Chapter 115 Who is Yu Shao?

Gangneung Division, Group A.

Inside the game room, the sounds of moves being dropped could be heard one after another, creating a tense and depressing atmosphere.

"I... lost."

A boy of about fourteen years old looked at the chessboard in front of him, suddenly lowered his head deeply, his voice trembling, and chose to resign and admit defeat.

"Thanks for your advice."

Su Yiming lowered his head and spoke.

The boy opposite him hung his head and did not speak for a long time. After a long while, he finally spoke in a weak voice: "Thank you for your advice..."

Su Yiming stood up and walked towards the referee's seat. Seeing this scene, many people in the game room showed a look of shock on their faces.

"He... won again?"

“So soon?”

Su Yiming's opponent in the first round was a young man who was trying to become a professional chess player. At that time, everyone felt that Su Yiming's luck was really bad and they were glad that they did not face the young man in the first round.

But what was surprising was that Su Yiming finally won the first round.

Then, in the second round, the opponent named Su Yiming was actually another young player who was preparing for the dan level. However, in this match, Su Yiming even won faster than the last time! "Where did this guy named Su Yiming come from?"

Everyone's expression became solemn, and they felt the heavy invisible pressure.

There are limited places for advancing to this tournament. Now someone like Su Yiming suddenly appears who can kill two young players in a row. Then, their chances will be even smaller and the competition will become more intense.

Su Yiming quickly left the hotel and stood at the door, feeling the late spring breeze.

"It's been almost a year..."

Su Yiming looked at the busy street with a slightly complicated look.

Although there has been a gap of more than a hundred years, the fighting between chess players on the chessboard is still so thrilling. Although the opponent just now did not seem strong to him, he could also feel the opponent's tenacious will.

This made Su Yiming dazed, and he couldn't help but think of the game in the high school Go league that took place on a rainy night half a year ago, accompanied by thunder.

Even though more than half a year had passed, he still remembered every move of the game of chess vividly. The sound of the pieces falling still seemed to echo in his ears.

"he……"

"Will you participate in this qualifying tournament?"

Su Yiming looked at his right hand, which was already covered with calluses. These were caused by him constantly practicing chess games and learning new patterns over the past six months.

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Six days passed in a flash.

The first five qualifying rounds have concluded.

This also means that the competition in the qualifiers has officially entered a white-hot stage and the most intense competition has begun.

At nine o'clock in the morning, many contestants had already arrived at the game room in advance. Even though there was still some time before the game, the atmosphere in the game room was still a bit depressing.

At this time, a staff member of the chess association walked into the game room, took out double-sided tape, and pasted three pieces of white paper on the wall.

“The score table is finally out!”

Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned for a moment, but soon realized something. They immediately stood up and swarmed to the scoreboard to look around.

As a convention, the points table will only be posted on the fifth day of the competition to motivate players who are likely to get a place in the tournament and to put some pressure on players at the top of the points table, letting them know that those latecomers are catching up.

"The first place is He Zhian, and his current record is that he has won all five games."

"The second place, Yu Shao, has also won all five games so far."

"The third place is Miao Xiaoxiao, who has won all five matches so far."

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Seeing the battle list, a young man in a floral T-shirt was slightly stunned, then his eyes widened and he said in disbelief: "Qiao Anli...actually lost?!"

"Qiao Anli, who is that?"

Someone looked puzzled, turned his head to look at the young man in the floral T-shirt, and asked.

"The young man who is trying to become a Dan in Langhong Dojo."

The young man in the floral T-shirt explained, "We in Group E are very lucky. As far as I know, there are only two teenagers who were assigned to Group E, He Zhian and Qiao Anli."

"Last year, he was just one step away from reaching the finals, but he was in a very favorable position. He was careless in the middle of the game and lost the game. It was a pity that he was defeated. He is one of the candidates who are expected to become a professional chess player!"

The young man in the floral T-shirt found it hard to accept: "He actually lost a game of chess? Lost to whom, He Zhian? Their luck was so bad that they faced each other so early?"

"No……"

At this time, a young man wearing glasses shook his head and said, "My opponent in the second round is Qiao Anli. He didn't play against He Zhian. He... lost to a man named Yu Shao."

"Yu Shao?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and looked at the battle table, and immediately saw Yu Shao's name in second place.

"Five wins, one of them is Qiao Anli?!"

The young man in the floral T-shirt was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Who is Yu Shao? Does anyone know him? If he's not a young chess player, he should be a famous amateur chess player, right?"

“I’ve never heard of that…”

Everyone shook their heads. Among so many amateur chess players, no one had ever heard of the name Yu Shao.

At this moment, everyone looked at each other in confusion.

You know, although there are a lot of people participating in the ranking tournament every year, most of them are amateur veterans who have participated in more than one ranking tournament.

Therefore, even if one person does not know him, there should be other people who know him.

Just like Zheng Qin, although he has never participated in the ranking tournament, he often achieves good results in amateur competitions and even won first place in the National College Go League, so many people knew him before the competition.

But no one has ever heard of the name Yu Shao.

At this time, a young man around 18 years old was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "Miao Xiaoxiao, I don't know him... But, he is my opponent in the fourth round, and he ended my three-game winning streak."

"Qin Xiaojun?"

The young man in the flowered T-shirt obviously knew the young man who was talking, and immediately asked, "How good is his chess skill? Is he very strong? How strong is he?"

After hearing what Qin Xiaojun said, many people realized that the man in the floral T-shirt was Miao Xiaoxiao, who also won five consecutive victories. No wonder he cared so much about Yu Shao, who also won five consecutive victories.

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Hearing Miao Xiaoxiao, Qin Xiaojun fell silent.

"No, you speak."

Miao Xiaoxiao suddenly became anxious and couldn't help but ask.

The young man wearing glasses couldn't help but look at Qin Xiaojun. He had asked Qiao Anli a similar question before, but Qiao Anli's answer was that he would know after playing the next game with Yu Shao.

Qin Xiaojun sighed and said, "It's not that I don't want to say it, it's that I don't know...how to say it."

"I don't know how to say it?"

Miao Xiaoxiao was a little dumbfounded and said, "Strong is strong, weak is weak, how else can you say this? Can you be weak and strong at the same time?"

"It's definitely strong, otherwise he wouldn't have won five games in a row."

Qin Xiaojun sighed and said, "He judged the situation very accurately. His mid-game strength is incredible. His attacks are sharp. I am no match for him at all."

Qin Xiaojun hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "But his layout was so bad that I even felt that he didn't know how to play chess at all."

What kind of answer is this? Everyone was stunned.

If the mid-game strength is really that strong, then even if the start is bad, it wouldn't be described as ridiculously bad, right?

Although the Go layout is not simple, the middle game is relatively more difficult! "In short... I don't know what his chess strength is. If I want to know his chess strength, then I will know after playing a game with him." Qin Xiaojun finally said.

The young man wearing glasses froze in place.

This was almost exactly the same answer that Qiao Anli gave him.

He was confused before why Qiao Anli gave him such a strange answer, but now he finally understood.

The reason is... I don’t know?

At this moment, someone suddenly noticed something and said, "Look at the nameplates on the eight tables. He Zhian's opponent today is that Yu Shao!"

Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to table eight, and sure enough, they saw nameplates on both sides of table eight, which read Yu Shao and He Zhian respectively.

This is a showdown between two people who have both won five consecutive games.

It also means that one person's five-game winning streak will be ended today.

Not long after, around 9:40, when the game time was approaching, Yu Shao finally arrived at the game room and walked straight to table eight.

When Yu Shao pulled out the chairs at the eight tables and sat down, everyone immediately looked at him.

The looks in these eyes were filled with shock, doubt, curiosity, fear, and complexity...

"Why are you looking at me?"

Feeling everyone's gazes, Yu Shao couldn't help but be slightly stunned, wondering why so many people were suddenly looking at him.

Soon, a boy with a face full of acne finally arrived at the game room.

He glanced at Yu Shao and his expression became more serious. Obviously, he already knew that his opponent today would be Yu Shao, who defeated Qiao Anli in the first round.

He Zhian walked to the opposite side of Yu Shao, pulled out a chair and sat down, waiting for the chess game to begin without saying a word.

Soon after, several referees also came to the game room.

With the arrival of the referee, everyone in the game room finally withdrew their gaze from Yu Shao and the other two, and each of them focused their minds, and the atmosphere became somewhat solemn.

Although they don't know what's going on with Yu Shao, what they need to do now is to cheer up and prepare for the next game.

The qualifying tournament only happens once a year, and the opportunity to become a professional chess player is not always available. What they have to do is to keep defeating their opponents and keep climbing up! Until they reach the top of the mountain of professional chess players! "It's almost time."

The referee looked at his watch and said, "The game time is three hours per person. After the countdown, each person has one minute. The handicap is seven and a half points."

"Now, let's start guessing."

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