[Soul of Chess] What if

"You're finally here!"

When the staff standing at the counter was about to look down at their watches again, they inadvertently noticed a figure.After seeing who came, he was immediately overjoyed.

"Sorry, sorry," seeing the anxious expression of the staff member, the man immediately apologized.

However, what he said next made people unable to bear the black line.

"I'm going to eat sushi~(=^ω^=)" he explained with a smile.

The staff members were so surprised that their eyes widened: "Eating sushi?! ⊙_⊙"

"Yeah, to comment on such a crucial round, it's impossible not to replenish your energy." Kurata's expression was quite reasonable.

"Okay." The staff sighed helplessly, "In short, please start as soon as possible, the guests are almost here now."

"Don't worry, leave it to me~"

As Kurata spoke, he walked into the commentary venue full of confidence.

After entering the venue, Kurata immediately shifted his gaze to the screen on the right.

As soon as he saw the chessboard clearly, he couldn't help exclaiming in a low voice: "It's only been so many moves?!"

No wonder Kurata was so surprised.It has been an hour since the start of the game, but the two sides have not played many moves.

There are only a few chess pieces scattered on the huge chessboard, which looks extraordinarily empty.

After observing carefully, the originally relaxed expression on his face became a little more serious: "In this game, both sides played very carefully..."

Whether it's a celebrity or a sai, they all chose the most common but safest moves, so the board looks extraordinarily peaceful so far.

Of course, this is just the calm before the storm.

As a crucial round, it is impossible for the two sides to remain "friendly" like this.At present, there is no sign of any initiation of a battle, but the time has not yet come.

After the black piece was blocked at nine of 16 and the white piece was jumped at eleventh of 14, the celebrity did not drop his pieces for a long time.

And the disk stopped here.

Ah Guang swallowed with difficulty.

Although he has already played against many high-ranking players, after feeling the aura of the celebrity passing through the screen, A Guang still has emotions such as fear, awe, and excitement in his heart, and he cannot calm down for a long time.

Although Ah Guang had already felt this kind of aura, the aura exuded by the celebrity in this round was much stronger than in the previous rounds.

The reason for such a change is not difficult to understand.

At present, Zuowei has two wins and one loss. If he wins this game again, the game will be over.But if the celebrity wins this game, then the day after tomorrow will be the decisive battle.

In other words, this round is the only chance for celebrities to come back.

In fact, Ah Guang really hopes that Zuo Wei can win today, so that he doesn't have to make up all kinds of excuses to ask for leave...╯﹏╰

Of course, this is not because I like going to school very much.However, just thinking about reasonable reasons for asking for leave is also very hard to say, not to mention, if this continues, I always feel that I will be in danger of exposing myself...

After all, if the time when I ask for leave overlaps too much with the time when Sai appears, people will notice it one day.

I hope no one will look for me these days... Ah Guang prayed silently.

Just when Ah Guang's thoughts finally returned, the celebrity finally finished the half-hour long exam.

Black landed at 5-[-], reinforcing his ground in the upper right corner with a tie.

Association angle?

Looking at the sunspot on the chessboard, Zuo Wei was slightly taken aback.

Before, he thought that the black chess would jump along, or that the star occupying the middle of the upper side was inclined to form a Chinese flow...

From the looks of it, the other party seemed to want to unite their forces at the edge.

After thinking for a while, Zuo Wei gave instructions for the next move: "Three out of 10, split."

In order to avoid an unfavorable situation, it is better to separate the black pieces first...

Regarding Zuo Wei's behavior of splitting up his power, the celebrity quickly responded with 8-[-]-[-] flying demolition. While strengthening the defensive ability of the black chess in the upper right corner, it prepared for further attacks on the white chess.

After seeing the opponent's intention, Zuo Wei immediately used 13 threes to dismantle two interceptions.

Netherlands.

It's three thirty in the morning.

Frank was sitting in front of the computer, staring at the chessboard on the monitor.There is also a cup of deep-roasted coffee that is slightly steaming on the table next to it.

He was wearing pajamas.

After all, he was still lying in his soft and comfortable bed an hour ago.

Frank went to bed early so that he could watch the match between Sai and Master Taya energetically.After being woken by the set alarm clock, he also made a cup of espresso with the machine.

However, even so, he couldn't help but yawned.

Regarding the duel between Sai and Taya, although the Chess Institute has only recently posted the announcement of the match, in fact, everyone has already guessed that there will be such an arrangement before that.

Because, long before the news is out, celebrities are on the Internet.

One day around the end of September, a post suddenly appeared on the God of Go forum.

"Everyone! I seem to have seen Toya Yukihiro on the Internet just now!!!"

Such an eye-catching title quickly attracted everyone's attention.

According to the poster, Toyakoyo's nickname is toyakoyo, which is the celebrity's real name.

However, perhaps because the opponent is not very strong, although the poster carefully posted the chess record of the game, people can't see the strength of this person who claims to be a famous person in Taya.

In other words, it is not certain whether this toyakoyo is Toya Meiren himself.

After that, people observed for several days, but toyakoyo never appeared again.

Everyone thought it was a fake, so the post was quickly forgotten.

Unexpectedly, a few weeks later, the name appeared again.

At first, this person just played against the account akira.

A few days later, he started playing chess with other people.

After this name won L·L (Li Linxin, the No.1 chess player in China) and ichiryu (a professional chess player Yiliu) successively, everyone realized that this toyakoyo is really a famous Toya!

Could it be that sai's opponent in the next match is Taya celebrity? !

Just as people were speculating, within a few days, the Chess Academy posted an announcement on the official website.

I think the reason why celebrities appear on the Internet in advance should be to exercise themselves.After all, playing chess on the Internet is different from playing chess with chess pieces. If you accidentally make a mistake, it will really be "one careless move, and the whole game will be lost".

In short, under the leadership of sai, Internet Go has become more and more lively! (*^﹏^*) Frank thought happily.

Ah——I really want to ask to play with Taya Mingren...(*/＼*)

But do I have that qualification? (ó﹏ò)

Wow - what to do? ::>_<::

The review room of the Chess Academy.

Besides Ogata, Awara and Taya, Mr. Ichiyanagi and Mr. Kuwahara also came to watch the battle.

"Has it finally begun?"

Seeing Sai's new move, Ogata, who had been silent all the time, murmured softly.

White's entry at the seventh of 17 silently announced the end of the layout.

After entering the middle game, the situation should no longer be as flat as before, right?

Not only the few in the review room, but all the spectators thought so.

Unexpectedly, the two sides still walked very cautiously, moving very slowly... -_-

Lu Yuan couldn't help whispering: "I always feel that this chess game is a little dull... Is Mr. Taya being too cautious?"

"No, no, no, celebrity is a guy with a very sensitive intuition." Mr. Sang Yuan looked at Lu Yuan lightly, and said this slowly.

Everyone else was waiting for his next words.

However, after taking a leisurely puff of his cigarette, he turned his gaze back to the screen.

Ogata's brows almost knit together.The corner of his mouth curled down, staring quietly at Mr. Kuwahara.After a while, he "tsk" and continued to pay attention to the game.

"From the point of view of feeling, Black is a bit solid here. However, it is still unclear who is good and who is bad."

In the market commentary venue, Kurata was standing on the right side of the market and explaining seriously.

"This lower move was decided after a long time of consideration by celebrities. It is not meaningless to spend so long thinking about a seemingly ordinary move." Kurata pointed his finger at 18-[-], "Please look at it , from the right to the top, the two sides are disconnected from each other, the situation of black and white is very complicated, and a little carelessness will lead to failure."

"Because of this, celebrities and sai are very cautious in this area. They are trying their best to avoid giving the other the possibility of defeating themselves due to their own mistakes."

"White actually used a pull!" Taya, who was always watching the chess game, exclaimed in a low voice.

"Hmm..." Yiliu looked down at the chessboard on the table in front of him seriously.What is arranged above is exactly the chess game displayed on the screen.

"Actually, White moves the 14-15 small point first, and then pulls out at [-]-[-], it is already very powerful..." Yiliu's voice sounded a little puzzled.

"Sai's choice to draw the corner at 17-[-] should be in order to seize the real advantage first." Ogata extinguished the cigarette in his hand while talking about his own judgment, "After all, it is Sai's consistent style of chess to take advantage of the real advantage. That's why he He will use the wrench to fight against white tenaciously after the first move is cheap."

As if confirming Ogata's words, Sai's next few moves became much stronger.

When black is determined to break the white piece at the 18th seven, sai hits and captures at the 19th seven, first making black a fool, and then jumps with the 11th seven to deal with the white piece in the center.

After some ingenious moves, although the white piece was disconnected, the white piece in the upper right corner was completely alive.

Especially White's 14th [-]th hand complement, although it is not a wonderful hand, it is a just right hand.

After strengthening here, even if black blocks the exit in the future, white will not be in any danger.

Although the black chess still holds the initiative at present, it is still far away from the victory or defeat, but in this way, it will become very difficult for the black chess to attack the white stone in the center.

In other words, sai bought time for himself to breathe.

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Sorry for the wait……

For various reasons, I haven't come up for almost a week...

Thank you for your tolerance for such a willful author...

Recently, I have been trying to achieve daily updates, um.