Chapter 159: From which hidden sect did these disciples come out to gain experience?

After Chang Yan left, Yu Shao turned his head to look at Jiang Xiahua, but found that Jiang Xiahua was just looking at him stupidly with a confused look on his face.

"Eat."

Yu Shao couldn't help but remind him, "Your Xinhuo Battle will start at one o'clock in the afternoon."

“You really…”

Jiang Xiahua rolled his Adam's apple, stared at Yu Shao in disbelief, and asked, "You taught yourself Go?"

"Um."

Hearing this, Yu Shao felt a little embarrassed, but he could only nod and admit: "It is indeed self-taught."

After getting Yu Shao's answer again, Jiang Xiahua looked at the lunch in front of him and suddenly felt it became tasteless and even difficult to swallow.

"Everyone says I'm very talented at Go."

After a long time, Jiang Xiahua sighed and asked faintly: "Now I'm wondering, what exactly is my talent?"

“You’re actually really talented.”

Hearing this, Yu Shao couldn't help but comfort him, "Look at the dan ranking tournament, so many people didn't make it to the upper dan level, but you finally made it to the dan level, didn't you?"

"See the others?"

Jiang Xiahua asked in an inexplicable tone, "Are you looking at Su Yiming?"

Hearing Jiang Xiahua's words, Yu Shao was speechless for a moment.

Su Yiming was indeed outrageous. He couldn't understand how someone could be so talented. It would be fine if Su Yiming was just a young man trying to get a chess title, but he was actually an amateur chess player.

"Forget it, even if I have talent, aren't there people who are more talented than me?"

Jiang Xiahua shook his head, as if he had let it go, and said, "For example, Zhuang Fei and Fang Haoxin, they should be depressed, why should I be depressed here?"

After that, Jiang Xiahua stood up and said to Yu Shao, "Take your time to eat. It's almost time. My master should be here soon. I have to accept an interview and then prepare for the Xinhuo Battle."

"You don't want to eat anymore?"

Yu Shao looked at the half bowl of rice with toppings left in front of Jiang Xiahua and said in surprise.

"I won't eat it anymore. Eating too much carbohydrates will make you feel sleepy."

Jiang Xiahua rolled his eyes and said, "Although I'm very open-minded, I'm still a little shocked. I don't have much appetite anymore. By the way, remember to come to the seminar room later to watch my Xinhuo War."

"Okay, I'll pay attention to it later."

Yu Shao smiled and nodded, "Come on."

After Jiang Xiahua and Yu Shao said goodbye, they quickly left the cafeteria.

After Jiang Xiahua's words, when mentioning Su Yiming, Yu Shao couldn't help but recall the chess games he had played with Su Yiming while eating.

"Wait for my Xinhuo Battle tomorrow, Su Yiming... should be watching, right?"

Although Yu Shao had never asked Su Yiming, he felt that the answer to this question should be yes.

Not long after, Yu Shao finally finished his meal, put away the thoughts in his mind, stood up, turned around and left the cafeteria, and walked towards the seminar room.

Generally, when large-scale competitions are held, the chess academy's seminar room will broadcast the events simultaneously for chess players to watch and discuss, which is exactly the same as in the previous life.

Although the Xinhuo Battle is not a large-scale event and is just an exhibition match, it is of great significance. Not only does it symbolize the passing on of the Go torch, it is also the first professional battle of the first-level Go players every year, and it attracts a lot of attention.

Therefore, the seminar room of the Southern Chess Academy will broadcast the Xinhuo Battle live in the next few days.

When Yu Shao arrived at the seminar room, there were already quite a few people inside, but Yu Shao didn't see any familiar faces. They were all other professional chess players, both male and female.

Yu Shao was not surprised by this.

This does not mean that this year's first-level chess players have no interest in Jiang Xiahua's succession battle.

It’s just that they might watch the Xinhuo Battle live on their computers at home, and won’t go to the chess academy’s seminar room to watch the game.

If Yu Shao had never been to the Southern Chess Institute before, and Jiang Xiahua had just invited Yu Shao to watch the game, Yu Shao would probably have stayed at home and watched the live broadcast.

Those who are watching chess in the chess academy's seminar room now should be professional chess players who happen to have competitions in the chess academy today. Obviously, they are all very interested in this year's first-dan chess players.

Seeing Yu Shao walk into the research room, everyone in the research room couldn't help but look at Yu Shao.

After seeing Yu Shao's face, everyone couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then their eyes lit up, and their gazes were suddenly filled with curiosity.

"Are you Yu Shao?"

A young man in his early twenties with a buzz cut looked at Yu Shao and said with a smile, "An amateur chess player, he won all the dan matches in his first dan tournament, and even beat Zhuang Fei. I've heard of his great name for the past half month."

"Indeed, I have heard the name Yu Shao so many times in the past half month that my ears are almost callused."

An eighteen-year-old young man couldn't help but joked, "Awesome, brother. Which hidden sect did you come from to gain experience? How can you be so powerful?"

"Where is the hidden sect?"

Yu Shao shook his head and said with a smile: "It was all just luck."

"You can get lucky with all wins? Why didn't I get lucky with all wins back then?"

The young man with a buzz cut sighed and said, "Is my luck really that bad?"

Hearing this, everyone else in the seminar room couldn't help but laugh, and then continued to chat idly, each of them showing great curiosity about Yu Shao.

Even a beginner chess player would attract the attention of many professional chess players, not to mention that Yu Shao's performance in a ranking tournament was too impressive.

“The war of fire has begun.”

Not long after, someone suddenly noticed that chess pieces had fallen on the two TV screens and spoke out to remind them.

As these words were spoken, the seminar room suddenly became quiet and everyone looked towards the TV screen. Yu Shao was no exception and cast his gaze towards the TV screen.

"Jiang Xiahua and Zhu Xinyuan, 9th dan, play black against Bai Jingchuan and Lin Han, 9th dan."

"Chu Minqiao and Feng Zhixi, 9th dan, play black against Xu Zijin and Chang Yan, 9th dan."

Yu Shao soon discovered that the ninth-dan chess player who partnered with Chu Minqiao in the women's group was a ninth-dan male chess player, not a ninth-dan female chess player.

Obviously, Chu Minqiao's master should be Feng Zhixi, the 9th dan, otherwise a female chess player of the 9th dan would have been assigned to partner with her.

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In the seminar room, chess players soon set up the two chess games on the table, watching the games on TV progress and placing chess pieces in sync.

"The black piece chose to clamp the opponent's position instead of using sticking to thicken the opponent's position, which left a break point for the white piece. The black piece came in with great momentum and was extremely aggressive."

"It seems that in this game between Mr. Zhu Xinyuan and Jiang Xiahua, they are trying to complicate the situation and decide the outcome in the middle game. They are not willing to fight with the white pieces until the endgame."

"That depends on the cooperation between the two sides in the middle game. Although they are master and apprentice, their ideas in the middle game cannot be completely inconsistent. The Xinhuo Battle mainly depends on the cooperation and tacit understanding."

"However, the game between Chang Yan and Xu Zijin was very steady and calm. They were neither impatient nor anxious."

Everyone gathered around the chessboard, discussing and expressing their opinions.

On the TV screen, chess pieces kept falling alternately. Soon, both games had been laid out and entered the middle game.

By the middle of the game, the speed of play of both sides had obviously slowed down a lot.

In the Fire War, you need to consider not only how to make the move, but also whether your partner can understand your intentions.

This is not only a problem that ninth-dan chess players need to consider, but also a problem that beginner chess players need to consider.

"Teacher Lin Han's move is the best among the best. He has put Heizi to an extremely severe test!"

The young man with a crew cut was setting up the chess pieces while looking at the TV screen. His expression had unconsciously become serious. He said, "The one who needs to respond to this move is Jiang Xiahua."

"As a result, Jiang Xiahua responded unexpectedly beautifully."

The other young man also had a serious expression, frowning, and said, "This jump not only allowed him to move away, but also formed a balanced and solid momentum for the black piece. He wanted to go deep and then attack... but he actually got the back, the middle and the first!"

"Although I saw this move, I didn't expect him to be able to pull it off."

Someone took a deep breath, as if feeling a little stressed, and said, "This year's first stage doesn't look easy..."

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but glance at Yu Shao subconsciously, and the curiosity and exploration in their eyes became more and more obvious.

"However, Lin Han will not give up."

The young man pondered and said, "The black pieces' intention to fight is obvious, but because they are too focused on speed, their chess pieces are very thin. Since the white pieces have no way to avoid it, they will definitely fight back!"

At this moment, on the TV screen, a big hand picked up a white piece and dropped it.

Five columns and fourteen rows, stab! "Stab... what a fierce and powerful fighter."

"The fierce battle is about to begin!"

Seeing this move, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath, with serious expressions, as if they had already felt the tension and fighting of the confrontation between the two armies!

Just as they said, after the white piece's stab, the situation suddenly became intense. The black and white pieces launched a desperate attack on the left line, and the battlefield gradually spread to the entire situation!

Everyone was immersed in the fierce battle, placing chess pieces on the board in sync with the game on the TV screen, and discussing the game around the board.

Soon, more than twenty men from both the black and white sides were seen on the TV screen.

"It's so exciting. Both the black and white sides have their own methods for attack and defense. They cooperate very well. I can't see any obvious deviation from the train of thought. They are worthy of being a master-disciple partnership."

"Faced with the fierce attack of the black piece, the white piece did not sit still and wait for death. After stabbing once, he launched a counterattack against the black piece, and did not lose to the black piece in the wrestling!"

"The black and white sides are evenly matched!"

Listening to the discussions of the crowd, Yu Shao looked at the chessboard and frowned slightly.

"have equal shares?"

“No, there is a slight difference.”

Looking at this chess game, Yu Shao has already made his own judgment.

"The advantage now lies with the white pieces."

(End of this chapter)