After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Looking at the breakpoint left in the upper right corner, Mike couldn't help scratching his face, feeling a little confused.

There is clearly another item on top, why is it not being played anymore?

If he is defeated by his second laner, Zhan Lang's original ability to capture the enemy will be gone. If he doesn't fight now, he may never be able to do so again in the future.

Obviously, he has the advantage of being the first mover, so why doesn't Zhan Lang take advantage of it? Why does he give it away instead of leaving it here?
Mike felt a little confused. Theoretically, everyone would be willing to take advantage of the price first, but Zhan Lang didn't take advantage of it.

Why is this?

But in Zhan Lang's opinion, this trick has no effect, and it may even make things worse.

Because there are still breakpoints after the attack, and it is difficult to make up for it. The efficiency will obviously be very low, so people will just leave easily.

If it is not repaired, it may be pricked and pinched by others if left there, and the upper and lower breakpoints will be very uncomfortable, and finally the group will form an ugly shape.

So after the beating, the shape will be worse, it’s better not to be beating.

Sometimes newbies just like to take advantage of the first move, but end up losing more than they gain.

Of course, if the opponent is Mike, he may not be able to come up with the best response, but Zhan Lang will not make a wrong move no matter who he is facing.

And normally speaking, a professional would not fight from above, otherwise if he simply retreated, the player who was already being sandwiched by Mike would suffer even more serious damage.

If you make this kind of mistake, you basically can't reach a professional level.

Mike looked at Zhan Lang, who didn't fight but came to the left to attack the black piece in the corner. Although he was puzzled, he felt that maybe Zhan Lang in the upper right corner had set a trap for him?
After all, this is a move made by Zhan Lang, the only world champion in the world. If you don’t understand it, then there must be something wrong!
If you play the second route yourself, you will be fooled? !

Mike was a little hesitant to confirm, but from a rational point of view, Mike thought carefully and chose to trust his opponent's judgment rather than his own.

Zhan Lang’s level is so high, what he thought must be right!

You can take the initiative here and attack the opponent from the second lane without any fear.

Then don't fight yet, and deal with the black piece that is trapped in the upper left corner first.

Carry out the most basic intention at the beginning of this game and gain real benefits.

Mike knew that he would definitely lose, but he was not ready to give up in the middle of the game. He hoped that the gap between him and the opponent could be smaller so that he could finish the game and learn a complete lesson.

So what we need to do is to try our best to narrow the gap.

"It's at a professional level. At least he didn't play the second route."

Looking at Mike who didn't fight, Zhan Lang silently raised his opponent's level to a higher level.

Although Japan has now formed a professional system, for various reasons, the quality of professional chess players varies greatly, and sometimes professional ranks are simply not enough to evaluate a person's level.

Because in Japan, as long as you keep playing and win enough games, you can get promoted.

The situation in South Korea is even worse. Later, Korean 9th dan players even accounted for the largest group among professional players. Koreans are often proud of this and use it to prove their country's Go strength.

But some Korean teams may not be as solid and strong as some Chinese second-tier league teams.

The water content in the ranks has now become apparent, which is why the rating system was introduced later, because it can more intuitively show a chess player's current true situation.

Therefore, the current professional rankings in Japan are indeed very inflated. In addition, there are some people who slack off after being promoted. The level of Japan's professional Go world can be said to have an outrageous upper and lower limit.

But it is true that if there are too many people, but if you strictly limit the number of people who can be promoted, and some people almost fail to get in and later become world champions, everyone will complain that you are burying talent.

However, the current level of Japanese players is so low that even Zhanlang once thought that some of Japan's professional players would not be able to get a rank in China in the future.

Because there are some new beginners unlocked in the system, Zhan Lang feels that he can kill those people at will, even those who are not from the era of artificial intelligence.

However, Zhan Lang didn't know that Mike didn't play not because of his own level, but because he believed in Zhan Lang's level.

Mike's way of dealing with the black piece that was trapped in the upper left corner was also very simple, just fly it into the corner.

Mike's method is very simple and clear. In fact, it is the same as the one in the upper left corner. He occupies the real estate, scoops out first and then washes.

This is a method that most professional and even amateur players like, putting cash in their pockets first and then planning on other things.

After all, it’s reassuring to have cash in your pocket, but it’s easy to lose all your money in funds and stocks, which most people can’t grasp!
Mike made a fixed move in the upper left corner, eating and occupying a white piece and taking away the upper left corner.

From the current perspective, Mike occupied a lot of real estate in the corner, but Xiaofei's previous move was inefficient, and Zhan Lang only built a good wall outside, making it a two-point situation.

But Zhan Lang thought that he had already made a profit, and he could obviously do something with this in the future.

Zhan Lang judged that he had gotten a slight advantage and calmly came to the lower left corner and made a small flying move to defend the corner.

Mike felt that Zhan Lang was unusually calm and steady today. According to other people's evaluation, Zhan Lang should be a hot-tempered guy.

Or they are extremely efficient and speed up their moves across the board from the very beginning, and then you find yourself falling behind and cannot keep up with the opponent at all.

Otherwise, they will forcefully kill your Baron and directly kill you.

But today he is so leisurely, probably because he sees himself as an ordinary professional, so he is neither anxious nor slow, thinking that he can kill himself slowly.

Thinking of this, Mike couldn't help but get a little angry! He really wanted to scold Zhan Lang loudly! I'm also a professional player!

But after thinking about it carefully, I could only say this in my heart.

Really good at judging people!

However, Mike was not giving up and started to move the black piece above to fly and attack the chess piece on Zhan Lang's right.

Since you didn't hit it before, there are obviously many weak points here now. I will make a tentative attack first and see what you will do.

But seeing Mike taking action, Zhan Lang couldn't help but shake his head and sigh. This guy was too soft when he took action, wasn't he? I don't even want to pay attention to this level of threat.

Mike's threat was like two people preparing for a fight, but the other party jumped forward and yelled in an attempt to scare the other party. It was not harmful at all, and it was not even insulting.

Thinking of this, Zhan Lang flew directly to the midsection, ignoring Mike's threat.

You continue to attack, and I will see if I should respond.

Looking at Zhan Lang who didn't care, Mike didn't know what to say. I originally wanted to see how you walked and then follow you, but why didn't you walk and completely ignored me?

Why do you think completely differently from me?

I can’t guess it. I can’t guess it.

The man opposite is really strange.

But Mike didn't dare to attack first, for fear that the more he did, the more mistakes he would make, so he turned his gun and went straight to the lower right corner to make a small move, expanding his own territory while restricting Zhan Lang's appearance.

But after seeing this, Zhan Lang couldn't help but hug his chest and shake his head.

Zhan Lang really felt like he hadn't played chess with his opponents for a long time. The weakest people he usually met were his three apprentices. He thought they were very weak, but it turned out that they were even weaker than him.

I feel like I can’t stand watching this anymore. This kid’s chess playing efficiency is too low.

Zhan Lang didn't care at all that Mike was a few years older than him. If you want to defend the corner, you might as well go bigger. If you want to restrict my appearance, you might as well rush forward directly.

You feel like you haven't achieved anything good.

Let me teach you!
Zhan Lang has completely regarded this game as a guide. After all, there is no pressure at all now.

The 30th move, White, shoulder charge!

Compared to Zhan Lang's calm game, the other seven games were particularly intense, after all, most of them were between opponents of equal strength.

Mr. Fujii Hideaki directly met Mr. Wu, a Chinese chess player living in Sydney. It can be said that they were completely the veteran group this time.

Fujii Hideaki is already 63 years old this year, and he will be at the legal retirement age for three years after his retirement.

Although Mr. Wu is a little younger, he is also 43 years old.

The age difference between these two people is as much as 20 years old, and the total age of the two is over 100 years old, which makes them the oldest team in this competition.

To be honest, the four contestants in the future world championships combined may not be older than the two of them. It can only be said that in terms of age alone, these two people are as good as two.

If these two were placed in the future, they would be able to directly participate in the veterans competition.

Fang Yuan faced Japan's Katsuya Takenouchi, but it seemed that he had too many distracting thoughts in his mind, so Fang Yuan played the game in a chaotic manner. After showing a flaw at the beginning, he was suppressed by his opponent.

Moreover, after falling into a disadvantage, Fang Yuan became obviously more impatient, but Takenouchi Katsuya remained as calm as a mountain. The more impatient the opponent became, the steadier Takenouchi Katsuya remained.

The situation was similar in other competitions. Drawing Taipei chess players other than Lin Xiaofeng was actually a pretty good draw. The two lucky ones were Li Yiran from China and Cho Myung-hoon from South Korea.

Because everyone was participating in the war on behalf of their own city, there was no principle of avoiding the same country, so some civil wars inevitably occurred in the first round of the competition.

The one that was in the civil war was Japan, because they had the largest number of participants.

While the competition was in full swing, Mr. Ying Changqi, the sponsor, also came to the competition site accompanied by the Chinese Chess Institute.

"How was Zhan Lang's game today?"

After Ying Changqi arrived at the door, he immediately asked about Zhan Lang's game situation. After all, he was the favorite to win the championship in his mind and the only candidate to win the championship.

Moreover, Zhan Lang won the Fujitsu Cup held in Japan some time ago, which gave Ying Changqi great confidence.

He won the world championship in Japan, then the world championship in China, and became the double world champion in China and Japan. If this is not the best person in the world, then what is the best person in the world?
After all, nowadays, probably only China and Japan will host the World Go Championships.

It is impossible for other countries to do so, and they do not have the conditions to do so.

Moreover, if Japan fails to win the championship twice, it is hard to say whether it can survive until the second Yingshi Cup.

Ying Changqi chose to hold his competition in the same year as the Olympics, and it is also held every four years, in order to compete with the Olympics in Go.

There is no way. It is difficult for the game of Go to enter the Asian Games, let alone the Olympics. It is almost impossible.

After all, even later, when Go was most prosperous in China, Japan and South Korea, the three countries did not have the determination to work together to make Go a permanent event in the Asian Games.

Every time China tries to lift the flag, the next host of the competition will lag behind.

According to the requirements of the Asian Games, as long as a competition event is held for three consecutive sessions, it can become a permanent event.

China was the first country to include Go in the Asian Games, and South Korea won all the gold medals, achieving the best result in history.

I originally thought that since they won all the gold medals, they should make this a strong event in the next Asian Games.

Who would have thought that after the Asian Games, China's golden generation would go straight onto the world stage, with six people winning six world championships in one year, and the Go event was directly cancelled from the Asian Games in South Korea.

Alas, I don’t want to play anymore!

This was the second time that China included Go in the Asian Games, and the next Asian Games was hosted by Japan. Originally, they came to this competition aiming for a bronze medal, but in the end they didn’t even get a bronze medal!
Organizing a Go competition?! I don’t even want to host a world championship, but I want to host the Asian Games Go competition!

Cancel! Must cancel!
Therefore, China's efforts to bring Go into the Asian Games failed in the second session, and there was no need to even think about the third session.

"Don't you know? The player we're playing against today is from the United States. How can we lose?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Long said helplessly that this visa would be a guaranteed admission visa no matter who it was given to, so there was no need to worry at all.

Ying Changqi nodded when he heard this. Indeed, how could he lose?

The United States is just a mascot that comes in to make up the numbers.

But there was no way. Having invested so much money, Ying Changqi was not stingy with the money. After all, the money he donated to his hometown were in the billions.

His biggest wish now is to see a Chinese Go player become number one in the world.

He was mainly worried that he had spent a lot of time and energy organizing this competition, and that in the end it would be a favor to others.

But Zhan Lang is already the world champion, so I shouldn’t worry so much.

"How are the other Chinese chess players doing?"

"Li Yiran is in good condition, but Fang Yuan and Lao Cao are not in good condition."

When Ying Changqi arrived, the game had been going on for three hours, and at this time, many situations had begun to show obvious tilt.

If the current situation continues, China should be able to advance two of its eight teams to the quarterfinals, which is in line with the ratio of the participants.

The fact is just as everyone expected. After 16 games, China advanced to the quarterfinals through Zhan Lang and Li Yiran.

Among the chess players representing Chinese Taipei, only Lin Xiaofeng advanced to the quarterfinals.

On the Japanese side, Fujii Hideaki won the "Veterans' Battle" and advanced to the quarterfinals, Takenouchi Katsuya defeated Fang Yuan to enter the quarterfinals, Mitsuba Kenichi and Toya Masao also advanced to the quarterfinals.

The situation of Shohei Takemiya, 9th dan, was quite miserable. He eliminated Kenichi Mitsuba, 9th dan, in the Fujitsu Cup and entered the finals. This time, he was avenged by his opponent and was eliminated in the first round of the Japanese civil war.

On the South Korean side, Zhao Chikun, who was considered one of the favorites to win the championship, was also sniped by his Japanese fellow player Masao Toya, while Cao Mingxun entered the quarterfinals.

So the candidates for the quarterfinals are Zhan Lang and Li Yiran from mainland China, Lin Xiaofeng from Chinese Taipei, Cho Myung-hoon from South Korea, Masao Toya, Kenichi Mitsuha, Hideaki Fujii and Katsuya Takenouchi from Japan.

From this perspective, pure Japanese occupy half of the seats in the quarterfinals. If the chess academies they belong to are included, the number even exceeds five of the eight.

This also shows that if we talk about comprehensive aspects alone, Japan still has obvious advantages compared to other countries.

But unfortunately, there is only one champion.

After the game, everyone immediately started drawing lots for the next round.

Zhan Lang picked out one of the eight fans at random, and chose a lucky person at random to advance to the quarterfinals.

Looking at Katsuya Takenouchi, who had a number next to his, Zhan Lang couldn't help but shook his head.

Then I can only eliminate you, Katsuya Takenouchi, 9th dan.

(End of this chapter)