Chapter 211 Damn, you really want it!
The atmosphere in the chess room today seems particularly heavy.
Many chess players kept glancing at Yu Shao who was sitting at table three, and... Su Yiming who was sitting at table eight.
The Yingjiao Cup qualifiers have reached the final decisive moment. These two rounds of games will largely determine who can advance to the tournament. The winner will have a greater mental advantage in the next round.
The fact that Yu Shao and Su Yiming have made it all the way to where they are today has completely exceeded everyone's expectations.
But no matter what, everyone has no other thoughts at this point. At this point, no matter who the opponent is, their thoughts are the same -
We must win! Although most of the chess players' points have reached the edge of the cliff, they have not fallen into the abyss after all. Since they can come to this chess room today, it proves that there is still hope for a last gamble and a rebound!
Dou Yiming, who was sitting at table number ten, also glanced at Su Yiming not far away.
"In that game of chess... I couldn't find any opportunities at all. I had almost no chance of winning. I was completely at a disadvantage in the battle of strength."
Dou Yiming couldn't help but think of the chess game he had played with Su Yiming before. Because he lost so badly, he had never played that game with anyone else before.
"But as strong as he is... he once lost to Yu Shao."
Dou Yiming looked at Yu Shao again, feeling mixed emotions.
He was actually the person who was least surprised that Yu Shao and Su Yiming had come this far.
"After all, I'm already a 6th dan. Among my peers, the only ones who made me feel I had no chance of winning were Le Haoqiang and Wang Xiuyuan."
Thinking of this, Dou Yiming couldn't help but look at table number 12 again.
At table number 12, Le Haoqiang and Wang Xiuyuan sat opposite each other.
The two of them had bad luck and faced each other directly in this round. Of course, this was actually a good thing for other chess players.
"Alas... Although I will be invincible sooner or later, there are still many twists and turns on this road to invincibility."
Dou Yiming sighed inwardly. Although he was not as strong as Le Haoqiang and Wang Xiuyuan, if he was lucky, he might have a chance of entering the competition. But now he was completely lost.
After a moment, Dou Yiming took a deep breath, put away his thoughts, clenched the folding fan in his hand, and looked at his opponent. He was no longer as boastful as before, and his attitude was unusually serious.
Since there is still a chance, we must not give up and we can only keep going!
After a while, the two referees finally came to the chess room and sat down at the referee's seat. With the arrival of the two referees, the atmosphere in the chess room became more solemn and serious.
"Time is up!"
Finally, when the game time was up, a referee announced the rules of the game in a solemn voice and continued, "Now, you can start guessing who will go first!"
Hearing this, all the chess players immediately reached into the chess box, grabbed the chess pieces, and started guessing who would go first.
"I play black first."
At table number three, Yu Shao put the chess pieces back into the chess box while speaking.
"I play white."
Qiu Jingrui nodded, put the chess pieces back into the chess box, bowed his head and said, "Please give me your guidance."
After the two men greeted each other, Yu Shao took out the chess piece from the chess box and made the first move.
Seventeen columns and four rows, small mesh.
"Little eyes?"
Seeing Yu Shao make his move, Qiu Jingrui calmed himself down, quickly took the chess piece out of the chess box and gently put it down.
Four columns and four rows, stars!
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, pondered for two seconds, and quickly made his second move.
Sixteen columns and sixteen rows, stars.
Seeing this move, Qiu Jingrui took out the chess piece from the chess box without even thinking about it, and placed it on the star position again!
Da! Four columns and sixteen rows, star! After making this move, Qiu Jingrui stared at the chessboard without saying a word, waiting for Yu Shao to respond.
The move of Point 33 can only be successful if the opponent plays in a corner at the star position, so he chose two stars in a row, but even so, he was not sure whether Yu Shao would choose Point 33.
After all, this was the final sprint of the Yingjiao Cup qualifiers. He felt that Yu Shao might not really dare to choose such a strange move as the three-three move in this game of chess. The risk was too great! Yu Shao was not sure what Qiu Jingrui was thinking. He looked at the chessboard and thought about how to make his move.
On this board, there are many positions for the black pieces to place their moves. At a glance, there are more than a dozen feasible ways to place the pieces, and point three-three is just one of them.
After two or three seconds, Yu Shao finally reached into the chess box, took out the chess piece from the box, and put it down gently.
Da! Three columns and three rows, dot three three!
"Click in!"
Although Qiu Jingrui was waiting for this move, when Yu Shao really made the move of three-three, Qiu Jingrui couldn't help but be shocked.
But Qiu Jingrui forced himself to suppress his inner emotions and showed no emotion on his face. He stared at the chessboard in front of him and reached into the chess box.
"After he pointed at the three-three move, he omitted the sticking move and made an extra move on the second road, leaving a slight hint for the white piece, then he made another move and announced his bid for the throne of the Central Plains."
“I have to say, this is indeed a genius idea!”
Even though Qiu Jingrui was Yu Shao's opponent at the moment, he had to admit that this idea was truly amazing. When he first saw that the three-three move could omit the sticking move, he was completely shocked.
However, although this line of thinking is affirmed, it does not mean that this method of play is affirmed! "After all, climbing in the second row and losing points is contrary to the principles of chess. After the white piece stretches out, the external force is still extremely strong, and the white piece still has the advantage!"
"He was able to win by playing the three-three move before, probably because his opponent's chess skills were much weaker than his. Even if he was at a disadvantage, he was able to catch up in the middle and late game."
Qiu Jingrui took the chess piece out of the chess box and dropped it quickly! "But... I'm different!"
"I can compete with even a 9th-dan chess player!"
Da! Three columns and four rows, block!
Yu Shao also immediately picked up the chess piece and put it down again.
Four columns and three rows, long!
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At this time, table number twelve.
Le Haoqiang and Wang Xiuyuan kept taking chess pieces out of the chess box and then putting them down alternately.
Soon, after Le Haoqiang made his move, it was Wang Xiuyuan's turn.
"This is not the first time I've played against Le Haoqiang. Although I don't want to admit it, I am still slightly inferior to him in terms of chess sense."
Wang Xiuyuan looked at the chessboard, recalled the previous game he had played with Le Haoqiang, clenched his fists, and felt somewhat unwilling.
From those chess games, he could clearly see that Le Haoqiang had a keen sense, was quick to act, had amazing speed and strength, and his moves were full of genius and imagination! "Even so, I have beaten him many times! I am good at the big picture and being profound. As long as we stretch the battle line and drag it into a protracted war, I can win!"
"This time, the Yingjiao Cup is about fighting for chess. No matter who stands in my way, I must win!"
Thinking of this, Wang Xiuyuan strengthened his belief. Without any hesitation, he reached into the chess box again, picked up the chess piece, and dropped it at a high speed.
The next moment, Le Haoqiang's right hand held the white piece and dropped it quickly! Da! Eighteen rows and eleven columns, drag! "Two-way support?!"
Seeing this move, Wang Xiuyuan was suddenly shocked! Under this board, Le Haoqiang's white pieces occupy more real space, but his black pieces have amazing potential in the lower right corner. The two sides are still two points ahead, and both are enough to fight! Therefore, the key to the rise and fall of both sides in this game lies in how the white pieces will fight against the potential of the black pieces next! According to common sense, the white piece's move is to find a way to invade and eliminate the black piece in the lower right corner. He has also seen several ways of invasion and elimination by the white piece before, and the board will be quite complicated at that time.
However, the White's move of supporting the opponent from the second road was completely beyond his expectations! This move was extremely fierce, threatening to attack the Black's lower right corner, testing the Black's response, but -
Baizi himself was also in a desperate situation because he was alone and deep in the enemy's territory, and he would also be trapped in a desperate fight! Wang Xiuyuan couldn't help but raise his head and look at Le Haoqiang opposite him, and his eyelids jumped suddenly.
There was no emotion on Le Haoqiang's bronze face. He just stared at the chessboard, as if with a murderous intent!
Wang Xiuyuan gritted his teeth, turned his gaze back to the chessboard, and fell into deep thought.
"He thinks he can succeed after going this deep?"
After a long time, Wang Xiuyuan finally reached into the chess box again, picked up the chess piece from the box, and dropped it down at a high speed.
Da! Eighteen columns and sixteen rows, pull!
Le Haoqiang also reached into the chess box again, picked out the chess piece, and put it down immediately!
Da! Seventeen columns and fourteen rows, counter-attack! Seeing this move, Wang Xiuyuan was not surprised. He took out another chess piece from the chess box and dropped it quickly! Sixteen columns and fifteen rows, retreat!
Click!
The sound of chess pieces colliding rang out! The next moment, Le Haoqiang picked up the chess pieces, and the white pieces between his fingers seemed to carry murderous intent, violently attacking the black pieces in one fell swoop, and fell down quickly! The white pieces, sixteen columns and eleven rows, moved in!
"Lean in?!"
Seeing this move, Wang Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment. The next moment, his pupils shrank to the size of a needle tip, and his face suddenly turned red. He had already felt the unparalleled sharpness of this move! "He... caught the weakness of my chess shape in one fell swoop and wanted to smash my black piece!"
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Not long after.
Table number three.
“No… Impossible!”
Qiu Jingrui stared at the chessboard in front of him in disbelief, beads of sweat already oozing from his forehead. He subconsciously bit his left fingernails with his teeth.
"Why is it so uncomfortable?"
"The piece on my upper left not only failed to play its due role, but now it seems to have become a burden!"
"How could this happen? This shouldn't happen!"
After a long time, Qiu Jingrui finally took out the chess piece from the chess box again and placed it on the chessboard with reluctance!
Da! Five columns and twelve rows, press! "Press?"
After seeing this move, Yu Shao did not make a move immediately. Instead, he lowered his eyes and looked at the chessboard, lost in thought.
Qiu Jingrui is not weak. At this point in the game, it can be clearly seen that Qiu Jingrui is very good at handling detailed chess pieces, and he is also tenacious in the entanglement on a complex board. Although he is not too outstanding in all aspects, he is very balanced.
"We must defeat them in one fell swoop."
After pondering for a moment, Yu Shao finally took the chess piece out of the chess box and put it down gently.
Da! Four columns and seven rows, click!
Seeing this move, Qiu Jingrui was stunned for a moment. His mouth, which was originally biting his left thumb, opened slightly involuntarily. He could not believe his eyes.
"point?"
"He...hit me directly in the thick of it?!"
Time passed by amid the sound of chess pieces falling one after another.
At table number eight, the young man sitting opposite Su Yiming rested his right elbow on the table, covered the right half of his face with his right hand, and glanced at the chessboard with his left eye, looking somewhat unwilling.
But soon, he closed his eyes again, as if he couldn't bear to look at the board.
After a long time, he still couldn't pick up the chess piece and put it down. He lowered his head and said, "I lost."
The two of them greeted each other and put away the chess pieces. Su Yiming then slowly stood up and walked towards the referee. After reporting his results, he walked to table number three.
Su Yiming watched quietly for a while, then turned and left.
Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da…
Shortly after Su Yiming left, Qiu Jingrui finally lowered his head amid the incessant sound of chess pieces falling.
"I……"
“Lost.”
Yu Shao bowed his head and said, "Thank you for your advice."
After a long time, Qiu Jingrui replied in a weak voice: "Thank you for your advice."
After the two of them put away the chess pieces, Yu Shao stood up and walked towards the referee. After reporting the results, he also left the game room.
Shortly after Yu Shao left the game room, Wang Xiuyuan, who was sitting at table number 12, gritted his teeth and lowered his head towards Le Haoqiang with great difficulty.
"I lost..."
After defeating Wang Xiuyuan, a former great enemy, Le Haoqiang might have breathed a sigh of relief in the past, but this time, his expression was only calm, and he lowered his head and said, "Thank you for your advice."
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Soon, after exchanging greetings with Wang Xiuyuan, Le Haoqiang packed up the chess pieces, then stood up and looked towards table number eight and table number three.
"They all won..."
Le Haoqiang let out a breath, walked towards the referee, reported his results, and left the game room.
"Since they all won, there is a 70% chance that I will face one of them in the next round. As long as I win the next round, I will directly secure a spot in this tournament."
"Of course, they may also face off in the next round, with me playing against another person, but I don't know who that person is yet..."
Le Haoqiang subconsciously clenched his fists.
Wang Xiuyuan lost this round, Qiu Jingrui also lost this round, and Yang Yuqiang lost in the previous round. Among the four people who had the greatest hope of entering this tournament, he is the only one who has not lost yet!
After the next qualifying round, the two winners will directly obtain a place in this tournament, while the two losers will have to participate in the qualifying rounds in the following days to compete for the third spot!
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At the same time, in Shuchuan City, Western Chess Academy.
Inside the chess room where the Yingjiao Cup qualifiers were held.
“I lost.”
A boy about seventeen years old looked at the chessboard for a moment, then with a gloomy face he lowered his head towards the young man sitting opposite him and spoke.
The young man had a buzz cut, broad shoulders, a strong build and a pair of clear, bright eyes. After saluting his opponent, he stood up, walked towards the referee and reported his results.
"Table number one, Gu Yi, 4th dan, wins, Zhai Bo, 6th dan."
The referee who was responsible for recording the wins and losses was obviously not surprised to hear this. He nodded, quickly picked up a pen, and recorded the results of this round of competition.
Looking at Gu Yi's departing back, the referee who was in charge of recording the outcome of the game whispered to another referee beside him with a strange look on his face:
"Gu Yi's momentum this year is a bit too scary. Several strong players met Gu Yi in the first few games and were defeated directly. Even Zhai Bo lost this round. Gu Yi has no opponent in the next round of qualifiers."
"Indeed, I feel like Gu Yi has a good chance of winning the Yingjiao Cup!"
"I don't care whether he wins the championship or not. On the contrary, I hope that Gu Yi will meet stronger opponents in the Yingjiao Cup."
"Ah? Why? Gu Yi is a chess player from our Western Division. Do you still want chess players from other divisions to win the championship?"
"That's not what I meant. The chess competition is about to begin. With a powerful enemy at hand, if there are ten chess players as strong as Gu Yi, or even stronger than Gu Yi, then there's nothing to worry about, right?"
"Ah... That's true. It's probably not possible to gather ten young chess players as strong as Gu Yi, but gathering five or six shouldn't be a problem, right?"
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The other side.
Chuhan City, Central Chess Academy.
A young man, about eighteen years old, wearing sportswear, walked towards the cafeteria of the chess academy while smoking.
At this time, a girl with short hair and a cute look came towards him. After seeing the young man, she was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened and she said angrily: "Zhou Wei, you are smoking again!"
Seeing the girl, Zhou Wei was immediately shocked. He quickly threw the cigarette on the ground, stomped it out with his foot, and raised his hands: "I was wrong!"
"snort!"
The girl walked up to Zhou Wei angrily and asked, "You won again? So fast today?"
"Hey, I'm definitely going to win. Who's my opponent?"
Zhou Wei rubbed his nose and said proudly, "Then whoever it is, call Zhu Huaian!"
"You are so shameless! Brother Zhu is four years older than you, and he has already won the title of chess master. What about you?"
The girl stared at Zhou Wei and asked, "Besides, if I give you three moves, do you dare to beat me?"
"Don't dare!"
Zhou Wei immediately raised his hands in surrender, grinning and saying, "It's only natural that my wife wins!"
"Don't shout nonsense, your girlfriend is your girlfriend, who is your wife?"
The girl's pretty face flushed with a blush, and she said angrily: "The Yingjiao Cup will be held in our region. You have the home advantage, so you must play well!"
"Hey, we can only advance to the main tournament if we win the next round, but we haven't made it yet."
Zhou Wei smiled and said, "You have confidence in me, huh?"
"As a girlfriend, I must still have confidence in my boyfriend!"
The girl said coquettishly: "But, the Yingjiao Cup is not just about players from our region. I heard that Le Haoqiang from the southern region and Qin Lang from the northern region are both very strong. You have to work harder!"
"I know."
Hearing this, Zhou Wei stopped smiling and became serious. He said, "I'm worried that they are too weak. If they fight for the chess pieces, I will have to fight alone. That would be too much pressure."
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Three days later.
More than half a month after the last national team qualifying match, another national team qualifying match finally began.
Yu Shao's opponent today will be Fei Hanfei, 6th dan. Yu Shao took a taxi to the chess academy early in the morning and walked into the chess room where the national championship preliminaries were held.
As soon as he entered the chess room, Yu Shao saw an extremely familiar figure in the chess room.
"Jiang Xiahua, why are you here?"
Yu Shao came to table number eight, pulled out a chair and sat down, looked at Jiang Xiahua who was sitting at table number nine with some surprise, and asked.
“Ahem.”
Jiang Xiahua smiled awkwardly and said, "My record in the celebrity match is a bit poor, so I'm here to play in the national player match."
Hearing this, Yu Shao suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.
It would be fine if he was eliminated in the first stage championship and came to play in the Yingjiao Cup, but he was also eliminated in the Celebrity Championship?
Yu Shao remembered that Xu Zijin was still playing in the celebrity tournament. How many games in a row did Jiang Xiahua lose?
"Do you think everyone is like you? I'm pretty good. I even beat a 4th dan player once! Zhu Yi has only won two games so far!"
Jiang Xiahua tried to defend himself, "It's normal to have a bad performance in the first few months after you've just been promoted. It takes some time to adapt. It usually takes half a year before you start to make rapid progress!"
"Alright, alright, good luck in the national team match."
Yu Shao smiled and said, "Don't go to the Go Saint War halfway through the national team qualifiers."
"Isn't that what we should do?!"
Jiang Xiahua rolled his eyes in frustration and asked, "You don't really want to make it to the title match, do you?"
Hearing this, Yu Shao was stunned for a moment.
"Fuck, you really want to!"
Seeing Yu Shao's reaction, Jiang Xiahua was stunned and said quickly: "You will see a bunch of ninth-level players at the end!"
"Do your best."
Yu Shao smiled and said, "If I play a few more games, I will soon be promoted to the second level."
"I know."
Jiang Xiahua sighed and said, "You, Su Yiming, and Fang Haoxin are all about to be promoted to the second dan. Oh, there is also Xu Zijin in the women's group."
"Is Fang Haoxin almost reaching the second stage?" Yu Shao asked in amazement.
"You don't know? His chess skills are much stronger than in the dan ranking tournament. The few games he lost were in the Meijin tournament. Now he has gone to the Eastern Division to participate in the first dan championship. After the game, he should be a second dan."
Jiang Xiahua slowly exhaled and said, "But I feel that I have gradually adapted to the professional arena. If I perform better in the next six months, I should have no problem getting promoted to the second level."
Jiang Xiahua suddenly thought of something and asked, "If you win one more qualifying match, you can enter the main tournament of the Yingjiao Cup?"
"right."
Yu Shao nodded and said, "The next qualifying match will be in three days."
“Tsk tsk.”
Jiang Xiahua was a little shocked and said, "Isn't this a bit too scary? You know, if you can make it to the main round of the Yingjiao Cup, it is not impossible for you to make it to the main round of the title match. Who will your opponent be in the next round? Has it been revealed?"
"It came out yesterday. It was Le Haoqiang, 5th dan."
Yu Shao nodded and said.
Hearing the name Le Haoqiang, Jiang Xiahua's expression changed slightly and asked, "Le Haoqiang?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" Yu Shao looked at Jiang Xiahua in surprise: "Do you know him?"
"I've heard of it, but I've never fought against it."
Jiang Xiahua said with a gloomy face, "My master is Zhu Xinyuan, ninth dan, you know that, right?"
"What's wrong?" Yu Shao was a little confused.
"I know you are very strong, but... he once defeated my master."
Jiang Xiahua was silent for a moment before continuing, "Although he only won one game, that game... was not won because of my master's mistakes."
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