Finally, on a dark night, a painting room on the third floor of the teaching building was pried open, lit a lot of candles, a square chessboard, 32 chess pieces were stacked, the two protagonists also arrived one after another, no less than 100 onlookers, why the venue was chosen here, it was because of the large number of people, the largest confined space in the whole school is the painting room--- the two sat opposite each other, and looked at the chess game,

"Big-eared chess saint" signaled to Zheng Gongtao and asked him to play chess first, with the name of chess saint, he always has to save face, Zheng Gongtao changed the chess style of the past, and pressed on the head - In Li Donglin's concept, Zheng Gongtao is particularly fond of the first step on the elephant, especially does not like to take the initiative to attack, is willing to defend, often defends the other party helplessly, he will come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary, one move to control the enemy--- Zhou Mahao smiled slightly, on the horse to meet the enemy, the two of you come and go, in this four-way chess game, the Central Plains competition, who is the life and death contest--- one move and one move, the attack and defense are orderly, the attack is defensive, the defense is attacked, and Zheng Gongtao has some killer moves that are very powerful in Li Donglin's eyes, including others, but they were easily resolved by Zhou Mahao, which surprised everyone, and thought to --- The name of this chess saint is really not blown out, really has that - four or two thousand pounds of foundation!

Those ways to turn danger into relief are things that Li Donglin can't even think of if he wants to break his head, at this time, everyone is really there

"Humble gentleman", and really watched the chess without saying anything, because, whoever interjected was self-deprecating, and it was not in that realm at all--- Li Donglin found that this week Ma Hao, the use of chess pieces is really very flexible, the chess pieces on his own side, in the hand, none of them are useless, sometimes, the function of a pawn, than a car, is a hundred times more powerful!

Zheng Gongtao's several successive onslaughts were ineffective, and he also broke a car---, because Zhou Mahao's attack made Zheng Gongtao have to

At this time, Zheng Gongtao's face, forehead, already a little sweat, this thing takes a lot of brains, indeed, many steps have to be thought out in advance, including thinking about which step the other party will take, how to deal with it, you have to rehearse it one by one in your mind, in order to have a chance to win, finally, use a series of chess, Zhou Mahao into the middle, so that the original calm and relaxed big-eared chess saint has to fill in a horse, a car!

And at this moment, the other chess pieces on the chessboard, the rush of the rush, there is not much left, only the main chess pieces left, and the confrontation game has been formed, and at this time, three hours have passed quietly, one o'clock in the morning, but everyone has no intention of being tired, they all feel that this is the most exciting game they have only seen in their lives, in addition to watching the lively, the rest of the people can learn a lot of chess principles from it, and one person actually mentioned that --- this big-eared chess saint must have specialized in the Chinese classic chess endgame and crack the mystery!

And at this moment, Zhou Mahao also clearly felt that there was a lot of sweat in the palm of his right hand, and he thought--- I really ran into my opponent today!

The two sat upright, looking at each other's chess game, like a Zen monk who had entered the set, after five minutes, Zhou Mahao, came to lure the enemy deeper, threw the veteran out, swaggered through the city, Zheng Gongtao was eager to win, and sent troops and horses to kill, thinking about a few steps in his heart, he could win--- but when the last step was about to be completed, how did he expect that Zhou Mahao, the last son fell, and Zheng Gongtao came to a big stuffy palace firmly!

Zheng Gongtao is embarrassed, the master fights, the difference is a millimeter, the error is thousands of miles, when you think you are going to win, maybe the opponent's fatal blow has come, maybe this is the charm of chess, and it is also like the endless fighting that seems to be inevitable from ancient times to the present, or war!

Later, Li Donglin learned that this Zhou Ma Hao, can have such extraordinary chess skills, all from his third uncle, every time the third uncle is mentioned, Zhou Ma Hao is a face of worship, he since the age of three, he has been playing chess behind the third uncle, since the age of five, the third uncle officially accepted him as a closed disciple, every time he plays, he will let him a car, but, so far, he has never won a game of the third uncle--- such strength is enough to make him a hairy boy, in the eyes of the old people around, as a --- little prodigy, often keep up with the old people, and not in the slightest disadvantage--- his third uncle's strength is recognized, that is the main member of the Chinese Chess Association, and has also gone abroad as a national representative to participate in the chess exchange seminar, to meet friends with chess~, and - to win glory for the country!

"Little Haozi, the third uncle is optimistic about you, in the future, he will definitely be better than the blue, in chess, your light will definitely be unlimited in the future!"

Because of this fascinating chess, Zheng Gongtao, Li Donglin, and Zhou Mahao have become chess friends who talk about everything, although Li Donglin is always at the bottom, but also acts as the middle between the two of them

The role of "lubricant", the three of them have equal interests, coupled with the competition in cultural courses, the three have established a solid friendship!

Many years later, in order to help a national enterprise come back to life, when Li Donglin racked his brains to get through a certain Z link, it was Zhou Mahao who helped a lot, that important person, just had a big hobby, that is, chess, that person threw Li Donglin a big problem, it was rumored that it was --- ancient endgame chess game, within three days, if it was solved, he promised to help--- Li Donglin looked at the endgame, meditated for three days, no result, and finally thought of Zhou Mahao, to him who was far away in Great Britain - made an international long-distance video phone, this Hao brother looked at the endgame a few times, and soon in the form of text messages to the walking steps and routes of several chess pieces, sent over, Li Donglin walked down according to the steps, and sure enough, he opened as expected---!