Chapter 351: Treat others in their own way
Gangneung, Nambu Chess Institute, inside the chess discussion room.
The short-haired female music notator looked at the chessboard for a while, then couldn't help but look up at Su Yiming who was sitting on the side of the chess table.
Su Yiming was staring at the chessboard intently, his eyes clear and his expression focused.
"The situation is so complicated, and his situation is a bit bad. He has already fallen into a disadvantage, but he is still so calm."
The female music notator observed Su Yiming silently, feeling somewhat surprised.
"It's really hard to imagine such a magnanimous person being seen in a minor of 17 or 18 years old..."
Suddenly, Yu Shao's figure suddenly appeared in the female music notator's mind.
"wrong."
"In addition to Su Yiming, there is actually another person like this, Yu Shao. They are really two monsters."
The female scorekeeper shook her head and looked at the chessboard again, thinking silently, "But it seems that Su Yiming is still inferior to Yu Shao. The situation of the black pieces is already precarious."
At this time, on the chessboard, the black dragon is in danger of being captured by the white pieces. Although the black pieces will have a lot of borrowing even if they are dead, the white pieces have also gained a lot of real space, making it difficult to shake.
In terms of the situation, Heizi is at a slight disadvantage.
"As expected of the strongest female chess player who defeated top-notch players such as Zhuang Weisheng and Kong Zi, Teacher Chang Yan is still as strong as ever."
The female music notator looked at Chang Yan who was sitting opposite Su Yiming, and couldn't help feeling a little longing.
"She is indeed the idol of all female chess players. It would be great if she could be as good as Teacher Chang Yan."
Although the situation was slightly better, there was no sign of relaxation on Chang Yan's face at this moment. Her unmade-up face was full of solemnity.
Chang Yan waited for Su Yiming to make his move, while staring at the chessboard. Taking advantage of the time when Su Yiming was thinking, she constantly calculated various changes in the game in her mind.
"Right now, I have the upper hand."
"He's so strong, it's hard to imagine. I sacrificed two pieces to attack, but he made a big change. I built a big formation to siege him, but up to now, I only have a slight advantage!"
"Although Black has some means to entangle, it doesn't have any means to counterattack fiercely. As long as we play steadily and cautiously, we should be able to win this game!"
After thinking for a long time, Su Yiming suddenly raised his head and looked at Chang Yan opposite him. Although the situation was not good, his eyes still had a fascinating calmness.
“Click.”
Su Yiming withdrew his gaze from Chang Yan, lowered his eyes to look at the chessboard, reached into the chess box, and picked out the chess piece amid the sound of the chess pieces colliding.
Seeing that Su Yiming was about to play chess, Chang Yan's expression became more serious and she looked at Su Yiming's right hand holding the chess piece.
Soon, under Chang Yan's gaze, Su Yiming's right hand holding the chess piece slowly dropped down.
clatter! Fourteen columns and eleven rows, clip! "folder?"
Seeing this move, Chang Yan was slightly stunned.
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Two hours later, inside the broadcast room.
"After getting here, Chang Yan Jiudan is powerless to save the situation."
A young man with long hair clenched the folding fan in his hand, with an indelible look of shock on his face: "He must have taken medicine, how could he turn the tables?!"
In the crowd, Xu Zijin was also staring at the TV screen. He was so focused on the game of chess that sweat broke out on his forehead.
"This mid- to late-game ability is terrifying."
A burly young man with a buzz cut also had a moving look on his face. He looked at the TV screen in disbelief and said, "In the middle game, Teacher Chang Yan is undoubtedly in the lead."
"But in the second half of the game, the black pieces' entanglement and aggressive attack fully mobilized every piece on the board, as if they had control of the entire game, and in the end they actually turned the tables!"
"This mid- to late-game ability is simply..."
The burly young man with a crew cut hesitated and did not continue talking.
At this time, a young man who had been silent all this time slowly spoke up and continued what the young man with the crew cut had not finished saying: "It's as if Shen Yi is still alive."
Hearing the words "Shen Yi is alive", everyone in the broadcast room couldn't help but twitch their eyelids.
"Shen Yi is very balanced in all aspects, without any obvious weaknesses. Many people think that Shen Yi's strongest point lies in his grand chess playing style and his tenacious fighting ability."
The young man with long hair held the folding fan in his hand. Even after the game was over, he still refused to look away from the TV screen and said, "But, in fact, only we professional chess players know--"
"No."
"It is indeed difficult to play chess in a big way, because the center is too empty and difficult to control. However, as long as you are a top chess player, your ability to manage the center is not too bad."
"As long as one has a deep understanding of grappling skills, many masters' grappling skills are actually quite good."
"Shen Yi's strongest point, so strong that even modern chess players find it exaggerated, lies in his meticulous thinking."
"He can always see through the most difficult to detect and capture points under the complex board, so the more complicated the situation is, the stronger Shen Yi will be. But the situation is too simple, and it is wishful thinking to want to beat Shen Yi!"
"Unless the winning rate in the middle game is 99%, even if it is 90%, it is difficult to beat Shen Yi. His second half of the game... no one can match him."
“This is the reason why Shen Yi couldn’t even find an opponent in his era!”
After hearing this, the entire broadcasting room suddenly became quiet.
After a moment, the buzz cut young man sighed and said, "Teacher Chang Yan has fallen into the loser group. This year, Teacher Chang Yan vowed to win another title."
"Su Yiming is too strong."
The long-haired young man shook his head, opened his folding fan and fanned himself, saying in astonishment: "Even Teacher Chang Yan was defeated by him. Are he and Yu Shao really going to win the title together?"
"Maybe it's possible."
A young man shook his head, then stood up and said, "Let's go to the review room and review the game. This game is worth reviewing. It's a shocking comeback."
"Let's go, let's go."
After hearing this, everyone in the broadcast room stood up and prepared to review the chess game that had just ended.
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After winning today's chess tournament, Su Yiming returned home and walked into his bedroom.
Su Yiming moved out the chess table, took out the chess box, and started placing chess pieces.
clatter.
clatter.
clatter.
The crisp sound of chess pieces falling continuously echoed in the bedroom.
Soon, Su Yiming finished playing the chess game and then looked down at the intricate chess game in front of him.
On the chessboard was not the game he had just played with Chang Yan in the Grand Chess Tournament, but the game that Yu Shao and Zhu Xinyuan had played in the chess hall not long ago.
"It's been more than a year since I came here, more than a hundred years ago."
Su Yiming looked at the chessboard, as if he saw the scene when he first met Yu Shao at Jiangling No. 1 Middle School.
"When I played Go with him for the first time, I had just come into this world and knew only a little about modern Go."
"The second game was in the dan tournament. By then I had mastered a lot of modern Go, but I played the magic sword and avalanche, and ended up losing the second game."
"The third game was the final of the Yingjiao Cup. By then I had completely mastered the modern Go pattern, but even so, I was still no match for him."
“That’s when I finally realized that if I just mastered the modern style, it would not be enough to beat him.”
"The fourth game is the main general selection competition... Although I have conceived a complex variation of Xiao Fei after the three-three move, I haven't done a deep study on that variation yet."
The chessboard was reflected in Su Yiming's eyes. She looked at this intricate chess game with an inexplicable look in her eyes.
"Although it's hard to believe, he has indeed...almost overturned our understanding of Go."
"Thickness, gain and loss, terrain, weight, speed, order..."
"Almost everything about Go was constantly denied by him, and then constantly rebuilt... He is indeed better than me, better than Shen Yi, and better than Shen Yi who has learned the modern fixed forms."
Su Yiming couldn't help but think of what Yu Shao said to him after the Yingjiao Cup finals -
I'm looking forward to our next game of chess.
"I finally understood that before I completely changed my old concept of Go, no matter how many games I played, it would not be considered an evenly matched game."
"No matter what, I'm eager to have an evenly matched battle with you. You shouldn't be waiting for me to play the next chess game while standing still, right?"
“There will definitely be…”
"During this time, I have been constantly disassembling and reviewing each of your chess games, and constantly learning."
Su Yiming slowly reached into the chess box and took out the chess piece.
"Perhaps, it won't be long before this wish comes true."
“The one playing chess with you then will not be Shen Yi.”
clatter! The chess piece falls!
Seven columns and twelve rows, fly! As soon as one piece was placed, the whole chess game suddenly underwent a mysterious change. If Zhu Xinyuan had made this move at the beginning, the game might have led to a completely different outcome.
Su Yiming stared at the chessboard in front of him silently with a calm expression.
"But..."
"Su Yiming."
"At that time, who will be the winner between us?"
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Six days later.
Donghai, Eastern Chess Academy.
Yu Shao got up early in the morning, got dressed, and went back to the hotel immediately. After having a simple bowl of noodles at the restaurant downstairs, he walked towards the Eastern Chess Institute.
Today is the third match of the national players’ tournament, and the opponent in the third match is... Chen Shan, 9th Dan.
When Yu Shao arrived at the hall of the chess academy, it seemed that there were many competitions today, and many chess players were gathered together in the hall to chat, making the place very noisy.
But when they found Yu Shao coming to the hall of the chess academy, the noise in the hall suddenly became much quieter, and many people cast their eyes towards Yu Shao. These eyes were filled with curiosity, longing, admiration, and worship.
"That's Yu Shao? This is the first time I see him."
"The genius is like a monster. No matter if he can get the title this year, he will definitely have a place in the future. It's really frustrating to compare yourself with others. Sometimes the gap between people is bigger than that between people and dogs."
"Maybe there will be one this year?"
"...I don't know, but if he really gets the title this year, I'm afraid the media will go crazy. The youngest title holder is usually in his twenties, and a 17-year-old national player is too scary."
"Today is his national team match, right? Who is his opponent?"
"Chen Shan, ninth dan."
"Fuck, Chen Shan, ninth dan? A peak showdown, that will definitely be interesting!"
Inside the hall, everyone looked at Yu Shao, whispering to each other and discussing in low voices.
Yu Shao quickly walked through the hall of the chess academy, came to the corridor, and went straight to the chess talk room where the national players' competition was held.
Not long after, Yu Shao arrived at the door of the chat room, pushed it open and walked in.
Inside the chat room, two referees and a music notator were already sitting upright, having obviously been waiting for a long time.
Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, the two referees and the notator turned their heads to look at the door. Seeing that it was Yu Shao, they immediately greeted him, "Yu Shao, third dan, good morning."
"Good morning."
Yu Shao nodded slightly, then walked to the side of the chess table in the middle of the chess talk room, pulled out a chair and sat down, waiting for Chen Shan to come.
About five or six minutes later, with a "click", the door of the chat room was finally pushed open again.
Immediately afterwards, Chen Shan, dressed in a black suit, appeared at the door of the chat room.
Chen Shan first looked around the discussion room, his eyes passed over the two referees and the music notator, and soon locked his sights on Yu Shao.
"Good morning, Teacher Chen Shan."
Seeing Chen Shan arrive, the two referees and the music notator immediately greeted him.
"Good morning."
Chen Shan nodded slightly with a serious expression. He quickly walked to the opposite side of Yu Shao, then pulled out a chair and slowly sat down.
Neither of them spoke, and the atmosphere in the entire chat room suddenly became dull, with an inexplicable sense of depression.
Influenced by this atmosphere, the expressions of the scorekeeper and the two referees involuntarily became serious and solemn.
"In the games between Chen Shan 9th Dan and Zhu Xinyuan, the two often win and lose against each other, and are evenly matched, with the odds generally being 50-50."
One of the referees couldn't help but secretly glance at Chen Shan, who was serious and just staring at the empty chessboard in front of him, and thought silently in his heart: "But, Teacher Zhu Xinyuan lost to Yu Shao twice."
"In the second game, Zhu Xinyuan even played the best game of his life. Although that game was something he could be proud of, it was also full of bitterness..."
"The pressure on Chen Shan, ninth dan, is probably very great."
quiet.
An eerie silence filled the chat room.
Time passes by little by little.
Finally, after a while, the referee looked at the watch on his wrist, took a deep breath, put aside the distracting thoughts in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Time is up!"
"The match time is three hours for each side, with a one-minute countdown. Black has a seven-and-a-half-point handicap. Let's start guessing the first move now!"
Hearing this, Chen Shan finally reached into the chess box and grabbed a handful of white pieces in his palm.
Seeing this, Yu Shao immediately grabbed two black pieces from the chess box and placed them on the chessboard.
Chen Shan loosened his hands, and five white pieces immediately fell onto the chessboard.
White chess pieces, five.
Black pieces, two.
In this game, Yu Shao will play with white pieces and Chen Shan will play with black pieces.
The two of them quickly packed up the chess pieces, exchanged chess boxes, and bowed to each other.
The chess game begins! Chen Shan looked at the chessboard, quickly picked up the chess piece, and made the first move swiftly.
Bang! Seventeen columns and four rows, small size!
"Put the move hard!"
The music notator was shocked when he heard the crisp "pop" sound.
When a chess piece is dropped with normal force, the sound it makes is a "da" sound. Only when a chess piece is dropped with extremely great force, the sound it makes is a "pop" sound!
“For a chess player, the chess pieces are the voice of his heart.”
The female music notator couldn't help but secretly glance at Chen Shan, who had no expression on his face, and thought to herself, "So, what is Chen Shan, ninth dan... thinking now?"
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard quietly, at the black piece in the small position in the upper right corner of the chessboard. After two or three seconds, he finally picked up the piece and slowly let it fall.
clatter! Sixteen columns and sixteen rows, stars!
Seeing the white chess piece fall, Chen Shan immediately reached into the chess box again, picked out the chess piece, and dropped it quickly! Bang! Four columns and three rows, small eyes! "Wrong little eye?"
The scorekeeper withdrew his eyes from the chessboard and silently marked the score with his mouse: "The changes in the small eyes are quite complicated. It seems that Chen Shan, 9th Dan, wants to break up the board and form a detailed chess pattern."
"...I don't know how Yu Shao Sanduan will respond."
Yu Shao quickly picked up the chess piece and placed it on the chessboard again.
clatter! Four columns and sixteen rows, stars! At this point in the game, both sides have made two moves, and the situation of a wrong small eye against two consecutive stars has been formed! After seeing this move, Chen Shan did not make his moves as quickly as before.
He looked at the chessboard and fell into deep thought.
"In the second game between Zhu Xinyuan and him, even though Zhu Xinyuan tried his best, he still couldn't defeat him."
"I have played too many games of chess with Zhu Xinyuan, and I know his chess ability very well."
"Li Congyou and Zhu Xinyuan were both defeated by him..."
"Now, it's my turn to fight him to the death!"
Chen Shan's expression became extremely solemn and deep, his eyes were dignified, and within this solemnity, there was also a hint of bone-chilling coldness that made people feel a little scary! The quiet chess room has a solemn atmosphere!
"Use the right method to unite, and the unexpected method to win."
"If you want to beat him, you can't stick to the rules. You have to take risky measures."
"In the most chaotic situation, find the enemy's position, use your sharpest claws, risk your own life, and fight to the death!"
"This game of chess—"
Chen Shan finally reached into the chess box, picked out the chess piece with a clicking sound, and dropped it quickly! "From the very beginning, we must be determined to fight to the death!"
The chess piece falls on the board!
Bang! Four columns and six rows, big jump to guard the corner! "Small eyes, big jump, guard the corner!"
Seeing this move, the two referees and the scorekeeper were all shocked, and even Yu Shao was slightly stunned.
"This is a move that Yu Shao Sandan has used before, and Teacher Zhuang Weisheng has also used it!"
The referee stretched his neck and looked at the chessboard in shock, feeling a little stunned.
"But... unlike the point three three, this move, although not bad, is not good either. It is not well-received. I always feel that it is a bit too weird to use a big jump to defend the corner with a small eye!"
"Teacher Chen Shan, you are so mean?"
Yu Shao quickly came to his senses, looked at the chessboard, thought for a moment, then quickly picked up the chess piece and put it down quickly.
clatter! Fifteen columns and four rows, hanging high!
Chen Shan's gaze remained unchanged. He quickly picked up the chess piece again and dropped it quickly.
clatter! Three columns and fourteen rows, Xiao Fei is dead! …
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At this time, inside the broadcast room.
"Instead of responding to that high hanging move, he directly got rid of the first move and hung the white chess piece in the lower left corner!"
Seeing Chen Shan's move, everyone in the studio watching the live broadcast had a look of surprise on their faces.
"That move of jumping to the corner with a small eye, and this move of getting rid of the first move and hanging back... If I didn't know that the black player was Chen Shan, I would have thought that the black player was Yu Shao!"
Someone was shocked and said, "This kind of fierce play is Yu Shao's style. Chen Shan's original play should be more stable!"
"Does Chen Shan, the 9th dan, want to give him a taste of his own medicine?"
At this moment, on the TV screen, a white piece fell on the chessboard again.
Six columns and seventeen rows, Xiao Fei!
Then--
At the moment when the white piece just fell, under the gaze of everyone, another black piece fell! Twelve columns, four rows, and two high bays!
Seeing Chen Shan's move, everyone in the broadcasting room was speechless. Their guess just now was finally confirmed!
They have completely determined that Chen Shan's plan is to give Yu Shao a taste of his own medicine and to use Yu Shao's skills to defeat Yu Shao!
"interesting!"
In addition to being shocked, some people couldn't help but brighten their eyes and said, "Previous chess players at most learned a certain move from Yu Shao, such as the point three three, the shoulder charge without worry corner, and the vulgar charge against the demon sword!"
"But no one has ever tried to play chess exactly as Yu Shao does! No one has ever tried to play against Yu Shao in this way!"
"Maybe Yu Shao himself doesn't know how to deal with himself!"
Hearing this, the others were slightly stunned, then their eyes lit up and they became more concerned about this game of chess.
At this moment, a young man wearing glasses in the crowd pushed his glasses up his nose, stared at the TV screen absentmindedly, and said, "But chess players are all proud. Generally speaking, even if they encounter a strong enemy, they will not change their chess style."
"Have you ever thought about what kind of situation would cause a chess player to completely abandon his original chess style and imitate his opponent's chess style..."
Hearing this, everyone was stunned for a moment.
Under what circumstances would a chess player give up his original strategy and imitate his opponent's? "Perhaps, a chess player will only win when he doesn't know how to win and is forced into a desperate situation..."
The young man with glasses swallowed his saliva and said, "That's why I chose this."
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Hands talking indoors.
Chen Shan and Yu Shao kept taking chess pieces out of the chess box and dropping them onto the chessboard.
clatter! clatter! clatter! On the chessboard, the situation becomes more and more complicated.
Soon, it was Chen Shan's turn to play chess again.
Chen Shan looked at the chessboard, thought for a moment, picked up the chess piece again, and moved it quickly!
Bang! Thirteen columns and four rows, stick! "Although the black pieces have formed a strong position on the periphery, the white pieces also have solid ground. The two sides are still evenly matched and are wary of each other. The situation is very close!"
The scorekeeper stared at the chessboard closely. As a professional 5th dan chess player, she was fully able to judge the current situation.
"In the next move, White has many positions to play. How will Yu Shao 3rd Dan play?"
Soon, Yu Shao gave the answer.
The chess piece is clamped out and falls slowly! clatter! Sixteen columns and ten rows, so cool! "Forced?"
The female music notator's expression suddenly became extremely stunned. She never thought that Yu Shao would actually do such an unreasonable thing.
However, after seeing this move, Chen Shan's expression became even more solemn.
White's move of forcing the black piece seems to be too close to the black's strong position, which is an unreasonable move. However, in fact, this move hides the intention of attacking the isolated piece. Not only is it not bad, it is also a good move with fierce killing power!
"Is this Yu Shao..."
Chen Shan took a deep breath, reached into the chess box again, and took out the chess piece.
"I've never played against him before, but now I finally fight him, and he's really strong!"
The next moment, the chess piece fell!
Bang! Five columns and fourteen rows, jump! …………
ps: Brothers, I’m begging for monthly tickets! (End of this chapter)
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