Chapter 435 Is he judging my chess skills?
On the chessboard, the black and white pieces were like a spider web, constantly intertwining and spreading, and soon more than ten moves passed.
"No wonder Wu Zhixuan and Wu Shuheng are no match for her."
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard in front of him and already had a general understanding of the girl's chess skills.
Before, he just watched the chess game from the side. Although he knew that the girl was good at chess, he couldn't judge her exact level accurately because he had never played against her face to face.
Although it is the same game of chess, the feelings of the bystanders and the players are completely different.
Because bystanders do not have too much pressure and can pay more attention to things that the players are not easy to notice, their chess skills are often much higher than their own chess skills. The so-called "watching chess will improve your skills by three levels" is based on this principle.
At this point, he did not resort to any ruthless moves in order to win, but just kept fighting with the white pieces, observing their movements and judging their level.
"It seems that her chess skills are about the same as Zheng Qin's, but it's impossible to accurately judge who is better just by looking at it this way..."
clatter!
The sound of chess pieces falling rang out again, interrupting Yu Shao's thoughts.
"Tiger?"
Yu Shao looked at the girl's tiger move, pondered for a moment, then picked up the chess piece and slowly put it down.
…
…
"There is another way."
The girl stared at the chessboard in front of her, as if trying to find the faint vitality hidden in the intertwined chess pieces, and constantly calculating various complex changes in her mind.
The key to victory or defeat lies in whether the white chess pieces can break the black chess pieces. If they can break it, then there is a possibility that both sides will be entangled in the endgame. If they cannot break it, the white chess pieces can surrender in the middle game.
This is indeed the simplest idea and there is nothing wrong with it. The white chess piece only needs to use all its tricks to destroy the black chess piece's appearance.
However, this is too passive. Even if the black chess pieces are successfully destroyed in the end, they may not win.
In any case, she was unwilling to accept this approach.
"Although the black pieces in the center look very impressive, I still control some of the white pieces there."
"It's true that these white pieces are isolated, but if the white pieces in the corners can cooperate with the isolated pieces in the middle, then we can turn defeat into victory!"
Thinking of this, the girl finally clamped it out again and fell down quickly!
clatter!
Thirteen columns and twelve rows, broken!
"Broken?"
Seeing the girl do this, everyone around was stunned and dazed for a moment.
"Are you kidding me?"
Someone couldn't help but rub their eyes and said in shock, "What does 'break...' mean? Isn't she going to destroy the black chess piece?!"
The appearance of the black chess pieces in the middle of the board was like an overwhelming force pressing down on a city. Even as bystanders, they couldn't help but feel a deep sense of oppression when they saw it. Even out of the instinct to seek profit and avoid harm, they all wanted to destroy the appearance of the black chess pieces.
However, at this juncture, White's move not only ignores the Black pieces' appearance but also forcibly separates them, seemingly intending to engage in a fierce battle with Black?!
Even Wu Zhixuan and Wu Shuheng had a look of deep surprise in their eyes at this moment.
"What's the meaning?"
No one could understand the girl's intention at all. In their eyes, the black piece was a sleeping lion about to wake up, while the white piece was a lone wolf.
At this time, all White has to do is hold his breath, try to avoid disturbing the lion, go around the lion's territory, and then lure the wolves away, only then will there be a chance of a life-and-death battle!
However, the white chess piece did the opposite and attacked the black piece directly. Although it had the upper hand by striking first, the black piece also woke up!
And the fire of revenge that the black pieces will rage on next is far beyond what the white pieces can bear!
"Is it broken?..."
Yu Shao lowered his eyes to look at the chessboard. Seeing this move, he did not make a move immediately as he had done before. Instead, he stared at the chessboard quietly and fell into deep thought for the first time.
Seeing this scene, the people around couldn't help but look at each other, and became more and more confused.
"Is it difficult to break?"
"Does this require a long consideration?"
"Could it be that the cut was a good move?"
They did not think that if this was really a bad move, it would make Yu Shao feel difficult and think for a long time. They could not help but calm down and rethink the intention of this move.
"it turns out……"
A moment later, Wu Shuheng was suddenly startled, as if he finally understood something. A look of shock appeared in his eyes: "It turned out to be like this!"
"What's wrong?"
Wu Zhixuan still couldn't figure out anything. Upon hearing this, she immediately looked towards Wu Shuheng, and the people who were closer to Wu Shuheng also looked towards him.
Wu Shuheng looked at the girl opposite Yu Shao in disbelief, his heart was in turmoil, so much so that he didn't even notice the gazes from the people around him!
"Under this board, White's move to break Black's position is absolutely correct. However, White wants to use the isolated piece in the middle to make a move!"
Hearing this, Wu Zhixuan was stunned. She looked up in astonishment and asked, "Use a solitary... a solitary chess piece?"
"Yes, use a lone chess piece."
Wu Shuheng was silent for a moment, staring intently at the chessboard, before speaking again, "A so-called isolated chess piece is one that hasn't yet taken root within the opponent's sphere of influence. It lacks a base and is vulnerable to attack..."
"Therefore, for isolated pieces, it is often necessary to use isolated pieces treatment to make them alive. Isolated pieces treatment is also the most complex part of Go, and the ability to treat isolated pieces is considered an important indicator of a player's level."
"but……"
Wu Shuheng raised his head, looked at the girl opposite Yu Shao, and slowly said, "Because of this, no one would treat a lone chess piece as a strong piece, or even use it to attack. No one would even think of it that way."
"But, she did it."
"If you view that isolated piece not as a weak one, but as a strong one, you will understand... this decisive move."
After hearing Wu Shuheng's words, everyone was a little dazed. They turned their heads and looked at the chessboard filled with chess pieces again.
Don't view this lone chess piece as a weak one, but as a strong one...
"This... How is it possible..."
Looking at the chessboard with this thought in mind, for a moment, everyone seemed to be in a trance and felt an unprecedented palpitation.
Although they thought the girl was strong before, they just thought she was strong. They had no idea how big the gap was between the girl and themselves.
And at this moment.
After seeing this move, they finally saw the gap.
That is a gap that is enough to make people despair. For most of them, no matter how they hone their chess skills for the rest of their lives or how hard they try, they will never have a chance of winning and will never be able to overcome it in their lifetime!
This harsh reality is enough to inspire awe in people!
Time passes by every second.
Finally, after a while, Yu Shao finally ended his long thinking. Under the gaze of everyone, he reached into the chess box, took out the chess piece from the box, and gently put it down.
clatter!
Eight columns and fourteen rows, long!
"It's grown."
Seeing Yu Shao make his move, the girl's expression was not surprised, her eyes were sharp, and she quickly reached into the chess box.
"If he stretches out and escapes, I'll hit him. If he escapes upward, I'll pull it back, and he'll definitely pull it back too. I'll then dig in to draw out the black pieces and counterattack!"
"If he flees downward, I'll sacrifice a piece and use the dead piece to expand the space in the corner. Then, I'll break Black's shape and fight him to the death in the middle game!"
The next moment, the girl picked up the chess piece and it finally fell!
clatter!
Eight columns and thirteen rows, bang!
Yu Shao quickly picked up the chess piece again and placed it on the chessboard.
And this move, as the girl expected—
Nine columns and twelve rows, long!
Black chess piece escapes outwards!
“Click!”
The girl reached into the chess box without hesitation, picked up the chess piece, and dropped it quickly!
clatter!
Ten columns and twelve rows, pull!
“Click!”
The moment the white chess piece fell on the board, Yu Shao also reached into the chess box, slowly picked up the chess piece, and then gently put it down.
clatter……
After a slight tremor, the black chess piece finally landed firmly on the chessboard.
Seeing Yu Shao make his move, the girl was about to reach into the chess box, but when she saw clearly where Yu Shao was going to place the move, her hand suddenly froze.
The girl looked at the chessboard, her beautiful eyes widening little by little.
On the chessboard, the position of the black chess piece was not what she expected, but was completely beyond her imagination.
Ten columns and seven rows, fly!
"this……"
A trace of cold sweat ran down the girl's face. She looked at the chessboard in disbelief and couldn't help swallowing.
"this……"
This was not a very clever move. It could even be said that the move she had originally thought of was much stronger and more severe than this one. Under this situation, the strongest move was to pull!
However, this is not a very bad move. It echoes the whole game, and the point selection is just right. If it is a little worse, the black chess will suffer.
So this move...
"If I play below, then the black pieces will jump up and invade the corners. He left me a way to survive, allowing me to destroy his appearance, but he will destroy my empty corners..."
"If I move on top, then he will fly down below, making great moves and erasing the borrowing of the White chess pieces, thus forming a large pattern."
"He's observing my movements, trying to figure out how I'll act. He's—"
The girl stared blankly at the chessboard in front of her, feeling unprecedentedly absurd: "Judging my chess skills..."
At this moment, recalling Yu Shao's long thought just now, it seemed a little different.
She originally thought that Yu Shao had seen through her intentions and felt that it was difficult, so he fell into deep thought, but perhaps...
Even the young man behind the girl was completely stunned when he saw Yu Shao's move. After a moment, his expression changed slightly, and he finally came to his senses. He suddenly raised his head and looked at Yu Shao opposite him!
The other people around didn't quite understand what was going on. Seeing that the girl didn't play chess for a long time, they became a little confused.
After a long time, the girl finally came to her senses, gritted her teeth, picked up the chess piece again, and dropped it quickly!
Seeing the girl's move, Yu Shao was thoughtful and quickly took out the chess piece and responded.
Ta-da, ta-da, ta-da…
As the chess pieces continued to fall, the expressions of the people around them gradually began to change. Before they knew it, the whole place became silent again.
Finally, after more than forty moves.
Inside the chess hall, everyone stared blankly at the chessboard, as if they had lost the ability to think.
"It's the end..."
This game of chess has finally come to an end.
However, the ultimate winner was not the White chess piece that made their scalps tingle, but...
"I lost."
In the silence, the girl lowered her head and admitted defeat.
Her eyes were a little dull as she looked at the chessboard in front of her. In front of her eyes, the black and white pieces seemed to be intertwined into a huge net.
Everyone around looked at the chessboard with extremely complicated emotions, but for a moment, they were speechless.
Inside the chess hall, there was a startling silence.
The only two people who were not surprised by the final outcome of the game were the siblings Wu Zhixuan and Wu Shuheng. However, they were still staring at the chessboard with uneasy expressions.
Although the girl lost, the level of play she displayed in this game also made them feel deeply pressured.
"She is much weaker than Zheng Qin in strength, her calculations are not as profound as Zheng Qin's, and her moves are not as thorough as Zheng Qin's. However, in terms of judging the situation and understanding the game, she is worse than Zheng Qin."
On the other side, Yu Shao looked at the chessboard. After playing this game, he finally clearly judged the girl's chess skills.
"If Zheng Qin plays against her, the odds are probably still 50-50."
"Of course, we don't know how good her endgame skills are yet. If she's better than Zheng Qin in endgame, then her win rate should be higher. Otherwise, Zheng Qin's win rate should be higher."
Yu Shao couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Although his current opponents were basically at the level of title fighters, and Zheng Qin barely reached the level of a title fight, it seemed a little not good enough.
However, being able to play in the title match is equivalent to having the level to participate in the world championship, which is actually very impressive for a professional chess player.
As a female chess player, it is actually very exaggerated for this girl to have such chess skills at this age.
Behind the girl, the young man walking with her was looking at the chessboard silently.
After a moment, he collected his thoughts, raised his head, looked at Yu Shao, and finally said his first words in English since arriving at the chess hall, saying, "I want to play a game with you, okay?"
Hearing this, everyone was shocked and looked away from the chessboard to look at the young man behind the girl.
Hearing the young man's voice behind her, the girl finally came to her senses. She was a little surprised and quickly turned her head and said something to the young man. However, because she was speaking Japanese, no one in the audience could understand.
After a while, the two finished talking, and the girl turned her head, glanced at Yu Shao, stood up, and made way for the young man.
"I'll play a game with you."
The young man stared at Yu Shao closely, repeated his words in English, and asked, "Should there be time?"
Yu Shao thought about it and felt that it was okay to play a game of chess. If the opponent was too weak, he might not want to play, after all, it would be very boring.
However, since the girl just now was so strong, this young man is probably not bad either, and it should be very interesting.
"OK."
Yu Shao nodded and replied, "I have time."
(End of this chapter)
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