Chapter 146: One Generation Is Worse Than the Next

The next day, the sixth round of the Dan ranking tournament began.

After the first five rounds of fighting, there are only two people left in the winner group, and there are only ten people left in the loser group. In other words, the winner of today's round will most likely become a professional chess player.

The only uncertainty lies in the loser of today's winner group.

The loser of today's winner group will draw a player who had previously been given a bye from the loser group, and the two of them will compete for the last professional chess player spot.

The moment Yu Shao appeared at the door of the game room, he instantly attracted everyone's attention.

Yu Shao looked around the game room and saw Zhuang Fei in the back seat, his expression slightly surprised.

The qualified ones sit in the front seats, and the eliminated ones should sit in the back seats, right? So...

"Zhuang Fei was eliminated?"

Yu Shao was a little surprised. He really didn't know about this. He went out to eat after playing chess yesterday and returned to the hotel after dinner. He didn't pay much attention to Zhuang Fei.

As a result, Zhuang Fei was eliminated?

He had played a game with Zhuang Fei before. Although Zhuang Fei resigned after only seventy moves, Zhuang Fei's chess skills were actually quite strong. He was probably on par with Zheng Qin when they were in Shanhai Chess Hall.

As for Zheng Qin's current level, Yu Shao was not quite sure.

The reason why Zhuang Fei was defeated so quickly was that for some unknown reason, Zhuang Fei's play in that game was extremely aggressive and ferocious. Even after he gave up a piece, Zhuang Fei still refused to give in and was extremely tough.

When the two sides were fighting, Zhuang Fei did not respond tenaciously enough and was eventually defeated.

At this time, Zhuang Fei also saw the gaze from Yu Shao and felt the surprise in that gaze. As if hurt by that gaze, he lowered his head and avoided Yu Shao's sight.

"this……"

Seeing this scene, Yu Shao was speechless for a moment, but quickly retracted his gaze, found an empty chess table in the front row, pulled out a chair and sat down.

As the game time approached, other contestants also came to the game room one after another.

The first thing they did when they arrived at the game room was to look at Yu Shao, then they found their seats and sat down in silence.

Not long after, Jiang Xiahua also came to the game room and looked at Yu Shao as well.

Jiang Xiahua had a complicated expression as he stood at the door of the game room. He sighed and walked towards Yu Shao, and soon came to the opposite side of Yu Shao.

Yu Shao was still sitting at the table like yesterday.

Before, when other players came to the game room, even though they saw that there was no one opposite Yu Shao, no one sat down opposite Yu Shao, but instead looked for other seats.

The reason is simple.

There are only two people left in the winner group.

The two of them will definitely compete at the same table in this round.

Now, the only winners left in the winner group, besides Yu Shao, are Jiang Xiahua.

Yu Shao was a little surprised to see that his opponent in this round was Jiang Xiahua, and nodded slightly at Jiang Xiahua.

Jiang Xiahua had a complicated expression. After sitting down opposite Yu Shao, he looked at Yu Shao, as if he wanted to say something, but didn't know how to start, so he hesitated for a while.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing this, Yu Shao felt a little amused and said, "If you have something to say, just say it."

"I don't know how to get off later."

Jiang Xiahua sighed, a wry smile appeared on his face, and he said, "To be honest, I originally thought you would lose in that round of the tournament, but I didn't expect you to have such chess skills."

"Especially, after watching the game of chess between you and Su Yiming yesterday..."

Jiang Xiahua paused, then shook his head and said self-deprecatingly: "I don't know what the meaning of staying in the dojo for all these years is."

Hearing this, Yu Shao didn't know how to respond.

Family members know their own business. He played chess for his whole life in his previous life, which is why he has his current chess skills. Jiang Xiahua's stay in the dojo over the years must not be meaningless.

"I used to think I was quite talented, but now I realize that you and Su Yiming are the two of you who are truly talented, far beyond my imagination. I was just looking at the world from a well."

Jiang Xiahua looked a little bewildered, and said, "Even if I meet Zhuang Fei and Fang Haoxin, I dare to give it a try. Although the probability of losing is high, there should be a chance of winning."

"But when I think about playing against you or Su Yiming, I don't have any confidence at all..."

When Yu Shao heard Jiang Xiahua mention Su Yiming, he was speechless.

He has his current chess skills because he traveled through time, but Su Yiming is a pure genius, so genius that even Yu Shao finds it a little unbelievable.

When he first participated in the city high school Go league, he thought he would not meet any opponent. However, Su Yiming posed a threat to him even when he was at a disadvantage in the middle game.

Although he won both games against Su Yiming in the end, to be honest, neither of them was easy.

Even in a desperate situation, Su Yiming's meticulous overall view, his tenacious fight, and his fierce counterattack made even him feel extremely difficult and he dared not be careless or relax.

In Yu Shao's opinion, Su Yiming still has a big gap with himself in terms of judging thickness, examining importance, and understanding of chess principles.

But even so, it is still incredible.

At this moment, Su Yiming just walked into the game room and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Yu Shao couldn't help but raise his head and look at Su Yiming.

Su Yiming also cast a glance at Yu Shao, and their eyes briefly met in mid-air.

Even though he lost the game yesterday, there was no sign of retreat in Su Yiming's eyes at this moment. On the contrary, there was a frightening sharpness in his eyes.

Finally, Su Yiming took a deep breath, retracted his gaze first, then turned around, walked to an empty chess table, pulled out a chair and sat down.

With Su Yiming's arrival, everyone in the game room had extremely heavy expressions.

Su Yiming has now fallen into the loser group, which means that they all have the possibility of facing Su Yiming today...

"But if you don't play a game yourself, you won't know the difference."

At this moment, Jiang Xiahua suddenly took a deep breath and said to Yu Shao: "I will go all out in the game later."

Hearing this, Yu Shao was stunned for a moment, looked at Jiang Xiahua, and nodded silently.

Not long after, Ma Zhengyu also came to the game room. After looking at Yu Shao and Su Yiming respectively, he said, "Players in the loser group, come over and draw lots."

Hearing this, the contestants in the loser group stood up and walked towards the referee's seat.

There are only two people left in the winner group, so there is naturally no need to draw lots.

Soon, the draw was completed, and each contestant came to the seat corresponding to his or her lottery number. Su Yiming's opponent in this round was a young man named Shi Wang, which made everyone else feel a little relieved.

"Time is almost up. Each side has three hours each. One minute countdown. Black has a handicap of 7.5 points. Let's start guessing what will go first."

After waiting for a moment, Ma Zhengyu glanced at the watch on his wrist and spoke.

Click, click.

Along with these words, the sound of chess pieces colliding could be heard in the chess room.

When the eliminated chess players in the back row heard this, they all stood up, walked quickly to a table, and soon surrounded the table.

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After guessing the first move, Yu Shao played black and Jiang Xiahua played white in this game.

Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, thought for two seconds, and quickly took out the chess piece from the chess box and put it down.

Sixteen columns and four rows, stars.

Jiang Xiahua looked at the black piece on the chessboard, reached into the chess box, but felt that the chess piece was particularly heavy.

The words his master once said to him emerged in his mind.

"Don't think you can perform beyond your normal level. If you are not strong enough, it is normal to lose to an opponent who is stronger than you!"

"Don't get depressed just because you lost the game, and don't try to escape just because your opponent is stronger than you. If you do that, you will never make any progress in your life!"

"If there really is no one who can beat you, wouldn't Go be very boring? If there is really someone who has no rivals, then what he should be thinking about is hoping that there will be a strong opponent to fight him!"

"Think about Shen Yi more than a hundred years ago. If Shen Yi had an opponent, I can't even imagine how good his chess skills would be!"

"You have made it to the finals three times, but you have never been able to become a professional chess player because you always think about not winning and are always afraid of meeting a strong opponent."

"You always complain about how this person is so strong, how that person is so strong, and you are no match for them at all."

"If you can't put yourself in a desperate situation, you won't be able to make any progress in Go. You should be grateful to your opponent who can push you into a desperate situation and savor every move he makes!"

"But listen carefully, no matter who your opponent is, even if your opponent is me, at least before the game is over, you must be determined to win!"

"It's true that each generation is inferior to the previous one. I became a professional chess player at the age of thirteen, and you are already sixteen. Do you want to stay in the dojo for the rest of your life?"

After a long time, Jiang Xiahua finally took the chess piece out of the chess box. He looked at the chessboard with eyes as sharp as swords, and the chess pieces fell down rapidly.

Da! Sixteen columns and sixteen rows, stars!

Yu Shao also picked up the chess piece again and dropped it at a rapid speed.

Four columns and sixteen rows, stars! Da, da, da...

The chess pieces began to fall one after another.

All around, everyone was staring intently at the chessboard, watching the chess pieces fall one after another.

In the chess game, the black pieces had quietly gained the advantage during the layout phase, and no one was surprised by this.

But gradually, as time passed, the expressions on everyone's faces began to change. Among the crowd, Zhuang Fei looked at the chess board with an expression of disbelief.

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The other side.

“I lost.”

The boy sitting opposite Fang Haoxin sighed, lowered his head with a sad face, and chose to admit defeat.

On the road to becoming a professional chess player, he had almost reached the last step, but in the end... he still failed.

In this game, at the beginning of the middle stage, Fang Haoxin made a slow move. After he discovered it, he pursued Fang Haoxin relentlessly. Unfortunately... in the end he was still one move short of the mark and failed to equalize the situation.

The two of them quickly saluted each other, then Fang Haoxin stood up and looked at the table where Su Yiming was, and found that there was no one on both sides of the table, and it was obvious that the chess game was over.

Fang Haoxin looked towards another table and soon saw Su Yiming among the people sitting at the table. He was watching Yu Shao's chess game today with a focused expression.

Not only Su Yiming, but everyone else was also staring at the chessboard, with a look of surprise on their faces.

Fang Haoxin was slightly stunned. Although he had experienced so many rounds of competition, he had never met Jiang Xiahua and was not clear about Jiang Xiahua's chess ability.

Then, a thought that made Fang Haoxin feel horrified suddenly emerged in his mind.

"No... no way?"

Fang Haoxin took a deep breath, suppressed the trembling in his heart, and immediately walked towards the first table. He quickly squeezed into the crowd and immediately cast his eyes towards the chessboard.

"Yu Shao plays black, Jiang Xiahua plays white. The situation at this moment is..."

Looking at the chessboard, Fang Haoxin quickly analyzed the situation.

"Black's advantage is almost unshakable, and he is attacking White's left dragon fiercely?"

Fang Haoxin breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that his previous guess was a bit too bold.

But at the same time, Fang Haoxin was even more puzzled. Since the situation of White was already so bad, why were they all concentrating on this game and looking surprised? Puzzled, Fang Haoxin looked at the chessboard and watched the two sides continue to place their pieces.

Gradually, the expression on Fang Haoxin's face began to change.

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