At a quarter past eight o'clock in the morning, Zhao Ya followed her uncle to the bus to Fengcheng New District.

Along the way, from Zhao Yajun's mouth, Zhao Ya learned the rules of the youth group.

Unlike the adult qualifiers, which are eliminated directly after two defeats, the youth qualifiers are a points cycle, that is, if you lose the previous game, the opponent will also be arranged to go to the final round.

Like the adult division, there are six games, a one-and-a-half-day qualifier, with the first game starting at 2 p.m. on Wednesday and the second game at 4:30 p.m. Thursday at 8 a.m. for the third session, 10:30 a.m. for the fourth session, 2:30 p.m. for the fifth session, and 5:30 p.m. for the sixth session.

Five wins can advance to 4 dans and qualify for the junior finals in Beijing in December. There is a bonus for the six wins of the youth group this time, although it is only 1,000 yuan, but it is already a big reward for ordinary teenagers.

"Xiaoya, you play normally, winning five games of chess should be about the same." Zhao Yajun praised Zhao Ya vigorously in front of Zhao Ya's parents, but he did not get carried away.

Although she is very optimistic about Zhao Ya, after all, she has not been learning chess for a long time, although the level is about to surpass his veteran 5 dan level, but this is the first game, and it is not certain what will happen.

In fact, Zhao Yajun's once-in-a-century genius is not only sincere, but also to cheer Zhao Ya before the game.

According to his speculation, as long as he is not too unlucky, and encounters some teenagers who are already 5 and 6 dans, Zhao Ya can easily get the admission ticket to the finals.

At half past 10 o'clock in the morning, Zhao Ya and others arrived at the Fengcheng New District Stadium, which was the venue for the Evening News Cup qualifiers.

Zhao Yajun saw that the match table had come out, with a total of 136 participants in the adult group and 157 participants in the youth group.

"Xiaoya, look at your name, the opponent is Jiang Bowen." Zhao Yajun pointed to the battle table and said.

"Jiang Bowen?" The middle-aged man who was also looking at the battle table on the side was slightly stunned, and then turned his face and asked, "Jiang Bowen, is it the young man who won the first place in the youth group of the City Games two years ago?" ”

"Hehe, I don't know." Zhao Yajun glanced at the middle-aged man, in his thirties, with a square face, wearing a pair of gold-wire glasses, obviously he was also participating in the competition, and asked, "Do you know this Jiang Bowen?" ”

"I don't know him well, I'm a Go columnist for the Evening Cup, and I know a lot about him, so I did a special issue for him." The man with gold-wire glasses smiled and said, "If it wasn't for the same name, it should be him, I heard that Jiang Bowen didn't go well in learning chess in the dojo, and he didn't plan to rush to the duan." ”

"You're also competing this time?" Zhao Yajun asked.

"I'm the number one master of the newspaper, but there are so many masters in this place, I'm here to exercise." The man with gold wire glasses said and took out a cigarette and handed it to Zhao Yajun, "You are also a gamer, are you a Go coach?" ”

"Yes, bring the students to study this time." Zhao Yajun waved his hand and said he would not smoke.

"This girl is your student?"

"Yes, my student." Zhao Yajun nodded.

"She is lucky to be able to play against Jiang Bowen, which is a good learning opportunity." When he said this, the gold wire glasses looked at Zhao Ya with some pity, and it was clear that he had already decided the winner in his heart.

"The Jiang Bowen you are talking about is that amateur 6th section in our Fengcheng?" A short and fat man leaned over and asked, "If he participates in the Evening Cup, shouldn't he participate in the adult group?" ”

"Brother, you must not have figured out the rules of the Evening News Cup this time, the qualifiers are divided into youth groups and adult groups, and the finals in Beijing are regardless of age." Golden wire glasses smiled: "Even if this Jiang Bowen is an amateur 6th dan, he must be pre-selected in the youth group." ”

"It's a good thing, we have one less strong opponent in the adult group." Humpty Dumpty laughed.

"Yes, the level of the adult group is not necessarily higher than that of the youth group, that is, the prize of six wins is a little higher, and three thousand yuan is three times that of the teenager." The gold-rimmed glasses nodded and said.

"This is also to encourage us adults, and there are fewer and fewer adults in the evening newspaper cup."

The golden glasses and Humpty Dumpty chatted, and Zhao Ya and the two walked out of the crowd looking at the matchtable.

Maybe seeing that Zhao Ya didn't speak, Zhao Yajun comforted: "Xiaoya, don't be nervous, it's just a game, even if Jiang Bowen is very powerful, you don't have a chance." ”

"Uncle, don't worry, I'll take care of it." Zhao Ya smiled, of course she wasn't nervous, she was just thinking about whether to win this young man who was favored by others.

When eating at the restaurant at noon, Zhao Yajun met the gold wire glasses again, and this time they reported each other's names.

The name of this gold-wire glasses is Jia Zhengming, and it is also blamed that his parents do not have much culture, and they think of a name with connotation, but this pronunciation makes people feel very funny, "fake proof".

However, Jia Zhengming didn't mind his name, but said that his name was easy to remember, so that people could remember it at one time, and this name could get closer to people.

He said it well, and hearing his name really made people feel a little more kind.

While eating, Jia Zhengming was very talkative, and when he spoke, he talked about the big events in Yicheng some time ago.

The mysterious master of "sitting photos" disappeared after a flash in the pan.

"I've read some of the chess games in the photo, and I don't understand many places, but he is really outrageously strong." Although Zhao Yajun did not have the opportunity to see the demeanor of the sitting photo because of hindsight, he later made up some deeds and chess games of the sitting photo, and he admired the mysterious master of the sitting photo very much.

"It's a pity that he disappeared as soon as school started in September, and it is rumored on the Internet that this sitting photo is likely to be a student." Jia Zhengming sighed.

"I'm even more suspicious that he's an artificial intelligence." Zhao Yajun said: "His chess is too stable. ”

"It's definitely not artificial intelligence, and that kind of guidance from the heart is not something that artificial intelligence can do at all." Jia Zhengming immediately retorted: "Don't say that the level of artificial intelligence program Go is still far behind, even if it can really surpass humans, this kind of guidance chess is not from artificial intelligence." ”

"That's right, I didn't think about it, but I think it's ......" Zhao Yajun said, glanced at Zhao Ya, who was a little distracted next to him, and asked, "Xiaoya, do you know the sitting photos we talked about?" ”

"What kind of sitting photo, I don't quite understand the meaning of this word, is it a screen name?" Zhao Ya pretended to be stupid.

"Zazhao is a Yicheng ID, and he is also a super Go master, and he has defeated professional chess players in a row on Yicheng.com, which is simply the existence of Dugu seeking defeat." Jia Zhengming explained: "The most powerful thing is that every chess player he defeated was convinced to lose, and they all admitted that they were coached. ”

"yes, it's unbelievable, the professional chess world is abused and has no skin." Zhao Yajun said with a smile, remembering the joke on the forum, fortunately, the sitting photo disappeared, otherwise the professional chess world would have to reshuffle.

"How many paragraphs are you a student?" Jia Zhengming looked at Zhao Ya and asked.

"She is my niece, she has studied with me for two years, and she has never played a section, but her level is not weak." Zhao Yajun glanced at Zhao Ya, and was quite proud in his heart, maybe one day in the future, his niece will also have a level as strong as a sitting photo.