On Saturday, May 12, 2001, the 2nd Fengcheng Go Celebrity Invitational Tournament officially opened.

The tournament will be held at the Maple City Hotel and will be held in two stages, the first of which will be a two-day qualifier on Saturday and Sunday.

All amateur players with more than 5 dan can sign up for the competition, and after six rounds of competition, the top 14 will be selected and enter the top 16 together with the champion and runner-up of the previous session.

A total of 194 players participated in the competition, and after six rounds of selection, 14 amateur players with more than 5 dan entered the second stage of the round of 16.

Ye Xiaoya, as a celebrity in the last session, and Yu Meiling, the runner-up, were seeded players and directly entered the top 16.

The competition time started on Monday morning, and after Ye Xiaoya asked for leave from the school, she came to the Fengcheng Hotel accompanied by Zhang Zhijun.

"Xiaoya, this time it was agreed in advance, you can't think for more than thirty minutes in each of these four games of chess." Zhang Zhijun said with a smile: "Do you think you are sure to win the first place?" ”

"It's only 30 minutes, which is a bit difficult, but I think it's pretty sure." Ye Xiaoya didn't think this thing was too difficult, after all, her chess strength and calculation speed had greatly improved in the past year, and it was no longer Ye Xiaoya a year ago.

Because of this, she felt that thirty minutes was enough, and according to the strength of her opponent last year, she was enough to win.

"In the top 16 this time, there are several old opponents, Yu Meiling is a professional fourth section, Xu Jiahua is a professional third section, Sun Fang is an amateur 6 paragraph, and Ge Tiancheng is an amateur 6 paragraph." Zhang Zhijun said.

"Ge Tiancheng hasn't decided on a career rank yet?" Ye Xiaoya couldn't help but ask with a smile.

"It's also a little bit of bad luck for him, last year's quota was tightened, and he became a goalkeeper, just a little bit, I don't know how lucky he is this year." Zhang Zhijun said with a smile, in the past two years, he has gone from a layman to an amateur 3-dan Go coach, although he is still a part-time coach, he has brought two small classes of students and has a lot of income.

"In this way, I am afraid that his chess ability has not improved much." Ye Xiaoya smiled faintly and asked again, "Uncle Zhang, who else is more powerful?" ”

"The strongest strength this time should be Chen Gang, a professional fifth section who just retired last year, his strength should be much stronger than Yu Meiling, and he is not yet thirty years old, this age is the best period for chess strength." Zhang Zhijun replied.

"Got it, how was my opponent in the first round?" Ye Xiaoya asked.

"Your opponent is a kid named Jin Yiming, two years younger than Ge Tiancheng, about the same age as you, and a veteran who won two industry 6 in the preliminaries, is also quite powerful."

"It's a kid, it's funny." Ye Xiaoya couldn't help but smile slightly, since she started learning chess, she has been playing against adults, except for the first Eagle Cup, she has never competed with her peers in the future, and now she still feels very fresh when she meets a child of a similar age in the first game.

After entering the arena, Ye Xiaoya attracted the attention of many people.

As the winner of the last Celebrity Tournament, he is naturally the focus of everyone, and Ye Xiaoya's opponent Jin Yiming is also quite excited at the moment.

Last year he was only an amateur 4th dan and was not qualified to compete, but this year he finally qualified and made it to the round of 16 in the second stage, which gave him a huge boost in self-confidence.

His goal is naturally to win the Masters Tournament, and this Ye Xiaoya is undoubtedly his first touchstone.

As long as he can win against Ye Xiaoya, he will no longer be afraid of any opponent.

Of course, Ye Xiaoya has not had any competitions for another year, and many people have doubts about her level and form, but no one dares to really underestimate her strength.

"Hello, Teacher Ye, please advise." Jin Yiming saw Ye Xiaoya sitting opposite, so he saluted very politely.

"Hello, Jin Yiming, just call me by name." Ye Xiaoya smiled slightly, she didn't expect the little fat man opposite to be so polite that he would call himself teacher.

"Teacher Ye, where do you say, yours is the celebrity champion of the last session, our teacher told me to respect you and want you to study hard." Jin Yiming finished speaking very seriously, then looked at Ye Xiaoya eagerly and said, "Teacher Ye, I will do my best." ”

"Okay, let's get started." Ye Xiaoya smiled faintly, her chess skills are no longer at the level of last year, with her current strength, she will not be a problem last year, so she is very sure of this celebrity match.

The only variable is the game agreement with her grandmother, according to the agreement, she should not take more than 30 minutes per game of chess, and after playing chess, she should close her eyes and recuperate.

"Teacher Ye, then I have no problem choosing black chess." Jin Yiming showed a hint of a smile, the reason why he held Ye Xiaoya so high was because he was good at black chess, and if he gave the opponent a high hat, then the possibility of the opponent losing the opponent would increase.

Of course, these are also what his Go teacher told him, and there is definitely no need to say it.

"Yes, you can use black." Ye Xiaoya nodded, her confidence in her chess strength made her feel that even if she let this kid take the lead, she could still win.

Of course, she also has to do one more thing, that is, during the game, she can't think for more than 30 minutes.

According to the agreement, when her opponent is playing chess, she has to close her eyes and recuperate, which is undoubtedly a very stylish thing.

Jin Yiming picked up a sunspot and hesitated slightly before placing it in the small eye position in the upper right corner.

Then he pressed the clock, and before his hand left the clock for a few seconds, Ye Xiaoya fell from the lower left star, and then pressed the clock.

Jin Yiming was slightly stunned when he saw the other party walking so fast, and then he saw Ye Xiaoya smile slightly, and then leaned back in the chair and closed his eyes.

"What's the situation?" Jin Yiming was stunned, and when he saw that Ye Xiaoya's eyes were still closed, he put down his hand holding the sunspot gently, and then patted the clock.

Ye Xiaoya obviously heard the ringing of the clock, then opened her eyes and picked up the white piece and landed on the chessboard, and then quickly rang the bell and closed her eyes and leaned back on the chair.

"I rely on ......" Jin Yiming scolded in his heart, this Ye Xiaoya is not despised, it is simply ignoring his attitude, this kind of chess opponent, this is the first time he has encountered it.

Even if she was the celebrity champion of the last edition, it is undoubtedly extremely impolite to close her eyes and wait for him to play chess like this.

"Ignore me so much, I'm going to make you look good!" Jin Yiming gritted his teeth, and then continued to fall.

After Ye Xiaoya heard the sound of the clock, she opened her eyes, then quickly rang the clock, and closed her eyes again to recuperate.

Although Jin Yiming was very indignant at Ye Xiaoya's ignorance, he had no choice but to win this game of chess by his own efforts.

"I've got to win!"