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

Chapter 87: No More Face [Fourth Update!!!]

"What's going on? It's only been forty minutes?"

When he heard the sound of the clock stopping, Jin Dachuan realized that he had just started a conversation with several other coaches, but his family team member actually gave up.

He didn't bother to chat with others and just walked over.

What happened? Even if the opponent was a Chinese player, they wouldn't lose so quickly.

"A flying knife hit the opening?"

This was the only explanation Jin Dachuan could think of. Otherwise, how could the game, which was given an hour each for both sides, end in just 40 minutes?

But after taking a look at the chessboard, the two of them had already made more than a hundred moves.

Park Ji-woong smiled bitterly when he heard this: "I don't know either. I feel like I lost for no apparent reason..."

"It's normal to feel confused. Most people will have this reaction when they meet me for the first time."

Yi Zheng didn't feel strange, especially those with weaker strength. When they first faced the Ai moves learned by Yi Zheng, they were almost at a loss. Only chess players with a certain level of strength could see anything.

Simply put, even being able to be shocked is a privilege of the strong, and most passers-by have no way of being shocked.

But it is obvious that Park Ji-woong's strength is not up to the standard, and he can't even be shocked.

"I set a trap for you here. You made too many mistakes. You shouldn't have stepped out from here. It would have been too much of a burden."

Yi Zheng patiently reviewed the game with his opponent and roughly explained where he lost.

The coaches of several countries gathered around at this time, because it was quite rare for a game to end in 40 minutes, and everyone wanted to see what was going on.

The leader of the Japanese team looked at the order of the two players' review on the chessboard and nodded thoughtfully: "Interesting, Black is really experienced, there is more than one trap.

Yi Zheng's overall perspective is too strong. Even if there is no problem with this, it will be difficult for the Korean players to hold on."

The head coach of the Japanese team this time is also an acquaintance of Yi Zheng. He is Baoshu Seventh Dan who was with Kuroki Ryuji before.

Thinking of this, Baoshu Qidan couldn't help but sigh: "Yi Zheng has improved again. It feels a bit difficult for Long Si to defeat him.

But what's so strange about this opening move of three-three? Do you think the Korean players are too weak to take them seriously?"

Kuroki Ryuji himself is quite talented, and with the resources allocated to the Toyo Chess Institute led by the Kuroki family, he has made rapid progress in recent times.

But Baoshu Qiduan could never have imagined that Yi Zheng's progress was even faster?

It seemed like he wasn't at a professional level when we last met, but in less than half a year he's already at a level that's more than just a novice.

Isn't this progress too fast? Could it be that we've entered a period of explosive growth?

Some Go players progress very quickly over a period of time, which is called the explosive period in their career.

Could it be that Yi Zheng is at this stage now? But isn't this outbreak too early?
The Silla team coach couldn't help but frown as he watched Yi Zheng flatten out the Korean player. "A kid who defeated China's top amateur player to become a professional?" It looked like his skills were no less than his own amateur star.

What a hassle! It only makes our work more difficult!
But it doesn’t matter, you don’t know what our real trump card is.

Thinking of this, Park Ji-hun felt a little relieved and even couldn't help but smile.

Yi Zheng gave Park Ji-woong some pointers and then the two left the field. After the game, they were not allowed to stay in the field for a long time to avoid affecting other people's games.

Coach Gao Li sat outside in the corridor to comfort his players, while Yi Zheng walked out of the competition venue and prepared to go back to his room to rest.

Before leaving, Yi Zheng probably took a look at the current situation of his teammates. Shi Yu violently cut off the opponent's big dragon, and it would be difficult for the opponent not to lose a piece of it. Shushu also had some advantages, and there was a high probability that he would win directly with a score of 3 to 0.

But as soon as Yi Zheng walked out of the competition venue, he saw a circle of reporters sitting outside.

"It's over. I should have gone through the back door."

Yi Zheng suddenly felt that something was wrong. Reporters were not allowed in the venue during the game and could only wait outside the door. As a result, he had walked into a trap and his rest time was probably going to be wasted.

The reporters sitting outside the venue saw someone coming out and thought it was a staff member, but they immediately realized that it was a Chinese contestant.

After all, in addition to reporters from Goryeo, there were also reporters from some other countries outside the venue, especially Silla. It seemed that more than twice the number of reporters were sent this time just to report Silla's victory.

Just when Yi Zheng was about to slip away, he was instantly stopped by reporters.

"Hello, is this Yi Zheng, a first-dan player from the Chinese team? We are reporters from the Qi Tian Xia newspaper. Is your match finished today?"

The first thing he recognized was Yi Zheng, as he was a Chinese reporter. After all, it was impossible for him not to know who his own contestants were when he was interviewing the team.

But it is also a bit surprising. Being able to walk out of the competition venue means that the game is over, but it has only been an hour since the start of the game. Can victory be achieved so quickly?

Seeing he couldn't escape, Yi Zheng could only nod and begin to answer the question: "Ah, yes, I played better so I won faster."

"What are your thoughts on this competition? This should be your first time competing abroad."

"Yes, but I think there will be plenty of opportunities in the future. I have already joined the Metropolitan Bank team and will be participating in this season's World Go League B. I should have many opportunities to compete abroad."

Yi Zheng nodded, announced the news of his joining the team, and then continued: "This competition is mainly for several East Asian countries to meet each other's opponents of the same age group, and also to gain a mutual understanding for future development.

Aren’t we always talking about new waves, new waves? I feel that this is a good competition for us, the little newcomers, to meet each other. I also hope that we can work together to make progress, continue to grow, and soon become a huge wave that can impact the top masters today.

It was actually a pretty good competition. I just couldn't imagine that some countries would do some very weird things just to win, like a good pot of porridge was stuck with rat shit.

But what I want to say is that if you always think about winning through messy methods instead of improving your strength, you will only hurt yourself in the end.

I advise some countries to first clarify the basic concepts of Go and focus more on the chessboard. If they get into this state, they will lose face."

(End of this chapter)