Ah this...

She actually took the initiative to come up with black? !

At 3:4 am on March th, in the chess room of Tengjiang Pavilion Xihuan Hotel in Hongdu City, China.

When Zhuang Zheng saw the result of the match, his facial muscles twitched involuntarily.

Ah, of course, this doesn't mean that he is so afraid of facing Rui Zhao - if he was really afraid, he would not agree to be the main general in the second round.

What surprised him the most was that in this first round Queen Zhaotian actually took the initiative to play with black!

After completing the pre-match mobilization and determining the main players for the second round yesterday, the Dongjiang team naturally also discussed today's lineup.

According to pre-match judgment, Rui Zhao is now in the limelight and has shown signs of being in the top three in the country.

With such a main general in charge, Pohu will probably play more conservatively at home, letting the strongest players in the team, Zhao and Gou, sit on the 2nd and 4th tables, and try to use the advantage of white chess under the Chinese rules to first steadily win two victories, and then bet the victory on the main general battle in the away game.

Although the Dongjiang team unanimously agreed that Pohu was most likely to do so, they did not make any specific plans for this.

With their overall strength advantage, they plan to first respond to any changes with the same strategy, letting Lang Haishen and Zhuang Zheng, two 9th dan players, sit at the first and third tables with white pieces, and first secure two wins.

If there are only two wins, then the lineup will be normal in the next round.

If they can get three wins, they can even consider playing a horse race at home, avoiding the recently prominent Queen Zhaotian, and ensuring their team's advancement to the greatest extent possible.

But although the Dongjiang team's plan went smoothly, they never expected that Poyang Lake's formation in the first round would be so proactive!
They actually let the little witch play with white pieces to try to win against the Dongjiang team, which had two ninth-dan players and two strong eighth-dan players. This caused the main player Rui Zhao to make a slight sacrifice and help the team win the game with black pieces!
This is……

Do you think you can easily defeat any player on our team even if you play as black?!
Zhuang Zheng was unhappy at that time!

Although Queen Zhaotian's recent military performance has been very impressive, in Zhuang Zheng's eyes, this may not be a very terrible thing.

It is well known that top female chess players always have those moments of madness in their careers.

For example, Wu Yueyun defeated two South Korean leaders, Choi Myeong-ho and Moon Bo-hyun, in the South Korean Masters Championship and won the title of South Korean [National Player].

Another example is Kim Woo-eun, who won the unlimited world runner-up title at the 2022 LIG Cup by “winning three world championships in a row, but losing to only one person in the world.”

But in the final analysis, such extremely amazing performances are short-lived, and the achievements made by the two are still quite far from being the real top five in the world.

I guess Rui Zhao...is the same.

Rather than talking about the difference...

That is Zhaojun, who has won five consecutive games in the main stage of the Weiqi League recently, has the title of "Celebrity", has entered the quarterfinals of the World Championship three times, won the Huaying Celebrity Competition, has 15 world champion fermented bean curd, has defeated countless high-level male chess players, and even ended the miracle of the God of Nongshim in the Nongshim Cup...

It seems like there are so many "flash in the pan" things!
Uh……

Thinking of this, Zhuang Zheng felt a slight chill down his spine.

But Zhuang Zheng realized that his mentality was fluctuating. After all, he was about to turn 26 years old. He was not a young man who didn't even know how to shave his mustache. He immediately stabilized himself.

Humph! So, so what!
You are a celebrity, but I also won the Changqi Cup last year!
You made it to the semi-finals of the World Championships in the Chunzhilan Cup, and I also made it to the Tongge Cup!

Although you seemed to be in better shape in the last two or three months of last year, I'm afraid you'll have to find your groove again after the New Year, right?

Since you dare to come, don’t wait for the next round!

Today I will take a good look at your abilities!

With this in mind, Zhuang Zheng and his teammates encouraged each other, and then strode towards the third stage with their heads held high...

...

...

"Hmm... After the black piece 25 invades, the white piece is small and the black piece is long, the white piece jumps to block, and the black piece points to 33...

"After the opening, the layout of both sides can be described as calm and peaceful!"

At 12:15 p.m. on the same day, fifteen minutes after the first round of the first round of the Weiqi League playoffs started, in the live broadcast room of [Weiqi Xiaozhao].

After watching a series of responses from both sides on the third stage, Hua Ran, who was in charge of the explanation, couldn't help but make a brief comment.

"It's a bit boring..."

Xiong Siyi, who did not have to play in the first round of the playoffs and came to [Weiqi Xiaozhao] to serve as a commentator to relax, also complained a little:
“Although I feel that Xiaoxiong Er’s chess skills have improved a lot recently, the change in style is not so pleasing...

"In the past, she really wanted to fight! She would often fight over a disagreement. This is what girls should do!

"But now... it feels quite subtle..."

"Uh……

"If top chess players want to avoid being targeted, they must be able to play all kinds of chess!"

Hua Ran said with embarrassment:
"Just like the previous game between you and Sister Rui Zhao in the Weiqi League main general match, your strength was controlled almost the entire time, and you lost so badly that you can say you didn't even have room to struggle..."

"Well... that's what I said... "Little Bear has started to learn bad things since he grew up..."

At this moment, the little bear still looked like an over-age teenager. He even lay down on the table, staring at the screen with drooping eyes, looking quite depressed.

Hua Ran saw this and understood why the official media rarely invited the only world champion among the "post-00s and pre-05s" to talk about chess, so he had to quickly bring the topic back to the board:
"...Ah, according to the AI's recommendation, I suggest you continue to shape it in the upper right or lower right corner. I wonder what Zhuang Zheng 9th Dan will choose... Eh?

“Zhuang Zheng, ninth dan, actually surrounded the center!
“This move was somewhat unexpected and was not among the AI’s top three choices!
"But judging from the AI's evaluation, the winning rate and goal difference have basically not decreased at all. It can be said to be an excellent change of tactics!"

As soon as he heard that the situation had changed, the little bear, who had just drooped his head, immediately came back to life and stretched his neck to stare at the board:
“Where where?!

"Ah, this bracelet is really beautiful! Very impressive! I just wonder how Little Bear will respond...

"Eh? Zuo Shang Xiaofei?"

Seeing Rui Zhao's AI choice without much thought, Xiong Siyi immediately frowned:
"Ah this...

“Although this is one option, can Little Bear make some exciting moves today?

"Everyone is gathering around..."

"Senior Zhuang Zheng, here the lower left pushes back, all of which are continuous follow-up measures in the form of a large encirclement. Next...

"Wow, this hand star is still a good choice! This is not easy to play!
"I feel like Senior Zhuang has put in a lot of effort today, and it's obvious that he came prepared!

"Little Bear Two, are you really not going to hurry up and fight the invasion?"

"Uh……

"We are planning it, we are planning it!"

Hua Ran quickly comforted the over-age boy next to him, but unfortunately the outcome of the chess game was not as Hua Ran said.

Although the white pieces were arranged in a huge shape on the left, Rui Zhao's moves were still neither hurried nor slow.

For nearly thirty moves thereafter, the black pieces were leisurely positioning themselves and gaining territory in each corner, as if the white pieces' formation on the left did not exist.

Zhuang Zheng was naturally happy to see this happen. While responding to the attack, he also took a break to make another move on the left side of the chessboard. The entire left half of the chessboard was already white!
Even so, Rui Zhao still seemed to be in no hurry, and rushed to the upper left in the next move! White chess pieces flew again, and the entire left formation was further strengthened!

"This……"

Seeing this, Xiong Siyi couldn't help himself:
"What is Little Bear Two doing? Does she want to play chess against him?
"But if we really want to leave most of the left side of the white chess piece empty, the black chess pieces will not be enough anyway!
"Before moves 54 and 56 were made, it would have been a great opportunity to throw two pieces in to test the water!

"But having come down here, it's already very risky to rush to the left!"

"Well……"

Hua Ran was speechless in response to Xiong Siyi's statement - he even agreed with it.

Even up to now, the AI ​​winning rate of black chess has slightly improved compared to the initial 40%, and the situation between the two sides is basically 50-50.

But Hua Ran knew that the winning rate given by AI could not be blindly believed!
As we all know, orphan treatment and transformation are the skills in which AI surpasses humans the most.

Many chess pieces that AI thinks will definitely survive after being penetrated are like walking on a tightrope over an abyss for humans, and they will be shattered to pieces if they are not careful!
Not to mention that AI would sometimes think that "this chess piece can survive" at the beginning, but would be slapped in the face in the end - for example, in the famous game of the Masters Tournament, Rui Zhao killed Long Bo in less than a hundred moves. At that time, AI was also very optimistic that Huang Bo Nan could escape.

The whiteness of the entire left side of the chessboard makes it difficult for Hua Sandan to have much confidence in the 49.5% winning rate given to black by the AI...

At this moment, Rui Zhao finally took action on the white chess piece on the left!

In the 57th move, the black pieces disappeared slightly in the center!
"Uh...Is this the limit that Little Bear Two dares to eliminate?"

Although this move did not reduce the winning rate much, Xiong Siyi was clearly not optimistic about this move:

"This is totally not enough! It won't make up much space!
"Look, Zhuang Zheng blocked the top left corner without even thinking about it, and it was AI's choice!
"It's obvious that they think the black chess pieces will not dare to come in, otherwise they will die! So they just need to eliminate their own weaknesses!
"Little Bear II...is obviously not in good shape today!"

But Rui Zhao didn't seem to have any emotional fluctuations in the face of Zhuang Zheng's extremely confident and accurate blocking, and she also quickly made her next move - Xiao Fei, continuing to disappear shallowly.

Zhuang Zheng, who obviously felt that he should have the advantage, did not give in, and even directly counterattacked the black chess piece, threatening the black chess piece's connection. It was another AI choice!
"This……"

Seeing these consecutive moves by the new Changqi Cup champion, Hua Ran couldn't help but gasp!
"White still has too many pieces on the left!

"I'm afraid it's already very difficult for Black to play!"

But at this moment, Black's next move appeared on the board without much thought, yet slowly and without haste...

In the 61st move, the black chess piece, which was originally only probing the periphery, ignored the threat of the white chess piece to its own connection and suddenly plunged directly into the deepest part of the white chess piece's hinterland! It was as if it was not afraid of the white chess piece cutting off its way back!
A feeling of strolling leisurely among millions of enemy troops suddenly came over me!

"ah?!
"Are you going to try such a difficult method of curing orphans?!"

This move suddenly made Xiong Si, who was originally bored and worried, brighten up his eyes. He stared at it for a long time before he couldn't help but exclaimed:

"this……

"This is all the move of the Prodigal Senior!" (End of this chapter)

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