LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 299 Three chess games in one day is really inhumane
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night.

Lin Ruo had just returned to the hotel room and had not even had time to lie down when he received a WeChat message from Ai Loli.

"Brother Lin, are you really going to be on TV tomorrow? You can't lie to me this time. My mom gave me a good beating today."

Why are you so obsessed with letting your mom know that your teammates are participating in the National Games?

Does your face look bright? Probably.

Lin Ruo, who was getting ready to wash up, replied, "Not necessarily. There are so many Go matches a day. Even if you were to watch the specific matches, you could still miss me in the camera for a few seconds."

"What should I do?"

"It's simple. Wait until the finals in the last few days and you win the championship and stand on the podium. Then you will definitely be on TV, and the footage will be at least ten seconds."

Ai Loli sensed immense confidence in the message, and after a pause, she replied with a voice message, "Brother Lin, stop bragging. I've been lurking in the Go forums these past few days, and those who watch Go every day are saying you're doomed to lose tomorrow's mixed doubles match. You'll be eliminated in the first round, so there's no chance of winning a medal."

"Really? I'll go take a look."

Lin Ruo took a break from washing up and opened Tieba, and went swimming naked in the Go bar he hadn't seen for a long time.

With Go returning to the National Games after many years, the popularity of posts discussing the game remains high. The environment and atmosphere of the Go bar are much more active than before, and can be said to have reached a new level.

Browsing the popular channels, Lin Ruo quickly came across a post about himself.

The post was created two days ago, and the poster has been updating the relevant content in real time in the past two days.

Here he comes, here he comes again! National Amateur Championship champion Lin Ruo is on the Shanghai team's amateur roster for the National Games. What are your thoughts?

[It's normal. If the Shanghai Go Association hadn't contacted him, I would have died of laughter. This sudden appearance of a champion is like God helping the Shanghai team.]

[I still can't believe he only learned Go for a few months, and then defeated a professional player to win the National Amateur Championship this year...]

[To be more precise, up to this point, you could say he's been studying for half a year.]

[That's not certain. He's participating in the World Championships later. Is he sure he'll have a chance to play chess?]

[Stop talking about it. The more you say that, the more I feel like he's a one-in-a-million genius.]

[Damn, I really want to see him fight against those high-ranking professional Go players. It would be fun to watch and the discussion would go viral.]

...

After a lot of discussion, here comes today’s post about the schedule evaluation.

[Holy crap, this is happening! Lin Ruo is about to face off against two talented players from the Jiangsu team. Anyone want to place a bet on who will win?]

[In a solo match, I think Lin Ruo would definitely win, but since this is a mixed doubles match, I'm betting on the Jiangsu duo to win.]

[Who is Lin Ruo's partner? Amateur 8th dan isn't bad, is he?]

[I don't know if it's similar, but I heard they just formed a team two days ago.]

"Oh my god, that's definitely not going to work. We're both unfamiliar with each other. It would be hilarious if we end up tripping over each other."

[Absolutely. Lin Ruo's way of thinking in chess is too strange and impulsive. It's impossible to become teammates with him in just two days. It's highly likely that we won't be able to play chess with the same mindset.]

[That doesn't mean it's over. Lin Shen, the mixed doubles player we had high hopes for, has already reached the first round? ]

[It's okay if it falls. Lin Ruo has something to say. How can we fight if we haven't even gotten used to each other yet?]

[The Shanghai Go Association is fully responsible.]

[No, the League of Legends World Championship is entirely responsible.]

[No blame, learning Go and playing games is all about beating Koreans. Lin Ruo has already beaten 15 Koreans in areas other than Go.]

[Don't brag. League of Legends has nothing to do with me. If you're not a Korean in the Go field, I won't recognize you.]

I've been told not to set goals. Just a second ago, she said in an interview that she was going to win every championship she participated in. Now, before the competition even started, she's drawn the strongest team and is about to lose a championship. It's really hard to hold back.

If he can beat the Jiangsu duo tomorrow, I'll just imitate them and call them "Lin Shen" every day.

……

Lin Ruo took a quick look and put away his phone. It seemed that after the amateur national competition, his reputation in the Go forum had improved a lot.

It's a normal judgment not to trust him to win tomorrow's mixed match.

There's also nothing much to say.

I regained my composure and prepared to wash up when there was another familiar knock on the door of the room.

Lin Ruo sighed and went to open the door, wondering if it was the team leader or his good partner who was complaining about the world.

Seeing that it was Zhang Yu, Lin Ruo sighed, "Something's wrong? Don't tell me you're still nervous and need me to give you a few more words of comfort to prevent you from making unstable moves tomorrow."

"No."

Zhang Yu shook his head, glanced around the room, and calmly walked in. "Tomorrow's schedule and entry permits were printed out by the team leader. He's worried we'll miss them. After all, he has a lot of people to look after, so he doesn't have the time to make sure we get up and get to the competition on time. Everything depends on our own initiative."

Zhang Xuan handed the thing over. Lin Ruo took the schedule and looked at it. It was definitely a devilish schedule. There was an individual competition and a team competition in the morning, and the most troublesome mixed doubles competition in the afternoon.

I don’t know whether the Chess Association takes itself too seriously or doesn’t take itself seriously enough.

"Oh, the team leader also told me to tell you, it's okay, kid. After the preliminaries tomorrow and the day after, the rest of the time we'll have one match a day, so it won't be too tiring."

After saying this, Zhang Xuan went out directly. She didn't know why she came in for more than ten seconds, but speaking to the person inside at the door made her feel that the two of them were extremely unfamiliar with each other.

After taking only two steps, Zhang Yu stopped and looked back, his clear eyes revealing an indescribable helplessness: "To be honest, I'm still a little nervous."

She shouldn't have been too nervous about participating in the National Games, but this time, except for her, the other three teammates were all top-notch players.

It would be strange if I wasn't nervous at this moment.

Lin Ruo knew this and was not surprised. He closed the door and pretended not to hear it. This was the bad thing about being in a team. He also had to coax his new teammates.

However, the chess association is still fully responsible. No one has the confidence to replace this untrained temporary team.

However, the chess association had found the right person. Lin Ruo picked up his phone and replied on QQ: "As long as you don't make mistakes when placing your pieces, we won't lose."

If this still can't appease a little girl, then it must be the little girl's problem.

...

At the competition venue early the next morning, Lin Ruo sat opposite his opponent in the early game.

The game is decided in a single-elimination match. Each player has 20 seconds to play the first move, so it is undoubtedly a fast game.

Lin Ruo has a very calm mentality, and the length of time required has no effect on him.

On the contrary, it will have a huge impact on his opponent. It's a simple logic. He can think of a move within 20 seconds, but for a true amateur player like his opponent, it will be difficult to find a place to make the move within 20 seconds as time goes by.

Therefore, in the essence of fast chess in amateur competitions, it is to make mistakes through simple moves. Players do not need to have a big overall layout, but only need to focus on the small piece of land in front of them.

So if someone can estimate the layout of the next dozen moves in 20 seconds, it is impossible for him to become the loser in fast chess.

Lin Ruo is such a person.

After guessing the first move, facing an amateur 7th dan player from Shanxi, Lin Ruo, who played with white pieces, calmly responded to his opponent's opening within the normal range.

The diagonal small eyes are opposite the diagonal stars.

The three white pieces at the upper left corner were fixed, and Lin Ruo took the initiative in the game. He changed his position without hesitation and made a corner move at the lower left corner.

Then continue to hang on despite the opponent's obstruction, followed by splitting the two, and finally guarding the corner alone in the lower right corner.

The opponent's black chess piece chose to stab nearby, which is the most common tactic against single-corner defense.

Lin Ruo naturally saw through Black's simple idea, expecting him to stick to him so that he could go directly to the corner and break it from the side.

He twisted the corner of the chess piece and made a move, and when the black chess piece subconsciously followed suit, Lin Ruo made another move to block it.

Only less than 25 hands went back and forth.

Black has fallen perfectly into the trap and may be able to get out later, but given the opponent's current inability to react, it is even less likely that he will be able to react in the still tight time later.

"In fact, Lin Ruo didn't play aggressively at all in this match. On the contrary, it was his opponent who did, and he fell directly into the established strategy."

Tian Bin was holding a notebook and trying to figure out the game through the hanging board in the back.

Finally, I came to the conclusion that there was no need to speculate, as it would be over in no more than a hundred moves.

"Even though you're a girl, you should be able to win if you go up there, but it won't be a matter of a hundred hands."

Zhang Yu looked a little confused: "So what level is he at?"

"Anyway, it's not the level that should be achieved after studying for half a year. He is either a genius or a genius. Or, he was the reincarnation of a top chess player in his previous life, and I guess he came to this life with innate memory." Tian Bin expressed his surprise jokingly.

The game ended quickly, and it turned out that they had made the judgment too early.

Because when the opponent realizes that they have fallen into a trap and can't find a way out, their mentality explodes faster than anyone else, and their subsequent moves full of loopholes cause the situation to end much earlier than they imagined.

Lin Ruo easily advanced to the next round.

Tian Bin was already calculating how much suspense there was in the amateur men's individual championship. There should be at least 1 point, so he should leave a little for teams from other regions.

After an hour's break, they will face the team match against the Hunan team.

Each regional representative team is limited to 1 team in the team competition, with 4 people in each team. The first two tables are female players, and the last two tables are male players. The players will compete in a best-of-four format.

A points system is used, with 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw. The final winning ranking is determined by the number of points accumulated over nine rounds.

Due to the average overall level of the Hunan team, the score ended early with 3 to 0. Lin Ruo didn't even have the last chance to play. Today's match was reduced to the mixed doubles match in the afternoon.

But this is obviously just an appetizer. They will later face major Go-playing provinces including Zhejiang and Jiangsu, and it may not be easy to get these points.

(End of this chapter)