Chapter 344 Please... play another game with me!
"So that's how it is. Zhu Xinyuan wants to surround the upper part, so he doesn't hesitate to live in such a small area below."
In the lounge, Jiang Changdong looked at the chessboard in front of him and said, "He wants to contain the white pieces at the bottom, and then surround the empty space at the top."
Across from him, Zhuang Weisheng was also looking at the chessboard and asked, "Is this Black's last stand?"
At this moment, on the TV screen, in the upper right corner of the chessboard covered with black pieces, a white piece slowly fell!
Da! Seventeen columns, three rows, dot three three! "What?!"
Seeing this move, Jiang Changdong was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly raised his head with an extremely moved expression, looking at the TV screen in disbelief.
At this moment, even he could no longer hold back his emotions and couldn't help but blurt out, "He didn't invade and eliminate, but directly... attacked San San?"
At this time, the upper right corner of the chessboard was full of black pieces. Apart from the white piece that had just landed, there was no other white piece! In other words, the white piece was isolated and helpless, facing the siege of black pieces from all directions. It was like sending himself to death!
but……
Not long after, Jiang Changdong seemed to realize something. His eyes widened little by little, and he was horrified. He opened his mouth slightly, but could no longer make any sound! Yes!
It seems that the black pieces have more power, but if you think about it more deeply, there are so many black pieces, but only one white piece, surprisingly - there is no way! Although the position is so narrow that it seems to be a dead end, the white piece will definitely survive!
“This move…”
On the side, Zhuang Weisheng looked at the TV screen and said slowly: "It directly shattered Zhu Xinyuan's fantasy of forming a formation above."
quiet.
The entire lounge suddenly fell silent.
On the TV screen, under the gaze of the two, the black and white pieces continued to fall alternately.
Time passes by every second.
Everyone has seen that as long as White doesn't make a big mistake, Black will have no chance! Even if it enters the endgame, even if White gives in again and again, it will be very difficult for Black to catch up in the endgame.
The outcome of this game of chess has been decided!
Finally, after dozens of moves, at the end of the game, under everyone's gaze, two black pieces slowly fell onto the chessboard.
The lounge became even quieter.
"Zhu Xinyuan..."
After a long time, Zhuang Weisheng finally said, "I lost too."
Zhuang Weisheng looked at the chessboard in front of him, was silent for a moment, and then spoke again: "Unlike the game played by Li Congyou, in this game, Teacher Zhu Xinyuan didn't even find any chances from beginning to end."
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Hands talk indoors.
"I... lost."
Zhu Xinyuan stared at the chessboard absentmindedly, as if he could still see every move he had made before: "How is it possible..."
Although Yu Shao had been winning before, he had also read Yu Shao's chess records and felt tremendous pressure and threat, knowing that he was an opponent that should not be underestimated.
However, before today's game, he had never thought that he would actually lose, and was forced to admit defeat in such an extreme way by a move of Flying Fairy from the Sky!
It can even be said that there is no ability to fight back!
The scorekeeper and referee on the side were also looking at the game in a daze.
Since that six-road shoulder charge, it can be said that the black chess pieces were suppressed throughout the whole process. Even in the last stand, they were completely defeated by the white chess pieces' three-three point move.
At this moment, Yu Shao stretched out his hand and began to pick up the chess pieces on the board.
Not long after, Yu Shao put the white chess pieces back into the chess box, then slowly stood up and prepared to leave.
It was not until he saw Yu Shao was about to leave that Zhu Xinyuan finally came to his senses.
The next moment, Zhu Xinyuan immediately stood up, looked at Yu Shao's back, and shouted, "Wait a minute!"
Hearing this, Yu Shao finally stopped and turned to look at Zhu Xinyuan in confusion.
The referee and the music notator in the music room also cast their eyes towards Zhu Xinyuan.
"Play another game with me!"
Zhu Xinyuan stared at Yu Shao closely, with an unwilling expression on his face, and said, "Next... game!"
Hearing this, not only Yu Shao, but also the music notator and referee nearby were all stunned.
"Teacher Zhu Xinyuan..."
The bald referee stared at Zhu Xinyuan in a daze. He could very clearly feel the strong unwillingness and desire revealed in Zhu Xinyuan's words.
"Teacher Zhu Xinyuan, it's getting late."
The female scorekeeper forced a smile and asked, "Besides, this game of chess has been going on for a long time. Aren't you... tired?"
"I'm not tired, I'm not tired yet, I can still go down!"
Zhu Xinyuan was a little excited and said, "One plate is fine, two plates is fine, I can keep playing!"
"so!"
Zhu Xinyuan stared at Yu Shao, gritted his teeth, and said again: "Please... play another game with me!"
Hearing Zhu Xinyuan's somewhat excited tone, the female music notist was startled and dared not say a word for a moment.
She never thought that Zhu Xinyuan, who was already forty years old, would actually say such words, and there was even a hint of pleading in his voice.
Yu Shao looked at Zhu Xinyuan like this and was silent for a moment.
This attitude seemed familiar to him.
As for the next set...
Although he still had plenty of energy, he hadn't eaten for a day and now felt a little hungry.
"How about eating first?"
After thinking about it, Yu Shao asked.
"good."
Hearing this, Zhu Xinyuan was stunned for a moment, then his eyes lit up and he immediately agreed, saying, "There is a Donghai chess hall near the chess academy. I will wait for you there."
Yu Shao nodded, then finally took another step, pushed open the door of the chat room, and turned to leave.
Seeing Yu Shao leave, Zhu Xinyuan took a deep breath, put away the chess pieces on the board, and then left the chess room.
After the two of them left, the two referees and the female music recorder looked at each other in confusion in the music room.
After a moment, the bald referee asked, "Are you guys... going to go later?"
"go!"
The tall and thin referee came to his senses, nodded immediately, then stood up and said, "I'm going to eat too."
"I'm not going to eat anymore. I'm going to buy some whole wheat bread and milk at the convenience store now."
The female music notist was just about to get up when she suddenly noticed the music paper on the music notation mat. This was the paper used for notating in case there was a problem with the computer, and the coordinates of the chessboard were on it.
The female music notator thought about it, picked up the music paper and pen, and finally left in a hurry.
"The second game..."
After the two of them left, the remaining bald referee took a deep look at the chessboard not far away.
Although this game of chess was already exciting, he had a strong premonition that the second game between the two sides in the near future would be completely beyond his expectations!
From Zhu Xinyuan's tone, he could feel——
Zhu Xinyuan, who once held two great titles, could never accept such a tragic ending to the game just now! So in the second game later, Zhu Xinyuan might...really have to use all his skills to fight for his life!
"call……"
The bald referee took a deep breath, finally stood up and left the talk room.
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The Donghai Chess Hall is located near the Eastern Chess Institute, so it usually does very good business. Today is no exception, and the hall is still bustling with people.
"I regret this move, this move was wrong!"
"Old Li, this won't do. Life is like a game of chess. Once you make a move, you should never regret it. How can you regret it?"
"Xiao Gao, give me two bottles of lemon grapefruit tea!"
"Your move is also a bad one, and you still want to beat me, hahahaha!"
"Keep your voice down. There are people playing chess here. It's inappropriate to make so much noise."
Unlike other chess halls, most of which require customers to keep quiet, Donghai Chess Hall mostly has regular customers, and every time they play chess, there will be a group of people surrounding them pointing and talking.
Sometimes, some good friends will watch the game from the sidelines and even deliberately give their friends bad moves. The main purpose is to have a happy game of Go, with a joyful atmosphere in the air.
"Brother Wang, you want two cups of lemon grapefruit tea, right?"
At the front desk of the chess hall, the proprietress surnamed Gao listened to the noise with a smile. While making fruit tea, she replied, "I'll be right there."
At this moment, the door of the chess hall was suddenly pushed open.
Immediately afterwards, Zhu Xinyuan, dressed in a suit, walked into the chess hall.
"Hello, welcome to the light--"
Seeing a guest coming, Gao Wanwan smiled reflexively and raised his head to greet the guest.
But when he saw the face of the person who came, the words that were about to come out of Gao Wanwan's mouth suddenly stopped, and his eyes widened little by little.
"Zhu... Zhu Xinyuan is famous?"
Gao Wanwan covered her mouth and asked with some excitement and disbelief.
"I don't have a title this year, just a ninth dan."
Zhu Xinyuan shook his head and asked, "Is there a seat available?"
"Isn't it just a matter of time? You just didn't perform well last year. You will definitely win the title again in the next two years."
Gao Wanwan's face flushed, and he said excitedly, "There must be a spot. Do you want to come to our chess hall to play chess?"
Although their Donghai Chess Academy is not far from the Eastern Chess Academy, there are not many professional chess players coming here to play chess. At best, there are only a few low-level chess players coming occasionally.
A heavyweight chess player like Zhu Xinyuan has never appeared before.
If Zhu Xinyuan could play chess here, and if the news got out, the business of her chess hall would definitely be much better! "Yeah."
Zhu Xinyuan nodded slightly and asked, "Are there any single rooms?"
"A single room?"
Gao Wanwan's expression became a little awkward, and he explained: "Our chess club is mainly populated by acquaintances. We used to have private rooms, but later they were removed..."
Hearing this, Zhu Xinyuan couldn't help but look towards the chess room inside the chess academy. Hearing the noisy sound in the chess room, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
At this moment, the guests in the chess hall also noticed Zhu Xinyuan at the door of the chess hall.
"Huh?"
"Is that... Zhu Xinyuan Ninth Stage?"
"Fuck, Zhu Xinyuan is ninth level!"
"Oh my god, why is Zhu Xinyuan 9th Dan here? I'm his fan!"
In the chess hall, more and more people noticed Zhu Xinyuan's arrival. Their expressions were surprised at first, and then they became excited.
"Everyone, be quiet!"
Gao Wanwan was afraid that Zhu Xinyuan would find it noisy, so he quickly said loudly: "Teacher Zhu Xinyuan will play chess here later. Can the family members keep the noise down when they play chess so as not to disturb Teacher Zhu Xinyuan?"
"What?"
"Teacher Zhu Xinyuan wants to play chess here?"
"Is this true? Teacher Zhu Xinyuan wants to play chess? Shit, what kind of chess are we going to play then?"
"No, no, no, we can watch Teacher Zhu Xinyuan play chess live, why would we play chess? This is just showing off one's skills in front of an expert!"
"That's right. Back then, Lan Ke could watch a game of chess for a hundred years. Isn't Teacher Zhu Xinyuan a god? Why should we play chess when we see a god playing chess?"
Hearing this, everyone in the chess hall suddenly became agitated.
Many guests who were playing chess didn't even bother to finish their chess game and stood up. "Teacher Zhu Xinyuan, please sit here. I have a very high chance of winning if I sit in this position!"
"Hahaha, no matter who Mr. Zhu Xinyuan plays against, he won't win."
Hearing this, some people around couldn't help but laugh and said, "Who cares about your crappy position?"
Seeing this, the proprietress Gao Wanwan looked at Zhu Xinyuan and asked nervously and expectantly, "Teacher Zhu Xinyuan, what do you think?"
"Okay, here it is."
Since they had agreed to meet in this chess room, Zhu Xinyuan had no intention of changing the venue. He nodded and asked, "Please help me get another piece of bread. How much is the total for the bread and the room fee for two people?"
"No, no! If you come to play chess with us and the news gets out, it will be great for our business. Why should we charge you?"
Gao Wanwan immediately shook his head and said with a smile.
Hearing this, Zhu Xinyuan opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't feel like saying anything else at the moment, so he stopped being pretentious and walked straight into the chess room.
Zhu Xinyuan quickly found an empty chess table, pulled out a chair and sat down.
Seeing this scene, all the guests in the chess hall suddenly became more excited. After looking at each other, they quickly stood up and hurriedly walked towards the chess table where Zhu Xinyuan was.
After a while, the chess table where Zhu Xinyuan was sitting was surrounded by people from inside and outside.
"Teacher Zhu Xinyuan, who are you going to play chess with later?" At this time, someone couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Yu Shao three stages."
Zhu Xinyuan replied.
Hearing the words "Yu Shao", everyone around was stunned, and then their expressions became even more excited!
"Yu Shao third stage?"
"Oh my god, Yu Shao Sanduan is coming too?"
"Is it Yu Shao who caused the destruction of the avalanche, the demon sword, and the Great Slash?"
"Yu Shao Sandan wants to play chess with Master Zhu Xinyuan here?"
A small number of people did not know that today was a competition between national players, and that Zhu Xinyuan's opponent was Yu Shao, but some people knew this and couldn't help but feel confused.
But they were all playing chess here today and did not watch the game, nor did they know the result.
Thinking of this, some people couldn't help but take out their mobile phones and started searching for the results of today's national team competition. With a simple search, they soon found out the answer.
Zhu Xinyuan, negative, Yu Shao.
Did Zhu Xinyuan lose to Yu Shao in the game just now? After knowing this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and the noise in the chess hall suddenly became much quieter.
this……
Was it a game of revenge? Zhu Xinyuan tore open the bread bag and ate the bread quietly, with every move of the game coming to his mind one by one.
"He couldn't have predicted every move I made, but... no matter how hard I asked him, he always gave me answers I couldn't have imagined."
"I underestimated him. After all, no matter what kind of chess he played, before I played chess with him face to face, I still felt that he was too young to be a concern."
"Actually... not really!"
In Zhu Xinyuan's mind, all of Yu Shao's previous chess records kept appearing like fleeting images. Although he had found them amazing before, he had never been fully prepared for them.
"He is definitely not just someone to be underestimated!"
"He is an opponent that I must fight with with all my might until the last half point and the last endgame!"
"But he is by no means invincible. His moves... still have flaws!"
"As long as I can find that flaw, I will pounce on it like a hungry wolf and never let go, even if I die!"
"Then I can win!"
Thinking of Yu Shao's previous chess records and the game he had just played with Yu Shao, Zhu Xinyuan's expression became more serious, and he even chewed the bread a little harder.
"Don't be careless or underestimate the enemy!"
"We must cut off his chance of survival and eliminate all future troubles!"
"Tread carefully!"
"Every step carefully!"
At this time, the female scorekeeper at the entrance of the chess hall also walked into the chess hall. After seeing Zhu Xinyuan, she exhaled lightly, then came and sat down at the chess table next to Zhu Xinyuan.
Not long after, two referees also came to the chess hall and squeezed into the crowd.
Someone seemed to have leaked the news that Yu Shao and Zhu Xinyuan were going to play chess in the chess hall, but not long after, several professional chess players walked into the hall.
A few minutes later, when the two men appeared at the entrance of the chess hall, they once again attracted the attention of the entire audience, even the professional chess players couldn't help but look sideways.
Zhuang Weisheng.
Jiang Changdong.
“Oh my god!!!”
The moment Zhuang Weisheng and Jiang Changdong appeared at the door of the chess hall, the owner Gao Wanwan's head began to buzz.
How could her small chess club have such merit that two title holders came here today? Gao Wanwan only had two words in her mind:
"My chess club needs to be prosperous!"
Zhuang Weisheng and Jiang Changdong did not say anything and walked towards the crowd in silence.
When they saw Zhuang Weisheng and Jiang Changdong coming, the crowd, which was originally packed tightly together, spontaneously made way for them.
With the arrival of Zhuang Weisheng and Jiang Changdong, the atmosphere in the entire chess hall suddenly became heavy and tense.
From time to time, someone would glance at Zhuang Weisheng and Jiang Changdong, as if wanting to strike up a conversation, but they were overwhelmed by the inexplicably heavy atmosphere and ended up saying nothing.
Time goes by.
Finally, after about seven or eight minutes, a young and handsome figure appeared at the entrance of Donghai Chess Hall.
The moment this figure appeared, everyone's eyes were fixed on this figure, even Zhuang Weisheng and Jiang Changdong were no exception.
At this moment, Zhu Xinyuan finally raised his head and looked at the figure at the door.
“Here it comes!”
Yu Shao looked at the chess table surrounded by the crowd, felt everyone's gazes, and walked into the chess academy silently.
Then, under the gaze of everyone, Yu Shao walked step by step to the chess table. Immediately, the crowd parted again and made way for Yu Shao.
Yu Shao came to the opposite side of Zhu Xinyuan, silently pulled out a chair and slowly sat down.
Seeing Yu Shao sitting down opposite him, Zhu Xinyuan looked at Yu Shao with a serious expression, and said without turning his head, "You Haochen, it's getting late. Each side has one and a half hours, and the countdown is one minute."
In the crowd, the bald referee was slightly stunned. He didn't understand why Zhu Xinyuan suddenly spoke to him and looked at Zhu Xinyuan in confusion.
When the bald referee saw Zhu Xinyuan's stern expression, he suddenly seemed to realize something.
"Teacher Zhu Xinyuan is very serious about this game of chess."
"Even though it was just a daily match, not a competition at all, he wanted to treat it like a competition. You could even say it was the deciding game of a title match!"
The bald referee looked at Zhu Xinyuan, then at Yu Shao, and finally took a deep breath and said, "The match time is one and a half hours for each side, with a one-minute countdown, and black has a seven-and-a-half-point handicap."
The bald referee didn't know why, but when he looked at Yu Shao and Zhu Xinyuan sitting opposite each other, he felt a heavier pressure than before in the chess room! "Now, the two players can start guessing the first move!"
Hearing this, Zhu Xinyuan still stared at Yu Shao, then reached into the chess box, grabbed a handful of white pieces, and clenched them in his hand.
Yu Shao felt Zhu Xinyuan's gaze and was silent for a while. After a moment, he finally reached into the chess box. With the "click" sound of the chess pieces colliding, he took out two black pieces and placed them on the chessboard.
"clatter!"
"clatter!"
"clatter!"
Zhu Xinyuan loosened his grip, and the chess pieces fell onto the board one by one, and then he counted them two by two.
There are seven white pieces on the chessboard.
"White pieces are an odd number. In this game, Zhu Xinyuan, 9th dan, plays black, and Yu Shao, 3rd dan, plays white!"
Seeing this scene, the bald referee in the crowd spoke again.
The two of them quickly packed up their chess pieces and bowed to each other.
From the time they guessed who would go first to the time they saluted, there was complete silence all around. When the two of them finished saluting, the surroundings suddenly became even quieter.
Affected by the atmosphere, even though there was not even a single chess piece on the chessboard at this moment, everyone still subconsciously held their breath. Their mood became tense and depressed, with a faint feeling of impending storm!
"This is their second game!"
"In the previous game, Zhu Xinyuan lost."
"So, what about this game of chess?"
This thought emerged in everyone's mind.
In the astonishing silence, Zhu Xinyuan looked at the chessboard in front of him, and finally reached into the chess box. The chess pieces suddenly collided with each other, making a sound!
As the chess pieces collided,
The chess game has finally begun!
Da! Sixteen columns and four rows, stars! Yu Shao also immediately picked out the chess piece and slowly dropped it!
Sixteen columns and sixteen rows, stars!
Zhu Xinyuan held the black piece and fell down again.
Four columns and four rows, stars!
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard and also reached into the chess box to pick out the chess piece.
Da! Four columns and sixteen rows, stars! Two stars in a row, yes, two stars in a row! …………
ps: Brothers, two-for-one, please vote for next month! I beg you! (End of this chapter)
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