This chess...

There is no need to go down any further!

At 9:30 am on September th, in the chess room of Zhongjing International Conference Center.

Seeing Rui Zhao's move at the second position in the lower left corner, which directly killed the white chess piece in the corner and completely cut off the possibility of surviving both the white dragon and the black chess piece in the lower left corner, Uesaka Rei, who was noting the game, knew that the game could be declared over.

Ever since the 89th move when the black chess completely blocked the big dragon on the left, Takuya Ichijo has been trying to find clues and opportunities for a counterattack. However, how could the Chinese Dragon Sister, who has already drawn her dragon-slaying sword, let her prey escape so easily!
Facing the best efforts of Japan's No. 1 man, "Shi Yili" demonstrated his extremely terrifying straight-line calculation level and did not give the opponent any chance!
At this point, White's chess pieces are at the end of their rope and there is no chance of winning or losing.

Although the rising star of Japan was very happy when Rui Zhao won most of the games, she did not think it was bad at all when she saw Rui Zhao's superb performance to defeat Takuya Ichijo at the Chinese-Japanese Celebrity Match at the end of last year, and she was particularly excited to congratulate this beautiful sister.

As for today's Asian Games quarterfinal match under the rapid chess format, she naturally knew that the Japanese chess master had almost no chance of winning against the team's main player who was known as "Rapid Chess Athena" and "the best bully".

But today, seeing that her country's number one player was completely crushed by the Chinese Dragon Sister, and even was forcibly slayed in the end without being able to organize any effective counterattack, Uesaka Rei couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

Especially when the overall situation was decided, Takuya Ichijo was still trying hard to find a chance to win, and he struggled to the 90th move, which was basically decided at the 159th move. It can be seen that in this highly watched game, Ichijo, as a supporting role, also hoped to show the strength of his country's Go.

It seems that it has only been a few years since Takuya Ichijo took over the title of "No. 1 in Japan" from Hiroaki Shindo. With four domestic titles in hand, he is still undoubtedly the leading figure in Japan.

But now he is also about to turn thirty, which is indeed no longer his golden age. It seems not impossible that he will be crushed by the Chinese celebrity Zhaojun who is becoming more and more popular - after all, Park Min-yeol and Ueno Torachiro also suffered a crushing defeat in front of him.

At this point, there is really no need to persist any longer.

At this time, Yitsujitsu also thought so...

“…I give up!”

Hearing the countdown to the last ten seconds, after calming down a bit, Takuya Ichijo, who had already used up all his time, chose not to hold on any longer and decisively gave up:

"Ah, half of the chessboard is dead, the difference is almost sixty points... This game of chess was lost miserably!
"It's really too difficult to win the game by relying on luck!"

After a slight hesitation, Uesaka Rei finally translated the slightly self-deprecating statement from the Japanese chess master.

If I have to say something about this game, Takuya Ichijo made his move a little too late.

In front of Hua Xia Long Jie, he insisted on "not crying until he saw the coffin", which did seem to show that he did not take the linear calculation level of the world's number one power seriously. A self-deprecating joke to express apology to the other party was also part of the etiquette of Go.

At this moment, Rui Zhao, who had just recovered from the "flow", realized that he seemed to be too excited about killing and had thrown away the etiquette of the world at the last moment. He hurriedly said with an apologetic tone:
"Oh, no, sorry, nine sections!
"I, I may be a little too aggressive when playing chess. Usually, I don't want to let go of the opportunity to slay a dragon directly... I'm really sorry!"

Uesaka Rei also turned this sentence over truthfully, and tried to comfort the country's number one player who had just been defeated.

However, Takuya Ichijo, who had already prepared himself for the loss, didn't care. He smiled and said:

"Don't be so polite! It's the natural duty of a chess player to do his best on the chessboard.

"I'm not a natural genius like Lin Jiuduan, I'm just a little bit outstanding on such a small island!

"If we want to have greater development in Japanese Go, we need to embrace a wider world!

“It is my honor to have a good discussion with two of the best chess players of the new generation in the world chess world!”

After hearing this, Uesaka Rei felt a little depressed, but she had to admit that the overall level of Japanese Go is indeed difficult to compete with China and South Korea. Even in the Asian Games held in their home country, they could only win two team bronze medals.

But just as she was about to translate these words to Rui Zhao, she didn't expect the Japanese chess master to follow up:
"…Also, Rei-chan, I have a favor to ask of you, is that okay?"

"Eh?"

Uesaka Rei was slightly stunned, as if she had not expected this, but without waiting for his rising star to formally agree, he continued:

"Although I agreed to play in the playoffs as a foreign player when you joined the Pohu team half a year ago, it seems that I am not that good anymore! I might even be a drag if I go!

"if you can……

"Can you fight with your teammates to prevent me from playing?"

...No, not going to play? Hearing this, Uesaka was startled at first, but he quickly realized what his number one meant, and immediately nodded vigorously:
"Yeah! I, I understand!
"I'm pretty good now! When the time comes, you can explain my competition in Japan!"

Although her record was only one win and five losses, and she was still far from being able to contribute to the team in a crucial battle, Uesaka Rei answered without any hesitation.

"That's good!

"Oh, of course, don't force it!

"If I encounter a strong enemy that is really difficult to deal with, I will definitely keep my word and come over at any time!"

Seeing that his junior understood what he meant, Ichijo Takuya couldn't help but nodded and smiled:
"Also, please tell Rui Zhaoming:

"Just to say that you, Rei-chan, have been competing and learning in her team. Your growth and progress are obvious to all. We in the entire Japanese chess community are very happy and gratified! Please convey our gratitude too!"

"Well... t-this will come later!"

Uesaka Rei blushed, feeling a little embarrassed, and quickly changed the subject:
"Uh, yeah, that's right! Let me help you two review the game!

"It would be a shame if we don't study this exciting dragon-slaying game carefully!"

...

...

This dragon slayer...

What a beautiful slaughter!

Half an hour later, in the players' rest area at the Zhongjing International Conference Center.

After reading the chess record of the game between Rui Zhao and Takuya Ichijo, Xu Lifan, who had just defeated Ueno Torachiro not long ago, put down his phone with mixed feelings. Even...

Suddenly, I had a feeling that the chess game yesterday afternoon should not have been won as Lei Qi wished.

Although he told Lei Qi yesterday that Empress Zhao and Liu Shixian were equally scary, and Xiao Naofu was easier to deal with than the Legendary Ender, he would be the second in the group. But now it seems...

Queen Zhaotian might be much more terrifying than Liu Shixian!
It was also a case of dealing with an underdog. Although Young Master Liu did not give Qu Jundu, who was obviously weaker than Yitiao, any chance the whole time, he still stopped at the right time and focused on stability.

On the other hand, Rui Zhao either makes his moves very fast, playing slowly and fast, not giving his opponent any face at all; or, like today, he plays his moves to the extreme, beating his opponent by dozens of points without realizing it! It's simply hard to comment!

Especially since move 73, Rui Zhao, who had a clear advantage and could have won safely, almost used every move to slay the dragon! Her tactics were so strong that people almost thought she was the one lagging behind!
As a result, this Dragon Sister really added another giant dragon to her dragon slaying book, which was so brutal that it was beyond description!

oops……

Such a pretty little sister, why must she be so ruthless when playing chess!
Facing the fierce, steady, and A-level Chinese beauty, Osenjin, who had won the quarterfinals relatively easily, could be said to have frowned.

It turns out that we still need to find a way to put in some effort at the beginning!

I don't know if I'll have a chance to use my preparations before the game this time...

Thinking of this, Xu Xianren pursed his lips and then walked towards the restaurant...

...

...

At noon on the same day, as Park Min-yeol, who was completely suppressed, saw that there was no hope of winning and had no choice but to resign, the four sets of the quarterfinals of this Chukyo Asian Games had all ended.

After a short lunch break, the four winning players will immediately start the two semi-finals. The specific matchups are:
【Liu Shixian】 vs 【Lei Qi】

【Xu Lifan】 vs 【Rui Zhao】(End of this chapter)

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