Yu Shao stared silently at the Go board.
In this game, Zhong Yufei had indeed found a chance to turn the tide and played the most dazzling move, pulling the situation back from the brink and restoring White's chance to fight.
However, Zhong Yufei's opponent had also played well. The next few moves were extremely precise, while Zhong Yufei's moves still lacked strength. In the end, Black stabilized the position, creating a steady endgame in which both sides focused on securing territory.
The two sides fought through the endgame. Although Zhong Yufei fought hard to catch up and handled everything perfectly, he ultimately failed to overtake Black. After komi, Black won by one and a half points.
Glancing at the dispirited Zhong Yufei, Yu Shao sighed inwardly.
After falling behind, he had clearly seen hope of victory, yet still ended up losing. That feeling could probably only be understood by someone who had experienced it personally.
There were no fairy tales in the world of Go.
Only cruelty.
Even if one endured despair, bore the bitterness, and put in effort and sweat, one might still be unable to win the game in the end.
Yet as Go players, they spent their entire lives fighting against this pain.
"Pretty unwilling to accept this, huh?"
Just then, Chen Jiaming's voice rang out.
Zhong Yufei abruptly raised his head and saw Chen Jiaming smiling at him.
"Teacher Chen..."
Zhong Yufei mumbled, his expression gloomy. He wanted to say something, but did not know what.
"You played very well. You even brought the position back to a tie for a while, but you still lost in the end. I know you must be feeling awful."
Chen Jiaming looked toward the board, paused, and said, "But this really was... a brilliant game."
Hearing that, Zhong