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

Chapter 221 You Don't Understand AlphaGo
"Seriously, Zheng? You're here to attend a seminar and you're still playing online chess on your phone? How come you're not getting beaten up?"

Miao Jun and Yi Zheng were sitting together in a corner. When Miao Jun saw Yi Zheng take out his phone after taking a sip of tea, his expression changed drastically as if he were facing a formidable enemy.

If it were anyone else, Miao Jun's first reaction would definitely be to take out his phone and play with it again, but there's no way around it, the allure of mobile phones is indeed getting stronger and stronger these days.

But Miao Jun's first reaction when he saw Yi Zheng take out his phone was, "This guy's going to start another cutthroat competition!" Why did that damn phone have to add online chess and life-and-death problems? Now Yi Zheng can play anytime, anywhere!
Sure enough, Yi Zheng opened the Muyehu mobile app as soon as he took out his phone.

Online chess, start!
Yi Zheng looked at the game requests that popped up as soon as he logged on and couldn't help but say, "Li Zongrui is also very competitive. He plays countless games online every day. Every time I log on, I either see him playing chess or he requests a game from me."

"He has no choice. It's difficult to find players of his level in Malaysia to train with, so he often has to study on his own."

He should really thank the internet; it allows him to play chess directly with all sorts of different people across space. Otherwise, even regular training would be difficult, except for competitions.

Miao Jun couldn't help but shake his head. Li Zongrui's conditions were much more difficult than Li Junhe's back then. Although South Korea was a small Go country back then, that was relative to China. In the world, it still had a certain level of skill. At least domestically, there were some players at the ninth dan level.

Apart from Lee Chong Rui, Malaysia has almost no other people of comparable talent, or in essence, it has none at all.

Lee Zongrui's strength is about the same as the Three Musketeers, maybe slightly better, but in Malaysia he is now firmly in the top spot, and no one can shake his position. You can tell what level Malaysian Go really is.

"You went straight to playing against Li Zongrui?" Miao Jun turned his head and couldn't help but complain when he saw Yi Zheng's name on the game interface. "You two are really going head-to-head today."

Yi Zheng calmly said, "He applied as soon as I logged on, and I immediately approved it. To be fair, Li Zongrui's progress is quite impressive. He will probably be one of the biggest rivals for Chinese Go in the future."

"It's alright, I feel the main target is still Ethan."

Miao Jun shook his head upon hearing this, neither agreeing nor disagreeing. In his opinion, although Li Zongrui had some skill, not to mention the limitations imposed on him by the environment in Malaysia, his own strength was not particularly strong at the moment. Miao Jun felt that he would at most rank in the top ten or top five in the future.

Miao Jun had reason to say this, after all, he and Li Zongrui had a 3-2 match in the official competition, and he even won one more game, not to mention that he was several years younger than Li Zongrui.

After all, in this era of rapid development and youth, the progress made in just one year is already a significant achievement.

However, Ethan is about the same age as Li Zongrui. Not only has his rating reached the top five in the world Go rankings, but he also won the World Cup runner-up title. More importantly, he shaved Miao Jun's head completely.

Therefore, in Miao Jun's mind, no matter how you look at it, Ethan is the biggest opponent from abroad in the future, and also the biggest stumbling block on the road for all chess players who aim to become the world's number one.

Yi Zheng shook his head upon hearing this. He might have thought the same way before, but his opinion had recently changed.

To become the world's best, talent is very important; without top-notch talent, it is impossible to reach the highest level in a field.

The ticket to becoming number one in the world is first and foremost one percent talent.

Hard work is also essential, because there are plenty of talented people all over the world. If you don't start competing fiercely from the beginning, how can you stand out among the gifted?

Therefore, you must put in 99% effort.

However, Yi Zheng felt that there was something even more important: ambition and the will to win.

An extreme desire for victory and a spirit of fearlessness, always ready to draw their swords against any enemy.

However, Ethan clearly disappointed Yi Zheng in this respect.

No matter how much or how eloquently you speak, it cannot conceal the fact that the other side is avoiding war.

Although Ethan is very strong now and will certainly be strong in the future, Yi Zheng has downgraded his rating by one level.

He cannot and does not deserve to be number one in the world.

Online chess games are played very quickly; Yi Zheng's game ended in about twenty minutes.

Yi Zheng's game was over, but the debate on the stage was not. Yi Zheng couldn't help but look up and see what they were arguing about. He found out it was about that move, the seventh-rank thrust.

Seeing this move, Yi Zheng was speechless, because when he met others at the Yunyi Chess Academy for a discussion last time, many people had also discussed this move. After all, it did look incredibly brilliant, truly a move from the heavens, something no normal person would think of.

Therefore, many people have a lot of debate about the purpose of this move. Yi Zheng couldn't help but say during their last debate that it's possible that AlphaGo simply wanted to show off and make a cool move.

Because even Mr. Ke himself said at the time, "Watch closely, the next step is going to be very cool!"
Upon hearing Yi Zheng's words, many professionals on the scene immediately burst out laughing, indicating that Yi Zheng completely misunderstands AlphaGo!

At his level and with his skill, every move he makes has a profound meaning, and every combination of moves is the best combination. Otherwise, it would be impossible to always be one step ahead of others. As for the purpose of this move, everyone has different opinions, and it is indeed impossible to see it. But it's just that we ordinary people can't see it at the moment.

Seeing that Old Master Ke had been completely deified, Yi Zheng was speechless. These days, no one believes the truth anymore.

I don't understand AlphaGo?

No one in this world understands AlphaGo better than me!

nobody!
So Yi Zheng became too lazy to participate in these discussion meetings, since even if he did, he wouldn't get any results.

Today's discussion quickly came to an end. Many people used this discussion as an excuse to have a get-together. After all, these veteran chess players often have nothing to do every day, and if they don't find something to do, they might get scammed one day.

After Ma Zhaoxu finished, he found Yi Zheng sitting in the corner and couldn't help but laugh and say, "Not bad, not bad, you've been playing quite well in the competitions lately."

However, there's no need to be arrogant about only winning once against Xiaoyun. Only when you take his title will you truly be able to replace him.

If Yun Linglei heard this, he would probably burst into tears on the spot. What kind of talk is this, only hearing the laughter of the new and the weeping of the old? They're already plotting to take over.

Yi Zheng nodded calmly, after all, he had long wanted to cleave Yun Linglei in two and kick Jiang Mobai to become the chess master himself.

"Teacher Ma, did you call me here today to say you have something for me?"

"Yes, the Three Kingdoms Tournament is coming up soon, so I'll show you all this. This is a game record that Ethan from the US recently used during his training with the national team. You can refer to it."

Upon hearing this, Ma Zhaoxu took out a stack of papers from his bag and handed them to Yi Zheng. These were Ethan's training game records outside of matches, which, to some extent, revealed some of his recent style and preparations.

Yi Zheng was slightly surprised to hear this: "You can get this thing?"

The training materials of the US national team, shouldn't this be kept secret?

“We definitely have our own channels, and to put it bluntly, they can probably get their hands on the training records of the national team as well.”

Ma Zhaoxu was certain that Yi Zheng and the others' training game records were probably also on Ethan's desk at this moment.

Thinking of this, Ma Zhaoxu couldn't help but shake his head. Traitors are a common problem in any country or region, and they can never be completely eradicated.

Yi Zheng nodded upon hearing this, but didn't pay much attention to it, since no one had recorded the actual practice game records he had.

Yi Zheng plays his own pieces in his room every day. Others just think he's studying game records. After all, who would play against themselves for no reason? What's the point of playing against yourself?

However, Yi Zheng still takes the game records provided by Master Ma quite seriously. Although he has downgraded Yi Zheng's future rating for Ethan by one level, it does not mean that Ethan is not strong now.

On the contrary, Ethan is now the undisputed number one young player in the world.

but.

Yi Zheng looked at the chess score in his hand and silently said something to himself.

I can win!
PS: Please give me your monthly votes, brothers!

(End of this chapter)