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

Chapter 237: Don't expect to win even after a post-mortem analysis.
"Ethan lost again..."

Alexander watched Ethan, who was holding a chess piece in mid-air above the chessboard, looking dazed and unsure of where he was placing it, until the game clock expired and he slowly regained his senses. Alexander felt a chill run down his spine.

How did we lose again?
The first loss could be attributed to carelessness, poor form, or other reasons. After all, even the world's number one can't go without losing a single match; it's normal to occasionally lose to someone you're not good at.

But not long after, they lost the second game. How do you explain that?

You can't always be careless and always be in poor condition.

Alexander never expected Ethan to lose for the second time today. After all, no matter how you look at it, Ethan is definitely much stronger than Yi Zheng. The opponent has a chance to win, but it's impossible for them to win two in a row.

But it happened, and Ethan was killed again.

Could it be that Ethan's nemesis has appeared? Is it Yi Zheng from China?
"It's numb."

Alexander felt a terrible headache coming on. He had just glanced at Pete's game and saw Pete being chased and killed by his opponent, while Brian was being beaten like a dog. Neither of these games was going well.

If things go well, we might be able to win one of these two games, but even so, we must win our main game so that the team can have a chance to win 2-2 with the main player on the field.

Otherwise, their super team, assembled at great expense to represent America's number one or two superpowers, would have been wiped out in the very first round!
This is outrageous!
Thinking of this, Alexander returned to his position and immediately increased the speed of his moves. Yun Linglei was a little confused. Weren't they just playing a leisurely game of Go? Why did they suddenly want to fight me so fiercely?
On the other side, Ethan still looked dazed. Yi Zheng didn't know what to say, but the opponent had already exceeded the time limit, and the game was over no matter what.

Seeing Ethan shaking his head and muttering words he couldn't understand, Yi Zheng shook his head as well and prepared to leave. After all, Ethan seemed to have suffered quite a blow, and probably, like last time, he wasn't in the mood to review things with him.

But Yi Zheng was stopped by Ethan as soon as he got up.

Seeing Yi Zheng trying to slip away immediately after winning, Ethan spat out two words through gritted teeth: "Analyze the game!"

Want to leave? no way!
Although Ethan had been in a daze just now, feeling like the sky was about to fall, the more he thought about it, the more indignant he felt.

How could I have lost? I shouldn't have lost! I'm definitely stronger than Yi Zheng!
With this in mind, Ethan felt he had to review the game with Yi Zheng. He wanted to completely defeat Yi Zheng in the review and prove that it wasn't a matter of his own ability.

Yi Zheng looked at Ethan, who had been pulled back down, and said, "Just do a debriefing, why are you yelling so loudly?"

But if Yi Zheng knew what Ethan was thinking, he would probably be speechless. What's the use of reviewing the game and winning? Isn't it just a psychological comfort?
It's like when you win a hand and say, "If this or that happens, we'll win," and everyone applauds, and the people below clap wildly—that's completely useless.

Isn't this just pure Ah Q mentality?

But Ethan needs to have this mindset now.

Well, sometimes idiots are happier than normal people because they can always blame everything on others.

If I don't do things well, it's because someone wants to harm me. If I don't achieve anything, it's because other people are idiots who don't know how to appreciate me. If I achieve a little success, it's because I'm invincible!

While this might seem incredibly stupid to a normal person, they do have one redeeming quality: they don't engage in internal conflict. They blame everything on others, never admitting any fault on their own.

But ordinary people like Ethan can't just blame others without any logic. They need a set of logic to convince and comfort themselves.

But Ethan's idea was quickly thwarted, because he discovered that no matter what he said or what other new ideas he came up with, Yi Zheng always had various other ways to deal with it.

Ethan made a move, but Yi Zheng was able to counter it quickly; he simply couldn't break through the opponent's defense!

Yi Zheng didn't feel anything was wrong. After all, normal people are much better at reviewing games than when they are playing chess, because when playing chess you can't take back a move, every move is very important, and you will be hesitant between two paths.

But reviewing the game doesn't matter. If you make a mistake, you make a mistake. You feel very relaxed. If you feel something is wrong right after you make a move, you can immediately change it. In fact, because you are relaxed, you can see the points that you couldn't see when you were playing chess.

Therefore, the idea of ​​reviewing a stock's price movement in three phases is not just a figure of speech; it actually involves three phases of price increase.

But Ethan was completely devastated. How come it seems like we can't win even after the replay?
"Squeeze! There's a squeeze here! My 190th move went wrong. If I had squeezed here, I would have already won!"
When you fill in here and then I go back down to attack, the situation will be completely different! That way, when you try to squeeze in again, my attack will have the first move! Your strategy will be ineffective! Your strategy will be ineffective!

After reviewing the game until the very end, Ethan seemed to finally see something, picked up a chess piece and placed it directly on the chessboard.

If I had placed my bet here earlier, I would have already won this game!

I didn't lose to Yi Zheng; I lost to myself at the last moment because I made a stupid mistake!
Damn it! Damn it!
I should have realized it back then!

Just as Ethan was filled with regret, Yi Zheng stared blankly at the move on the chessboard for a moment. It seemed that this move could indeed prevent the three black pieces in the upper right corner from escaping.

but……

"You still can't do it."

"What's the meaning!"

Just when Ethan thought he had finally won the game, Yi Zheng overturned his changes.

"Your squeeze attack won't work. If you squeeze first, I'll still attack here. If you go back to the center to fill in, I'll just keep squeezing. If you use Summer Solstice, I'll attack directly. If you stick to me, I'll pull you in the corner. If you pull me in, I'll use Tiger."

The shape of this area is no match for mine, because the white stones above are also not alive. If a ko fight breaks out here, I will win again, since all I need to do is make a move here.

Ethan was completely stunned when he saw the change Yi Zheng made. His first thought was to refute it and find a problem with Yi Zheng's change, but in fact, he had no way to refute it.

Because this part doesn't need to be completely cleaned up; as long as it causes problems and is easy to identify, it's already a win.

how come?
All I wanted to do was review the game and see if I couldn't even do that?
Is there no justice left? Is there no law left?
(End of this chapter)