Chapter 61: I was just joking, but you took it seriously?

Upon hearing this, Yu Shao subconsciously looked in the direction of the commotion.

Coincidentally, at this time Su Yiming, who had defeated his opponent, also stood up.

Yu Shao recognized that the winner was the person who nodded to him when he first entered the competition venue. He was a little surprised and couldn't help but look at Su Yiming for a second before looking away.

Finally, not long after.

"I……"

The boy sitting opposite Xu Zijin lowered his head deeply. The words on his lips were at the tip of his tongue, but he couldn't say them at all, as if they were extremely heavy.

"I……"

He gritted his teeth, his face full of unwillingness, and finally said the remaining two words in one breath: "I lost."

Xu Zijin nodded at him and said softly, "Thank you for your advice."

The boy sitting opposite Xu Zijin lowered his head. After a moment, he replied in a low voice: "Thank you for your advice..."

Behind him, the Go instructor of Jianghai No. 1 Middle School looked at Xu Zijin, then at Yu Shao, and fell silent.

A few years ago, he had watched the students from the two dojos at South China No. 3 Middle School play chess, and they were indeed good at it.

But frankly speaking, he didn't think that the two young players who had once been striving for the title of professional chess player could play like this in these two games.

"Perhaps, it's not so unfortunate that Jiangling No. 5 Middle School ran into South China No. 3 Middle School in the first round..."

Seeing that their two teammates next to them had already given up, the three players from Jianghai No. 1 Middle School felt extremely depressed.

This means that no matter whether he wins or loses this game, it cannot change the fact that they will be eliminated directly in the first round.

“All lost.”

He looked at the chessboard in front of him with a gloomy look, and he seemed to be deflated.

"Even if I win this game, I will still lose in the end. It's meaningless. What's more, my situation is not very good now...why not just give up..."

But this thought only flashed through his mind. The next moment, he gritted his teeth and reached into the chess box again.

"It doesn't matter. Even if I'm doomed to be eliminated, I'm going to win this game!"

He picked up the chess piece and then slammed it down!

Da! Seventeen columns and ten rows, suppress! At this time, the news that Jiangling No. 1 Middle School had won two games and advanced to the next round finally spread, and instantly caused an uproar! "Jiangling No. 1 Middle School has won two games and successfully advanced?!"

Someone was dumbfounded, with a look of disbelief on his face: "Are you kidding? I haven't even finished a game here, the situation is deadlocked and the battle is in full swing! You told me that Jiangling No. 1 Middle School has already advanced?"

"Don't even mention your side, South China No. 3 Middle School hasn't even finished a single game yet!"

"It's fine if one person is bad, but two people from Jianghai No. 1 Middle School are so bad? That's impossible, right?"

"Jiangling No. 1 Middle School took medicine this year, so strong?"

Hearing the discussions of the crowd, the principal sitting in the referee's seat pretended to be calm and dignified, but his ears secretly perked up.

The referee sitting next to the principal joked, "Principal Luo, Jiangling No. 1 Middle School is the first to advance. It seems that your school is going to make a splash this year. Maybe you can defeat South China No. 3 Middle School and win the championship!"

"Alas, it's not that simple."

Principal Luo sighed, shook his head, and said, "Hua Nan No. 3 Middle School has won the championship for two consecutive years. It's not that easy to deal with."

When the referee heard what Principal Luo said, he was stunned.

I was just joking, but you took it seriously? No, there are two contestants from South China No. 3 Middle School who have been to the dojo before!

Where is the Go Dojo?

Those who can enter the Go Dojo are the seeded players who have the greatest hope of becoming professional players!

Even if those young players who are trying to become a Go master in the dojo have not yet been promoted to a professional rank, it is not something that ordinary amateur players can challenge. Some Go dojos do not even allow their young players who are trying to become a Go master to participate in amateur competitions!

Do you really think your school can compete with South China No. 3 Middle School? You can't really think that your school is stronger than South China No. 3 Middle School just because your school won the first round faster than South China No. 3 Middle School, right? Although winning faster can indeed reflect the level of chess skills to a certain extent, it is completely unacceptable as an accurate basis for judging.

If they were to face South China No. 3 Middle School, in order to prevent themselves from losing too quickly, the opponent might carefully consider each move and adopt some steady strategies. This is entirely possible! The referee initially thought that Principal Luo was joking, but after looking at Principal Luo, he actually found that Principal Luo's expression was quite serious.

The referee was completely stunned.

But after hearing what Principal Luo said, the referee didn't know what to say for a moment. He could only force a laugh and said, "Hahaha, okay, then I'll have to wait and see!"

After saying that, the referee involuntarily turned his gaze towards He Yu. As a professional chess player, why did He Yu appear here? This was something he had not figured out so far.

The game continues.

The sounds of pieces falling came one after another.

Not long after, several more people won the game one after another, and not long after, the second school to advance to the second round finally appeared - South China No. 3 Middle School.

No one was surprised that South China No. 3 Middle School became the second school to advance to the second round. Instead, everyone was somewhat surprised that the first school to advance to the second round was Jiangling No. 1 Middle School.

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The contestants from Jiangling No. 5 Middle School who lost the game were now sitting on their chairs with gloomy faces.

Seeing this scene, everyone sighed quietly in their hearts and felt a little sorry for Jiangling No. 5 Middle School.

The single-elimination tournament is the cruelest and most ruthless of all competition systems. This system not only depends on strength, but also on luck - unless you already have strong enough strength to ignore luck.

Jiangling No. 5 Middle School had good overall strength and had a chance to advance to the second or even third round, but it happened to draw the worst lot in the first round and met South China No. 3 Middle School, destined to return home in disappointment.

As the two schools advanced to the second round, the atmosphere in the entire competition venue began to become increasingly depressing and tense.

There were people who regretted losing and even shed tears of unwillingness on the field, while there were also people who broke through the siege and breathed a sigh of relief.

Some are happy and some are sad; people's joys and sorrows are not shared.

“I lost.”

The boy sitting opposite Zhong Yufei sighed dejectedly and chose to resign.

He had tried his best in this game. After falling into a disadvantage, he pursued and attacked hard, finally caught up with the black pieces and slightly evened the situation. But in the end, after counting the points, he was still at a disadvantage of two points.

"Thanks for your advice."

Zhong Yufei also breathed a sigh of relief.

So far, in the first round, Jiangling No. 1 Middle School has won all three games! Ten minutes later, more and more schools have decided the winners and losers. The atmosphere of the entire competition field has become more and more tense. Many students have completely exhausted their available time and entered the countdown.

The fact that the game has come to this point means that both sides are evenly matched and the situation may be reversed at any time. It is likely that the game will have to fight to the last official move to decide the winner.

Jiangling No.2 Middle School, qualified! Ziyang No.1 Middle School, qualified!

South China High School, qualified! …

finally.

About ten minutes later, after the final intense competition, everyone finished their game, half of the schools were eliminated, and half of the schools successfully advanced to the second round! Please read it! Please vote for me!

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