what……

She arrived first!
October 10st, 1: p.m., Zhongjing International Conference Center.

The second hand of the quartz clock cut through time in silence. When Liu Shixian stepped into the game room, he caught a glimpse of the afternoon sun shining through the floor-to-ceiling windows, casting a faint golden edge on his last and most beautiful opponent in this Asian Games.

The people and the scenery were so beautiful that even the world's number one man, who had been fighting for more than ten days and was a little tired, couldn't help but admire them.

Liu Shixian walked to the chess table and sat down, while greeting the top star player of the Asian Games in front of him:
"Good afternoon, Rui Zhao 9th Dan.

"This is the first time we meet in the finals!"

He heard his own voice as clear as an autumn stream, but it caused ripples when it met the other person's burning gaze.

The chess player known as "Fast Chess Athena" sat upright like a sculpture carved out of mutton-fat jade, but her pupils, which seemed to have sparks leaping in them, fully expressed the will and determination of this top chess player.

"Yes, Liu Jiudan! I'm honored to meet you in the finals!"

The beautiful lady on the other side responded politely, then said with great momentum:
"Although it's a pity that I didn't meet Lei Qi Jiudan this time, if you can beat Liu Jiudan and get this gold medal, it will definitely be something worth remembering!"

……Um?

Does she want to win so badly this time?

The young master of the Liu family was a little surprised by Rui Zhao's powerful speech.

In his impression, although the famous Chinese woman Concubine Zhaojun always tried her best and devoted herself to every game, she was not always so sharp in her words.

For this beautiful 9th ​​dan, victory is certainly worth pursuing, but the unremitting pursuit of truth on the chessboard is the true "Tao" of being a chess player.

But these familiar words suddenly reminded Liu Shixian of a moment in the Nongshim Cup last February.

The two had played against each other six times in total. The last time Rui Zhao made such a positive speech before a match was when Zhaojun was still a female celebrity.

At that time, the plane trees in Dongjiang were still trembling slightly in the cold wind, while at this moment, the ginkgo trees in Zhongjing were shaking off their golden leaves.

It was also that duel, which was later called the "Pink Miracle" by the entire world chess community, that caused him, the world's number one chess player who was once a god in the Nongshim Cup, to suffer the only defeat in the six matches between the two, which was also the one he cared about the most.

Right now, memory and reality overlap at the intersection of the longitude and latitude of the chessboard - right now, just like right now.

This is really...

Not a very good sign!
Liu Shixian sighed quietly in his heart, not at all as leisurely as he had been waiting for his opponent to attack him in February last year.

Only a short year and a half has passed, and facing this Athena on the fast chess stage again, even the recognized god of Nongshim would find it difficult to consider himself the superior!
The intoxicating poison in front of me is becoming increasingly sweet and deadly!
However, it gave the world's number one man a long-lost sense of excitement and trembling in his spine, making him fascinated and obsessed with it!
What is coming...will always come.

No matter what the result is, just enjoy it to the fullest!

"...Yeah, same here."

South Korea's strongest chess player nodded slightly, as if ready for battle, but his lips involuntarily curved into an intoxicated smile from the heart:

"To be honest, I have been waiting for this final for a long time."

As soon as he finished saying this, the alarm clock nearby began to buzz - this was to remind everyone in the chess room that the game time was approaching and they needed to prepare to guess the go-ahead move.

Liu Shixian placed his hands on the warm wooden Ying-style chessboard, and a sense of fate filled his heart as the long sound of the chessboard sounded:

What this tiny battlefield is about to witness may not only be the struggle between black and white, but also the replacement of the old and new thrones of God!

After the two players in the finals finished their pre-match greetings, Kobayashi Yahiko, who came to the Chukyo International Conference Center to personally preside over the game, clapped his hands and asked the two players:

"Alright guys! It's almost time!

"Are we ready to enter the game?"

"I'm available anytime!"

"Thank you for your hard work, Chairman Kobayashi!"

Kobayashi Yahiko nodded upon seeing this, then stood up and solemnly announced:

"The finals of the men's individual Go event of this year's Chukyo Asian Games are about to begin!
"Please guess what will happen first!"

...

...

"Uh... I just want to ask one question..."

At the same time, in a large studio of the Huaxia Chess Academy.

The humming sound of the air conditioner vents lingered in the dome of the studio. Bian Lele tugged at the collar of his crisp suit and a low and puzzled voice rolled out of his throat: "It's fine for Ni Jue to comment on the game today, but is it necessary to drag all of us here?
"I wanted to spend a good vacation with my family!"

"That's normal!"

Kuai Liang, who was standing by, subconsciously stroked the patterns on the chessboard on the table in front of him with his fingertips. The sandalwood longitude and latitude lines glowed coldly under the ceiling light.

"You have to know how popular the match between Rui Zhao and Liu Shixian was!
"If it weren't for the National Day holiday and some important programs taking up the time slot, I'm afraid all the comprehensive channels would have to broadcast live simultaneously!"

"Just do a parallel live broadcast! Isn't it enough to have one male commentator?"

Seeing that Bian Lele still didn't agree, the good old man Cai Shuang began to explain patiently:
"LeLe, that's not what I meant!

"If it was a normal match, I would just talk about it in general. But today's final attracted a lot of attention and the level of play was also very high. The two players in the game are basically the top two in the world of rapid chess!

"The time for a quick game is tight, and these two players are both very skilled. Even with AI assistance, Ni Jue alone may not be able to figure out the intentions of the two players. So isn't it normal to pull us in as an external brain?"

"Uh... now that you mention it, it makes sense!"

"Hey, Lele, what do you mean by 'that's right'?"

After hearing this, Lele finally understood the situation. However, his slow realization immediately earned him a cold stare from Old Longbo:

"Rui Zhao, the 'Dragon Sister' and 'Fast Chess Athena', has exploded. Even with my AI, I can only make a rough guess! You are so brave!
"Think about it, it was only a few days ago that South Korean master Xu Xiangheng was slaughtered like a chicken in the men's team finals? Have you forgotten?!"

"Uh, no, no, no! Don't mention that game of chess!
"I'm getting a little nervous just thinking about it! Please at least let me spend this National Day in peace!"

Bian Lele waved his hands quickly, as if he didn't want to recall the game in which Queen Zhaotian defeated a master of the same level as himself.

As the saying goes, "When a rabbit dies, the fox mourns; when creatures of their own kind feel grief for their own kind," this is the case.

But Cai Shuang on the side seemed to be hesitant to speak, and didn't know whether he should remind everyone that there was actually the seventh round of the Weiqi League on October 10th.

At that time, the Gezhou team led by the great leader Bian will challenge the Pohu team led by Empress Zhaotian...

However, just as Cai Shuang was still struggling, today's female host Song Jin's voice suddenly came:

“Alright, everyone!

"The live broadcast is about to start! Are you ready?"

"Ah! I'm ready!"

Even though he was still muttering just now, whenever there was an opportunity to be a representative of chess players, Alliance Leader Bian was always the first to step forward.

"OK!
"Brother Wang, we can start anytime!"

After greeting the director, Song Jin and Ni Jue, who were dressed up today, stood at attention and started commentating on today's game after the live broadcast officially began:
"Dear audience friends! Happy National Day!
"Welcome everyone to watch our live broadcast of the Asian Games today. I am the host, Song Jin, a female second-dan chess player."

"Hello everyone, I'm Ni Jue!"

"I believe everyone knows that the match we are going to bring today is the final of the men's individual Go event of the Zhongjing Asian Games, with our country's Rui Zhao 9th dan facing South Korea's No. 1 Liu Shixian 9th dan!

"Ah, let me also explain to the audience who are watching our competition for the first time that although it is a men's individual event, our Rui Zhao 9th Dan is actually a female chess player. She is truly as good as men, so please don't make the mistake!

"Today, in order to explain this peak battle in detail and thoroughly for everyone, in addition to myself and Ni Jiudan, we have also invited four other national players to form our guest commentary team to bring you the most detailed real-time analysis!

"They are: Huang Bo Nan, 9th Dan! Bian Lele, 9th Dan! Kuai Liang, 9th Dan! And Cai Shuang, 9th Dan!

"Everyone is welcome!"

"Hello hello! Hello everyone!"

Among the four people, it was the socialite who took the lead in greeting people. She seemed extremely enthusiastic and had no idea what she would face in five days.

After introducing the guests, Song Jin didn't say anything more and immediately entered the chess game:

"Okay, the game has started now!
"In the end, Rui Zhao played black and Liu Shixian played white.

"Both sides started the game with a wrong small eye against two consecutive stars. Rui Zhao then defended the corner with a small flying piece in the upper right corner. Liu Shixian hung a piece in the lower right corner and then split the two pieces to finalize the game. Black then made a three-three move in the upper left corner.

"White chose to focus on the outer position in the upper left corner. Rui Zhaoduo climbed one move and then hung the lower left corner. White chose a low clamp to cooperate with the outer position in the upper left corner.

"The black piece jumped out in an upright manner, and the white piece took advantage of the momentum and flew up. And Rui Zhao took the lead after another move!

"In the 25th move, the black chess piece rushed from the left side and launched a fierce attack on the piece that the white chess piece had just sandwiched!

"After a relatively peaceful initial layout, Rui Zhao, who likes chaotic attacks, began to draw his sword against the world's number one man!" (End of this chapter)

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