Chapter 247 The Last Day

After hearing Yu Shao's words, Ma Zhengyu didn't think too much about it.

Both the first player to play and the last player to play are very important. From a tactical point of view, there are advantages and disadvantages for Yu Shao to play first and to play last.

Since Yu Shao feels that the pressure of being the last to perform is too great, then it is fine for him to be the first to perform. On the contrary, if Yu Shao really performs poorly due to excessive pressure, it would be counterproductive.

Soon Ma Zhengyu nodded and said, "Okay, then you will be the first player to play, and Su Yiming will be the final player."

After that, Ma Zhengyu looked at Su Yiming again and asked, "Su Yiming, second dan, is that okay?"

Su Yiming glanced at Yu Shao, nodded slightly, and said, "I'm fine."

"Okay, let's settle it like this. I won't bother you any more. You should rest and recuperate these few days. I hope to see your brilliant performance in the chess competition."

Seeing that Su Yiming agreed, Ma Zhengyu nodded, said no more, turned around and left the review room.

Everyone looked at Ma Zhengyu's departing back, and thinking of the upcoming chess game, they all lost interest in playing chess for a moment, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little dull.

"Let's continue studying the chess records of the ten players who are competing. The competition is imminent, so studying the opponent's chess records is more important."

Gu Chuan said with a sullen face, "In addition to Zeng Jun, Wan Jing, Lu Yihong, and Ma Jie are also opponents that cannot be underestimated."

Everyone nodded silently, and soon gathered around a chess table and began to play chess.

"Wan Jing's style of play is very solid. He can reasonably grasp the balance between territory and momentum, and use a harmonious approach to pressure his opponent. However, his weakness is that his endgame is relatively rough. Perhaps he can form a fine chess pattern, lengthen the battle line, and enter the endgame to entangle with him."

"Lu Yihong is a very troublesome player. His chess style is very balanced. He is excellent in layout, middle game and endgame. We must come up with a surprise move to lure him into a tough battle and create a fierce mutual killing situation before we can find a chance to win."

"Ma Jie's chess is quite fierce and impressive. He is good at seizing opportunities in chaotic battles, and his calculations are profound. His endgame is also unique. After he has an advantage, he will steadily close the game. For a while, I didn't know how to deal with him..."

The more they discussed, the more serious their expressions became. In addition to Zeng Jun, judging from the chess records of the others, these people were also extremely difficult to deal with, and their moves were full of genius! In addition to these people, none of the others were ordinary people. They had all played good games that made their opponents cheer for them.

I'm afraid that the fight for chess will be another bloody one.

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On the other side, New York Chess Academy.

A group of chess players gathered around a chess table, their expressions were equally solemn and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

"Zeng Jun and his team will fly to China tonight."

A blond-haired, blue-eyed young man looked at the chessboard in front of him, watching the Yingjiao Cup final chess game that he had dismantled countless times. After a moment of silence, he said, "Although I don't want to admit it, I have to admit that we may have encountered trouble in our first game."

"It just so happens that there are too few chess records of Yu Shao and Su Yiming. Apart from a few games in the Yingjiao Cup, there are no more..."

Another person spoke up, "I asked a friend from the Southern Chess Institute to help collect the chess records of the two in the preliminaries, but he refused."

"Are you an idiot?"

Someone couldn't help but sneer, "Although you didn't participate in the chess competition, who doesn't know what you are thinking when you ask for the chess records? If it were you, would you help collect the chess records? You are just doing stupid things."

Hearing this, the man did not refute, but just looked at the chessboard in front of him and fell silent.

For a moment, the whole room fell into an eerie silence.

Faced with such a shocking game, if there is no certainty of winning, who would do such a stupid thing when they know they will be rejected?

"Are you a little too unambitious? Are you scared by just a game of chess?"

Finally, a long-haired young man slowly withdrew his gaze from the chessboard, glanced at the people around him, and said, "Don't we still have Ma Jie, Lu Yihong, and Zeng Jun?"

Hearing this, everyone was slightly stunned, their expressions became a little better, and the originally depressing atmosphere was suddenly diluted a lot.

Someone couldn't help but joked, "If you don't let Wan Jing in, he'll fight you to death if he hears about it!"

"Wan Jing is still a little bit worse than Zeng Jun and the other three, right? The endgame is too rough. Once the gap is not big, it is easy to lose. The shortcomings are quite obvious." The long-haired young man shook his head and said.

"From your tone, it seems that you are Wan Jing's opponent?"

Someone asked with a smile: "You have only won three of the ten games you played against Wan Jing recently, right?"

The long-haired young man's expression changed, and he said angrily, "Don't expose my shortcomings. Besides, I said that his endgame was not good, but I didn't say that his layout and midgame were not good! Did I win all three games that entered the endgame?"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

The atmosphere in the entire chess room suddenly became cheerful, but not long after, for unknown reasons, everyone suddenly became silent again.

The American Chess Institute has been slow to initiate the chess competition because it wants to wait until it is absolutely sure of winning at least one game before taking action.

Now that the younger generation of Zeng Jun and his two companions have become famous, they finally launched a chess competition. They thought they had a good chance of winning the first game, but the appearance of Yu Shao and Su Yiming was completely beyond their expectations.

Even if they have good players like Zeng Jun, Lu Yihong and Ma Jie, can they really win?

Besides Yu Shao and Su Yiming, Qin Lang, Che Wenyu, and Le Haoqiang are not bad either...

Now, none of them dared to guarantee that they could win the game.

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Time passed quickly, and soon another two days had passed.

There is only one day left before the chess competition.

The discussion about the chess dispute on the Internet is getting louder and louder. Tieba, Weibo, and short videos are all flooded with discussions about the chess dispute. The heated discussion about the chess dispute can almost be said to have swept the entire Internet.

The word "fighting for chess" has been firmly occupying the first place in major trending search lists and the position in major news headlines since three days ago, and it is completely unshakable.

It is no longer just the players who are paying attention to this game. Even netizens who know nothing about Go are paying attention to this game and are deeply moved by the word "Go".

Yu Shao, Su Yiming, Qin Lang... the names of the ten chess players who will participate in the first game have also aroused widespread discussion.

It can be said that the whole country is paying attention!

In the past few days, in the review room of the Southern Chess Academy, no one has played a single game of chess. Instead, they have been studying their opponents' moves, repeatedly analyzing and reviewing them.

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"Ma Jie's big jump..."

Che Wenyu looked at the chessboard with a heavy expression, and slowly said, "It's very spiritual."

"The split two here is also well-conceived and quite fierce. Even if the white piece sacrifices a piece to attack, he kills the white piece even more fiercely."

Zhou Wei looked at the chessboard with an expression as if he was facing a formidable enemy. He said, "Even though his chess pieces were in many places, he took advantage of the initiative and cleanly killed the white dragon."

During this period, they repeatedly disassembled the chess games of the ten players. Among them, the four players who were disassembled the most were Zeng Jun, Lu Yihong, Ma Jie and Wan Jing.

Yu Shao stood in the crowd, looking at the chessboard quietly and listening to everyone's discussions.

"I heard that the American team arrived in Gangneung the day before yesterday. They are now staying at Gangneung Hotel. They should have adjusted to the time difference."

Suddenly, Le Haoqiang took a deep breath and said, "Tomorrow we will compete for the chess game."

After hearing this, no one spoke, and the atmosphere suddenly became heavier.

"Let's continue to dismantle the chess pieces."

Qin Lang frowned slightly, broke the silence, pointed at the chessboard, and said, "I think it's better to disconnect this side."

"Broken?"

Everyone immediately gathered their minds, stretched out their hands, moved the chess pieces, and began to dismantle the chess pieces.

Not long after, there was a sudden "click" and the door of the review room was pushed open.

Everyone turned their heads to look at the door of the review room, and saw Ma Zhengyu, dressed in formal attire, striding into the review room.

Ma Zhengyu glanced at everyone in the review room, and finally fixed his gaze on Yu Shao. He said, "The game will start tomorrow. Yu Shao, you have to be the first to play. Go back early today and have a good rest."

"good."

Hearing Ma Zhengyu's words, Yu Shao was not surprised and nodded.

Ma Zhengyu also nodded, then looked at the others and said, "I don't want to put too much pressure on you, nor do I require you to win, but——"

Ma Zhengyu's voice deepened: "You must play with the attitude that you must win!"

Hearing Ma Zhengyu's words, everyone nodded silently.

After saying that, Ma Zhengyu looked at Yu Shao again, took a deep breath, and said with some concern: "Yu Shao, you must not feel stressed."

Ever since Yu Shao said the day before yesterday that he might feel pressured to be the last performer, Ma Zhengyu became more and more worried the more he thought about it after he returned home, and he hadn't been able to sleep well for the past two nights.

Yu Shao's performance in the Yingjiao Cup can no longer be described as amazing, it can only be described as scary. Even Jiang Changdong called him specially and asked him to help collect Yu Shao's chess records in the qualifying rounds.

Therefore, he can be said to have high expectations for Yu Shao. Not only him, but all netizens on the Internet have high expectations for Yu Shao, hoping that Yu Shao can perform as amazingly in the chess competition as in the Yingjiao Cup.

However, when Ma Zhengyu went back and thought about it carefully, he suddenly realized that Yu Shao had just been promoted to the professional level!

Yu Shao had never participated in many competitions before. Now he had to participate in such a major competition, shouldering the expectations of the entire network. For a newcomer, this pressure was really too great! There were too many examples of people losing their minds due to pressure and eventually performing poorly. Even top chess players were not immune to this, not to mention that the significance of the chess competition was so great.

Hearing this, Yu Shao was slightly startled, then shook his head and laughed: "It's okay, I have a good attitude, as long as I am not the last one, I will have no pressure."

"good!"

Ma Zhengyu patted Yu Shao on the shoulder and said, "I look forward to your performance in the chess game!"

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ps: Brothers, please vote for me next month, I got anally raped!

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