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

Chapter 246 Decisiveness Leads to Freebies [Seeking Monthly Tickets at the End of the Month]

"First of all, we would like to invite our special guest commentator for today, Jiang Mobai, the current Chinese Go Saint and World Cup and World Championship winner, 9-dan."

Anjing clapped and welcomed the camera, while Jiang Mobai, who had been sitting next to her, pretended to have just arrived and walked into the camera's view, but with his back to her.

Only by turning one's back to the masses can one truly display the demeanor of a superior person!
"What a pity, what a pity."

Seeing Jiang Mobai with his back to the camera, fanning himself while looking at the chessboard and shaking his head in regret, An Jing, a third-dan player, couldn't help but ask, "Is there a problem with this game now?"

While this layout would have been astonishing two years ago, it should be quite normal now.

Not to mention anything else, Jiang Mobai just lost to Kuroki Teruto a few days ago, and the two of them each took one of the other's three-threes. This round is just one more.

"It's a pity that I wasn't the one sitting in the match room fighting against Kuroki Teruto. I should have gone to participate in the Agon Kiriyama Cup back then."

Otherwise, a rematch between the Kisei and Honinbo might have brought the experience closer to the original spirit. What a pity!

Jiang Mobai couldn't help but shake his head at this thought. The contemporary Go master Honinbo was returning to this place once again. What a memorable game it was, but in the end, Yi Zheng came to play.

"Jiang Jiudan, what do you think are the chances of Yi Zheng, 1st Dan, winning today?"

"It all comes down to Yi Zheng's skill. Yi Zheng is very good at setting traps for his opponents, especially in the endgame, so he can often come back from the brink of defeat."

Simply put, many of the top players who lost to him did so because of one sentence: decisiveness leads to defeat.

He thought he could crush Yi Zheng with one blow, but instead, his opponent used the opportunity to turn the tables and kill him. Therefore, if Kuroki Teruto learns from this experience, he will definitely prioritize a steady approach and think about how to defeat Yi Zheng in a reliable manner. So today will definitely be a tough battle.

Jiang Mobai couldn't help but shake his head. Under these circumstances, if Yi Zheng wanted to defeat Kuroki Teruto, he would have to fight him head-on.

"It's hard, it's hard!"

Anjing 3-dan didn't know what to say after hearing this, so he quickly changed the subject: "Let's focus on the board. Yi Zheng 1-dan invaded from the right side first. Kuroki Teruto 9-dan didn't respond immediately. Instead, he made a move on the bottom to test Yi Zheng's reaction."

"The position below is very good. It can be seen that Kuroki Teruto's research in this area is quite good. If Yi Zheng moves up, Kuroki Teruto can follow suit. The white piece on the right will be more difficult to deal with."

In actual combat, Yi Zheng didn't choose to get entangled with Kuroki Teruto. He simply retreated, not giving his opponent any leverage, and then Kuroki Teruto immediately launched an attack from the right.

Meanwhile, in the match room, watching Yi Zheng charge forward, Kuroki Teruto was deep in thought. Personally, he really wanted to forcefully tighten Yi Zheng's aura, which would put the greatest pressure on his opponent.

But considering what Kawaguchi said, Kuroki Teruto is now stuck in the middle.

This move is incredibly solid, but the problem is that it also reduces the pressure on the white stones in the corner.

"Kuroki Teruto may not be a particularly strong fighter, but he shouldn't be this steady, right?"

Looking at the black stones that had stuck together, Yi Zheng felt as if he was seeing the chubby turtle-like move that Miao Jun was capable of making.

Yi Zheng was usually unhappy playing with Pang Dun because Pang Dun liked to play very thick bets when he had nothing else to do. After the initial bets were finished, Yi Zheng always had a hard time getting in and would get stuck.

Simply using force isn't enough; you always need to use some tricks to get in smoothly. But because it's so thick, it's quite comfortable once you're inside.

The fact that Kuroki Teruto played such a thick bet today is quite different from his usual style, which means it was a bet specifically designed to counter me.

With this in mind, Yi Zheng probably knew what Kuroki Teruto was planning.

He intended to use this method to leave no openings, so that the first player could easily defeat him. "I don't know if he underestimates me or overestimates me."

Yi Zheng couldn't help but chuckle as he looked at the chessboard, but one thing was certain: Kuroki Teruto's moves weren't exactly exhilarating.

While top players should be able to use any style with ease, they cannot switch styles at will.

Without any hesitation, Yi Zheng charged straight up, and after Kuroki Hikaru emerged, Yi Zheng positioned himself at the corner.

Kuroki Teruto continued to adhere to his cautious approach, choosing to stick to the spot directly.

"Didn't you see the change caused by the top blocking it directly? But if you hadn't done your research beforehand, you wouldn't have thought of it this way, which is understandable. But blocking it from below should also work, right? Wouldn't it be a good deal to stick it on like this?"

Sitting next to the referee, Ishida, Ke Lao watched the game and couldn't help but shake his head, muttering to himself, because he could also sense that Kuroki Teruto's play was different from usual.

"Why does Kuroki Teruto look like a cunning and opportunistic person? He wasn't like this when he played chess with me."

The problem is that the protagonists in those novels can either survive by playing passively or have some kind of super-powerful cheat that allows them to win without effort, or they've already secretly developed nuclear paper dolls.

"Hidden strength is a means, not an end; one cannot be content with mere hiding. Retreating again and again, yielding again and again, is not hiding, it's maneuvering!"

Old Ke couldn't help but shake his head. Right now, Kuroki Teruto is being too cowardly, to the point that he's suffering losses. If he continues like this, he'll become like Zhao Gou.

The more Kuroki Teruto thought about easily defeating Yi Zheng, the less he was able to unleash his full potential.

To put it bluntly, no choice in a game is without risk, and being unwilling to take any risk will only make you feel restricted.

The desire to win is a good thing, but if that desire affects one's mentality and technique, then it's probably not a good thing in a competition.

Yi Zheng could naturally sense this as well. Although the coating on Kuroki Hikaru was very thick, the sharp edge on Yi Zheng's horn was so bad that it was beyond description.

Yi Zheng judged that he was in a much better situation than he thought!

Move 56, White, make a komi.

Upon seeing this, Kuroki Teruto couldn't help but fall into deep thought, because his corner had instantly become thinner after being attached.

However, if he climbs outwards, the piece that Yi Zheng previously threw out in the center will become a defensive piece, and Yi Zheng can directly and forcefully block his second piece.

In this case, Kuroki Teru wouldn't have much difficulty surviving the fight, but he would either fall behind or leave behind a lot of enemies.

Faced with Kuroki Teruto's composure, Yi Zheng pressed him even further, which was bullying an honest person!
"No."

Kuroki Teruto frowned, realizing he might have to resort to some tougher measures; he also felt that continuing to play it safe would lead to problems.

Kuroki Hiroto directly chose to block on the second lane. This way, if Yi Zheng blocked and cut off the opponent, Kuroki Hiroto could gain the initiative and climb over from above, thus avoiding the change that would have occurred if Yi Zheng blocked on the second lane from below.

However, Yi Zheng quickly calculated that after Kuroki Hiroto stuck it on, Yi Zheng went straight in from the second road.

However, in this case, Yi Zheng is one move short, and Kuroki Teruto can directly clamp down from below, seemingly clearing out the bottom of the white stones.

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(End of this chapter)