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

Chapter 337 I'm Just an Ordinary World Number One
"Don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting you."

Yi Zheng glanced at the chessboard and couldn't help but sigh, but when he looked up, he saw Jiang Mobai's unfriendly gaze on the other side.

Yi Zheng quickly explained, afraid of causing any misunderstanding, "I'm not mocking you, please don't misunderstand, I'm not that kind of person."

Jiang Mobai didn't distrust Yi Zheng; after all, they were all so familiar with each other, and Yi Zheng had no reason to deliberately disgust him out of boredom: "Then why are you sighing?"

Yi Zheng shook his head upon hearing this: "I just had a distorted view of myself, and now I feel a little disappointed."

"what?"

Jiang Mobai found this strange. What was there to be disappointed about? You've been in amazing form lately, with so many consecutive wins. You might even break Li Junhe's record for consecutive wins at his peak.

To be fair, Jiang Mobai felt that Yi Zheng's record was more valuable, since many of Li Junhe's records were from domestic competitions in Silla. Everyone knew that the overall level of many Silla players was quite high.

Lee Jun-hyuk himself couldn't possibly not participate in domestic competitions, after all, Go in Silla was made prosperous because of him, and a bunch of bosses insisted that he participate in the competitions.

It's true that it's easier to negotiate tournament sponsorships when you have the world's number one player. For example, when Kobe was the world's number one, the Go Association said it was very easy to negotiate sponsorships. As long as Kobe participated, there were people willing to invest money.

This is also why many world number ones cannot reduce their number of matches, because they have to participate in matches out of obligation to be number one in the world.

For example, Shen Zi wanted to withdraw from the national team competition, but he was still forced to participate with a wildcard.

Of course, this is the world's number one problem.

"The main problem was the poor quality of this game; I made quite a few mistakes."

Upon hearing Yi Zheng's reason, Jiang Mobai couldn't help but roll his eyes: "You expect to make absolutely no mistakes? Even AlphaGo can't do that. Isn't it normal for mistakes to happen? You're not a god."

Many people are still studying AlphaGo, and they can still find that AlphaGo occasionally makes some small mistakes. It's just that sometimes you can't catch them during the game, and sometimes you can't deliver a fatal blow.

However, because AlphaGo is so powerful, everyone has already voluntarily dethroned it.

It's not that I think it's some kind of artificial intelligence or anything like that. After all, these days, if you criticize someone's cooking, you'll be mocked for being as scared as a computer.

It's just that because AlphaGo is so strong and doesn't participate in official competitions, everyone assumes that it's listed separately and not included in the ranking of normal humans.

After all, judging from his behavior, he really isn't human!

Not to mention the average world number one, who typically has a win rate of around 70-80% throughout the year, which is already a remarkable achievement.

That means winning seven or eight out of ten games and consistently winning international championships every year would make you the undisputed world number one.

Even so, failure is the norm, and it's impossible to think that an era has ended just because you lost one game.

It's even more infuriating when someone like Yi Zheng, after winning, still feels like he didn't play well and keeps sighing!

"The mid-game is so complex. Before you made your move, I didn't feel confident that I would definitely win. That's normal."

Jiang Mobai didn't even feel that this was Yi Zheng's mistake. Such judgment is too difficult for humans. Yi Zheng is just being too hard on himself.

In his opinion, the quality of this game was already very high, and Yi Zheng played quite well, especially in bringing his own ability to control the isolated enemy to the extreme.

Yi Zheng shook his head, looking disappointed: "I beat AlphaGo a while ago, although I suffered a crushing defeat in the first round, but I still feel that my strength has reached its peak, and I have reached the point where I can defeat everyone."

The first game against you even reinforced this misconception. Looking at it that way, my complete victory in the first game had a larger element of luck. This game also served as a wake-up call; my skill level hasn't reached what I expected. I've only reached the current so-called world number one ranking; I haven't surpassed the gap between other world number ones and my contemporaries. I still have a long way to go.

Yi Zheng is certain that he may have already reached the world's number one level, or even surpassed the previous world number one.

This is perfectly normal. The overall level of Go improves in a spiral, and the current world number one is definitely stronger than the world number one of the past.

It's meaningless to compare yourself to people from the past; you should compare yourself to people from the present.

After the competition, Yi Zheng realized that his overall win rate for the year was only around 80%, which was still a long way from his dream of a 100% win rate.

Jiang Mobai was stunned when he heard this. Why is it that even though there isn't a single swear word in what you said, it still makes me feel so uncomfortable and annoyed?

You just said you weren't targeting me, but what you said sounds like you were saying...

I'm not targeting anyone in particular, I'm saying that everyone here is trash.
What does it mean to be the world's number one in ordinary terms?

I admit you're very strong, but you know you'll get beaten up if you keep showing off like that!
However, what Yi Zheng didn't know was that although the game ended, the live broadcast did not stop immediately. His sincere self-analysis was broadcast live, and almost everyone thought that Yi Zheng was in Versailles.

In an instant, the live stream exploded! The silence in reality and the frenzy in the virtual world created a magical contrast.

"????????????????" (The screen is full of question marks)

"Yi Shen: I'm just an ordinary world number one (doge emoji for protection)" (doge emojis flooding the screen)

"'Number One in the Ordinary World'? A new Versailles unit of measurement?"

"Li Junhe: Don't mention it, the Silla Chess Academy broke my question mark key (leans back tactically)!"

"Li Junhe: His hand trembled slightly as he drank his coffee.jpg"

"Number one in the world: Oh no, I've become a unit of measurement! (Slaps table and laughs)"

"Li Junhe: Number one in the world for ordinary people? Translate what you mean by 'ordinary'? What the hell do you mean by 'ordinary'?!"

"I've reported it! Someone here is using vulgar language to hurt the feelings of innocent viewers!"

"No? You guys actually believed that? This is clearly the 'winner's sage time,' okay! It's Yi Shen's post-match philosophy time!"

"I've learned something! Next time I get 100, I'll say: 'Oh well, it's just a regular perfect score...'"

"Is the director up to something? Is he trying to make sure we don't hear Yi Shen's 'low-key remarks'?"

Yi Zheng: The first is the limit of this world, but not my limit.

A comment appeared in Yun Linglei's live stream: "Brother Yi, this cup is served... so elegantly and uniquely, I admit defeat! (clasps hands in a fist)"

In summary, everyone's reaction boils down to one sentence: Being number one in the world isn't enough, buddy! What more do you want?

But countless professional players are also eager to break Yi Zheng's winning streak!

Now, if I could just beat Yi Zheng in one game, I'd probably become famous.

Number one in the world! We haven't even agreed to that yet!
(End of this chapter)