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

Chapter 327 A bad start
Eighteenth move, White, point!
Yi Zheng directly pointed towards the middle of the two black stones on the board. This is the most common local tactic, countering the two black stones at the top and probing how the opponent would respond.

"If it were me, I would probably stick to the left side first, and then fly to the left to stabilize myself, but if it were Senior Brother Jiang, he would probably go from the right side..."

Before Yi Zheng could finish thinking, Jiang Mobai quickly placed his piece, just as Yi Zheng had predicted, Jiang Mobai placed it directly from the right side.

Jiang Mobai's playing style is very aggressive; whenever a game breaks out, he will definitely step in to help.

His intention in placing the piece on the right side was simple: to put pressure on the white pieces on that side.

However, because of the previous two jumps, Yi Zheng's current move can also restrict Jiang Mobai's escape route, and Jiang Mobai did not hesitate to use the move directly.

Yi Zheng was caught in a long period of contemplation at the start of the game. He had two options: one was to extend the attack outwards, but if he did that, Jiang Mobai would definitely follow and stick out. Once Yi Zheng caught the attack, Jiang Mobai would definitely break the attack.

This way, the game will immediately enter a complex battle, which is what Jiang Mobai wants to see.

After a long period of contemplation, Yi Zheng finally placed the white piece he had been repeatedly caressing on steadily.

Move 22, White, connect.

Yi Zheng was not afraid of fighting, but he did not want the situation to develop in a way that Jiang Mobai preferred, so he chose to stick to it and further prolong the battle.

Jiang Mobai didn't hesitate and went straight out, but Yi Zheng was naturally prepared and rushed in to counterattack.

Seeing Yi Zheng rush up and cut off the opponent, Miao Jun, who was still talking about Yi Zheng, couldn't help but bring the topic back to the chessboard: "Theoretically speaking, if you cut off one side, you should capture that side. But now, if Yi Zheng attacks the other side, he has the ability to roll over, which will directly defeat Jiang Mobai."

Although the resulting difference in skill level isn't significant, top-tier players still find it very distasteful to be beaten like that by their opponents.

In particular, it can cause psychological discomfort, or what is known as a lack of mental clarity.

Therefore, Jiang Mobai, a 9-dan player, chose to fill the gap on the right side and play a tiger move. This way, if he were to be attacked, he would be at a slight disadvantage in the endgame, but he would still have the means to win on the second line. This was Jiang Mobai's intention.

However, to be honest, A-Zheng showed me this before... You'll see from the actual matches, I can only say that Jiang Mobai, 9-dan, is going to suffer a loss.

Miao Jun could see the same thing as Yi Zheng, and Yi Zheng also noticed that Jiang Mobai was slightly inferior to him in this particular area of ​​research.

This resulted in Jiang Mobai being hit by a hidden weapon even though Yi Zheng did not intentionally throw the knife.

No, it should be said that Jiang Mobai deliberately walked into Xiang Yizheng's hidden weapon.

This is a staged accident scam!
Yi Zheng subconsciously pinched a chess piece with his thumb and forefinger, making a gesture that made it easy for the people of the peninsula to break through his defenses.

Just as everyone expected, Jiang Mobai went straight over from the second floor, while Yi Zheng did not hesitate to cut it off from the right.

Upon seeing this step, Jiang Mobai couldn't help but frown, but he hadn't expected there to be another step.

If we stick it now, because the left side is already cheap, the white piece on the right side of the easy capture has become disposable, but it leaves behind all sorts of opportunities to gain the upper hand. Once there are changes such as ko fights later, this area will become extremely disgusting.

So even if he was unwilling, Jiang Mobai now had to eat the little white piece that had broken through the second path.

"It seems that A-Zheng has done a more in-depth study. A-Zheng has gotten the better deal in this area. In the future, A-Zheng's first-strike and cutting methods can be bypassed directly."

Even if Jiang Mobai were to take a more forceful approach and directly rob him, from the current perspective, A Zheng would still benefit no matter what.

However, A-Zheng still habitually holds onto his initiative, and now he's made a move in the center that restricts Black's path. I really want to complain, A-Zheng always tells us that if you don't play the initiative, you might inexplicably find yourself unable to progress later, and that we shouldn't treat it like a family heirloom to be hidden away.

But he kept it when he downloaded it himself; men's words are truly deceitful.

Jiang Mobai realized at this moment that he had been hit by a small flying knife. Although the situation was not too bad, it was obviously not very good.

Especially since Black already has a heavy komi burden under the point-counting system, if it continues to accumulate disadvantages little by little, it can easily lead to defeat.

Especially now that Yi Zheng is forcing himself to return to defense, thinking about gaining an advantage by taking the initiative.

If we actually retreat to defend, the situation will only worsen.

"Young man! You're wicked!"

Jiang Mobai was really annoyed by the shape of the board above. Staying in a defensive position when at a disadvantage was tantamount to a slow death! Defending was impossible, absolutely impossible! The only way to barely maintain the current state of the game was to lead my little black pieces and charge at him, fight our way out!

In Jiang Mobai's dictionary, there are only two words: charge!
Move 35, Black, turn!

Seeing that Jiang Mobai still dared to fight back, Yi Zheng immediately intervened from the second lane: "Senior Brother Jiang, you don't want your weakness to cause problems, do you?"

Jiang Mobai seemed to hear Yi Zheng's words, which were full of colonel-like slang, but even with Yi Zheng's blatant threat to force him to return to defense, Jiang Mobai still did not return!
Good! Good! Good! As expected of Senior Brother Jiang! You're really stubborn!

Yi Zheng picked up another white piece with his fingertips, his expression carrying a nonchalant air of "You choose the path to hell when there's no way to reach it," like a judge slamming his gavel.

"Snapped!"

Fortieth move, White, cut!
Move 42, White, cut!

Yi Zheng made two consecutive moves, completely encircling Jiang Mobai's black stones above him, and the two sides instantly formed a battle pattern.

Looking at the two entangled individuals, Old Ke felt that if it were him, he would definitely have to abandon one of them, but to do so, he had to be ruthless.

Transformation is something you can't just do whenever you want.

In actual combat, Jiang Mobai couldn't bring himself to be so ruthless and simply attacked from above.

"That's it, now Yi Zheng can't shoot from above, even though it looks just as good, but shooting from below..."

Old Ke shook his head as he pictured the fly-swatter-like shape behind it; it was too ugly.

As predicted by Master Ke, Jiang Mobai's face darkened as he looked at the mangled mess on the table.

The black dots were stuck together in an extremely awkward and ugly way, like a swarm of flies that had fallen into syrup, squeezed, flattened, and mushy... There was no beauty to speak of!

Although I'm not a PhD in Japanese aesthetics, the shape on it is just too ugly!
After only fifty moves, Jiang Mobai felt he was already at a disadvantage! The situation was extremely precarious!

The sky collapse begins!

(End of this chapter)