Chapter 203 Opportunity and Disaster
Tsk, this little guy...

The official skills are pretty good...

As the girl finished her 195th squeeze, the Ice Queen felt more and more headache.

She never expected that today's game of chess would be so difficult.

In the last few moves of the official chess, both of them used every move until the very last minute.

On the one hand, it is to think about the end of the endgame, and on the other hand, it is to try hard to calculate and judge the situation on the board.

And now we have preliminary results:
It is almost certain that the outcome will be decided by half a point.

As for whether we win or lose, it is still unclear.

After coming to this conclusion, the Queen took a deep breath.

Then he continued to play with the spirit that had already endured five hours of hard work and even just experienced a duel, determined to win this game.

You know, the Ice Queen looks cold on the outside, but she is very strong at heart!

We have persisted till now, how can we be willing to fail at the last moment!
But judging from the girl's extremely steady response just now, she knew very well that the other party thought the same way!

So... I must not retreat even a single step!
After regaining the initiative, White did not show any sign of weakness.

First, stick a piece back to the upper left corner.

After the black chess piece responded, he returned to the middle of the belly to make up for the lost pieces, capturing the two key black pieces!
...

...

The Ice Queen also played this chess game very well.

Seeing Jin Youen's latest response, an idea flashed through the girl's tired brain.

She is indeed the number one woman nowadays...

If it wasn't for the little trick that Chairman Shang taught me, I wouldn't have been able to get along with her until now, right?

It's like it's a bit tiring to use...

But it doesn't matter! There aren't many pieces left, just hold on a little longer.

The situation is very delicate now and I can’t lose!
Focus a little more...

Calm down a little more...

Try harder...

As the girl silently recited, each and every move was successfully concluded with the most efficient means.

China's new first-dan, in front of the world's top female player who tried her best, still did not lose the slightest...

...

...

Monday, July 2023, 7, 24: p.m.

In the Yongle Silver Beach Hotel in Rongcheng City, the final quarter-final match of this Wu Yue Cup has been going on for five and a half hours.

As the official games on the board have been mostly concluded, this extremely long and fierce battle seems to be finally coming to an end.

After the white chess piece squeezed out in the 226th move, the black chess piece connected at the upper right in the 227th move to prevent the chess piece from being unable to return.

After this move, it is estimated that there are less than 20 official moves left on the board that are not single-level. Rui Zhao can already foresee the final outcome with this number of moves.

I should be ahead by seven points...

But the Wu Yue Cup adopts the Chinese rules, and the black side needs to give a handicap of seven and a half points!
That means... I'm half a point behind!

The girl who realized this couldn't help but feel a chill in her heart.

After such a long competition, Rui Zhao felt that his body was gradually getting heavier, and it was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain the state of concentration that Shang Chaotian had taught him.

And now she realized that there was a high possibility that she would lose, which made her feel even more bitter. Her face, which originally had no expression, began to show a sad look involuntarily.

However...it's not important whether this state can be maintained now.

After all, there is no complicated calculation involved in the finale.

But at this moment, Rui Zhao actually hoped that the situation could be a little more complicated!
This way maybe... maybe the Ice Queen would make a small mistake, giving her a little chance!

Half a point... I am only half a point away!

Obviously... I have persisted until now!

As long as he can defeat the Ice Queen and enter the semi-finals... then he can prove his strength to Lei Qi!
As long as Lei Qi can recognize me, maybe... Teacher Lei will accept me as a student again!

Thinking of this, the extremely unwilling girl bit her lips tightly, and at the same time began to try to speed up her moves.

But what made her feel a little desperate was that the queen made these few moves extremely slowly.

In the past, when the end of the endgame was about to begin, the move was usually made when the countdown reached five seconds.

But now, you have to wait until the last two seconds before making a move!
This shows that the Queen thinks very carefully and there is almost no possibility of making low-level mistakes.

It’s okay...or maybe the Queen will be careless and exceed the time limit!
Rui Zhao comforted himself a little while trying to move his increasingly heavy arms, striving to make his move immediately after his opponent made his move, thus minimizing his opponent's thinking time.

But... as the game progressed towards the end, Jin Youen's moves were flawless. This made Rui Zhao more and more desperate.

If only... if only I could be a little stronger... if I could practice chess a little harder, maybe I would be the one leading by half a point now...

At this time, after both sides had set up and raised the pieces at the bottom, the game had reached the 229th move.

All the endgame moves in other parts of the game have been completed, except for a small endgame of one point per move left on the upper part of the board.

After once again running out of time to the last two seconds, the Ice Queen made her next move:

230 lots, squeeze.

This move is still a simple and inevitable endgame sequence, without any mistakes or omissions.

The girl still used all her strength to make moves as quickly as possible with her right hand, which seemed to be starting to become less obedient, in an attempt to give her opponent a chance to make a mistake.

She didn't want to give up at all.

Although... Rui Zhao himself knew that this was just his wishful thinking.
How could the Ice Queen, who has won the Women's World Championship three times in a row, make such a mistake in such a simple endgame?
At this moment, Rui Zhao really wanted to give himself a bitter smile.

But she no longer had the energy to even smile bitterly.

But at this moment, the scene that appeared before her eyes made the girl unable to believe her eyes for a moment:

Jin Youen suddenly dropped her next move - move 232, digging!

She made a wrong move!

This fact was like a shot of adrenaline, instantly energizing Rui Zhao.

Although she really couldn't believe that the Queen would make a mistake at this beginner level.

But that’s the truth!
Rui Zhao immediately regained his spirits and made the appropriate move.

The queen had no choice but to continue eating.

Rui Zhao hurriedly captured the precious white piece, expanding his lead to 8 points!
Although the white chess piece then turned around to capture and at the same time gathered one piece, bringing the difference in the board back to 7 points, this gave Rui Zhao an opportunity.

Opportunity to rob!

According to the original closing order, when Rui Zhao tried to seize the piece at the end, the queen did not need to respond at all, she only needed to turn around and hold the piece.

But now this point has been exchanged with a white piece that the black piece tried to capture in the closing move just now. So when the black piece breaks the point later, the white piece must try to capture one more black piece in order to win, so the white piece must respond to this capture!

Although Rui Zhao had not counted the number of robbery materials for both sides before, he didn't know how confident he was of winning this final robbery.

But having the chance to make one last desperate effort is always better than just waiting for the other party to make a mistake!

At this point, the order of the subsequent endgame is inevitable.

Black moves 237 and captures three pieces.

White continues to have the first move and captures a piece with 238.

Black 239 sticks.

White protects his eyes at move 240.

Black 241 squeezes and eliminates one point for White.

White 242, must continue.

At this point, almost all the other official pieces with goals in the whole situation have been surveyed and determined.

Now, there is only one official move that has a purpose!

Without any hesitation, the girl immediately squeezed out the last bit of strength in her body and marched her troops straight to the upper edge of the chessboard.

In the 243rd move, Black chose to rush into the break point!

In the 244th move, White plays hard and calls for capture!

In move 245, Black first takes over the subsequent breakpoint and prepares for the robbery.

Move 246, white chess brings disaster!

At this point, after a long series of battles including encirclement, isolation, killing, and finishing with fine pieces, this much-anticipated quarterfinal match, just as it was about to end, created a new wave of surprises.

...

...

"Brother Tian! This... this actually led to a disaster in the end!"

At the same time, Lu Wenjie outside the field couldn't help but look at the chairman of the chess association beside him, his tone full of surprise.

However, when Shang Chaotian looked at the situation on the board, he felt bitter.

Having come this far, could there still be a disaster?

But he knew that what was happening on the board was not something he could decide.

He could only clench his fists and said softly:
"Wen Jie, keep reading!
"Rui Zhao...she didn't lose!"

I just came back from Guangzhou yesterday, and I have to go to Yulin today. I am going to die...

I will try to finish the chess part tomorrow. I estimate there will be about four or five chapters of the final chapters after the chess part.



(End of this chapter)

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like