Chapter 393 Let the other you take action!
In the second match of the Great Chess Player Tournament, Su Yiming won by slaying the dragon in the middle game.
This also means that the next game will be the decisive one. If Su Yiming wins again, the chess battle will come to an end. Only if Fu Shunan wins, will the two sides have the possibility of entering the fourth game.
After a moment, Yu Shao withdrew his gaze from the TV screen and looked at the chessboard in front of him.
In the last game, if Su Yiming built up a great momentum and overwhelmed Fu Shunan with his amazing spirit, then this game was a pure contest of calculation and attacking power.
In Yu Shao's opinion, Su Yiming obviously has shortcomings, and he is very clear about the gap between Su Yiming and himself.
However, Su Yiming's keen insight into the complexity of the board and his powerful oppressive power in battle surpassed all the chess players Yu Shao had seen in his past and present lives.
"After more than a year, he is now a completely different person from when he played in the high school Go league."
Yu Shao stared at the chessboard silently. It was as if a shadow flashed before his eyes, and he could see how each move was made from the beginning to the end.
He still remembers the first time he met Su Yiming at the high school Go league.
Although he felt that Su Yiming's chess skills were unexpectedly strong at that time, they were only strong enough to be surprising, but not enough to really attract attention.
At that time, the gap between them was obvious. More than a year ago, Su Yiming was probably not a match for Fu Shunan, let alone him. Even if Su Yiming tried his best, the gap between them would be difficult to shake.
He never thought that after more than a year, Su Yiming would actually catch up here.
"Will the final game of chess directly end the Great Chess Masters' War?"
Yu Shao thought silently in his heart.
Although in terms of these two games, Su Yiming's chess skills should be stronger than Fu Shunan, but there are too many variables in Go, and Fu Shunan is definitely not weak either, so he cannot determine whether Su Yiming can continue to win the next game.
"Just wait..."
Yu Shao stared at the chessboard, slowly picked up a black piece and gently placed it down.
“Wait for the day when he appears across from me!”
clatter!
The chess piece falls on the board.
Eight columns and ten rows, clip!
Hearing the sound of chess pieces falling on the board, Xu Zijin and Zheng Qin finally came back to their senses from the chess battle that had just ended and looked towards the chessboard.
Then, a look of surprise appeared on their faces.
"Black moves here?"
Zheng Qin's eyes widened little by little, and he said, "This is a strange position that I never thought of in my dreams!"
"but……"
Zheng Qin was shocked. He couldn't help but stand up slightly and shouted, "Thinking about it carefully, this move is quite interesting!"
Beside Zheng Qin, Xu Zijin just stared at the chessboard, her beautiful eyes trembling slightly.
"Faced with the aggressive tiger of the white chess piece, the black chess piece's response is of course to retreat, but Yu Shao... chose to clamp."
"This move is a natural move. It shows a deep understanding of the dynamics of Go and a keen insight into all the changes on the board."
"This move is to quietly look down from a very high place, overlooking the overall situation and watching the changes in the general situation!"
Yu Shao naturally didn't know what Xu Zijin was thinking. Seeing Zheng Qin's surprised look, he looked at the chessboard again and was quite satisfied with this move. He smiled and said, "It should be okay."
"How can this be okay?!"
The more Zheng Qin thought about this move, the more he felt that it had a profound meaning. He frantically calculated the subsequent changes in his mind and couldn't help but stretch out his hand and said, "If we play like this, White will be in danger!"
Zheng Qin tried several variations, and the more he tried, the more shocked he became.
Finally, Zheng Qin stopped after he had played Xiao Fei's subsequent changes, frowned slightly and said, "However, if it's Xiao Fei who plays the white chess piece here, it seems that he also has some tricks!"
"If the white chess piece is flying, the black chess piece doesn't have to turn, but can actually touch it."
Yu Shao thought about it, picked up the chess piece, and gently put it down. Then he placed Zheng Qin's change and said as he placed it, "It looks like the move will be suppressed in a low position, which will make the white chess move on the periphery. This is not good."
"But because this piece limits the efficiency of White's chess, in fact, White's outer force is not as strong as imagined. If Black wants to attack, he also has the means."
Looking at the changes made by Yu Shao, Zheng Qin's eyes gradually lit up: "I see, because White's external position is amazing, I subconsciously rejected this move. In fact, it seems that White's external position is amazing, but there are breakpoints that can be used!"
"right."
Yu Shao smiled when he heard this. Zheng Qin did not see this move coming. In fact, it was still the old perception of Go that was at work. Although many views in the Go world have been overturned nowadays, not everyone can adapt to it immediately.
For example, Zheng Qin, although he already knew that letting the opponent form a huge external force was not that scary, he was still subconsciously worried that the opponent would form an external force, so he did not find this trick.
This problem cannot be changed overnight.
Some chess players change quickly, some change slowly, and some cannot change in their entire lives. These chess players in their previous lives eventually left the stage in the AI era.
These chess players who cannot change may have even left countless popular games in the chess world and played many amazing moves that amazed the world. However, after the advent of the AI era, their legend has come to an end.
"If it touches, the white piece can only support it, then the black piece will stop and fill in the gap, and the white piece will be disconnected here..."
Zheng Qin stretched out his hand excitedly, and as he spoke, he continued to make subsequent changes on the chessboard. The more he made changes, the more shocked he was at the development of the game after Yu Shao's pinching move.
"Here, the white piece should jump."
As Zheng Qin spoke, he reached into the chess box again and was about to pick up the chess piece and continue playing. Suddenly, a slender, white hand reached out to the chessboard and pressed down the chess piece on the board.
Zheng Qin was slightly stunned, and his right hand suddenly stopped in the chess box.
Yu Shao was also a little surprised when he saw this. He raised his head in confusion and looked at Xu Zijin beside Zheng Qin. He saw Xu Zijin's beautiful amber eyes staring at him.
"Xu Zijin, what's wrong?"
Yu Shao felt a little flustered when Xu Zijin stared at him, and couldn't help but ask.
"Yu Shao, play a game of chess with me."
Xu Zijin still stared at Yu Shao, as if afraid that Yu Shao would refuse, and said, "We haven't played chess for a long time, right?"
"Play chess?"
Hearing that Xu Zijin was going to say this, Yu Shao was a little puzzled. He quickly nodded and said, "Go ahead."
"I mean—"
Xu Zijin still stared at Yu Shao, paused, and finally said: "Let you, the national player in the third game, make a move. Let... you who made this move make a move!"
Hearing this, Yu Shao was stunned for a moment, looking at Xu Zijin opposite him in a daze.
Zheng Qin also stood there in a daze, and then he couldn't help but raise his head and look at Xu Zijin.
"In that game, your style of play was completely different from before. Many people think that it was a sudden inspiration for you, because it is not uncommon for a chess player to suddenly change his style in a few games."
Xu Zijin stared at Yu Shao closely, as if he wanted to see through him completely: "But, you shouldn't be that person, right?"
"I have known you for a long time. Because of this, I know you very well. On the contrary, your initial chess game was most similar to the third game of the national player match, but later on, it became less and less similar!"
"In this game of chess, the move you made was not something that could be easily thought of. It required the support of experience!"
"In other words, the style you are most comfortable with should be the style used in the third game of the national team match, right?"
Hearing this, Yu Shao stared at Xu Zijin in a daze, opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word for a long time.
What Xu Zijin said is right.
Although he has been playing like this for almost two years, he had been playing like that in the third game of the national team match for his entire life in his previous life, and had played countless games!
"I can't be sure if my guess is true, but if it is true——"
Xu Zijin paused for a moment before finally speaking again: "I want to play chess with him!"
Xu Zijin's eyes never left Yu Shao for a moment. There was a hint of determination in his eyes, as if he had made up his mind. He placed his right hand on his chest and said with a hint of urgency: "Let me play a game with him!"
quiet.
There was silence in the chess hall's private room.
Yu Shao had never seen Xu Zijin like this before. Xu Zijin had always been rather cold, giving people the feeling that no matter what happened, he would not have much emotional fluctuation.
Xu Zijin's tone now sounded urgent and even pleading!
"Xu Zijin..."
On the side, Zheng Qin looked at Xu Zijin absentmindedly, his heart moved as never before.
Although Xu Zijin was a girl and her chess skills were not as good as his, at this moment, Zheng Qin only felt that he was not as good as Xu Zijin.
How could he not know what Xu Zijin said?
After all, he was the first one to fight with Yu Shao!
Although the two games at the Shanhai Chess Hall were different from the third game of the national player match, there were obviously more shadows. On the contrary, the shadows of the subsequent chess games became fewer and fewer!
After watching the third game of the national chess match, the first thing he thought of was the two games he played with Yu Shao at the Shanhai Chess Hall!
He also thought, maybe Yu Shao was most adapted to this way of playing?
But later he gave up the idea and stopped thinking about it.
After all, if that game of chess was not an accidental one caused by Yu Shao's sudden inspiration, but just Yu Shao's ordinary level, it would be a little too shocking.
He didn't know how he could be defeated if there was really someone who could keep playing that kind of chess game. That kind of chess strategy that used the upper hand to overwhelm the opponent was simply demoralizing.
After all, Jiang Changdong, who was known as a dragon-slaying expert, didn’t even have a chance to fight, and suffered the most tragic defeat in his life silently!
Win or lose by half a point.
Before this game of chess, Zheng Qin had never even thought that losing half a point would one day be associated with the word tragic!
Because of this, although he had the same idea as Xu Zijin more than once, he never asked. Even if it was true, he didn't want to play chess with Yu Shao like this.
Because, he asked himself, he...had no chance of winning at all.
Professional chess players are all proud, even those who are just beginners in the profession, because to be a professional chess player means you are already a genius, definitely a genius, not to mention that they are the best among professional chess players.
What kind of courage does a professional chess player like this have to face the fact that he has no chance of winning at all? !
But at this moment, Xu Zijin said——
She hopes to play chess with Yu Shao like that!
Tick, tick, tick.
In the private room of the chess hall, the only sound was the ticking sound of the clock hanging on the wall.
“…”
Yu Shao looked at Xu Zijin without saying anything.
In the national team competition, he has decided to say goodbye to the past.
However, this is not Xu Zijin’s request, this is... a chess player’s request.
A chess player's request to play against strong opponents.
Even Yu Shao himself knew that although he had made some progress in this life and was still very strong, he was still not as good as his previous life. After all, he had been playing chess for nearly thirty years in his previous life.
Perhaps, no matter what, he should respond to this expectation of a chess player.
Yu Shao was silent for a moment, and finally said, "I understand."
Yu Shao did not respond to whether Xu Zijin's guess was right or wrong, but just said: "Let's play chess."
Hearing this, Xu Zijin took a deep breath and walked to Zheng Qin's side. Zheng Qin stood up silently and made way for Xu Zijin.
Xu Zijin pulled out a chair and sat opposite Yu Shao.
"Guess first?"
Yu Shao asked as he sorted out the chess pieces on the board.
"I play black."
Xu Zijin spoke in a calm tone.
Yu Shao didn't say anything. He remembered that when he was in Jiangling No. 1 Middle School, he and Xu Zijin played chess. No matter how he lost, Xu Zijin would always take the initiative to ask for the first move.
But... this time, Xu Zijin no longer asked to guess the first move, but wanted to play black first.
Although the black pieces have a big handicap of seven and a half points, Xu Zijin is better at taking the initiative because even with the handicap, the black pieces that move first still have the initiative.
"good."
Yu Shao nodded, quickly packed up the chess pieces, pushed the chess box containing the black chess pieces to Xu Zijin, and left the white chess pieces for himself.
Xu Zijin took the chess box, then bowed his head to Yu Shao and said, "Please give me your guidance."
"Please advise me."
Yu Shao also returned the gift.
The chess game has begun.
Xu Zijin looked at the chessboard, quickly stretched out his slender white right hand, picked up a chess piece from the chess box, and made his first move.
clatter!
Seventeen columns and three rows, three by three.
Yu Shao also followed in silence and picked out the black chess piece, placing it gently down.
Four columns and sixteen rows, stars.
Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da…
The two sides began to place their pieces. Zheng Qin stood beside the chess table, watching the game in silence and listening to the crisp sounds of the pieces being placed echoing.
Amid the sound of chess pieces falling one by one, time passed by minute by minute.
finally.
An hour later.
Xu Zijin looked at the intricate chessboard in front of her and clenched her left fist. Although she had already prepared herself mentally,...
In the end, Xu Zijin lowered his head and said, "I lost..."
On the side, Zheng Qin was in deep silence.
He watched the entire game from beginning to end, and Xu Zijin's performance in this game shocked him greatly.
But in the end, the black chess pieces still failed to create any waves and the game ended.
This game of chess just started plainly and ended silently.
(End of this chapter)
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