Chapter 376: The Battle
"Ah...I give up!"

December 12, 20: p.m., in the chess room of Dongjiang Hotel.

Dai Ran stopped the clock and admitted defeat after his opponent made the 270th move.

As the endgame progressed, the gap between Dai Ran and Liu Shixian not only did not narrow, but instead tended to widen.

Seeing that the gap has reached about fifteen points, it doesn’t look good to count them.

Now, the purposeful endgame is simply concluded with one purpose behind the opponent, which does not play any role in consuming the opponent.

Dai Ran, who had already done everything, finally gave up and decided to surrender.

"Thanks for the advice."

Facing the other party's slightly deliberate insistence, Young Master Liu seemed to be completely unaware of it, and responded with a smile in Chinese very appropriately:

“Dai Jiudan, I am always very happy to play against you in a competition!
"It's a pity...

"The Nongshim Cup is a fast game, so it's a little unsatisfying..."

"Don't worry, there are three more to keep you company."

Facing the other party's pointed sigh, Dai Ran also gave a concise but meaningful reply:

"that is……

"It might be tiring to finish with them."

“That won’t happen!

"Since I have been invited, I dare not refuse!"

Liu Shixian's smile is still so gentle:
"So……

"Let's start reviewing!"

...

...

"After reviewing this game, to be honest, Jin Jiudan didn't give us many chances..."

At nine o'clock in the evening of the same day, in Dongjiang Hotel, the Chinese team's temporary combat meeting room.

After Rui Zhao shared his detailed summary of today's game in which Jin Youen defeated Wen Xuefei with several teammates in the Lakeside Cup, he frowned slightly and sighed.

However, after listening to this analysis and summary, the other four people looked at each other for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Although, everyone knew that Rui Zhao was very energetic and dedicated to reviewing the situation.

But... she had just done an on-the-spot analysis with everyone in the morning, and then she went to Dongjiang Chess Academy in the afternoon to win a game, and then she came back in the evening to give her teammates another detailed summary...

Isn’t this energy too good?!
However, Rui Zhao was completely unaware of this and continued:
"...In fact, even in China, Kim Woo-eun still makes some mistakes. He lost to Ahn Hye-lin, Park Moon-mi, and Jung Chae-seo.

“But once she gets to the international arena, for some reason, she’s in exceptionally good shape. I really don’t give her any chances!”

"Of course! After all, women's international competitions are almost all important tournaments!"

Liu Yuhong, who has played against Kim Woo-eun in international competitions in recent years, couldn't help but explain:

"In recent years, Kim Woo-eun has not only continued to improve her skills, but her other strength is her stability and ability to adjust herself.

“Don’t think that she still has problems from time to time during domestic competitions, but that’s just because she doesn’t take it seriously enough.

"Once she takes the game seriously, her concentration is so strong that she rarely makes mistakes! Her stability is not like that of a female chess player at all!
"That's why she has performed so well in recent years, and even monopolized all the women's world championships for two consecutive years!"

“Is that so?”

After hearing the explanation, the girl tilted her head, but seemed a little confused, and couldn't help but continue to ask questions:

"But... since Jin Jiudan can maintain such good stability, why does her performance still fluctuate in domestic competitions?"

"Huh? Of course, it's to save the best condition for the international competition!"

Faced with this question, the little witch who had been in a rather depressed mood recently could not help but complain:

"Even male chess players have their own priorities for various major competitions. How can anyone stay fully focused on every competition? So it's normal for her to take a break from domestic competitions!"

The girl blinked a little confusedly after hearing this, then pointed at herself carefully and said:
"But...I, I can do it!

"We are all playing chess, so we have to work hard! Domestic competitions and international competitions... is there a big difference?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became cold.

Rui Zhao's four teammates from the Lakeside Cup fell silent for a moment, and there was even some confusion in their eyes!

Logically speaking, what the girl said should be considered a bit outrageous...

Playing chess is such a strenuous activity, how can one maintain the best condition for any competition?

But when you look at it from a realistic perspective...it doesn't seem to be that outrageous!

Because Rui Zhao has participated in quite a few competitions in the past six months, and it seems that I have hardly heard of her being upset!

The last time Rui Zhao lost to an opponent who was weaker than her overall strength... when was it?

In my impression...

It was half a year ago when I lost to Gao Yang in the national team preliminaries, right? !

And that was because this little girl hadn't even recovered from her illness before she traveled all the way from Fuhai Province to Zhongyuan Province, so it was all in vain!
If she had been in a normal state, she would never have been upset!

After realizing this, the atmosphere in the operations meeting room became more subtle.

Liu Yuhong and Yang Manjing stared at the girl with complicated eyes, as if they were looking at something extremely scary.

Zou Yang, who had basically accepted the reality, sighed, shook his head, and looked at his junior sister helplessly. "Well... it's already this late. Let's end our analysis and summary here!"

Seeing that something was not right, the team leader Wen Xuefei spoke up decisively and changed the topic of discussion:

"Man Jing, tomorrow's match depends on you!
"This is your chance to avenge your defeat in the Wu Yue Cup finals! Cherish it!"

The little witch also realized that she had deviated from the focus, and quickly regrouped and responded in a deep voice:

“Well, Sister Xuefei, don’t worry!
"I will definitely find a way to make up for the regrets I had in the Rookie King Contest yesterday on the stage tomorrow!"

...

...

"This game of chess... turns out to be so tense..."

The next day, February 2, at 21: p.m.

The third stage of this year's Nongshim/Lakeside Cup competition has officially entered the third day of competition.

But when Young Master Liu came outside the chess game room, he found that the Lakeside Cup competition had just ended in the morning and the players inside had not come out yet!

Liu Shixian was quite surprised and immediately took out his mobile phone to watch the replay of the morning's game, then uttered a small exclamation of admiration.

Indeed, today's game between the Ice Queen and the Little Witch was far from being as one-sided as the two games in the Wu Yue Cup finals.

This was of course because Yang Manjing had become more courageous after the third consecutive fight. But the main reason was...

The quality of Kim Woo-eun's moves has deteriorated!
Yes.

Although the Lakeside Cup is a fast game, the overall quality of the moves in a game should be lower than that of a slow game - there will definitely be a difference in the level of moves between having time to think and having to make a move in one minute.

But the Queen obviously made small mistakes or slow moves when there was still time, which led to a tug of war with the little witch, and she was unable to close the gap.

It was not until after more than 200 moves of slightly larger official games that the experienced Kim Woo-eun managed to maintain an advantage of two or three points, which basically declared that the queen had won the victory after a hard fight.

However, having come to this point, the little witch still chose to slowly finish off the official pieces, so it was delayed until now.

The game just ended, and in the end Jin Youen, playing with white, defeated Yang Manjing with an advantage of two and a half points, achieving three consecutive victories in the Lakeside Cup.

"Sister Youen...are you still starting to get tired?"

Liu Shixian, who watched the entire game, murmured softly.

At this moment, the door of the chess room just opened.

I saw a little lion-like girl rushing out with puffed up lips, very unwillingly, but she had to stop under the siege of the waiting media, and reluctantly accepted the interview first.

When Young Master Liu saw that the captain of his female team had not shown up, he stopped waiting and walked straight into the chess room and came to the chess table.

But the Ice Queen had just stood up at this time, and there was no joy of victory on her expression. Instead, her face was full of fatigue and worry.

"Sister Youen, are you okay..."

The gentle young man asked slowly, fearing to cause any unnecessary disturbance to the female captain.

The Ice Queen turned around when she noticed Liu Shixian approaching her, and could only force out a helpless smile:
"well enough!
"It's a bit tiring to play one plate after another every day.

"And there are two more plates in the back."

"Sister Youen, you can try to relax a little."

Young Master Liu suggested softly:

"Actually...dopamine and excitement are the most effective things for relieving fatigue."

"what……

"But thinking about Zou Yang and Liu Yuhong behind me, I really can't relax..."

Jin Youen smiled bitterly and replied:

“Okay, Xiao Liu, good luck this afternoon!
"I may need to eat something quickly and go back to my room to rest."

"Well, thank you for your hard work!"

The young master of the Liu family gave up his seat without any hesitation and bowed to the Ice Queen as his senior and said goodbye.

After watching Jin Youen leave the game room, the world's number one player shook his head slightly and took his seat, quietly waiting for Tang Guansheng, the backbone of China, to challenge him. He seemed to be in a high-end western restaurant waiting for the next dish carefully prepared by the chef to be served on the table, looking forward to it, but also calm and relaxed.

Ah...Sister Youen and her taste are still lacking a little!

Such a rare opportunity, every second of it...

Shouldn't we all enjoy it?
...

...

On the same afternoon, in the chess room of Dongjiang Hotel.

In the third game of the third stage of this Nongshim Cup, the world's number one player, who played with black, broke his usual habit and launched a fierce attack on Tang Guansheng, who was good at chaotic battles, in the middle game.

Tang Guansheng seemed a little caught off guard by this. At 4:05 in the afternoon, the white dragon in the upper right corner was killed, and the desperate counterattacks were also resolved one by one by Young Master Liu.

At the 133rd move, Black eliminated the threat and White had no chance of winning the overall situation. Tang Guansheng had no choice but to resign and admit defeat.

While Liu Shixian won four consecutive victories in the Nongshim Cup, he also tied the record held by Choi Myung-ho for nearly 20 years, which was once considered almost impossible to break...

Nongshim Cup has a record of 14 consecutive wins across multiple editions.

I am concentrating on accelerating the process...

I have to cook for my wife later, so since I have finished writing it, I might as well post it as soon as possible.

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(End of this chapter)

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