Chapter 327: Times Collide

The first game of chess between Zhuang Weisheng and Zhu Huaian in the Tenth Dan Tournament was like a rainstorm, which caused an unprecedented shock in the world chess arena and attracted worldwide attention!

Everyone's heart was filled with mixed emotions at the same time! The Heavy Rain pattern made its debut in this title match that symbolizes the highest level of chess players. As soon as it appeared on the stage, it stepped into the hall of Go with a shocking attitude and established a golden body! But... this new Buddha entered the hall of Go at the cost of the collapse of two Buddha statues, the Demon Sword and the Great Avalanche! The sound of the Buddha statue collapsing resounded throughout the world, making the world silent and shocking everyone from the bottom of their hearts! In the first game of the Tenth Dan Tournament, Zhuang Weisheng, playing with white, won in the middle game with ninety-seven moves, taking the lead in winning the first game and bringing the game to an end!

The Tenth Dan Tournament is a seven-game tournament with four wins out of seven. Winning the first game is just the first step.

The second game of the Tenth Dan Tournament will be held at the Central Chess Institute.

Influenced by the first game, this second Tenth Dan match attracted more attention than in previous years. Everyone was curious about what kind of game Zhuang Weisheng and Zhu Huaian would play in this game.

However, this game of chess once again exceeded everyone's expectations.

In this game, Zhuang Weisheng played black and went first. He fought with Zhu Huaian for more than two hundred moves, and finally Zhuang Weisheng resigned.

Contrary to everyone's expectations, it was not Zhuang Weisheng who lost the game. Although Zhu Huaian was young, he was also the holder of the title of Chess Saint and one of the few chess players who could rival Zhuang Weisheng.

Even for Zhuang Weisheng, it was completely reasonable for him to lose to Zhu Huaian.

However, to everyone's surprise, in this game of chess, Zhuang Weisheng's way of playing chess was not like Zhuang Weisheng at all. It was as if he was a completely different person.

Zhuang Weisheng founded the Weisheng Style, and his chess playing style is naturally known for its emphasis on reality. He does not pay attention to the solidity of the chess shape, but instead pursues speed and expansion of shape.

However, in this game, Zhuang Weisheng's mentality seemed to have changed. He no longer deliberately pursued solid territory, but paid more attention to the center and outer forces.

In short, if no one knew that this was a chess game played by Zhuang Weisheng, no one would associate this game with Zhuang Weisheng just by looking at the chess record.

Of course, this doesn't mean that this game of chess is not exciting.

Quite the contrary, this game was very exciting. Although Zhuang Weisheng's moves did not reveal any trace of his previous performance, he still displayed unfathomable chess skills!

Originally everyone thought that Zhuang Weisheng would adjust his condition in the next few games, return to his previous style of play, face Zhu Huaian and defend his tenth-dan title again.

However, what shocked everyone was that in the few games after the tenth dan, Zhuang Weisheng did not return to his previous style of play, as if he had completely become a different person.

No one knows why Zhuang Weisheng has changed so much.

In the fourth game, Zhu Huaian won by three and a half points with white pieces.

In the fifth game, Zhu Huaian won by half a point with white.

In the sixth game, Zhuang Weisheng won in the middle game with black.

The Seventh Chess Game

Zhuang Weisheng played with white and was at a disadvantage by one and a half points.

In the end, under the watchful eyes of the whole world, the Tenth Stage Battle ended with a score of three to four!

Ten titles——

Change of ownership! Zhu Huaian won the title of Tenth Dan after the Go Saint, and after this exhibition, Zhuang Weisheng lost the title of Tenth Dan, and now only has the title of Tianyuan! This piece of news was like a nuclear bomb explosion, and the whole world was in uproar in an instant. The level of sensation was even comparable to the torrential rain in the first battle of the tenth stage war!

There is a saying that goes – Titles come and go, but sections remain the same!

Over the years, geniuses have emerged one after another, and major titles have always changed hands, but the tenth-level title has remained unchanged for all these years!

Even those geniuses with extraordinary talents would eventually be defeated when they met Zhuang Weisheng in the Tenth Dan battle. Everyone has even become accustomed to the Tenth Dan being Zhuang Weisheng!

But now, all ten titles have changed hands!

From now on, when you refer to Zhuang Weisheng, you can no longer call him Zhuang Weisheng Shiduan, but Zhuang Weisheng Tianyuan! Although Zhu Huaian was indeed very strong, no one had ever thought that Zhu Huaian could actually snatch the tenth-level title from Zhuang Weisheng!

For a time, various arguments emerged on the Internet.

Some people say that Zhuang Weisheng has lost his glory and is starting to go downhill.

Some people also said that Zhuang Weisheng was just in poor condition, and it wouldn’t take long for him to return to his peak! Of course, some people say that the change of ownership of the Tenth Dan title marks that the Go world has entered a new era and an era has come to an end!

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In the capital, Kong arrives.

"How is that possible?!"

A group of young men who were preparing for the game gathered around a laptop computer, staring at the screen in disbelief. Even though they had witnessed the entire game with their own eyes, when they saw the ending moment, their faces were still filled with disbelief!

"Teacher Zhuang Weisheng...lost his tenth-dan title?"

A slightly plump boy stared at the TV screen and asked blankly.

"How is that possible!"

Next to the slightly plump boy, a thin boy wearing gold-rimmed glasses also found it hard to accept and said, "That's Master Zhuang Weisheng! He's the eternal tenth dan! Are you kidding me?"

"What's going on? Teacher Zhuang Weisheng's instructions are completely different from before! Why is he doing it this way?!"

"Teacher Zhuang Weisheng's chess moves used to be very meticulous, but now..."

On the side, Kong Zi had a sullen face, staring quietly at the computer screen, listening to the students around him without saying a word.

After a moment, Kong Zi finally spoke up: "Do you think he has really become weaker?"

After hearing Kong Zi's words, the young men who were trying to advance to the next level finally came to their senses and looked at him with confusion.

"Master?"

The slightly plump boy couldn't help but say, "Although Mr. Zhuang Weisheng's chess moves are also very good, they are not like him at all!"

"In the past, Mr. Zhuang Weisheng used his solid ground to transform into a strong position. His suppression power in the middle game was very strong. As Mr. Zhuang Weisheng's opponent, you should know this very well!"

Kong Zi shifted his gaze from the computer screen to the intricate chessboard in front of him. After a moment, he suddenly reached out and put away all the chess pieces.

"Although I don't get along with him very well, I know him very well because I am his opponent."

Kong Zi frowned, took out the chess pieces from the chess box, and put them down one by one. He quickly formed a local life and death problem, and then said, "Take a good look at this."

"This is……"

After hearing what Kong Zi said, the young men who were preparing for the chess game immediately turned their eyes to the chessboard. When they saw the partial life and death problem that Kong Zi had put forward, they all looked a little surprised.

In this local life-and-death situation, the white pieces are already in a precarious situation. If it is the black piece's turn to make this move, the white pieces will collapse in an instant! Kong Zi looked at the chessboard and said, "Wei Sheng refers to a chess piece in Go that appears to be dead, but actually has a chance to come back to life, and still has room to survive."

As he spoke, Kong Zi reached into the chess box again, picked up the chess piece, and slowly put it down.

Seeing Kong Zi's move, the young men around him who were trying to get a dan dan could not help but tremble in their hearts, as if they knew what Kong Zi was going to say.

On the chessboard, the white piece, which was originally in a desperate situation, now captures a piece. Not only is the white piece resurrected, but there is even a possibility that the black piece will be killed by the white piece! "I don't know what he's thinking though!"

Kong Zi said with a heavy face: "But that guy definitely has his own ideas!"

"He is just like his name!"

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Donghai City.

Inside a high-end apartment.

Jiang Changdong narrowed his eyes, looked at the chess record on the computer screen, rubbed his chin, and after a moment, he slowly said: "Zhuang Weisheng, is he really brave?"

"dare?"

Chu Jingfeng frowned, looked at Jiang Changdong, and asked, "Teacher Jiang Changdong, what do you mean?"

"Oh, we don't need to worry about him. Just let him be. It won't be long before he will give his answer himself."

Jiang Changdong chuckled, shook his head, and said, "Compared to Zhuang Weisheng, the national team qualifying competition will begin the day after tomorrow. For me, it is more important to focus on the national team competition."

"Yu Shao?"

Chu Jingfeng turned his head again and looked at the computer screen.

After a moment of silence, Chu Jingfeng suddenly called out, "Teacher Jiang Changdong."

Jiang Changdong frowned slightly when he heard this and looked at Chu Jingfeng.

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Chu Jingfeng was still staring at the computer screen, looking at the chess record of the seventh game of the Tenth Dan Tournament, and said, "The great avalanche and the demon sword were all destroyed, and then a heavy rainstorm with a complexity far exceeding the three most difficult Go patterns appeared."

"Teacher Zhuang Weisheng, who won the 10th dan title 20 times in a row, has now lost his 10th dan title. Young players like Yu Shao, Su Yiming, and Dongshan Xun are beginning to gain fame in the world chess world."

"Teacher Jiang Changdong, don't you think that the times are really quietly undergoing earth-shaking changes?"

After hearing what Chu Jingfeng said, Jiang Changdong fell silent.

“Perhaps this will be a time of great struggle between the old and the new.”

Chu Jingfeng's expression became more solemn than ever before, and he continued: "Old viewpoints and new viewpoints, old chess players and new chess players, I feel... the times are colliding!"

After saying that, Chu Jingfeng took a deep breath, turned around and prepared to leave.

"Teacher Chu Jingfeng, where are you going?"

Seeing Chu Jingfeng preparing to leave, Jiang Changdong finally asked.

"The national team qualifying tournament will begin the day after tomorrow. I will fly to Jiangling today to watch Yu Shao's game the day after tomorrow."

Chu Jingfeng stopped and explained, "After all, in that game of chess, as long as Yu Shao wins, no matter what rank he is, he is on par with me."

After saying that, Chu Jingfeng seemed to remember something, looked at Jiang Changdong, and asked, "Do you plan to go and have a look?"

"You flew all the way here just to watch a game of chess?"

Jiang Changdong couldn't help but sneer when he heard this: "It's not necessary, right? Don't you think it's troublesome?"

Chu Jingfeng opened his mouth when he heard this, but in the end he didn't know what to say.

He had not originally planned to watch that game of chess, but when he saw Zhuang Weisheng lose his tenth-dan title today, he suddenly had a strong premonition that times were changing.

So, for some unknown reason, he wanted to go to Jiangling.

Chu Jingfeng shook his head, and finally turned and left without saying a word.

Jiang Changdong watched Chu Jingfeng go away until he heard the door close. Then he finally turned his gaze back to the computer screen and watched the chess game between Zhuang Weisheng and Zhu Huaian.

If he had watched this game a year ago, based on his knowledge of Go at that time, he would have thought that both sides' moves were very strange. But now, after seeing every move by both sides, he feels that it makes sense.

Jiang Changdong looked at the computer screen quietly, picked up the cigarette box from the computer desk, took out a cigarette, lit it with a lighter, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled.

Point 33, black and white, thick and thin, first and last, new and old, demon sword and avalanche, heavy rain...

Dan ranking tournament, Yingjiao Cup, chess competition, China-Japan-Korea team competition...

A moment later, in the smoke, Jiang Changdong picked up his mobile phone and called Chu Jingfeng.

"Hello?"

Soon, the call was connected and Chu Jingfeng's voice rang out: "Teacher Jiang Changdong?"

"Wait for me."

Jiang Changdong stared at the computer screen, put out the cigarette he had just taken two puffs of into the ashtray, and said, "I changed my mind. I want to go to Jiangling, too."

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Pyongyang, North Korea.

"Zhuang Weisheng lost the tenth-dan title?"

An Hongshi raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "This is really shocking news."

"Yes, it feels like the chess world is becoming more and more unstable nowadays."

Opposite An Hongshi, a skinny man said with great emotion, "Or it can be said that things are already surging. Many people say that a new era has arrived. I really don't know what the future of chess will look like."

The skinny man shook his head, thought about it, and quickly picked up the chess piece and gently placed it on the chessboard.

clatter! Seventeen columns and three rows, dot three.

"Then I will just watch quietly—"

An Hongshi stared at the chessboard in front of him, watched the move of three-three, reached into the chess box, and the chess pieces suddenly clicked.

The next moment, An Hongshi took out the chess piece from the chess box and slowly put it down.

"Let's see how the wave of this new era will come."

clatter! Seventeen columns and four rows, block! …

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The uproar caused by Zhuang Weisheng losing his tenth-dan title was bigger than expected. Almost the entire world chess community was shaken. Not only the Chinese Internet, but netizens from all over the world were discussing this topic.

Although the chess world is huge and there are many chess players from various countries, including China, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, the United States, France, Britain, Russia... However, no matter how many chess players there are, the top players can be counted on one hand.

Zhuang Weisheng, who founded the Weisheng style, is undoubtedly one of the chess players standing at the top of the pyramid.

Almost everyone was used to Zhuang Weisheng holding the Tenth Dan title. Now that Zhuang Weisheng had lost the Tenth Dan title, for many people it was really like the end of an era.

Many people suddenly looked back at the Go world today, and were suddenly surprised that the changes in the world Go world in the past year have been so huge that it can be said to be the biggest change that has not been seen in a thousand years!

And everything that has happened now seems to be related to one person——

Yu Shao.

A seventeen-year-old boy who has not even made it to the title match and, strictly speaking, cannot be called a top chess player.

Now, he is only one game away. As long as he can win this game, he will be able to pass the threshold of the preliminaries, enter the title match, join the ranks of top players, and enter the hall of Go! (End of this chapter)