Chapter 210: Not a strong position, but a lone chess piece! (Happy New Year!)

Five days passed in a flash.

The Yingjiao Cup qualifiers have entered the final sprint stage. In the past few days, the Yingjiao Cup qualifiers have been carried out every day. Countless chess players are fighting each other on the chessboard, just to keep moving forward.

Some people stepped on the corpses of others and fought their way out with difficulty, but more people could only exit the stage in disgrace and become stepping stones for others.

However, all this has nothing to do with Yu Shao, because he participated in the Yingjiao Cup very early and his points were already very high, so he did not have any competitions in the past few days.

It was not until five days later that Yu Shao's next Yingjiao Cup qualifying match finally arrived.

Early that morning, Yu Shao took a taxi to the chess academy and walked towards the chess room where he was today.

"Who was the person who played chess with me online five days ago?"

Yu Shao walked forward somewhat absentmindedly, still thinking about the online chess game he played a few days ago.

After playing that online chess game that day, he had just made the winning move, but his opponent took a long time to make a move, and he was eventually declared the loser due to time out. Even though he won in the end, Yu Shao felt a little unwilling to win in this way.

After the game was over, he tried to add the other party as a friend, but the other party did not agree.

So these few days, Yu Shao would log into the 19th platform every day to see if the other party had approved his friend request, but the other party's name was never in the friend list, so he was afraid that the other party would not approve it.

"He is definitely not an ordinary chess player..."

Yu Shao couldn't help but recall every move his opponent made that day.

"From that unexpected charge, I can tell that he is an excellent judge of the situation. He can quickly see where the winner will be and find the key points of the board's gains and losses."

As he thought about it, Yu Shao couldn't help but frowned slightly.

"Yu Shao."

At this moment, a cold voice sounded in front of Yu Shao.

Hearing someone calling him, Yu Shao was a little surprised. He raised his head and looked forward, then he couldn't help but be stunned.

It was early autumn, and when the morning mist had just dissipated, Xu Zijin seemed to have a hint of frost. She was wearing a plain long dress today, her skin was porcelain white, and a few strands of hair hung by her ears. She looked extremely stunning.

At this time, she had stopped and looked at Yu Shao quietly.

"Morning."

Yu Shao came back to his senses, nodded to Xu Zijin, said hello, and asked with a smile: "Do you have a game today too?"

Although Xu Zijin participated in the Yingjiao Cup, as far as Yu Shao knew, Xu Zijin had already lost three games.

Although no player will be eliminated in the round-robin tournament and all players must complete the entire schedule, after losing three games, there is basically no hope of entering the tournament and they are now just runners-up.

Therefore, Xu Zijin's Yingjiao Cup match is unlikely to be held today.

"Um."

Xu Zijin nodded slightly, gently tucked the loose hair on her forehead behind her ears, and said, "I have a preliminaries match for the Masters Tournament today."

"Come on." Yu Shao said with a smile.

Xu Zijin was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, "If you win two more games, you should be able to secure a place in the Yingjiao Cup, right?"

"right."

Yu Shao nodded and replied, "There are still two games left."

With his current record, as long as he can win today's game and then win another one, he will be able to advance to this tournament and just need to wait for the tournament to start.

"Yeah……"

Hearing this, Xu Zijin was silent for a moment again, and then said, "Actually, ever since the Xinhuo War, I have been repeatedly studying how to play the Three-Three strategy."

Hearing this, Yu Shao looked at Xu Zijin in surprise.

Xu Zijin smiled faintly and said, "Actually, I originally wanted to find your weakness, and then when I meet you next time, if you click three threes, I will take advantage of it and beat you."

"But the more I played, the more I discovered a problem..."

Xu Zijin continued: "At first, I couldn't believe it, but the fact is——"

"I found that there is no flaw in the 3-3 method. For example, after the black piece hits 3-3, the changes should be made..."

Xu Zijin paused, raised his head, looked at Yu Shao with a pair of eyes as clear as autumn water, and said, "It's Bai Zi."

Hearing this, Yu Shao was stunned.

Xu Zijin was silent for a moment, and then continued: "The black piece points to three threes, and the white piece's outer force is not as strong as imagined."

"It can even be said that because the sticking and blocking were omitted, the black pieces quickly seized other large areas after climbing out, and the white pieces on the outside were unable to form effective coordination, and were instead very vulnerable to attack."

"Although it goes against chess experience, the fact is——"

Xu Zijin was silent for a moment before he finally spoke: "If the black piece hits 3-3 and the white piece chooses to lengthen the move, and if the white piece cannot reinforce the move in time, then..."

"White is not a strong opponent, on the contrary..."

"It will be a lone chess piece!"

Xu Zijin had no idea how turbulent her heart was when she finally figured this problem out a few days ago.

She originally wanted to find Yu Shao's weakness through this move of point 33 and find a chance to defeat Yu Shao. As a result, not only did she not find Yu Shao's weakness from point 33, but she found the weaknesses of all chess players from it.

All previous chess players’ judgments on chess shape and experience were completely wrong!

After listening to Xu Zijin's words, Yu Shao just looked at Xu Zijin quietly.

Yu Shao was not surprised that some people finally began to realize the thickness issue.

In other words, when he chose to make the three-three bet in the battle of torches, he was hoping that someone could discover the thickness problem as early as possible, because only when the whetstone is more useful, the frost edge it grinds can be effective!

Only then will he have the chance to break through and rise to the top in this life!

The value of a thick position needs to be verified through actual combat and overall coordination, rather than simply relying on chess pattern experience!

This is also the reason why Yu Shao never explained this issue in detail before.

Because this problem must be tested through a lot of actual combat. It is not a local problem, but a global problem, and its answer must slowly emerge in the later stages of the game.

But this answer is completely contrary to experience!

"Yu Shao."

Xu Zijin looked a little bewildered. It was the first time she looked so vulnerable and helpless. She slowly lowered her head and said, "I always thought I could catch up with you."

"But I don't know how I can catch up with you. I don't know...how I can beat you."

Xu Zijin's voice was a little weak, and he said: "I really don't know..."

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This was the first time that Xu Zijin exposed such a vulnerable side of herself to others. She was so proud and could easily do well in anything.

She prided herself on being the best among her peers, both male and female. However, she now discovered that... in the world of professional chess players, she didn't seem to matter much.

There are too many geniuses in the world of professional chess players. Among female chess players, she certainly stands out, but compared with those geniuses among male chess players, she seems somewhat overshadowed.

Not to mention that she hit a high wall, an unimaginably high wall, and it wasn't just Yu Shao's wall, there was also Su Yiming's other wall! Now, Yu Shao was even close to entering the Yingjiao Cup. If he entered the Yingjiao Cup, it would mean that he would be able to compete with high-level chess players, while she could only run as a runner-up, and she had no chance at all.

"I won't give up."

Xu Zijin's voice was a little hoarse, and there seemed to be a layer of mist on her eyelashes. She said, "I... really can't accept this."

Seeing Xu Zijin like this, Yu Shao suddenly became silent.

After a moment, Yu Shao finally spoke up: "The Xu Zijin I know is not like this."

Xu Zijin was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at Yu Shao.

Yu Shao smiled and said, "The Xu Zijin I know is a professional chess player."

Hearing this, Xu Zijin was stunned for a moment. Under her long eyelashes, her amber eyes stared at Yu Shao in a daze, without saying a word.

I am... a professional chess player? "The game is about to start, let's go play."

Yu Shao smiled, said nothing more, and said goodbye: "Don't be late."

After saying that, Yu Shao walked towards his game room, leaving Xu Zijin alone in a daze.

After a long time, Xu Zijin finally seemed to have figured something out.

"right."

"I am a professional chess player..."

Xu Zijin took a deep breath, refreshed himself, and walked towards his game room.

"How can a professional chess player admit defeat?"

"Professional chess players are constantly chasing and challenging themselves, exploring the highest realm of chess, and they never stop."

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Not long after, Yu Shao came to the game room and looked towards table number three.

At this time, a young man about eighteen years old with messy hair was already sitting at the side of table number three.

When Qiu Jingrui saw Yu Shao coming, he couldn't help but take a deep breath and his expression became slightly gloomy.

Even though Yu Shao had a good record before, he never took Yu Shao seriously. In his eyes, there were only three people: Le Haoqiang, Wang Xiuyuan and Yang Yuqiang.

Logically speaking, the three places in the Yingjiao Cup should have been produced among these four people. The others were destined to be just supporting roles, just here to hone their chess skills and get the game fees.

But... to his surprise, Yu Shao and Su Yiming, two beginner chess players, had fought their way to today's round without losing a single game! Even Yang Yuqiang, an opponent that he found extremely difficult, was defeated by Yu Shao, which was simply unacceptable to him! After all, among the four of them, he was the weakest in chess, and he had to admit that.

The person he has the best chance of defeating is Yang Yuqiang, and thus get a place in this tournament. Although it is not impossible to defeat Wang Xiuyuan and Le Haoqiang, it will be more difficult, especially Le Haoqiang.

But Yang Yuqiang lost.

Yu Shao quickly came to the other side of table number three, pulled out a chair, slowly sat down, and waited for the game to begin.

Qiu Jingrui looked at Yu Shao opposite him, clenched his fists, and felt a lot of pressure in his heart.

"There are three places in this tournament. Today's round is crucial. If we win this round, we only need to win one more game in the next round to get a place in this tournament!"

"Even if we lose the next round, we still have room for error. But if we lose this round, there are still several games to go. We have to win every game. So we have to win no matter what!"

"The problem is, I underestimated him before. I never thought he could get to where he is today after just getting promoted. I didn't pay any attention to him and knew nothing about his chess style. I only knew that he would play some weird tricks..."

Thinking of this, Qiu Jingrui was suddenly stunned.

"Wait, dot three-three?"

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ps: Today is the Chinese New Year, so I will only update once. Please forgive me! (End of this chapter)