Chapter 114 Why did you lose with your chess skills?

The next day.

Points elimination match, second round.

A young man, about 25 years old, gritted his teeth and stared at the chessboard in front of him.

After a moment, he took a deep look at the sixteen-year-old boy sitting opposite him, who suddenly stood up and walked out of the competition venue.

He came to the hall, sat on the sofa in the reception area, took out a cigarette box from his pocket, took out a cigarette, then took out a lighter and lit the cigarette.

Amidst the smoke, his expression was a little confused, and his mind kept recalling the chess game just now.

Except for taking the first puff, he never smoked the cigarette again, just letting it burn.

He didn't even notice until the cigarette burned out.

After a long time, until the cigarette was almost burned to the butt, he finally came to his senses, put out the cigarette in the ashtray, then let out a long sigh and staggered towards the game room.

Seeing the young man's back, a tall and thin reporter in the hall couldn't help but sigh and said, "The atmosphere of the annual qualifying tournament is always so heavy and depressing."

“This is just the qualifying round.”

Next to him, a short and fat cameraman couldn't help but sigh: "The atmosphere of the main competition and the semi-finals every year... Tsk tsk, it's simply not a place for people to stay."

The young man walked into the game room, returned to his seat and sat down again, staring at the chessboard in front of him in silence.

He reached into the chess box, but after a long time, he still didn't take the chess piece out of the box.

After a long time, he finally let go of her hand dejectedly and lowered his head.

He seemed to have used up all his strength before he managed to squeeze out a few words from between his teeth, and said, "I... lost."

"Thanks for your advice."

Yu Shao, who was sitting opposite him, lowered his head slightly.

"Thanks for your advice."

The young man spoke weakly, bowing his head in return.

Yu Shao stood up, walked to the referee's seat, reported the results to the referee, and then walked out of the game room.

Two consecutive wins.

Because Yu Shao also won the first round, he was matched with the same player who won the first round in the second round.

However, although today's opponent won the first round, Yu Shao also clearly felt that the opponent Qiao Anli he met in the first round was still much stronger than the young man he met today.

Yu Shao took out his cell phone and checked the time.

Although mobile phone signals were blocked throughout the competition venue, it was still possible to check the time.

"It's almost two o'clock..."

Today's game ended much slower than yesterday.

Yu Shao was not surprised by this.

Although today's opponent was weaker than Qiao Anli yesterday, because his opponent took longer to think and admitted defeat later, the game ended much slower than yesterday.

In Go, it is actually quite difficult to judge the situation. Many people have studied for a long time but still cannot tell who will win or lose.

Therefore, the stronger one is, the faster one can judge the situation. When one sees that the situation is hopeless, he or she will naturally surrender and admit defeat.

"Let's go eat."

Yu Shao touched his stomach and felt a little hungry, so he walked out of the hotel to have lunch outside.

The game started at ten o'clock in the morning. Each side had three hours to play, with one minute for each move, so the time was very long.

If both players play slowly and their skills are similar, a game of chess can last from ten in the morning to five or six in the afternoon.

During a Go game, you can eat while playing chess, but generally speaking, no player would do this unless they are really hungry, because eating a full meal will make you sleepy. At most, they will eat some snacks.

In order to be in great shape, some chess players even skip breakfast and go into the game on an empty stomach.

However, if there really is a chess player who wants to play chess while eating braised pork rice, no one can say anything, it's just a bit unsightly.

As for the previous city high school Go league where we had to eat during the game, that’s another matter.

After all, it was just a city high school Go league organized by the Education Bureau, not even by the Go Association.

Yu Shao had just left Jin Xia Hotel when his cell phone signal was finally restored and his phone suddenly vibrated.

Yu Shao picked up his phone and took a look. It was a WeChat message from Wu Zhixuan, asking him about the results of today's qualifying tournament.

[Wu Zhixuan: How is it? Did you win the game today? ]

Wu Zhixuan's understanding of Yu Shao's chess ability was limited to the game between Yu Shao and Wu Shuheng in which Yu Shao had to give up two stones. The two of them had never played chess together before.

Although Yu Shao won that game with handicap easily, Wu Zhixuan couldn't judge Yu Shao's chess ability accurately. In her opinion, it would not be easy for Yu Shao to get promoted to a professional chess player.

Yu Shao quickly typed back, "Win."

Wu Zhixuan was obviously playing with her phone as well, and replied very quickly: "Yes, we won again! The men's qualifying tournament is much more difficult than the women's!"

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At this time, in another game room.

A young man in his early twenties, wearing glasses, looked at the chessboard with an extremely ugly expression.

"We already lost a game yesterday, so we have to win this one. Otherwise, even if we win all the games, we may not be able to rank in the top ten."

"But, this guy named Qiao Anli..."

He pushed his glasses on the bridge of his nose, glanced at Qiao Anli opposite him, and couldn't help gritting his teeth.

This game was only halfway through and both sides were playing very, very slowly.

Frankly speaking, at this point his form is already very bad. Although he can still play, the subsequent games will be very difficult.

He does not think that his strength is that weak. If he is just an ordinary amateur 5th dan chess player, he usually has self-awareness and will not participate in the dan ranking tournament at all.

Amateur 5th dan is the threshold for participating in the dan ranking tournament, but it is far from the threshold for becoming a professional chess player.

If your chess skills are only at the amateur level of 5th dan, there is absolutely no chance of becoming a professional chess player.

Only those who are at the top of the fifth or sixth, seventh, or even eighth level in the industry can participate in the ranking tournament and have the hope of becoming a professional chess player! He lost yesterday because he didn't handle the end well. He didn't win the game that he should have won, and finally lost by 1.5 points. Therefore, he thought that he had to win today's game no matter what.

After all, the opponent was also the loser in the first round, so their strength is definitely not that strong.

But... at this point, the situation of the game was completely beyond his expectations.

"Is it because I lost the game yesterday that my mentality has been affected?"

This thought couldn't help but emerge in the young man's mind.

"Yes, definitely."

"It must be the game I should have won yesterday, but because I was careless at the end, I was defeated in the end. It had a huge impact on my mentality."

The young man took two deep breaths before finally taking the chess piece out of the chess box.

"Calm down! Don't be affected by yesterday's chess game!"

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"Although he is currently at a disadvantage, he is definitely not my opponent in the middle stage of the fight. The middle stage is the key to determine victory or defeat!"

"As long as I complicate the situation, seize the opponent's weakness, use the strongest killing method, and overwhelm the opponent with a violent offensive, I can turn defeat into victory!"

Da! The white piece falls!

"No matter what, I'm going to win!"

Thirteen columns and fifteen rows, cut!

Qiao Anli looked at the chessboard, thought for a moment, and immediately picked out the black piece and placed it on the board.

Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da…

As the chess pieces continued to fall, time continued to pass as the crisp sounds of the chess pieces hitting the board continued to be heard.

More than half an hour later.

Qiao Anli breathed a sigh of relief, nodded slightly to the young man wearing glasses opposite him, then stood up and walked towards the referee's seat.

The young man wearing glasses was still staring blankly at the chessboard.

He looked at the chessboard, his mouth felt dry, and his forehead was already covered with beads of sweat.

The situation was completely different from what he had expected.

In the middle game...he was almost completely suppressed by his opponent!

After Qiao Anli had reported the results to the referee and walked out of the game room, the young man with glasses finally came to his senses, immediately ran out of the game room and chased after Qiao Anli.

"Who then? Wait a minute!"

The young man wearing glasses caught up with Qiao Anli and shouted.

Qiao Anli was stunned and stopped for a moment, looking at the young man with glasses behind him in confusion.

"You...you are the young man who is trying to get a dan in the dojo, right?"

The young man with glasses asked, panting.

"right."

Qiao Anli nodded and admitted it.

"really."

The young man with glasses was not surprised by this answer. He hesitated for a moment and asked again: "Then why did you confront me?"

"Why against you?"

When Qiao Anli heard this question, he was a little confused and couldn't quite understand it. In the points round-robin tournament, the system ranked the opponents according to their points. How would he know who he would face in the game?

"I mean..."

The young man with glasses looked at Qiao Anli and knew that he didn't understand what he meant, so he explained: "In the round-robin tournament, opponents are matched based on win points, right?"

"I lost the first round, and then I was matched with you in this round, which means... you also lost the first round, otherwise I would not have been matched with you."

The young man with glasses looked at Qiao Anli and said in disbelief: "But, with your chess skills... why did you lose in the first round?"

Qiao Anli fell silent for a moment.

"Who is the opponent? Is he also a young man who is trying to become a dan in the dojo?"

The young man with glasses asked, "What's your name?"

"no."

Qiao Anli shook his head and said, "From what I know, the entire E group has very good luck this year. Besides me, the only person who is going to get promoted is my friend. His name is He Zhian. He is from the same dojo as me, but he is not my first-round opponent."

"no?"

Hearing this answer, the young man with glasses was a little bit unbelievable and asked, "Who was your opponent in the first round? And, with your chess skills... why did you lose?"

"His name is Yu Shao."

After Qiao Anli finished speaking, he was silent for a moment before continuing, "As for why I lost..."

Qiao Anli took a deep look at the young man wearing glasses, took a deep breath, and then continued: "If you play a game with him, you will know the answer then."

Hearing this answer, the young man with glasses was stunned.

When he came to his senses and wanted to say something else, he saw that Qiao Anli had already walked away.

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