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Chapter 247 Hesitation Leads to Defeat [Seeking Monthly Tickets at the End of the Month]

"It feels like we're losing out."

When Anjing Sandan saw Kuroki Teruto's double-cut attack, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

In that case, wouldn't Yi Zheng's position below be immediately broken? Why didn't Yi Zheng make a move below? It's impossible that he couldn't see that.

"No no no!"

Jiang Mobai held up a finger and shook it: "On the contrary, Yi Zheng is exceptionally calm here and has come up with the right method. His supplementary words are contradictory to his previous self, and he is contradicting himself."

It looks like the space below has been broken, but the space below was never his to begin with. When Kuroki Teruto cut it down from above, Yi Zheng didn't fill it in, so the possibility of the space below becoming empty was never very high.

So Yi Zheng was simply exchanging something that didn't belong to him in the first place as a price, so what loss could he possibly have?

Moreover, although Kuroki Teruto had reached in, Yi Zheng still managed to protect a certain number of eyes, while Kuroki Teruto was still facing the problem of his corners being inactive.

Therefore, Kuroki Hikaru had to make an exchange between blocking and Yi Zheng attacking, and the thickening of Yi Zheng's side put even more pressure on Kuroki Hikaru's upper body.

Yi Zheng scored in this section, so it seems I have to raise his rating again. His threat level to my Chess Saint rank has risen another notch.

At this point, Kuroki Teruto also realized that he had lost points in the lower left corner. He had no way to break through Yi Zheng's blockade and could only return to the corner to make a living group. Although he left a way to make an endgame move, Yi Zheng gained the initiative and suddenly had no weak pieces in the whole game.

More importantly, Kuroki Teruto's current score on the board is about the same as Yi Zheng's, but as Black, he has been owing Yi Zheng seven and a half points since the beginning.

"Not only did Kuroki Teruto play very steadily in this game, but Yi Zheng also played very steadily. It didn't feel like the game of these two people."

I had been hoping that Yi Zheng would pull off another clever move, causing a minor mishap to prove that he was the one who made the move, but it seems that's not going to happen.

From this perspective, this round was meaningless; Kuroki Teruto didn't perform well, and Yi Zheng easily defeated him.

Jiang Mobai couldn't help but shake his head. Yi Zheng was not arrogant, and Kuroki Teru was not ruthless. Neither of them had brought out their strengths, which made it hard to know what to say.

Kuroki Teruto played too steadily in this game, so steadily that he himself didn't feel like commentating.

Thinking about this, Jiang Mobai felt a little angry. Why didn't you play like this in the Weiqi League a few days ago? If you had played like this, would I have lost a few days ago?

"From the perspective of the local score, Yi Zheng definitely wants to fill the corner, but this would easily lead to a ko fight. However, even so, Yi Zheng's situation is not bad."

Yi Zheng did not choose this change, but indeed, if he did, the external borrowing would be gone, and Yi Zheng probably did not want Kuroki Teruto's external strength to become thicker.

Finally, he retreated slightly from the corner, leaving Kuroki Teruto with various scents all over his body, making it easier for him to use him later.

On move 90, White makes a knight's move!
Yi Zheng's next step was to simultaneously keep an eye on the two thin spots above and below Kuroki Teruto.

Kuroki Teruto's expression grew increasingly grim, as he fully realized that the situation was deteriorating rapidly.

Kawaguchi's advice really backfired. He told me that being decisive would lead to defeat, but China also has an old saying: hesitation leads to defeat! He wasn't decisive enough and was thinking about how to be conservative, which actually led to an easy victory without a fight.

This is really the end!
"No, no, I can't fill the gap below now, otherwise the top will have to block it to prevent him from piercing through, but if Yi Zheng breaks through like this, the entire area below will be ransacked."

Yi Zheng will directly convert all the advantages in this game into a winning position, and I will have no hope in this game at all.

The only option is to fill it in at the top, but that means the tail will inevitably be cut off, so this part has to be discarded.

Kuroki Teruto frowned, and Ishida, the referee, also kept shaking his head. Kuroki Teruto's game wasn't bad; he didn't make any obvious bad moves, but Yi Zheng slowly eroded his lead.

Yi Zheng didn't use any particularly ingenious moves either; each step seemed to be an ordinary technique, yet he steadily suppressed his opponent.

"He has that Lee Junhyuk vibe from his peak."

Ishida couldn't help but recall some unpleasant memories: when Li Junhe suddenly appeared out of nowhere, he shattered the then-booming chess world between China and Japan.

Many people feel that they are almost there every time they play against him, as if they are just a little short of winning, but in the end they always fall short, every single time.

It seems like this is the case with Kuroki Teruto now. He didn't exert any force at the beginning, and now he can't find a place to exert force. It feels like his whole body is wrapped in cotton.

Kuroki Teruto is in this situation now. If he tries to force it, it will only backfire. Yi Zheng has methods at every turn and can easily make Kuroki Teruto unable to take care of both ends.

Ishida had never imagined the game would unfold this way. He had considered scenarios such as Kuroki Teruto winning a great victory, Yi Zheng launching a desperate counterattack, and even various other possibilities, but he never expected Yi Zheng to so effortlessly and effortlessly crush Kuroki Teruto.

"Yi Zheng's move is already a declaration of victory. Although he briefly had murderous intent on the left, he restrained himself and did not give Kuroki Teruto any chance."

Jiang Mobai couldn't help but shake his head: "Kuroki Teruto lost this game because hesitation leads to defeat. He entered Yi Zheng's rhythm at the beginning and was directly trapped and unable to extricate himself."

Anjing, a third-dan player, couldn't help but tease the two players who were still finishing the game, saying, "Didn't Jiang Qisheng say before that Yi Zheng would have a hard time winning today?"

Jiang Mobai seemed completely unfazed by the embarrassment of being slapped in the face. Instead, he opened his fan and struck a pose: "Judgment is also a matter of chance. Yi Zheng already has the strength to earn a title."

"The power of the title?"

Each title in China is unique, with one title for each of the seven regions. The title holders then compete in a round-robin tournament followed by a best-of-three match to determine the champion of that year.

Those who can obtain the title are all among the top elites in China, and most of the titles are even held by one person in a relatively stable manner.

Hearing this, An Jing never expected that Jiang Mobai's evaluation would differ so much before and after the game.

Does the title imply that Yi Zheng's current skill level is already among the top ten in the country, or around the top twenty in the world?

Yi Zheng, have you already reached such a high position?
(End of this chapter)