Chapter 491 Knowing the distance is essential to determining its height
"top……"
Araki watched Yu Shao's counterattack, and despite this forceful abandonment, he showed no surprise on his face, remaining perfectly calm.
"I can indeed swallow up these sacrificed pieces. Even if he uses the initiative after sacrificing the pieces to fight me head-on, I have a way to deal with him!"
Thinking of this, Araki's expression became even more solemn as he gazed at the chessboard, as if he could glimpse the future on it.
"However, if he is just using the initial move to create a facade, then it will be very difficult to handle."
Yes!
Most people believe that sacrificing a piece means giving up some of your own strength in order to create a situation on the board that is favorable for your attack.
That's certainly true, but it's not comprehensive enough.
Sacrificing a piece sometimes does not necessarily mean a fierce attack. It can also be used to fight for the initiative, rely on the initiative to seize the big field, and finally successfully hold up the situation and gain an advantage!
To put it more simply, sacrificing a piece means exchanging a certain amount of strength for a higher value. Therefore, even if there is a short-term loss, it does not matter as long as the final value is sufficient!
Arakino looked at the chess pieces on the chessboard that seemed to be shining brightly, thinking.
"I absolutely do not want to accept this move."
"However, I have no choice but to accept this move."
"We cannot disengage, nor can we ignore it, otherwise the entire position will be broken up."
"If we cut off the attack directly, that would be a strong approach. But if he also abandons these two pieces to build a huge external force and fights me to the death, the game will get out of control, and both black and white... will be in danger!"
As time passed, Araki's expression became more and more solemn.
"He's no ordinary player. Watching him make every move, I can feel the pressure emanating from the chessboard!"
"If the white pieces build up a huge external influence, the previously divided white pieces can respond from afar. In that case, the control and understanding of the overall situation will be very important!"
"His judgment on the overall situation is superior to mine."
"So, he tried to force me to take action in this way."
"The more this is the case, the less I can afford to engage in battle rashly!"
We must find another way!
"We must divide the white pieces. Before they can form a continuous line, we must surround and annihilate them as quickly as possible. This is the way to win!"
Finally, Arakino looked at the chessboard, his eyes flashing, he picked up the chess piece and pressed it down quickly!
clatter!
The chess pieces fell onto the board, making a sound of metal and stone that shook the world!
Eight columns and eleven rows, damn!
Araki raised his head and looked at Yu Shao who was looking down at the chessboard opposite him. His eyes were as sharp as a sword and tit for tat!
"Aren't you trying to force me to comply?"
“I didn’t respond, I ignored it, so everything should be as you wish!”
"If you want to break the black formation, then come over here. This may be your only chance in the whole game!"
"Once you miss this opportunity, you may never find it again!"
"bring it on!"
Arakino stared at Yu Shao closely.
"Since you made that move, you were trying to make me give up first!"
"Now, I really can't take my leave anymore, so what are you hesitating for?"
"Yu Shao!"
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Yu Shao fell into deep thought.
The competition venue was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
However, the audience who were watching the live broadcast of the chess game on TV and computers were instantly in an uproar at this moment!
"Araki didn't even bother with that white piece?!"
Everyone was shocked, looking at Arakino's move in disbelief, their eyes filled with astonishment!
"How could we ignore it? If we force these white stones to their deaths, although white will have many initiative moves and can borrow some dead stones, it is ultimately a local battle and has nothing to do with the overall game. Borrowing them won't be too troublesome!"
"It's outrageous! Araki-sensei sacrificed a piece first, and Yu Shao ignored it and sacrificed a piece in return. Araki-sensei then followed suit. They could have clearly forced the white pieces to their deaths here! But guess what? Hey, they went for the first move!"
"I don't understand it anymore... but it feels amazing!"
"After watching the games for so long, I've come to a conclusion: the best moves are the ones you can't understand!"
Most people felt confused and puzzled.
However, there are also some people who have difficulty breathing and feel inexplicable pressure, as if they have caught a glimpse of murderous intent in the chess game, their hair stands on end and they are a little chilled!
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North Korea and South Korea Go Institute, inside the replay room.
When everyone saw Araki's move through the live broadcast, their expressions changed slightly.
"Teacher Arakino did indeed ignore Yu Shao's discarded pawn, turning a blind eye to it. He clearly saw through Yu Shao's idea of using the discarded pawn to prop up the image. But, Teacher Arakino has already broken away?" someone asked in astonishment.
"In that case, wouldn't Yu Shao be able to easily break up the black pieces' formation?"
"This is exactly what White wanted! Araki-sensei was a bit careless!" someone said, frowning.
"This is bad!"
There was a sudden noise in the review room.
Unlike most ordinary viewers, they were not surprised that Araki did not directly kill the white piece in the lower left corner.
As early as the moment Yu Shao made the top move, they realized that it was not feasible to force the white pieces to death directly. It was not that they were forced to death by the black pieces, but that Yu Shao himself did not want to do it!
That's a discarded pawn!
This is not difficult for them to realize.
If the black chess piece really rashly forces the white chess piece below to death, although the white chess piece has the initiative and can also borrow some dead pieces, the black chess piece also has ways to deal with it. The really difficult part is that the white chess piece uses these initiatives to maintain its appearance!
However, what they didn't expect was that Arakino saw that the white piece was a sacrifice, but didn't see that the black piece had to respond, so he chose to give up the initiative. In this way, the black chess formation would inevitably be broken up by the white chess!
"It's not that simple."
At this moment, a burly man with a full beard in the crowd frowned and spoke.
Hearing this, everyone was stunned.
A young man of about twenty years old looked at the burly man and couldn't help but ask, "Teacher Cha Yoon-hyuk, it's not that simple... what do you mean?"
"This game is not that simple, and you have underestimated Mr. Araki."
The burly man stared intently at the chessboard in front of him and said in a deep voice, "We all saw that Yu Shao's move was a tactic to lure the enemy. How could Professor Araki not have seen that?"
"Yu Shao naturally understood this as well. So, let's continue thinking: knowing that we can't force White to its death, how should Black play?"
"Escape first, or respond with a move!"
"If we ignore the first move, a careful calculation will show that the formation will be broken up. So the only way out for White is to respond, and the best response seems to be to cut off and then attack!"
Upon hearing this, the young man looked at the chessboard and said in confusion, "That's right, cutting off the attack is a good thing, isn't it? Although Black is also in danger, White is also in danger. Since both sides are in danger, then it's acceptable."
The burly man didn't deny it, saying, "Indeed, breaking the fight isn't bad."
"But the problem is that if White sacrifices the two stones in the lower left corner, it can build a huge external influence. In this way, White's strategy of connecting its liberties and Black's strategy of dividing White's stones will fail."
Hearing this, everyone was stunned at first, and then seemed to realize something. They suddenly lowered their heads and looked at the chessboard.
Immediately afterwards, everyone's expressions changed!
"He probably didn't have any expectations whatsoever about that trick that could fool Araki-sensei."
"I didn't have any expectations for Araki-sensei's decision to leave school."
“Black has cut off the attack; this is the board position Yu Shao really wants to see!” the burly man said slowly.
“But…but,” the young man began, “araki-sensei, didn’t you eventually break free? You fell into a trap within a trap?”
“Li Kunmin, 5th Dan, take another look.”
Before the burly man could speak, a man with slicked-back hair standing next to the young man, his face covered in cold sweat, said, "Take a closer look, Mr. Araki... this move."
The young man was a little puzzled, frowned fiercely, and looked at the chessboard again.
White moves a flying move, Black moves a jumping move, White moves a bend, Black moves a pressing move, White moves an extension, Black moves an extension...
Chess pieces kept falling in his mind, and he was frantically calculating the subsequent situation!
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
"This is!"
After seven or eight seconds, the young man finally turned pale with fright, as if he had seen some kind of monster. He felt a chill run down his spine and got goosebumps all over his body!
"Exquisite skill!"
Seeing that the young man had finally figured out the problem, the burly man took a deep breath and said, "This move was indeed a departure from the initial move, but it also subtly echoes the black piece in the lower left corner!"
"This move, seemingly unrelated to the battle below, eventually leads to a leapfrog development, giving Black an extra living leapfrog. White then has to make a move to encroach beforehand, thus expanding the battle and affecting the territory Black left behind!"
"Mr. Araki, we can't go in the wrong direction, but we also don't want to do what White wants, so we've found the third path now!"
"If we continue playing like this, we still can't escape the situation where Black's formation is destined to be broken up by White's stones. However, if White really wants to break up Black's formation, then White will be completely divided up. Yu Shao's understanding of the formation will then be—completely useless!"
"Either White decides not to bother with Black and just watches Black calmly reinforce their position!"
"Without a doubt, when faced with two evils, one can only choose the lesser one."
"If Yu Shao was using this point to force Black to cut off the attack just now, now Black is using the same point to force White to make a choice!"
The young man was sweating profusely and stared at the chessboard in a daze.
It's simply a stroke of genius.
He originally thought that he was different from ordinary spectators, but he didn't expect that in the eyes of the black and white players, he might not be any different at all!
Even if he manages to jump out of the game, he has only jumped to another chessboard; he has not truly escaped the game and become a player!
What chess players think about is even completely different from what he thinks about!
At this moment, he felt a distance called a chasm!
"Knowing the distance to something is the only way to determine its height."
The burly man glanced at the young man and calmly said, "However, you obviously can't even measure distances yet. Li Kunmin is a fifth-dan, you still have a lot more to work on."
"Teacher Cha Yoon-hyuk, I..."
The young man's face turned pale and blue, and he was speechless.
"So, what will Yu Shao choose?"
Someone took a deep breath, looked away from the chessboard and back at the television screen, and said, "If Yu Shao chooses to disrupt Black's formation, the situation will be even, but White will also be completely divided up. Yu Shao probably wouldn't dare to do that, would he?"
"If Yu Shao chooses not to break up the formation and lets Black reinforce the pieces, although White can connect the pieces as desired and respond to the whole board, then the great opportunity to break up Black's formation will be lost!"
At this point, he felt a sense of satisfaction, and a gloating smile appeared on his face. He said, "Yu Shao used this method to deal with Araki-sensei just now, and now it's Araki-sensei's turn to use this method to deal with him."
"It seems that one should be kind and honest. If you spend all your time hunting geese, you're bound to get your eyes pecked by one."
Yu Shao has emerged as a rising star in the past two years, turning the entire chess world upside down. Although he has some admiration for Yu Shao, it does not prevent him from being happy to see Yu Shao suffer a defeat.
At this moment, on the TV screen, under the gaze of everyone, a white piece slowly fell onto the chessboard.
Twelve columns and three rows, eat!
"it turns out--"
"He actually went up there!"
Looking at this move, everyone in the review room was stunned at first, and then they all lost their voices. The fifth-dan young man named Li Kunmin even widened his eyes!
Beyond everyone's expectations!
Everyone felt that at this point, White could only take a step back and take a long-term view.
After all, the white pieces could have completely avoided being completely divided by the black pieces by connecting the white pieces together. However, the white pieces still chose to play too forcefully, placing the pieces in twelve columns and three rows, and would not stop until they broke up the black pieces' formation!
Once a piece is placed, both sides are in a difficult situation and there is no way to retreat!
Both the black piece and the white piece could only pick up their swords, hold their breath, and feel the sound of their hearts beating!
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Looking at the chessboard in front of me.
Arakino raised his eyes calmly, no expression visible on his face.
But under the chess table, his left hand had been clenched into a fist involuntarily, and veins were bulging on his arm.
Obviously, his mood was not as calm as his expression.
"They've really broken through!"
"Is he really willing to fight me to the death, even if it means this?"
Arakino looked up at Yu Shao who was sitting opposite the chessboard, wanting to see clearly what Yu Shao was thinking.
He really expected Yu Shao to attack and break up his black pieces' formation, although he felt that the possibility was not great.
However, when he saw Yu Shao really attacking him, all he could feel was disbelief!
"Although I played out of position in my previous move, it was a response to the black stones on the lower perimeter."
"Even so, it was inevitable that Black's formation would be disrupted."
This means that for a long time from now on, there must be no mistakes in every move. If one wrong move, the whole game will be lost. Even slowing down is not allowed!
This will be a competition of strength and calculation!
All over the world, people couldn't help but hold their breath, sweat broke out on their foreheads, and their hearts were beating wildly!
(End of this chapter)
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