Chapter 130 In vain
Early that morning, Yu Shao left the room, took the elevator and came to the lobby on the first floor.
After the brutal fighting in this tournament, all other game rooms in the hotel have been evacuated, leaving only two game rooms as the final venue for the men's and women's groups to compete.
Fifty players in each group, a total of one hundred players, will have the final battle in these two game rooms to compete for the twelve professional chess player spots each year.
Every chess player who made it all the way to the finals has stepped on countless bones and fought their way out of thousands of troops. None of them is an ordinary person and they all deserve the title of genius.
Anyone has the potential to become a professional chess player, but no one wants to go this far and end up failing.
When Yu Shao walked into the game room, he instantly felt that the atmosphere in the game room was different from before.
Compared to the past, the atmosphere in the game room at this moment was more solemn, more depressing, and more tense. At the same time, it was mixed with confusion about the future, and... the longing for becoming a professional chess player.
There is only one step left. As long as I take this last step, I can become a professional chess player and prove that all the hard work and hardships I have endured are not in vain! Yu Shao came early today, and there were not many people in the game room, but when Yu Shao walked into the game room, everyone cast their eyes on Yu Shao.
Those who can enter the finals are all strong.
The weak ones had already fallen in the qualifiers and the main tournaments, becoming the steps for the strong ones to climb up.
If people were more curious than wary of Yu Shao before, now they are more wary than curious.
Yu Shao looked around the game room, quickly found an empty seat, walked over, pulled out a chair and sat down.
For the sake of fairness, the final schedule is no longer matched by the system, but is decided by drawing lots by the players. Therefore, there is no such thing as table numbers before the draw is over, and the players can sit wherever they want.
Not long after, the contestants came in one after another. Yu Shao also saw several familiar faces, such as Wan Bohan, He Zhian, Qiao Anli, and Jiang Xiahua.
They also saw Yu Shao, and their expressions were different, but all of them were complicated.
Every time someone walks into the game room, the atmosphere becomes heavier.
Finally, when Zhuang Fei, Fang Haoxin and Su Yiming all entered the game room, the atmosphere in the game room suddenly became extremely heavy.
Although no one spoke, almost everyone was secretly looking at the three people, especially Su Yiming, who attracted most of the attention, with shock and fear in their eyes.
After all, Zhuang Fei and Fang Haoxin were very strong, which was something everyone knew before the game, but the appearance of Su Yiming, the dark horse, was completely beyond everyone's expectations! "He is Su Yiming?"
Zhuang Fei was also staring at Su Yiming at this time, and subconsciously clenched his teeth. The words that Ma Zhengyu said to him emerged in his mind again -
But, that was a game of guidance! "Are you kidding me?!"
Although he heard Ma Zhengyu say that it was a game of guidance, Zhuang Fei still couldn't believe it. How could someone give guidance to Fang Haoxin, especially in the qualifying tournament? Zhuang Fei turned his head to look at Fang Haoxin, but saw that Fang Haoxin had closed his eyes. It was impossible to see any clues from Fang Haoxin's face at this time.
After Su Yiming arrived at the game room, he glanced around the room and quickly found Yu Shao's position. He retracted his gaze after discovering that someone was already sitting opposite Yu Shao.
Su Yiming took a deep breath and found an empty seat to sit down.
After all the finalists arrived, not long after, Ma Zhengyu and another referee, along with several reporters and cameramen, walked into the game room.
When they saw Ma Zhengyu walk in, everyone sat up straight and held their breath.
Ma Zhengyu looked towards the game room and his gaze paused on Su Yiming for a moment, but soon he looked away and quickly scanned the entire room.
Seeing that all 25 tables were occupied, Ma Zhengyu cleared his throat and said, "Everyone is here. Now... let's start the draw. Let's start with the contestants sitting at the first table."
Hearing this, the two contestants sitting at the first table immediately stood up at the same time, walked towards the referee's seat with serious expressions, reached into the lottery box, and grabbed their own lottery papers.
Then, the second table, the third table...
Soon, it was the eighth table where Yu Shao was. Yu Shao immediately walked to the referee's seat, picked up the signature paper from the signature box, and then returned to the eighth table.
After everyone had finished drawing lots, Ma Zhengyu asked, "Who drew number one? Please take a seat at the first table."
Soon two people stood up at the same time and walked towards the first table.
Before long, everyone came to the chess table where they had drawn a number and sat down on both sides of the table.
Yu Shao drew the number six. After hearing Ma Zhengyu read out his number, he walked towards the sixth table. Another player who drew the number six also came to the sixth table.
Yu Shao was a little surprised when he saw his opponent in this round.
He was a man who looked to be nearly thirty years old. It was Pu Weize, whom Jiang Xiahua had mentioned to him before. This year was the last year of his professional career.
Seeing Yu Shao looking at him, Pu Weize nodded to Yu Shao silently, and Yu Shao immediately nodded in return.
Soon, everyone came to the seats with the numbers they had drawn, and the opponents drawn in this round were Su Yiming, Zhuang Fei, and Fang Haoxin, and they all had ugly expressions.
"Okay, it's game time!"
Less than five minutes later, Ma Zhengyu looked at his watch and said in a deep voice, "Each side has three hours to play, with one minute left. Black has a handicap of seven and a half points. We can start guessing the first move now!"
In the game room, there was a sudden sound of chess pieces colliding, followed by the sound of opponents greeting each other.
As the sound of the first chess piece falling onto the board rang out, the already extremely tense atmosphere in the game room suddenly became even more solemn.
Several reporters and cameramen found their own angles and filmed the chess players in the game room. A reporter with a beard took a few photos, suddenly shook his head and walked out of the game room.
"Old Zhang, why are you leaving now?"
Ma Zhengyu obviously knew the bearded reporter and asked.
Zhang Feng smiled bitterly and said, "The atmosphere this year is a bit too depressing. I can't stand it any longer. I'll go out and breathe some fresh air first and come back later."
Ma Zhengyu felt the depressing and almost suffocating atmosphere in the game room. He was silent for a while and finally nodded.
After Zhang Feng left, Ma Zhengyu looked at the contestants in the game room who were starting to make their moves, then looked closely at Zhuang Fei, Fang Haoxin, and Su Yiming, and finally he sighed slowly.
"Indeed, the atmosphere of the Dan Tournament is already very tense every year. With the three of them here this year, more people will return empty-handed..."
Thinking of this, Ma Zhengyu felt a little uncomfortable.
He sometimes blames the cruelty and ruthlessness of the competition. So many people strive to become professional chess players, but not everyone can succeed.
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Ma Zhengyu looked at everyone in the game room and took a deep breath.
“Although most people may not be able to become professional chess players as they wish.”
"But even so, when you see every shining move you made, you will find that all the efforts you made for this day were not in vain!"
Ma Zhengyu finally moved his gaze to Su Yiming, thought for a moment, and walked towards Su Yiming. He soon came behind Su Yiming and watched the chess game.
At this time, table six.
"This move, did you just fly it? Did you not choose to hang it up?"
Looking at the chessboard in front of him, Pu Weize couldn't help but frown.
At this time, the black and white sides formed a layout of wrong small eyes against two consecutive stars. He played the black piece to make the Wuyou Corner, while the white piece did not choose to hang high, but chose a small flying piece.
Pu Weize couldn't help but glance at Yu Shao opposite him, but he only saw Yu Shao looking at the chessboard calmly, with no clues to be seen from his expression.
Pu Weize shook his head and stopped thinking about these miscellaneous things. He turned his gaze back to the chessboard and did not take it lightly because of Yu Shao's slow move.
"Those who can make it this far are not weak. Even if he lacks some layout theory, his mid-game strength must be very strong and should not be underestimated."
Pu Weize quickly took the chess piece out of the chess box and placed it on the chessboard.
Seventeen columns and eleven rows, demolish! "It's the wrong Xiaomu Wuyou corner again..."
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, then quickly took out a chess piece from the chess box and put it down quickly.
Fifteen columns and sixteen rows, flying pressure! Both sides immediately made moves, and as the game continued, Pu Weize's originally serious expression gradually changed, with a bit more surprise and confusion.
After he struck again, beads of sweat slowly appeared on Pu Weize's face and his expression was somewhat unbelievable.
"Why is the white piece so fast? Is the overall development potential of my black pieces... limited?!"
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More than two hours later.
“I lost.”
Bai Jingchuan, who was sitting opposite Zhuang Fei, gritted his teeth, lowered his head, and spoke with an unwilling look on his face.
He had seen Zhuang Fei play chess before, and although he thought Zhuang Fei was very strong, he did not think he had no chance. If he played well, he should be able to defeat Zhuang Fei.
However, when Zhuang Fei actually sat opposite him and played against him, Bai Jingchuan truly felt how strong Zhuang Fei's chess skills were.
Although Zhuang Fei was only thirteen years old, he had a strong understanding of thickness and thinness. In the middle game of the battle, he just made a slow move and was instantly caught by Zhuang Fei, who then chased him relentlessly.
In the end, Zhuang Fei successfully forced him into a desperate situation, and he had to resign in the middle of the game.
Seeing Bai Jingchuan resigned, Zhuang Fei didn't even look at Bai Jingchuan. Seeing that Su Yiming's table had not finished yet, he immediately stood up and walked quickly to Su Yiming's table.
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