Go: 50-50 split between me and AI

"How's the situation?"

"Fuck!"

Nan Ke, who was having a heated discussion with others in the laboratory, was suddenly patted on the back by someone and couldn't help but startled.

Since Ying Jie proposed it at that time, if two people from China took all the places in the final of the world championship, there would not be much change.

You two can solve it yourselves. Anyway, we have already won the championship and runner-up. I don’t care who wins or loses. The championship is China anyway.

But if the final is an international match, the Chinese national team will provide assistants to the players who enter the final. Simply put, the players who enter the final can choose three people to prepare for the game with them and accompany them throughout the final.

Most of the choices made by everyone are the same. One is that they will definitely consider people they are familiar with, so that there is someone to chat with during the finals, which can actually reduce a lot of psychological pressure.

Another option is to choose some domestic players who have restraint over their final opponents or have better records, to help them study their opponents' weaknesses.

For example, after Bully reversed the final in 2002 and 2003, Bully also accompanied the finalist to play against Shen Zi in the Yingshi Cup.

This time, Xiao Xiao chose Fan Ruoyu, who had defeated Park Jung-hwan in the final, Nan Ke, the three-time champion who defeated Park Jung-hwan in the semi-finals, and Bugu Yun, who came to serve as the atmosphere group.

We can't say that Buguyun is a guy who creates atmosphere. After all, his current ranking point is already 14th in China. It may not seem that good, but in fact, this ranking point is already very high.

Those ranked next to him are basically either national champions or world champions.

It's just that the score was so high that he could only barely rank in this position even if he worked his ass off. He even started to lose big points because he lost two games in a row in the domestic and world championships this month.

After China introduced this policy, South Korea quickly followed suit.

However, compared to the many options in China, there are very few options in South Korea.

After all, the top five in South Korea still have a certain degree of competitiveness, and as for those ranked fifth to tenth, it can only be said that they are not bad.

Park Jung-hwan must have brought Choi Taek with him, and Kim Dong-seok also attended the final as an accompanying person.

So when the Korean team saw Ying Jie entering the laboratory, the discussion suddenly became quiet.

Compared to the appearance of Ying Jie, this final seemed less important.

When Nan Ke turned around and saw that it was his teacher, he couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect Ying Jie to come.

After all, after Ying Jie came back from Korea, he said he was going out for a trip and disappeared, so no one could contact him except Lu Jingjing.

"Teacher? Why are you back? Didn't you just disappear from the face of the earth after returning from Korea?

The phone call was unavailable. If it weren't for Master's Wife confirming that you were okay, we would have called the police."

Looking at Ying Jie who suddenly appeared at another scene, Nan Ke couldn't help but complain.

Originally, Nan Ke was one of the few people who could contact Ying Jie, but as his apprentice, he couldn't even contact him later.

Think about the treatment that other people's closed disciples receive. As a closed disciple, you can't even contact your own teacher.

Except for the first world championship, Ying Jie never came to the finals as a teacher again.

The question is, now that you have reached your level, isn't it enough to just show off artificial intelligence? Can't you understand it?

As a result, your little wife disappeared from the face of the earth in the finals!

Value beauty over followers!

"Brother Jie! You are finally alive!"

"Can you please speak human language?"

Looking at Buguyun's fat face approaching, Ying Jie pushed him away.

What do you mean alive? Am I fucking dead?!
You really can't speak human language!

"We are worried about you because you run around everywhere every day."

When Bu Gu Yun heard this, he said helplessly, "When I saw you sign up for the Chess Saint Tournament, I signed up right away, following closely the footsteps of Ying Jie, the 10th Dan!"

"Did you come here early in the morning?"

"I arrived last night and slept on the sofa in Xiao Xiao's room all night. I knew that this bitch would definitely suffer from insomnia in this situation, so I went there on purpose.

I was just chatting with him about something and he fell asleep, otherwise he must have insomnia. "

Ying Jie saw the national team coach nodded. The psychological problems of chess players are actually the most difficult to solve, especially when relying on outsiders, it is often difficult to provide guidance.

For Xiao Xiao, insomnia due to stress is the easiest problem to solve.

Sometimes, being soft in a crucial game, or failing to perform to your full potential when faced with players who have restrained themselves, are serious issues.

But if Ying Jie and Xiao Xiao were not familiar enough and had not slept and chatted together every day in the past, Xiao Xiao would not have been so easily distracted by Ying Jie last night and fell asleep while chatting.

Because this was the state they were in at night in the dojo before, Xiao Xiao seemed to have forgotten about the competition tomorrow as they chatted.

When Xiao Xiao went out in the morning, Ying Jie was actually already awake, but he decisively jumped onto the bed from the sofa and took another nap.

In the final of the Datong Cup World's Strongest Chess Player Tournament, both sides now have a time limit of three and a half hours, and there are five one-minute countdowns. In the current competition rhythm environment, this can be said to be a super slow game.

The competition officially starts at ten o'clock in the morning, and there is a half-hour lunch break at twelve noon.

If both sides use up the reserved time, the game will have to go on until 5:30 p.m., not to mention the countdown time.

Therefore, Ying Jie felt that there wouldn't be any big problems in the first few hours, including meal time.

As long as Xiao Xiao wasn't stabbed and killed right at the beginning, the problems ahead would not be big and there would be no need to go forward.

So Ying Jie slept until twelve o'clock, then leisurely went out for brunch, and then staggered back to the laboratory set up in the hotel.

As for why you can enter without a work badge?

When have you ever seen any problematic competition where Mr. Nie couldn't enter without his work badge?

If Ying Jie didn't have this ability, he would feel that all his years had been in vain.

I can't even brush my face.

"How is the situation now?"

Although the Go software on the mobile phone can display the real-time situation and winning rate at the first time, Ying Jie never looked at it until he arrived at the laboratory and asked a question.

"The situation is still similar at the moment. Overall, Xiao Xiao suffered a slight loss in the local battle in the upper left corner, because it was obvious that the real ground was damaged.

But the white pieces on the periphery also became thicker. Overall, this game is still a very long one.”

Hearing Fan Ruoyu's introduction next to him, Ying Jie nodded. It was within his expectations.

The two players played 79 moves in more than two hours, which is actually very fast in this kind of game.

It is normal that the situation is still difficult to resolve. After all, the retention time is seven hours, and more than two hours has not even passed half of the time.

"This guy Ying Jie didn't even come over to say hello when he saw me. I definitely won't invite him to the massage tonight."

Looking at Ying Jie who appeared in the Chinese research team, Jin Dongxi scratched his neck and said, "But it seems that this guy should have almost recovered. He is really cruel. The training intensity is so high that it directly crushed his body.

However, he actually won a 50-5 draw against artificial intelligence. I guess in more than a hundred years, as long as Go still exists in this world, everyone will know about those ten chess records.

In another hundred years, we probably won’t even be able to talk about chess manuals, and even our names may not be remembered.”

Kim Dong-seok couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this. As a Go player, who wouldn't want his Go records and name to be passed down to future generations thousands of years later?

But the difficulty is too high. Even if you become the best in the world, you may not only leave behind two chess records.

Even in today's Internet age, all chess records can exist on the Internet forever and will not be deleted as Internet junk.

However, after a few hundred years, most of the chess records will probably only be stored as souvenirs in a dark corner of the Internet, and only those few games may be remembered by people.

But what is certain is that the several games in which Ying Jie competed against the machine will be remembered by everyone as turning points in the history of Go.

Comparing yourself to others will make you feel nauseous.

Jin Dongxi couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this: "Ying Jie is said to have re-registered for this year's Chinese Chess Saint Tournament. It seems that his body has almost recovered and he is preparing to gradually resume the competition.

Even if Ying Jie declines to the age of 30, I can’t think of many professionals who can beat him based on his level…

I guess we have to wait until he is in his fifties or sixties and his hardware and software have aged a lot. I feel like maybe someone will be able to defeat him normally.

What bad luck! You guys finally got a few years of relief, and now it starts all over again."

Kim Dong-seok himself didn't feel anything. After all, he had already retired and had begun to gradually fade out of the Korean Go world.

Since losing the invitation to the Chinese Go League A, Kim Dong-seok has already felt that his performance has clearly declined and it is almost time for him to pack up and leave.

But even so, Kim Dong-seok is still ranked seventh in the Korean Go ranking, and has even reached fifth place before.

Cui Ze glanced at Ying Jie who was chatting and laughing with others, and just said: "I can see him again on the court."

Cui Ze has been constantly improving himself in the past two years, especially after the emergence of artificial intelligence. Cui Ze regarded artificial intelligence as a lower-level substitute for Ying Jie and continued to train.

Cui Ze even thought at one point that the body was not important. As long as he could reach a higher level, it didn't matter even if his body was crushed like Ying Jie.

But Cui Ze obviously felt that after the daily training volume reached a certain level, the effect of subsequent training could not be said to be greatly reduced. It could only be said that it was better than nothing.

Cui Ze could also feel the difference in training efficiency between himself and Ying Jie, because under the same circumstances he might spend longer, but the results obtained were not as good as those of the other party.

“As long as he’s still here, I’ll still have goals to chase.

He hasn’t had any systematic training or professional competitions for two years. I don’t know how much his level has declined now.”

The professional Go game is always very competitive. If a professional 9th ​​dan player has the courage to not practice for a month or so, others will immediately teach him a lesson.

Ying Jie has been resting for the past two years, and Cui Ze follows Ying Jie's social media accounts, which are all about his travels around the world.

You haven't received any professional-level training for more than two years. If you were any other professional ninth-dan or even world champion, you would have been basically half useless. Not to mention the geniuses of the same period, the younger generations would use you as a stepping stone to slap them in the face.

But Ying Jie is different.

In the past two years, artificial intelligence has gradually appeared on computers, and some simple artificial intelligence operations can be performed directly on mobile phones.

Everyone has a deep understanding of how terrifying Ying Jie was when he used his human body to rival artificial intelligence.

Even though the artificial intelligence I used to have was a little weaker than it is now, almost everyone can still vividly remember how a large number of ninth-dan players were educated by artificial intelligence.

More than a dozen Chinese, Japanese and Korean 9th dan players took turns to play, but in the end only two of them won by being given a two-stone handicap.

From that moment on, everyone realized that times had changed.

Go has entered the era of games.

Even though everyone has made great progress in the era of artificial intelligence, no one dares to say that they could win against the artificial intelligence of the past.

I don't have the slightest qualification to be the first.

So even if Ying Jie didn't train for two days, and he was regressing during this two-year window while everyone else was improving, no one would dare to say that they could beat him.

No.

People of his generation at that time knew one thing very clearly.

Ying Jie is a 10th dan and is simply not at the same level as everyone else.

The fact that he sat at the same table with everyone playing chess was in itself an act of bullying.

“I look forward to meeting him again in the World Series.”

Ying Jie didn't know what Cui Ze was thinking, but was discussing the current game with everyone.

The on-site discussion was completely different from what Ying Jie had been doing these past two days, when he was hiding in his room and occasionally watching live broadcasts online. Everyone was basically discussing the matter enthusiastically.

Xiao Xiao said that when the situation was going well, everyone was very happy. But if there was any mistake, the atmosphere would immediately become tense. Everyone would also express their understanding and opinions on the local measures.

For example, if this step cannot be taken, we can consider expelling Xiao Xiao from the national team.

Xiao Xiao's situation in the middle game was not particularly good, but after a series of operations in the middle, Xiao Xiao successfully reversed the situation.

At this time, Park Jung-hwan in the game room was rubbing the chess pieces in his hands and looking at the situation on the field.

After a series of battles in the middle, this round of battle is basically over.

Next comes the final stage, and we begin to clean up the battlefield.

Looking at Park Jung-hwan who was sitting opposite him in deep thought, Xiao Xiao couldn't help but wave his hand next to his nose, then glanced under the table with disgust.

Under the table, Park Jung-hwan took off his shoes at some point, and his exposed feet gave off a strong smell.

Even the official photographer who came in to take a close-up shot quickly finished the shot and then retreated quickly.

Xiao Xiao couldn't help but shook his head. To some extent, this has become a traditional Korean art.

It’s just that the Korean predecessors went a little further and directly put the smelly socks on the table.

If there were those small fans back then, maybe I could just put the socks on the table and blow the small fan towards them.

What’s more interesting is that Cao, who is famous for his tricks outside the board, severely criticized various tricks outside the board in his autobiography, and said that chess players who use tricks outside the board have no future and will not go far.

I don’t know what kind of mood he was in when he wrote this.

Of course, this kind of behavior would definitely be a direct violation nowadays.

However, no one would say much when Park Jung-hwan took off his shoes. In fact, many Japanese chess players would just take off their shoes and sit cross-legged on the chair.

The problem is that Park Jung-hwan's feet are a bit too smelly, and Xiao Xiao feels nauseous.

Move 171, Black chess piece, stand!

Seeing this, Xiao Xiao didn't care about being scared by the smoke, and immediately felt that his chance had come!
Park Jung-hwan overlooked the flaws in his connections on the right.

Xiao Xiao rushed out from the upper right corner without any hesitation!

After Park Jung-hwan made a move, Xiao Xiao pulled the black chess piece and the entire black chess piece became immobile.

Seeing this step, Park Jung-hwan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat.

If we say that in the previous situation, Park Jung-hwan was at a slight disadvantage, but the board was very close, it was not impossible for him to catch up in the endgame.

Because Park Jung-hwan has always been good at endgame, Xiao Xiao is not good at it.

But the upper right corner...

Park Jung-hwan stared at the chessboard. If he was afraid that a piece would move from the center and simply blocked it, Xiao Xiao could still stab it out.

However, it is also not possible to stay together and be tolerant. Otherwise, after Xiao Xiao sticks to him, he will be further plundered because of the various breakpoints above him.

"Park Jung-hwan is in trouble now."

Fan Ruoyu took a look at the situation on the chessboard and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth.

The situation was originally quite difficult to determine. Although the winning rate of artificial intelligence had reached a very good level, everyone was still very rational.

The situation was within one or two points, and any mistake could lead to the loss.

But the situation is different now. As long as Xiao Xiao holds on, he has basically won.

Compared with the laughter and joy on the Chinese delegation's side, the atmosphere on the Korean delegation's side was rather depressing.

Cui Ze couldn't help but shook his head. He had been paying attention to that top move before. After Park Jung-hwan didn't make a move, he realized that something would go wrong, and it turned out to be just as he expected.

We can’t take this step now.

"But it's okay. Park Jung-hwan has plenty of experience in world competitions, so he won't necessarily lose until the last minute."

Kim Dong-seok couldn't help but fanning the fan in his hand. Park Jung-hwan did have plenty of experience in world championship finals, but he only won once, and the rest were all experiences of failure.

Of course, after all, I have won once, which is better than some people who have only experience of failure.

Move 182, White, break through.

At this point, everyone had basically sentenced Park Jung-hwan to death, even the South Korean delegation.

Kim Dong-seok was already preparing to get up and leave, so there should be no variables at this point.

Because there is really no room for struggle in this area.

Even if the black pieces stick, the white pieces behind will have a good chance of trapping them, and in the end the entire black piece will only have two points, which means it will basically be completely wiped out.

Everyone began to judge when Park Jung-hwan was ready to admit defeat.

However, Park Jung-hwan on the field had no intention of giving up yet.

After countless failures and setbacks, I am only one step away from my second victory.

I don’t want to fail at this last step again!

There must be a way!
Amid the confusion of the crowd, Park Jung-hwan began to play madly.

Although everyone doesn't understand why it was done like this, because it doesn't make any sense, it's just because Park Jung-hwan was adjusting his mood at the end.

But later on, everyone seemed to realize something.

Is Park Jung-hwan planning to rob?
"What the hell? Did these two guys see it wrong? They thought this was a robbery?"

Nan Ke looked at the situation on the chessboard and couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

How could two world champion chess players misread such a simple thing?
"They have been fighting for seven hours. Their nerves are on edge. If their thinking is distorted, it is not impossible for them to have such an illusion."

Fan Ruoyu couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his head, but if that was the case, Xiao Xiao would be in real danger.

Now everyone can only pray that Xiao Xiao was not wrong.

At this time, Xiao Xiao, who was in the game room, was looking at the situation on the chessboard and fell into deep thought.

Park Jung-hwan, who was sitting opposite, had a blank expression on his face, but in fact his legs were shaking.

Park Jung-hwan was not wrong, he knew clearly that this was not a robbery.

But he's gambling!
He was betting that he could mislead Xiao Xiao!
The reason why I attacked frantically just now was to make the opponent think that I was setting up a robbery, and to make the opponent think incorrectly according to the ideas I deliberately created.

Xiao Xiao listened to the sound from the timer next to him, grabbed a chess piece and placed it on the chessboard, then quickly rang the clock.

Fifty-nine seconds passed.

Almost timed out...

Xiao Xiao felt slightly relieved, but Park Jung-hwan, who was sitting opposite him, finally perked up.

Inside the laboratory, the Chinese delegation burst into wailing when they saw the latest steps appearing on the network software.

In the 206th move, Xiao Xiao did not hit it correctly, but hit it wrongly.

Everyone realized that this might be the biggest blunder in the final of the Datong Cup World's Strongest Chess Player Tournament.

"It's over. We can still get out of this situation! Damn it!"

Nan Ke started cursing when he saw the 206th move. How could this be given away? How could this be lost?
Xiao Xiao still wants to win the world championship in this life? !
I have touched the championship trophy twice, but it was pushed away again...

Kim Dong-seok, who had already stood up and was about to leave with his coat, silently put his coat down: "I told you there's still a chance."

Kim Dong-seok completely forgot who had just sentenced Park Jung-hwan to death.

Compared to the quarrel in the Chinese delegation, many people in the Korean delegation had already started laughing, and the laughter was even loud enough for the Chinese delegation next to them to hear.

However, Ying Jie was quite calm at this time: "In fact, the current situation is not too bad. If Xiaoxiao can keep calm, there is still a chance.

The question is, if he finds himself in trouble now, can he keep his composure? "

Ying Jie was really not sure whether he could keep his composure if Xiao Xiao made a mistake at the last moment.

Sometimes the more a mistake occurs at a critical moment, the more mistakes will follow.

At this time, Park Jung-hwan also knew that he had made the right bet and he had finally waited for the right opportunity to turn the tables.

Without any hesitation, Park Jung-hwan grew out directly.

Xiao Xiao then immediately proposed a robbery, and Park Jung-hwan also immediately found the material for the robbery.

The two sides also started a fight over this robbery.

Xiao Xiao also realized at this time that he had a big problem and the game was now on the brink of danger.

"Calm down! Calm down Xiao Xiao!"

Xiao Xiao hit himself on the head a few times with his hands.

That guy Ying Jie must have gotten up and was watching his chess game outside.

This guy had disappeared for such a long time, but after knowing that I had the competition, he flew back all the way at night.

Sleep on the sofa and chat with yourself.

This is the last step left...

This is the last step I have left, and I cannot let everyone down.

I must win!
I must win!
Listening to the countdown of the timer, Xiao Xiao calmed down and drank the boiled water beside him.

Seeing Park Jung-hwan's further move, Xiao Xiao looked at the chessboard and quickly calculated the situation.

The 218th move, White chess, eliminates the disaster!
This step also directly secured the victory.

No one expected that Xiao Xiao made a huge mistake at the end, but he still won in the end.

It was just the last step. If Xiao Xiao woke up one step later, this game would be completely over.

Because of Park Jung-hwan's long smile, he couldn't find any material to rob anywhere else, so he could only rob himself, but Park Jung-hwan could stick to him directly at this time.

Although Xiao Xiao could still continue to play and fight for the piece, the white pieces as a whole were not alive.

Park Jung-hwan still has a lot of potential robbing materials, but Xiao Xiao can no longer find a suitable one.

At this moment, Park Jung-hwan also realized that his last chance to turn the tables had failed.

4 to 3, Park Jung-hwan once again missed his own world championship.

Xiao Xiao was stunned for a moment when he saw Park Jung-hwan resigning and admitting defeat.

After sitting in his seat blankly for a while, Xiao Xiao seemed to react.

I?
Won the world championship?
PS: There were too many upsets today, Li Zerui defeated Jin Yucheng, Hu Zihao defeated Liu Yuhang...

I was looking forward to the astronauts fighting against the sun, and whether Jin Zi could get revenge this year after being defeated by Lao Ke last year. These scenes are gone...

Xuangong met Director Fan again. Director Fan should be Xuangong's worst opponent after or even surpassing Lao Ke. He has eight losses and one win in his career...

It's really extremely bitter.

So you get the idea, right? Stud Poker is an art!
(End of this chapter)