Chapter 382 Farewell Battle
“Squeak.”
With a creaking sound, the door of the chat room was gently pushed open.
The two referees and the music notator in the chess talk room were shocked when they heard the words, and they immediately raised their heads and looked towards the door of the chess talk room.
Yu Shao stood at the door of the chess talk room and glanced into the room. He saw that the chess table in the middle of the room was empty on both sides. It was obvious that Jiang Changdong had not arrived yet.
Soon Yu Shao withdrew his gaze, entered the chess talk room, walked straight to the chess table in the middle of the room, stopped on the left side of the chess table, then pulled out a chair and sat down, waiting quietly.
About five minutes later, the door of the chat room was finally opened again.
Jiang Changdong, who was wearing a neat black suit, first glanced at Yu Shao at the door with a slightly gloomy expression.
After a few seconds, Jiang Changdong finally took a step forward, walked to the opposite side of Yu Shao, pulled out a chair with some heavy movements, and sat down opposite Yu Shao!
"There are only ten minutes left in the game!"
A referee looked at the watch on his wrist, then looked at Yu Shao and Jiang Changdong who were sitting opposite each other, with mixed feelings in his heart.
"This is the last round of the national team competition..."
"This game will determine who will eventually win the title of national player, one of the seven highest honors in Chinese Go."
"I will witness this game of chess with my own eyes."
Tick, tick, tick.
Time passes by every second.
Everyone is waiting for the final game to begin.
At the beginning, all the major chess halls, chess academy broadcasting rooms, chess and card rooms, etc. were a bit noisy because there were so many people.
But as the game time approached, the sounds began to get smaller and smaller, and an inexplicable feeling of oppression filled the air, like a precursor to a coming storm.
Quiet.
It's so quiet.
Looking back at this national team competition, from the preliminaries to the main competition, and then from the main competition to the challenge competition, it lasted for a year, which was very long and gave everyone too many surprises and shocks.
An extremely complicated emotion surged in everyone's heart.
Over the past year, countless chess players have fought in title battles. They have continued to climb upwards, trying to comprehend the difficult mysteries on the chessboard.
There are frustrations, bitterness, sadness, and joy...
Everything in this year will come to an end with the upcoming game of chess.
This is it, the final official move! Finally!
"Time is up!"
A referee stared at the watch on his hand, and when he saw the hour hand pointed to ten, he stood up.
And the moment he stood up, he actually felt as if an invisible pressure was coming towards him! The referee calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Previously, both sides had one win and one loss. This game is the last one. The winner will get the title of this year's national champion!"
"In the second game, Yu Shao 3rd dan plays white, and Jiang Changdong plays black. In this game, the first and second moves will be exchanged. Yu Shao 3rd dan plays black, and Jiang Changdong plays white!"
"The game time is three hours for each side, with a one and a half minute countdown, and Black has a seven and a half point handicap!"
"Now, the game begins!"
The moment the referee's voice fell, in the hand-talk room where a calligraphy piece "Sitting and Discussing the Tao" was hung high, Jiang Changdong bowed slightly towards Yu Shao, and Yu Shao followed suit in return.
The ceremony is over.
The decisive battle has finally arrived! Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, quickly picked up the chess piece, and gently made the first move under the watchful eyes of the whole world.
Da! Seventeen columns and four rows, small eyes!
“Click!”
Seeing Yu Shao make his move, Jiang Changdong reached his right hand into the chess box, and the chess pieces in the box suddenly collided with each other.
Jiang Changdong stared at the chessboard closely, his mind almost uncontrollably recalling the second match of the national team tournament a week ago, his teeth slightly clenched.
"I started learning Go when I was five years old, and I have been playing Go for more than 30 years, while he has only been a professional Go player for a year!"
“I can’t lose.”
Jiang Changdong's eyes were more determined than ever before, and even had a hint of fierceness in them. He finally took the chess piece out of the chess box and slammed it down!
"No matter what, I won't allow myself to lose!"
Snap! Four columns and sixteen rows, star! Yu Shao stared at the chessboard in front of him in silence, then quickly reached out his hand, picked out the black piece again, and gently dropped it.
clatter.
Sixteen columns and seventeen rows, small eye! Seeing Yu Shao's move, Jiang Changdong almost instantly took out the chess piece, and dropped it with a breathtaking speed and a slight sense of pressure! Da! Four columns and four rows, star!
At this point in the game, Black has made a small mistake, right, White has two stars in a row!
"The next move can be to go for the 3-3 position, or to fly and hang. Of course, guarding the corner is also a possible move."
The moment the white chess piece fell, Yu Shao almost instantly thought of several ways to respond.
Point 33 is a relatively solid move that invades the corners.
Flying hook is the most powerful means to pursue offense.
And defending the corner is the choice of waiting and watching the situation.
Yu Shao quickly reached into the chess box, subconsciously thinking about which flying move to make.
However, the moment his fingertips touched the chess piece, Yu Shao's right hand suddenly stopped.
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard where only four moves had been made, and there was an inexplicable complexity in his eyes.
At this moment, he seemed to see his past self, and everything in the past came to his mind one by one.
At the age of twelve, I successfully qualified for the professional chess competition, participated in my first professional competition, lost my first game, and won my first championship...
Even today, he still remembers every move he made in his previous life, even though he is no longer in the same world, and perhaps he will never forget it for the rest of his life.
In his previous life, he did not fight fiercely with his opponents. He often used his strength to overwhelm his opponents, defeating them without fighting, controlling the board until the endgame, sweeping the chess world and defeating countless opponents.
Now, starting from the second game of the national chess match, he has become different from his previous life.
"Perhaps, it's time to say goodbye properly..."
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard quietly.
All the chess games that he had played in his previous life and were hailed as "famous games" seemed to appear before his eyes one by one at this moment. He still remembered what he was thinking when he made each move.
When he traveled through time, he was in Jiangling, and now the last battle of the national team competition is also in Jiangling.
There is no better place to say goodbye than here.
"If the ghost in my heart were to disappear silently like this, he... would definitely be very unwilling to accept it."
"In any case, he did reach the end of Go, but he could no longer go on. He had to take a new path, otherwise he would not be able to reach a higher realm..."
"I am the only one who knows of your existence, but since Go is so popular in this world, you must also want to leave proof of your existence in this world."
"After all, I know you. No one knows you better than me. You love Go so much and have been pursuing better moves all your life. If you really leave like this, you will definitely be very unwilling."
"Because, I am you."
"Well, this is the last time."
"This game of chess is entirely up to you."
"This is the last game of the National Masters Tournament. As a game that symbolizes the seven highest honors of Go, you shouldn't be dissatisfied, right?"
"This is the last time and the first time."
"So……"
Yu Shao's right hand finally slowly took out the chess piece.
This piece was extremely heavy, carrying the life of a chess player at the top, carrying all his life experiences, so heavy that Yu Shao could hardly pick it up smoothly! However, when the chess piece finally jumped out of the chess box, Yu Shao could feel that although he was reluctant to let go of the chess piece between his fingers, he felt crazy joy when it was about to land on the chessboard!
Behind Yu Shao, a vague figure seemed to emerge at this moment.
The blurry figure looked almost exactly like Yu Shao, except that he was a little older and had clear eyes, as if he could see through space and see the chess game!
This figure overlapped with Yu Shao's figure little by little. He held the chess piece between his legs and dropped the chess piece with Yu Shao's right hand almost at the same time! "Come on!"
The next moment, the chess piece fell and collided with the chessboard!
Da! The sound of the chess piece falling seemed to echo throughout the world, even through space and echoing to the past life, and the mountains and rivers were trembling because of it!
Fourteen columns and three rows, big flying guarding the corner!
…
…
"Big Fly Guarding the Corner?"
Seeing this move, Jiang Changdong was slightly stunned, and a hint of surprise flashed across his face.
He had anticipated that Yu Shao would play the three-three point or the corner, but he had not thought that Yu Shao would defend the corner. In all of Yu Shao's chess records, the move of defending the corner is not uncommon, but it is also relatively rare.
Because this method is to strike back after the opponent attacks, it is just to observe secretly without making any noise, and it is not aggressive at all.
However, this big flying move to guard the corner is a common tactic after all. Jiang Changdong did not think much about it. After a little thought, he clamped out the chess piece and responded.
Da! Seventeen columns and fifteen rows, Xiaofei is dead!
"He attacked directly. The national player Jiang Changdong gave an unexpectedly strong response to the corner guard!"
The referee on the side saw this and his expression became more serious.
"Black's big flying defense in the corner is a move without any sharp edge. It is just consolidating his own formation!"
"You know, White has no handicap points, and Black has a big handicap of 7.5 points, so the pressure will be very great. So the simplest way for White to play is to defend the corner and wait and see what Black can do!"
"In this case, if neither side is eager to attack the other side, it is very likely that a situation of mutual encirclement will be formed."
"But Mr. Jiang Changdong obviously didn't want to do that. Even though he knew that the black pieces had a 7.5 point handicap, he still chose the toughest corner move to engage in close combat with the black pieces!"
Thinking of this, the referee couldn't help but glance at Jiang Changdong subconsciously, thinking silently in his heart: "It seems that Teacher Jiang Changdong... has murderous intentions!"
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard in front of him.
The blurry figure behind him, like Yu Shao, was also staring at the chessboard silently, with a clear and distant gaze, as if he was thinking quietly.
After a moment, the figure behind Yu Shao finally reached out and took the chess piece out of the chess box.
Yu Shao also reached into the chess box and took out the chess piece.
The figure held the chess piece, and his right hand crossed the space and landed on the chessboard! At the moment when the chess piece fell, Yu Shao followed the figure and landed in the same position! Da! Fifteen columns and sixteen rows, a small tip! "Tip?!"
Seeing this move, the two referees and the music notator in the chess discussion room were startled, and then their eyes widened in disbelief!
Jiang Changdong, who was sitting opposite Yu Shao, was also stunned for a moment. The next moment, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Yu Shao.
But he only saw a 17-year-old boy, but didn't see the figure standing behind him! ...
…
Southern Chess Academy, inside the broadcast room.
Zheng Qin stared at the TV screen in astonishment and said in a lost voice: "Use a sharp point here?!"
On the side, Su Yiming had already reached into the chess box and was about to pick out the chess piece, which fell in the same position as Yu Shao, but when he saw Yu Shao's move, his hand suddenly stopped.
"Sharp, this is a very old way of playing."
Xu Zijin was also looking at the TV screen in shock, and said puzzledly: "More than a hundred years ago, in Shen Yi's era, when Go was still only played with small points, there was no such thing as handicap points."
"At that time, the small tip here was considered the best, and no other trick could match it."
"There were even players who said that no matter how Go develops in the future, as long as the board is 19-way, the value of this small tip will remain forever."
"But, it turns out, that ancient chess player was wrong."
"As the game of Go has developed to this day, with the advent of the big points, this move, although solid, is considered too slow and has been phased out by the times. It has been replaced by the double attack!"
Not far away, Wu Zhixuan also widened her beautiful eyes and said in disbelief: "Yu Shao should have known...but he still came out."
Su Yiming didn't say a word from beginning to end. He just stared at the TV screen, watching the move Yu Shao just made.
He was very familiar with this move. He had played at least a thousand games with it. As Xu Zijin said, in his time, this small eye move was almost the standard answer in Go. However, after a lapse of 180 years, this small tip move had been eliminated.
One hundred and eighty years later, he began to re-learn modern Go, but he found that even this was far from enough.
Yu Shao's moves often broke his understanding of Go. Since the point three three, countless modern patterns have been overturned one by one. Among the three most difficult Go patterns, only the big diagonal is still lingering! In the context of the big handicap, modern Go emphasizes speed and moves according to the situation, but... now, Yu Shao has gone backwards and made this move that even he thinks is a bit old-fashioned... small tip? This is a move that has been completely eliminated by the times! ...
…
Hands talking indoors.
Without exception, everyone looked at Yu Shao in shock.
Yu Shao just looked at the chessboard quietly, his expression extremely calm, as if he didn't feel anyone's gaze.
This technique was indeed very popular before the rule of sticking to the goal appeared, but it was gradually eliminated with the emergence of sticking to the goal and the development of the times.
Even though almost all chess players thought this move was not good enough, in his previous life he still preferred this solid and dense style of play and played it many times in major competitions.
Later, after the emergence of Go AI, everything changed!
Go AI has proved the value of this tip. Even with a big handicap of seven and a half points, this tip still radiates a dazzling light!
Because this move was first used by ancient chess players, it has become famous and has touched and inspired countless chess players!
Because of this tip of the pen, it was proved that humans can actually play nearly perfect chess, and humans can also surpass their limits and break through themselves, whether it is the predecessors or the people of today!
Precisely because this small sharp move was almost his signature move in his previous life, he had never played it before and tried his best to avoid repeating the old path, even though this small sharp move had been proven to be a good move.
Since I have decided to say goodbye to my past self, then I should naturally let the tip of my finger shine! (End of this chapter)
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