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

Chapter 366 The Duality of Life and Death

The fifteenth move, Black plays a sharp move!
"That's really unwise!"

Katsuya Takenouchi looked at the situation on the chessboard and fanned himself with his fan: "Young people are too competitive. They always want to create something new, thinking that they are different and can surpass their predecessors."

But in reality, the way of Go is profound and mysterious. Only by mastering it can one develop a deep respect for the game.

Although our predecessors had their problems, the wisdom they have accumulated over thousands of years, refined and passed down by countless generations of top chess players, may have occasional oversights, but those minor flaws do not detract from the overall beauty of their work.

Young and arrogant, he looked down on everyone, believing himself to be invincible, regarding the sages of the past as mere "bones in a tomb," and always complaining that the advice of his elders was too noisy. "Hmph..."

Katsuya Takenouchi naturally understood the so-called pride of youth. Who hasn't been young? In fact, who wasn't like that when they were young?

Back then, I felt invincible. I thought all the predecessors were just bones in a tomb. How dare they use such things to educate me?

But the further I went, the more I realized that I was really nothing special, and what I thought was right was nothing more than fleeting smoke in the end.

At the beginning, he had lofty ambitions, but in the end, he found that his life was as fragile as paper.

So, even if it costs him the championship, it's worth it for him to give this young man a good talking-to.

It's not a good thing for young people to be too arrogant; the higher they climb, the harder they'll fall.

Katsuya Takenouchi even asserted: "It's better to fall early than to climb to the top of the clouds and then fall down! By then, you won't even be able to pick up the bone fragments."

"It definitely doesn't feel like it's going to be easy to walk."

Jiang Mobai felt that he still couldn't understand Yi Zheng's thinking. Once it's sharpened, it definitely can't grow longer, otherwise Kuroki Teruto would use his strength to surround the left side, which would not only look good but also increase the overall pressure on Yi Zheng.

"Yi Zhengfei made a move, trying to test Kuroki Teruto."

"It's still not easy. There's no way Kuroki Teruto can beat him. What top-tier 9-dan player would misjudge the outcome?"

"I won't, anyway."

It seems that people can only relieve some pressure by making self-deprecating jokes, since in everyone's view, Yi Zheng's start this time was indeed not good.

What should have been a point where points were easily earned ended up being lost.

Hearing their discussion, Old Ke silently turned his head to the side. If he didn't know that these people couldn't see him, he would have shouted, "How dare you! Who are you implying to!"
I wasn't wrong before; I had lured the enemy deep into my trap! That was the trick that fooled my opponent!

So I didn't misread it; it was a trick!

"This step is indeed difficult to deal with. If we block it, we'll be finished if we get separated! Kuroki Teruto's Chinese style setup is quite good here."

Kuroki Teruto wasn't in a good mood at the moment. He felt that Yi Zheng had made such a bad start because of the bet with Takenouchi.

Such an imperfect game...

Kuroki Teruto couldn't help but take a deep breath. He couldn't say much now that the match was in progress, and could only hope that Yi Zheng could get through it on his own.

Yi Zheng, your chess moves shouldn't be like this.

But Yi Zheng said, "That's how my game is. You'll be stuck in a rut soon enough, my friend." Eighteenth move, White, whack!
Upon seeing this move, Teruto Kuroki froze on the spot. He truly hadn't expected that Go could be played in such a way.
"Holy crap! This is a really good spot, I never thought of it before."

Upon seeing this move, Yun Linglei immediately stood up: "Beautiful and elegant! If Heimu wants to play aggressively now, Yi Zheng can directly sacrifice a piece to speed things up and gain a better overall position! As expected of Yi Zheng, who plays white!"

Tashi Sangye thought there was nothing wrong with the diagram: "This diagram seems alright, Black should just hold back for now."

Just one step away from being in paradise, another step pulls you back to earth. How can you possibly endure it so easily?

Emotions are always the most unpredictable and elusive variable in the battle of human wisdom.

Teruto Kuroki said that he simply couldn't stand it!

Without hesitation! Without any further thought! Almost instinctively, Kuroki Teruto picked up a shiny black Go piece and, with a sense of swift severing of all worries, slammed it down with a loud "smack!"
Let's settle this like men! Yi Zheng!
"Although there are some clever ideas, the starting point was problematic. Excessive innovation always makes it seem like the predecessors were wrong, which will only lead to self-inflicted harm in the end."

Seeing the battle unfold between the two sides, Takenouchi Katsuya breathed a slight sigh of relief, and his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, was also somewhat at ease. Originally, Yi Zheng's move had taken him by surprise, and he felt that it would be difficult to handle.

However, unexpectedly, Kuroki Teruto found the best way to deal with it. In this way, the two white stones on the top should have been captured, and the white stones in the middle are still under attack.

Even if Lee Jun-hyuk were at his peak, it would be impossible to manage two groups of stones simultaneously.

Kuroki Teruto's strategy was also very clear: he wanted to use a combination of punches to take down Yi Zheng right from the start. Yi Zheng was really too cunning, and he really couldn't be given any chance!

Yi Zheng looked at Kuroki Teruto, who was playing aggressively, and rested his chin on his knees while looking at the chessboard: "Kuroki Teruto underestimated the vitality of the two white stones on top. In your eyes, they are already dead beyond dead."

But sometimes, a dead piece is more useful than a living one!

Thinking of this, Yi Zheng took out a white piece and placed it directly in the upper left corner of the chessboard.

Move 26, White, Ban!

"It can't even be blocked?!"

Upon seeing this, Kuroki Teruto was completely stunned, because in his mind, the two white stones above were already firmly in his grasp, and there shouldn't be any problems.

He didn't even consider whether this part was alive or dead, because one glance was enough to tell that it was beyond dead.

However, when Yi Zheng actually made his move, he suddenly realized that if he blocked him now, Yi Zheng could directly play the second line push, and the white stones on the left side would be completely dealt with, and he would also break through his blockade in one fell swoop.

"Yi Zheng's most disgusting side has appeared!"

Looking at the situation on the chessboard, the Chinese graduate students couldn't help but exchange glances, and then they all involuntarily revealed a wry smile, as if they had all thought of some experience.

Almost everyone present had been disgusted by Yi Zheng's move countless times, and they loathed it! But they couldn't find a good way to deal with it, let alone a way to break it.

Yi Zheng's unique characteristic in the game is the duality of life and death.

Some pieces are dead, but they are still alive.

(End of this chapter)