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

Chapter 4 Who Points to Three Three

"hehe."

Seeing Yi Zheng looking at him like a fool, the transparent figure suddenly became anxious: "No, what do you mean? I tell you, people have always questioned my gaming skills, but no one has ever questioned my Go skills!"

The transparent figure originally thought that he would only get anxious when others questioned his gaming skills, and he would just smile indifferently when others questioned his Go skills.

But now when I am questioned in another world, I am still anxious!

“Although I don’t know what you are, I still ask you to leave immediately.

My temple here is too small to support a great god like you. Why don't you look somewhere else?"

When Yi Zheng thought about recovering his talent, he wanted to get rid of this plague god as soon as possible.

Even though he is already fifteen years old, if his talent can be recovered, Yi Zheng feels that he can at least become a first-class master, not to mention how high his achievements can be.

If you work hard, you still have the hope of becoming a late bloomer and getting a glimpse of the splendor of the pinnacle of the professional world.

Of course, the prerequisite is to quickly get rid of this thing in front of you that you don’t know what it is.

So no matter how sweetly this guy in front of me talks, I will never let him stay with me.

Seeing Yi Zheng who regarded himself as a plague god, the transparent figure couldn't help but shook his head. How many people had begged him to play a game of chess for guidance, and even there was no demand for them even though he was worth the price.

Now I am willing to give people personal guidance, but they are still unwilling.

"Tsk, don't worry. At least since I regained consciousness yesterday, I haven't felt that kind of power entering my body, so I shouldn't be able to affect you anymore.

Moreover, I don’t know what it is that I absorb your chess power or mental strength, it is definitely not my intention, although it does bring you some…”

Yi Zheng couldn't help but sarcastically say, "Oh, then I should thank you. You're not trying to say that all the ridicule I've received over the years has helped me improve my patience and mental fortitude, are you?"

"I wouldn't say such mean things. Suffering is suffering. Of course, you can learn something from suffering, but it often brings about the inferiority complex of hindsight.

Even after success, it seems like they need to ask for something from the outside world to prove themselves, or even pretend to be…"

The transparent figure shook his head and smiled as he spoke: "Even though I have escaped suffering, he has influenced my whole life."

"It's good that you know, so please let me go!"

Seeing Yi Zheng trying to drive him away, the transparent figure wanted to punch him.

If I hadn't really screwed the other person over in a very harsh way, given my temper, I would have turned around and left long ago.

"Boy, there's no point in talking! Let's play a game of hands. If I lose to you, I'll turn around and leave! If I win, I'll leave too!"

If I don't teach you a lesson, you really won't know how to play chess!
"It's a deal, double happiness!"

Hearing this, Yi Zheng nodded quickly, then took out the chessboard from the cabinet next to him and placed it on the table.

The transparent figure looked at the chess pot on the table and touched it lightly with his hand, but it passed through directly.

The so-called Go is also called "hand talk". Both sides use the placement of pieces as a language to communicate, and each move conveys information.

Therefore, whether playing chess or reviewing the game, both parties can understand each other's intentions by pointing their fingers without even speaking.

But now, I no longer have the hands to pick up the chess piece.

The transparent figure looked at his hand, which seemed to be between existence and non-existence, and a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes.

"Let me help you hold the chessboard."

"Okay, I'll give you two pieces, otherwise there will be no suspense at all."

Go is played with black and white stones, with black going first and white going second. Normally, the game is played by guessing the first stone. That is, the player who is new or has a higher rank takes a handful of white stones from a pile and places them on the board, and the other player then guesses.

The other player takes out one or two black pieces, which means you guess whether the piece the other player has taken is odd or even.

If Black guesses correctly, then he plays Black and goes first.

If you guess wrong, you play white.

Because black has the advantage of moving first, under the current Go rules, white has the right to compensate by adding points.

A handicap means that the player who moves first has to give up a certain advantage to the player who moves later. The Chinese rule is that black chess is given a handicap of 3 and 3/4 points, about 7.5 points, while the Japanese and Korean rules are 6.5 points.

The meaning of giving away pieces is even clearer, which means that the player with better Go skills allows the player with lesser Go skills to place a few pieces on the Go board first.

Giving up one piece first can be simply understood as giving yourself about ten points, and two pieces is equivalent to giving yourself about twenty points. It is usually a method used by the upper hand against the lower hand, and the gap in level is offset by giving up pieces.

"No need, let's divide it first. I can do both black and white."

Yi Zheng didn't take the other party's boast of being a nine-time champion seriously. He thought it was just a fantasy of an older young man who was trying to become a professional player after his death.

"Young man, young man, I'll give you a little edge with Black. After all, my winning rate with Black is slightly lower than White's."

The transparent figure looked at Yi Zheng, who didn't know what was going to happen, and couldn't help shaking his head.

"First hand, top right corner, three three!"

After hearing this, Yi Zheng took out a black piece from the chessboard and placed it on the chessboard. Then he quickly took out a white piece and placed it on the star position diagonally opposite the black piece.

Yi Zheng played with white pieces and chose a Chinese-style layout that combines offense and defense.

The so-called Go has nineteen lines, vertically and horizontally, forming 361 intersections. Black goes first, then white, and they move alternately on the intersections of the board. The one who occupies more intersections wins.

When it was introduced to Europe, in order to make it easier for local Europeans to understand, the introducers combined this game with events at the time and called it the enclosure game.

So if you want to enclose territory, you naturally have to start from the edge, because there are edges around the chessboard. You only need to enclose two edges at the corners, three at the edges, and four in the middle.

So naturally the corners are the most efficient, so there is a saying in Go that goes "gold corners, silver edges, and grass belly."

The Chinese style of chess layout pursues beautiful chess shapes and balanced terrain, and emphasizes the perfect coordination between the middle piece and the upper and lower pieces.

This layout method focuses on both speed and external forces, and can flexibly choose between real field or external forces.

Yi Zheng’s idea was very simple. Before he figured out the other party’s style, he had to choose a layout that could be changed at any time with room for maneuver.

"Chinese style? Then you've already lost!"

Seeing this familiar and ancient layout, the transparent figure shook his head in a profound manner.

"Watch out! What's coming next is a brand new move you've never seen before!"

"Seventh move, point three three!"

"One o'clock three-three?"

The star position itself is about gaining momentum, and point 33 is basically equivalent to helping others develop momentum.

It can be said that the move of point 33 is absolutely a bad move at the beginning of the game. It seems to gain an advantage in the corner, but it gives the opponent greater potential.

Looking at Yi Zheng who was a little surprised, the transparent figure said something with some pride.

"Don't you understand? This is the first move I taught you."

(End of this chapter)