Chapter 250: A school of its own! (Subscribe)

"Grandpa, the doctor is doing this for your own good."

"I'm worried that your mood swings will be quite dramatic when you play chess. Besides, if you really want to play chess, you can just ask someone to go to the hospital to play with you. There's no need to come to the competition!"

The beautiful woman said earnestly.

"What's the point of having someone accompany me to the hospital?"

"Those people have no sense of winning or losing. They treat playing chess as a task. It's not fun at all."

The old man said with a pout.

Listening to the conversation between the two, everyone including Shen Qiushan had a preliminary understanding of the identity of the old man in the officer's uniform.

If nothing unexpected happens, this old man should be quite powerful, at least before he retired.

And judging from the beautiful woman's attitude towards him, even though he is retired now, he should still have considerable influence.

The capital city!

It has always been a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers are everywhere. The old man who looks plain-looking might have once been a powerful boss.

"I'll go back after the game."

At this time, the old man said again.

"Okay, I'll accompany you then."

The beautiful woman couldn't do anything to her own grandfather, she could only stand beside the old man silently.

Almost at the same time, her attention finally fell on Shen Qiushan.

After looking at Shen Qiushan, she raised her slender eyebrows slightly, and a look of surprise appeared in her eyes.

I don’t know whether he recognized Shen Qiushan or was attracted by Shen Qiushan’s handsome appearance.

But the woman didn't say anything, so Shen Qiushan naturally wouldn't take the initiative to approach her and say hello.

At this time, the results of the first round of the preliminaries were announced, and the numbers and names of the two teams were displayed on the big screen above the gymnasium.

Table 1: 0725 Zhang Wei VS 1023 Zhao Jincheng

Table 2: 2080 Yang Jinfeng VS 0125 Yin Fangyu

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Table 25: 2049 Shen Qiushan VS 0096 Luo Zhengyi

After seeing his name on the big screen, Shen Qiushan quickly came to table No. 25.

The old man in officer's uniform followed closely behind.

"I'm actually in the same group with you, I want to see how you beat me!"

Luo Zhengyi glanced at Shen Qiushan and curled his lips in disdain.

He is quite confident in his chess skills. After all, he has decades of chess experience and is very experienced.

When he was young, he was one of the best chess players in the compound. When he was a teenager, he could beat all the old men in the compound just by holding the chessboard.

After joining the unit, he was the undisputed number one chess player except for the leader.

When playing chess with the boss, we are always evenly matched. Even if I lose, the loss is always just the right amount.

Those who are knowledgeable know that losing a game like this is harder than winning!

Wait until retirement.

Luo Zhengyi has participated in many chess competitions and won many awards.

Therefore, among amateur chess players, his strength is definitely among the top ones.

It was precisely because of this brilliant record that he did not take Shen Qiushan seriously.

The preliminaries are best-of-three.

No regrets allowed.

The thinking time for each step should not exceed 60 seconds.

If there are three timeouts, the game will be automatically lost.

Since there are so many games in the preliminaries, the referees are mobile, with more than 20 referees shuttling between the numerous chess games.

If a contestant has any questions, he or she can raise his or her hand to signal the referee immediately.

With the ringing of a bell in the gymnasium, the game officially began.

Luo Zhengyi of the red team adopted the common "front-end cannon" opening move.

Shen Qiushan did not adopt the conventional defensive method, but directly abandoned the middle pawn...

Luo Zhengyi had naturally seen this kind of opening where the middle pawn moves. There were several so-called "dead games" in chess records that started like this.

So, he is quite cautious.

But even so, 10 minutes later, he actually had one less car and one less horse than Shen Qiushan, and was at a complete disadvantage in the situation.

After struggling for another 5 minutes, Luo Zhengyi lost the first set!

1 to 0!

Shen Qiushan is in the lead.

In a best-of-three match, Shen Qiushan only needed to win one more game to successfully advance to the next round.

Although we lost the first game.

But Luo Zhengyi was very dissatisfied: "I was careless. I didn't expect you to be so capable."

"You're definitely going to lose this second round!"

In the first game, Luo Zhengyi did not take Shen Qiushan seriously and underestimated his opponent.

By the time he reacted, Shen Qiushan had already gained a complete advantage, and the situation was difficult to reverse.

Therefore, at the beginning of the second game, Luo Zhengyi used his best tactics.

He thought about winning the next game first to tie the overall score, and then making a concerted effort in the deciding game to defeat Shen Qiushan.

As a result, Luo Zhengyi obviously thought too much. Although he used his best tactics, he was still defeated after several rounds of fighting.

2 to 0!

Shen Qiushan won and advanced!

It took less than half an hour to finish two games of chess.

"Thank you."

"Uncle Luo, please go back to the hospital with your granddaughter as soon as possible!"

Shen Qiushan smiled and cupped his hands.

"Whether I go back to the hospital or not is none of your business!"

Luo Zhengyi rolled his eyes. Even though he lost two games in a row, he still refused to accept the defeat.

Just now, he was silently reviewing the game in his mind. He lost the first game because he underestimated his opponent, and he lost the second game because he was too cautious.

His moves were restricted and his bold and aggressive style was not reflected at all.

"Do you dare to come back to the hospital with me?"

Luo Zhengyi looked indignant.

"Uncle Luo, I'm here to participate in the competition."

"And you have been eliminated by me."

Shen Qiushan smiled and shrugged: "If you want revenge, you can only let fate take its course."

"If fate allows, maybe we can meet again in future competitions."

Luo Zhengyi rolled his eyes: "If you don't dare, forget it!"

"Uncle Luo, provoking him is useless."

Shen Qiushan spread his hands: "You should go back to the hospital and recuperate!"

"OK!"

"I'll remember you, kid!"

Luo Zhengyi snorted coldly, left the competition area with a gloomy face, and walked onto the stands.

At this moment, his granddaughter Roman had already seen the results of the first round of preliminaries on the big screen.

Grandpa Luo Zhengyi is the third contestant to be eliminated!

Roman was quite surprised by this result. She knew that her grandfather was very good at chess and that he would definitely make it to the finals in an amateur competition like the Qingyang Cup.

Even able to enter the quarterfinals, semifinals or something like that, which is why Roman doesn't want his grandfather to participate in the competition.

Because from the preliminaries to the finals, you have to play a lot of chess games, which is very energy-consuming.

Luo Zhengyi had just recovered from a serious illness and it was time for him to rest well. The doctors had told him not to overwork.

But the result of this game made Roman breathe a sigh of relief.

I was eliminated in the first round, which is great. Grandpa can go back to the hospital with me without any worries.

No need to focus on the game anymore.

Walking up to the audience, Luo Zhengyi sat down next to his granddaughter with a gloomy face: "I underestimated my opponent. I actually lost to that kid!"

"Grandpa, can we go back now?"

Roman asked with a smile on his face.

"Wait a moment."

"I want to see if that kid can make it to the finals."

Luo Zhengyi waved his hand.

"ah?"

Roman was shocked: "There are three rounds in the preliminaries!"

"It will be afternoon by the end of the third round anyway!"

"Afternoon is afternoon."

"If you have work to do, just go and do it, don't worry about me!"

Luo Zhengyi waved his hand indifferently.

"That won't do."

Roman shook his head: "If you want to go, let's go together!"

"Then you can sit here with me."

Luo Zhengyi patted his granddaughter on the shoulder, looked at Shen Qiushan in the field, and couldn't help muttering: "This kid seems to be really good. No matter what the reason is, he lost two games after all."

"Grandpa, let me tell you something."

"I think I know the guy who beat you."

After a moment of silence, Roman accused Shen Qiushan in the venue.

"Um?"

"Do you know that boy?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Zhengyi immediately became interested.

"Well, he seems to be a writer."

"writer?"

Luo Zhengyi looked suspicious: "A writer is so good at chess?"

"It should be him!"

"The name Shen Qiushan should not have many duplicates, and I just searched it on the Internet."

"It must be him!"

Roman analyzed as he looked at Shen Qiushan in the venue.

"After all this talk, who is it?"

"What books have you written?"

Luo Zhengyi asked with a frown.

"Shen Qiushan, the author of The Three-Body Civilization. You praised him before!"

"It is said that the book "The Three-Body Civilization" is written with depth!"

Roman expressed his guess.

"What?"

"He is the author of The Three-Body Civilization?"

After hearing what his granddaughter said, Luo Zhengyi was shocked and his eyes widened.

He pointed at Shen Qiushan in the competition venue in disbelief: "He is actually the author of "The Three-Body Civilization"? "

"Are you saying that the author of The Three-Body Civilization eliminated me in the Qingyang Cup competition?"

"How could there be such a person who could write a book like The Three-Body Civilization and be so good at playing chess!"

Roman nodded. “When I first saw him, I thought he looked familiar.”

“But I didn’t know who he was for a while until the first round match information of the preliminary round was displayed on the big screen.”

Luo Zhengyi rubbed his brows, glanced at Shen Qiushan in the venue again, and complained: "A writer, coming to participate in a chess competition, isn't this not doing his job properly!"

"Grandpa, you are right."

Roman took over the conversation with a smile: "Chen Qiushan is famous for not doing his job properly. In addition to writing books, he also writes songs!"

"I also participated in a variety show not long ago."

"Oh, by the way, in addition to writing songs and participating in variety shows, he seemed to have won an award a few days ago!"

"National College Student Electronic Technology Competition, Special Prize!"

News related to Shen Qiushan had been quite popular before, and as a young man who often surfed the Internet, Roman also knew about it.

After listening to his granddaughter's introduction, Luo Zhengyi nodded and said with emotion: "This kid is really interesting!"

“It’s amazing that one person can do so many things and achieve good results.”

"Yes, he was the top scorer in the college entrance examination in Sanjiang Province last year!"

"And he is the oldest top scorer in the college entrance examination on record."

Roman added.

Luo Zhengyi had an impression of this news. He nodded and became more interested in Shen Qiushan, the opponent who defeated him.

The first round of matches is over.

The contestants rested for half an hour and then started the second round of preliminaries.

The rules for this second round of competition are no different from those for the first round.

It's still best of three.

Shen Qiushan's opponent in this round is a college student. He wears a pair of black-framed glasses and has a face that looks like a top student.

He is the kind of person who seems to have good academic performance.

This is indeed the case.

The opponent is a top student at Tsinghua University and the president of the chess club. He came to participate in the competition just for the generous prize money. He is very strong!

Unfortunately, he met Shen Qiushan who had cheats in the second round.

Lost the game without any suspense.

0 to 2!

Total defeat!

"sharp!"

Having lost the game, he reached out and pushed the black-framed glasses stuck on his nose. His eyes swept from top to bottom over Shen Qiushan, and then fell on the name tag on the corner of the table.

【2049 Shen Qiushan】

"Are you Shen Qiushan, the author of The Three-Body Civilization and the oldest college entrance examination champion in history?"

The boy with glasses looked shocked.

Shen Qiushan nodded with a smile: “It’s me!”

“It’s really you!”

“Awesome!!”

The boy with glasses sighed and gave a thumbs up.

Then he took out his phone from his pocket and asked, "Can we take a photo together?"

"certainly."

Shen Qiushan naturally would not refuse such a small request, and immediately cooperated with the other party to take a photo together.

The actions of the two of them dumbfounded the players next to them. They were obviously opponents in the competition, so why did they take a photo together?

The second round of preliminaries is over.

It's time for lunch.

The third round of preliminaries will be held at 2 pm.

The organizer did not provide meals, so Shen Qiushan stretched, left the competition venue, and prepared to find a place outside the gymnasium to have lunch.

However, before he could walk out of the gymnasium, Luo Zhengyi and his grandson Roman caught up with him from behind.

"Teacher Shen, please stay."

Roman smiled and waved.

Shen Qiushan naturally had an impression of this beautiful woman. He stopped and looked at her in confusion: "What's the matter?"

"My grandfather admires your chess skills and wants to treat you to lunch."

Roman made a direct invitation.

"You guys are treating, right?"

"That's no problem!"

Shen Qiushan was just thinking about what to eat. Since someone was treating him, he wouldn't be polite.

"I heard that you are the author of The Three-Body Civilization?"

At this time, Luo Zhengyi spoke.

"Yes, it's me."

Shen Qiushan nodded with a smile on his face: "Has Mr. Luo read my book?"

“I’ve read it, it’s well written!”

"Winning the Nebula Award is well-deserved!"

Luo Zhengyi nodded slightly, then asked curiously: "Who did you learn chess from?"

"When you were competing, I reviewed our two games. I don't think I've encountered your style before."

Hearing this, Shen Qiushan laughed: "It's right that you haven't met it. I just closed the door and studied it blindly!"

"You mean you are a group of your own?"

The corners of Luo Zhengyi's mouth twitched slightly.

When he was young, he would knock on doors with a chessboard in his arms, challenging the chess masters in the compound.

He thought he was already very crazy, but many years later, he met the even crazier Shen Qiushan.

This guy actually claimed to be a school of his own!

(End of this chapter)