Chapter 46: Thirteen Moves of Abandoning the Horse
"Daokai, what do you think of her level?"
"She's a wimp. With her level, I don't think she can even beat you."
"Haha, Daokai, there's something wrong with what you said. What do you mean by possible? With her level, she definitely can't beat me."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
The reason why the two dared to act so unscrupulously when watching Cai Shanshan play chess was, of course, because they were communicating in their native dialect and were not worried at all that others could understand them.
Although she couldn't understand what they were saying, their expressions and tone betrayed them. During the game, Cai Shanshan looked up at the two of them several times with unfriendly eyes. When Zhao Daokai laughed softly, she finally couldn't help it and said coldly to the two of them:
"Watching chess without saying a word!"
After hearing her speak, Zhao Daokai made exaggerated faces at Li Xiangping. As her best friend, Li Xiangping of course understood what he meant. He was clearly saying "your wife looks quite fierce". Li Xiangping showed an expression of deep agreement , and he even cooperated by sticking out his tongue. Then the two of them shut up and continued to watch the fight.
The man who played chess with Cai Shanshan was a young man in his 20s. Li Xiangping guessed that he might be the coach here, because his level was much higher than Cai Shanshan's , so high that Li Xiangping could not tell his level at all.
Li Xiangping's guess was soon confirmed, because after the two finished playing a game of chess, the young man patiently helped Cai Shanshan review the game, and Cai Shanshan also called him "Teacher Zhang" during the process.
After the two of them finished reviewing the game, the "Teacher Zhang" asked the two children who had been watching:
"Two little friends, are you here to play chess?"
Li Xiangping rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, uncle. We both want to learn chess."
"What about the adults in your family?"
"My Lord... My Lord is still chatting with Uncle Cai and the others. It was Uncle Cai who asked us to look around first."
"oh."
"Teacher Zhang" did not doubt Li Xiangping's words, because he knew the rules of this Fangyuan chess and card room. Ordinary people who came to play chess usually only played in the lobby. People who did not want to learn chess could not "turn" into this room and would be blocked from the outside.
Now that the two children can "turn" here, and looking at their clothes and appearance, especially hearing Li Xiangping call out "Uncle Cai"... "Teacher Zhang" thinks there is no need to ask any more extra questions. Let's not talk about whether these two children really want to learn chess, but they are definitely the rich second generation like Cai Shanshan.
After thinking he had guessed the identities of the two people, "Teacher Zhang" became a little more enthusiastic:
"Have those two kids ever learned chess before? What's their current level?"
"I haven't learned anything formally, I just did it randomly, so the level... we don't know what level we are at."
"Oh?" "Teacher Zhang" became more and more interested: "How about trying two games first?"
This was exactly what Li Xiangping wanted: "Okay."
After agreeing, Li Xiangping pointed at Zhao Daokai and said, "Uncle, his level is much better than mine."
Li Xiangping's intention was of course very clear. There were only four people in the room. Since you are the coach, you should of course test the one with the higher level. As for me, I will have to let this little loli test me.
"oh?"
Teacher Zhang said "Oh" again, and then turned his gaze to Zhao Daokai: "How good is the kid's level?"
Li Xiangping answered for him again: "I'm not sure how high he is, but... but since last year, no one in our village has been able to beat him."
"Puchi." Hearing Li Xiangping say this, Cai Shanshan couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Although "Teacher Zhang" also had a smile on his face, he did not show any contempt. You have to know that chess is different from Go. Chess is much more popular than Go. "Teacher Zhang" saw that Zhao Daokai was only about twelve or thirteen years old. If he could really "kill all the opponents in the village" at this age, then his level would obviously not be low.
"Haha, it turns out you're a little master. Okay, let uncle play a few games with this kid . Shanshan, then you can play chess with this... this little brother first."
In fact, "Teacher Zhang" did not ask their ages, and girls develop earlier. Judging from their appearance, it is impossible to tell that Li Xiangping is older than Cai Shanshan, who is also 13 years old. However, Li Xiangping is a time traveler after all, so his words and deeds always have some traces of adults, so "Teacher Zhang" subconsciously thinks that he is older than Cai Shanshan.
Li Xiangping took advantage of the situation and looked at Cai Shanshan with a smile: "Okay uncle, little sister, please give me more advice."
Cai Shanshan rolled her eyes, but since it was "Teacher Zhang" who sent the message, she naturally couldn't say anything. After the two chessboards were placed side by side, Cai Shanshan asked casually:
"What's your name?"
"My last name is Li, and my given name is Li Xiangping."
"ah!"
Cai Shanshan almost covered her mouth with her hands, but she quickly pretended nothing happened.
And her expression was naturally seen by Li Xiangping.
Li Xiangping laughed inwardly. He thought that Old Cai seemed to be a frivolous person. Judging from the action just now by the opposite side, Old Cai must have told his daughter about the boring joke between him and Li Yuanhu.
Li Xiangping pretended nothing happened, and Cai Shanshan also pretended nothing happened. After all, up to now, Li Xiangping had not asked her name.
"Little sister, since you are younger, you should play red first in this first set."
"snort!"
Cai Shanshan rolled her eyes again. She didn't say much and started to arrange the chess pieces according to what Li Xiangping said. Looking at her current posture, Li Xiangping guessed that she must want to "teach him a lesson" now.
Li Xiangping laughed and didn't care at all. Although he had never practiced chess professionally, he thought his level was not low. Just now Zhao Daokai said that he could let him "three firsts", but that only helped himself at this time in his previous life. If it was the 31-year-old Li Xiangping, he thought that with Zhao Daokai's level of "village champion", he might not be his opponent.
He had just watched Cai Shanshan play a game of chess, so Li Xiangping felt good about himself and thought it would be no problem for him to defeat the opponent.
It's a pity that the first game between the two sides...
Since the two games were very close, "Teacher Zhang", who was much better at chess, had time to pay attention to the situation on the other side in addition to dealing with Zhao Daokai. In fact, as soon as the game started, "Teacher Zhang" had a good idea in his mind. Although the kid he was playing against was not his opponent, he was obviously much better than Cai Shanshan. Because of this, he paid more attention to the other game.
Because even though the kid over there said that he was not as good as the kid over here, if their levels were similar, or just a little bit different, he was worried that Cai Shanshan would not be able to resist at all.
As soon as he saw the opening over there, "Teacher Zhang" felt relieved.
Not only "Teacher Zhang", but after Cai Shanshan saw Li Xiangping's start, even the corners of her mouth showed a beautiful curve.
Only Li Xiangping was unaware of it and was still looking smug.
Li Xiangping thought to herself, "This is the 13 moves of sacrificing a horse, the famous 13 moves of sacrificing a horse in Chinese chess. I have even used such a classic move, and I still can't control a little girl like you? No, no, I am so ruthless, isn't this a bit unkind to women...
Li Xiangping was considering whether he was gentle and kind enough to women, but he didn't know that when "Teacher Zhang" saw this move, he sighed in his heart. He thought to himself, why did this kid use this move when there are so many other ways to do it?
You should know that this "Thirteen Moves of Abandoning a Horse" is a classic move, which is included in the ancient chess manual "Secrets of the Orange". As the name suggests, if Li Xiangping uses this move, then he can kill the opponent in as fast as thirteen moves after abandoning a horse.
But precisely because this move is very classic, it is ranked first in the "Juzhong Secret", and the "Juzhong Secret" is a must-learn for almost all regular chess learners. Not long ago, "Teacher Zhang" just explained this move in detail with Cai Shanshan...
The time was not long. The first game took less than 10 minutes. Cai Shanshan raised her head and said to Li Xiangping with a smile:
"Do you want to go down again?"
Li Xiangping's face was full of black lines:
"Of course, come again..."
