Chapter 98: Restarting the Career Path

When Yu Shao returned home, it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

Although it was very late and dark, Yu's father and mother had not returned yet. The hot pot restaurant they run usually closes around ten o'clock.

Yu Shao went to the bathroom to wash his face, then went to his bedroom, moved out the four-legged chess table that Yu Dongming had bought for him some time ago, took out the chess box, and started playing chess.

This last game of chess today made Yu Shao feel that it was necessary to review the game.

After all, even though he had gained an amazing advantage in the planning stage, he was unable to defeat his opponent and was instead stuck in a stalemate, which Yu Shao found a little difficult to accept.

Although he still had some shortcomings in attacking in intense situations, it was definitely not something that an ordinary chess player could withstand, let alone when he had such a clear advantage.

Moreover, this was a super-fast game. He might not have made any bad moves, but he must have made some slow moves to some extent.

Yu Shao reached into the chess box, picked up the chess pieces, and according to his memory, he placed the black and white pieces alternately on the chessboard, and soon completed the entire game.

"This hand clip will be more effective if it is used to remove sub-items."

"And when we sacrifice a piece to attack the isolated white piece in the middle of the board, maybe the town will be more severe. I was worried that the white piece might have some tricks, but now it seems that the black piece also has some tricks..."

Yu Shao examined the chess board, frowning slightly.

He did have some slack, but not too much, and although Bai Zi also had some slack, it seemed to be less.

Yu Shao was not surprised by this result, because the price paid by White was the final timeout. How to make reasonable use of time is the basic skill of a professional chess player, especially in blitz chess.

White obviously lacks experience in playing super-fast chess and has some problems with time management. He often wastes time thinking about things that do not require too much in-depth thinking.

In fact, in super-fast chess, as long as you don't make obviously bad moves, it doesn't matter if you make a few slow moves. Sometimes, when there is little time left, even common moves can be made in order to save every second.

Because there is no more time to think about which move is better, just make the first move you see, otherwise you will be judged as losing due to the time limit.

But even so, every move made by Bai Zi after he entered the middle game, even though Yu Shao was reviewing the game now, he could still feel Bai Zi's extraordinary skills.

"He lacks some knowledge of Go layout theory, has a poor understanding of thickness, and has a low efficiency in moving chess pieces. These are almost common problems for world-class chess players, but his problems are more serious."

"However, his mid-game strength is incredibly strong and he can always come up with the most tenacious response."

Yu Shao felt a little puzzled.

Although the Go atmosphere in this world is much more intense than in the previous life, how could an amateur player who has not received professional training in a dojo have such strong mid-game skills?

"No……"

Yu Shao looked at the chessboard and frowned.

"Even if you have received professional training in the dojo, if you have not accumulated countless experience fighting with masters in competitions, you will definitely not have such excellent judgment of the situation and such a keen sense of the local situation."

“It’s unbelievable…”

Yu Shao let out a long breath and looked at the chessboard with his eyes flickering.

"It seems that I still underestimated the chess players in this world..."

"Amateurs are like this, I'm afraid the professional chess world will give me even bigger surprises, right?"

"But, that's fine."

Yu Shao reached into the chess box and felt the cold touch of the chess pieces, as if he had returned to his previous life.

"In this world, I can go one step further and return to level 16. I can make up for my shortcomings in attack and killing!"

"One day, when I reach the pinnacle of attack and killing, how strong will my chess skills be then?"

"It seems that I have to start my career path all over again."

However, thinking of this, Yu Shao suddenly felt a headache.

If you want to become a professional Go player, you must participate in the annual Go professional ranking tournament and compete for the few professional Go player spots each year.

However, if you want to sign up for the professional dan ranking tournament, you must have an amateur 5th dan or higher dan certificate, unless you are a young man trying to become a dan in a dojo.

The predecessor didn't even have an amateur rank, let alone a grade exam. If one wants to slowly take the grade exam and then upgrade to a higher rank, it would be a bit too troublesome.

As for the dojo, Yu Shao really didn't want to go there. It was meaningless.

"Is there any way in this world to directly ascend to the fifth dan amateur level?"

He put down the chess piece, took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket, opened WeChat, quickly found Wu Zhixuan's WeChat, and sent a message.

[Fish lacks oxygen: Female chess master, are you asleep? ]

During this period, Yu Shao and Wu Zhixuan chatted a lot.

Although the two are not in the same circle, Wu Zhixuan posts very frequently on her Moments, as if she is eager for people to know what she does every day.

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However, unlike other girls, Wu Zhixuan's Moments usually contain photos of her lunch and her performance in competitions. Although she is very beautiful, she does not even have a single selfie in her Moments.

If she won the game, Wu Zhixuan would post on her Moments to show off her pride. If she lost the game, Wu Zhixuan would post on her Moments something like “Come on, you’re the best” to encourage herself.

Although she is still young, Wu Zhixuan already lives like a 40-year-old woman.

Ever since receiving Wu Zhixuan's autographed photo half a month ago, every time Yu Shao saw Wu Zhixuan post a video about her winning chess game on WeChat Moments, he would leave a message in the comment section, asking her how long it would take her to be promoted to the second dan.

After all, Wu Zhixuan had promised Yu Shao that she would give him an autographed photo every time she was promoted.

Moreover, Wu Zhixuan is very talkative, and the two of them often engage in a fierce battle in the comment section for a long time before finally switching to the chat interface.

So after these two interactions, the two have become very familiar with each other.

Based on Yu Shao's understanding of Wu Zhixuan, she must not have gone to bed yet at this time.

Sure enough, after a while, Wu Zhixuan sent a message: "Don't scold me, don't scold me. If nothing unexpected happens, I have been playing very well recently. If I win two more games, I will be promoted to the second dan!"

Obviously, Wu Zhixuan thought that Yu Shao wanted to ask her when she would be promoted to the second professional level.

Yu Shao immediately sent a wronged expression, and then typed back: "It's not about that. I want to ask, do you know any way to quickly jump to the amateur level?"

Soon, Wu Zhixuan sent an emoji of a black question mark face and asked in a text message, "Amateur rank? No way, no way, you haven't even decided on your amateur rank yet?!"

"No, I didn't even take the exam."

Yu Shao typed back truthfully: "So I was wondering if there was any way to quickly get promoted."

"Oh, I give up. If you can get to the amateur fifth dan, you will get extra points in the middle school entrance examination and the college entrance examination. You can't start learning chess in high school, right?" Wu Zhixuan asked while typing.

Yu Shao didn't know what to do for a moment. After all, his previous incarnation didn't even know the rules of Go.

However, Wu Zhixuan did not dwell on this issue too much, and quickly typed: "It seems that this can only be gradually improved by oneself, and you can't skip levels. (sticking out tongue)"

When Yu Shao saw this message, his eyelids jumped.

However, although it felt a bit troublesome, Yu Shao could accept it. After all, the professional Go ranking tournament was held once a year, and this year's ranking tournament had already begun. He just happened to use this year to qualify.

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(End of this chapter)