After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

The third game of the five-game final of the Yingshi Cup went on normally the next morning, as if nothing had happened yesterday.

Cao Mingxun sat in his seat somewhat listlessly, looking completely drained of energy.

On the one hand, because of various things that happened last night, Cao Mingxun suffered from insomnia and did not sleep well.

On the other hand, Cao Mingxun originally thought that he could win 100%, but now he was forced to compete now. This was really unexpected for him.

He originally thought that if he threatened to withdraw from the competition, the Chinese side would definitely agree to change the venue of the competition. After all, it was a scandal in a sense that a player withdrew from the world championship final.

Especially since it is the first time for the other party to host such a world-class competition, as long as the organizer is not flawed, they would not want such a stain to appear in their competition.

Theoretically, as long as we are strong enough, we can hold the competition in South Korea.

After all, China is hosting this world series and certainly hopes to complete it from beginning to end, and even hopes that its credibility can surpass that of the previous world series held in Japan.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye can already see that China and Japan are now competing for the right to speak in the world of Go.

If we forcibly withdraw from the competition and claim that we are being treated unfairly, it will inevitably affect the competition and the reputation of Zhanlang.

It may even further affect the overall reputation of Chinese Go, which is something that Chinese Go, which is competing for power with Japan, does not want to see.

Therefore, Cao Mingxun did not even think about agreeing to Ying Changqi's proposal to place the deal in Singapore during the negotiations.

Each one take a step back?
nonexistent!

You have to push for more!
Because the option of "both sides taking a step back" is of no use to me! It just turns the death penalty into a suspended death sentence, which does not make any real difference.

After all, Cao Mingxun himself understood that it was useless to delay the game.

In other words, as time goes by, the advantage will not only not be on Cao Mingxun's side, but the balance may tilt more and more towards Bai Zhanlang.

Cao Mingxun has reached a consensus that as long as the home court is not in South Korea, everything else will be useless.

If the final is against other top players, Cao Mingxun can delay a little time until the other person's condition deteriorates, and then work hard and give up everything during this period to practice and research only on the other person. It is still possible for him to turn the tide.

Because Cao Mingxun did not feel that there was any qualitative gap between himself and the top-notch players, the level gap between them was actually within an acceptable range.

If you concentrate on studying him and his opponent has other competitions, as long as he does not conduct special research on you, you can fully take advantage of this time efficiency difference and use research to make up for a certain strength gap.

The probability of winning is not 100%, but the possibility is still very high!

But this trick is of no significance to Zhan Lang, let alone whether Zhan Lang's condition will deteriorate after a period of time.

After all, that bastard Zhan Lang has maintained his undefeated record for more than two years.

Although the Japanese side has always stated that Zhan Lang can maintain an undefeated record because the other Chinese players are too weak, Zhan Lang has been able to maintain an undefeated record. If it were in Japan, Zhan Lang would have lost long ago.

Zhanlang has been winning and scoring in China, and he has not even participated in many national competitions in China in the past two years, so he has been able to maintain a winning record.

The reason why Zhan Lang can still maintain an undefeated record against the Japanese in international competitions is because there are too few match samples, and Zhan Lang has better luck. If he competes more, Zhan Lang will definitely lose!

Some people even said that Zhan Lang had only achieved a few consecutive victories. Before, there were also top-notch players in Japan who had achieved many consecutive victories, and some even more than him!
However, everyone knows that the reason why Zhanlang can maintain his undefeated record in China is certainly because the current level of Go in China is indeed average. However, his incredible performance in international competitions for such a long time has proved that Zhanlang is an incredible player!
After all, when Japan's top players compete in China, it is impossible for them to face top or even top-notch players in every game, so there are still many cases of them making mistakes.

Therefore, the value of the winning streaks of both sides are completely not on the same level, not to mention that Zhan Lang’s winning streak spanned more than two years.

Over the past two years, whenever Zhanlang’s condition seemed to be at its worst, it seemed that many people felt that they were almost able to win, but just fell short.

Therefore, it is impossible to really expect Zhan Lang's condition to deteriorate, and you cannot delay it until that time.

This world competition is not organized by Koreans themselves. After all, if they are the organizers, they can still insist on it. They can postpone it indefinitely and wait and see when Zhan Lang’s condition deteriorates before holding it again.

The Yingshi Cup is a Chinese competition. Even if it is postponed, it will definitely be restarted in a short time. This little bit of time is insignificant to Zhan Lang.

Although a chess player's condition changes rapidly, if he really encounters the worst time in Zhan Lang's three years, Cao Mingxun feels that he might as well believe that he can win the biggest lottery jackpot.

The most important thing is that the level of this young man Zhan Lang is still rising. Cao Mingxun doesn't feel that after conducting special research, his progress can catch up with that of young people.

To a certain extent, his own research may not be able to keep up with Zhan Lang's progress.

If special research was useful for Zhanlang, Japan would have taken over Zhanlang long ago.

Even according to the news coming from Japan, some top Japanese players have said that Zhan Lang's progress is simply too fast.

There are even top-notch reviews, and Zhan Lang seems to be changing every day and making continuous progress every day.

Theoretically speaking, it is very difficult for everyone to take one more step forward, but Zhan Lang is actually jogging all the way forward.

This really shocked many people's worldview and made them unable to believe that this was true.

Some people from Japan have even said that Zhan Lang must have acquired some special abilities or something, otherwise it would be impossible for him to progress at such a fast pace!
Especially in the past year, Zhan Lang's progress and speed of change have reached an astonishing level!

Many people are wondering whether Zhanlang is about to usher in another period of explosive growth?
Theoretically speaking, why would Zhan Lang explode when he has already reached this level? Stagnation should be the norm.

But in fact, for most of the top-notch people, they basically usher in their first spring in their twenties, which is also the explosive period of their career.

Many top-notch players start to challenge for titles and even start to seize power at this age.

Zhan Lang has also reached this age now, so it is natural for everyone to wonder whether Zhan Lang will also have a spring.

Although this may be a second spring for Zhan Lang!
The first spring is already so fierce!
Now if this really is a second spring, then we might as well just cut off international ties.

I'll think about other things after I've killed that guy Zhan Lang.

Taking all these into consideration, Cao Mingxun felt that the only way to win was to move the venue to South Korea and use his home advantage to win.

As for what kind of referee comes with the game, what if you have no way to influence the referee?
Cho Myung-hoon was very confident. "When you get to Korea, I have nine ways to deal with you!" Nine ways! Let the referee be unwell that day and replace him with a Korean referee.

By then, the referee, the venue, the hotel owner, and the driver will all be my people!

Thanks to the efforts of all the citizens, Korea won twelve gold medals in the Olympics, ranking fourth in the world after Su Demei, which gave the world a little shock.

Not to mention a mere Go champion!

Definitely win!

But no one expected that China would, contrary to its usual practice, say it would not agree to South Korea's demands.

Tomorrow's game will proceed as normal. If you come to the game, you can play normally. If you do not come to the game after the specified time, it will be regarded as your overtime and withdrawal.

The notice has been sent, you can decide for yourself.

After receiving this news, Cao Mingxun was stunned. He thought that the competition would be postponed for a few days so that they could discuss the matter intensively, or the result would be announced that evening so that they could bargain.

But at least the game tomorrow will definitely be postponed.

But Cao Mingxun didn't expect that the other party would be so tough and reject him? ! Just tell yourself that the game will go on as usual tomorrow!
No? Aren't you afraid that I will submit my article to the BBC?
Even when Cho Myung-hoon and representatives of the South Korean delegation went to the organizers and the Chinese team to discuss their appeal, they were simply turned away by the other party.

The only answer I got was that everything should remain the same and I hope the Korean side will not violate the rules and procedures of the competition.

As a result, they now have a cold result in their hands and can only go back to the room to think about what to do next.

Could it be that he really just quit the game? It was possible that the other side would punish him directly and treat it as Cao Mingxun admitting defeat in the third game.

At that time, it will be announced that Zhan Lang defeated Cao Mingxun 3-0 and won the championship of this competition.

So after careful discussion, Cao Mingxun still had to participate in the third game.

After all, the result given by the opponent now is so cruel that if you don’t go to the competition, you may really be completely lost.

But if we win the third game, there will still be time until the third stage of the game, so we still have time to find a way to move the third stage of the game to South Korea.

If you lose...

Losing will have the same result as giving up the game, so it’s better to just compete.

But there was no other way. After all, if he really didn't come to the competition, the opponent might just give up. Cao Mingxun was unwilling to fail so completely just by one step.

Take a gamble!
Maybe I can really beat Zhan Lang.

If he wins, he can also deal a major blow to Zhan Lang, who hasn't lost in the past two years! This might even increase his chances of winning!

However, despite saying that, Cao Mingxun had spent so much time after the game ended yesterday that he not only did not have time to study chess in the evening.

A bunch of messy things affected my mood, causing me to go through ups and downs, and even my sleep at night was affected.

Cao Mingxun's current condition is completely inferior to the first and second games. Theoretically speaking, if he can exert 80% of his strength in his current condition, it can be said to be a good performance.

Cao Mingxun really couldn't imagine how he was going to defeat Zhan Lang now.

Then we have to do whatever we can.

Thinking of this, Cao Mingxun took a deep breath and touched the cigarette in his pocket.

I just don't believe that the Chinese side was really judged as losing because of some small tricks.

After all, this has never happened in the history of Go in the past few decades. Even if this is written in the rules, China may not really dare to go against the world, right?
At most you can warn yourself, but what good will that do?

Accept it humbly and never repent!
Thinking of this, Cao Mingxun couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth. The most important thing for an adult is to have a thick skin, so that he can get away with anything.

Sometimes being too proud is the biggest obstacle to a person’s success!
While Cao Mingxun was thinking about what to do in this game, Zhan Lang had already sat on the opposite side without him noticing.

Looking at Zhan Lang who appeared on the opposite side without knowing when, Cao Mingxun was almost scared when he came to his senses.

Looking at Cao Mingxun opposite him, Zhan Lang leaned back in his chair and crossed his legs.

When we found Zhan Lang yesterday, his attitude was also very clear. There is absolutely no possibility of any postponement!
However, Mr. Ying Changqi and President Chen were indeed worried that the South Korean side would throw dirty water on them or something, but Zhan Lang was not afraid at all.

To put it bluntly, even after the Korean side withdrew from the competition, they said some stupid things.

Theoretically speaking, South Korea will have no status in the Go circle in the future. Decades later, someone might dig up something saying that Korean Go was treated unfairly and that Zhanlang Go Grand Slam's achievement was a shame for China!

To be honest, there will be quite a few idiots like this in the future.

No one cares what the truth is, and everyone will only form preconceived ideas when they see marketing accounts. Even if Korean Go rises after Zhan Lang retires, or if it can compete with Chinese Go to a certain extent, there will definitely be more conspiracy theories at that time.

Chinese Go was unfairly suppressed when Korea had the most hope of rising! This delayed the rise of Korean Go by several decades.

It is even said that Chinese Go is hindering the development of Go in the world and Go hegemony!

Even if the latecomer Chinese Go is defeated by South Korea, such remarks will surely become even louder.

But is it important?
A fly is always a fly, no matter how loud it buzzes, it means nothing.

Zhan Lang is not afraid of other people's slanderous comments decades later. If you care about what others think of everything, then life will be too tiring.

However, Dean Chen still wanted the competition to be perfect and hoped that Zhan Lang would give in. In this way, they believed that Zhan Lang would definitely win in the end.

If you can win more beautifully, there is really no need to leave any stains.

At the end, Zhan Lang slammed the table.

They want to withdraw from the competition in protest, right?
If it's postponed, I'll withdraw!
Seeing Zhan Lang's angry look, Chen Long immediately began to appease Zhan Lang and immediately said, "No postponement! Absolutely no postponement!"

Compared with the reaction of the Korean Go side, the Chinese side must definitely appease this ancestor more.

Chen Long has already received internal information that the higher-ups are preparing to award a title to Zhan Lang.

To be honest, even if the competition venue is really moved to South Korea, Zhan Lang has nothing to be afraid of.

To put it bluntly, even if South Korea is thinking about winning, it is impossible for them to simply come up with a battle wave disappearance technique. They dare not even think about relying on luck, because that would be a huge diplomatic incident.

Not to mention that he has no status in the Korean Go circle now, even if he is the number one sport in Korea now, he cannot handle such a big loophole.

Anyone who dares to think like this will be reincarnated into another world by the people above him.

At most, South Korea will make some small moves and use all kinds of tricks during the game. At night, when Zhan Lang is sleeping, someone will shout and bang drums to disturb his sleep, and there may even be some problems with the hotel he stays in.

If you want to be more ruthless, you can find a random excuse to summon Zhan Lang over for a dozen hours, shine a light on you all night, making it impossible for Zhan Lang to sleep, and then release you the next morning when the competition is about to start.

If you dare to compete at this time, in your dazed state, if Zhan Lang really relies on himself, unless the opponent is another old Zhan, the chances of winning will be very slim.

But if the opponent is really so shameless, Zhan Lang will directly activate Jueyi to leave a 100% accurate case for future chess players in the artificial intelligence era.

Let's talk about how the chess master Zhanlang played the first game of all time with 100% consistency after not eating or sleeping for more than ten hours!
I feel like I could write a paper on this.

Although Zhan Lang felt that he had a thousand and ten thousand ways to deal with it, and could even ensure that he won the championship.

After all, after winning under all kinds of pressure, it is impossible for the South Korean side to just smash the chessboard and refuse to acknowledge the result of the game. Even South Korea cannot afford to lose face like that.

But Zhan Lang also felt that he had not awakened any special habits, so why should he go to Korea when he knew that he would suffer if he went to Korea to compete?
Am I fucking crazy then?
So don’t go!
Definitely not going!

Just as Zhan Lang guessed, as long as he stood firm, the people above him would still appease him.

We organized the competition ourselves? Why should we be led by the other party?
When will South Korea be able to host a world championship? Zhan Lang will consider whether he should go to South Korea and suffer a small punishment for the sake of the China-Japan-Korea Go Grand Slam.

After all, you can really make money if you go there.

Because of what happened last night, Cao Mingxun was unusually silent and quiet, unlike the previous two games when he exchanged greetings before the game.

After all, it would be a shame to say anything at this moment. To some extent, my face is about to be torn, and it would be too fake to be polite.

Moreover, this game is also very important to Cao Mingxun. Cao Mingxun now only wants to win this game. If so, there is still a glimmer of hope for the future.

In the third game, the black and white sides were swapped, with Zhan Lang playing black first.

Zhan Lang made a rare move to start with Xiaomu. Usually, this kind of start appears among Zhan Lang's opponents because they don't want to give Zhan Lang any chance to point three-three.

Cao Mingxun's simple Star Small Eye, when Zhan Lang stepped down to the Wuyou corner in the upper right corner, he went directly to the upper left corner to hang the Small Eye.

Facing Cao Mingxun's small flying hook, Zhan Lang did not use the simplest pointed top pattern, but instead used a high clamp method.

So the choice fell into Cao Mingxun's hands.

However, Cao Mingxun, who got the choice at the beginning, couldn't help but frown.

At this time, if you ignore the upper left corner, it is also a very simple way to defend the corner and surround the side in other places.

Moreover, even if he loses the initiative, it will not be a big problem for Cao Mingxun to simply stabilize the white piece that is trapped in the trap afterwards.

Even if you are more ruthless and directly abandon the piece and continue to place pieces elsewhere, this is also a feasible approach.

But Cao Mingxun didn't want to play so simply. If the opening was too simple, he might not be able to defeat Zhan Lang after entering the middle game.

It is better to play something complicated at the beginning, making the whole chessboard as chaotic as possible.

The more complex and uneasy factors there are, the more friendly people may be towards Cao Mingxun.

So Cao Mingxun directly chose the flying pressure method.

Zhan Lang rushed forward without any hesitation. After Cao Mingxun blocked him, Zhan Lang broke through him.

The two sides formed a complex change directly in the upper left corner.

"Such a complex change has been formed directly in the upper left corner. It depends on whose research is more in-depth."

Looking at the changes in the upper left corner, Fang Yuan couldn't help but frown.

It is hard to say whether Cao Mingxun dared to launch such a high pressure because he had done research on this place and was well prepared.

But Zhan Lang shouldn't have any problems at the start, after all, basically no one can take advantage of him at the start now.

This is the case with Cao Mingxun now. Although there have been similar studies here, Cao Mingxun has to conduct the research alone and there is no way to achieve perfection.

But Zhan Lang is completely different. There is something to carry at the beginning.

Moreover, Zhan Lang was just in his early twenties and was at his physical peak. Let alone memorizing it, Zhan Lang would sometimes remember it directly after he finished it without any deliberate memorization, and he would not forget it for a long time.

Sure enough, not long after, Cao Mingxun made a mistake himself.

Move 38, White chess, second road point!

Zhan Lang immediately realized that there was a problem with Cao Mingxun's move. Why don't you compete with me in anything else but have to compete with me in depth in the study of the opening patterns? Aren't you just banging your head against the Great Wall?

I feel a little embarrassed when you do this!

Zhan Lang blocked it without any hesitation. The pattern of this part was indeed very complicated, and there were flying knives everywhere, but Cao Mingxun chose the wrong direction to fight Zhan Lang, and he would end up being defeated.

Now the best result for Cao Mingxun is that both sides survive in the corner, but Zhan Lang gains the power of Tongtian Waifu, and Cao Mingxun does not gain much. He really does not want to see this situation.

Of course, if Cao Mingxun had the courage, a complicated conflict might also arise here.

Because both sides have their own materials, it will test their judgment to decide when to turn around and make the transition.

However, Cao Mingxun made another obvious mistake after his mistake, causing Zhan Lang to have an extra eye on the corner.

Although two eyes are needed to keep the chess piece alive, one eye is also extremely important in a local life-and-death battle.

Cao Mingxun can form a fight for the ko in this place and take advantage of the black chess's tight energy in Zhan Lang.

But Zhan Lang saw it very clearly. If Cao Mingxun could kill him completely, it would be fine, and the situation would still be barely evenly matched.

However, if a fight breaks out, Zhan Lang will gain an unshakable advantage in the battle in the upper left corner at the beginning!
Because whether it is to capture and kill the white chess piece or to abandon the black piece in the corner and make a few moves on the periphery, it is of great value to Zhan Lang.

When the real robbery began, Cao Mingxun also discovered this problem, especially since Zhan Lang had created the materials for the robbery in the lower left corner in advance.

If I eliminate the disaster directly on top, I will indeed eat up the upper left corner, but Zhan Lang will also make the same conversion and hollow out my lower left corner, which will also be a big loss for me.

But if he responds, Zhan Lang in the upper left corner will most likely eliminate the disaster and take over the place.

It seems that he has controlled the lower left corner from below, but in fact, Zhan Lang's several black pieces are still dead but not dead, and there may even be various means used in the future.

Cao Mingxun couldn't help but slap his face. He never expected that with a change in the upper left corner, this game seemed to be over?
The point difference between Cao Mingxun and the opponent on the board is now estimated to be more than ten points. With such a huge gap between the top players, some people believe that there is no need to continue the game.

Zhan Lang seemed to share the same opinion.

Zhan Lang's seventy-three moves didn't even have any chess logic to them, he was just making random moves.

It seems to be telling myself that although it is less than a hundred moves, the gap is so big that there is no need to move any further. If I don’t even use my brain and just make a random move, what else can I do?

Cao Mingxun felt as if he really had no other options. If he simply surrounded the enemy, Zhan Lang could easily turn half of the chessboard into solid ground.

Unless Cao Mingxun can instantly turn all the unowned land that is currently out of his sphere of influence into his own, there is really no possibility of any process.

Now all we can do is force our way into the air and see if we can get something out of it.

Of course.

First of all, I have to smoke a cigarette to calm down!
Cao Mingxun naturally took out a cigarette from his pocket, put it to his mouth, lit it, and inhaled and exhaled. The whole movement was smooth and natural. It was obvious that he had been a heavy smoker for more than ten or twenty years.

Zhan Lang was caught off guard and was hit in the face by the secondhand smoke.

PS: Shen Zi fell in the endgame, which was his best stage, and made a fatal mistake. After he realized it, he couldn't help but slap himself in the mouth. Although it was a fast game, it seemed impossible to happen in the past.

Congratulations to the magical boy for winning the National Masters Mountain Cup. Although it is a Class B world championship, he can also be promoted to the ninth dan in Taiwan.

At the same time, congratulations to Shen Zi for winning the runner-up of the National Mountain Cup for the third time. It really seems that he has no fate with this competition.

Shen Zi: I was about to give up the competition but was forced to come. Now what?

Now Shen Zi has won seven and lost three in the last ten games. This winning rate is really average for him.

(End of this chapter)