Volume 1 Chapter 323 No Big Problem

"Hey, if you want to play chess with my dad, you have to be qualified. First, tell me what your chess level is?" Song Ziyan asked coldly while eating a banana.

Li Tian frowned: "Chess power?"

He could understand that this should be the standard for judging whether a player is good at chess, but was it the first time he heard of chess being divided into different levels?

"You don't even know your chess skills, yet you dare to play chess with my dad? Aren't you just showing off your skills in front of an expert? Don't you know yourself?" Song Ziyan said disdainfully.

Li Tian said seriously: "I am good at chess."

The "Tai Shang Yi Jing" made his brain particularly useful. He could learn things very quickly. For example, when playing chess, he could see the next ten steps at a glance. This was why he could easily beat Lin Xiaoru in Binhai.

"Tsk, that's because you've never met a true master, so you have such mysterious confidence. My dad and uncle are both at the eighth dan level in chess, and the highest level is the ninth dan. Think about it yourself. If I were you, I wouldn't humiliate myself." Song Ziyan said casually.

"Yan Yan, you've gone too far. Playing chess is for fun. It's enough to get happiness from playing chess. Winning or losing is not important." Song Wenqing preached.

Gu Yanbai also smiled and said, "Xiaotian, since you want to play with your uncle, then sit here."

Having said that, he stood up and made room for him.

"Okay, Dad." Li Tian nodded and sat down opposite Song Wenqing.

"It's not easy for young people to be interested in playing chess. Don't kill his passion." Gu Yanbai said to Song Wenqing, implicitly meaning to give him some slack.

Song Wenqing said with a smile: "Look at what you said. You want to be respectable, but my nephew-in-law doesn't want to be respectful. Giving it your all is the way to respect your nephew-in-law."

That being said, he would definitely let Li Tian win and not let him lose too badly.

Winning or losing doesn’t matter?

It's just a matter of appearance. Otherwise, he wouldn't have defeated Gu Yanbo three games in a row. When it comes to chess, he is quite competitive.

Gu Yanbai understood what he meant, walked away with a smile and went to make tea.

In fact, he has been observing Li Tian all the time. After all, he is his son-in-law. Li Tian has no education and no career, but he is very attractive. He may not make people like him at first sight, but he is definitely not annoying. His eyes are firm and not slick, so the first impression is pretty good.

"Haha... yes, Dad, you have to go all out and let Li Tian deeply realize how incompetent he is, so that he won't be like a frog in a well, with inexplicable mysterious self-confidence." Song Ziyan said schadenfreude.

Song Wenqing frowned: "What's wrong with you? Why are you always targeting your cousin's husband?"

When asked this question, Song Ziyan remembered that Li Tian had opened the bathroom door and had seen her naked. Her face flushed with shame, and then she pouted and said in defense, "How could I not do that? I was just cheering you on."

Song Wenqing shook his head helplessly and asked Li Tian: "Nephew-in-law, who goes first, you or me?"

"Respecting the old and loving the young is the traditional virtue of our country. Uncle, go first." Li Tian directly placed the black pieces on his side, and the red side had the first move.

"Pretending." Song Ziyan muttered softly.

Song Wenqing glared at her.

After both sides had placed their chess pieces, Gu Yanbai brought over two cups of tea.

Song Wenqing started directly, put his hand on Rook 1, and then pushed Rook 1 to the upper square, and the start was Rook 1 moving two squares forward.

When Song Ziyan saw this, she almost spit out a mouthful of salt soda: "Dad, you just said you wouldn't give in, but the amount of water you gave in is as big as the Pacific Ocean. You gave away a free hand right from the start."

"You, you don't understand at all."

Song Wenqing shook his head and said, "Just watch quietly and don't say anything."

Gu Yanbai had a smile on his face. Newbies might think this was a free gift, but in fact, it was a strange opening in chess called the iron pulley.

Let the opponent advance his cannon to attack the horse, then send out the chariot to capture the opponent's cannon. After a few rounds, the process of arranging troops and forming a battle array is also completed. The opponent just moves the two cannons over and over again to avoid sacrifice, but in the end the cannon is lost, and the number of steps is also greatly lost, so the game is in a disadvantageous situation from the start.

Of course, the iron pulley is only effective for novices. Experienced veterans will not care about losing two guns. The first thing they think of is still the deployment of troops. Once they don’t think about preserving the two guns, the iron pulley will lose its miraculous effect, and instead will put the person who uses this trick into a passive situation.

But Li Tian is still young, and even if he does have some chess skills, they are certainly not much. Song Wenqing's opening move of the iron pulley was a disguised way of letting him win.

Li Tian didn't think twice and directly used his cannon to attack the horse.

The smile on Song Wenqing's face became even more intense. He moved another chariot forward by nine, and then sent out another horse, forming a double iron pulley.

Li Tian didn't hesitate and fired his cannon at the horse again.

Song Wenqing immediately pursued with two shots.

However, Li Tian did not control the two cannons to escape, but decisively attacked the soldiers through the elephants.

Oh shit!

Song Wenqing was stunned for a moment. When Li Tian took this step, he was sure that Li Tian was not a novice, but an entry-level chess player with certain experience.

"You know the trolley?" he asked.

Li Tian shook his head: "I don't know."

"Then why don't you move the cannon to avoid being chased by my car?" Song Wenqing asked again.

Li Tian said: "Because if I don't plan ahead, I will still be chased to death by your two chariots. It's better to use a cannon to exchange for your horse and a soldier. It's a sure win."

Song Wenqing was speechless for a moment.

Next, Li Tian's other cannon also killed one of his soldiers. At the beginning, Li Tian's two cannons exchanged for his two horses and two soldiers. The iron pulley was completely ineffective, and he even put himself against the wind.

"It's a sure win, okay."

Gu Yanbai was very surprised that Li Tian could recognize the tricks of the iron pulley, which showed that Li Tian was not a novice and really had some skills.

Song Ziyan was confused. She felt that Li Tian could have used his two cannons to escape, so why did he send the soldier back for nothing? Wouldn't it be better to have two more cannons?

"It's not a big problem." Song Wenqing said with a smile.

Although his two soldiers were destroyed, his two chariots had the upper hand and could move in conjunction in advance, so there would be absolutely no problem in suppressing Li Tian.

But as it rained, he realized something was wrong.

Li Tian's deployment of troops was very methodical, and he was able to foresee his killing moves in advance and take precautions, making it difficult for him to capture a single piece. Even his five pawns were guarded tightly and could not be captured.

After walking for more than ten steps, he didn't eat a single grain.

So frustrating!

It’s so frustrating!

Huh?

Gu Yanbai also noticed the anomaly on the chessboard. The formation of his son-in-law Li Tian was like a copper wall and an iron wall, making it impossible for Song Wenqing to break through. This deployment of troops was simply amazing.

He put aside his contempt and began to appreciate the game of chess seriously.

I originally thought that Li Tian was a novice, and even if he had some skills, he wouldn't have much. But looking at this situation, it seems that Li Tian really has some skills.

Song Wenqing played very quickly at the beginning, but as time went on, he took longer and longer to think, while Li Tian reacted very quickly from beginning to end. Almost as soon as he made a move, Li Tian would move the chess piece immediately, as if he didn't need to think at all.