Chapter 175 Owning the Future

"Yu Shao, is Teacher Zhang Dongchen very strange?"

Wu Zhixuan couldn't help laughing and said, "I always feel like I can't figure out what he's thinking. Even when he looks sad, he seems to be smiling. His nickname is Smiling Tiger."

"Smiling tiger?"

Yu Shao was a little surprised when he heard this. Indeed, even though Zhang Dongchen obviously looked troubled just now, he actually gave people the feeling that he was smiling.

If Zhang Dongchen didn't have an ordinary appearance, in a romance novel, his character would be seven parts coldness and three parts indifference amidst his sneer.

But isn't it a bit... to describe it as a smiling tiger?

"Smiling tiger is usually a derogatory term, but for Mr. Zhang Dongchen, it is a compliment, saying that he is a good chess player."

Wu Shuheng seemed to see what Yu Shao was thinking and explained, "After all, he was promoted to 9th dan at the age of 13 with a perfect record, and was promoted to 9th dan at the age of 21. In the same year, he received the title from 9th dan Chang Yan."

"Although Mr. Zhang Dongchen failed to defend his title the following year, he performed well the year before last, winning the Go Saint title again and successfully defending it last year."

Wu Shuheng sighed and said, "When he was about my age, Teacher Zhang Dongchen was already a high-level chess player. The gap is too big."

"So, how could the word used to describe Mr. Zhang Dongchen be a derogatory word? It is precisely because this derogatory word is used to express praise that it is particularly impressive."

Yu Shao was very surprised to hear this.

Did Zhang Dongchen snatch the Go Saint title from Chang Yan? Yu Shao really didn't know this. He only knew that Chang Yan held the Go Saint title for one year, and then it was snatched away. He didn't know that it was taken away by Zhang Dongchen.

"The Go Saint tournament is almost over, and the challenge tournament is about to begin. And then there's this whole thing about a chess dispute. It's obvious that Teacher Zhang Dongchen is under a lot of pressure." Wu Shuheng shook his head, sighed, and said.

The three of them walked into the chess academy cafeteria while chatting.

Although it is already past two in the afternoon, the players' meal times are very irregular during competitions, often varying with the end time of the game.

Therefore, the canteens of major chess academies basically provide meals from morning to night.

It was still early and there were only a few people in the cafeteria, but even so, when they noticed Yu Shao, everyone in the cafeteria cast their eyes towards him and started whispering to each other.

After the three of them finished their meal, they walked to the gate of the chess academy together. Yu Shao stopped a taxi and said goodbye to the two of them.

"Today is your first professional battle, right?"

Seeing Yu Shao was about to leave, Wu Shuheng smiled and said, "Congratulations, you have officially become a professional chess player."

"Thank you, Senior."

Yu Shao thanked him, then waved goodbye to Wu Zhixuan and said, "Goodbye."

"Goodbye, bye!"

Wu Zhixuan waved her hand and said with a smile: "Be careful."

After Yu Shao got into the taxi and watched it go away, Wu Zhixuan finally turned her head to look at Wu Shuheng and asked curiously, "Brother, how did Yu Shao beat you? What is his chess ability?"

She had been holding this question in until now, and now she could finally ask it.

In the previous game of Xinhuo War, she could only see Yu Shaoyu's cunning in the layout stage.

Although most people are not optimistic about the subsequent new changes of Dian San San, regardless of whether it is true or not, this idea is indeed subversive and shocking.

In that game, Yu Shao and Kong Zi cooperated very well in the later stage. Even though they were not master and apprentice, Yu Shao was still able to keep up with Kong Zi's thinking, so it can be seen that Yu Shao's strength in the mid-game should be equally strong.

However, Yu Shao's chess skills are still unknown.

Hearing this, the smile on Wu Shuheng's face gradually faded, and he was silent for a while.

After thinking for a long time, Wu Shuheng slowly said: "Although I have lost to low-level chess players many times, I never think that the opponent is stronger than me just because he wins a game against me."

"Winning and losing are common. If I lose a game, even if I lose without any chance to fight back, I will think that it is because I was too careless and did not play well."

"Unless it happens for several games in a row, I will admit that I am not as good as my opponent. It's not just me. Most chess players should have this mentality. They will only admit that their opponent is very strong, but they will not admit that they are better than themselves."

Wu Shuheng raised his head, thinking of Yu Shao's move, and said in an inexplicable tone: "But, only this one game of chess, even though I only lost this one game, it also makes me feel that my opponent must be better than me..."

Hearing what Wu Shuheng said, Wu Zhixuan widened her beautiful eyes and looked at her brother in disbelief.

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At this time, in the game room where the national championship qualifiers were held, many chess players were still playing, but some games had already ended.

A lot of people had gathered around table number 16 where Zheng Qin and Ban Hao were sitting. All of them were looking at the chess game with an indelible look of surprise on their faces.

Ban Hao stared at the chessboard, clenched his teeth, and reached his right hand into the chess box, but instead of taking out the chess pieces, he couldn't help but clenched a handful of chess pieces.

After a long time, Ban Hao finally took the chess piece out of the chess box and put it down with difficulty.

Opposite Ban Hao, Zheng Qin looked at the chessboard and frowned slightly as he watched Ban Hao make his move.

However, after thinking for a while, Zheng Qin reached his right hand into the chess box again. With the sound of chess pieces colliding, his eyes were as sharp as swords, and he pinched the chess pieces between his fingers and dropped them at a rapid speed.

Da! Eight columns and fifteen rows, Xiaofei!

"Not jumping but flying?"

Seeing this move, everyone looked a little surprised.

But when everyone reacted, the shock on their faces became even more intense, and they couldn't help but gasp.

"Can it still be done this way?"

The long-haired young man who had been traveling with Wu Shuheng before was looking at the chess game with mixed feelings in his heart.

"I originally thought that although Black was at a disadvantage, the chess pattern was still very solid and the two sides would have to decide the outcome in the endgame, but the reality was completely different!"

"This situation assessment, this calculation..."

He looked at the chess board and couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"White has a chance to slay the dragon. If you want to slay the dragon, this is the only chance. After Xiao Fei, you can kill into the gap between the black pieces and lure them into a killing game!"

This is not a chess move that can be seen at a glance. First, you have to judge the situation, and then it is not easy to discover this small flying move, because this small flying move, at first glance, is a typical vulgar move.

After Xiaofei, precise calculations are needed to finally find out that this move is not a vulgar move, but a move from behind to first. In the end, it is possible to slay the dragon! When Ban Hao saw Zheng Qin's move, veins on his forehead bulged, and his right hand couldn't help but clench the chess pieces in the chess box again, making a clicking sound.

Ban Hao glanced at Zheng Qin opposite him, then looked at the chessboard. His teeth made a clicking sound and he fell into deep thought again.

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As for the confidence of winning before the game, it was completely gone by now.

A fourteen-year-old boy raised his head and glanced at Zheng Qin with extremely complicated feelings.

"Ten months ago, he was no match for Ban Hao, 6th dan, but now..."

"He actually...forced Ban Hao 6th dan into a dead end!"

He was promoted to professional professional in the same class as Zheng Qin last year. He was only thirteen years old last year. Even when he was promoted to professional professional, Zheng Qin was far stronger than him and he just barely made it. However, he didn't care at all.

Because he was still young, he was promoted to professional chess player at the age of thirteen. When he was nineteen years old like Zheng Qin, he was confident that his chess skills would far surpass Zheng Qin's.

However, at this moment he became a little uncertain.

Maybe when he was nineteen, he was better than Zheng Qin at nineteen, but could he be better than Zheng Qin at twenty when he was twenty? Even if he could, then... what about when he was twenty-one?

What he has is the future, but he finds that Zheng Qin's future is no less promising than his, and may even be better.

Watching Zheng Qin's continuous rise over the year, with high-level players bowing down before him one after another, he actually developed a sense of admiration and even longing for Zheng Qin in his heart.

Even he himself didn't realize this.

After a long time, Ban Hao's face became extremely ugly. He finally took out the chess piece from the chess box again, and then slammed the chess piece heavily onto the chessboard. The sound of the chess piece falling was very loud.

Everyone could sense some strong emotions from the sound of the move.

Reluctance, anger, murderous intent, and... a hint of pain.

Zheng Qin was not moved at all, he looked at the chessboard calmly, and after a moment, he took out another chess piece from the box and dropped it down at a high speed.

In today's match, both sides only have an hour and a half available, and in the beginning of this game, both sides played very slowly. Now both sides are running out of time and are about to enter the countdown.

Next, the white piece will definitely make a huge effort to attack the black piece, and the black piece will definitely risk his life to fight to the death with the white piece! Da, da, da!

Black and white pieces continue to fall alternately on the chessboard.

Everyone around couldn't help but hold their breath, staring intently at the chessboard, not even refusing to blink, watching this thrilling fight.

Not long after, Zheng Qin fell down again with the chess piece between his legs.

Da! Seven columns and twelve rows, hit! There was complete silence all around.

Dragon slaying! Seeing this move, Ban Hao did not continue to pick up chess pieces from the chess box as before. He looked at the chessboard, his face turning pale and blue.

In the end, Ban Hao lowered his head unwillingly and said, "I lost."

"Thanks for your advice."

Hearing this, Zheng Qin lowered his head and spoke.

"Thanks for your advice."

Ban Hao gritted his teeth and returned the gift, then quickly reached out and put away the chess pieces, as if he was afraid that others would continue to watch the game, as if as long as he put away the chess pieces, he could cover up the disastrous defeat in this game.

Zheng Qin slowly stood up and turned to look at table number six. Seeing that there was no one on either side of table number six, he slowly exhaled and then turned to look at the referee beside him.

The referee nodded slightly at Zheng Qin, indicating that he already knew the outcome of the game.

Zheng Qin clenched his fists and looked at table number six again.

"If I win one more game, I'll be a third dan."

"Yu Shao, I'm looking forward to our third game, the game in the professional arena!"

He has been waiting for this game of chess for a year and a half.

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