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

Chapter 65: Unexpected Demonic Sword
"The 45th Huangshan Cup National Amateur Go Tournament, finals! The match has officially begun. Both players, please guess the first move!"

The referee looked at the last two people left in the entire competition scene and announced the official start of the competition with the microphone.

Yi Zheng, playing black, placed the piece on the star position without any hesitation, and Che Da also chose the star position next to it.

But when Yi Zheng placed his piece on a small eye in the same row, Che Da did not occupy the last corner, but instead chose to hang the small eye high.

Seeing this step, Yi Zheng was stunned for a moment.

Not only Yi Zheng, but Mr. Ke was also stunned.

Not only was Cheda's move unconventional, but it was also because Cheda changed his tactics!

Because in this national amateur competition, as long as the opponent did not forcibly interfere, Che Da used the Chinese style or a variation of the Chinese style, even the white chess pieces were used.

It's not just this competition. Yi Zheng used the connections of other people to look up Cheda's competitions in the past year, and the frequency of Chinese flow appearing can be said to be extremely high.

To some extent, it is normal that Cheda is extremely obsessed with the Chinese style layout. Even professional chess players like to use the same layout at certain stages, and will not change it until they are targeted and broken.

Therefore, Yi Zheng and Mr. Ke have been conducting targeted training on cracking the layout of Chinese style and its variants in the past few days. This is why Mr. Ke is so confident that Yi Zheng will defeat Che Da.

You, the Chinese player, were defeated right from the start. Even if Cheda was a little bit stronger than Yi Zheng, as long as Yi Zheng didn't make any big moves in the second half of the game, it would be extremely difficult for Cheda to win.

However, Cheda's game has changed! He changed his tactics!

Looking at Yi Zheng with a surprised expression, Che Da couldn't help but grinning. You have been preparing for me, do you think I haven't prepared for you!

Che Da had noticed a long time ago that Yi Zheng was always looking at him during every game. At first, Che Da didn't take it seriously. After all, as the number one amateur Go player, it was normal for people to pay attention to him.

Although Che Da didn't know that Yi Zheng was not looking at him, but at Mr. Ke who had been hanging around him, it did not prevent his conclusion from being correct.

After all, no matter who participates in this competition, they all regard Che Da as the biggest obstacle on the road to the championship.

The most important thing is that Che Da did not take Yi Zheng seriously at the beginning. In his opinion, the two of them were not in the same half of the group. A young man like Yi Zheng who was trying to get a rank would basically have no chance of entering the finals, and there was no possibility of him meeting him.

But it happened that Yi Zheng alone killed his way through the other half of the zone and came in front of Cheda.

Che Da had already paid close attention to Yi Zheng when he entered the semi-finals. When he was sure that Yi Zheng would be his opponent in the final and would not give up the competition, Che Da decisively chose to give up the Chinese style layout he had always chosen.

Because he knew that if he kept doing this, his opponent would train against it, but if he changed his tactics at this time, his opponent's targeted training would be in vain.

There is no need to change tactics when dealing with old opponents because Che Da knows them too well. But for a young player like Yi Zheng, you don’t know what methods he will come up with to deal with the Chinese style, and you don’t know his specific moves.

And the fact was just as Che Da expected, Yi Zheng's targeted training was in vain.

Looking at the empty lower left corner and the special shape formed in the lower right corner, Old Ke frowned instantly: "Oh no! How come I haven't taught Yi Zheng how to break the demon sword yet!"

The one that Cheda chose in the lower left corner is one of the three complex patterns, the Thousand Changes of Demonic Sword!

The demon sword Muramasa is a familiar name to anyone who's read any of the early fantasy novels. A must-have villain weapon in early urban fantasy novels, it has an 80% chance of wielding a bloody battle throughout Japan for several days to increase its power before being broken by the protagonist's Xuan-Yuan Sword.

In Go, this pattern starts with a small eye hanging high in one room, and the second step is a high clamp with two rooms.

There are hundreds of subsequent variations, with numerous tricks and deceptive moves. It is the pattern that amateur players are most likely to fall into. Top Go players also regard it as a "double-edged sword" that can kill the enemy but also hurt themselves, and they study it in every possible way and dare not underestimate it.

There is no doubt that Yi Zheng must be familiar with this pattern after learning Go for so many years, even if he has not learned the latest method to crack it.

As long as Cheda doesn't prepare any throwing knives or the like, Yi Zheng shouldn't have any major problems at the start.

But the problem is that if the early preparations are in vain, it is easy to lose mental balance.

Some people believe that strength is the most important thing in Go, which is certainly true.

However, when it comes to important competitions, people will find that sometimes mentality may be more important than physical strength.

Because of the gap between top players, the outcome of a game may be decided by a hair's breadth.

During his prime, Mr. Ke was known for his big heart. He could always maintain the most perfect condition at the most critical moment. Even if he made a huge mistake and lost in a game, he could quickly defeat the opponent in the next game in the best condition.

Another Korean player who was known as his "double hero" at the same time may not be much weaker than him in strength, but he was known for his bird-hearted mentality and often failed in crucial matches.

Moreover, after Mr. Ke fell from his peak in the later period, he encountered frequent problems, which were sometimes not technical problems, but more of a huge problem in his mentality, which led to big losses and he lost the style of a super winner in the past.

Therefore, once there is a problem with your mentality during the game, the game is half lost before it even starts.

There was even a case where a player gave up the World Series finals due to a problem with his mentality, allowing his opponent to win the championship without a fight, which was jaw-dropping.

But Mr. Ke also knew that the game was a matter between two people, and he couldn't interrupt once it started, so he could only pray that Yi Zheng could hold steady.

If Yi Zheng can grit his teeth and get through this hurdle, there will be a wider world ahead.

Yi Zheng took a look at the changes on the chessboard and did not rush to make a move. Instead, he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

Cheda did not choose the relevant layout of the Chinese style, but instead chose the Yaodao, and it was a more radical change among the Yaodao.

It is impossible to not feel disappointed after a long period of preparation but Yi Zheng knows that his mentality must not be wrong at this time.

"It's nothing more than returning to the same starting line, so let's see who is more powerful.

You say I'm not the special one, but I will tell you, I am the only special one!
Not because of anything, just because I am Yi Zheng!"

Yi Zheng opened his eyes again, there was no trace of hesitation in his eyes, only the desire for victory.

Seventeenth move, Black chess, cut!
(End of this chapter)