Honestly, if it were a year ago—no, a few months ago, even—the thought of resigning in this kind of position against Sheva looked so ridiculous. After all, the game seemed to be savable, and Sheva himself had also not achieved anything yet.
Resigning in this game would basically be looked down on as handing down a point toward the opponent, a newbie who had only learned the game for several months.
However, right now, everything has changed. It was not a shame to resign against Sheva, especially if he managed to impress the boy. This was a testament to how difficult it was to face Sheva, with the boy having a winning average of a high 89 percent in his career.
The number was so out of the world, and to make it worse—or better, for some people—the rest of the 11 percent was filled with draws. Up until now, the only loss Sheva suffered was against Gukesh in Reykjavik last year, and then he was basically invincible against anyone else in the world.
