Chapter 448 It’s like the first time I met you
In this game, Su Yiming played black and his opponent played white. Yu Shao quickly judged the situation.
"Black has a slight advantage, and White is slightly at a disadvantage."
Although Black has the advantage, White still has many moves to make, and the outcome is hard to predict.
However, this is just to judge the pros and cons of the situation based on the board. In terms of time, Su Yiming's advantage is too great, and he hardly uses any time. On the other hand, the white chess pieces have already used up most of the time.
Now the board is quite complicated, which requires a lot of time to calculate and think, but White has no more time to think.
Yu Shao stood aside and watched the game. In addition to Yu Shao, there were also several amateur chess players around, who were also standing aside and paying attention to the game.
Just as Yu Shao expected, with the board extremely complicated and time running out, the man sitting opposite Su Yiming panicked and made a series of slow moves, which were immediately caught by Su Yiming.
Originally, the situation was evenly matched, but in an instant, the white chess pieces became extremely passive, being beaten all the way, and were already showing signs of collapse.
"But...he's not weak either."
After watching for a while, Yu Shao raised his head and looked at the Dutch man sitting opposite Su Yiming.
Despite falling into a losing situation, the man did not collapse completely. Instead, he made several of his strongest local moves and even counterattacked at one point, causing damage to the black pieces, which surprised Yu Shao.
"It seems I underestimated him. None of the chess players who are qualified to participate in the World Championship are simple."
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, thinking silently, "This method of grappling is very delicate and requires careful consideration. If it were someone else, there's a real possibility that they'd be caught off guard by the white pieces and their offense and defense would be reversed."
"But, unfortunately, his opponent is Su Yiming. He probably won't give Bai Qi this opportunity..."
At this moment, there was suddenly some commotion not far away. Although the commotion soon stopped, Yu Shao still subconsciously turned his head and looked towards the source of the commotion.
Not far away, at table 207, Arakino slowly stood up from his chair, and the amateur chess players watching around him subconsciously made way for Arakino.
Araki Ye walked through the crowd and happened to see Yu Shao, and their eyes met in the air.
Yu Shao was slightly startled, and soon saw Zheng Qin still sitting at the side of table 207.
"it's over?"
Yu Shao frowned slightly, thought for a moment, then turned and walked towards table 207.
Soon, Yu Shao came behind Zheng Qin and looked at the chessboard.
When he saw the situation on the chessboard, Yu Shao was a little stunned.
"this……"
On the chessboard, the black and white pieces are tightly entangled, but they only occupy the right half of the board. The other half of the board on the left is almost empty except for a few pieces that are obviously placed there!
The only chessboard on the right side is occupied by chess pieces. Black and white have formed a battle of more than eight chess pieces. It is complicated and confusing. The dead pieces, weak pieces and strong pieces are even more intricate and dazzling!
Even if Yu Shao had not seen a single move in the entire chess game, he could still roughly guess the order of moves as long as he saw the final middle game.
However, in this game of chess, even he could not figure out the order of moves!
It is almost impossible to imagine how fierce the battle must have been on the chessboard to lead to the current situation.
"White's eighth stone in the right triangle is already Black's meal. Even if Black wants to entangle White's weak taste, it will be useless. White's jump is a compact and powerful move, counter-encircling Black. If it succeeds, Black may be counter-killed."
"Once White's eight pieces at the triangle are revived, Black will certainly be in trouble. Therefore, Black's only chance is to find a loophole in White's blockade. However, White's pieces have broken tendons, so Black can no longer achieve both!"
"Black, lost."
Yu Shao's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, and he became more and more surprised.
Even though the game was over, the chessboard was still filled with sharpness and murderous intent that made him frightened!
"But how did it become like this?"
"Why did White capture two of Black's pieces? Without any pieces on the right, no player would leave any room for leakage on either side!"
"Black should have been planning to sacrifice a piece and then turn around to attack White's move at the black triangle, but why did they end up making such a foolish move?"
Yu Shao looked at the amateur chess players watching around him. He saw that they were a little dazed, with a lingering look of disbelief on their faces, staring blankly at the chess game.
Yu Shao turned his head to look at Zheng Qin again, only to see that Zheng Qin said nothing, with a pale expression, staring blankly at the chessboard in front of him.
In a single-elimination tournament, there is only one chance to play one game. If Zheng Qin loses this game, it means that he will be cruelly eliminated in the first round!
Although Zheng Qin was destined not to go far in the world competition with his current chess skills, his elimination in the first round was still completely beyond Yu Shao's expectations.
After all, he has been playing chess with Zheng Qin during this period of time. Zheng Qin's chess skills have improved visibly. Even if some top chess players are careless for a moment, Zheng Qin may still win.
But in this game, Zheng Qin was...
Extremely tragic.
Yu Shao calmed down and patted Zheng Qin's shoulder gently.
Zheng Qin suddenly woke up from his dream, raised his head and looked behind him. When he saw Shi Yu Shao, his lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.
"Go out and take it easy?"
Yu Shao took another look at the chess board in front of Zheng Qin and said softly.
Upon hearing this, Zheng Qin hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath, stood up, and walked out of the competition venue with Yu Shao.
Soon, the two arrived at the gate outside the competition venue and stopped.
Arriving outside the competition venue, Zheng Qin seemed to have finally come back to his senses from the chess game and slowly let out a long breath.
"What's going on?"
Yu Shao looked at Zheng Qin and said with a smile, "Because your opponent is Mr. Araki, you feel pressured and nervous, so you can't play well?"
Hearing this, Zheng Qin fell silent.
Yu Shao was a little puzzled, thinking that Zheng Qin was still upset about being eliminated in the first round. Just as he was about to speak, Zheng Qin shook his head and finally said, "No, I didn't."
"No?"
Yu Shao was a little surprised to get this answer.
If Zheng Qin had not performed poorly, why would the final outcome of the game be so strange? Moreover, the black pieces were not even completely wiped out, but could be said to be in pieces!
Zheng Qin fell silent again.
After a moment, Zheng Qin nodded and said, "No, or to be honest, it's precisely because my opponent is Mr. Arakino that I don't feel too much pressure."
Before Yu Shao could say anything, Zheng Qin continued, "Ten years ago, Mr. Arakino was indeed the goal of all chess players. Perhaps it's rude to say this, but..."
"Mr. Arakino, after all, he hasn't participated in a competition for ten years. Not only me, but everyone else is just surprised that Mr. Arakino is back to compete, but no one really regards him as an opponent."
"So, when I learned that my opponent in the first round was Mr. Arakino, I was relieved."
Zheng Qin lowered his head slightly, looked at the ground, and whispered, "I thought this time I could let Mr. Arakino, the chess player who was so powerful ten years ago, see my strength, but..."
Zheng Qin seemed to be unable to say the next words.
Yu Shao looked at Zheng Qin in silence. Even though Zheng Qin didn't say the next words, he already knew the final outcome after witnessing the end of the game.
"It's like... meeting Mr. Arakino from ten years ago?" Yu Shao asked with a frown.
Yu Shao originally thought that Zheng Qin would give a positive answer, but after a moment's silence, Zheng Qin gave an answer that was completely opposite to what he expected.
"No."
Zheng Qin shook his head slightly. "During this period of time, I have been constantly improving my chess skills and studying the game. Even if I meet Mr. Arakino from ten years ago, I have the confidence to compete with him."
"I played very well in this game. Not only did I not perform poorly, I could even say I performed exceptionally well..."
Zheng Qin lowered his head, his voice growing weaker as he spoke: "If I must put it bluntly, it's just like... the first time I met you at the Shanhai Chess Hall..."
Hearing these words, Yu Shao was stunned.
Just like before, in the Shanhai Chess Hall?
Although he has played so many chess games in this world, the game that left the deepest impression on him is definitely the one he played with Zheng Qin at the Shanhai Chess Hall.
This game of chess was actually not exciting at all. At that time, he was just playing around, and Zheng Qin's chess skills were far worse than they are now. He was only at the level of a professional beginner.
Compared with the games in the High School Go League, Yingjiao Cup, National Team Tournament and other chess competitions, this game is indeed not good enough.
However, what was special about that game of Go was that it was the first game of Go he played since coming to this world.
It was also in this world without Go AI that AI's chess moves appeared for the first time.
"Just like that time."
Zheng Qin's eyes were dazed, and he spoke in a weak voice, "I've once again tasted... the feeling of being completely powerless to fight back..."
Yu Shao looked at Zheng Qin, speechless for a moment.
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The other side.
Inside the competition venue.
At table 71, a group of amateur chess players who were watching the game stared blankly at the game. They didn't know when they became completely dumbfounded.
Kimura Go's slightly plump face was covered with fine beads of sweat. Looking at the magnificent game in front of him, he fell into a long silence.
After a moment, Kimurago finally withdrew his gaze from the chessboard, looked across at the student he had raised since childhood, and slowly said, "I lost."
On the opposite side, Dongshan Xun was breathing heavily. Although he was just playing chess, it felt like he was running a marathon. Besides beads of sweat on his face, there was also visible fatigue.
The winner has been decided!
In this game of chess, the winner is Toyama Xun and the loser is Kimura Go!
This is a shocking game with eight dragons dancing together and four isolated pieces surrounding a strong opponent. This civil war between master and apprentice has finally come to an end!
This also means that Kimura Go, one of the top chess players in Japan, will be eliminated by his own apprentice in the first round. This is completely beyond everyone's imagination!
silence.
At this moment, there was an astonishing silence and dead stillness all around!
Finally, after a long pause, Dongshan Xun took a deep breath, bowed his head towards his teacher, and said, "Thank you for your guidance."
“…”
Kimura Go looked at the chess board in front of him without saying a word. Over the years, he had treated Toyama Xun as his own son and had always been looking forward to Toyama Xun defeating him on the field one day.
Seeing that Dongshan Xun was always inferior to him, he sometimes even felt disappointed.
However, when Toyama Xun really defeated him on the chessboard, when that day really came——
Facing this man whom he had brought up, facing this student whom he was most proud of, he defeated him with his hands full of genius and his moves full of cold and killing moves, making him miss the World Championship!
However, his heart could not calm down for a long time. His mood was extremely complicated, so complicated that the emotions that emerged in his heart at the first moment were simply difficult to describe in words.
Finally, after a while, Kimura Wu finally bowed his head slightly towards his apprentice and said softly, "Thank you for your guidance."
There was still silence all around.
Han Xiu stared at the scene in a daze. As a person who had watched the entire game from beginning to end without missing a single move, his heart was also restless for a long time. He was still shocked by the miraculous attacks and kills of the white chess pieces in the second half of the game!
That is unquestionable talent and inspiration, that is formidable calculation and judgment!
With eight dragons dancing together, four isolated pieces surrounded and killed the strong force, which was jaw-dropping!
He could see that Kimurago did not hold back at all from the beginning to the end of this game. It could even be said that every move he made was ruthless. He truly played at the level that was worthy of the name "Kimurago"!
In other words, the outcome of this game of chess has nothing to do with anything else. Dongshan Xun was able to win simply because every move he made in this game should have earned him victory in the end, and no one could interfere!
Although the game was over, Kimura Go and Toyama Fumio both seemed to have a lot on their minds. They still sat on their chairs, neither getting up to leave nor packing up their chess pieces.
It was not until a while after the game ended that the news of the winner finally spread.
"What? Tenth Dan Kimura Go lost?"
"How is that possible? How could Kimurago, 10th dan, lose? That's Kimurago, 10th dan!"
"Oh my god, 10th Dan Kimura Go lost to Toyama Kaoru? By how many points? He let it go, didn't he? But he shouldn't let it go in the first round of the World Championship."
"The dragon was slain? Seriously? Are you kidding me? How did you lose?"
"No way? Mr. Kimura was eliminated by his own student in the first round?"
Chess players kept rushing to table 71. Even after hearing the news, they couldn't believe it and had to see it with their own eyes.
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