Chapter 46: Just learned, can't play

Zheng Qin returned to his rental house, went to the bathroom, turned on the faucet and washed his face with water, then looked up and looked at himself in the mirror.

"We've won three consecutive qualifiers. Let's keep up the momentum and keep winning!"

Zheng Qinchang let out a breath, then left the toilet, made a bowl of instant noodles, then carried the noodles to his bedroom and turned on the computer.

He logged into his "Shou Tan Chun Qiu" account as usual.

Shoutan Chunqiu is the most popular online Go platform. Most amateur enthusiasts choose to use this platform to find opponents and compete with each other in Go skills. Even professional players occasionally play Go on this platform.

In addition, there will be a lot of the latest information in the Go world on Shoutan Chunqiu.

[The 10th Dan Tournament has come to an end, Zhuang Weisheng 10th Dan defeated Li Junxian 9th Dan and successfully defended his 10th Dan title! Who can break Zhuang 10th Dan's undefeated myth? ]

[The new Shodan Championship is coming, the competition for the strongest Shodan, the young wave is coming! 】

[Congratulations to amateur chess player Han Fang for winning the second amateur chess player open championship and successfully advancing to amateur 8th dan! From auto mechanic to amateur 8th dan, Han Fang's legendary journey! ]

[The annual Go qualifying tournament has begun. In this competition known as the college entrance exam for Go, who will get the spot as a professional player this year? 】

Zheng Qin was eating instant noodles while reading the latest chess news.

Soon after finishing the instant noodles, Zheng Qin stretched, slid the mouse, and lightly clicked to match his opponent.

"I haven't played online chess for a long time. Since I've won three games in a row, I'll reward myself with a game."

Zheng Qin had played a few games of chess online, but later he felt that the opponents he met online were too weak. They would often sacrifice pieces - the kind that included the big dragon, so he gradually played less and less games online.

Although higher online ranks would result in stronger opponents, the process of upgrading would take a lot of time, and Zheng Qin was too lazy to do it.

Therefore, he only played a total of 24 games online and maintained a perfect record.

It didn't take long for Zheng Qin to match his opponent.

"You just learned how to download ID?"

Zheng Qin took a look at the ID on the other side and found it a little funny.

But when Zheng Qin clicked on the other party's detailed information, he was slightly stunned.

"I played thirty-eight games, and my winning rate is... 100%?"

"Is this what you call just learning and not being able to play?"

Zheng Qin didn't seem too surprised.

After all, there are all kinds of monsters on the Internet, and there are a lot of people like this who obviously can play Go but say they can't.

This is just like when playing a game, in the bronze rank, you often encounter gold and platinum players. As for moving up the rank, it is less common to run into low-end games and bully noobs.

This is what is called - a full jar doesn't swing, a half-full jar does.

"But you're unlucky to meet me."

Zheng Qin's mouth curled up slightly. He was randomly assigned the black chess piece, so he slid the mouse, clicked the right button, and placed the chess piece in the star position in the upper left corner.

The opponent who “just learned how to play” also quickly placed a white piece.

Seventeen columns and sixteen rows, small mesh.

Both sides made moves very quickly and soon played more than twenty moves.

"It's really good!"

Zheng Qin looked at the computer screen with a somewhat surprised expression.

As for the twenty or so moves played so far, every step that I "just couldn't learn to play" was responded to well, and there is no major fault to find.

"If I have to say something, it's that... he's a little slow in changing his ways. These are all old-fashioned responses from a long time ago. Not many people would still do that nowadays."

"Because, as long as the black pieces are accurate enough, then in the layout phase, the white pieces will be at a slight disadvantage."

Zheng Qin pondered for a moment, slid the mouse again, clicked the left button, and placed the chess piece.

Just as Zheng Qin expected, because the white pieces' response was a bit slow, the black pieces quickly gained a certain advantage in the layout stage, and the game began to gradually transition to the middle game.

Zheng Qin's expression also changed from indifference at the beginning to gradually becoming serious.

Although he had gained a lot of advantages in the layout, after leaving the standing position, White's moves were quite clever, and some of them even surprised him.

Therefore, he failed to expand his advantage quickly. Although the black pieces still firmly held the advantage, the white pieces still had the strength to fight and should not be underestimated. In the end, the two sides still had to decide the outcome in the middle game!

At this moment, on the computer screen, White dropped his chess piece.

Seventeen columns and seven rows, pull up!

"White...attacks!"

Seeing this move, Zheng Qin's expression changed slightly.

After thinking for a moment, Zheng Qin finally slid the mouse, clicked the left button, and placed the black piece.

Before he knew it, Zheng Qin, who had originally just wanted to play a game to reward himself, had thrown himself wholeheartedly into this online game.

Time passed by minute by minute, and the only sound in the room was the clicking of the mouse.

Finally, twenty minutes later.

Zheng Qin leaned limply on the computer chair, his face already covered in cold sweat.

“Lost…”

He looked at the computer screen in confusion. Looking at the chessboard that was already densely packed with chess pieces, his throat couldn't help but feel dry.

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"I originally thought that the decision on that move wasn't that severe, but after he made the move and made the watchful move, I suddenly... suddenly..."

Indeed, he had some advantages in the layout phase.

However, when the game entered the middle game, the two sides completely broke away from the fixed routine and started fighting, and the development of the game was completely out of control! Even though he had an advantage in the layout stage, he was still killed by the opponent in the middle game and had almost no chance to fight back! White's chess piece penetrated his chess pattern with a nearly overwhelming attitude!

Completely... powerless to resist! This feeling reminded him of the second game he played with Yu Shao at Shanhai Chess Hall that afternoon.

After he made that diving move, the situation not only did not improve, but it took a sharp turn for the worse and he was completely crushed by the opponent!

The powerlessness he felt then was almost identical to the powerlessness he felt now.

After a long time, when the time was about to run out and the countdown began, Zheng Qin finally came to his senses.

He immediately slid the mouse, clicked surrender, right-clicked the other party's avatar, sent a friend request, and then posted a message on the public screen.

【God rewards hard work: Are you a professional chess player? 】

There was no answer from the other side.

Soon, Zheng Qin discovered that the other party’s avatar turned gray and had gone offline.

Zheng Qin opened his friend list again, and there was no friend named "Just Can't Download". It was obvious that his friend request was not approved at all.

"Who... is it?"

Zheng Qin looked at the ended chess game on the computer screen with a blank look in his eyes.

…………

A boy of about sixteen or seventeen, who looked like a high school student, was looking through the replay of the previous chess game on the computer.

"The opponent played very well. Even I felt the pressure. I haven't felt this way for a long time."

The boy's eyes were full of amazement.

"The reason why we were able to win the game just now was entirely because of our calculations and overall perspective. We won by fighting in the middle game."

"But if it's an opponent with similar chess skills to mine, uh...if it's an opponent who's not too weaker than me, such as Fang Xinlai playing in the middle game, I may not win!"

"After more than a hundred years of development, Go has produced so many new patterns and new ways of playing. Points have also become a rule. I still have a lot to learn..."

“In today’s Go world, I might be able to play very happily!”

Just then, an impatient middle-aged female voice suddenly sounded in the living room.

"Su Yiming, why are you still playing on the computer at this hour? Don't you have school tomorrow? Take a shower and go to bed!"

Su Yiming immediately turned off the computer and replied, "Right away!"

Please continue reading and I hope the readers will show some mercy.

(End of this chapter)