Chapter 362 The Final Opponent
Not only in the United States, but also in Europe, Japan, South Korea, and even all over the world, there are chess players who are hotly discussing this national champions' battle and reviewing every move made by both sides in this game.
If the move of point 33 was the move that advanced the development of Go, then until today, when this move of the top was born, all the moves that Yu Shao had made before were like a long-accumulated flood, completely breaking through the embankment and flooding the entire Go world! "Because of Yu Shao's appearance, the Go world has undergone a major change that has not been seen in a thousand years!"
"All previous moves have been challenged, and the value judgment of Go has been overturned unprecedentedly!"
“Is the move we thought was correct really correct? Is the move we thought was wrong really wrong?”
Countless questions puzzled everyone, and this was destined to be a sleepless night.
Therefore, the attention to the National Players Tournament has been increasing. The National Players Tournament has entered its final stage. The next game will determine who will enter the final title challenge! On the other hand, Su Yiming's Grand Master Tournament has also attracted much attention because of Yu Shao. Everyone still remembers the battle between Su Yiming and Yu Shao in the Yingjiao Cup.
Therefore, almost everyone is curious about how far Su Yiming can go in the big chess game.
Time passed in a flash, and three days later, the grand chess tournament finally started again!
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Hands talking indoors.
Under the high-hanging calligraphy of "Sitting and Discussing Taoism", Zhang Dongchen and Su Yiming sat opposite each other.
"Whoever wins this game will advance to the winner's bracket finals."
Zhang Dongchen looked at the chessboard, feeling a little nervous and uneasy, with beads of sweat already seeping out of his forehead.
As the sweat slowly slid down his cheeks, Zhang Dongchen wiped the sweat off his face with the towel he carried with him.
"The loser will fall into the loser group..."
He has participated in too many title fights and knows very well that once he enters the loser group, it will be even more difficult to crawl out from the pile of corpses than to win all the way in the winner group.
Because the players in the loser group only have one last chance, and for this chance, they will really use all their skills and grit their teeth to fight for their lives.
"If I can win the Grand Master Championship again, I will have two titles. For me, this is a new breakthrough, but for him, it is also the first time he has come close to a title."
At this time, Su Yiming, who was sitting opposite Zhang Dongchen, did not look relaxed, but his eyes were extremely calm from beginning to end, staring at the chessboard in front of him.
After a moment, Su Yiming finally reached into the chess box, picked up the chess piece, and slowly put it down.
Da! The crisp sound of the chess pieces falling suddenly echoed in the chess room.
Seeing Su Yiming's move after long consideration, Zhang Dongchen's eyes darkened slightly.
"We both want to win this game of chess no matter what."
“In order to win this game, I even carefully studied many of Shen Yi’s chess records, but when I actually played against him, the feeling he gave me was completely different from Shen Yi.”
"There is a god named Shen Yi, but he is not Shen Yi..."
"No, or rather, he is different now, even from the previous him in the chess records. Although he is similar, he has changed!"
On the side, the scorekeepers and referees held their breath, stretched their necks, and looked nervously at the chess board not far away.
At this moment, the door of the chat room was gently pushed open. Although the movement was very light, the door still made a slight "creaking" sound.
The music notator and the two referees were interrupted and subconsciously turned their heads to look at the door of the chess talk room.
I saw a man in his early thirties wearing a black suit, with thick eyebrows, a broad nose, and black-framed glasses, slowly walking into the mobile phone conversation room.
"The great chess player Fu Shunan..."
The music notator and the two referees were startled and immediately recognized the identity of the person.
Fu Shunan glanced at the two people playing chess, then silently walked to the referee's seat and looked up at the chessboard.
"I have fought with Zhang Dongchen more than once. I know his strength very well, but Su Yiming...except for the Xinhuo War, I have never played a game of chess with him."
"Su Yiming, like Yu Shao, was promoted to Dan last year. Yu Shao just defeated Zhuang Weisheng in the national championship, but now facing Zhang Dongchen, he seems unable to put that much pressure on Zhang Dongchen."
"Sure enough, there is still a gap in chess skills between Su Yiming and Yu Shao."
At this moment, accompanied by a "creaky" sound, the door of the chat room was gently pushed open again, and then a man in his thirties wearing square-framed glasses walked into the chat room.
He also glanced at the two people playing chess, then looked at Fu Shunan, then silently walked to Fu Shunan's side and began to watch the game.
"Nan Lixuan, ninth dan, is here too..."
Fu Shunan glanced at the person who came, then quickly looked away and continued to look at the chessboard, thinking silently in his heart: "After so many years, this is the first time he has reached the last round of the title match, and it is also the closest he has ever been to the title..."
Nan Lixuan folded his arms across his chest, staring at the chessboard, his expression becoming somewhat solemn.
“The two sides are still evenly matched.”
"Since Su Yiming may be my opponent in the next round, I must find out his background."
"It has been more than ten years since I was promoted to professional dan at the age of fourteen. After going through so much hardship, I finally made it to the final round of the title match, but he only became professional dan last year... It's really amazing how young people can be."
Time passed minute by minute. After four or five minutes, Zhang Dongchen still did not make a move. He stared at the chessboard with a more and more focused expression. He had already calculated the subsequent changes.
"This move will be very difficult if I jump out of it directly. It is better to cut off the attack!"
"You want to build a fence, then I will build one for you!"
Zhang Dongchen's eyes turned colder, and he finally took out the chess piece and dropped it quickly.
"Come on!"
Da! Chess pieces, drop on the board! Fourteen columns and ten rows, attack from both sides!
Seeing this move, Fu Shunan and Nan Lixuan's expressions changed at the same time.
The music notator standing by was also startled and immediately slid the mouse to write down the move.
“What a strong move!”
Fu Shunan stared at the chessboard and could already feel the panic going on there.
"If the white pieces simply hold on to this pincer attack, it can solve the immediate problem, but it will be difficult to escape later. Even if the white pieces move forward, they will likely be attacked by the black pieces!"
Fu Shunan couldn't help but glance at Su Yiming, his eyes becoming heavier: "The game of chess at the Yingjiao Cup was indeed amazing, and the heavy rain was played, which shocked everyone."
"But in the game between him and Chang Yan some time ago, his performance was quite satisfactory. Although he won in the end... But if this is his chess ability, then he is nothing to be afraid of!"
The atmosphere in the chat room became tense and depressing.
Everyone was waiting for Su Yiming to respond to Zhang Dongchen's extremely ferocious attack! "..."
After a moment, Su Yiming finally reached into the chess box, picked out the chess piece with the sound of chess pieces colliding, and dropped it quickly!
Da! Eight columns and twelve rows, turn! Seeing this move, Fu Shunan and Nan Lixuan were stunned for a moment, and then, in the next second, their expressions began to change dramatically!
"Kidnap?!"
Nan Lixuan was in disbelief, his heart skipped a beat: "It's hard to imagine that they would play like this... If the black pieces lose the lead, they will probably be cut off by the white pieces!"
Fu Shunan's mouth suddenly became dry, and he stared at the chessboard closely: "I can't think of how the black chess piece should respond!"
Not only them, Zhang Dongchen, looking at the chessboard and seeing this move, his eyelids twitched uncontrollably and his expression suddenly became ugly!
Da! Da! Da! In the hand-playing room, both sides made moves very quickly! …
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"it's over."
Yu Shao looked at the chess game on the computer screen and slowly exhaled.
"Zhang Dongchen misjudged the situation and ultimately lost the game. That hand crutch was the deciding factor."
Yu Shao thought back to the game, and every move by both sides seemed to appear in his mind: "If Zhang Dongchen could see that move, he would not have played the double attack."
"If there hadn't been that double-attack, there would have been no deception, and Zhang Dongchen wouldn't have been at a disadvantage so easily."
Yu Shao's expression gradually became serious.
"But the problem is, that move... not only Zhang Dongchen, but I also didn't see it at all."
Seeing such a game of chess, Yu Shao felt a sense of threat and pressure from the bottom of his heart.
"Sure enough, he has become stronger."
After a moment, Yu Shao shook his head, calmed down, and turned off the live broadcast room.
Su Yiming's game will surely cause a great sensation, after all, another current title holder has lost to a professional chess player who was just promoted to the professional level last year.
But all this has nothing to do with him anymore. The last round of the national team competition will begin in a few days!
At present, there are only a few people left in the national team competition besides him. The winner of the loser group will play against him for the qualification of the title challenge.
The difference is that as the champion of the winner group, he has two chances. Even if he loses the first game, the champion of the loser group still needs to play another game to qualify for the challenge.
Based on the experience of previous title matches, the winner of the winner group has a greater chance of qualifying for the challenge match because they have more room for error and a better mentality.
However, there are also examples where the loser group champions burst out with strength in desperate situations, eventually qualifying for the challenge tournament, and even winning the title in an unstoppable manner.
Currently, there are only four players left in the loser group of the national team competition, namely Li Congyu 8th dan, Zhuang Weisheng Tianyuan, Deng Junchen 9th dan, and Chen Shan 9th dan.
In the last round of the loser group match, Zhu Xinyuan faced off against Zhuang Weisheng, and unfortunately was eliminated in the loser group quarterfinals.
"All three of them are familiar faces. I don't know who the final opponent will be."
Yu Shao thought about it and finally shook his head, feeling a little unsure.
The players who can get to this point may have some differences in chess skills, but the gap is not too big, and it can even be said to be very small. The outcome is difficult to predict, and the uncertainty of Go is really too great.
On the second day, the national team's battle for the semi-finals of the loser group finally came to an end.
Zhuang Weisheng Tianyuan, yes, Chen Shan Jiudan!
Li Congyou 8th dan vs. Deng Junchen 9th dan! In the first game, Zhuang Weisheng and Chen Shan played the Heavy Rain pattern. The two sides experienced an extremely fierce fight, and the winner was finally decided in the middle game, with Zhuang Weisheng winning.
In the second game, after Li Congyu gained a certain advantage through conversion and elimination, he controlled the board steadily and finally concluded the game in the endgame, with Deng Junchen regretfully losing by two points.
The loser's final will be between Zhuang Weisheng and Li Congyou! The next day.
Yu Shao got up early in the morning and after having breakfast, he watched the entire game between Zhuang Weisheng and Li Congyou in the hotel.
"It's the end."
Yu Shao stared at the computer screen with a somewhat puzzled look in his eyes.
"My opponent for the next round has been determined!"
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The other side.
Li Congyou left the chess talk room and quickly walked out of the Eastern Chess Institute. He found his car in the parking space outside the institute and sat in the driver's seat.
Li Congyou fastened his seat belt and was about to drive, but his heart was still pounding and the chess game that had just ended kept appearing in his mind.
In this state, you can't drive the car at all.
Finally, Li Congyou let out a long breath, was silent for a moment, took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket, opened the address book, found a familiar name, and dialed the number.
After a busy tone, the call was finally connected.
"Hello? Li Congyou?"
On the other end of the phone, Zhu Huaian's voice came: "What's wrong?"
"The title match loser group has ended."
Li Congyou was silent for a moment and then spoke.
"I know. I was in Japan participating in the Beihai Cup. The competition just ended and I was about to go and see the results of this competition."
Zhu Huaian smiled and said, "In last year's Tianyuan Tournament, you lost to Mr. Zhuang Weisheng in the winner's bracket finals and fell into the loser's bracket. Then you lost to Mr. Feng He and finally stopped in the loser's bracket semifinals."
"In the Grand Chess Masters Tournament two years ago, you lost to Teacher Fu Shunan in the first round. You finally made it to the loser's bracket finals, but lost to Teacher Kong Zi again."
Zhu Huaian continued with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "And two years ago, you made it all the way to the Tenth Stage Challenge Tournament with great difficulty, but ultimately lost to Teacher Jiang Changdong."
"How about this year? It won't be another half-step title, right?"
After hearing what Zhu Huaian said, Li Congyou was silent for a long time. Finally, a stern look appeared in his eyes and he said, "Today, my opponent is Mr. Zhuang Weisheng. This game of chess——"
“I won!”
When Zhu Huaian heard Li Congyou's somewhat cold tone, he stopped talking for a moment.
After a long time, Zhu Huaian finally said, "So, Yu Shao's opponent is you again?"
"Zhu Huai'an, I will definitely get the title."
Li Congyou seemed to have made up his mind, and said in a determined tone: "No matter who my opponent is, I will definitely defeat him, and no one can stop me!"
"You already have the titles of Tenth Dan and Chess Saint. I will definitely get the title of National Player this year!"
Li Congyou looked ahead with sharp eyes, and his mind recalled the chess game just now, and every move he made with all his strength!
"No matter who it is, no one can do it!"
(End of this chapter)
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