407 Final Four

Ye Xiaoya generally doesn't use any trap tricks in the game, because the opponent is not worth her use.

Although Hu Shuowen is a top amateur powerhouse, his chess strength is at most the level of Tongyou 5th level, which may be slightly higher, but in Ye Xiaoya's eyes, there is not much difference.

The gap in chess strength is a hard injury, no matter how hard Hu Shuowen tries, the chance of winning is equal to zero.

It's like a beginner in Go, no matter how serious the game is, in front of the Go master, there is no chance of winning.

But Ye Xiaoya still inadvertently walked out of a trap, which is also blamed on Hu Shuowen's changeable chess style, sometimes steady and slow, sometimes dexterous and light, if the opponent is equal to his strength, he will indeed be a little uncomfortable when encountering this style of chess.

But if the opponent is one line higher than him, then this style of chess is a fatal wound, and the changeable style of chess means that the overall situation is inconsistent, or even contradictory.

White's move on the 68th move contradicted the previous move, and such a move led to a fiascous defeat in the second half of the game.

Of course, at present, this move seems to be a good move, find the right time to break the void of black, as long as you can successfully wash away the ground of black, then white, which seems to be a disadvantage, will become an advantage.

But this is Hu Shuowen's wishful thinking, and Ye Xiaoya's subsequent move will undoubtedly give him a head start.

There is no way back for the white chess, only hard fighting, and then the next dozens of moves, a piece of white chess that rushes into the air of the black chess, in the continuous struggle, slowly towards the end.

Black made 125 moves, wiping out the last hope of white's escape, Hu Shuowen looked at the chessboard blankly, and did not move for a long time.

It wasn't until the clock prompted that it had timed out that he shook his head as if he had just woken up from a dream, and then said, "Sure enough, I lost." ”

"Teacher Hu, you've gone too far here." Ye Xiaoya smiled faintly, although the result of this game was doomed from the beginning, this Hu Shuowen was still good, and it was stronger than the opponents she had met before.

It's just that she's progressing too fast, so these chess players who should have been her resistance are no longer half a threat at all.

"yes, but I can't do anything else." Hu Shuowen helped his gold-wire glasses and pointed a few times on the chessboard, "Ye Xiaoya, even if you participate in the World Series, I'm afraid you will be able to enter the quarterfinals." ”

"Thank you Mr. Hu for your praise, I still need to work hard." Ye Xiaoya said so, but she didn't think Hu Shuowen was a compliment, except for Zhao Yajun in the World Series, who else could compete with her?

In the afternoon of the same day, in the semifinals, Ye Xiaoya played against Bao Feng.

Bao Feng, 31 years old, amateur 7th dan, is known as the world's first blind chess player, and once challenged to play ten blind games at the same time without making a mistake.

The so-called blind chess is to report the position to be taken without looking at the chessboard, and then hear the position of the opponent and report the corresponding position again to play.

Most chess players, who can't finish a blind game, will already drop the pieces that originally had pieces on the pieces repeatedly.

Even if you are a professional chess player, if you have not trained in blind chess, your computing power will drop greatly due to playing blind chess, resulting in a significant reduction in your level.

For human beings, playing blind chess is a very powerful ability, and no one can do it.

And Bao Feng can play ten games of blind chess at the same time, and his accurate memory ability is indeed very amazing.

However, Ye Xiaoya also has this ability, and it is even better.

The practice changes of dozens of chess games in her mind at the same time are also commonplace for Ye Xiaoya, so blind chess is naturally not a problem.

However, this time the Evening Cup game is not a blind chess, but a normal game.

Although Bao Feng is good at blind chess, he is not a top master in the amateur chess world, and he is worse than Hu Shuowen, so when he meets Ye Xiaoya, who can easily defeat Hu Shuowen, he also knows that he is afraid that he will also lose.

"Ye Xiaoya, I'm glad to have a game with you." Bao Feng's square face looks very simple and honest, giving people a sense of loyalty.

"Teacher Bao, I have heard of your name for a long time, especially your excellent blind chess." Ye Xiaoya also said politely.

"I don't dare to be, I just like blind chess." Bao Feng smiled and said, "This time in the Evening Cup, it seems that no one can stop you from winning the championship." ”

"Teacher Bao, I'm only in the semi-finals now, and I'm still far from winning the championship, at least I have to pass you first."

"Hehe, my level, it shouldn't be difficult for you."

The two chatted a few more words and began to play against each other.

This game of chess is played very quickly, Bao Feng may not have high morale at the beginning, the layout is backward and he does not fight hard, and the middle game is even more retreating all the way, and when it comes to the official stage, Ye Xiaoya of black chess is almost 20 eyes ahead.

Under such a gap, Bao Feng directly threw himself into defeat, and then said: "Sure enough, your chess skills are already at the top level of your career." ”

"Teacher Bao, you didn't try your best to play this game of chess." Ye Xiaoya said with a smile.

"You're right, but it's also my clumsiness, I try my best to lose even more ugly, and it can be regarded as saving face for myself." Bao Feng smiled faintly.

It is true that some chess players do not give their best when they think that their strength is not as good as their opponents, so even if they lose, they will not be too uncomfortable psychologically.

If you try your best and lose, you will really feel uncomfortable for a long time, and you will even become disgusted with Go.

After Ye Xiaoya won Bao Feng, she successfully advanced to the finals.

Her opponent is Li Qingliu, who is known as the uncrowned chess king.

Talking about this Li Qingliu, I have to tell a sad story.

He is now 48 years old and has a very high level of chess, but he has never won a national championship, or he has been on the verge of winning first several times, but he has encountered all kinds of accidents.

He won the runner-up of the Evening Cup several times, but he never won the championship once, and before this competition, he had said that this should be his last time to participate in the national competition, and he would not have the energy to play chess in the future.

So, this is also his last chance to win the title.

The reason why Li Qingliu is known as the uncrowned chess king is because when he usually plays chess, not only amateur masters such as Hu Shuowen can't beat him, but even some top professional chess players who have won the national professional championship will lose to him.

His chess play is very good, but unfortunately every time it comes to the game, it is as if he has tied himself hand and foot, and he can't play at all.

Especially at the moment of the final, many chess players seemed to be sleepwalking, and some chess players who thought he was very strong in chess could easily win him when they met him in the final.

Therefore, when he entered the finals and met Ye Xiaoya, most people thought that there was no suspense in this game.

In fact, Li Qingliu has overcome his mental illness, and he is here to win the championship this time.

His chess strength is indeed much higher than Hu Shuowen, but he has fallen into a heart disease since he was a child, and when he reaches the finals, he will be frightened and play abnormally.

This kind of mental illness has made him unable to win any competition for more than ten years, and he was once nicknamed the second in ten thousand years, but his chess is really good, so when he got older, he was called the uncrowned chess king.

"Hello, Mr. Li." Ye Xiaoya naturally knew about this uncrowned chess king, and also knew that he would soon leave the Go tournament and concentrate on Go education.

But Ye Xiaoya didn't plan to let him achieve his wish to win the first place, because the first place this time was hers.