“Seo, relax, and not losing too badly is the way to victory!

"Even if the loss is too bad... uh...

"I will also explain things to the Chess Institute and the National Team for you! Don't worry!"

"..."

At 7:1 noon on July st, in the seminar room of the Japanese team at Tongge Hotel.

Facing the disciple who was about to go on stage, Sato Tadao patted Seo Koji's shoulder with a rather pitiful look, and his tone was rarely as sharp as when he was scolding his students, and it had a hint of end-of-life care. This made Seo Koji speechless for a moment.

However, even though he was speechless, after slightly twisting his expression, Seo 8th Dan couldn't squeeze out any words of rebuttal. He could only honestly express his determination, "In short, I will try my best to show the demeanor of our young Japanese chess players," and then went to the game room:
no way……

Although some people seem to have not been eliminated yet, in fact, they are basically doomed from the moment they draw the joker card.

In fact, this time, Koji Seo had good luck in the first round. He did not draw a chess player from mainland China in the first round, so he met a chess player from the Taiwan Strait Province of China. In the end, he advanced to the next round relatively easily as he has been in good form recently.

But when he had the bad luck to draw the Queen Zhaotian in the second round, whose power to suppress the attackers was ridiculous, he knew that all was over!

As everyone knows, since she was promoted to the professional level, China's current Zhaojun has never lost to an obvious weaker opponent except for losing one game to Gao Yang, so that Gao Yang, the second dan, has become an urban legend in the Japanese chess world - because in recent years, this guy has never been seen entering any competition, and no chess record has ever been passed down.

The suppressing force on the attacker was so terrifying that it was almost at the level of causality. This made it impossible for Koji Seo, whose strength was obviously inferior to Rui Zhao, to have any illusions.

What made Seo Koji feel even more stressed was...

When he came to his chessboard, the contemporary Zhaojun, who either smiled naively like a beauty next door or had a stern look like a supreme goddess, now had a rare frown on her face. She seemed to be quite unhappy, and seemed to want to find a sandbag to vent her anger.

Ah, this, this, this...

Is this something unhappy that happened?

Are you going to take your anger out on me?!
Koji Seo suddenly regretted not learning some Chinese like Saka Rei and Akiyama Kanako. Now he could at least tell a few jokes to give this Chinese lady a psychological massage so that she would be gentler.

But now, he could only give an awkward but polite smile, trying to express his goodwill to the other party - although the smile the other party gave him in return was somewhat lackluster.

Uh……

I don't know whether she received it or not...

The expression on Koji Seo's face was a little tense.

In short...

If you can’t do it, just admit defeat! Just don’t lose too embarrassingly!

As long as I lie down fast enough, the other party won't be able to whip my corpse!

Seo, eighth dan, made up his mind secretly, and at this moment, seeing that the time was almost up, the referee on duty stood up and announced that everyone on the scene would start guessing the first move.

Seo carefully completed the game of guessing the first move with the silent Chinese Go lady in front of him, fearing that he would upset his opponent.

In the end, Seo guessed black and Rui Zhao played white.

However, this fast chess Athena didn't seem to be happy at all for the small advantage she had gained by guessing the first move. She just quietly took the white chess box and put it beside her, waiting for the start of the game. The atmosphere was so stagnant that it was a little awkward and solemn. It even made Seo Koji's breathing tense.

Fortunately, after all the chessboards finished guessing the first move, the referee announced the start of the game at 12:30.

Following the referee's order, Koji Seo, feeling relieved, quickly made his move after the salute and was unwilling to stay in the atmosphere for another second.

Rui Zhao on the opposite side seemed to have finally put away the frightening aura he had just displayed, and entered the same focused and focused state he had during his usual games, which made Seo Koji subconsciously breathe a sigh of relief.

Anyway...

I hope I can lose this game in a normal and inconspicuous way!
The Japanese eighth dan prayed humbly inwardly.

After both sides quickly completed the first four moves in the four corners, Seo chose the upper left point 3-3 for the fifth move.

This is a common layout method in the AI ​​era, and it couldn't be more normal. Next, the white chess piece must decide which side to block from based on its own thinking and the configuration of other corners.

However, Rui Zhao seemed to have had an idea about this.

In almost a second, Rui Zhao's next move appeared on the chessboard - blocking from below.

so fast?
Seo raised his eyebrows subconsciously, but quickly responded.

At present, there are only three pieces in the other corners. In fact, which side to block is just a different layout idea. There is almost no difference in winning rate and goal difference. It is very normal for the opponent to respond quickly.

Afterwards, Rui Zhao continued to make moves very quickly. After the company commander had two simple moves, he made a small jump in the lower left corner. Each move was made in seconds, and it seemed that he had been prepared for it.

This Queen Zhaotian...

Did you already figure out how to set up this layout?!
Could it be that he is really unhappy about something and is preparing some means to use me as a punching bag? !
With this in mind, Seo couldn't help but ponder his next move. After thinking for a minute, he chose a relatively rare left-side split shot in the hope of disrupting Rui Zhao's layout.

But who knew that Rui Zhao’s next move would still be made in seconds - in the lower right corner!
This……

Feeling something was wrong, Koji Seo hesitated and responded with the most common small tip move. However, almost as soon as he made his move and rang the bell, the next move of White chess had already arrived:

Click three three on the upper right!
At the beginning of the game, White made a total of seven moves, which did not even take ten seconds!

Although the layout phase is definitely shorter than the middle game because of the AI ​​learning object, it is still less than two seconds per move on average...

This is obviously well prepared!!!

Koji Seo suddenly became alert!
You know, the current celebrity in China is the junior sister of the flying knife expert Ni Jue! She relied on three consecutive flying knives to overcome all obstacles and finally got the title of "Celebrity"!
And the moves were made at a rapid pace during the layout phase... This was the precursor to the arrival of the flying knife!!!
Thinking of this, Seo Hiroshi and the other two were dumbfounded! Although Rui Zhao had never used a throwing knife in public again after the Masters Tournament, it was also widely rumored in the circle that Rui Zhao used so many throwing knives in the Masters Tournament that it would be difficult for the throwing knife library to recover in the short term - regardless of whether this throwing knife library belonged to Ni Jue or was Rui Zhao's own achievement as Ni Jue clarified.

However, Seo learned from Uesaka Rei that Rui Zhao would always take time to do research on the layout of flying knives. It would not be surprising if he really used one of them one day.

That's right...

Hey hey...is this true? ! !
A nobody like me who has never even held a title... is actually worthy of being hit by a flying knife of this level? ! !

and……

Aren't the four corners common now? How can they look like flying knives?

Thinking of this, Seo swallowed subconsciously. After finishing the simple shape on the upper right, he pondered for a long time. Finally, he carefully raised one hand in a very ordinary way on the upper left, trying to avoid introducing complex changes too early.

But at this moment, the sound of chess pieces falling on the board rang out twice in extremely quick succession.

Rui Zhao responded to the raised finger tip in seconds - the most typical response.

Now Seo felt even more confused!
Rui Zhao's swift movement looked like the precursor of a flying knife!

But if you look closely, they are all formulaic moves that couldn't be more normal!
This……

What is this play about?!

Seo became increasingly confused, but couldn't figure it out for the moment, so he continued to respond cautiously in the usual way.

But... Rui Zhao's rhythm remains unchanged:
Every move is completed in seconds, and the response is very common.

This continued until the 34th move, and the situation remained calm.

However, the time used by both sides now is that Seo has already used ten minutes, while Rui Zhao has only used twenty-three seconds!

hiss--

This doesn't look like a flying knife at all? !
After hesitating for a while, the confused Seo finally plucked up his courage and chose to make a move to the lower right, starting the first close combat between the two sides in this game.

At this time, Rui Zhao's moves finally stopped being quick. But...

Not much slower!

In the following ten consecutive moves, although both sides were fighting in close combat, Rui Zhao's each move in this series of changes took no more than ten seconds, but Seo Koji took another three minutes!
What is the same as before is that there have been no drastic changes on both sides, and the local finalization was completed relatively peacefully.

She...

It doesn't look like he's going to use a flying knife! Instead, it seems like...

……Eh? !
At this moment, a sense of déjà vu that was completely different from last year's China Masters Tournament arose in Koji Seo's heart.

This sense of déjà vu made the Japanese Eighth Dan open his eyes wide, and he couldn't believe it for a moment!

No...it can't be right? !
Although some chess fans would joke like this...

But you can't really do that? ! ! !

The doubtful and confused Koji Seo's face suddenly turned pale, but he knew that he had to test his guess now!

He hurriedly held his breath and thought carefully, and then after making a capture move, he flew down and began to attack the three white pieces!
Logically, the black pieces have already become strong after a series of formations in the lower left, and with this flying attack, the three white pieces are already in a dangerous situation. At this time, we should calm down and think about how to deal with it.

However... Rui Zhao was clearly an exception.

After making the inevitable stick move in the 46th move, facing the flying attack of the black chess piece, Rui Zhao thought for less than ten seconds, and very calmly captured a black chess piece in the lower right corner, treating the flying black chess piece as nothing!

Not only did it fall so fast...but it also came off first? ! !
Even though he knew that his opponent was one of the top chess players today with a strong ability to suppress the opponent's moves, Koji Seo still couldn't control his emotions when being treated like this. After a long consideration, he decisively attacked and began a series of fierce attacks on the white pieces below!
Unfortunately... this fierce attack didn't even give Rui Zhao time to think for ten seconds.

The white chess piece's response afterwards was smooth and flowing. No matter where Seo stopped to think, Rui Zhao would still make a move within ten seconds. He was as decisive as if he was playing super-fast online chess where one move every ten seconds!
What is even more heartbreaking is that even in more than ten moves, Rui Zhao only used less than one-tenth of the retention time of Seo Koji, but he still firmly controlled the situation!
In the 60th move, as the white piece was pulled down, the white piece below was already alive! The black piece failed to achieve its strategic goal, but it allowed the white piece to get a huge advantage in the corner. Now it is at a clear disadvantage!
Looking at the time reserved by both parties, Seo has already used up a full forty minutes, while Rui Zhao...

It only took two minutes and two seconds!

The time difference is nearly twenty times!!!

When it came to this, everyone in Seo was dumbfounded!

It took me twenty times longer than the other party, but I ended up being at a disadvantage?!
At this time, Koji Seo's sense of déjà vu had reached its extreme.

He tremblingly placed another piece in the upper left corner as a final confirmation.

As expected, after taking a glance, Rui Zhao immediately raised his hand to make a move, and then without thinking, he made a move and waited for the other party to respond.

At this time, Koji Seo understood it clearly!

In this game of chess, Rui Zhao had no intention of using any flying knives!

Although he is recognized as the best young chess player after the "Reiwa Three Birds", he has also won the right to challenge for the Honinbo title - although it was a reduced Honinbo title.

But in the eyes of the famous Chinese celebrity Zhaojun, she was just a small fry, and it was an overestimation to say that she was just a roadside shrimp. How could she be worthy of using her research results!
Just as he guessed after finalizing the game in the lower right corner: Rui Zhao made his moves so quickly because he didn't want to waste even a little bit of time in the game with himself!

In today's game, she completely...

Play as if you were the female chess player at the Lakeside Cup! ! ! (End of this chapter)

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