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

Chapter 263 Wrong Direction
Move 41, Black, extend!

Yun Linglei made a counter-move to test Yi Zheng's response. In this situation, Yi Zheng needs to deal with the two white pieces below, but if Yi Zheng jumps to deal with them now, he will fall right into Yun Linglei's trap.

In this way, Yun Linglei can directly suppress and cut off Yi Zheng. It still looks like a big head ghost, but because he has two more hands, Yun Linglei can rush down at the last moment and prolong his own life.

Given this future situation, the life and death situation was reversed instantly. Yi Zheng's white pieces were trapped and counter-attacked by Yun Linglei, and the outcome was reversed in an instant.

In an instant, the outcome was decided.

Thinking of this, Yun Linglei couldn't help but hum softly.

Honestly, Yun Linglei only dared to fantasize about such a scenario in his imagination. If he could defeat Yi Zheng so easily, Yun Linglei would be popping champagne tonight.

Yun Linglei knew that Yi Zheng would never fall for such a simple trick; it would be more likely to fool the kid who shared an apartment with Yi Zheng.

Shi Yuhan: ...I'm a professional, after all. Give me some face.

However, most professional players are willing to take risks, even if there's no guarantee of success, since they won't lose anything, and their opponents might actually lose.

Yi Zheng could naturally see this, and after finishing the attack, he immediately chose to jump to the second lane, which was the best response in this local situation.

"There's not a single flaw. Yi Zheng's opening moves are getting stronger and stronger."

Yun Linglei couldn't help but frown. He had already prepared for this part, but he really didn't expect that Yi Zheng was just as well-prepared as him, and even seemed to be more thorough.

Yi Zheng's previous start was already strange and powerful, and now Yi Zheng's start feels like he's an all-around guy.

Furthermore, Yi Zheng was extremely sharp from the opening to the mid-game. I had previously said that he had some flaws in the mid-game, and that his moves were too big and he was making mistakes.

However, as time goes by, Yi Zheng's mid-game strategy has become increasingly impenetrable.

The endgame... Given the two premises mentioned above, is it possible to play the endgame with him? That is a question.

"I feel like I'm witnessing the birth of a terrifying monster..."

Yun Linglei's keen chess sense told him that a terrifying monster seemed to be gestating and about to hatch.

If I can't nip him in the bud now, he'll devour me later.

Move 45, Black, move 1 (point)!

"Do you want to control my chess position?"

Yi Zheng saw Yun Linglei rushing towards him and squeezed through without hesitation.

Because if Yi Zheng were to retreat and connect at this point, Yun Linglei could directly return to the corner to reinforce his position.

In this scenario, both of Yi Zheng's white groups above and below will face the risk of being attacked, putting him under immense pressure—a situation that Yun Linglei was hoping for.

Yun Linglei was also deep in thought, now facing the choice of whether or not to stop.

A voice inside me said, "Stop, Ayun. Fighting might not end well."

Another voice chimed in, "If you die, your eggs will face the sky; if you don't die, you'll live for ten thousand years. Why not go for something big? Just cut it off!" Didn't you also determine that this was a favorable situation for you?

Yun Linglei was very conflicted. Simply sticking it on now seemed to give him external influence and looked very comfortable, but in reality, it had no effect whatsoever and even had gaps.

This is not good for Yun Linglei; he is not satisfied with this situation.

After a moment's thought, Yun Linglei chose to cut it off directly. "It's broken?"

Yi Zheng was stunned when he saw this. He really didn't expect Yun Linglei to dare to cut off his battle with him at this time.
No, Senior Brother Yun, even though your name has the character "Yun" in it, you don't really think you can use the Cloud-Dispelling Palm, do you? You didn't perm your hair into the shape of instant noodles either.

Let alone the Cloud-Dispelling Palm, even if you knew the Three-Part Returning Origin Qi, it wouldn't be of any use in the current situation.

Could it really be true that three parts are natural energy and seven parts are hard work, and that hard work doesn't guarantee victory?

Yi Zheng couldn't help but think of what Old Ke had said to him before: "Not only did the enemy not surrender, but they even fought back against me!"
Yi Zheng was feeling this way right now: Yun Linglei actually dared to fight me? He couldn't understand it no matter how hard he tried!

Thinking of this, Yi Zheng did not hesitate at all and immediately used Big Head Ghost's classic technique at the corner.

Actually, this part of the calculation is not difficult for either party. This level of straight line calculation can be easily calculated by changing to any other high level.

Both of them saw a certain future change, meaning they had both calculated it.

Therefore, what the two sides are actually competing in is judgment!

"This exchange..."

The dean of Yunyi Chess Academy, watching the final exchange between the two sides, couldn't help but ponder: "Yun Linglei took advantage of Yi Zheng's weakness of having limited liberties to capture the white stones on the left. Moreover, the white stones on the upper side of the outside are not yet alive, and the white stones on the lower side are also in a very tight liberty situation. Yun Linglei has gained in this exchange, hasn't he?"

Ma Zhaoxu, looking at the chessboard, couldn't help but shake his head: "It looks like Xiaoyun won, but it doesn't seem like she did."

The reason why Ma Zhaoxu was able to surpass his peers back then was because of his high talent and judgment. Even now that he is old, he still senses something unusual.

Never be misled by appearances.

White's position is very strong, but Black's liberties are also very tight.

Indeed, that was the case. The reason Yi Zheng played this variation against Yun Linglei was because he felt that his situation was more favorable. Although his liberties were tight, Yun Linglei's black liberties were tighter than his!

This illustrates how two people can make completely different judgments in the same situation.

Both of them could see the final future scene through calculation, but both felt that the final change in the lower left corner was more advantageous to them. So they were in complete agreement and immediately predicted the final change.

The most skilled experts can calculate all sorts of variations and diagrams, but determining which diagram is better and which variation is optimal is the most difficult part.

This is also where artificial intelligence surpasses humans, because it can not only calculate more changes than humans, but also judge situations more clearly than humans.

70th move, White, crawls along the second line!
Seeing this, Yun Linglei did not hesitate and immediately turned it down.

Yun Linglei's strategy is very clear: sacrifice pieces to gain more resources on the outside, and then return to the left to collect resources.

However, the final result was quite different from what Yun Linglei actually wanted.

There was no way around it; Yun Linglei's judgment was wrong from the very beginning, and his direction was already off.

There's a saying that goes, "If you're going in the wrong direction, the more you calculate, the more disastrous it will be."

Yun Linglei is like that now. He plans everything very well and prepares very thoroughly, but he's just going in the wrong direction from his destination.

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