Chapter 245: The Battle is Coming

Five days later, the selection for the chess competition points match was finally over, and the ten chess players participating in the competition were finalized.

That afternoon, the official website of the chess academy announced the list of ten chess players who would participate in the competition:

Yu Shao, Su Yiming, Qin Lang, Che Wenyu, Le Haoqiang, Zhou Wei, Gu Chuan, Chu Jiang, Peng Zeyang, Ji Yuzhe!

These ten chess players will face off against ten other talented chess players in the upcoming chess competition to determine the winner on the chessboard.

Since the American Chess Institute is the initiator of this chess competition, there is no reason for it to be held in the United States. Both chess competitions will be held in China.

At the end of the list of players, the chess academy officials finally determined the competition venue. The locations of the two chess games were finally set in Gangneung, which is the southern competition area.

After the list of chess players was announced, it immediately caused a huge sensation across the entire network. The popularity of the chess competition quickly soared to the top of major hot search lists, triggering countless heated discussions!

The popularity of this year's Yingjiao Cup is incredibly high, even not inferior to the previous major title competitions. The reason for this is naturally because the Yingjiao Cup is related to chess competitions.

And now, the chess game is about to begin!

Compared with the popularity of the chess competition, the popularity of the Yingjiao Cup seems a bit insignificant. A few hours after the list of chess players was announced, Weibo's hot searches collapsed! You know, the chess competition has not yet started! The next day, Yu Shao's another round of national player qualifying finally began.

Early that morning, Yu Shao came to the chess academy again. As soon as he walked into the game room, all the chess players looked at him in unison, with different glances.

There is admiration, envy, longing, and fighting spirit...

Yu Shao's competition table today is table number 15, and his opponent is He Chun, 6th dan.

Yu Shao looked towards table number 15, only to see that both sides of the table were empty, and it was obvious that He Chun, 6th dan, had not arrived yet.

Yu Shao retracted his gaze, walked straight to table 15, pulled out a chair and sat down.

Not long after, a thin man in his thirties walked into the game room, then came to the opposite side of Yu Shao, pulled out a chair and sat down.

He Chun looked at Yu Shao opposite him with a complicated look, and finally said: "Yu Shao, 2nd Dan, congratulations on winning the Yingjiao Cup championship."

Hearing this, Yu Shao couldn't help but look up and glanced at He Chun in surprise.

Generally speaking, if two people are about to play against each other, they are unlikely to communicate before the game even if they know each other, not to mention that he and He Chun did not know each other at all.

"Thanks."

Yu Shao finally said thank you.

"We will be mortal enemies on the chessboard later. I hope you don't have the amazing performance like you did in the Yingjiao Cup final, otherwise I will have no hope of winning."

He Chun suddenly smiled and said, "But the competition is about to begin. No matter what, I hope you can perform as amazingly as you did in the Yingjiao Cup final and play a stunning game."

He Chun took a deep breath and sincerely wished: "Good luck in playing chess."

Yu Shao glanced at He Chun and finally nodded slightly.

After a while, two referees finally arrived and the entire game room suddenly became quiet.

Soon, the referee finished explaining the rules of the game and said, "Let's start guessing who will go first!"

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After finishing this round of national team qualifying matches, Yu Shao no longer had any matches until the start of the chess competition and only had to wait for the competition to begin.

Yu Shao originally wanted to have a good rest for a few days, but the day after the national team qualifying match, he received a call from the chess academy.

The chess academy requires the ten chess players participating in the competition to go to the Southern Chess Academy in the next few days to review the games and study their opponents' chess records. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you have a better chance of winning.

This is a mandatory requirement from the chess academy and there is no way to refuse.

Therefore, Yu Shao only rested at home for two days before coming to the chess academy again and walked into the review room specially arranged by the Southern Chess Academy for the ten chess players participating in the competition.

When Yu Shao walked into the review room, he found that except for him, the other nine chess players had all arrived. He was the last one to arrive today.

Seeing Yu Shao, Qin Lang's expression and eyes changed in the crowd.

The next moment, Qin Lang clenched his fists, stood up, looked at Yu Shao, and said, "Yu Shao, you are finally here!"

Qin Lang stared at Yu Shao with an aggressive look in his eyes and said, "Play another game with me!"

Yu Shao looked at Qin Lang, and finally nodded slowly and said, "Go ahead."

The chess academy originally wanted them to train and analyze chess pieces together, so they must play chess continuously.

After saying that, Yu Shao walked to a chess table, pulled out a chair and sat down. Qin Lang also took a deep breath and sat opposite Yu Shao.

"Super fast chess, one move every fifteen seconds, victory or defeat is decided by chess sense."

While adjusting the timer, Qin Lang raised his head, looked at Yu Shao, and said, "Is everything ok?"

"OK."

When Yu Shao heard this, he nodded, feeling a little touched for a moment.

In his previous life, he often gathered with a group of chess players to review games, play chess scores, and play chess. Now this scene seemed familiar, and he seemed to have returned to his previous life.

Soon, the two guessed the order, Qin Lang played black and Yu Shao played white. After the two saluted, the game began.

Qin Lang quickly reached into the chess box, picked out the chess piece, dropped it quickly onto the chessboard, and then pressed the timer.

Yu Shao also reached into the chess box, picked up the chess piece, and placed it quickly.

On the side, Che Wenyu watched this scene, was silent for a moment, suddenly turned his head, looked at Le Haoqiang, his eyes became sharper, and said: "Le Haoqiang, let's play chess."

Le Haoqiang's expression became extremely serious. He clenched his fists, looked directly at Che Wenyu, and said, "Come if you want!"

The two of them soon came to the two sides of a chess table, sat down face to face, and began to play chess.

"Next plate?"

Zhou Wei looked at Su Yiming and asked tentatively.

Hearing this, Su Yiming withdrew his gaze from Yu Shao and Qin Lang, nodded, smiled faintly, and said, "Okay."

Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da…

In the review room, the sound of moves being dropped could be heard continuously.

Not long after.

Qin Lang gritted his teeth, lowered his head unwillingly, and said, "I lost."

Yu Shao looked at the chessboard and frowned slightly, feeling that he had played this 15-second super-fast game poorly and had made many slow moves.

"You're being too hasty here."

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Yu Shao thought for a moment, pointed at the chessboard, and said, "My move was a little tricky, but you didn't notice it, otherwise my white pieces would be at a disadvantage."

"here?"

Qin Lang was slightly startled, and then he realized something belatedly: "Should I just jump away?"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side.

"Rather than jumping away, it's better to fly."

Su Yiming didn't know when he had finished the game. He stood aside, looking at the chessboard, and said, "If jumping away is 99 points, Xiao Fei will be 100 points."

"If it's Xiaofei, I might consider abandoning a piece and attacking."

Yu Shao moved the chess pieces and made subsequent changes: "This will make the game very intense."

The two of them made a few subsequent changes. Su Yiming suddenly turned his head to look at Yu Shao and asked, "I noticed that you often use the big flying guard to defend the corner. Do you think the big flying guard is better than the small flying guard to defend the corner?"

After hearing this, all the noises in the review room suddenly stopped, and everyone looked towards Yu Shao at the same time.

Da Fei is better at defending the corner than Xiao Fei? Normally, they would think this kind of talk is ridiculous, but if it was Yu Shao...

Hearing this question, Yu Shao was slightly startled and looked at Su Yiming.

Before the AI ​​era, many chess players had already used the big flying corner guarding move, but it was relatively rare compared to the small flying corner guarding move. It is generally believed that it is slightly inferior to the small flying corner guarding move, but it can be played.

Therefore, even if he had played a big flying ball to defend the corner before, no one would have thought too much about it. They would just think that he was trying to disrupt the opponent's strategic deployment, so he made a surprise move.

"That's not it either."

Yu Shao shook his head and said frankly: "I just think that the two methods are similar. The big flying guarding the corner is not worse than the small flying guarding the corner."

Hearing this, everyone in the chess room looked at each other in surprise.

Are big flying corner guarding and small flying corner guarding similar?

Although it’s not that Da Fei is better at defending corners than Xiao Fei, this is still an outrageous statement!

"Why?"

Zhou Wei was stunned and asked, "Although Da Fei is faster in guarding the corner, his corner defense is weak and easily invaded by the opponent. Although he can play, how can he be better than Xiao Fei in guarding the corner?"

“I don’t think the corners have to be thick or they’re bad shape.”

Yu Shao shook his head and said, "Considering the overall situation, the wide field on the wing may be better than completely consolidating the corner. Da Fei's thin corner defense can be converted into flexibility through the overall situation."

"How is that possible?"

Zhou Wei couldn't help but retort: ​​"How do you measure the value of corner consolidation and big field?"

"Then let's play chess."

Yu Shao raised his head and looked at Zhou Wei. Knowing that there was no way to explain this problem, he said, "If Xiao Fei is really better at defending the corner than Da Fei, then let your chess pieces speak for themselves!"

"I really don't believe it."

Zhou Wei gritted his teeth, and immediately reached out to push Qin Lang away, with a look of dissatisfaction on his face, and said, "Come on!"

Qin Lang frowned, but finally stood up and made way for Zhou Wei.

The sound of pieces falling began to ring out again.

After watching a few moves, Qin Lang raised his head, narrowed his eyes, looked at Su Yiming, and said, "Su Yiming, let's play the next game."

Hearing this, Su Yiming finally withdrew his gaze from the chessboard, nodded slowly, and said, "Okay."

Qin Lang and Su Yiming quickly came to another chess table, sat down face to face, and after guessing who would go first, they began to play chess.

Da! Da! Da! Soon, it was Su Yiming's turn to make a move.

Su Yiming looked at the chessboard, pondered for a moment, reached into the chess box, picked up a chess piece from the box, and slowly dropped it! Da! Three rows and six columns, Da Fei guards the corner! Not far away, although Gu Chuan and others were not playing chess, they were also gathered around a chess table, playing chess records of their opponents, and constantly picking up chess pieces from the chess box and dropping them.

The sound of chess pieces dropping one after another echoed in the review room for a long time, as if it could last for a thousand years.

(End of this chapter)