I really don’t want to play Go!

Chapter 290 Let Me Enter the Palace of Go
Time flies, and soon another ten days have passed, and it is time for the next round of national team qualifiers.

Early in the morning of that day, Yu Shao took a taxi to the Southern Chess Academy. As soon as he walked into the lobby of the Southern Chess Academy, Wu Zhixuan's voice sounded behind him.

"Yu Shao!"

Yu Shao turned his head and saw Wu Zhixuan standing in front of the vending machine in the hall. She was waving to Yu Shao happily and said hello: "Long time no see!"

"Wu Zhixuan? Are you back from the Western Conference?"

Seeing Wu Zhixuan, Yu Shao was a little surprised and asked, "Why so fast?"

During this period, Wu Zhixuan was not in Jiangling. She went to the western region to participate in the "Nüliu Cup" competition. Most chess competitions in this world do not distinguish between men and women, but the Nüliu Cup is one of the few fast chess competitions for female players.

The schedule of the Women's Cup conflicts with that of the China-Japan-Korea team trials, so Xu Zijin had to choose only one. Xu Zijin gave up participating in the Women's Cup, while Wu Zhixuan gave up participating in the China-Japan-Korea team trials.

"Oh, I also want to stay for a while, but what can I do? I lost to Huo Yunyun, 6th Dan, and was eliminated in this tournament."

Wu Zhixuan sighed and said, "I almost won. I'm so angry!"

"but--"

At this point, Wu Zhixuan suddenly changed the subject, a proud look on her face, and said, "I've been promoted to the fourth level! It's higher than yours!"

"congratulations."

Yu Shao was not surprised to hear the news. He had just been promoted to the third dan not long ago, and Wu Zhixuan had already been promoted to the fourth dan. Now that so much time has passed, it is indeed time for her to be promoted to the fourth dan.

Wu Zhixuan took out her phone and scanned the code, then bent down and took out two cans of coffee from the vending machine. She handed one to Yu Shao and asked, "Are you playing in the national team match today?"

"Correct."

Yu Shao took the coffee from Wu Zhixuan and asked as he opened the can, "Are you going to the Go Saint War today?"

"correct."

Wu Zhixuan said with a sad face: "I definitely lost today. My opponent is Zheng Qin, 3rd dan."

"Zheng Qin?"

Yu Shao was a little surprised and asked, "Did he go to the Go Saint War?"

Zheng Qin had participated in the national team competition before and had achieved very high points, but Zheng Qin's current strength is still some distance away from entering the title match.

Therefore, after Zheng Qin suffered two consecutive defeats in the national team competition not long ago, coupled with the loss of the previous national team competition, his points were no longer sufficient to support him to continue in the national team competition.

Although Zheng Qin was eliminated, this record is already amazing. After all, Zheng Qin only became a professional chess player last year. The fact that he could persist in the national championship for so long has exceeded many people's expectations.

"Yes."

Wu Zhixuan said gloomily, "I can only play this game cautiously and wait for him to make a mistake. If he doesn't make a mistake, I don't think my chances are great."

The two chatted as they walked towards the game room. Soon they arrived at the door of the national team match room. Yu Shao stopped and said goodbye to Wu Zhixuan: "I'll go in first."

"it is good."

Wu Zhixuan nodded, clenched her fists, and encouraged Yu Shao: "Come on!"

"You too."

After Yu Shao finished speaking, he turned and walked into the game room. He looked towards table number seven and saw a man in his forties with a slightly plump build already sitting down on the side of table number seven.

Yu Shao quickly came to the other side of table number seven and sat down opposite the slightly plump man.

At the door of the game room, Wu Zhixuan did not leave immediately. After seeing Yu Shao sitting down at the seventh table, she looked at the fat man opposite Yu Shao and quickly recognized the man's identity.

"Yu Shao's opponent today is... Pan Xi, 8th Dan."

Wu Zhixuan was a little surprised. She remembered that in Zheng Qin's last game in the National Master Tournament, his opponent was Pan Xi, 8th Dan. If Zheng Qin had won that game, he would have been able to continue in the National Master Tournament.

Unfortunately, Zheng Qin lost the game in the end.

At this moment, seeing that Yu Shao and Pan Xi had already taken their seats, many people in the game room immediately walked towards the seventh table and soon surrounded the seventh table from inside and outside.

"Yu Shao is so amazing..."

Seeing this scene, Wu Zhixuan finally retracted her gaze, clenched her fists, and walked towards the game room where the Go Saint War was held as if she had made up her mind.

"Okay, then I'll try harder too!"

……

……

Not long after, the two referees finally arrived at the game room where the national chess competition was held. They took a look at table number seven which was surrounded by a group of chess players and were no longer surprised.

Normally speaking, not many people would pay attention to the qualifiers, and most people, including the media, only focused on the main tournament and the finals, but... Yu Shao and Su Yiming were two exceptions.

"The game time has come, players please take your positions."

A referee cleared his throat and announced the rules of the game: "Two hours for each side, one minute countdown, black has a seven and a half point handicap, now you can start guessing the first move!"

Hearing the referee's words, Pan Xi quickly grabbed a handful of white pieces from the chess box and held them in his palm. Yu Shao also took out two black pieces from the chess box and placed them on the chessboard.

Pan Xi loosened his hands and counted the chess pieces. There were seven white pieces in total, which meant that Pan Xi would play black and Yu Shao would play white.

"I play black..."

Pan Xi was packing up the chess pieces while thinking silently. He quickly put away the white pieces, exchanged chess boxes with Yu Shao, and then they bowed to each other.

The chess game has begun.

Pan Xi looked at the chessboard with an inexplicably heavy expression.

"I became a professional chess player at the age of 19. Now I am 40 years old, but I have never made it to a title match, not even once."

After a moment, Pan Xi finally reached into the chess box, picked up the chess piece, and made his first move.

Hey!
Sixteen columns and four rows, stars!
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, then quickly took out a chess piece from the chess box and put it down quickly.

Hey!
Four columns and sixteen rows, stars!
“I originally thought that I would never have the chance to fight for a title again, but I’m 40 years old now and my form is better than I thought.”

Pan Xi took a deep breath, picked up the chess piece again, and placed it on the chessboard.

Hey!
Sixteen columns and seventeen rows, small eyes!
He had heard the crisp sound of chess pieces falling for more than 30 years. He was so familiar with it that he kept playing chess and honing his skills day and night in order to improve his chess skills.

"I have dreamed of winning the title since I was a child. This year may be the closest I have ever been to my dream. No matter what, I want to win this game."

Pan Xi looked at the chessboard and saw Yu Shao holding the chess piece in his right hand and dropping it on the board, making a sound of metal and stone.

Hey!
Four columns and four rows, stars!

"I'm not a genius. I didn't get promoted to the dan level until I was 19, and I'm only an 8th dan now. But I really tried my best."

Pan Xi picked up the chess piece again and put it down gently.

"For this child, there are still many opportunities, but for me... this may even be the last chance in this life!"

Hey!
Six columns and seventeen rows, Xiao Fei is dead!
Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, thought for a moment, then picked up the chess piece and put it down gently.

Three columns and fourteen rows, Xiaofei!

"Xiao Fei..."

Pan Xi looked at the bottom of the chessboard, and finally made up his mind and reached into the chess box.

"You Yuhao lost because he played too slowly and failed to realize the hidden trick in that move. After a week of reviewing and analyzing the game, I finally figured out the trick."

"If he still hangs high and chooses to rely on the three-three change, I will quickly go up to the big space and swallow him up with my strong momentum!"

"It may seem a little ridiculous for a 40-year-old man to say this, but I really want to... at least let me enter the title match and let me enter the hall of Go!"

Click!

With the sound of chess pieces colliding, Pan Xi picked up the chess piece and dropped it quickly onto the chessboard!
Ten columns and sixteen rows, high demolition!

Seeing this move, everyone around couldn't help but feel a slight chill in their hearts.

After the black pieces made this high move, the black pieces at the bottom of the board were quickly arranged, and the black pieces at the edges and the hanging corners echoed the black pieces at the small ends. Surprisingly, it was another unborn flow!
"Continue hanging one high..."

After seeing this move, Yu Shao did not make a move immediately, but looked at the chessboard and fell into thought.

"Or, Xiaofei?"

Yu Shao couldn't help but look up at Pan Xi, only to see Pan Xi staring at him closely, with a sharp gleam in his eyes!

"...waiting for me to go to a high-hanging room?"

After a while, Yu Shao finally took the white piece out of the chess box and put it down again.

"Then, come on!"

Hey!
Sixteen columns and fifteen rows, one hanging high!
Seeing Yu Shao's move, Pan Xi's eyes flashed, and he immediately took out the chess piece from the chess box and dropped it at a high speed!
Hey!
Sixteen columns and twelve rows, with two high bays!
Yu Shao immediately picked up the chess piece and dropped it right after him!
Fourteen columns and fifteen rows, jump!

Pan Xi also picked up the black piece from the chess box almost instantly and flew down!
Fourteen columns and seventeen rows, jump!

Yu Shao once again picked out the white piece——

Seventeen columns and seventeen rows, damn!

"Use this trick again, lean on the third three!"

Seeing Yu Shao's move, everyone's expression changed slightly, and their looks suddenly became extremely focused.

In the crowd, a young man wearing glasses was looking at the chessboard, and his mind couldn’t help but emerge with the comment made by Zhuang Weisheng on the “missed” move when he called him in the previous game.

"That move was a slip, luring the enemy into the game. The key lies in slowness and speed. If the black piece can realize the deep meaning of that slip, and quickly create a large space, or swallow it with a strong force, it will be the strongest counterattack against the white piece..." Da, Da, Da...

On the chessboard, black and white pieces began to fall alternately.

Soon, the white piece fell again.

Eighteen columns and twelve rows, missing!

Seeing this move, Pan Xi's expression did not change at all. He immediately took the chess piece out of the chess box and put it down again!
"Pan Xi, the eighth dan, has also realized this!"

The young man wearing glasses looked at the chessboard intently. After watching a few moves, his heart started to tremble and he subconsciously pushed his glasses up on his nose.

"In this game, the black pieces are very fast. Looking at their posture, they will use their thickness to build up a large space at the bottom and near the middle of the board with lightning speed!"

At this time, Pan Xi picked up the chess piece again and quickly dropped it on the chessboard!

Hey!
Ten columns and thirteen rows, big jump!

"It's not even a jump, it's a big jump, the speed is so fast..."

Yu Shao looked at the chessboard, feeling somewhat confused.

This strategy is indeed the best way for Black to play after White leaves the second row open.

However, the reason why the AI ​​vindicated that mistake was not only because that move made the black pieces on the edge less efficient, nor was it just because the white pieces in the lower area suppressed the black pieces...

The more crucial point is that after doing this, the black pieces can only pursue speed and turn the thickness of the sideline into an advantage with the most thunderous force!

The black piece has only this one way to go!

This actually seems to be an easy road to take.

But the problem is that the concept of land and momentum has changed, and external momentum has become less and less valuable.

External force is not unimportant. Even under a certain super-large and complex pattern, one of the most complex changes is to open and close it greatly and abandon more than twenty huge spaces to build a huge external force, which is extremely spectacular.

but--

When it is necessary to be thick, you must be thick; when it is necessary to be light, you must be light and never be heavy. If you use a half-thick external force to exchange with the opponent's real territory, it will be extremely easy for the opponent to take advantage of you!

The black pieces pursue speed and the chess shape is unstable, hoping to achieve the goal in one battle. However, in this battle, the black pieces do not have the advantage in this desperate contest.

After a moment, Yu Shao finally picked up the chess piece again and put it down gently.

Hey!
Thirteen columns and fourteen rows, fly!

Da da da!

Inside the game room, the crisp sounds of chess pieces dropping could be heard one after another.

At table number seven, everyone stood silently, watching intently as the chess pieces of both sides fell onto the board one after another, their moods fluctuating accordingly.

The young man wearing glasses was looking at the chessboard intently. Suddenly, he was stunned.

Then, after a few more moves, his expression suddenly changed.

"how come?"

The young man wearing glasses looked at the chessboard in disbelief, a cold sweat broke out on his face. He couldn't help but push his glasses up on the bridge of his nose, wondering if he had seen it wrong.

"Faced with the attack from the white pieces, the black pieces have handled it quite well. Although it is not easy for the black pieces to transform the external forces into the actual ground, it should not be too difficult either!"

Time passed and I didn't know how much time had passed.

In the silence, two black pieces fell onto the chessboard, making a crisp sound.

"Da da……"

It's the end.

Pan Xi looked at the chessboard, slowly closed his eyes, and then lowered his head towards Yu Shao.

Seeing this, Yu Shao immediately bowed to Pan Xi.

There was still silence all around.

Among the crowd, a young man wearing glasses stared blankly at the chessboard.

The fight in the middle game is the key point of the board's rise and fall. The black pieces' shape is indeed very thin. After the white pieces come in, the black pieces are in a tough fight for a while, but the black pieces also burst out with amazing fighting spirit and made many good moves.

However, no matter how tortuous the process was, even though the black pieces had such an amazing advantage, they still failed to successfully gain a large space and thus fell into a disadvantage!

After realizing this, the black piece immediately forcefully broke into the white piece's formation, wanting to start a bloody battle with the white piece, but the white piece actually accepted all the attacks, triggering a fierce fight.

In this fight, the white piece used ferocious moves and attacked the black piece's weaknesses mercilessly.

The board did become extremely chaotic just as Black had expected, but not only did Black fail to win the battle, but even his own dragon was captured by White in the chaos!
In this battle of a hundred points, the white piece fully displayed its shocking killing power. In the complex battle, it won with an unpredictable calculation and destroyed the black piece's last hope of a comeback.

From then on, Kuroko no longer had any room to fight for—

I have no choice but to surrender!

Not long after, Yu Shao finally packed up the chess pieces, slowly stood up, reported his results, and left the game room.

After Yu Shao left, Pan Xi still closed his eyes, as if he had not yet calmed down.

Everyone looked at Pan Xi silently, with mixed feelings.

There are still many matches to be played in the national team competition, but Pan Xi can only lose one set. If he loses two more sets, he will be doomed to miss the national team competition.

Almost everyone knows that Pan Xi has been working hard to win a title since he became a professional chess player, but he cannot even enter the title match.

If there was still room for error in two more games, Pan Xi might really have a chance to enter the title match, but there were still many games to play and he could only lose one game.

This is so difficult...

Registration for the national team competition has ended. The opponents will only become stronger as the competition progresses.

This year is the best year for Pan Xi, but it may not be the same next year.

"Thirty years..."

Everyone felt inexplicably heavy-hearted: "Is Pan Xi's dream of entering the title match going to be shattered again?"

……

……

After Yu Shao walked out of the game room, he quickly came to the cafeteria of the chess academy. He had just finished his meal and was about to find a place to sit down when he saw Wu Zhixuan burying her head and eating food not far away.

"Wu Zhixuan, are you done?"

Yu Shao carried the food, walked over to sit opposite Wu Zhixuan, and asked.

"It's over."

Wu Zhixuan replied gloomily.

"Lost?"

As soon as he saw Wu Zhixuan like this, Yu Shao guessed the result and said with a smile: "Didn't you wait until he leaked the spoon?"

"How abominable!"

Wu Zhixuan's teeth itched with hatred: "I was playing very steadily at first, and he couldn't do anything to me for a while. Then he seemed to see that I was waiting for him to make a mistake, so he stopped attacking me and ambushed me there!"

"I saw a gap in his chess formation, so I rushed in without noticing. I ended up falling into his trap, and then he...he killed my big dragon!"

Wu Zhixuan's face turned red with anger, and she said, "I will get back at you sooner or later!"

Yu Shao couldn't help but be speechless. Although he didn't watch the game between her and Zheng Qin, after hearing what Wu Zhixuan said, he roughly guessed what the process was.

Because Wu Zhixuan often played online chess with him, she had developed the ability to defend herself strictly. She would wait for him to make a mistake every day, and if he didn't, she would lay the floor. Now it was becoming increasingly difficult for him to defeat Wu Zhixuan.

Zheng Qin probably felt a little shaky facing Wu Zhixuan's iron bucket formation.

"correct."

Wu Zhixuan's anger came and went quickly. Suddenly she remembered something and said, "Do you know that I just heard that the selection for the China-Japan-Korea team competition has ended?"

"Ok?"

Yu Shao was startled and asked, "Is it over?"

The final selection for the China-Japan-Korea team competition was held in the northern competition area. Although it was a main competition, the selection was not broadcast live. After all, it was just an internal selection of the chess academy, and there was no prize money or anything like that.

"Well, it is said that Che Wenyu lost the game to Zhou Wei, which was somewhat unexpected."

Wu Zhixuan nodded and said, "So, in the China-Japan-Korea team competition, your teammates will be Su Yiming, Qin Lang, Le Haoqiang, and Gu Chuan."

“That was after the team competition started.”

Yu Shao took a mouthful of rice and said.

"After the game?"

Wu Zhixuan glanced at Yu Shao in confusion, and asked, "What do you mean?"

Yu Shao nodded and said, "There is still one more game to play before the team competition begins."

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ps: I am moving and looking for a house recently, so the updates are a bit late. I will settle down once I find a house!
(End of this chapter)