Chapter 456 It seems that I am really old
Not long after, other players also finished their games one after another. About an hour later, all the games were finally concluded, and the third round of the single-elimination tournament of the World Championship was over.
The losers looked pale and dejected, and the winners were not happy at all, with heavy expressions. The atmosphere in the competition venue was somewhat sad.
Another half of the chess players have sadly withdrawn from the world competition stage, and there are only a few who can still stand on the stage.
Now, there are only three rounds left, and then this cruel and ruthless single-elimination tournament will end.
But after the single-elimination tournament, the format becomes a double-elimination tournament. Although there is an extra margin for error, the opponents will be stronger, and the competition may become more intense and cruel.
"The following are the players who have qualified for the third round: Araki, Yu Shao, Su Yiming..."
Zhao Zhengyang stood on the stage and announced the list of qualified players. After the players drew lots again, he projected the match schedule onto the big screen behind him.
Yu Shao quickly found his name on the match list. His opponent tomorrow was a chess player from France, with a rank of ninth dan.
Although he had no impression of the name of tomorrow's opponent, he should not be an ordinary person since he was able to win three games in a row and get to this point in the World Championship.
After seeing the newly released match schedule, the crowd in the competition venue couldn't help but discuss it enthusiastically.
"Teacher Zhuang Weisheng will have a civil war with 9th Dan Cui Junzhe tomorrow. This is Cui Junzhe's first time participating in the World Championship. He won three games in a row and made it this far. I really didn't expect it."
"Will 9th Dan Cui Junzhe beat Mr. Zhuang Weisheng again tomorrow? Then 9th Dan Cui Junzhe will be the dark horse!"
"Huh? Tomorrow, Go Master Zhu Huaian's opponent is Japan's Go Master Sato Ken! I'm looking forward to it!"
"Mr. Arakino's opponent is Master Ma Dong from the United States!"
"Dongshan Xun faced Fu Shunan Daqi...9th Dan!"
After the brutal eliminations in the first three rounds, there were not many players left. In the fourth round, the competition suddenly became intense, with many strong confrontations.
Amidst the heated discussions about the outcome of tomorrow's game, the contestants began to turn around and leave one after another.
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The next day, the fourth round of the single-elimination tournament started again at nine o'clock on time!
The sound of chess pieces being dropped repeatedly echoed in the competition venue again.
But unlike the previous few days, the sound of chess pieces dropping today has become extremely sparse.
After a long time.
"I lost..."
The French chess player sitting opposite Yu Shao covered his face with his hands, looking dejected, but finally lowered his head and chose to resign.
"Thank you for your advice."
Yu Shao bowed his head, exchanged greetings with his opponent, packed up his chess pieces, then slowly stood up and went to another table to watch the game.
Seeing that the game had been decided, the female scorekeeper finally withdrew her gaze from the chessboard, took a deep breath, gathered her thoughts, tapped the keyboard, and wrote a few large words -
Yu Shao plays with white and wins!
On the other side, while Yu Shao was playing chess, Zhuang Weisheng also slowly stood up. Opposite Zhuang Weisheng, Cui Junzhe had a pale expression, and his face was full of unwillingness.
This was his first time participating in the World Championship. He made it all the way to the penultimate round of the single-elimination tournament and had a chance to become one of the sixty-four players participating in the double-elimination tournament. But in the end... he was defeated by Zhuang Weisheng!
Although considering his previous record, not only did he make it to the World Championship this year, but he also made it here, which was already a remarkable achievement and enough to be satisfied with, but the moment he was eliminated, he still felt endless resentment in his heart.
But the result is destined not to change——
Zhuang Weisheng plays white and wins!
On the other side, table number three.
This match between Arakino and Mafuyu naturally attracted the attention of many people.
One is Araki Noboru, who dominated the chess world ten years ago and was considered the best player under Yasu Hiroishi, and the other is Master Ma Dong, who has always been active in the world chess world and has a very good record.
But the final result of this game is——
"I……"
Ma Dong looked down at the intricate chess game before him and, through gritted teeth, managed to utter a few words: "Lost."
The people around stared at the chessboard blankly, as if they were frightened.
In the crowd, Yuki Mita, who was eliminated in the second round, stared at the chess game with her beautiful eyes, and for a moment she seemed to be in a trance.
"Araki-sensei..."
A drop of sweat slowly slid down Yuki Mita's fair face, and she couldn't help but murmur softly.
On the other side, the game between Dongshan Xun and Fu Shunan also attracted a lot of attention, and the chess table was surrounded by a crowd of people inside and outside.
Many people still find it incredible that Toyama Xun defeated his teacher Kimura Go in the first round.
And this game has already entered the middle stage.
On the chessboard, the chess pieces are densely distributed and the situation is complicated. The black pieces have external forces and the white pieces have real forces. The two sides are constantly entangled, and for a while it is difficult to tell the winner.
"They bite so hard, and they're evenly matched..."
Seeing this, many people were a little surprised. They didn't expect that Fu Shunan couldn't gain much advantage against Dongshan Xun. They couldn't help but glanced at Kimura Go in the crowd subconsciously.
Kimurago was seen standing with his hands behind his back, his expression very calm, and he didn't seem surprised at all.
Fu Shunan looked at the chessboard and couldn't help but frowning slightly. After thinking for a long time, he looked up at Dongshan Xun opposite him, and finally took out the chess piece again and put it down gently!
clatter!
Four columns and seven rows, block!
Dongshan Xun quietly stared at the white piece that had just been placed on the board. After a moment, he finally reached into the chess box again, slowly picked up the chess piece, and gently put it down!
Bang!
One column, eleven rows, pounce!
Seeing the position where the black chess piece fell, everyone who had been watching the chess game intently was stunned. Fu Shunan obviously did not expect this move. His eyes widened slightly, and then everyone was suddenly shocked!
"flutter?"
"He actually went deep into the enemy camp, that's crazy!"
Someone stared closely at the black piece at the edge of the chessboard, which was right in the tiger's mouth of the white chess piece. It was a little unbelievable!
Fu Shunan looked at the chessboard for a moment, and after a while, he couldn't help but grit his teeth, and his face turned slightly red, which was also keenly observed by Jiang Changdong in the crowd.
"Black's attack didn't give White any chance to breathe. It was a very powerful move."
Jiang Changdong looked at the chessboard, calculating the subsequent changes in the game.
"And White's response here will change the entire course of the game. It's indeed... quite difficult to counter."
He quickly calculated the subsequent changes on the chessboard, and his eyes froze slightly as he looked at the chessboard.
"If White cuts off Black, the entire game will become extremely complex and intense. Black will be in danger, but White will also bear a huge risk!"
Finally, after a long period of thinking, Fu Shunan finally picked up the chess piece and dropped it quickly!
clatter!
One column and twelve rows, lift!
Seeing this, everyone stretched their necks, their expressions somewhat unbelievable. Even Jiang Changdong was stunned for a moment.
"Teacher Fu Shunan didn't choose to cut off, but to pick grapes!"
Here, White's move to capture the piece is definitely not a bad move, but I am afraid that most chess players will not consider this path of capturing the piece, because after capturing the piece, it is equivalent to White giving up the constraint of Black on the left wing!
However, Fu Shunan still chose grapes.
In other words—
"White was scared, so he compromised!"
Everyone was in disbelief at this answer!
Dongshan Xun's eyes were as sharp as swords. He quickly picked up the chess piece again and dropped it quickly.
Fu Shunan's expression darkened slightly. He glanced at the chessboard and quickly responded.
clatter!
The sound of the chess piece falling rang out again!
After seeing Dongshan Xun's move, the expressions of the people around him changed drastically, and Fu Shunan's face instantly became extremely ugly!
"Break in?"
Fu Shunan gritted his teeth, quickly reached into the chess box, picked up the chess piece, and dropped it on the board with a snap!
"Are you kidding me? Does he think Black can make a living here?!"
clatter!
clatter!
clatter!
Both sides made moves at a rapid pace, and the situation on the chessboard was already dazzling enough!
Not long after, Jiang Changdong looked at the chessboard, and his expression changed uncontrollably. After a while, the other people around him were also stunned, and then their pupils shrank slightly!
"Just now, Black didn't break, but turned and moved. I thought it was to deal with the isolated piece and find a way out, but now it seems——"
In the crowd, Wu Lai stood there in a daze, his eyes filled with deep shock.
"That was actually a massive sacrifice planned long in advance to attack the White chessboard!"
This method is really scary, because according to conventional thinking, the white chess piece must be attacked to break through the air, so the subsequent removal of the isolated piece is a natural move.
But Toyama Xun surprisingly did the opposite, and made use of the configuration of the pieces around him. After breaking in, he suddenly turned around and actually treated the piece that everyone thought was going to be isolated as a discarded piece!
And all of this is actually inseparable from Dongshan Xun's previous move!
Fu Shunan obviously realized this as well. His expression suddenly became extremely ugly and his face flushed red.
After a long time, Fu Shunan finally took out the chess piece and dropped it. At the moment when Fu Shunan just dropped the chess piece, Dongshanxun dropped the chess piece again. The speed of dropping the chess piece was so fast that it formed an invisible pressure!
clatter!
clatter!
clatter!
I don’t know how long it took…
Fu Shunan stared at the chessboard, his fists clenched, his teeth clenched tightly, and the corners of his eyes twitched wildly. But in the end, he closed his eyes and said with difficulty: "I lost."
After hearing Fu Shunan's words, there was silence all around.
"Oh My God……"
After a long time, someone in the crowd couldn't help but whisper.
Everyone was shocked. They had actually thought that Dongshan Xun might be able to beat Fu Shunan, but they never thought that Dongshan Xun could win so beautifully.
That pounce, and the subsequent attack, which ultimately formed a grand sacrifice that was a complete plan, was so horrifying, so stunning that it could be said to be a gift from heaven and earth.
This game of chess!
Dongshan Xun plays black and wins!
"It seems that I am really... old."
Fu Shunan looked at the chessboard for a long time, then suddenly smiled and spoke in a hoarse voice.
When people around heard Fu Shunan's words, they couldn't help but be stunned.
Kimurago opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't say it.
"Not old."
Kimura Go stared at Fu Shunan. He had seen him lose the title of Grand Go Player before, and now he saw him being eliminated by Toyama Xun. He couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness in his heart.
"Teacher Fu Shunan is still very strong."
"But Teacher Fu Shunan would rather say that he has become weaker than admit that his opponent is too strong..."
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Finally, after a while.
As time passed, the games at other tables also began to end one after another.
Between Zhu Huaian and Sato Takeru, in the middle game, Zhu Huaian used his thick position to attack fiercely and broke Sato Takeru's chess shape. But later, Sato Takeru took the initiative in the small eye position in the lower right corner and suddenly launched an attack, and the situation became difficult to determine again.
In the end, the two sides fought to the endgame. During the endgame, Zhu Huaian's handling was more delicate. In the end, Sato Ken was defeated in the endgame, and the game ended with Zhu Huaian winning by one and a half points.
Sato Takeru, who had been looking forward to facing Yu Shao again in the World Championship to avenge his previous defeat, was eventually eliminated in the single-elimination round.
I wish Huai'an victory!
After a long time, when there was no more sound of chess pieces dropping in the competition venue, this round of single-elimination tournament finally came to an end.
An Hongshi, Su Yiming, Zhang Dongchen, Honinbo Shinwa and others, because their opponents' strength was obviously not matched with theirs, as expected, they all defeated their opponents smoothly and successfully advanced to the next round.
Of course, there were some surprises. For example, the American chess player Xi Rui, who was originally quite popular, was upset in this round by Lucius from France and missed the final match of the single-elimination tournament.
The fourth round of competition is completely over!
"The following players have advanced to the fifth round: Sho Misaki, Araki, Honinbo Shinwa, Toyama Kaoru..."
After the competition, Zhao Zhengyang was on the stage again and began to announce the list of contestants who advanced to the fifth round.
What was different from before was that every time this time came, the amateur chess players in the audience would discuss each game enthusiastically, but today, the entire competition venue was surprisingly dull.
It’s not because today’s game wasn’t exciting.
In fact, quite the opposite.
It is precisely because, in this round of competition, there were too many extremely exciting games, without a single dull game, and both the winner and the loser performed at an extremely high level.
On the chessboard——
Every drop of blood, every drop of tears.
For example, in the battle between Zhu Huaian and Sato Takeru, both sides used various ingenious moves, and fought back and forth until the end, which was very thrilling. However, because it was so exciting, Sato Takeru's departure seemed even more sad.
After watching these chess games, they were all affected, felt depressed and unable to calm down for a while.
Some people are still immersed in the intense shock in their hearts, such as those who have watched the game between Dongshan Xun and Fu Shunan. Until now, they still feel deeply unbelievable about this game.
Everyone has their own thoughts.
After today, half of the chess players will have to leave sadly.
There is only one round left in the single-elimination tournament, and then we will enter the final double-elimination tournament until the champion is decided!
In the end, who will make it to the end of this world competition?
No one is sure anymore.
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