Chapter 452: Subtle Circumstances
"Thank you for your advice."
Yu Shao bowed to Li Junhao.
Li Junhao looked at the chessboard in front of him with a pale face, seeming a little unwilling, but finally lowered his head and said in return: "Thank you for your guidance."
Soon, after putting away the chess pieces, Yu Shao stood up and looked in the direction of Su Yiming.
Su Yiming's game has not finished yet and he is still in the process.
Despite this, Yu Shao only glanced in the direction of Su Yiming, and quickly looked away, looking at the table where An Hongshi and Kong Zi were, and then looked in the direction of Araki Ye.
Yu Shao hesitated for a moment, remembering what Zheng Qin said yesterday, and finally took a step forward and walked towards table 90 where Araki Ye was.
Seeing this scene, several amateur chess players who had been watching Yu Shao's game were suddenly a little surprised.
"Won't he go and see... the game between Mr. An Hongshi and Master Kong Zi? Or the game between Mr. Jiang Hanen, 10th Dan, and Mr. Han Si?"
Several amateur chess players looked at each other in confusion.
In the second round, the two most anticipated games were undoubtedly the duels between An Hongshi and Kong Zi, and between Jiang Hanen and Hans.
All four are well-deserved top chess players, and anyone has the possibility of winning the championship. Now that they meet early in the single-elimination tournament, it is bound to be a thrilling peak battle!
Although the game after Araki's comeback is also exciting, the opponent is unknown, and it is hard to say that it will be an exciting contest of equal strength. In comparison, the other two games are more worth watching.
Yu Shao had just walked halfway when he saw Araki Ye, who was not far ahead, suddenly stand up from his chair and look towards the table where An Hongshi and Kong Zi were sitting.
Arakino quickly withdrew his gaze and turned to the direction where Yu Shao was originally, but before he could look over, he saw Yu Shao who was now facing him.
The moment their eyes met in mid-air, they both froze for a moment.
But soon, Araki Ye took the lead in retracting his gaze, looked at Yu Shao for one more moment, then turned around and walked towards the table of An Hongshi and Kong Zi without looking back.
"Is it finished?"
Seeing this scene, Yu Shao was a little surprised.
You know, the game between him and Lee Junhao ended after only more than 120 moves, and he made moves very quickly throughout the whole process. Logically speaking, most chess players should have just entered the middle game at this time.
Yu Shao thought about it, took another step, and walked towards the ninety-piece table. He soon arrived next to the chess table, but saw that there was no piece on the chessboard.
Obviously, Arakino was not just making a mid-game visit, but the game was indeed over.
Yu Shao raised his head and looked at the man opposite Arakino.
The man was probably around thirty-seven or thirty-eight, not considered young anymore. He was still sitting on the chair, covering his face with his hands, looking at the chessboard in front of him through his fingers, his face full of reluctance and regret.
But beneath this reluctance and regret, there seemed to be a layer of disbelief. But even if he couldn't believe it, the fact was like this, so he could only accept it helplessly, but he couldn't accept this painful blow...
All kinds of emotions mixed together, so complicated that it is difficult to describe in words for a while.
Yu Shao withdrew his gaze from the man's face, and then looked at the recorder's computer beside him.
On the chessboard, black and white pieces are intertwined in a complex and intricate manner, but the entire chessboard is quite empty except for the upper left corner and the middle part.
"Black chess, ninety-eight moves, Dragon Slayer wins."
Yu Shao was slightly startled when he saw the number of moves marked by the recorder in the upper right corner of the chess record.
In professional Go competitions, games that are decided in less than 100 moves are rare, and in world competitions, games that are decided in less than 100 moves are even rarer.
And this is one of them.
Unlike the previous game with Zheng Qin, in this game, even if he didn't look at the chess record, but only the end game, which did not mark the order of each move, Yu Shao could actually roughly guess the order of placement.
The two sides broke out in a battle at point 33 in the upper left corner, forming the most complex and intense rainstorm pattern.
Then, the black and white pieces continued to fight, and overturned to the center at lightning speed, and then a battle in the center decided the outcome. In the end, in this battle, the white pieces were completely wiped out!
"Black has made the most complex branching variation of the Heavy Rain pattern..."
Yu Shao looked at the chess record and felt a little surprised.
Before this game, Yu Shao had never seen anyone play this kind of variation. This game was the first time.
After all, in this world, chess is popular and there are many chess players. So many chess players work together to study the various variations of the Heavy Rain pattern. By constantly starting over, sooner or later they will find this variation.
However, although Yu Shao was mentally prepared for this, he was still somewhat surprised to see someone actually come out.
Because of this change, it is necessary to open up and close and give up more than twenty huge horns in order to build a huge external force. Not everyone has the courage to give up more than twenty huge horns in exchange for an uncertain future.
More importantly, most chess players nowadays actually prefer to take territory, which makes this kind of change more difficult to detect and play out.
The culprit behind all this was Yu Shao himself.
Yu Shao was also well aware of this.
Because after Point 33 is now recognized as a two-point variation, the views on territory and momentum have changed. Most chess players feel that external momentum is no longer valuable, so it is better to get the real territory first.
This idea is not wrong, but it is also wrong.
External power is definitely not worthless, but the requirements for valuable external power are quite stringent, such as thick power without any breakpoints, or external power that requires various complex borrowings...
In short, when it is necessary to be thick, you must be thick; when it is necessary to be light, you must never be heavy. If you use an external force that is half thick and half not thick, and exchange it with the opponent on the ground, it is very easy to become an isolated piece!
Although most people's views on terrain have changed, their understanding is far from deep enough, so they think external terrain is worthless and prefer actual terrain.
Although the view that external forces are worthless is wrong, the approach of preferring the actual field itself is not wrong, so this problem is difficult to explain, both right and wrong.
In this game, facing the huge external force created by the black chess pieces by giving up more than 20 points in the corner, the white chess pieces were obviously confused. Under the pressure of the black chess pieces' external force, they were finally completely overwhelmed and had to surrender.
"Every subsequent move after this change was also very well made. His judgment of the situation was very accurate. He didn't hesitate when it was time to act, and he didn't force his moves when it was time to make up for them. He advanced and retreated with moderation."
Yu Shao looked at the chess record thoughtfully.
"After the black pieces seized the opportunity, the white pieces could hardly offer any resistance and were crushed by the black pieces with overwhelming force."
At this moment, there was a sudden commotion not far away, and it even reached Yu Shao.
Yu Shao's thoughts were suddenly interrupted by the commotion. He finally withdrew his gaze from the chess record and turned to look towards the source of the commotion.
Not far away, the crowd surrounding An Hongshi and Kong Zi had different expressions, and were whispering to each other, but even so, their eyes never left the chessboard for a second.
Yu Shao thought about it, and finally turned around and walked towards the table where An Hongshi and Kong Zi were.
Soon, Yu Shao squeezed into the crowd and looked at the chess board.
"Um?"
After seeing the situation of the chess game, Yu Shao couldn't help but be stunned.
In this game, An Hongshi plays black and Kong Zi plays white. The two sides are fighting in the middle game. Although the situation is complicated, it is not difficult to distinguish the strengths and weaknesses.
There is a large empty space in the upper right corner for the black pieces, but it is not solid and may be invaded or broken into by the white pieces. The white pieces still have some support in the center. Although the black pieces have a counterattack on the left, they do not have enough initiative.
The safest move for White right now is to invade the upper right corner, and then compete with Black for the center, putting Black in a tough fight.
Of course, White also has a relatively tough way to play, which is to directly attack the upper right corner and fight fiercely with Black, directly trying to break Black's position. After attacking, White will also be in danger, but Black is even more precarious!
But this is not White's most severe measure!
If you pursue ultimate efficiency, the strongest attacking method of white chess is to allow black chess to strengthen the upper right corner, manage the central sky by yourself, and then squeeze the living space of black chess on the four sides and continue to plunder!
In this way, even the black dragon may be in danger!
so……
"White, winning?"
Yu Shao couldn't help but be a little surprised. He had never expected that the situation of the chess game would be like this. No wonder there was such a commotion among the crowd just now.
You have to know that the amateur chess players who are officially invited to watch the game on site are all well-known amateur chess players. They naturally know the principle of "watching chess without saying a word", not to mention that this is a competition.
So generally speaking, chess players watching the game are usually extremely restrained.
Just like Yu Shao himself in his previous life, as a senior, he also watched the Dan ranking tournament live. No matter how outrageous the moves made by those young people who were striving for Dan were, he restrained himself and did not say a word the whole time.
However, Kong Zi hung An Hongshi by the hammer, which had a huge impact on him.
Although Kong Zi is a celebrity and a powerful fighter, it must be said that when Kong Zi faced An Hongshi, most people thought that Kong Zi had little chance of winning, even Yu Shao.
But the current situation is completely opposite to what everyone expected!
Kong Zi doesn’t just want to win, he wants to win big!
Now it was Kong Zi's turn to make a move, because this move was related to the future direction of the entire game, and might even be the deciding factor in the outcome of the entire game. Kong Zi stared at the chessboard closely and fell into deep thought.
Yu Shao also frowned slightly, looked at the chessboard, and fell into thought.
For some reason, looking at the board in front of him, he always felt vaguely that it was not as clear as he had imagined, and he had a premonition of danger.
However, he couldn't figure out the reason for this dangerous premonition.
"Um?"
After a moment, Yu Shao looked at the intricate chess pieces on the chessboard. Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and was stunned.
Yu Shao blinked and looked at the chessboard again.
"etc!"
After a while, Yu Shao opened his eyes slightly wide, looking at the chessboard in surprise, and kept calculating the subsequent changes in his mind. He was almost fooled by the board in front of him!
"The situation on the board seems to have a big advantage for White, but it's actually quite subtle!"
"Whether White is invading, attacking, or even managing the situation, the subsequent changes... are surprisingly interesting!"
Yu Shao stared at the chessboard without blinking, as if there was a chessboard in his mind with chess pieces constantly falling on it!
"If White wants to invade and eliminate, then it must use 'cutting'. Black's core cannot be lost, so it must be replenished. White's subsequent tip is of course very solid, but Black's means of maneuvering don't necessarily have to be 'jumping', they can also be 'pouncing'!"
"If White wants to break in, Black can 'turn' and then use the thin edge on the right side to borrow a trick. Even if White 'rushes', Black can dig and turn around to attack. It looks like suicide, but White can't do anything about it!"
"If White plays it safe and lets Black fill in, Black will just fill in normally and look very aggrieved. When White starts to raid, Black uses 'Big Flying', seemingly escaping and eliminating the lone piece, but in the end, the Black piece in the center will actually bloom a flower!"
Yu Shao finally understood the general direction of White's three choices!
"His sense of life and death is incredibly sharp, and his understanding and judgment of chess patterns is even more extraordinary. He doesn't care whether the chess patterns are complete or not. Once he figures out that Black is in no danger of death, he plays along and waits for White to enter the game!"
"Even if the white pieces really form a shape in the center, it doesn't matter. He wants to create empty space in the four corners, then use the strong momentum formed in the center to entangle the white pieces, and finally raise the sword to slay the dragon from the four corners!"
At this moment, Kong Zi took a deep breath, finally picked up the chess piece, and put it down gently!
clatter!
Eight columns and twelve rows, stick!
After a long consideration, Kong Zi finally made a choice. It was not the safest invasion and elimination, nor was it a forceful attack. Instead, he followed his style of play, turning a blind eye to the flaws of the white chess pieces, holding up the middle, and choosing the most severe means!
"Is it sticky?"
"Although I expected it, I was still surprised to see Teacher Kong Zi do this..."
"Teacher Kong Zi is still as murderous as ever. Even when facing Teacher An Hongshi, he is not at all inferior."
"Will Mr. An Hongshi be eliminated in the second round?"
The people around were whispering to each other, with some surprise on their faces.
Yu Shao just stared at the chessboard without saying a word, waiting for An Hongshi to make his move.
At this moment, Yu Shao's peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of Arakino who was also watching the game, but he only saw Arakino looking at the chessboard with a frown on his face.
Yu Shao didn't think too much about it, and his mind was still constantly calculating the subsequent changes. However, this time, he was no longer standing from An Hongshi's perspective, but from Kong Zi's perspective.
An Hongshi is indeed not in a losing position, but Kong Zi's appearance in the central government's management does not necessarily mean that he will lose.
Even if An Hongshi really did as he thought and a flower walked out in the center, although Kong Zi was at a disadvantage, he still had a chance to fight hard, and the two sides would still have a fierce battle!
Finally, An Hongshi picked up the chess piece and slowly let it fall!
Five columns and seven rows, sharp!
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