That night, Xu Jing and Zhao Ya were lying on the same bed.

"Xiaoya, I remember, the boy we saw taking pictures this afternoon is Lin Tao, who won the first place in the Rongcheng Primary School Calligraphy and Painting Competition three years ago." Xu Jing suddenly slapped the pillow and sat up from the bed.

"Xiaojing, don't make such a big noise when you sleep."

"Ha, I'm sorry, I just remembered it suddenly." Xu Jing rubbed her head and slowly lay down again.

"Are you sure it's him?"

"Can't be wrong, I said that when I saw him, I felt a little familiar, he was only in the third grade at the time, I couldn't imagine that he was so ...... now" Xu Jing said for a moment, paused for a few seconds before continuing: "The contestants we participated in at that time, and there were group photos, and I still have his photos." ”

"Oh, you still have a picture of him."

"It's a group photo of a lot of people, and I think he's quite special, so I'm more impressed." Xu Jing seemed to be afraid that Zhao Ya would be wrong, so she hurriedly explained.

"What a coincidence, then."

"They may also be here to travel, and they can't imagine that a city will meet thousands of miles away, it's really fate." Xu Jing said with some emotion.

"Fate has come thousands of miles to meet, aren't you tempted again?"

"What's the matter, I'm just ......" Xu Jing turned her back, her cheeks were already a little red, and she said after a while: "I just feel very fateful." ”

"You're very destined."

Because of the excitement of meeting the deceased, Xu Jing chatted with Zhao Ya until almost two o'clock in the middle of the night, and then fell asleep in a daze.

If Zhao Ya was an ordinary person, then the next day's competition would definitely be affected, but Zhao Ya, who only needed to cultivate in the spiritual space for an hour to fully recover, would naturally not be affected in the slightest.

On the second day of the chess tournament, there were no surprises.

Zhao Ya won two games in a row again, and only the last four people are left with three consecutive wins.

Zhao Ya, the chess king of Xi Province, Huang Zhigang, the chess king of Lu Province, Wang Junjie of Lucheng, Lu Province, and Qi Junliang, the chess king of Hangzhou Province.

Among the four people, the three chess kings are naturally strong, and the 12-year-old Wang Junjie, although he is only an amateur 5 duan, but his chess power is also very amazing, and he has overturned several amateur 6 duans in succession.

However, in the eyes of the audience, this dark horse can run to the top four, and its potential is almost exhausted.

On the third day, Zhao Ya faced Qi Junliang in the semifinals, and Huang Zhigang played against Wang Junjie.

As soon as she stepped into the arena, Zhao Ya saw Qi Junliang, who was already sitting in the game position and closed his eyes to recuperate.

He was of medium height, dressed in a casual suit, with a pair of jeans and sneakers that looked nondescript, thick black hair, a protruding forehead, and thick eyebrows that were almost joined together. He had a small mustache on his chin and a slight flush on his cheeks, and he was smiling like nothing.

As if sensing Zhao Ya's gaze, Qi Junliang opened his eyes and looked at Zhao Ya, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, "Zhao Ya, I hope today is a happy game." ”

"Hello, please advise." Zhao Ya smiled slightly, this Qi Junliang's momentum is so strong, it seems that he is an opponent with some weight.

Qi Junliang looked at Zhao Ya with a smile, grabbed a handful of white pieces from the white chess box, and put them on the chessboard.

"Single." Zhao Ya placed a sunspot on the chessboard.

"You choose." Qi Junliang smiled, did not count the handful of white seeds in his hand, and directly put it into the chess box.

"Then I'll use sunspots." Zhao Ya didn't care when she saw her opponent behaving like this, many chess players don't care about black and white, but in the case of Chinese rules, most professional chess players like to use white chess.

In the case of equal strength, white does have a slightly higher win rate than black.

Zhao Ya steadily picked up a sunspot and placed it in the upper right corner.

When Qi Junliang saw this move, he didn't drop immediately, but picked up the high-quality mineral water on the side, drank it unhurriedly, took a deep breath, picked up a white seed, and landed on the star position in the lower left corner with a "snap".

The match between the two officially began, and the two cameras also focused on the most high-profile game of the semi-finals.

The audience in the stadium is also looking forward to Zhao Ya's explanation of this game of chess.

"Uncle Zhao, is Xiaoya's opponent powerful this time?" Xu Jing and Zhao Yajun sat next to each other, munching on melon seeds and asked.

"Let's put it this way, although Xiaoya's opponent is not a professional chess player, his strength is stronger than that of ordinary professional chess players." Zhao Yajun smiled slightly, the lively and cute little girl next to him, under the contact in the past two days, he had a little affection.

"Whether she is a professional chess player or not, I think Xiaoya is the best and will definitely win." Xu Jing clenched her little fists and said affirmatively.

"Hehe, I think so too, so let's wait for the news of Xiaoya's victory."

Half an hour later, Zhang Yuan finished the life-and-death questions of the warm-up, and his assistant Li Shiyun began to officially talk about the game.

"Presumably everyone has been waiting very anxiously, in this game of chess, we will talk about the game of Zhao Ya, the female chess king of Xi Province, and Qi Junliang, the chess king of Hangzhou Province." Zhang Yuan said as he arranged the staff to take a round cloth and put the first few moves.

"Zhao Ya started with a black wrong eye, Qi Junliang responded with two consecutive stars, the fifth move is a small flying corner, and the white chess is a high clamp, here is an ordinary formula." Zhang Yuan found that the explanation was a little fast, and the speed of the staff did not keep up, so he gossiped.

"Qi Junliang's chess is very stable, I communicated with him online a few years ago, and although I won in the end, I knew that he didn't play to his full strength." Zhang Yuan paused slightly, and then said: "In recent years, although Qi Junliang has not participated in any competitions, his chess strength has improved again, and it is not so easy for Zhao Ya to win this game of chess. ”

"Teacher Zhang, are you optimistic about Zhao Ya in this way?" Li Shiyun started from the second set of explanations, and followed Zhang Yuan as an assistant, and her main task was to occasionally ask some questions to enliven the atmosphere of the scene.

Although most of the players present were chess fans and parents, not everyone could understand the game, so the occasional talk about the players would refresh the sleepy audience.

"Of course not, I think the biggest favorite to win this competition is Zhao Ya." Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "Although she is the youngest and is still a female chess player, I admire her chess quite a lot, and some calm choices in complex situations make people doubt her real age." ”

"Teacher Zhang, do you think Zhao Ya's current level is at the top of the female chess players?"

"It's pretty much the same, but the experience and overall level may not be as good as those top female chess players." Zhang Yuan responded thoughtfully.

"Teacher Zhang, then Zhao Ya should be able to carry the banner of Chinese women's Go in the future." Li Shiyun said with a smile.

"That's right, Zhao Ya's future development is limitless, maybe there will be a female chess player in the Chinese chess world who has won the world championship," Zhang Yuan emphasized: "The world champion I am talking about is not a women's competition. ”

"I'm also looking forward to that day, when no one will say that female chess players are inferior to male chess players." Li Shiyun nodded.