The 10th Haisha District Youth Chess Competition, divided into men's and women's groups, was hosted by the Haisha District Youth Cultural Palace, with the main purpose of discovering chess masters among the residents of Haisha District.

If you perform well in this competition, you will have the opportunity to be selected into the district chess team for professional training, and then participate in the inter-regional exchange competition, in order to let the players go all out, the first place prize for the individual is 10,000 yuan, and the first place prize for the group is 20,000 yuan.

The prize money is funded by the District Youth Cultural Palace.

The registration qualification is limited to those who have a household registration in Haisha District or have lived in Haisha District for more than three years.

Zhao Siqi is a native of Haisha District, Nandu, and of course he can participate in this competition legitimately.

On the day of the game, Zhao Siqi got up early.

His mother knew that he was going to start participating in the District Youth Chess Tournament today, so she specially cooked a hearty breakfast for Zhao Siqi to eat, and boiled two eggs, dyed them red and put them in a bowl and sent them to Zhao Siqi.

"Si Qi, you must eat these two eggs, and then get good results in this competition, and my mother is waiting for your good news at home." Mother looked at Zhao Siqi expectantly and said.

Zhao Siqi knew that this was his mother's care for him, and he couldn't help but be secretly moved in his heart.

Father said to Zhao Siqi: "Siqi, if you don't play chess on the field than usual, you have to follow the rules, don't get along with the rules, otherwise you will be the one who suffers, understand?" ”

After listening to this, Zhao Siqi immediately said that he understood.

"In addition, you have to play chess with a normal heart, and your heart is outside the chessboard, so that you can see the situation in the game!" Father once again earnestly admonished.

Zhao Siqi knew that this was his father thinking about himself, so he accepted it humbly.

……

When Zhao Siqi arrived at the District Youth Cultural Palace, it was already densely populated.

There were contestants, family and friends accompanying the players, chess enthusiasts who came to watch the game, media reporters and staff of the organizers.

Zhao Siqi was unaccompanied and went to the game site alone to draw lots in groups.

Just halfway through, Zhao Siqi's shoulder was gently patted, "Teacher Zhao, what a coincidence!" ”

Zhao Siqi looked back, wasn't it Mu Siyu?

"Siyu, it's early, it seems that you are very confident, and you can't see a trace of nervousness."

"Teacher Zhao, I'm not nervous on the surface, but I'm very nervous inside." Mu Siyu pursed his lips and said.

Zhao Siqi raised his right hand, "Come, let's add oil, don't think too much, play hard, and get something." ”

Mu Siyu also raised his right hand and exchanged blows with Zhao Siqi's right hand, "Okay, come on!" ”

Then the two of them walked towards the arena of different groups.

Zhao Siqi quickly found the area where the group lottery was located according to the instructions of the venue, and queued up to wait for the draw after verifying his identity.

Although Zhao Siqi felt that he came early, there were many people who came earlier than him, at this time there was a long queue in front of him, and on the other side, the long line was longer, most of these players waiting for the draw were nervous, and they all regarded the people around them as potential opponents, and rarely communicated with each other.

Zhao Siqi can be said to be the most relaxed among the players present.

He is confident in his own strength, and if he can't even grasp this kind of small regional competition, then he will be too ashamed of his previous master's title.

At this time, Zhao Siqi suddenly saw Wang Bin in the crowd, Wang Bin was also looking at Zhao Siqi, the two were lined up in a long line, Wang Bin threw a smile to Zhao Siqi, for Zhao Siqi's strength, Wang Bin was quite clear, and secretly prayed in his heart not to meet Zhao Siqi so quickly, otherwise it would be difficult to continue to advance to the rematch.

Zhao Siqi also saw Hou Fei.

This guy actually came, Zhao Siqi remembered that Hou Fei wanted to earn some illegal benefits through his cooperation in the Qifeng chess room, and he didn't have a very good impression of this Hou Fei in his heart.

But Hou Fei had seen Zhao Siqi's strength, and at this time he looked at Zhao Siqi with a flattering smile, and had the heart to come over to talk to Zhao Siqi, but because it was almost his turn to draw lots, he had to give up.

"Hey, you're Mr. Zhao, right?" Suddenly, one of the contestants standing in front of Zhao Siqi turned his head to look at Zhao Siqi and said.

Zhao Siqi smiled and nodded, "I'm Zhao Siqi." ”

"Teacher Zhao, my name is Han Lin, fortunately, I have a situation to tell you, you have to be careful this time, there is a returnee player who heard that your chess skills are superb, and he deliberately released a word, this time I must defeat you, if I meet you in the preliminary round, you will not even be able to enter the semi-finals." The enthusiastic contestant was very enthusiastic to remind Zhao Siqi.

Zhao Siqi immediately looked at Han Lin with a very curious look and asked, "Excuse me, what's his name?" ”

Han Lin replied very quickly: "His name is He Bi, a descendant of overseas Chinese in Haisha District, our southern city, after studying abroad, he only returned to China for two days, and he happened to meet the chess tournament held, and he also participated. ”

"What's the difference?" Zhao Siqi muttered such a name.

Then a very calm smile appeared on his face, "Anyway, thank you for the news, it's your turn to draw lots!" ”

Han Lin then walked to the box used for the lottery and drew his number: one hundred and eighty.

"Next!" The staff who presided over the draw asked Han Lin to leave first, and then looked at Zhao Siqi.

Zhao Siqi took two steps forward, put his hand into the box, and then drew a number without hesitation, ninety-eight.

He then followed the instructions for the competition and went to the room where the tenth group was located.

According to the rules of the competition, the preliminary round will be grouped according to the number drawn by the players after the draw, one to ten for a group, eleven to twenty for two groups, and so on, and then each player in a group has to play with the other nine players once, two points for the win, one point for the draw, zero points for the loss, and each group to determine the first place in the points to enter the semi-finals.

Zhao Siqi came to his tenth group and saw that there were already nine players waiting inside, and after he arrived, there were just a few players.

The referees are also ready, and when the number of people is full, the rules of the game are announced, and the game will start in the group.

First of all, two players with adjacent numbers play together, and then play against each other by one number, so that the speed is faster, and only five tables are used to complete the game in the group.

Zhao Siqi's first opponent was the player who won the ninety-seventh, the other party was dressed very ordinary, as if he had not woken up yet, his eyes were squinting, and when he saw Zhao Siqi, his eyes suddenly lit up: "Teacher Zhao, hello, my name is Qin Yu, I am your fan, although I know that there is no chance of winning against you, but I will not retreat, such a rare opportunity, let me learn from Teacher Zhao!" ”