Time flies, and it is the middle of May.

Ye Xiaoya goes to school every day to study and go home to play music, and every weekend she goes to the chess academy to play a game of chess with Teacher Bai, and her life is stable and orderly.

The game is maintained between the third son and the first son, obviously Bai Changle will not lose if he accepts the third son, and the two sons are equal in terms of victory and defeat, and the first is basically no chance to win.

The result of such a game also proves that Ye Xiaoya's chess strength has greatly surpassed that of ordinary professional chess players.

Because Bai Changle is an old 5, even if he is a professional chess player, he doesn't dare to underestimate him, and it takes a lot of effort to win him, but Ye Xiaoya doesn't have much suspense every time she wins.

Judging from this point, Ye Xiaoya is probably much more powerful than ordinary professional chess players.

Zhang Weixing may have been hit by the last incident, although he met Ye Xiaoya twice later, but he didn't talk about the game.

However, a year after the coma incident, Lin Xiaotong finally came out of the shadows, and Zhang Zhijun said that this time an amateur Go competition, with the joint efforts of everyone, finally got Lin Xiaotong's consent and let Ye Xiaoya get the opportunity to participate.

This time, there are no professional chess players to participate in the Maple City Celebrity Invitational Tournament, but at least an amateur 5-dan level is required to be eligible to register.

Bai Changle is qualified, Ye Xiaoya is also qualified, and many young people from all over the country are also qualified.

This time, unlike the Eagle Cup, there is no age limit, as long as you are an amateur 5 dan or above, even if you are a retired professional chess player, you can participate.

Of course, the registration fee of 50 yuan symbolically means more, and the prize money of this competition can be described as the highest in history, the first prize is 8000 yuan, the second place is 5000 yuan, the third place is 3000 yuan, the fourth place is 1000 yuan, the fifth place is 800 yuan, the sixth place is 600 yuan, the seventh place is 500 yuan, and the eighth place is 400 yuan.

Only the top eight will be rewarded, and the others will give a set of souvenirs.

Although it is a Fengcheng Celebrity Invitational Tournament, there are no regional restrictions, so many foreign chess players also rushed to sign up for the competition, and by the time the registration deadline came, a total of 158 people signed up for the competition.

The tournament was held in a four-star hotel in Fengcheng, and was divided into two stages according to the schedule, the first stage was the preliminary selection, and the top 16 were selected from six games of chess in three days to enter the finals.

In the second stage, the top 16 will be ranked in four games of chess in two days, and the top eight will be awarded bonuses and honorary certificates.

As the highest-level amateur Go competition in Fengcheng, many veteran amateur powerhouses also rushed to participate in the idea of winning the prize.

In contrast, those teenagers who rushed to the section, when they participated, they wanted to get a good result in the race.

At the opening ceremony on the first day of the competition, Zhang Zhijun and Ye Xiaoya stood side by side and asked with concern: "Xiaoya, what is your goal this time?" ”

"Since I'm here to compete, of course I'm going to win the championship." Ye Xiaoya's tone carried a trace of unquestionable confidence, as her chess strength grew, she already knew that her Go level was outstanding among amateur chess players, and the real opponents of this kind of competition were those retired professional chess players.

However, most retired professional chess players are generally more face-conscious and are embarrassed to participate in such amateur competitions.

"You can have the goal of winning the championship, but don't bother too much." Zhang Zhijun smiled, he received Lin Xiaotong's military order, and he had to take care of Ye Xiaoya's safety in this competition.

Whether you take it or not is second, you must not use your brain too much and produce any bad conditions.

After the opening ceremony, it entered the qualifiers, 158 players, six games to win five games to be sure to enter the top 16, if only four games are won, then it is a small score, that is, the opponent's points, that is to depend on luck.

So, from this point of view, it's almost the same as a double-elimination elimination, you can go home if you lose two games in a row.

Ten minutes before the start of the first round, Ye Xiaoya walked into the arena and came to her seat, and saw that her opponent was already sitting in the position waiting.

It was a middle-aged man in his thirties, with a wide forehead, a pair of glasses on his round face, and a little Morse on his jet-black hair, which looked a little bright and eye-catching.

"Ye Xiaoya? Are you the girl who won the Eagle Cup last year? The middle-aged man asked with a smile.

"Yes." Ye Xiaoya glanced at the other party's name, Deng Qihang, a name she was not familiar with.

In fact, although Ye Xiaoya did not belong to the Go circle, she still occasionally heard Bai Changle and Zheng Mingrui talk about some amateur masters in Fengcheng.

In addition, before this tournament, she also heard the two talk about the retired professional chess players who may participate in this tournament.

Obviously, this Deng Qihang is not one of them, and she has never heard of this name.

"You may not have heard of me, I haven't touched Go for a few years, but I've been paying attention to the circle of Fengcheng Go." Deng Qihang nodded and said, "I have played chess with your teacher Bai before, and I can be regarded as half of your uncle, today I will see how you are doing, the goddess prodigy of Fengcheng." ”

Ye Xiaoya looked at him lightly, and did not answer, she was very uninterested in this self-familiar uncle, but out of politeness, she still behaved very indifferently.

"Guess first." Deng Qihang grabbed a handful of white seeds and put them on the chessboard, and Ye Xiaoya put a black seed.

Deng Qihang separated the white pieces two by two, and finally left two even numbers, and immediately said: "You guessed wrong, I choose black chess." ”

The two exchanged chess pieces, Ye Xiaoya bowed slightly, and said, "Please advise." ”

"Ye Xiaoya, I hope you don't let me down." Deng Qihang spoke, snapped, and landed the sunspot in the upper right corner of the chessboard.

This Deng Qihang is Fengcheng's old business 5, he entered the national youth team training elite Go elite more than ten years ago, but later because he was too playful, his poor grades were eliminated.

Later, he was promoted to 5 dan in the Maple City Amateur Rank, and after a few years in the society, he started a business.

In the past few years, the business has not been doing well, so I picked up Go again and planned to open a Go class.

This is his level of Go, but his character is not very good, and not many students are willing to learn from him.

He didn't come for the prize money this time, he knew that his level would not be able to win the championship, but there was still hope for a top 16 finish. And his goal is to enter the top 16, get a certificate of honor, create momentum for his Go class, and be able to teach students more popularly.

The opponent in the first set, Ye Xiaoya, he only heard about it before the game, the first place in the Eagle Cup last year, his strength should not be underestimated, but he didn't take it too seriously.

Bai Changle did play chess before, and he also won against him, Ye Xiaoya is Bai Changle's disciple, so no matter how high the level is, it can't be high.

Although the gold content of the first place in the Eagle Cup last year was very high, and he also won Ge Tiancheng, there was no news about Ye Xiaoya this year.

On the contrary, it was Ge Tiancheng, although he failed again in the fixed stage competition last year, but he won the fourth place in the Wanbao Cup in February this year, which is a result that can be counted in the eyes of domestic amateur tycoons.

This time, Ge Tiancheng also participated in the Maple City Celebrity Invitational Tournament.

In contrast, Deng Qihang was even more reluctant to meet Ge Tiancheng, but this Ye Xiaoya, he was not afraid, he trusted his own judgment more, Ye Xiaoya's results in the Eagle Cup last year were probably obtained by the opponent's light enemy, plus her luck.