Chapter 137 Reasons Not to Give Up

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, after seven hours of fierce fighting, the last match of the third round finally decided the winner.

“I lost.”

Looking at the chessboard, Pu Weize slowly lowered his head and chose to resign.

Opposite Pu Weize, Bai Jingchuan's chest was heaving, he was breathing heavily, and his face was covered with cold sweat.

Even though he won the chess game at this moment, as the winner, he did not feel happy in his heart, only the luck of surviving the disaster.

"After taking into account the 7.5 point handicap, Kuroko finally won... by half a point."

Because this was the last game of the day, everyone was watching and ultimately witnessed this long seven-hour match.

In this game, both sides were evenly matched from the beginning, and there were countless fierce battles in the middle game. Sometimes the white pieces had a slight advantage, but the black pieces soon caught up and the fight was hard to decide.

In the end, the two fought all the way to the final official game.

The ending was... Pu Weize lost half a point.

Pu Weize had already lost a game before the final, and this defeat meant that he would be eliminated and unable to move forward.

Others who are eliminated can fight again next year, but Pu Weize is already 29 years old. Being eliminated this year means that he will never have the chance to become a professional chess player.

Pu Weize was silent for a moment, and finally stood up slowly.

Suddenly, everyone involuntarily made way for Pu Weize.

Pu Weize walked outside the game room and came to the lobby. He took a deep breath and then continued walking towards the hotel gate.

At this time, Jiang Xiahua, who had just finished dinner outside, just returned to the hotel. Seeing Pu Weize walking towards him, he was slightly startled and asked, "Brother Pu, is your game of chess over?"

Pu Weize stopped, nodded, and said, "It's over."

"Who's winning?"

Jiang Xiahua couldn't help but ask.

Pu Weize was silent for a while, then said, "I lost."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiahua was stunned for a moment.

He remembered that Pu Weize's opponent in this round was Bai Jingchuan, and they were both in the loser group, which meant that whoever lost would be eliminated.

And Pu Weize is already 29 years old this year...

"Brother Pu..."

Jiang Xiahua opened his mouth, wanting to comfort Pu Weize, but didn't know how to start.

"Come on, I'm thirteen years older than you, why do I need your comfort?"

Pu Weize saw Jiang Xiahua's intention and couldn't help but smile. He said, "I really tried my best, but unfortunately I was still one step behind. Since I am not as skilled as him, I can only accept the loss."

Jiang Xiahua didn't know what to say for a moment. He felt that Pu Weize was pretending to be calm. After all, being eliminated would never feel good, not to mention that if Pu Weize lost this year, he would never have another chance.

"Nothing, really."

Pu Weize shook his head and said, "I played at my best in that game. I was very satisfied with myself. I have no regrets about losing under such circumstances."

"Before, many people asked me why I insisted on getting promoted to a professional player at such an old age. After all, if I can't get promoted to a professional player at this age, it means I don't have much talent."

"I didn't know how to answer before, because I didn't understand why I kept insisting, but after playing that game just now, I know the reason."

"Maybe it's because I can play that kind of chess game, so even though I'm nearly 30 years old, I've never given up on qualifying..."

Hearing this, Jiang Xiahua was stunned.

Pu Weize patted Jiang Xiahua on the shoulder and said, "There are only a few rounds left. You should also do your best. I will stay here until the end of this round of qualifying tournament."

…………

The third round of competition is over.

Six people from the winners group fell into the losers group, leaving only seven people. Twelve people from the losers group were eliminated. Together with the players who fell into the losers group today, there are only thirteen people left!

So, now there are only twenty-six people left who can move on, but still only six of them will eventually get the spots as professional chess players as they wish.

None of the 26 people who had been eliminated early chose to leave. They all chose to stay at the competition venue, wanting to see the final result of this qualifying tournament with their own eyes.

The next day, when Fang Haoxin walked into the game room, everyone looked at Fang Haoxin at once, their eyes full of surprise and uncertainty.

Apparently, the news that Fang Haoxin chose to resign and admit defeat at the first move when he met Su Yiming again yesterday had spread completely, making everyone feel unbelievable.

He is Fang Haoxin...

Why did he admit defeat right after the first move? Fang Haoxin's admission of defeat meant that both Fang Haoxin and Zhuang Fei fell into the loser group.

Fang Haoxin and Zhuang Fei were supposed to meet in the winners' group, but they didn't even face off against each other. In the end, both of them fell into the losers' group...

Perhaps the two will meet in the loser bracket?

Everyone suddenly felt that this ending was extremely absurd and funny.

Feeling everyone's gaze, Fang Haoxin lowered his head, and finally found an empty chair and sat down in silence.

After the draw, Ma Zhengyu said, "Those who drew numbers 4 and 10, please raise your hands."

"I'm number four."

In the winner group, a sixteen-year-old boy raised his hand with a look of surprise and said, "I'm number four!"

"Where's number ten?"

Seeing that No. 10 did not raise his hand, Ma Zhengyu frowned slightly and asked again.

After a moment, Zhuang Fei finally raised his hand and said, "I... am number 10."

Ma Zhengyu nodded, quickly memorized the names of the two people who had drawn a bye, and then said, "Now, all the contestants, please take your seats at the positions corresponding to your draw numbers."

Hearing this, everyone looked at Yu Shao and Su Yiming at the same time.

Under the gaze of everyone, Yu Shao walked to table number three, pulled out a chair and sat down.

On the other side, Su Yiming walked straight to table number one.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Xiahua breathed a sigh of relief and immediately walked towards the second table.

Seeing that Yu Shao and Su Yiming did not face off in this round, those who had been eliminated were a little disappointed and quickly split into two groups, one group went to table one and the other group went to table three.

Before long, tables one and three were already filled with people.

Zhuang Fei looked at the third table where Yu Shao was sitting and couldn't help but grit his teeth. After a moment, he looked at the first table where Su Yiming was sitting and finally walked towards the first table.

After he lost to Yu Shao that day, he left the game room directly without watching Su Yiming's game. Therefore, until now, he still didn't know Su Yiming's level.

"Time is up!"

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

Not long after, Ma Zhengyu looked at the watch on his wrist and said in a deep voice, "Each side has three hours to play, with one minute to count down. Black has a handicap of seven and a half points. We can start guessing the first move now!"

Soon, everyone finished guessing the going rate, and then the sound of pieces dropping began to echo in the game room. Although the sound was crisp, it seemed to carry the solemn and murderous meaning of the clanging of swords!

At Su Yiming's table, the result of the guessing was that Su Yiming played black.

Zhuang Fei stared at the chessboard, watching the black and white pieces fall alternately, but he couldn't concentrate. The previous chess game with Yu Shao kept appearing in his mind.

"After I scored two or four points, I used that incredible move of splitting two pieces, and that move of using the sacrificed pieces to attack, which completely violated common sense..."

Whenever he thought of Yu Shao's move, Zhuang Fei couldn't help but clench his teeth a little tighter and clench his fists unconsciously.

At this moment, Su Yiming took the black piece out of the chess box and put it down gently.

clatter.

Thirteen columns and ten rows, demolish! "Hmm?"

This move brought Zhuang Fei back to reality.

"Demolition, what a tough move!"

Zhuang Fei instantly realized the strength of this move. The black piece was threatening the two white pieces above to seize the huge space in the corner, while also taking into account the overall situation of the black pieces!

The boy sitting opposite Su Yiming's expression changed slightly. After thinking for a long time, he finally made his move.

Thirteen columns and fourteen rows, stick!

Facing the black piece's move, the white piece chooses to make up for the damage, trying to form a strong position to resist the invasion of the white piece, and also aiming at the black piece's breakpoint. Under this board situation, this is also the most tenacious move.

Seeing this move, Su Yiming's expression remained unchanged and he quickly placed the chess piece again.

Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da…

The chess pieces fell one after another.

Looking at the chess board, Zhuang Fei's expression gradually became serious.

"The speed of judging the situation is so fast and accurate beyond imagination. Although the white piece defended very tightly, the black piece made a move and advanced alone. Although it was bold, it was surprisingly effective!"

"I'm afraid that this huge empty space in the corner will be occupied by Heizi!"

Just as Zhuang Fei expected, after only ten moves, the black piece had taken over the entire huge space in the lower right corner.

Then, after five moves, it was the black piece's turn to play.

Su Yiming quickly took out the chess piece from the chess box and gently placed it on the chessboard.

Eleven columns and fourteen rows, paste?

"stick?"

Seeing this move, Zhuang Fei was slightly stunned and looked at the chessboard, somewhat puzzled.

"After this move, the white piece might be able to break into the black piece's corner? Then the huge space in the corner that the black piece has worked so hard to occupy will be fatally threatened by the white piece!"

The boy sitting opposite Su Yiming obviously noticed this as well, and quickly picked up the chess piece and dropped it quickly.

Su Yiming quickly took out his chess piece and placed it right after the white piece.

Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da…

The two sides continued to make moves, and as they watched, Zhuang Fei's eyes widened little by little.

Not only Zhuang Fei, but the others around him were also looking at the chessboard with astonishment on their faces, dumbfounded, with a sense of apprehension that they had realized it too late! "The black piece wants the white piece to attack the corners, and then when the white piece thinks it has an advantage, the black piece suddenly abandons the corners and stabs, and the situation is instantly overturned!"

"This is an ambush that Black has carefully prepared for White!"

"That move was not made casually, but was made after careful consideration and with all the subsequent changes in mind!"

"If the white piece does not attack the corner, then that move will be the original move that can be used to revive the corner later. If it attacks, then the white piece will... be trapped!"

Zhuang Fei stared at the chessboard in despair, his head buzzing.

"impossible……"

…………

ps: Please vote for next month! (End of this chapter)