Chapter 432: Expert? How high can he be?
Everyone around was extremely stunned. Seeing Wu Zhixuan's move, they felt it was extremely abrupt, even unbelievable.
"It was clearly raining well just now, wasn't it?"
"A good layout doesn't guarantee a good mid-game. Once you get into the complex mid-game, you're still a little lacking. Female players' penchant for attacking is universal, but in this situation, they're all forcing it."
"However, taking risks like this is not a bad idea."
Everyone immediately started whispering to each other.
In their view, the situations of black and white chess pieces are similar, and they are neck and neck. Encirclement is a life-and-death move. Although black chess pieces have caused damage to the lower right corner of white chess pieces, their own chess shape has also become thinner. It is a desperate gamble and too strong.
In the crowd, a man in his thirties with thick hair couldn't help but frown slightly.
He stared at the chessboard, pondering for a moment. Suddenly, he froze, then seemed to realize something. His eyes widened in disbelief as he said, "No, perhaps the situation is not what we imagined!"
Hearing this, the person next to the man was slightly startled and turned to look at the man with some confusion.
"Brother Zhou, what do you mean?"
The middle-aged man surnamed Zhou was obviously a regular at the chess hall and was known to everyone around.
Although many people did not hear clearly the middle-aged man surnamed Zhou because he spoke softly, when they saw everyone looking at the middle-aged man surnamed Zhou, even those who did not hear clearly what he said could not help but look at him.
"If the situation is truly evenly matched, then it would be unreasonable to intervene."
The middle-aged man surnamed Zhou stared at the chessboard, a look of shock on his face, and replied, "But perhaps we have misjudged the situation!"
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment.
"White has an outer position, and Black has a large empty space. It seems that they are evenly matched, but the large empty space below the black piece is actually built on the formation of the outer position of the white piece!"
The middle-aged man surnamed Zhou stared at the chessboard without blinking and continued, "With normal thinking, White's large external force should definitely form a pattern."
"But if White doesn't move, doesn't build up its position, and instead goes against common sense and shallowly eliminates its pieces, then Black will be in danger!"
"So, the two sides weren't evenly matched just now, but White had the upper hand!"
"Black's pinch move would be unreasonable on an evenly matched board, but in this situation, it might be... the strongest response!"
After hearing the explanation from the middle-aged man surnamed Zhou, everyone was stunned.
They looked at the chessboard again, and after thinking carefully about what the middle-aged man surnamed Zhou said, their expressions couldn't help but change.
The whole place suddenly became quieter.
clatter!
clatter!
clatter!
The sound of pieces falling continued to echo.
I don't know when it started, but no one was whispering to each other anymore. Everyone was staring at the chess game intently, and some people even held their breath.
Unconsciously, more and more people came to the chess table to watch the game. Even some players who were originally playing chess temporarily put aside their games and gathered around.
In the blink of an eye, another twenty hands passed. Wu Zhixuan's brows were slightly furrowed, her teeth were clenched, her face had become extremely ugly, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.
On the other hand, the girl opposite, although looking very focused and serious, her expression remained calm from beginning to end.
Yu Shao looked at the chess game and frowned slightly.
Although Wu Zhixuan was keenly aware of the change in the situation and made a clamping move in an attempt to disrupt the situation, the girl sitting opposite Wu Zhixuan made a very beautiful move afterwards, which surprised him.
Not only did the situation of the black chess pieces not improve, but at this point, there were even signs that they were unable to hold on alone.
"She's not just any amateur chess player..."
Yu Shao thought silently in his heart.
Although there are amateur chess players who have a level comparable to professional chess players, and some amateur players can even occasionally beat professional 9th dan players, Wu Zhixuan is indeed a professional 4th dan player. Of course, she may not be able to win against such a strong amateur player.
But looking at this game, from the overall view, the use of layout, the tactics in the middle game, the calculation of the fight, and the speed of making moves... the girl opposite Wu Zhixuan is no longer an amateur chess player.
Beside Yu Shao, Wu Shuheng had obviously also realized this, and his expression had become extremely serious since then.
Finally, after thinking for a long time, Wu Zhixuan picked up the chess piece again and placed it on the chessboard!
clatter!
The crisp sound of falling pieces was heard!
Thirteen columns and eleven rows, jump!
Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da…
Both sides made moves quickly again. In the blink of an eye, another seven moves were completed. It was the girl's turn to make a move. She picked up the chess piece and dropped it quickly!
"White's move is equivalent to completely destroying the offensive that Black had worked so hard to build in the center..."
Seeing the girl make this move, all the spectators were extremely shocked and silently watched the fight that made them, a group of men, feel ashamed.
As time passed, Wu Zhixuan's expression became more and more ugly, and the speed of her moves became slower and slower.
Finally, ten minutes later, after the girl picked up the chess piece again and placed it on the chessboard, Wu Zhixuan looked at the chessboard in front of her, gritted her teeth, but did not make any more moves.
After about a minute, Wu Zhixuan finally lowered her head with difficulty and said dejectedly, "I lost."
"Thank you for your advice."
Hearing this, the girl sitting opposite smiled slightly, bowed her head, and looked extremely calm.
The end...
Many people were unable to come back to their senses for a while, their eyes still fixed on the intricate chessboard, as if they were still immersed in this wonderful game and unable to extricate themselves.
Some people also withdrew their gaze from the chessboard, turned around and prepared to continue the chess game they had not finished, but their mood was inexplicably complicated.
"Let's win another set. I underestimated my opponent and didn't use my full strength."
Wu Zhixuan's eyes were somewhat stubborn, and she was obviously not convinced. While collecting the chess pieces, she said in English, "Can we play another game?"
Hearing this, the group of people who were about to turn around and leave were stunned for a moment, and then their footsteps stopped instantly. Yu Shao also looked at Wu Zhixuan in surprise.
"Another game?"
The girl was a little surprised, but quickly nodded and smiled, "Okay, come on."
Seeing that the girl accepted Wu Zhixuan's invitation to fight again, the eyes of everyone around lit up, and the people who had just left immediately turned around and trotted back to where they came from.
Some people seemed to have thought of something, but turned around and ran down the stairs.
Boom boom boom!
Not long after, a burst of dense footsteps mixed with voices rang out.
"Is this true?"
"Two female masters? Masters? How skilled can they be?"
"Why did you have to drag me up here? Lao Wang and the others are having a great time killing people downstairs."
“…”
Immediately afterwards, the group of people who had just left returned to the second floor, and behind them was a large group of guests from the first floor. The faces of these guests who came up from the first floor were either full of disbelief or confusion.
Soon everyone surrounded the chess table of Wu Zhixuan and the girl, inside and out.
Wu Zhixuan turned a blind eye to everything, as if she had no idea that so many people were paying attention to this game of chess.
"alright!"
Wu Zhixuan quickly packed up the chess box, raised her head, and stared intently at the girl opposite her, as if her eyes could only accommodate her opponent. She said, "Let's guess who goes first."
The girl nodded, reached into the chess box, and started to guess.
Soon, the result of guessing first came out.
In this game of chess, black and white did not exchange, Wu Zhixuan still played black and the girl still played white.
Wu Zhixuan clenched the handle of her folding fan in her right hand, took a deep breath, and finally bowed her head to the girl and said, "Please give me your guidance."
"Please advise me."
The girl also bowed her head in return.
After the ceremony, Wu Zhixuan looked at the chessboard, her eyes became a little sharp, she quickly stretched out her hand, picked up the chess piece, and placed it down like flying!
Bang!
Sixteen columns and four rows, stars!
"It's only the first move, and you're already so serious. It's almost as if your momentum is reaching me."
The girl keenly noticed the difference between Wu Zhixuan and before. Seeing Wu Zhixuan's murderous look, a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
Soon, the girl picked up the chess piece and placed it back on the chessboard.
clatter!
Four columns and seventeen rows, small eyes!
“Bang!”
As soon as the girl made her move, Wu Zhixuan followed closely and pressed down the chess piece!
On the chessboard——
Sixteen columns and sixteen rows, stars!
The girl thought for a moment, picked up the chess piece, and gently put it down.
Four columns and three rows, small eyes!
At this point in the game, Wu Zhixuan used the Erlianxing layout, while the girl played the relatively rare Xiang Xiaomu layout, forming a situation of confrontation between Erlianxing and Xiang Xiaomu!
Wu Zhixuan thought for two seconds, then picked up the chess piece again and placed it quickly!
clatter!
Three columns and five elements, Xiaofei hangs up!
"Use Xiaofei to respond?"
The girl looked at the chessboard and fell into deep thought.
"The simplest move here is to retreat and resolve the situation. Pursuing a grappling move means forcing and threatening Xiao Fei's white pieces. If we want to fight back, it's also a good idea to let Xiao Fei go and take the corner of the star position."
"But these moves are a bit too common, it's hard to come up with anything new. She just clicked three-three, right? Otherwise..."
The girl glanced at Wu Zhixuan opposite her, and finally reached into the chess box, picked up the chess piece, and placed it on the chessboard!
clatter!
Seventeen columns and three rows, dot three three!
"bring it on!"
Seeing the white chess piece point at number three, Wu Zhixuan was slightly stunned, but she quickly reacted. She gritted her teeth, took out the chess piece from the chess box again, and put it down without giving in!
clatter!
clatter!
clatter!
The two sides made moves very quickly, and the people around watched more and more attentively.
In this game, after White's move to 33, he did not continue to play or sacrifice pieces to ease the situation. Instead, he used the support after Xiaofei to play the heavy rain pattern, which opened the curtain of the most intense killing game!
Those who came up from the first floor looked a little indifferent at first, but as the game progressed, they began to become a little surprised, and then later, they became extremely serious.
…
…
Phoenix Chess Hall, first floor.
"Boss, your business is so bad today?"
A few men in their thirties walked into the Phoenix Chess Hall together and saw that it was empty, with only a few people playing chess. They couldn't help but wonder, "That doesn't make sense. The Phoenix Cup is about to start, so the chess hall in your ancient city should be packed, right?"
"There are quite a lot of people, but they all go to the second floor to watch the chess game."
The bald boss was also a little puzzled and said, "There are two girls playing against each other. I heard that the fight is quite exciting."
"Two female chess players?"
Several people were stunned for a moment and looked at each other.
"You're not going to watch a spectacular battle between grown men, but instead you're going to watch two little girls fighting each other?" One of them couldn't help but laugh, "How exciting can a fight between two little girls be?"
"You can't say that. Back then, the ninth-dan Konishi Ritsuko was as good as any man. She defeated all the male players." Someone said, smiling and shaking his head.
"Teacher Konishi Ritsuko is indeed amazing, but then again, there has not been a female chess player who won the world championship yet? Konishi Ritsuko was the female chess player closest to the world championship, but it's a pity that teacher Yasu Hiroiseki came along back then." Another person laughed.
"Why don't you go upstairs and take a look first?"
A burly man pondered for a moment and asked.
"Okay, there's no rush to play chess. Let's go up and take a look first." The others had no objection and nodded.
Soon they reached a consensus and walked towards the second floor together.
Not long after, a few of them went up to the second floor, and then they saw the chess table that was surrounded by the crowd, so big that not even mosquitoes could fly in. They couldn't even see the chessboard even when they stood on tiptoe.
"Are you kidding me?"
One of them was a little dumbfounded: "What are you doing?"
"You can't squeeze in, just stand on a chair and look." said the burly man.
He hadn't really wanted to watch this game of chess, but seeing this scene actually piqued his curiosity.
They quickly found a chair, climbed onto it and stood up, only then could they finally see the chess game clearly.
As soon as they saw the chessboard, before they had time to understand the situation, they were stunned: "Why is it so complicated?"
On the chessboard, five or six black and white pieces are tightly entangled, inseparable, and dazzling.
Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da…
The black and white chess pieces are still being placed on the board alternately.
As they watched the chess pieces fall, the expressions of the burly man and his group gradually changed.
“So strong.”
One of them stared at the chessboard in shock and said, "I thought White would make up for the loss, but White actually took the initiative and went for a dig, provoking the fight again. It was too cruel, unimaginable."
"Black didn't sit still and wait for death. He handled the sticking move beautifully, sacrificing a piece for White to capture." The burly man was equally incredulous and said, "What a brutal kill."
As the chess pieces continued to fall, time passed by minute by minute.
However, everyone stared at the chessboard, as if they had forgotten the passage of time and were completely immersed in this fierce battle!
Yu Shao stood behind Wu Zhixuan, quietly watching this revenge battle. By this point, he had actually already seen the outcome.
Not only Yu Shao, but Wu Shuheng was also the same. His expression was slightly gloomy and he said, "It seems... Zhixuan is still not her match."
clatter!
clatter!
clatter!
Finally, after more than a dozen moves, Wu Zhixuan looked at the chessboard and gritted her teeth. Although she was extremely unwilling, she finally lowered her head and said, "I lost."
(End of this chapter)
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