Chapter 208: Falling Like Hail

Shen Yi, who has learned modern routines...

Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment for a moment.

This description...isn't it a bit too extreme?

In this game, the black pieces played in a big way throughout the whole game, surrounding large open spaces with great momentum, almost overturning the entire chessboard, and finally defeating the white pieces with a formation like high banks and deep valleys.

Although this general idea of ​​chess play is indeed similar to Shen Yi's.

However, just because the black pieces showed a big appearance and strong fighting power, we can't say that the black pieces have learned the modern fixed pattern of Shen Yi, right? Shen Yi is not just a big-form chess player. In the big-form chess player, Shen Yi often has gorgeous moves, and the tenacious struggle in the middle game is beyond reach.

But this is not Shen Yi's strongest point. Shen Yi's strongest point is that no one can match his performance in the second half of the game.

Unless the opponent has a 99% winning rate in the mid-game, it would be difficult to defeat Shen Yi even if it was 90%.

This game of chess was just a show of strength. In the battle, He Yu was defeated by the opponent. How could it be said that he had learned the modern Shen Yi? There are too many Shen Yis in the world! Everyone looked at He Yu in confusion, thinking that He Yu was a little too exaggerated.

You can't say such things just because your opponent beat you, right? Su Yiming also raised his head and stared at He Yu opposite him.

He Yu still looked at the chessboard in front of him and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.

He...had seen the game of chess played between Su Yiming and Yu Shao in the high school league.

It was because that game of chess and this one were intertwined that he suddenly thought of Shen Yi, who had learned modern chess moves.

In the end, He Yu shook his head, feeling that what he said was ridiculous. He stopped talking and reached out his hand to pick up the chess pieces with Su Yiming.

After putting all the chess pieces back into the chess box, Su Yiming slowly stood up and glanced at He Yu opposite him.

"You are wrong."

"In fact, I have not yet fully mastered the modern Go theory and formulas..."

He felt a little happy, but also a little lonely.

The joyful thing is that his chess is his name, and even after so many years, he has not been forgotten by the world to this day.

Obviously, he has become a different person, but when people see the chess pieces he played, they can still associate them with his name in his previous life.

The loneliness lies in the fact that everything that once was has finally passed and the past can no longer be retrieved.

After reporting the results to the referee, Su Yiming walked through the crowd and headed outside the game room.

"In this era..."

"How far can I go?"

"Go is a mysterious and unpredictable game. Can my chess skills reach a higher level after more than a hundred years?"

"No matter what, I will keep going until the end of this life."

"I hope that one day, when you see the chess moves I make, you will no longer think of Shen Yi, but... Su Yiming."

"I hope that one day you will feel——"

"Even if Shen Yi has learned the modern routine, he is definitely not a match for Su Yiming!"

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After the registration deadline for the Yingjiao Cup, the schedule suddenly became busy and intense, with competitions extremely frequent and qualifying rounds being held almost every day.

Therefore, even though Yu Shao’s points were very high now, only three days later, he immediately faced the next Yingjiao Cup qualifier.

Early that morning, Yu Shao came to the chess academy again. As soon as he walked into the hall of the chess academy, he saw Wu Zhixuan.

Wu Zhixuan was wearing a sweatshirt with a bear pattern on it and tight jeans today, looking youthful.

She was standing in front of the vending machine, holding up her mobile phone to scan the code, as if she was planning to buy a drink.

After seeing Yu Shao, Wu Zhixuan's eyes lit up and she immediately greeted him: "Good morning, Yu Shao."

"morning."

Yu Shao nodded and replied. He was not surprised at all that Wu Zhixuan would appear in the chess academy today.

After the first six Yingjiao Cup qualifying matches, it will be less likely that players with low points and players with high points will be in the same game room.

All the players who are competing in the Yingjiao Cup today have relatively high points. With Wu Zhixuan's current points of three wins and three losses in the Yingjiao Cup, her name is naturally not on the match list for today's Yingjiao Cup qualifiers.

However, Yu Shao knew a few days ago that Wu Zhixuan had signed up for the Gosei War qualifiers, and today was the day the Gosei War qualifiers started.

"Wait for me."

After Wu Zhixuan finished speaking, she clicked twice on her phone, then bent down, took out two cans of coffee from the vending machine, and walked in front of Yu Shao, who was walking quickly.

“Yes!”

She handed Yu Shao a can of coffee like a child sharing candy, smiling, "You're welcome!"

"Thanks."

Yu Shao took the coffee from Wu Zhixuan and said with a smile.

"You're welcome."

Wu Zhixuan shook her head and opened the can, then asked, "You are playing in the Yingjiao Cup today, right? Who is your opponent?"

"Yang Liqiang, 6th stage." Yu Shao also answered as he opened the can.

"Yang Liqiang, 6th level?"

Wu Zhixuan was a little surprised and said, "Then you have to play well, he is very strong!"

"Yeah?"

Yu Shao looked at Wu Zhixuan with some surprise. He and Wu Zhixuan had played a lot of online chess games. Even if playing online chess was just for entertainment, Wu Zhixuan should have a general idea of ​​her own chess skills.

"He already has the skills to occasionally beat a 9th-dan player."

Wu Zhixuan's expression was somewhat serious as she explained, "Yang Liqiang 6th dan, Wang Xiuyuan 6th dan, Le Haoqiang 5th dan, Qiu Jingrui 5th dan, all four of them are at this level."

"Among them, although Le Haoqiang is only at the fifth dan level, judging from the four people's record, he should be the strongest and has the best record against high-dan players."

Wu Zhixuan paused and said, "Rank is not the same as chess ability. Chess players like them, although their ranks are not high, must be taken seriously even if they are 9th dan players."

"Like Li Congyou, 7th dan. Although he is only 7th dan, he has defeated countless 9th dan players. Not long ago, he almost made it to the challenge tournament in the Gosei tournament."

At this point, Wu Zhixuan smiled, stuck out her tongue, and said, "It's a pity that I met Teacher Jiang Changdong in the end. He has been playing Go for 37 years and is as strong as a monster. I couldn't defeat him no matter how hard I tried."

Yu Shao immediately understood, nodded, and memorized the names of Yang Liqiang and Le Haoqiang.

"However, I heard that Yang Liqiang, 6th Dan, is very good at fighting in the middle game, but he is not very good at handling the details of the chess pattern, and often makes the slightly better chess pieces fail in the endgame battle."

Wu Zhixuan took a sip of coffee, seemed to remember something, and immediately added.

The two of them walked and talked, and soon reached the corner and were ready to part.

"Okay, I'm leaving now, come on!"

Wu Zhixuan clenched her little pink fists and cheered Yu Shao up.

"You too."

Yu Shao nodded, said goodbye to Wu Zhixuan, and walked towards the game room where the Yingjiao Cup qualifiers were held. Soon he arrived at the door of the game room.

Yu Shao's table number for today's competition is table number seven. Yu Shao looked towards table number seven and saw that no one was there, so he walked straight over, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Soon after, a group of chess players entered the game room one after another.

Soon, Su Yiming also came to the game room. After nodding and greeting Yu Shao, he walked straight to table number ten, pulled out a chair and sat down.

In today's qualifying match, those who can enter the game room are players who have never lost a game or have only lost one game. The games of these high-scoring players will all be scheduled on the same day.

This also means that the Yingjiao Cup qualifiers have officially entered the white-hot stage. Every game won is one step closer to entering the main tournament, and there are only three places in each region! As the game time approaches, more and more chess players enter the game room.

Soon, a young man about eighteen years old wearing glasses came to the opposite side of Yu Shao. He glanced at Yu Shao, frowned slightly, then pulled out a chair and slowly sat down.

Yu Shao also looked up at the other person and knew that this was his opponent today, Yang Liqiang, 6th dan.

The referee had not arrived yet, but the entire game room was still extremely quiet. Everyone remained silent. The atmosphere was different from before and had a hint of solemnity.

All the chess players who can enter this game room today are strong without exception. Without the chess strength of four dan or above, they are not qualified to set foot in this game room at all.

Survival of the fittest, the strong prey on the weak! Only the strong can continue to stay, the weak will leave, and the new strong will be vacated! Not long after, the two referees finally came to the game room.

"Time is up."

After a while, a referee looked at the watch on his wrist and said, "The game time is two hours for each side, with a one-minute countdown. Black has a handicap of 7.5 points. Let's start guessing the first move now."

The moment the referee's voice fell, the sound of "clicking" of chess pieces being grabbed was heard in the chess room, followed by the sound of greeting each other, and then the sound of chess pieces falling on the board.

Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da.

The sounds of pieces falling began to rise and fall.

Le Haoqiang sat on the side of table number five, and his opponent today was Yuan Yufei, 5th dan.

After the two guessed the first move, Yuan Yufei played black and Le Haoqiang played white.

Yuan Yufei's expression was not relaxed. He stared at the chessboard and thought for a moment before he finally took out the chess piece from the chess box and made his first move.

Ta! Sixteen columns and four rows, stars! At the moment when Yuan Yufei just put down the chess piece, with a "click", Le Haoqiang picked up the white piece from the chess box and placed it on the chessboard in an instant, as if racing against time.

Da! Four columns and four rows, stars!

"What?"

Seeing Le Haoqiang make his move in an instant, Yuan Yufei was suddenly shocked. Although this move did not require much thought, the speed of the move was too fast!

Generally speaking, a normal chess player will think about this for two or three seconds. After all, this is not a 15-second super-fast game.

However, Yuan Yufei didn't think too much about it. He took out the chess piece from the chess box again and put it down gently.

Da! Sixteen columns and sixteen rows, stars!

The next moment, the white piece fell down in an instant with lightning speed!

Da! Three columns and sixteen rows, small eyes!

"What is he...what is he doing?!"

Seeing the white piece fall again in an instant, Yuan Yufei was even more surprised. Finally, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at Le Haoqiang opposite him. When he saw Le Haoqiang's expression at this time, he couldn't help but feel awe in his heart.

At this moment, Le Haoqiang stared at the chessboard closely with an extremely cold expression, and there seemed to be a chilling murderous intent in his eyes.

"What happened to him?"

Yuan Yufei swallowed his saliva and felt that something was wrong with Le Haoqiang.

Although the two are now at the same level, he knows that he is no match for Le Haoqiang. Le Haoqiang is a true child of destiny, and his current attitude is a bit too shocking.

Yuan Yufei took a deep breath, calmed himself, and finally picked up the chess piece again and placed it on the chessboard.

The moment the black piece fell, the white piece fell again! Yuan Yufei frowned, reached into the chess box again, and dropped the chess piece.

Bai Zi still responded instantly!

The black piece falls!

The white piece falls!

Da! Da! Da! The two sides played four moves alternately. Every time the black piece fell, the white piece fell immediately, without any thought, almost acting on instinct.

Seeing that every time he made a move, the white piece followed without any thought, Yuan Yufei finally realized something and could no longer hold back. A trace of anger appeared on his face! "Does he think that he can still kill me without even thinking?!"

Yuan Yufei clenched his teeth, thought for a moment, and then reached into the chess box with all his strength. The chess pieces suddenly clicked. The next moment, he picked up another chess piece with his right hand and dropped it onto the chessboard! Snap! Sixteen columns and thirteen rows, open!

Le Haoqiang still made his move instantly, without any time to think! Seeing this move, Yuan Yufei had completely confirmed Le Haoqiang's idea, and was extremely angry! He just wanted to end this game without any time to think!

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"Although you are better than me, if you think you can beat me without thinking and just rely on your chess sense——"

Yuan Yufei raised his head, glanced at Le Haoqiang, took a deep breath, and reached into the chess box with a hint of fierceness in his eyes.

"Then you try it!"

Yuan Yufei picked up the chess piece and dropped it again!

The white pieces still fall down in an instant, like hail!

Amid the constant sound of chess pieces falling, time passed by minute by minute.

Soon, after Yuan Yufei placed his chess piece, it was Le Haoqiang's turn.

Le Haoqiang quickly took out the chess piece from the chess box, and once again dropped the chess piece at an astonishing speed! Da! Seven columns and thirteen rows, Xiao Fei!

"Xiao Fei is here?"

Yuan Yufei was shocked and his expression changed instantly.

After gritting his teeth and thinking for a long time, he took out the chess piece from the chess box again and put it down with some hesitation.

At the moment when the black spot fell——

Snap! The white piece fell again, making a "snap" sound! Yuan Yufei's eyelids twitched, his expression slightly flushed, and he picked up the chess piece again and dropped it.

Ta, da, da!

“So… so strong!”

An idea that was hard for Yuan Yufei to accept suddenly emerged in his mind!

"Even if he doesn't think at all, I...I still seem to be no match for him!"

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At this time, table number seven.

"The situation was judged very accurately and the calculations were profound. When I stabbed him earlier, I thought he would pull it back, but it turned out to be a tiger..."

Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, examining the situation.

"Not only did he not gain any advantage, he even turned the tables on me and caused serious damage to my chess skills!"

Yu Shao couldn't help but look up and looked at Yang Liqiang opposite him, feeling surprised.

"Interesting...it's really strong!"

Apart from Su Yiming, this was the first time that Yu Shao encountered an opponent who could face his attack and even counterattack to a certain extent!

At this time, Yang Liqiang stared at the chessboard in front of him with a focused attitude. Sweat had already appeared on his temples. Although his expression seemed calm, he was actually extremely frightened in his heart.

"Are you kidding me?"

"After my move, he should have been completely helpless!"

"But he bit my dragon and used his break to exchange with my jump. After a fierce fight, my offensive momentum was completely wiped out, and my right wing was still a little unstable!"

After thinking for a long time, Yang Liqiang finally took out the chess piece from the chess box again and put it down at a high speed! "But in the middle game, even a ninth-dan player can compete with me!"

Da! Fifteen columns and twelve rows, dig!

"I dug it up..."

Seeing this move, Yu Shao lowered his eyes to look at the chessboard and fell into deep thought.

"If I use Xiao Fei to attack and eliminate in the next move, he might break away and entangle my white pieces, and both sides will be in a difficult battle. But if I just stick directly... maybe he will abandon his pieces and fight to the death with me?"

After a moment, Yu Shao raised his head and looked at Yang Liqiang, seeing through Yang Liqiang's inner thoughts.

"Do you have any ideas about the piece on my lower right corner..."

Yu Shao reached into the chess box and slowly took out the chess piece.

"I'll give it to you, see if you can eat it!"

The next moment.

The chess piece falls.

Da! Five columns and twelve rows, suppress! "He..."

Seeing this move, Yang Liqiang's expression changed in shock, and he almost couldn't help but stand up. For a moment, he couldn't believe his eyes and stared at the chessboard in front of him! "He lost the first move?!"

The white pieces in the lower right corner were a matter of life and death, and after he dug, the intention of fighting was obvious. The white pieces in the lower right corner were likely to be surrounded and killed by the black pieces! But, the white pieces lost the lead?! After a brief shock, Yang Liqiang came to his senses and thought about this move carefully. He instantly felt the unparalleled sharpness of this move!

This suppressing move directly hits the vital point of the black piece, and the black piece is directly blocked. The black piece, which was originally attacking fiercely, becomes extremely heavy in an instant. The suppressing move of the white piece is like a kind of coercive pressure, which lies above the black piece!

However, this comes at the cost of a large area of ​​white pieces in the lower right corner being trapped in a dead end!

Yang Liqiang couldn't help swallowing his saliva. Even as a strong fighter, he felt that this method was... crazy.

"From now on, both sides will be in danger, no one will be exempt!"

"The situation will be so intense that it is unimaginable. No one can give anyone a chance to breathe, otherwise the situation will immediately overturn, and there will be no possibility of turning the tide!"

"Because this chess game has no possibility of entering the endgame, the middle game will inevitably end with one party's death!"

"We must exploit the opponent's weakness and cut off his escape route!"

Yang Liqiang took a deep breath, and finally reached into the chess box and took out the chess piece.

Then, it fell quickly! Seventeen columns and ten rows, standing! Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, and his expression became a little colder.

If the white pieces in the lower right corner are ignored, they will indeed be in danger, as they have cut off their own escape route. The board will become complicated and difficult to solve. The white pieces in the lower right corner will either survive, or if they do, they must be borrowed!

Therefore, he must attack all the way to the end, with an unstoppable and unrivaled attitude, penetrate the black chess shape, break the black chess tendons, and destroy the black chess appearance! He must live for death, between life and death, between thickness and thinness, between momentum and pieces, and temper his sense of attack and kill! After a moment, Yu Shao finally reached into the chess box again, picked up the chess piece, and then dropped it at a high speed! Da, da, da!

The chess pieces fell one after another, like the sound of swords, shocking!

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…

After a long time.

"I……"

Yuan Yufei stared at the chessboard, gritting his teeth, his face full of reluctance, but he finally lowered his head and squeezed out a few words from between his teeth in great humiliation: "I lost..."

In this game, even in the most complicated middle game, Le Haoqiang's thinking time did not exceed ten seconds. He made moves at a speed that was so fast that it took the opponent's breath away, and the moves were like hail!

Even so, he still lost! Le Haoqiang barely used up any of his time, and his time had even entered the countdown long ago.

Even though Le Haoqiang thought deeply about it, he was just using his time to think.

"Thanks for your advice."

Le Haoqiang had a calm expression and lowered his head and said.

Yuan Yufei replied with a sad face: "Thank you for your advice."

Le Haoqiang stood up and first looked at where Yu Shao was, and then looked at where Su Yiming was.

The chess game between the two has not yet ended.

Le Haoqiang quickly withdrew his gaze from Su Yiming, and then walked straight towards Yu Shao. As for Su Yiming...

Su Yiming's opponent in this round was too weak, just a fourth dan, and he thought there was no need to watch him at all.

Soon, Le Haoqiang stood next to chess table number seven and cast his eyes towards the chessboard. Just one glance and Le Haoqiang's thick brows couldn't help but frown.

"The black piece was cut off in the middle, and the top was also beaten into a stupid shape. Also, this situation is too complicated. How did you play it out?"

Le Haoqiang took a deep breath. He had already seen the outcome of this game in advance. Now the black piece might not be able to hold on for much longer.

He raised his head and looked at Yang Liqiang.

Yang Liqiang's expression was as pale as paper at this time, his face was full of disbelief, and he bit his lower lip tightly.

Even though Yu Shao's previous record was so amazing, he never really took Yu Shao seriously and didn't pay any attention to him at all.

It was not until he actually faced Yu Shao and started fighting with him that he realized...his opponent seemed to be beyond his imagination!

"Yang Liqiang is indeed no match for him."

Le Haoqiang withdrew his gaze from the chessboard, but could not help but look in the direction of Su Yiming, thinking of the previous chess game between Su Yiming and He Yu.

A chess game only encloses an empty space, a chess game only kills a dragon...

"I originally thought that the only one who posed a slight threat to me was Wang Xiuyuan, but I didn't expect there would be two more."

"But it doesn't matter."

Le Haoqiang retracted his gaze again, walked towards the referee, quickly reported his results to the referee, and then walked out of the game room without looking back, his eyes full of determination.

“No matter who my opponent is, I have to win.”

"Just like the previous game in which I won against Zhu Xinyuan, 9th Dan!"

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