Go: 50-50 split between me and AI

Chapter 393 392. I think everyone has the same goal

"Secretary-General Ding, I'm so sorry, we didn't expect this to happen."

Zhou Xuchun, the vice chairman of the Chinese Go Association, looked embarrassed and held the hand of Secretary-General Ding, who led the Korean team to participate in the second stage of the Nongshim Cup this time, and started talking.

Looking at the corner of the other party's mouth that was harder to press than AK, Secretary-General Ding's face turned dark.

I don’t believe you didn’t do it on purpose. Are you here to comfort me?This is simply a provocation!

It’s no wonder that Secretary-General Ding has a dark face. This time, Ying Jie in the Nongshim Cup is already recognized as the world’s number one in the Go world. It is impossible for China to put him in the vanguard position again.

Ying Jie is indeed very likely to win another ten games in a row, but if he keeps doing this, South Korea will have cerebral palsy and will continue to hold this competition.

Even if there are sponsors in China who are willing to continue hosting this kind of arena competition, Japan and South Korea may not be willing to participate.

I didn’t ask you to slap me in the face like this.

Even if you win chess, you must pay attention to sustainable development.

Theoretically speaking, South Korea originally wanted to fight a more beautiful battle. In the end, it was best to have a few people left and use up a few people to see if they could kill Ying Jie.

Even if they were not exhausted, Ying Jie was the only one who pushed the Chinese team in the end. The report can be said to be a narrow defeat.

For this reason, Gao Yongxia took the initiative to ask Ying to play as a vanguard. He wanted to use a wave of winning streak to boost the morale of the Korean team and clear out a wave of minions.

As a result, Gao Yongxia defeated the [-]th-dan player Yamashita Shunyuan of the Fuso team in the first game, and was beaten by the [-]th-dan player Fan Ruoyu of the Chinese team in the second game.

Originally, even so, the Korean team didn't pay much attention.

After all, Fan Ruoyu is also one of China's emerging players who has performed very well this year. In addition, Gao Yongxia has been on a decline since he lost his No. [-] position in the world last year.

Are you saying that Gao Yongxia has no dominance?No matter what the situation is, he can turn you upside down and even have an advantage.

You may say he is strong, but some crucial games that are obviously a sure win can be delivered in the end.

Just like the end of all heroes, Gao Yongxia's last journey was also very painful.

Time comes and the world has the same force, and it is not free to transport heroes.

Therefore, everyone felt that Fan Ruoyu defeated Gao Yongxia in a round, which was a relatively normal thing. It was just a pity that Gao Yongxia's initial goal was not achieved, which made everyone regretful.

When Fan Ruoyu defeated a Fuso player in the next game, everyone still felt normal.

After all, Fuso is just here to make up the numbers. It's good to win a game. It's normal to be beheaded by everyone.

But Fan Ruoyu began to defeat South Korea's Cui Haoxian in the ninth stage and won three consecutive victories in the first stage, ending the first stage of the Nongshim Cup. Everyone began to feel that something was wrong.

It's impossible for someone like Ying Jie to directly sweep the chess world of the two countries and end the chess game, right?
But this idea was killed by others as soon as it appeared.

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

Even this year, Ying Jie's winning rate is still 100%. How could there be a second pervert like this?

No matter how good Fan Ruoyu is this year, his winning rate is only 70%, which is still within the range of normal top chess players.

It can only be said that in every Nongshim Cup, there will always be one or two players who are in good condition and produce relatively good results.

However, we have just won three consecutive games, which happens in every session. Regular operations, no calls.

So in the second stage, after Fan Ruoyu defeated Fuso's Asari Ryota [-]th Dan, South Korea immediately sent Park Jung-hwan [-]th Dan, who was originally intended to be the deputy, on the third appearance.

Park Jung-hwan has now surpassed Ko Yong-ha in terms of rating and has become the second most recognized player in South Korea.

But to everyone's expectation, Fan Ruoyu won again.

An undisputed victory directly bulldozed Park Jung Hwan.

Then came two other chess players from Japan and South Korea, who were killed without any accident.

Seven consecutive victories!
Fan Ruoyu ended the first and second stage of the Nongshim Cup.

Just like Ying Jie a year ago.

If the competition system had not been changed, would South Korea be worried that it would be in the same embarrassing situation as last year?

In the third stage, only one person from my family was left, and the Chinese team had five people left.

But after the competition system was changed this year, Fuso Captain successfully survived to the third stage.

Faced with this situation, Secretary-General Ding's face naturally didn't look good.

It's so embarrassing to be beaten like this.

Forget about Ying Jie, a not-so-famous rising star in China actually won seven consecutive games in the Nongshim Cup.

It’s impossible for the 90s generation of Chinese Go players to be monsters, right?

Even without Ying Jie, can China still treat South Korea as its grandson?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!
But no matter how much he didn't want to admit it, Secretary-General Ding had to admit this fact.

My family will soon be in danger of having their heads shaved this year.

The only thing that can be considered a gain this time is that the newly appointed boss of the Go Association is indeed not an ideal professional.

As long as we can talk, everything is easy to talk about.

"It's okay, yes, we want to congratulate you, the Chinese Chess Association has produced another talent."

Secretary-General Ding forced himself to control his expression and spoke out word for word.

I really hope a big truck comes and takes them all to reopen.

"That being said, Korean Go is also full of talented people!

However, I heard that Gugou Company has contacted your country's Chess Academy? "Hearing that Zhou Xuchun was asking for information, Secretary-General Ding nodded: "There is such a thing. "

There is nothing to hide about this kind of thing. It was going to be officially announced soon, so it would be okay to inform the other party in advance.

"It should be Gao Yongxia [-]th Dan, right?"

Secretary-General Ding nodded: "That's right, the company over there has contacted us and wants to have an exhibition match with Gao Yongxia Jiudan, a five-game system, win or lose, until the end of the game.

There is a match fee for each game, and if you win, there will be additional bonuses, and it is also very exciting. The battle between man and machine is very attractive, isn't it?
I don’t think we have any reason to refuse, not even China. "

"How does Secretary-General Ding feel about the outcome?"

Secretary-General Ding smiled when he heard this: "Anyway, Gao Yongxia Jiuduan read the five games of the previous artificial intelligence and European championship exhibition games, and his evaluation was relatively average.

But after all, it is artificial intelligence, maybe it can win a game of Gao Yongxia [-]th Dan. "

Some people who are superstitious about science are so arrogant and always think that science can defeat everything.

But the mountain of Go will tell them that there is an insurmountable hurdle in this world.

"I don't think so."

After hearing Zhou Xuchun's words, Secretary-General Ding replied expressionlessly: "Chairman Zhou, what do you have to say?"

“Capitalists are the smartest people in the world. How can these companies dare to challenge if they are not sure?
They want to use our Go game as a stepping stone to their stock price. I don’t think they will play the game if they are not sure.

Just like before, it seemed impossible to us that a computer could defeat professional chess players.

However, the previous alpha dog also successfully defeated the European professional champion and did something we thought we couldn't do before.

Maybe there will be a more powerful Go artificial intelligence in the future, and maybe it can really defeat all humans.

Therefore, I think it should not be underestimated, and Gao Yongxia [-]th Dan should be well prepared. "

After all, to a certain extent, this is also a duel between humans and machines. Gao Yongxia not only represents individuals, but also represents humans.

Moreover, after the artificial intelligence came out, Ying Jie once communicated with the Chess Association, hoping to hold an exhibition match.

After all, humans fighting against machines is quite interesting.

Especially the victory of humans over machines.

In this era when the topic of artificial intelligence (AI) is very popular, it still has great hype value.

That would be even more interesting.

Maybe it can also trigger a craze for learning Go or something like that.

Just like in the last century, Mr. Nie's winning streak boosted national self-confidence and successfully attracted a circle of Go fans. These people are basically parents of the 90s generation.

Their children have become the strongest cornerstone of the current rise of Chinese Go.

There are always people who think that the older chess fans attracted, or even those who cannot play chess, are not counted as the Go population.

But in fact, only if their parents are interested in Go can children have the opportunity to come into contact with Go.

And these children who are exposed to Go will become new hope.

After hearing the idea, the Chess Association said it was feasible, but after communicating with the other company, it was rejected.

And it was obvious that he contacted the Korean Chess Academy only after the other party rejected him.

If the other party hadn't refused, Zhou Xuchun wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong with this artificial intelligence.

But the other party rejected Ying Jie and chose Gao Yongxia, which made Zhou Xuchun feel something.

Perhaps this alpha dog may be able to defeat Gao Yongxia, but he is not 100% sure of defeating Ying Jie.

Therefore, Gao Yongxia, a well-known chess player whose strength has begun to decline, was used to verify his own strength.

This idea can be said to be very bold in this era. If you say it, no one will believe it.

No.

It seems that it should be said, except Ying Jie.

Zhou Xuchun turned his attention to the media conference for the second stage of the Nongshim Cup next to him.

"Fan Ruoyu, seventh-dan, do you have any special feelings about Nongshim's seventh consecutive victory this time?"

Hearing this, Fan Ruoyu coughed a little: "There is no special feeling, because Ying Jie already achieved ten consecutive victories in the last term, and I think what he can do, I can do too.

It's a pity because our Chinese team was the winner last year, so we can't be the first to play. I can only win nine consecutive games this time. I can only say that it is a pity. "

"What are your goals for the next phase?"

"Target?"

"There is only one goal."

"I think all current professional chess players have the same goals."

"No one has a second thought."

"The only goal is to defeat Ying Jie!"

Fan Ruoyu turned to look at Ying Jie, who was sitting next to him and turning his bracelet.

The six-time world Go champion, Ying Jie!

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