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

Chapter 362 Fly Swatter

"There's no way to cut it off; we can't hold onto the two black stones below."

Kuroki Teruto immediately ruled out the wrong answer and frantically racked his brains for a solution. From the beginning until now, Kuroki Teruto felt that his thinking was extremely sharp, even flowing smoothly.

Kuroki Teruto truly felt like he was in such good form for the first time in his life, as if the heavens were helping him defeat the raging demon king before him.

Kuroki Teruto remained extremely calm, even closing his eyes to slowly ponder. Countless thoughts raced through his mind, a faint flash of light appeared, followed by the sound of Kuroki Teruto placing his piece.

Fortieth move, White, clamp!
"Brilliant! Beautiful! A stroke of genius!"

Katsuya Takenouchi in the research lab couldn't help but applaud and cheer for Teruto Kuroki: "As expected of Teruto Kuroki, the greatest genius in the third generation. He is almost perfect in every aspect."

The timing of this clamp was absolutely perfect!
Even if Black pushes outwards now, as long as White follows up, Black will be in a very difficult position.

In this round, Kuroki Teruto's winning percentage has reached over 80%. After securing a winning start, this year's championship should belong to us!

Listening to the discussion over there, Yun Linglei originally wanted to argue, but looking at the situation on the chessboard, he also felt a bit of a headache.

Because it seems that, just as the other side said, Kuroki Teruto performed quite well in this round.

In the current situation, if Black directly captures the stones below, White cannot connect with them at all. However, if Black captures them directly, White's stones below will become thicker, and White can also create space on the left side to completely fill the gap.

Yi Zheng was once known as invincible from the start. His opening moves were extremely strange but very effective. Some people even said that a normal professional would be utterly defeated by Yi Zheng after fifty moves.

But today, why does it seem like Kuroki Teruto has the upper hand over Yi Zheng at the start?

"How come Kuroki Teruto got such a good start? Shouldn't a normal person be completely suppressed by Yi Zheng at the start?"

From the perspective of the people present, it seems that Yi Zheng is at a slight disadvantage in terms of the start.

Upon hearing this, Old Ke, who was standing nearby, immediately became dissatisfied: "If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense! Where is Yi Zheng at a disadvantage? White's komi advantage is almost gone! Kuroki Teru's winning percentage is probably only around 20%!"

A bunch of ignorant people are here bragging! Spreading rumors and misleading people! They even dare to slander our Yi Zheng Gege!

In the competition room, Yi Zheng simply extended his hand outwards, and the two sides immediately formed a stalemate. Although Yi Zheng captured two stones, he was directly beaten into a ball of nine coins by Kuroki Teruto.

The lines of the keel that were originally visible have now been pounded into a burnt, crooked pancake, stuck in that corner of the chessboard.

The chess pieces are crammed together, clumsy and heavy, with no discernible pattern, enough to drive any viewer with "chess pattern obsession" crazy.

In the dictionary of Go aesthetics, it is undoubtedly labeled with a series of sarcastic tags such as "bad shape", "turtle shape" and "foolish shape", and belongs to the negative example that should be hung on the pillar of shame for repeated criticism.

However, Kuroki Teruto's mood is undoubtedly one of immense pleasure after beating his opponent to such a state. After all, flattening the shape of the black stones is a very pleasant experience for humans.

Especially considering how AlphaGo had grotesquely turned him into a miserable state back then, leaving him wishing for death, he never expected to receive such treatment from Yi Zheng today.

Great news!
That interest is really good!

Meanwhile, in the research room, Takenouchi Katsuya shook his head in disgust at the shape the black stones had formed: "Can this still be called Go? I'd rather just resign than play a shape like this!"
This is blasphemous against Go! This shape shouldn't even appear on the board! Playing it like this completely destroys the game's spirit!

He was heartbroken, as if Yi Zheng hadn't made a move in Go, but rather splashed a bucket of cheap paint on his beloved kimono in front of the whole world: "Aesthetics! Elegance! These are the soul of Go! This kind of shape only deserves to be in the trash can!"

Those around him were already used to it; after all, anyone familiar with Go would know this was a classic scene: Takenouchi was pointing out the board positions. If someone were streaming it now, the chat would probably be flooded with comments like, "Takenouchi's aesthetic rant for today has arrived!" "Classic!", "Here we go again!", "He's getting impatient!", "Elegance never goes out of style!"

However, in Yi Zheng's view, whether it's the foolish type or the beautiful type, the essence is how to make oneself more efficient and how to achieve victory.

The essence of Go is not to exclude foolishness; it only excludes foolish humans.

But now, in everyone's eyes, Black has already been reduced to this shape, and there is no doubt that White has the advantage.

As for Yi Zheng's view: "The disadvantage of sticking to the target has been recovered, and now it is my advantage!"

Yi Zheng's view is very simple. In terms of local aspects, everyone's gains are actually similar. Although his own shape looks bulky, he has no weaknesses at all and is very solid.

Kuroki Teruto's shape looks beautiful, but there are some imperfections in the design.

Yi Zheng did not rush to connect the two pieces, but first went to the lower right corner to place the three-three point.

After making some preparations elsewhere, Yi Zheng was ready to take action.

A beautiful shape is useless if it has a weakness; it will become all show and no substance.

Move 69, Black, point!

Upon seeing this, Kuroki Teruto's brows furrowed instantly, as if he had been struck on some pressure point.

Yi Zheng can now jump down to attack or jump up to defend, and he is also aiming at his own weak point.

"We definitely can't surround it from below, otherwise the efficiency would be far too low!"

Looking at the situation on the board, Kuroki Teruto immediately picked up a white stone and launched a sharp attack from above, intending to launch a strong assault on the invading black stone.

"Holy crap, there's actually a way to do that? Kuroki Teruto's shape does have some flaws, but it can still be used like this?"

Seeing the battle unfolding below, Chu Tianjiao couldn't help but remark that Yi Zheng was not only targeting the break point but also putting pressure on the white pieces on the right.

"After a black stone is dropped in, it directly threatens two strong groups. Only Yi Zheng can do something so outrageous."

Jiang Mobai couldn't help but sigh. The orphan was someone who survived by living in the cracks, being hunted down and barely clinging to life before finally making it out.

Yi Zheng, on the contrary, is the one threatening the enemy's big dragon! A bunch of scattered soldiers are about to wipe out the enemy's regular army!

"Looking at it this way, Kuroki Teruto's shape is beautiful but has a weakness, while Yi Zheng's shape is ugly but has no weakness."

"fallacy!"

Upon hearing this, Takenouchi Katsuya at the next table slammed his fist on the table and stood up. As a senior figure in the Go world, he naturally couldn't possibly be unable to understand Chinese, let alone accept such a statement!

Regardless of the circumstances, the situation just now was definitely better for Kuroki Teruto; the victory of the beautiful over the foolish is the inevitable outcome of justice triumphing over evil!

"If you Chinese Go players continue playing like this, it's like opening Pandora's box! Sooner or later you'll stray onto the wrong path!"

(End of this chapter)