hyuk get the audacity? How dare he do such a thing without his permission!
They've reversed the Heavenly Spirits! They've reversed the Heavenly Spirits!
This is outrageous! The chess player has dared to betray his master!
"Dean, don't worry! I saw in the live stream that the world's top ranked Go players will all be playing handicap games against AlphaGo tonight."

In that case, even if commercial value decreases, everyone's commercial value decreases, which is essentially the same as no one's value decreasing. Don't get agitated; we're also in contact with Li Junhe, 9-dan.

Hearing this, the staff member standing nearby couldn't help but try to calm the furious director of the Silla Chess Academy.

If everyone's wages were reduced worldwide, it would be the same as no one's wages being reduced.

Not to mention, as long as AlphaGo doesn't appear in the real world, the salaries and endorsements of other people will not be reduced.

Even if it happened in real life, at most he would just break even higher records for endorsements and game fees.

"You're talking nonsense! What if Li Junhe loses alone? What if the other four all win? Don't you guys ever think things through?"

The director of the Sinra Chess Academy said that he always thinks of the worst possible outcome and insists on judging others by his own standards. Does that mean I am a villain and others are gentlemen?

"The possibility is extremely small!"

No matter what, Lee Jun-hyuk is still ranked number one in the world. Even if his level has declined compared to his peak, it's impossible that he was the only one who lost while everyone else won.

"What if AlphaGo sets a trap for Silla Go? How do you know it won't deliberately harm Silla? How do you know it has no grudge against Silla Go?"
What if he deliberately loses to someone else after beating Lee Jun-hyuk, just to suppress our Silla Go?! Seriously! Lee Jun-hyuk is such an idiot, like he's mentally challenged. He just goes along with anyone who says they're on his team!

Perhaps this was a scheme orchestrated by the world's other top chess players to dethrone him from the world's number one position, and he foolishly fell into it.

Yes, this AlphaGo might just be a trap set by the other Go academies around the world! It's a coordinated effort by all the top technologies to hunt down Lee Jun-hyuk and persecute our Silla!

The headmaster of the Silla Go Academy is now truly furious. Although he says this, he is actually just trying to find an excuse for Lee Jun-hyuk and for the potential defeat of Silla Go.

In any case, even if we lose, it's not our fault.

In reality, the real point where he broke down was that Li Junhe, the guy he had personally trained, was now refusing to obey his commands!

He used to do whatever I asked him to do, and Li Junhe never expressed his opinion no matter what I did.

He knew perfectly well that I was doing it all for his own good, and he himself also benefited from it.

But now he's actually bypassing me and daring to make his own decisions!
How dare he! Where did he get the guts!

I raised him from a nobody to who he is today! How much effort I put in! How many methods I used! How much money I spent!
He's not listening to me anymore! He's actually daring to make decisions on his own!

If he dares to disobey me today, I'll give him a share of the profits; tomorrow, I'll dare to demand a 50/50 split of the book's copyright, instead of 50,000 won!

Ah, Shiba! Shiba!

"Go find him! Search his house! Grab him and don't let him get off! This guy has gone mad!"

Although the director of the chess academy said so, no one knew what to do. After all, there was no one in Li Junhe's family, and going out to look for him now was like searching for a headless fly.

We can't exactly call the police and say that someone has hidden away to play chess and ask them to help us catch them.

The reason why Li Junhe did not communicate with the Go Association is precisely because of this. If Li Junhe had appeared at the venue of the live broadcast of the match and given a handicap, the director of the Silla Go Association would have unhesitatingly disconnected the network cable.

They then announced that there was a network error on Silla's side, and the match might have to be postponed indefinitely.

Then they arrested Li Junhe and demanded, "How dare you play without consulting me? How dare you collude with others and secretly exchange gifts? Do you even respect the Silla Chess Academy?! Have you forgotten who you are?!"

Meanwhile, Li Junhe, who was playing a game on his computer in a hotel, remained completely unmoved.

At that moment, he was just a chess player, only interested in playing chess.

"At the start, Li Junhe played black and made the first move, using a small opening with a star point. Since he was giving Li Junhe the first move, his biggest challenge was how to maximize his advantage as the first player."

AlphaGo, playing white, chose a 3-3 point with a small eye. After Lee Jun-hyuk made the small eye move, AlphaGo made its classic sharp jump.

Lee Jun-hyuk played very aggressively this game, and it seems he is indeed starting to pursue efficiency. However, the problem is that although he connected here, he still separated the two sides into four-space groups, which leaves a lot of open space. AlphaGo can invade at any time, and it should have a move no matter which side it invades from.

Of course, AlphaGo wasn't in such a hurry to penetrate. It also responded with a small-scale attack, and Li Junhe, in turn, mimicked AlphaGo's sharp jump. However, AlphaGo didn't extend its reach to the side; instead, it jumped two spaces outwards, probably because it wasn't satisfied with the efficiency of the initial attack.

Anjing, a third-dan player, couldn't help but remark as he watched Jiang Mobai explaining with utmost seriousness, "Jiang, a ninth-dan player, seems very excited today, explaining with great dedication."

"There's no other way. I just posted it in the group. I'll go second in a bit. Li Junhe 9-dan is making things difficult for me right now. I need to see what AlphaGo's strategy is like when they're giving me a handicap. I need to watch it and learn from it."

Otherwise, if I don't play well later, I'll probably be ridiculed by netizens again, so I'm doing the commentary while cramming at the last minute.

I always cram at the last minute.

"After the small flying hook in the upper right corner, AlphaGo still chose the point in the face of Li Junhe's jump."

I think it was yesterday when we talked about this step. We can't see the benefits yet, but some people in the group discussed it today, saying that the advantage is that once the black is stuck, it's quite smooth to fly in.

Because if White flies inwards, and Black makes a sharp move, then White will be in a very comfortable position.

Normally, if Black makes the first sharp move, the subsequent sharp move won't be able to reach it at all; this is one approach to the hand-cutting method.

But as I said before, once this point is used, all the techniques, whether it's the internal three-three or the external forcing, will suddenly disappear. Whether it's good or bad still needs more thought. In professional combat, it's rare to use such a technique.

We can also see how AlphaGo handled the situation afterwards...

"Hmm, he walked on Fifth Road, I don't understand."

Jiang Mobai couldn't help but shake his head. He had been hoping that AlphaGo could provide some kind of answer, but he couldn't understand the subsequent tactics.

Walking on Wulu Road, I feel so light and carefree.

"Li Junhe played very skillfully. They directly broke away from the third and fourth lines and started on the fifth line. They all played at a high level."

Theoretically speaking, if the price falls to the third or fourth line, it is easier to control and also easier to short.

The five lines look large, but the space below is too empty, making it easy for others to take advantage of the situation and eventually turn it into someone else's home.

"AlphaGo is probably able to master it, but I have reservations about whether Li Junhe is just blindly imitating or has really learned something. In any case, this kind of game is indeed difficult to master."

Jiang Mobai couldn't help but shake his head. Although he did need to learn from AlphaGo, he felt that not everything could be learned.

Some things are simply beyond our control!
The water is too deep!

(End of this chapter)