Time is fleeting, although the Year of the Monkey is still reluctant to leave like this, but in the new round of the Year of the Rooster, a chicken with fire attributes has stepped onto the stage of history.

Sunday, February 5, the ninth day of the first lunar month in 2017.

The eyes of the whole world are focused on the gymnasium of the Huaguo Beijing Chess Association.

Huaguo chess saint Zhao Yajun is ready to meet the second game with Beta Dog.

As with the rules of the first set, it officially starts at 10 a.m., with three hours of reserve time for each side and five one-minute counts.

Because Zhao Yajun was defeated in the first game, this time the first hand was exchanged, and Zhao Yajun was white.

Before the start of the game, special reporters routinely interviewed and asked Zhao Yajun about his status.

"Beta is very strong, but I've improved a lot this month and I'm in good shape, so I'm going to win this game." Zhao Yajun said confidently.

However, although he is full of confidence, there are not many people who are optimistic about his victory, according to the current online evaluation, only about 12% of people think that Zhao Yajun can win.

On the other hand, Berta Jack, the person in charge of the beta dog, also said confidently: "After a month of debugging, the beta dog's current state has improved compared to a month ago, and I believe that this time it will perform even better." ”

In fact, winning or losing this game does not determine whether humans lose to artificial intelligence.

Because behind Zhao Yajun, there is also a mythical existence, the female chess god Zhao Ya.

As long as Beta Dog can't defeat the female chess god Zhao Ya, then it can't be considered to be at the top, but before defeating Zhao Yajun, Beta Dog didn't even have the qualifications to challenge Zhao Ya.

For now, Beta Dog is clearly in good hopes of qualifying for this challenge.

At ten o'clock, the game officially began.

Beta dog first hand on the three, such a move to pursue the field, if not a big sticker, is indeed a good move.

But in this case of black with 7 and a half mesh, this move is not a very good choice.

Of course, no one dared to say anything when the beta dog walked like this, and Zhao Yajun unhurriedly occupied a star position in his corner.

In the following ten minutes, the two sides came and went down more than 20 hands, and there was no big gap and change.

The situation is developing in the direction of fine chess, and Zhao Ya, who is still watching the game in her rented house, shows a slight smile, and Zhao Yajun's chances of winning this game seem to be greater.

"Uncle, it seems that it has really improved." Zhao Ya saw the 24th move, that move was very stable, ordinary people would not choose so, but Zhao Yajun walked like this, Zhao Ya saw the current chess move, and knew that Zhao Yajun had improved a lot this month.

Zhao Ya did not guess wrong, Zhao Yajun has successfully advanced to the 5th level, although it is only thirty-six days since the last game of chess, his level has undoubtedly improved a lot, and Zhao Yajun feels that he will continue to improve.

Of course, judging from the current situation, although he is playing well, he still has a long way to go to win.

At the lunch break, the game between the two reached 48 moves, with 58 minutes for black Beta and 1 hour and 2 minutes for white.

The two sides were evenly matched in terms of time this time, and the situation could not be seen high or low, which made the chess fans watching the game confused.

Whether it is a professional master or an amateur chess fan, they can't see the results, and this kind of game that is not fierce really makes many chess fans who do not know much about Go difficult.

Unlike other sports, Go is not very spectacle, and the alternating pieces of Othello are not as lively as a group of people competing for a ball.

Compared with the gradual rise of e-sports, Go also looks boring, even amateur players who know how to play Go, when they encounter this kind of game of fighting for internal strength and competing for the number of goals, they also find it boring.

Only people who are close to the professional level of this kind of chess can figure out the mystery of each move in it.

But whether each chess hand between the two sides is a loss or a gain, if you have to figure it out, I'm afraid only Zhao Ya can see it clearly in this world.

However, Zhao Ya can't judge who has a bigger chance of winning this time, the two sides are really chess opponents, the difference in strength is extremely subtle, and the two sides are also very cautious, unwilling to easily provoke a battle.

However, everyone can also understand the feelings of both sides, whether it is Zhao Yajun in order to keep the second place in the world, or Beta Dog wants to be ashamed and seize the second position in the world, both sides are racking their brains, oh...... Only one side is racking their brains, and the other side is running the CPU at high speed to win.

In fact, because the two of them are also extremely close to each other, Zhao Yajun even has a feeling that he is playing chess with himself at this moment, because the best player he thinks of at every move, and the other party also considers the same best choice.

Zhao Yajun did not dare to choose to take risks, and the beta dog was also unwilling to take risks, and until the 148th move, the beta dog did not take the initiative to attack.

Zhao Yajun was also very speechless when he looked at the black chess beta dog so cowardly, but because he had the advantage of being a big sticker, the current situation has been going on, and his white chess has a better chance of winning.

The Google team was silent at this point, keeping an eye on the evolution of the data, and the Beta Dog's odds of winning were consistently below 50%.

This is rare, and only when two beta dogs fight each other, the inferior side will appear, and when the beta dog plays black, the big sticker situation does have a lower chance of winning.

"This game doesn't look good." Bowjack frowned, a shallow wrinkle on his forehead under his brownish-yellow hair.

Bowjack, who is now just past his lapse and has led a number of important tasks on the Google team, thought it would be a challenging task when he took over the follow-up to Alpha Dog last year.

And in the past year, when the heat of Go heated up and the whole world began to boil because of Go, he realized that the burden on his body was getting heavier and heavier.

This time, the Google team unexpectedly gained a lot of attention and brought them a lot of benefits, but also countless competitors are also staring at them, once this challenge fails, I am afraid that Google's artificial intelligence will become a laughing stock.

Bowjack knew that many of his peers were also working on Go intelligent programs, but they started late, and they were not even as good as the third-generation alpha dog, so they didn't dare to challenge Zhao Yajun.

But with the rise of the world's Go fever, peers will definitely speed up the pace of catching up, Beta Dog seems to be far ahead, but maybe in half a year, a stronger intelligent program will appear.

Therefore, this time it is a must-win ambition and a challenge to succeed.

But the current situation had to make Bowjack worried, turned his face to look at the assistant beside him, and said lightly: "You go and tell the board that we didn't use all our strength in this second round of the game, and it is more beneficial for us to publicize it by letting Zhao Yajun win a set, and the next round of the appointment will be scheduled in May." ”