Chapter 25: Jueyi vs. Leimeng Zhuanzhu
"Brother Ding'an, there was a rumor in the martial arts world that when you and Senior Xiping played chess at Zhang's house in Pinghu, you didn't play only 10 games, but 13 games to decide the winner. So who won between you two..."
"Brother Ding'an, stop reading and come and tell me about you and Miss Xiuqin..."
"Brother Ding'an, Brother Ding'an..."
After showing Mr. Wu's "Black and White Layouts" to Old Shi, Li Xiangping himself was in a state of not knowing whether to laugh or cry. Because the chess master Shi seemed to be completely immersed in it. From afternoon to evening, he either ignored Li Xiangping or just spoke perfunctorily.
When Li Xiangping finished dinner and it was almost 7pm, Li Xiangping spoke again:
"Brother Ding'an, I know you are obsessed with chess, but there is no need to rush. The time has come and the game will start soon. Brother Ding'an should put this book aside for the time being. You must know that your opponent tonight will definitely be stronger, so Brother Ding'an needs to be careful."
"Ah?! What's the matter…"
Feeling that Lao Shi was still in a confused state, Li Xiangping was not only at a loss whether to laugh or cry, he began to feel worried about the upcoming game.
Although Li Xiangping didn't know who his next opponent would be, according to the general rules of the ring match, the opponent he met in Echigo would definitely be stronger. Considering that Lao Shi had already won the previous game with some difficulty, it was normal for Li Xiangping to feel a little worried when seeing his current state.
Because of this worry, and because he had been watching chess for several days in a row, Li Xiangping was now itching to play. This gave him an idea, and he said to Lao Shi:
"Brother Ding'an, how about this? Let me go first in today's match, and you stand guard at the side. When I can't hold on any longer, you can take over, how about that?"
"Ah? Little friend Xiang Ping wants to play by yourself today? Okay, I saw that little friend Xiang Ping's opening move was extremely exquisite that day, and today is a good opportunity for me to see your skills again."
"Okay, let's make it a deal ."
When saying this, Li Xiangping felt proud. He was proud of the idea he had thought of. He thought that if he adopted this method, then his chances of winning today would be very high.
At this point in the game, Li Xiangping certainly wouldn't be so naive as to think that he would face a weakling today. As long as today's opponent was at a similar level to "Yao Li" yesterday, Li Xiangping knew his own business. He knew that his current level was definitely not good enough, and if he played alone, he would probably lose more than 90% of the time.
However, how can he say it? Li Xiangping has no confidence that he can persist for a whole game of chess, but if he only persists for the first few dozen moves, Li Xiangping is still full of confidence.
After all, he is a time traveler, and has 18 years more experience than today's chess players. More importantly, Li Xiangping has seen "dog moves". Therefore, based on these two points, Li Xiangping believes that unless he encounters one of the few layout masters in the current chess world, such as Lao Nie, Li Xiangping has the confidence to survive the first few dozen moves against anyone else.
This "holding through" does not mean that Li Xiangping thinks he can take advantage or gain any advantage, but that Li Xiangping is confident that he will not let his opponent take any advantage of him.
Li Xiangping believed that as long as he played like this, even a slightly worse situation would be fine. If he let Old Shi take over at that time, his chances of winning would be quite high.
The reason why Li Xiangping was so confident was that he remembered the first game of chess he played after traveling through time. Now that he thought about it, the game he played with Gu Dali actually used this model, but that game was not deliberately arranged, it was just a bit of an accident.
"Hehe, if Lao Shi and I team up, we can beat even the current Gu Dali. Although the current Gu Dali has not yet reached his peak and is still the 'Gu Yiluan' that is laughed at by others, I didn't know about it from that day on, and I made several problematic moves. Since they can still win the game under such circumstances, I really don't believe what kind of masters the small Lei Alliance can send out..."
Thinking of this, Li Xiangping even began to look forward to it. He hoped that today's opponent would not be too weak, so that he could test the power of the combined power of himself and Lao Shi.
So what kind of opponents will we meet today?
Around 6:30 p.m., three young men walked into the headquarters of Qingfeng.com in Beijing. The leader was Shao Weigang, a professional 9th dan. He was not only the captain of the national Go team and the oldest of the "Seven Little Dragons", but he was also the major shareholder of Qingfeng.com. This website was actually created under his leadership.
The other two people who came here with him were Luo Xihe, known as "Luo Shenzhu" in the martial arts world, a background figure of the "Long Feihu Mythology", or simply the creator of the "Long Feihu Mythology". The other one was Wang Lei, also a figure in the "Seven Little Dragons", one of Lao Nie's disciples, nicknamed "Ye Li Ganhong".
The three of them had just returned to Beijing after playing Go League outside, and they hurried here because of a phone call.
"Xiao Zhou, I heard that there are experts on the website again in the past few days?"
Hearing Shao Weigang's question, another young man sitting next to the computer turned around. His name was Zhou Junjie, one of the "Eight Sons of Qingfeng" and a professional 5th-dan chess player.
"Oh, you three are back..." Zhou Junjie turned around and said to the other three with a smile:
"Yes, in the past few days, the most popular ID on the entire website is 'Jueyi'. This person plays chess and it's quite interesting. Oh, and he will have a game soon. I'm waiting to watch him play chess now."
"what match?"
"A 7-on-7 match between Yipintang and Leimeng."
When they heard about this competition, the other three looked at each other, and finally Luo Xihe said:
"Let's take a look at this guy's chess record first."
The three of them walked to another computer and pulled up the chess records of Jueyi. Jueyi had not played many games so far, only about 40 in total. And among those 40 games, the games in the promotion and relegation matches were actually not of much reference value, so they were ignored by the three of them. They mainly watched the four games in the challenge matches.
When they quickly glanced at the first three sets, none of them spoke. But when they saw the fourth set, especially the "national team's latest research results" at the beginning, all three of them laughed.
Shao Weigang smiled and asked the other two: "What do you two think?"
Luo Xihe smiled and replied: "Now one thing is certain, this person is definitely not one of us."
Hearing Luo Xihe's answer, the three continued to laugh, and laughed even more happily. At this time, Zhou Junjie also came to them and looked at them inexplicably while they were laughing.
After laughing, they continued to watch. When they saw about 100 moves, their smiles gradually disappeared. When they finished watching the whole game, the smiles of the three people had completely disappeared and their expressions became serious. Wang Lei even said:
"Interesting, he is indeed a master."
Shao Weigang nodded after listening: "Indeed, the white chess gained such a big advantage at the beginning of this game, and I didn't see anything wrong with the chess moves of Yaoli, but how did he lose this game? To be honest, I still don't quite understand it. Xiaozhu, do you understand it?"
Luo Xihe did not reply immediately, but replayed the game again, and this time the speed was much slower than before.
When he saw nearly 100 moves, Luo Xihe stopped pressing the mouse and pointed at the black chess move and said:
"I'm actually confused too. Maybe this is the reason."
"This move? What do you mean, little pig?"
"I can only say this. If I were playing this game, I would definitely not play it here. I wouldn't even think about it. But now I think it was a good move. From this move, Black gradually turned the situation around until it won. It was also from this move that Yaoli seemed to lose his ability to play chess. It felt like he was completely confused by his opponent, which led to his loss in the end. Don't you think so?"
Hearing Luo Xihe say this, Shao Weigang and Wang Lei laughed again, but this time no one responded to Luo Xihe's words. Shao Weigang simply said:
"Okay then, let's do this. The time is almost up. Which of you two will go first?"
Wang Lei spoke up. Wang Lei, the "Wild Red" of the National Go Team, spoke up:
"Let me go first. After watching these four games, I feel that this guy is incredibly powerful. It's exciting to watch him, so playing chess with him must be even more exciting. So let me go first in this game."
Shao Weigang and Luo Xihe naturally had no objection to Wang Lei's initiative:
"That's settled then. Call and get the competition account right away."
At this time, only Zhou Duan was still confused. He asked Shao Weigang:
"What does this mean, Boss?"
Shao Weigang looked at him and smiled. He simply explained, "By the way, I forgot to tell you that we came here this time because Coach Wu asked us to come here."
"Coach Wu?"
"Yes, Coach Wu asked us to defeat this 'exquisite skill' today."
"So this is ah."
Zhou Wuduan did not ask any more questions. Indeed, there was no need to ask so clearly about some things. Now Zhou Wuduan only knew that as long as there was a good show to watch tonight, it would be fine.
At 7:00 pm, on Qingfeng Go website, the match between Yipintang and Leimeng continued, and the sixth match was about to begin. The defending team was Jueyi 9D, who represented Yipintang. This was a "straight 9" who had just been promoted in the afternoon and had won 4 consecutive games in this match.
On the "Lei Meng" side, the first person to challenge the challenge today was their "Lei Meng Zhuan Zhu". Of course, not many people knew at this time that this "Lei Meng Zhuan Zhu" was actually Wang Lei, the eighth dan of the national team.
So how will today's game of chess end?
