Chapter 160 Shen Yi who has learned the modern style
Not only the game between Jiang Xiahua and Zhu Xinyuan, but also the game between Xu Zijin and Chang Yan attracted everyone's attention and discussion.
However, compared to Jiang Xiahua's game, there was much less discussion about Xu Zijin's game.
The reason is very simple.
In Jiang Xiahua's game, both sides were evenly matched, but in Xu Zijin's game, after Chang Yan made a move and Chu Minqiao responded with a mistake, he immediately fell into a disadvantage.
Now it was purely Feng Zhixi who was trying his best, constantly looking for opportunities to reverse the situation and catch up with the gap, but Chu Minqiao obviously could not keep up with Feng Zhixi's thinking and was seriously hindered.
By the middle of the game, the gap between the two sides not only did not narrow, but instead widened.
In Yu Shao's opinion, Xu Zijin's game of chess will soon be over.
If Chu Minqiao had played this game alone, he might have had to persist longer, so if we think about it from another perspective, it can be said that Feng Zhixi was holding Chu Minqiao back.
Because Feng Zhixi was obviously unwilling to lose the game, he was always thinking about catching up and trying to turn the tide. He made a series of strong moves, but Chu Minqiao found it difficult to keep up, resulting in an increasingly disadvantageous situation.
Just as Yu Shao expected, after about twenty minutes, on the chessboard on Xu Zijin's side, under the gaze of everyone, Chu Minqiao placed two black pieces on the chessboard and admitted defeat.
"I admit defeat..."
Seeing this scene, someone shook his head and spoke.
No one in the discussion room made any sarcastic remarks, because that's how the Xinhuo Battle is. Although chess skills are important, the cooperation and tacit understanding between the two players are also important.
This is also one of the highlights of the Torch War.
The only thing left is the game between Jiang Xiahua and Bai Jingchuan.
On the TV screen, the two sides were still constantly taking turns making moves, and the battle between black and white pieces was becoming increasingly intense. Both sides were preparing to fight to decide the outcome of the battle, to decide life and death.
Everyone was concentrating on watching the chess game, and even the voices of discussion became much quieter.
About an hour later, two black pieces landed on the chessboard.
Jiang Xiahua, give up.
“I have to say, it was a very exciting game of chess.”
Seeing this scene, someone couldn't help but sigh: "Both sides played very well. It was clearly a chess game completed by four people, but it was simply... like a game played by two people."
"Yes, both sides have a good understanding."
The young man with a crew cut shook his head and said, "It's a pity that Teacher Lin Han and Bai Jingchuan cooperated even better. Teacher Lin Han made several moves that I didn't expect at all, but Bai Jingchuan was able to follow his ideas."
"Although Jiang Xiahua and Zhu Xinyuan have similar styles of play, it is clear that their thinking is still different. It can be seen that Zhu Xinyuan is trying to be backward compatible and play chess in line with Jiang Xiahua's thinking as much as possible."
The young man with a crew cut smiled and said, "For example, Mr. Zhu Xinyuan's previous move to suppress the enemy. Based on my understanding of Mr. Zhu Xinyuan, normally he would have placed it in Dafei's position."
"But I have to say, this is more in line with the meaning of passing on the torch, isn't it? After all, the disciple should surpass the master, rather than the master being the same as the master."
Someone couldn't help but laugh and said, "Although he lost, Jiang Xiahua should have benefited a lot from this game of chess, right?"
"Look at what you're saying."
The young man with a crew cut rolled his eyes and complained, "If I could play chess exactly like Teacher Lin Han, why wouldn't I be willing to do that? Let me ask you, if you played chess exactly like Shen Yi, would you be willing to do that?"
“Ah, this…”
The man was asked all of a sudden. After pretending to think for a moment, he said, "Shen Yi is strong, but he lived more than 150 years ago. He can't even understand modern routines. How about replacing him with Teacher Zhuang Weisheng? Then I'm absolutely willing."
"You still picked it?"
The young man with a buzz cut was speechless and asked, "What if it's Shen Yi who has learned the modern routine?"
"Then I absolutely am willing. Is there any need to ask?"
The man nodded like a chicken pecking at rice and said, "I will start to conquer the world chess world and create a prosperous era for Chinese Go again!"
Hearing what the two said, everyone couldn't help laughing.
Yu Shao also stood up at this time. Now that the chess game was over, he was ready to leave.
Jiang Xiahua pulled him over, originally wanting him to witness his victory over the nine-dan chess player with full confidence, but Jiang Xiahua ended up losing...
When he thought of this, Yu Shao felt a little funny.
It turns out that setting a flag is not a good idea.
"Hey, you're leaving?"
Seeing Yu Shao stand up, the young man with a crew cut asked.
"right."
Yu Shao nodded and said, "Let's get ready to go back."
"When was your Xinhuo War?" the young man with a crew cut asked curiously.
In order to maintain suspense and attract more attention and discussion online, the match schedule for the Xinhuo War will only be announced the night before.
So they didn't know whether Yu Shao's Torch Battle was scheduled for tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
"Tomorrow." Yu Shao said.
"Tomorrow?"
The young man with a buzz cut was a little surprised, but he quickly nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, we should all pay attention to it tomorrow."
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The attention paid to this Xinhuo Battle was unexpectedly high. Today, the number of online viewers of the Xinhuo Battle live broadcast reached millions in China alone, far exceeding that of previous years.
Even though the Xinhuo War has ended today, there are still many netizens discussing today's game, but the topic is mainly focused on Xu Zijin, which is very different from previous years.
In previous years, most people’s focus of discussion was on male chess players, but this year is completely different.
The first is the discussion about Xu Zijin's life experience, the second is the discussion about Xu Zijin's appearance, the third is the discussion about Xu Zijin's master Chang Yan, and the fourth, of course, is the discussion about Xu Zijin's chess skills.
Chang Yan is one of the few high-level female chess players in today's chess world. It is easy for her to arouse people's imagination when she suddenly accepted her only female disciple.
In short, under the brilliance of Xu Zijin, even Bai Jingchuan, who had defeated Jiang Xiahua in the Xinhuo Battle, suddenly seemed dim.
At 7:30 in the evening, the Southern Chess Institute finally announced the schedule for the next day's Xinhuo Battle.
And tomorrow's schedule is tantamount to adding fuel to the already extremely hot heat of this Torch War!
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Tomorrow's schedule is -
Yu Shao, 1st dan, and Kong Zi, renmin. Yes, Fang Haoxin, 1st dan, and Zhuang Weisheng, 10th dan! Yu Shao was a dark horse in this dan ranking tournament, beyond everyone's expectations. As an amateur chess player, he defeated Zhuang Fei and even won the dan ranking with a perfect record. He was already highly watched.
Before the qualifying tournament, Fang Haoxin was recognized by netizens as the only player who could compete with Zhuang Fei in the qualifying tournament. As a result, Zhuang Fei was eliminated unexpectedly, and Fang Haoxin climbed out of the loser group and became a qualified player.
But more importantly, the two high-level chess players, Zhuang Weisheng and Kong Zi, one is a celebrity and the other is a tenth-dan. They are old rivals and have competed against each other more than once.
However, this was the first time that the two met in the Xinhuo Battle. After all, one was a chess player from the southern region, and the other was a chess player from the northern region. Generally speaking, they would not meet each other.
This is the first time this year that high-level chess players from the northern division have come to the southern division to participate in the Torch Battle!
What's more important is that Zhuang Weisheng is Zhuang Fei's father! The enthusiasm of the majority of netizens was completely ignited, and everyone was eager to watch the fun. Even many people who didn't pay attention to Go at all also paid attention to this Xinhuo Battle.
There was an endless stream of heated discussions online about tomorrow's Torch Fight. Even in the late night, there was no sign of it abating, but instead it was getting more and more intense.
The next morning, after breakfast, Yu Shao took a taxi to the Southern Chess Academy again. As soon as he got off the car, he saw Jiang Xiahua who had been waiting at the entrance of the chess academy.
Because Yu Shao went to the chess academy to watch his own Xinhuo Battle yesterday, Jiang Xiahua did not choose to watch the live broadcast at home, but came to the chess academy specially to watch Yu Shao's Xinhuo Battle today.
"morning."
Seeing Jiang Xiahua, Yu Shao greeted him and walked towards the chess academy, saying, "I watched the game yesterday in the seminar room. It's a pity."
"Okay, stop talking."
Jiang Xiahua quickly made a pause gesture and said, "I didn't expect that Bai Jingchuan and Teacher Lin Han have such a good understanding."
Looking at Jiang Xiahua's appearance, Yu Shao was a little amused and asked, "Didn't you say before that no matter the outcome of the Xinhuo battle, the first-level chess player will definitely win?"
"It's for this reason that I didn't take it too seriously."
Jiang Xiahua rolled his eyes. He really didn't care much about yesterday's game. He said, "Come to think of it, did you check the Internet yesterday? Everyone on the Internet is talking about your Xinhuo Battle today."
"Yeah?"
Yu Shao shook his head and said, "I was watching a movie at home yesterday and didn't pay much attention."
"Not only netizens, but even Master is very interested in your Fire Fight today, and he will probably watch it too."
Jiang Xiahua smiled and said: "It's not just my master. As far as I know, many professional chess players are paying attention to it. I have to say that although the outcome of the Xinhuo Tournament doesn't matter, it is indeed very interesting."
"That's right."
As he was talking, Jiang Xiahua suddenly thought of a question and said, "I haven't told my master about the demon sword's hand cut yet. Should I be able to tell him?"
Hearing this, Yu Shao was speechless for a moment, realizing that Jiang Xiahua had misunderstood that charge as something like the flying knife routine he had researched.
"What can't you say?"
Yu Shao thought for a moment, shook his head and explained: "Even if you don't say it, the changes in the demon sword rushing down, unless no one has been playing, at most two or three rounds, someone will soon find something wrong and can find the problem by cutting with their hands."
Take Su Yiming for example. He realized something was wrong in the first game. In the second game, he was sure that the problem was with the charge.
But at that time, he had not yet thought of cutting and analyzing it by hand, but it was only a matter of time.
Even if there was only that one game in the ranking tournament, if people analyzed it a few more times and thought about it repeatedly, they would probably be able to find the problem.
If breaking the demon sword is regarded as a flying knife routine that requires careful research, then the moment this move comes out, the flying knife is no longer sharp.
This is not a flying knife, it's just correcting a mistake.
The stronger a person's chess skills are, the faster they can realize the problems that will arise after the demon sword rushes down. Because of this, Chang Yan has no concerns about Jiang Xiahua at all.
"I never thought about it that way."
Jiang Xiahua said with some emotion: "After all, that is a demon sword. Because of a vulgar charge, all subsequent changes are invalid. Once this news spreads... I dare not think about it!"
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