Chapter 303 China, Japan and South Korea
Dongshan Xun? Yu Shao looked at Dongshan Xun in surprise. He never expected to meet Dongshan Xun, and he didn't expect that he could speak Chinese, and he spoke Chinese quite fluently.
"I studied Chinese for a few years."
Dongshan Xun seemed to see what Yu Shao was thinking and explained.
Yu Shao nodded, stretched out his hand, shook hands with Dongshan Xun, and said: "Yu Shao is also the main player of the Chinese team in this team competition."
"I have read many of your chess records, and every one of your games has left a very deep impression on me."
Dongshan Xun looked at Yu Shao and said, "I am looking forward to our meeting on the court."
"Me too." Yu Shao replied.
Dongshan Xun smiled when he heard this, and finally let go of her hand and said, "Let's go eat, see you at the stadium."
After saying that, Dongshanxun walked towards the hotel door. After the other young men looked at Yu Shao deeply, they finally withdrew their gaze from Yu Shao and followed Dongshanxun out of the hotel.
"He is Toyama Xun?"
Wu Zhixuan looked at Dongshanxun's back with some curiosity and said, "I can't see what's so special about him. It's too exaggerated to say that there is no more genius after Dongshanxun."
"Maybe when he sits at the chess table, things will be different?"
Yu Shao retracted his gaze and walked towards the elevator in the hotel lobby, saying, "A chess player is completely different on the chessboard and off the chessboard. Aren't you the same?"
"I?"
Wu Zhixuan was a little surprised: "Will I become different from usual when I sit in front of the chessboard?"
"Yes."
Yu Shao quickly walked into the elevator and said, "It's just that you don't notice it."
"Yeah?"
Wu Zhixuan followed Yu Shao into the elevator thoughtfully, and suddenly couldn't help but secretly glance at Yu Shao.
She couldn't help but think of the chess games she had watched Yu Shao play live before. Every time he played chess, it seemed to her that Yu Shao had become a different person.
Many chess players will frown, scratch their hair, and cover their faces when playing chess, but Yu Shao is different.
calm.
Just peace.
Every time Yu Shao played chess, his expression was always extremely calm and focused, as if there was an invisible suppressive force, and the whole person seemed a little indifferent.
Even so, when Yu Shao played chess, she felt that he seemed to be radiating light.
"They say chess is like a person, but when Yu Shao plays chess, he is completely different from his usual self."
A question suddenly popped up in Wu Zhixuan's mind: "Is he the real him in his daily life, or is he the real him on the chessboard?"
Not long after, the elevator finally arrived.
Yu Shao walked out of the elevator, but found Wu Zhixuan still standing in the elevator, looking dazed. He asked, "Are you not going back to your room?"
"Ah? Huihuihui!"
Wu Zhixuan finally reacted and hurriedly trotted out of the elevator.
The two walked together for a while, and soon reached the corner, ready to part.
"Yu Shao."
At this moment, Wu Zhixuan suddenly shouted.
Yu Shao turned his head to look at Wu Zhixuan, only to see Wu Zhixuan clenching her fists and cheering him up, "Team competition, come on!"
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For the next two days, as the team competition was approaching, Yu Shao and his four companions naturally could not go out and play like everyone else. Instead, they played chess in the review room prepared for the players in the hotel for two days.
As the competition time approaches, more and more people can be seen coming to the hotel every day, and media reporters from all over the world are flocking to the hotel. After all, the China-Japan-Korea team competition is a big highlight every year, with extremely high traffic.
The reason is simple. Almost every year, the China-Japan-Korea team competition can produce good games, and the level is so high that even the top chess players can only express their sincere admiration.
It can even be said that some of the chess players who participated in the China-Japan-Korea team competition, although not very young, are already at the level of top chess players! Because of this, the future of these chess players who participated in the China-Japan-Korea team competition is even more worth looking forward to. Chess players who participated in the China-Japan-Korea team competition can often shine in international competitions in the future.
For example, Yasushi Hiroshi, Sho Misao, Honinbo Shingo, etc., all of these well-known chess players participated in the China-Japan-Korea team competition when they were young! This year's team competition has attracted more attention than previous years.
After all, this year's team competition is not only about North Korea, South Korea and Japan, but also the Chinese team, which has had a poor record in the past five years, is attracting great attention from the world.
North and South Korea have the talented Lee Jun-hyuk who made it to the title match at the age of fifteen. Japan has Toyama Fumio who is praised as "there will be no more genius after Toyama Fumio". China even has Yu Shao who recently won ten games in a row and shocked the world chess world!
It's not just the main generals, but also the deputy generals Park Ji-chang of North Korea and South Korea, the deputy general Fujiwara Terajima of Japan, the deputy general Su Yiming of China, and even the third, fourth, and fifth generals of the three countries. None of them are ordinary people, and everyone has an impressive record! This China-Japan-Korea team competition is destined to be a battle of talent without pretense!
Precisely because this team competition has created so much hype, reporters from all over the world have been reporting on it like crazy, and websites from all over the world are full of predictions about the outcome of this team competition!
Yu Shao and four others came to the hotel lobby, ready to go out for dinner.
Seeing the dense crowds in the hotel, Gu Chuan was visibly nervous and said, "Tonight is the opening ceremony of the team competition, and the competition will start tomorrow."
Hearing this, Le Haoqiang and Qin Lang's expressions also became a little heavy, and it was obvious that they were under a lot of pressure.
Just then, two European reporters in their thirties or forties walked towards Yu Shao and his five companions, chatting in English.
"The popularity of this team competition is really higher than I imagined. It looks like it will be an exciting competition, and I don't know who will win in the end." The tall man said with emotion.
"In terms of overall strength, it should still be North Korea and South Korea, right? Last year's competition proved this point."
The short and fat man said, "Even if Dongshan Xun beat Li Junhe, didn't he still lose in the end? And in order to fight again this time, Li Junhe must have been constantly improving himself. Can Dongshan Xun still win this year? Not necessarily?"
"That's true... What about the Chinese team?"
The tall man asked, "The Chinese team has also attracted much attention this year. Our French Master Louis has spoken very highly of Yu Shao."
"The Chinese team still feels bad, right?"
The short and fat man pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head and said, "I think it may still be at the bottom."
"Oh? The Chinese team has Yu Shao and Su Yiming?" the tall man said in surprise.
"Yu Shao and Su Yiming are indeed strong in a gap, but they are too gapped. The other three players of the Chinese team feel that they are quite far behind the three players from North Korea, South Korea and Japan."
The short and fat man shook his head and said, "If it was the competition four years ago, Yu Shao and Su Yiming might have won for sure, but this year is different."
"This year's main generals are Toyama Xun and Lee Jun Hyuk, and the deputy generals are Fujiwara Terajima and Park Ji Chang. The third, fourth, and fifth generals... this lineup is really luxurious."
"Among all the chess games played by Yu Shao, the only one that can be called a famous one is the one in the Yingjiao Cup. However, Li Junhe and Dongshan Xun are different. Yu Shao may not win against them. The same goes for Su Yiming."
"Even if Yu Shao and Su Yiming really win both games, we still have to win at least one of the remaining three games."
The short fat man smiled and said, "Unless Qin Lang and the other two are replaced by Zhu Huaian, Li Congyou, and Dai Tianxiang, then I think the Chinese team has a great chance of winning the championship."
The tall man couldn't help laughing when he heard this and said, "Why don't you replace Qin Lang and the other two with Zhuang Weisheng, Zhang Dongchen, and Jiang Changdong?"
"Then you might as well just let the Chinese team go up on stage to receive the award." The short and fat man couldn't help but laugh: "Even if the main general and the deputy general all lost, the third, fourth, and fifth teams still won."
After hearing what the two said, the expressions of Qin Lang, Le Haoqiang and Gu Chuan all turned ugly at once, and Qin Lang clenched his fists tightly.
At this time, the two European reporters finally noticed Yu Shao and his group coming towards them. Their expressions suddenly became extremely embarrassed and they quickly shut their mouths.
Qin Lang stared at the two of them for a while, then finally gritted his teeth and left without saying a word.
The five people quickly left the hotel and went to a Korean barbecue restaurant near the hotel to have lunch.
After listening to what the two European reporters said, Le Haoqiang, Qin Lang and Gu Chuan became noticeably more depressed and just ate their meal in silence.
“I want to win.”
Qin Lang picked up a piece of barbecue with his chopsticks and was about to put it into his mouth, but suddenly he stopped and put the chopsticks into the bowl, then said, "No matter what, I have to win."
Hearing this, Yu Shao, Le Haoqiang, Su Yiming, and Gu Chuan couldn't help but look at Qin Lang.
Qin Lang clenched his chopsticks tightly, and a vein appeared on his handsome face: "I want to fight Han Ri and win in front of everyone!"
Gu Chuan stared at the scene in a daze. A huge feeling of shame surged in his heart and he couldn't help but grit his teeth.
"After hearing those words, Qin Lang thought that he must win no matter what."
"But, I...I actually just thought they were right, and even thought I might not be able to win."
"What I kept thinking in my heart was... I was just lucky to get into the team competition. This position should have belonged to Che Wenyu. My chess skills are actually not as good as Che Wenyu's!"
Gu Chuan subconsciously clenched his chopsticks, and the chess records of the five chess players from North Korea, South Korea and Japan emerged in his mind.
He has studied these chess records countless times during this period.
Although one can only roughly judge a chess player's chess strength based on the chess records without playing a game, but even so, he thinks the chess strength of the five generals from Japan and South Korea are extremely strong!
"But since I've made it to the team competition, I have to win it and show them how good it is!"
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