Chapter 389 The moment he sat opposite me again!
Shanhai Chess Hall.
“Hmm…”
Zheng Qin looked at the chessboard in front of him with a sad face. After thinking hard for a long time, he finally sighed, shook his head, and said, "Oh, I lost."
"You can probably use Xiaofei for this trick, right?"
Yu Shao thought about it, stretched out his hand, pointed at a black chess piece on the chessboard, and said.
"Why?"
Zheng Qin looked a little surprised. He frowned and thought for a moment, then took out the chess piece and played Xiao Fei's follow-up variation: "If I were Xiao Fei, you would just stick it. Wouldn't your white chess piece in the center become thicker?"
"It will indeed become thicker, but if the black pieces play in this corner, the white pieces will be in danger."
Yu Shao quickly took out the chess piece and placed the white chess piece in a flying position, which was another change for the black chess piece.
Zheng Qin's eyes lit up as he watched, and he suddenly realized, "So that's how it is. I thought my jump was very beautiful!"
At this time, the people at the next table heard Zheng Qin's words and couldn't help but laugh and joked: "What if Yu Shao is a national player? Zheng Qin, if you can play like Yu Shao, you will be a national player!"
"Hey, hey, hey, can you say something to make me happy?"
Hearing this, Zheng Qin pretended to be furious and said, "I have made great progress, too!"
Everyone looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. The air was filled with a happy atmosphere.
"Thinking about it, I feel really emotional..."
A middle-aged man suddenly spoke with emotion, "Until now, I still remember the first game of chess you played in the chess hall."
"At that time, you were not even professional chess players. Now, in the blink of an eye, Yu Shao has won the national championship title, and Zheng Qin has also entered the title match."
After hearing these words, the other people around were suddenly pulled into memories.
"Yes, Zheng Qin has always been the pride of our chess hall. At that time, Yu Shao suddenly played the three-three move in that game. I just thought, can this kid play Go?"
Someone exclaimed in amazement, and continued: "I didn't watch it at the time, but after a while, someone told me that Zheng Qin lost, and I felt like the sky was falling!"
"Yeah, who isn't?"
An old customer nodded in agreement, and the scene from two years ago seemed to reappear in front of him: "Zheng Qin was unwilling to give up. He stayed in the chess hall for a few days, repeatedly dismantling the chess pieces, waiting for the next battle."
"I also think that Zheng Qin must have underestimated his opponent. If Zheng Qin goes all out, Yu Shao will definitely not be his opponent. That's why I stay in the chess hall every day, hoping that Yu Shao and Zheng Qin will fight again."
With a hint of teasing and emotion in his tone, he continued, "I finally waited for the second game, and Yu Shao won again. Every move he made was incredibly strong. I was stunned at the time!"
With an exaggerated look on his face, he continued, "After witnessing the game of chess, I had only one question in my mind - how is this possible? Who the hell is this Yu Shao?"
A young man couldn't help laughing and said, "That was the national player two years later. If you had known then, you wouldn't be so confused."
“Hahahaha, that’s true.”
The old customer smiled and nodded: "Who is this? Can he beat Zheng Qin? The national champion in two years? Oh, that's fine."
"The most outrageous one is Dian San San. Even if Yu Shao won at that time, I still thought Dian San San was a bad move. It was purely a crushing move by chess strength. But now, Dian San San has become a good move!"
Someone looked at Zheng Qin and said with a heavy face: "Zheng Qin, you deserved to lose!"
Zheng Qin couldn't help but roll his eyes when he heard this and complained, "Why do you guys always expose other people's scars?"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Upon hearing this, everyone laughed even more happily. Yu Shao couldn't help but smile and thought of the past.
At that time, he had just arrived in this world, and it was here that he and Zheng Qin played the first game of chess after traveling across time, and then the second game, the third game... until now.
All the memories seem to be connected by one chess game after another.
After the national team competition ended, Yu Shao had no other competitions recently, so he had time. Since Zheng Qin had qualified for the celebrity title competition, he invited Yu Shao to the chess hall for special chess training, so Yu Shao came.
So these days, Yu Shao played against Zheng Qin at Shanhai Chess Hall almost every day.
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard in front of him, and in a trance he seemed to see again the first game of chess between Zheng Qin and himself.
Zheng Qin at that time was obviously very immature, and he won very easily even if he intentionally let the opponent win. Although Zheng Qin's move in the middle game of the second game scared him, he was still defeated in the end.
Now, after two years of honing his skills in the professional chess world, Zheng Qin's chess skills are completely different from before. He already has the spirit and vision of a master. Even if he is facing Zheng Qin now, he cannot be careless.
“It’s obviously grown.”
Yu Shao thought silently in his heart.
At this moment, Zheng Qin suddenly looked at Yu Shao, thought for a moment, and said, "Yu Shao, you seem to have become... stronger than before."
Yu Shao was slightly stunned when he heard this.
Zheng Qin withdrew his gaze from Yu Shao, looked at the chessboard again, and said, "In fact, after playing chess with you these two days, I will share the chess records of these games with other professional chess players. Not only me, but they also feel the same way."
"Yeah?"
Yu Shao smiled and asked.
Hearing this rhetorical question, Zheng Qin was silent for a moment.
He couldn't help but think of what Chen Haiming, 8th Dan, said to him last night when he was discussing yesterday's game with several professional chess players.
At that time, they had finished discussing the chess game and were preparing to go home. When he was about to leave, he found that Chen Haiming, 8th Dan, was still sitting on the chair, looking at the chess game in a daze.
So he asked Chen Haiming how to get the eighth dan.
Chen Haiming’s answer was something he could never forget.
"Yu Shao was indeed very strong before, but even though I knew I might not be able to beat him, I still had the confidence to fight him and felt that I had a chance to win."
"But, with Yu Shao now... I find that I don't have the confidence to play chess with him anymore."
"I even suspect that if I were really sitting across from him, I might not even have the courage to pick up the chess piece."
At this moment, Chen Haiming's words seemed to echo in my ears again.
Zheng Qin was silent for a long time, and finally nodded gently and said, "Yes, not only I think so, but others also think so."
Upon hearing this, Yu Shao was silent and looked at the chessboard in front of him again.
It was not difficult to go from zero to sixty points. The really difficult part was going from ninety-five to one hundred points. Not only was Zheng Qin growing, his chess skills were also finally beginning to slowly move forward...
Everyone is competing in the ocean of Go.
After a moment, Yu Shao smiled and said, "Thank you."
"fine."
Zheng Qinzhang exhaled, thought for a moment, changed the subject, and asked, "By the way, Su Yiming said you guys still have a game to play? I don't think you guys have a match? Is it a private game?"
Zheng Qin frowned slightly and continued, "This incident caused a big stir on the Internet. If it was a privately arranged game, the reporters would definitely find a way to broadcast the game live, and the chess academy would definitely not miss out on the popularity."
"It was a private appointment after the China-Japan-Korea team competition."
Yu Shao explained: "Su Yiming said that after we both get the titles, we will play another game of chess. This game will determine who will get the title."
As Yu Shao finished his words, all the sounds in the Shanhai Chess Hall suddenly stopped and became silent.
Zheng Qin also stared at Yu Shao blankly. After a moment, his eyes widened little by little: "What? Decide who will take the title?!"
"right."
Yu Shao nodded.
Seeing that Yu Shao actually nodded, Zheng Qin's mind was buzzing for a while.
"Are you crazy? That's a title!"
After a long time, Zheng Qin finally reacted and said quickly: "Besides, this is too ridiculous. The chess academy will definitely not agree. The title cannot be determined by the victory or defeat of a private game!"
"I don't know about that. In fact, I don't care whether this game can decide the title or not."
Yu Shao shook his head and said, "The important thing is, I also want to play another game with him. The last time I played chess with him was the captain selection competition before the China-Japan-Korea team competition. It has been a long time."
"Do you think you can win?"
Zheng Qin couldn't help but ask, "Su Yiming lost every game he played against you before."
"I've seen his chess records in the Grand Chess Championship, and I think I can win." Yu Shao thought for a moment and replied.
"So confident?"
Zheng Qin was speechless and said, "It looks like you have a sure win?"
After hearing what Zheng Qin said, Yu Shao was silent.
After a moment, Yu Shao suddenly said, "But, that is the chess record of the Grand Chess Masters Tournament, not the chess record of the Grand Chess Masters Tournament Challenge Tournament."
Hearing this, Zheng Qin was stunned.
Yu Shao couldn't help but recall what Su Yiming said to him after the national team competition.
It was obvious, even Yu Shao could see that Su Yiming felt pressured after watching his national team’s match.
However, there was no sign of retreat in Su Yiming's eyes. On the contrary, there was an even stronger fighting spirit and determination to fight, and his eyes were bright and sharp.
Just like a lion baring its fangs at him! "Although the Grand Chess Masters Challenge is a five-game match, there are only two days between each game, so the entire tournament is not very long. However, even if the time is short, he will never stop."
Yu Shao reached into the chess box and slowly took out the chess piece: "He will definitely do his best to enrich himself and move forward with all his strength."
"So, after the Grand Chess Tournament, the person sitting opposite me might be a completely different person from the one before the Grand Chess Tournament Challenge!"
The next moment, Yu Shao quickly placed the chess piece on the board! "In short!"
"I wait for the moment when he will sit across from me again."
Snap! The chess piece landed on the chessboard, making a crisp sound that continued to echo! …
…
A week passed in a flash.
Even though a week has passed, the popularity of the national team match is still there. Even though it is no longer at the top of the hot search list, it is still one of the hot topics among netizens.
On the eighth day, as a new hot word began to rise to the top of the hot search list at lightning speed, the popularity of the national team battle was raised again!
The Grand Chess Tournament is about to begin! The popularity of this year's Grand Chess Tournament is also ridiculously high, even as high as the National Chess Tournament that just ended a week ago.
After all, everyone has witnessed Yu Shao's performance in the national team competition.
As a young chess player who is as famous as Yu Shao, Su Yiming made a bold statement before the game that he would definitely win the title, which made everyone look forward to Su Yiming's performance in the Grand Chess Tournament.
The popularity of the Great Chess Players Tournament fermented on the Internet for three days, and it was the hottest topic on the Internet for three consecutive days, without a doubt.
Just like that, when the clock pointed to twelve, with countless chess fans eagerly waiting, the Grand Chess Tournament finally entered the final countdown! More than nine hours later, a black car stopped at the gate of the Southern Chess Academy, and then Su Yiming got out of the car.
"Yiming, come on!"
Su's mother, who was sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't hide her nervousness and worry on her face. She encouraged Su Yiming and said, "Adjust your mentality and play chess like usual!"
Su Yiming nodded and said, "Mom and Dad, you guys go back. After this game of chess is over today, I have to fly to Chuhan City and won't go home."
"Okay, don't feel pressured. It's a five-game match after all. It doesn't matter even if you lose the first game..."
After Su's father and mother gave a few more worried instructions, they finally said goodbye to Su Yiming, rolled up the car window, and drove away.
Su Yiming watched his parents leave before he retracted his gaze and walked into the Southern Chess Academy, passed through the hall, stepped into the corridor, and finally stopped when he arrived at the door of the chess talk room.
Here, the outcome of the first game of the Grand Chess Master Title Challenge will be decided! Su Yiming stretched out his hand, pushed open the door, and finally walked into the chess talk room.
Inside the talk room, two referees and a music notator had been waiting for a long time. When they saw Su Yiming arrive in the talk room first, they all looked at him.
"Su Yiming, third dan, good morning."
A referee exhaled lightly and greeted Su Yiming.
"Good morning."
Su Yiming nodded, then turned his head to look at the chess table in the middle of the chess room, walked straight to the side of the chess table, pulled out a chair and sat down, waiting for Fu Shunan to arrive.
The two referees and the music notator were all observing Su Yiming silently. They were a little surprised to see that Su Yiming was just waiting quietly.
"Surprisingly calm."
A referee thought silently, "Although he is often mentioned together with Yu Shao, can he really perform like Yu Shao did in the national team competition?"
Yu Shao's performance in the national team competition was so amazing that it is hard to surpass, especially the last game. His method of suppressing the opponent with momentum and surrounding but not killing shocked the world.
Until now, every move in that game is still being discussed by countless professional chess players, and it is impossible to give a complete review and analysis of the game.
Now, it’s a battle between great chess players.
How will Su Yiming perform in the Grand Chess Masters Tournament? He didn't know, but... he really wanted to know.
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