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Chapter 340 The Great Chess Player

Chapter 340 The Great Chess Player (please vote for me!)

The main tournament of the National Masters Tournament was held at the Eastern Chess Academy in Donghai City, while the Grand Masters Tournament was held in Jiangling.

three days later.

The main tournament of the Grand Chess Championship has finally begun in the Southern Division.

"Today is Su Yiming's first match of the main tournament for the title, and his opponent is... Han Ying 9-dan!"

In the corridor of the chess academy, Ding Huan took a deep breath and hurried towards the chess room. Thinking of Su Yiming's opponent today, he felt a mix of emotions, both expectant and nervous.

"Yu Shao, a 3-dan player, faced Li Congyou, an 8-dan player, in his first match, while Su Yiming also faced Han Ying, a 9-dan player. It's unknown who will win or lose."

Soon, Ding Huan arrived at the door of the chess room, gently pushed it open, and immediately saw two chess players already sitting on either side of the chess table.

On the left side of the chessboard sat a boy of about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a white shirt, with short, tousled hair and a calm expression.

On the right side of the chessboard sat a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows, big eyes, wearing a black suit, tall and robust, with a solemn expression.

The calligraphy scroll hanging on the wall, which reads "Sitting and Discussing the Dao," features vigorous and powerful strokes, like dragons and phoenixes dancing. The two men, sitting opposite each other beneath the scroll, already exude a sense of rivalry.

Su Yiming, yes, Han Ying!

Upon seeing this, Ding Huan almost involuntarily held his breath, and even slowed down his movements as he entered the game room, becoming very quiet and stealthy.

Ding Huan looked at the chessboard and saw that only a few moves had been made, and he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Thankfully, it didn't fall too fast."

Ding Huan quickly walked to the reporters' section next to the referee's table and sat down, looking at the chessboard.

"In this opening... Teacher Han Ying plays black, with a three-three and a small eye, while Su Yiming plays white, with a small eye."

Seeing Han Ying's move in this game, where he immediately chose to occupy the corner at the 3-3 point, Ding Huan would have been astonished a year ago, but now he was completely unfazed.

It's just like a normal way of placing a three-three corner.

Now it was Han Ying's turn to play. Han Ying stared intently at the chessboard, his eyes seemingly containing only the chessboard. After a moment, he finally picked up a piece and slowly placed it down.

Seeing Han Ying make his move, Su Yiming quickly picked up his own piece and placed it on the board.

Ding Huan watched the two take turns placing their pieces. After observing a few moves, he couldn't help but steal a glance at Han Ying, feeling somewhat inexplicable.

"Back then, the ninth-dan Go player who partnered with Su Yiming in the 'Torch Battle' was none other than Teacher Han Ying."

"The 'Passing the Torch' competition can be seen as a process of top chess players mentoring and guiding newcomers; Han Ying was one such mentor back then."

"I never expected that Su Yiming, who was just starting out and had just become a professional Go player, would have already made it into the title match and be competing against Han Ying in a tiebreaker."

"He has even reached a point where even if Teacher Han Ying goes all out, he might not be able to win."

"Faced with such an opponent, Teacher Han Ying's feelings must be extremely complicated at this moment."

Ding Huan then looked at the notary and judge standing to the side, and saw that their expressions were also somewhat strange. They would glance at Han Ying from time to time, and then look at Su Yiming from time to time.

However, as the number of pieces increased and the situation became more complex, the players in the game room gradually lost interest in other things and became engrossed in the game.

"The situation is very tense. At this point in the game, it is still a stalemate, with neither side gaining an advantage."

Ding Huan gazed at the chessboard, observing the current state of the game, and silently pondered the situation.

"Although the situation is evenly matched and it is difficult to determine the superiority or inferiority, Su Yiming's playing style is very similar to Shen Yi's. Both are good at managing the center and forming a large moyo. However, in this game, it is probably impossible to form a moyo."

"Teacher Han Ying truly lives up to his reputation as the previous holder of the Tianyuan title; he's still incredibly strong. It seems there's still a gap between Su Yiming and Teacher Han Ying..."

Just then, Han Ying looked at the chessboard, and after a long deliberation, finally picked up a piece again and slowly placed it down.

Hey!
Twelve columns and fifteen rows, sharp!

"Even with the sharp point, Teacher Han Ying still plays with the same steady and solid style. He could have easily made a big jump, but he still played the most stable and solid sharp point, without revealing any flaws and giving his opponent no chance to take advantage."

Ding Huan mentally calculated the subsequent situation, feeling somewhat curious: "I wonder what Su Yiming will do? Will he choose to stick to me?"

However, to Ding Huan's surprise, Su Yiming fell into deep thought upon seeing Han Ying's sharp hand!
This move is the most stable response, but it shouldn't be difficult for White to respond to either. For example, Ding Huan's idea of connecting and filling the cut point is definitely not a bad move.

However, Su Yiming found himself deep in thought in this very place where he shouldn't have been.

Time passed by minute by minute.

Five minutes passed, and Su Yiming still hadn't made a move.

The people in the game room continued to wait patiently.

Ten minutes passed quickly.

Su Yiming still did not play chess.

Seeing this, Ding Huan finally showed a look of astonishment, while the judge and the scorekeeper on the side looked at each other with doubt and uncertainty.

"Although how a player uses their time is their own business, in this place where they shouldn't be thinking for so long, they did so for a full fifteen minutes..."

Ding Huan was full of questions, staring at the chessboard in bewilderment: "What is he thinking? How is he going to play this move? Can he come up with something amazing?"

Han Ying frowned slightly, looking at the chessboard with his arms crossed, waiting for Su Yiming to make his move.

Finally, after another five minutes, and after nearly twenty minutes of deep thought, Su Yiming finally reached into the chess box, picked out a chess piece, and slowly placed it down.

Hey!
Seven columns and fourteen rows, wow!
"Damn it?"

Seeing Su Yiming's answer after nearly twenty minutes of deep thought, the expressions of everyone in the game room became even more astonished.

"After thinking for so long, all you came up with was such an ordinary move?" Ding Huan was a little disappointed. He had thought that Su Yiming's move would be something amazing, but in the end, he just played the most ordinary move.

This move was similar to the one he had previously thought of; both were very ordinary methods and the easiest to come up with.

Seeing Su Yiming's long deliberation before making this move, Han Ying was somewhat taken aback, but he quickly picked up a piece and placed it down.

This time, seemingly to make up for the twenty minutes spent in deep thought, Su Yiming picked up a piece and placed it on the board almost the instant Han Ying made his move.

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Soon, after a dozen or so moves, Han Ying once again placed a piece.

Hey!
Sixteen columns, seven rows, jump!
"Click!"

The sound of chess pieces colliding immediately rang out!
The next moment, Su Yiming stared intently at the chessboard and took out a chess piece from the chess box.

The chess piece falls onto the intricate chessboard, like adding a star to the Milky Way!
Hey!
Seven columns and eleven rows!
Rush!
Upon seeing this move, Han Ying was slightly taken aback, then his face instantly turned ashen, and his ears turned bright red!
Ding Huan was also stunned. His mind was buzzing. He stared at the chessboard in disbelief, looking at the white piece that had just been placed, as if he were looking directly at the sunlight!
"...Su Yiming."

"Black's moves were certainly very solid and stable, but this one move shattered Black's formation and broke through the encirclement!"

"This move was timed...perfectly!"

Suddenly, Ding Huan recalled how Su Yiming had placed his piece almost instantly, as if he had realized something.

"Do not……!"

"Perhaps, the timing wasn't quite right!"

"He created the opportunity!"

"Because he sees further than any of us, that's why he took so long to take the exam!"

"He had already calculated all the possible changes!"

"When he pondered for twenty minutes and finally made that decisive move, he had won the entire game—"

"I saw right through it all!"

On the chessboard, black and white pieces continue to be placed alternately!

Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
……

……

I don’t know how long it took.

Inside the game room, everyone stared blankly at the chessboard not far away.

On the chessboard, black and white pieces are scattered in a dense, intricate pattern that is dazzling to the eye.

Especially in the central area of the board, the two sides engaged in a fierce battle. The four large groups of black stones were completely divided up. Although the white stones were also riddled with holes, they still managed to surround and kill all four groups of black stones!

Clearly, White has created an unprecedentedly large position in the center, forcing Black to risk invading it. This led to a bloody battle between the two sides, a struggle of encirclement and breakout!
This seemingly tragic ending, which appears to be a lose-lose situation, only sent chills down the spines of everyone in the game room.

In the end, although Black fought to the bitter end, it was still defeated!
Yes, it is indeed a lose-lose situation, but the question is, what if this lose-lose situation ultimately results in a Pyrrhic victory for White?
If you look at this game from this perspective, your feelings will be completely different; you'll only feel a chill down your spine!

Ding Huan watched as Han Ying slowly reached into the chess box, picked out two black pieces, and then placed his hand in the center of the chessboard.

Let go.

clatter! clatter!
Two black pieces fell onto the chessboard.

Han Ying, throws a piece.

The game is over.

Even after Su Yiming finished tidying up the chess pieces and turned to leave, Ding Huan remained sitting there, staring blankly at the chessboard not far away.

“Su Yiming…”

As Ding Huan gazed at Su Yiming's chess game not far away, the terrifying suicide game between Yu Shao and Li Congyou three days ago involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

“Yu Shao…”

"Both of them won their first matches as top Go players, securing their positions despite defeats by two top players!"

"Having only been in the industry for a year, one chess player after another has chosen to resign and bow their heads before them!"

"They are climbing towards the top of the Go pyramid at an astonishing speed!"

What will the future of the Go world look like?

"What kind of game will they play if they play another game of chess?"

"And when, and in what capacity?"

Ding Huan stared blankly at the now-empty chessboard not far away, lost in thought.

"In their last game, they were playing as second-dan players."

"Will the next game be played by... the title holder?"

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