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

Chapter 413 The Cognitive Gap

"I was a little unlucky the day before yesterday, but I'm absolutely confident I can win today."

Looking at Jiang Mobai, who was brimming with confidence and high spirits in front of him, Yi Zheng simply nodded calmly and replied briefly, "Yes, we will win."

"You will win! But you need to understand, in the end, I'm the one who will defeat you!"

Yi Zheng looked at Jiang Mobai, who had already started humming a cheerful tune, and quietly switched his nodding gesture of agreement to a slight head shake.

It seems that the match two days ago, in which he narrowly lost by half a point, has once again instilled Jiang Mobai with a great deal of confidence and hope.

But in reality, when the game reached the final crucial transition phase, Yi Zheng was already certain that he would win. The only variable was whether the final margin of victory would be larger or smaller.

The strong are lucky, but if you attribute all the victories of the strong to luck, then you will probably never be able to defeat the strong in your entire life.

Today, the roles of black and white are reversed, with Yi Zheng playing white.

Jiang Mobai, playing black, chose the Star Point and Large Kickbox opening, which was AlphaGo's favorite opening when playing black online.

Yi Zheng was once quite puzzled as to why Ke Lao liked this layout. Upon hearing this, Ke Lao shook his head and said it wasn't because he liked the layout, but because artificial intelligence had once used this layout to defeat everyone online. Now that it was his turn, he was just commemorating it.

While it's called a memorial, Yi Zheng feels it's more of a perverse sense of humor from Mr. Ke...

However, it is clear that human Go players who have studied AlphaGo (Ke Lao) are now conducting in-depth research on this opening and exploring it in games. For example, Jiang Mobai used it to deal with Yi Zheng.

When facing Yi Zheng's carefree corner, Jiang Mobai uses his signature sharp attack. These tactics would have been unacceptable to most people a year or two ago, but they are now widely used and have become popular.

However, Yi Zheng ignored Jiang Mobai's threat and instead went to the lower right corner to perform a small flying maneuver. Jiang Mobai did not choose to fly to the top or another small flying maneuver, but instead chose to fly a large flying maneuver.

"The order of this group is very important. White must first make a move from the right side. Otherwise, if this group is not played first, the black group on the right side will quickly expand its territory."

However, if White ignores the initial move, it will also be at a disadvantage if White is directly cornered, so Yi Zheng's move order here is correct.

Looking at the layout on the chessboard, Miao Jun spoke listlessly. Although he had been eliminated in the first round for so many days, he had clearly not recovered yet.

But when he heard someone next to him ask who he thought would win today, Miao Jun clapped his hands and exclaimed, "Is that even a question? Is that even a question to ask? Yi Huang is invincible! I'm impressed!"

Miao Jun grew angrier the more he thought about it. Yi Zheng always said he had no spirit, but how could I have any spirit after you beat me up like this!
Couldn't you be a little gentler? Give me a glimmer of hope, so I have something to strive for!

But Yi Zheng couldn't help but shake his head when he heard this. The more you do this, the worse you'll end up. Just look at Jiang Mobai and you'll see.

Yi Zheng looked at Jiang Mobai's choices on the chessboard and silently began to calculate in his mind: "So, he really is focusing his efforts on the right side?"

Because the upper right corner is Jiang Mobai's small eye big flying piece, and the lower left corner is Yi Zhengxing's piece, if the direction is placed below, it will obviously be restrained in the future. Therefore, Jiang Mobai must find a way to make a move on the right side.

Jiang Mobai, on the other hand, was hoping that Yi Zheng would follow up with Ying Yishou below, and then he would quickly start to encircle the area on the right.

But how could Yi Zheng possibly do as he wished?

22nd move, White, Ban!

It wasn't bent down, but rather bent up on the right side. Seeing this, Jiang Mobai's eyes narrowed instantly: "Here we go again, this crippled fellow challenging my strength!"

Jiang Mobai had considered that Yi Zheng might try to limit his expansion on the right, but he believed that Yi Zheng would directly penetrate the area, aiming to use the remaining troops that he had defeated later.

But who would have thought that Yi Zheng would be so bold, and he immediately wanted to take action!

You think you can challenge my strength with just two broken pieces? With my eight pieces, there's no way I can lose to those two!

Jiang Mobai felt that no matter what, he had no reason to back down, even if the opponent was playing AlphaGo, he couldn't back down!
Jiang Mobai didn't hesitate at all and immediately cut off the two white stones to capture. Looking at the two white stones still leaning against his strong position, no matter what! Ten against two, he couldn't lose!
There's no reason for us to fail now!

Not to mention that if Yi Zheng sticks to him now, he will only get heavier and heavier, and will be caught in a pincer attack.

Even if you break yourself down and just make one move, there's still no good way to proceed.

"The master dog used its superior skills to defeat the enemy! A great success!"

Jiang Mobai instantly felt a sense of clarity, as if victory was already beckoning to him.

But what Yi Zheng did next completely surprised him.

Yi Zheng directly pointed at Jiang Mobai's small eye and large flying guard corner, which stunned Jiang Mobai.

Even if Yi Zheng came up, he felt it was normal. After all, Yi Zheng always liked to do this: first test the waters from above, and then think about how to deal with the two pieces on the right.

But isn't clicking directly at me a blatant no-no? Are you trying to help me improve?

The original weakness of the small eye big fly guard corner was that the position was relatively large, so it was relatively empty. Now you are here to help me move it?

Jiang Mobai felt that he could only barely protect the corner, while Yi Zheng's moves on the right side were very poor, with broken points everywhere.

In comparison, Jiang Mobai felt that he was very strong from head to toe, without any weaknesses.

However, Yi Zheng's perspective is completely different.

Although he was very light, he had already integrated all the scattered soldiers together. It looked like an ordinary move, but in fact he had achieved the best effect.

Moreover, you can discard or take any part at any time; if you break it, I'll give it to you without any pressure.

Jiang Mobai may appear strong and powerful, but his potential for development has actually been quietly compressed to its limit.

To put it bluntly, it's all dead muscle! It's not useful!
Cyber ​​Go is all about neutralizing force! It's about using minimal force to overcome maximum strength!
"The gap is still a gap in concepts."

Looking at the situation on the chessboard, Old Ke couldn't help but shake his head. He could clearly tell what Yi Zheng and Jiang Mobai were thinking.

After all, he had once come from that mindset, and looking back now, it's truly a transformation as vast as the changing world.

(End of this chapter)