Chapter 462: The Dragon Slayer Planned a Game of Chess
Soon, Su Yiming came to the crowd and looked at the chessboard.
Just at this moment, accompanied by the crisp sound of the chess piece falling, Arakino held the white chess piece and made a small flying move.
Seeing this, Su Yiming couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
"Xiao Fei?"
The crowd around was silent for two or three seconds, as if time had stopped.
After two or three seconds, the crowd was in an uproar!
"Xiao Fei?"
Someone stared at the chessboard in disbelief, "So... so subtle?"
"really."
The person beside him stared at the chessboard in front of him in shock and said, "Looking at this situation, I've thought about White being cornered and using a desperate struggle. I've also thought about White making a desperate throw of the dice..."
"but--"
He couldn't help swallowing his saliva, a trace of cold sweat on his face, and said: "The only thing I didn't expect... was Xiaofei."
Even Kong Zi in the crowd couldn't help but feel a little dazed when looking at the white piece on the chessboard.
The situation of White chess is visibly precarious, and it can even be said that the outcome has been decided. Under such circumstances, if White chess still wants to play, no matter how strong it is, it will not be excessive.
But this move was so calm that it was just a small move that was extremely consistent with the principles of chess and was used to seize the big game.
That makes so much sense.
But it is unreasonable!
This Xiaofei move is a good move no matter how you look at it, but it should be used under a situation of equal strength, and should not appear in such a critical and urgent situation as now!
At this time, it is impossible for White to play normally. It is no longer possible to win by a straight combination, so it must use a surprise attack and fight violence with violence. This method of play, which seems very reasonable at the moment, is actually unreasonable under the current board situation.
It was as if the white chess piece was completely unaware that the game was already over.
Or, in other words, White turned a blind eye to this point. Even though the situation was critical, he continued to do his own thing, still looking at the overall situation and the whole game!
It's as if the enemy is already at the gates of the city, but instead of thinking about repelling the enemy, they are thinking about how to capture the enemy's capital. Because of this, this contrast creates an extremely bizarre atmosphere, which is particularly terrifying.
“It’s so peaceful.”
Someone spoke with difficulty, "The calmness in this situation of certain death seems like a calm acceptance of death, but it also seems more like there's some powerful back-up plan..."
“It’s really terrifying when you think about it…”
They looked at the chessboard in confusion: "But, how is that possible?"
No matter how they look at it, White can't come back to life, but this small flying move is too meaningful. Could it be that he is just going to play normally and wait for death?
In the crowd, Su Yiming looked at the chessboard intently. After a moment, his expression became more serious.
"It's Xiaofei?"
Toyama Xun was also stunned for a moment, obviously he also did not expect Arakino to do this.
After looking at the chessboard and thinking for a long time, Dongshan Xun finally picked up the chess piece and placed it down again.
clatter!
Eight columns and five elements, sticky!
"Very cautious."
Seeing Dongshan Xun's response, everyone couldn't help but hold their breath.
Since Black was already in a winning position and White's small flying move was really meaningful, Toyama Xun did not act rashly, but chose to make an additional move with extreme caution.
Obviously, Black does not want to give White any chance and wants to nip all risks in the bud.
clatter!
clatter!
clatter!
The two sides began to place their chess pieces alternately.
Dongshan Xun's moves were extremely cautious and firm. He could have launched a general attack and ended the battle quickly, but he was not in a hurry to do so. While constantly making up for the pieces, he also took an attacking stance, as if he was ready to attack the white pieces at any time, but he hesitated to do so, maintaining a high-pressure situation against the white pieces.
Everyone can come out. Dongshan Xun's real intention is not to make up for the loss, but to simplify the situation and make the originally complicated situation more stable, even at the cost of losing his own eyes.
This is undoubtedly a good move. Even if Black's own advantage will become smaller and smaller, when the board is completely concluded, White will be powerless to turn the tide no matter what, and Black can even win without fighting.
Seeing the chess pieces falling one after another, many people couldn't help but think of the game between Yu Shao and Jiang Changdong in the national team match.
"Is it my imagination?"
A young man couldn't help but whisper to his friend beside him: "I always feel that Dongshan Xun is a bit like Yu Shao..."
"It's not an illusion, I feel the same way."
His friend shook his head, his eyes still fixed on the chessboard. Without turning back, he said, "From the sharp move in the layout, to the handling of life and death in the middle game, and the use of chess shapes, to the focus and control here, you can see the shadow of Yu Shao's chess from several games, even the abandoned dragon in the middle game, and Su Yiming's feeling."
"However, Dongshan Xun's moves, ideas, and techniques are obviously different from Yu Shao's style. He must have studied Yu Shao's chess records extensively and gained a lot, and has his own understanding."
His friend stared at the chessboard, his brow furrowing ever deeper. "If this continues, it won't be long before Black wins the game without a single blow. Even if White enters the endgame, there won't be any points left to pursue."
"Does White's flying move really have a deeper meaning, or is it just a bluff? Or are we simply overthinking it?"
Soon, Arakino placed another chess piece on the chessboard.
clatter!
Seventeen columns and seven rows, tiger!
Seeing this move, everyone around couldn't help but cheer up. The white chess piece made a tiger move, changing the previous chess pattern, suddenly turned around and bit the black chess piece, obviously intending to attack the black chess piece!
If White really has a trick up his sleeve, he must reveal it now. This is the battle that will decide the outcome!
"Tiger?"
Dongshan Xun looked at the chessboard, constantly calculating the subsequent changes in his mind.
"He wants to attack my chess core. If the chess core is broken, White might be able to counterattack, but..."
Dongshan Xun glanced at the whole situation and made a decision in his heart.
"The entire board is very active, and White's pieces are all suppressed in the low position. It doesn't matter if White breaks his chess lines. As long as he can completely strengthen himself, then White will be helpless!"
Thinking of this, Dongshan Xun picked up the chess piece and dropped it quickly again!
Soon, Arakino also picked out the white piece, which landed on the chessboard right after him!
Da, da, da!
In the blink of an eye, both sides made more than ten moves in succession. Everyone held their breath and watched the fight on the chessboard intently, as if they had really witnessed an earth-shattering fight!
The black chess pieces' veins are very thick, but the white chess pieces use "thorns" to cleverly find the thinness of the black chess pieces' shape. In the end, the black chess pieces' veins are broken by the white chess pieces, and the white chess pieces seem to be showing signs of counterattack.
"The black chess piece's tendon was actually eaten, a big, thick piece!"
"Are we going to break in from here? It's impossible in such a small space, right?"
"But maybe there is hope?"
Seeing this, everyone's heart was in their throat.
clatter!
clatter!
clatter
Under the gaze of the world, chess pieces continue to fall on the chessboard.
Soon, everyone's expression dimmed a little, and the fire of hope that had been burning in their hearts flickered again. Even Su Yiming in the crowd couldn't help but frown slightly.
The fact that the black chess pieces were eaten was indeed beyond everyone's expectation, but the black chess pieces on the periphery had already formed towering mountains and steep ridges. The huge external force was spectacular and thick and completely unshakable!
"Okay, that's it."
Seeing that the situation developed as he expected, Dongshan Xun felt much calmer and his chess pieces moved faster and faster.
"As long as my black pieces gradually close in, the white pieces' empty spaces will be squeezed!"
But in the crowd on the side, Su Yiming stared at the chessboard intently, and his originally furrowed brows had relaxed at some point, replaced by a look of deep disbelief.
"Then the black piece points, the white piece jumps, the black piece sticks, the white piece turns. If the black piece crawls, then the white piece crawls as well. If the black piece doesn't crawl but rushes, then the white piece digs, looking for the black piece's breakpoint..."
In his mind, it was as if there was a chessboard, and he had already made countless moves based on the current chess game, and the final conclusion was -
"Finally, the life and death of Black's other dragon on the right wing will be in question!"
clatter!
clatter!
clatter!
The chess pieces are still falling!
"In this way, White won't attack..."
Seeing Arakino make a move, Toyama Xun immediately reached into the chess box again and was about to pick up the chess piece when he suddenly saw Arakino's move. His right hand in the chess box couldn't help but pause.
"……break."
But soon, Dongshan Xun calmed down and placed the chess piece again.
clatter!
clatter!
clatter!
“…”
After a few more moves, seeing Arakino make another move, a trace of cold sweat appeared on Toyama Xun's forehead, and his face turned slightly pale. After gritting his teeth and thinking for a moment, he finally made another move on the chessboard!
All around, I don't know when, it became silent.
Everyone stared at the chessboard in amazement, with waves of shock rising in their hearts.
Even though Su Yiming had anticipated this scene, he couldn't help but be a little dazed.
At this moment, the Internet exploded!
"After White's move, Black's life and death became a problem!"
"Impossible, how is this possible!"
"Black's chess pieces appear solid, but for some reason, they struggle to function effectively. Instead, they appear clumsy and unable to exert any external force!"
"The isolated pieces on the right side of the White chess piece were originally weak and needed to be dealt with. They were in a life-or-death situation. But now, they have actually occupied all the eye positions of the Black dragon on the right wing. The Black dragon is likely to be captured!"
At this moment, under everyone's gaze, another white chess piece fell onto the chessboard!
"Big jump!"
Someone couldn't suppress their inner shock and stood up, screaming, "White! White is killing Black's dragon!"
"The offense and defense have reversed!"
“Why is this happening?”
Speechless!
Shocking!
Everyone was stunned!
Finally, after watching a few more moves, someone finally realized what was going on and seemed to have understood something!
"After Black gave up the dragon, White's pieces were completely scattered, and the four corners were reduced to dreadful shapes. All they gained in return were a few isolated pieces in the middle! But those isolated pieces were exactly what White wanted!!!"
"Now it seems that White had been planning on the Black dragon on the right wing from the very beginning. All of the pieces he placed responded to the other White pieces surrounding the Black dragon on the right wing. Then, he took advantage of Black's sacrifice of the dragon and turned the tables on them!"
"White chess—"
"They've actually been planning to slay the dragon since the beginning!"
"Now that we have crossed the entire board, we are finally going to capture the black dragon!"
No one could remain calm anymore. Everyone leaned forward involuntarily, watching this shocking killing scene. Their scalps tingled and an endless chill rose in their hearts.
Thought of slaying the dragon from the beginning?
Everyone felt an unprecedented absurdity.
In Go, slaying the dragon is indeed a way to win, but the so-called dragon slaying is usually done halfway through the game, when an opportunity to slay the dragon is discovered. In most games, the contest ends with the official move.
How could anyone, except a beginner, possibly want to capture the other side's Baron from the very beginning?!
Ultimately, because Go is too complex, with hundreds of billions of variations, and Dragon Slaying is the one with the most and most complex variations, it is so complicated and confusing that the situation is very likely to be completely out of control.
Therefore, throughout history, even among the fighting chess players, no chess player, no chess game, would take "slaying the dragon" as the core of tactics from the very beginning!
Looking at the chessboard, the chess pieces were still falling one after another, and everyone's heart was unsettled.
This is completely different from the situation just now where Dongshan Xun made his moves very quickly. Now, each move of Dongshan Xun is extremely difficult and often requires a long time of thinking. On the other hand, Araki Ye makes his moves very quickly!
Dongshan Xun's expression was pale, with sweat running down his face. He gritted his teeth and after a long period of consideration, he finally made his move again.
clatter!
clatter!
clatter!
There was still silence all around.
Finally, after who knows how long, when the black piece's right dragon was completely captured by the white piece, Dongshan Xun was silent for a moment, lowered his head deeply, and said, "I..."
The words were on the tip of my tongue, but the remaining two words seemed to weigh a thousand pounds and I couldn't say them no matter what.
"Lost."
In the end, Dongshan Xun still managed to say the remaining two words through gritted teeth.
"Thank you for your advice."
There was no expression of joy or anger on Arakino's face, he lowered his head and said to Toyama Xun.
Everyone around was completely stunned. Even after the game was over, they still stood there in shock, their hearts filled with deep shock.
Araki, the dragon slayer wins!
On the chessboard, the two big black dragons were slaughtered. It is not enough to describe the misery of the game by saying that the whole army was annihilated. It can only be said that the game was shattered!
But this is not because Black played badly. It can even be said that Black played too well, so well that it was amazing. Even before the last fifty moves, no one would have expected this to be the outcome.
In this game, Dongshan Xun's astonishing sacrifice of the dragon to take the lead impressed everyone. However, this amazing move not only did not bring him victory, but instead led to a tragic situation in which two dragons were slaughtered!
In the crowd, Su Yiming stared at the chessboard silently. In his mind, every move made by both sides kept appearing, and he kept analyzing and replaying the game.
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ps: The IV drip method really works, the fever has gone down, but my body is still a little sore. Fortunately, it should be fine in two days. Everyone take care of your health.
(End of this chapter)
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