Hikaru no Go: I taught you Go, and you made the Kisei cry?

Snapped.

Seventeen columns and fifteen rows, a small flying hanger!

Looking at this move, YUAN fell into a brief moment of thought for the first time. After a short while, the piece was placed back on the board.

Snapped!

Sixteen columns and five rows, sharp!

The chess piece landed on the board with a deafening sound, causing the hearts of all the chess fans watching to involuntarily clench!

"this……?"

"tip?"

"Is this step placed at the tip?"

"YUAN, who is usually decisive and ruthless, has actually used such an ancient tactic this time. It's really unexpected!"

After that sharp move was made, all the chess fans widened their eyes, and a look of shock appeared on their faces.

Sai was slightly taken aback when he saw this step.

At this moment, Hikaru Shindo couldn't help but ask, "Sai, isn't this... a game you often play?"

Hikaru Shindo remembered that when Sai fought against Su Ran and Akira Touya, Sai would always use this opening move, and he would often choose the sharpest move at this point!

Now, the game is progressing exactly the same as before, except that the roles of those making this move have suddenly been reversed!

Sai became YUAN, who frequently used the Star Position opening, and YUAN became Sai!

Su Ran stared at the tip of the sword, momentarily stunned.

This move has a name that all chess players are extremely familiar with.

Shusaku's little corner, or Shusaku's tip!

This move was made by Honinbo Shusaku, who had a legendary record of never losing with the black pieces during the Edo period.

The reason he never lost when playing black was because of this one skillful move!

At the time, Honinbo Shusaku said that no matter how Go develops in the future, this sharp move will never be a bad move!

Black's first three moves are small, a standard strategy of waiting for White to come and make a move in the corner. Then, Black places a stone in the corner on the fourth move. This kind of opening is the Shusaku style that Sai is best at!

However, today.

The player who used this Shusaku-style move was not Sai, who was known as SAI, but rather his opponent, the mysterious online Go player YUAN!

Is this move a provocation against SAI?

Could it be that YUAN, like himself, had already figured out SAI's identity?

and.

Even though he knew that SAI was the former Honinbo Shusaku, the powerful YUAN was still confident that he could use his opponent's most proficient technique to defeat Sai!

This is simply...

That's incredibly arrogant!

Upon seeing this, Su Ran became interested in this mysterious YUAN for the first time.

"Is it a coincidence? Or..."

Looking at the chess game displayed on the computer screen, Sai was momentarily filled with doubt and uncertainty.

Even now, he's not entirely sure if the other person has truly recognized him.

At that moment, a piercing pain suddenly came from the depths of Sai's soul.

The pain was so intense and sudden that even he, who was usually gentle, couldn't help but furrow his brows!

"This...this feeling is!?"

The piercing pain in his soul sent a shiver down Sai's spine. He had a vague premonition that this game of chess...

This should be my last game—

A game of farewell!

“My time…” Sai looked at Hikaru Shindo with reluctance, a sense of sadness rising in his heart for no reason: “It’s finally here.”

Sai took a deep breath, clearing his mind of distractions, and guided Hikaru Shindo to continue placing the pieces on the board.

Hey.

Three columns and six rows, Little Fly!

YUAN followed Sai's move with a black stone, as if he had anticipated Sai's move.

Sai was not to be outdone and quickly placed his pieces.

However, the sense of detachment deep within his soul was growing stronger and stronger.

Both sides made their moves with lightning speed.

Everyone was intently watching the game, and the entire viewing room fell silent.

This layout appears perfectly calm, but beneath the surface lies a turbulent undercurrent, like a raging storm!

"This chess player named SAI placed his first two moves on the star point..."

Touya Kouhiro raised his head and stared intently at SAI's ID: "In his previous games, this was an unimaginable move... His previous specialty, Shusaku Komoku, has been studied by too many players in the past 140 years."

"Especially now, Go has the burden of komi (ko money)..."

"This approach of aiming for a solid initial setup and then waiting for an opportunity to strike later is no longer able to withstand the impact of skilled players."

Touya Kouhiro gazed intently at the two combatants, his deep eyes filled with a look of inquiry:

"However, at this very moment, that chess player named YUAN is very likely an artificial intelligence..."

"To be honest, it was a powerful opponent that made me feel uneasy and incredibly shocked."

“Normally speaking, if you're going to use Shusaku's sharp footwork... you can't just not go for a more powerful move.”

"So……"

Touya Kouhiro stared intently at the chessboard, as if trying to decipher Yuan's thought process.

"This chess player, which is suspected to be an artificial intelligence, possesses powerful computing capabilities."

"How... exactly will he play?"

On the other end of the computer.

Su Ran was also extremely curious about what kind of game YUAN would play.

Although the Shusaku style has been used for over 140 years and Go has a komi rule, Su Ran does not believe that Sai's move will be eliminated by the times.

However, with the added burden of targeting, certain changes need to be made to pursue stronger and more powerful techniques!

Otherwise, when the skill levels are similar, using the small eye point, also known as the Shusaku style, can only win by three to five points, and cannot withstand the pressure of six and a half points!

So, what will YUAN do?

The pieces continued to fall onto the chessboard.

The two sides, black and white, were like armies facing each other. Although the atmosphere was tense and the swords were drawn, they had not yet clashed and a real war had not broken out!

Yuan and Sai are like the commanders of two armies, determined to determine the victor and fight to the death on this chessboard battlefield drawn by the computer!

"Since I am the white player and move second, I am already at a slight disadvantage, and he will never make any rash moves."

Sai stared intently at the Go board, his mind racing as he considered the various possible outcomes of each move. He deduced seven or eight possible variations, and even dozens of moves for each variation!

Of course, this seems insignificant compared to the tens of thousands or even millions of steps of computation that artificial intelligence can perform.

However, humans possess something called a global perspective.

To give an example, when human chess players are deducing a game, they will stop calculating after a few dozen moves because their calculation ability is insufficient. Moreover, as humans, we can generally judge the pros and cons of the situation based on our overall strategic perspective.

If the situation is unfavorable, there is naturally no need to continue calculating.

But AI is different. No matter what the situation, AI will keep calculating endlessly!

Therefore, the ability to see the big picture is something that AI can never possess, and it is also the only thing that humans can rely on to compete with AI!

AI lacks a holistic perspective; it possesses only cold, calculating power, using near-suffocating and despair-inducing precision to compensate for this lack of a holistic perspective!

When the computational depth reaches a level unimaginable to humans, and the precision of calculation becomes terrifying to humans, then AI essentially possesses a holistic perspective!

This is why, in Su Ran's original world, human chess players felt despair when facing AlphaGo!

"The reason why I fell into a disadvantageous position without realizing it in the previous game against THESAI was mainly because my thinking on the game was suppressed."

Sai raised his head, his mind flashing back to the game he lost to Su Ran last time.

Then, he lowered his head again and looked at the chessboard.

"Therefore, this time, facing a strong opponent in the new era, I must seize the initiative in the game, drag my opponent into the most complex situation from the very beginning, and find my chance of survival in the most intense battle!"

"THESAI taught me that a purely defensive approach will never be without weaknesses."

"Coincidentally, in this game, this opponent named YUAN played my best move, the small eye..."

"I could sense that he was also yearning for that most intense and complex battle."

"Since our hopes are aligned, then let us, on this chessboard..."

Sai instructed Hikaru Shindo to click the mouse on a spot on the board and place another piece.

Let's settle this!

Snapped!

Fourteen columns and twelve rows, jump!

Upon seeing this move, all the chess fans watching the game, including Touya Kouyo and Su Ran, tensed up and their faces showed surprise.

"SAI... wants to take the initiative and test Kuroko!"

"You're already planning an attack?"

"They're only in the planning stage, not even finished yet, and they're already eager to launch an offensive. SAI's momentum is really overwhelming today!"

When Ogata Seiji saw this move, he couldn't help but lean closer to the computer screen. His glasses were already broken, and he seemed to want to see it more clearly!