LOL: Can’t I play other games professionally?

Chapter 300: Reversal, the much-anticipated elimination of the favorite!

"Hello everyone watching TV, and welcome to this afternoon's National Games, day three of the Go-related competition. The second round of the professional men's individual Go competition has just concluded."

"Ke Jie, a 9th-dan professional from the Yunnan team, easily secured his second victory in the points tournament against Yang Dingxin, a 6th-dan professional from the Chongqing team. This marks his second consecutive victory in the points tournament since the Man vs. Machine match, and he remains at the top of the men's professional individual division standings."

In front of the camera, the CCTV female reporter who was responsible for following the live broadcast paused and continued:

"The professional competition has concluded. Next up is the first round of the single-elimination amateur mixed doubles qualifying tournament. This will also be an exciting contest where no loss is allowed."

"Young players from various provinces, especially the Jiangsu team, who are highly regarded by the industry as the future Go stars Liu Yuncheng and Wu Yiming, will all appear. Their opponents are the Shanghai team. We will continue to follow the live broadcast for you."

As the reporter finished speaking, the camera switched to the competition venue, where many young chess players had already taken their positions and started preparing for the competition.

Lin Ruo entered the venue slowly. As soon as he put on his competition badge and walked into the venue with a relaxed look on his face, he noticed that many people were looking at him.

"It seems like a lot of people are paying attention to our mixed doubles match today. Look on the left, next to team leader Tian Bin and the Jiangsu team leader, two of the younger generation's leaders, Ke Jie and Yu Zhiying, are here."

Zhang Yu took a deep breath and became nervous unconsciously. She had not expected that the so-called amateur competition could attract such extraordinary attention.

"Don't be narcissistic. He may have just finished a professional competition and hasn't had time to leave yet." Lin Ruo ignored him, yawned, and said calmly.

Zhang Xuan looked at it and wondered, "That's not right. They both found chairs and sat down next to the hanging tray."

Lin Ruo held his forehead and said, "They are just paying attention to the two little geniuses. Just focus on playing chess."

"That's right, Yu Zhiying is from the Jiangsu team." After hearing this, Zhang Yan breathed a sigh of relief and didn't think about it anymore.

There is a high probability that Wu Yiming will be promoted to a professional Go player at the age of 11 next year. With such talent, it is no exaggeration to say that he will be a top-tier player in the future Go world.

She may even be the number one female chess player.

In this case, it is reasonable for Yu Zhiying, the current number one female Go player in China and a member of the Jiangsu team, to pay attention to the younger generation in the team.

"Time is almost up, the competition is about to begin. Please take your seats according to your competition numbers."

Before the referee spoke, Lin Ruo had already taken Zhang Xuan to the chess table near the center of the venue, pulled out a chair and sat down calmly.

Opposite them are their first-round opponents in this mixed doubles competition, Liu Yuncheng and Wu Yiming.

The 15-year-old Liu Yuncheng barely has some of the outline of an adult, not to mention Wu Yiming, who is just a very innocent little girl with twin ponytails.

If it were any other type of competition, Lin Ruo would probably be accused of bullying children.

Fortunately, this is a Go competition, and it doesn't depend on experience or age, but only on talent. It's very common for children to bully adults.

In this field, no one ever dares to look down on the opponent just because he is small, because if he can sit opposite you and is younger than you, then unfortunately, he is probably much more talented than you.

Outside the stadium, near the live broadcast screen, Tian Bin's face looked a little unhappy at the moment, because he was bullied by his former opponent again.

This opponent is the team leader from Jiangsu. We have met before in Go dojo and competitions.

"Old Tian, ​​I heard your mixed doubles team only formed a few days ago and you're already competing. Honestly, that's pretty irresponsible of you two."

Tian Bin was also helpless and said with a wry smile, "We in Shanghai are not like Jiangsu where there is a surge of talent. Finding these two good seedlings is a rare achievement."

In fact, he hadn't finished speaking yet. Who would believe that one of them took Go as a hobby? It's outrageous to think about it.

"If we lose today, don't blame us, Old Tian, ​​for winning unfairly."

Hearing this, Tian Bin couldn't help but become a little tougher. "You're already bragging before the game even starts. Why don't you learn from your team's player Yu Zhiying and see how humble she is? Besides, who will win or lose is still uncertain. We can't compare strength, but the two players on our team definitely have the best mentality."

Yu Zhiying followed her gaze and it seemed to be true. At least Lin Ruo, who was sitting in front of her, was the most relaxed person she had ever seen in the competition. He didn't feel any urgency at all.

As for the female contestant sitting next to her who was blocked, she couldn't see what was happening specifically.

"Are you arrogant people more relaxed during competitions?"

"I don't know. Anyway, I will definitely be relaxed since I can win the game easily." Ke Jie said while sitting aside with his hands folded.

Yu Zhiying felt very puzzled. Why did she ask him this question and cause trouble for herself?

During the competition, seeing that the time was up, the referee quickly said: "Time is up, all contestants can start guessing."

Liu Yuncheng, who was sitting opposite Lin Ruo, was actually a professional player. As a high-level player, he grabbed several white pieces from the chess box and held them in his palm.

Lin Ruo was too lazy to guess or take more pieces, so he just took out a black piece from the chess box.

I was lucky, I didn't guess it right at all.

Liu Yuncheng opened the number of pieces he placed, which was an even number, thus gaining the right to play first with black.

The rules of the game are that the two male players will take turns to the female players, and each player will take a step in a round. Before the game begins, the two opponents will take the lead and salute: "Please give me your guidance."

Lin Ruo and the other man bowed their heads and responded, "Please give us your guidance."

Liu Yuncheng glanced at his opponent, reached into the chess box, took out a black piece and quickly placed it on the chessboard.

Seventeen columns and four rows, small eyes!

Prioritize the upper right position.

Lin Ruo calmly picked up a white piece and placed it down, positioning the stars in the four columns and four rows in the upper left corner of the board.

Then it was Wu Yiming's turn to make a move. He placed the chess piece in the lower left corner of Lin Ruo, which is the 16th row in the third column, forming a diagonal position with his teammate's previous first move.

Zhang Xuan placed the chess pieces in sixteen columns and 16 rows.

The game starts with two small eyes and two star positions.

Playing at the small eye allows Black to firmly hold the corner while developing towards the side.

If you are in the star position, the main focus is to quickly develop towards the middle while maintaining a firm base in the corner.

The two sides have different ideas.

Next, Black chooses a big flying piece to defend the corner, placing it in the fourteenth column and third row to continue to consolidate the corner position.

Lin Ruo started his habitual attack, placing a small flying piece in the 17th row of the fifth column to hang the black chess piece at the small eye position on his lower left, preventing the black side from defending the corner and sharing the corner with the black side at the same time.

Wu Yiming, who made a move later, saw the white chess piece Xiaofei die, and immediately followed Xiaofei to defend the chess position in the lower left corner.

Zhang Xuan, who mainly plays a safe style, used Xiao Fei to guard the white chess piece position in the lower right corner of his side and did not join Lin Ruo's attack.

After that, both sides focused their fight on the upper right corner.

Black plays the counterattack first, while White defends the small square.

After a few moves of defending and supporting the corners, a very common fixed way of playing chess was formed.

It was not until Lin Ruo changed his move in the 22nd move and chose to return to the lower left corner to make a big flying move that the situation became slightly uncertain.

Tian Bin looked at the chess game on the screen and applauded. "That's a great move! It prevented the Black pieces from potentially expanding their pressure in the future. If they had become too powerful, our side wouldn't have been able to withstand it."

The Jiangsu team leader couldn't help but agree.

The strategy of feinting to the east and attacking in the west changed quickly, giving priority to restricting the black pieces and avoiding a series of first-move attacks that would definitely occur later.

“He has a good overall view and is very far-sighted.”

Yu Zhiying nodded in agreement with the two team leaders' ideas.

It seems that this game is not so easy to win. At least from this move, she can judge that Lin Ruo, who is currently an amateur eighth-dan, is likely to be stronger than the other three.

However, this was a mixed doubles match, and she could also see that the two players on her team had a much better understanding of attack and defense than the Shanghai team.

During the game, the black pieces took the initiative to jump and expand to another place, and the white pieces followed up to block it.

In a blink of an eye, both sides made more than seventy moves.

The Jiangsu team took the lead in playing with black pieces by relying on tacit attack and response, and took advantage of the situation, creating a good space for development.

Zhang Xing's moves were too steady. Apart from following some fixed patterns, he had no energy to keep up with Lin Ruo's novel moves in some special positions.

She wanted to follow, but she was not sure what Lin Ruo was trying to do. Therefore, every step she took was still in accordance with what Lin Ruo had said before, and she was more inclined to adopt a conservative and solid formation at a stable level.

Although there will not be major mistakes, the lack of coordination between the two also gives the Jiangsu team duo a lot of initiative, so that they have the first-mover advantage in the current situation.

Tian Bin's face looked a little ugly, and the problem that should be exposed was finally exposed.

The two people are playing chess with one and a half brains, not with one real brain.

"Do these two know each other? He doesn't defend, and she doesn't attack. They are just fighting on their own, right?" Ke Jie was surprised and found it a little funny.

The game started out fine, but things started to get weird as it progressed.

After all, the early struggle is just laying the groundwork, and only after it is formed will a fierce attack and advance begin. However, neither of them has clearly hit the target, and the situation they have laid out will appear to be sluggish and chaotic.

If this continues, the entire situation will only turn into a slow and gradual destruction caused by steady and orderly attacks.

...

On the Huya platform, many Go anchors who are paying attention to the National Games are OBing this key match.

Today is a day with a huge number of online viewers for them. Usually, there are not many people who actually watch the chess games, but there are many people who watch the individual players.

People from the entertainment circle rushed into the live broadcast room in groups and spoke enthusiastically.

【Just arrived, won or pickled. 】

Is the Lin Gou team the white or black piece? Can someone tell me the code? Doesn't the streamer know to put a logo on the screen? How can you not grasp such a huge traffic?

【I think Lin Gou is a black fan.】

[Don't think I'm the odd one out here. Lin Gou is actually Baizi.]

[So what's going on? Did Lin Gou go home or is he preparing to go home?]

[Do you understand? Come out and give us your sharp comments.]

[OK, a sharp comment on the cooperation between Lin Gou and his female teammate: it's like eating with your right hand and picking your feet with your left hand.]

[I see. This means they're both trying to annoy their opponents. Looks like they're on to something.]

[Stop it, I mean there's no cooperation between them.]

[Don't you know how to talk if you don't cooperate? Why don't you communicate? What's the point of being so quiet? ]

[You think you're just playing with friends? Why are you still chatting here?]

[Can't talk? Then you can make eye contact. If that doesn't work, you can just pinch your thighs quietly to signal.]

【Who pinched whose thigh? 】

[Let's pinch each other. We definitely can't let one side take advantage of this.]

【Isn't it a double advantage for them to pinch each other?】

A group of online viewers spoke in the live broadcast room, forcing the anchor to explain the rules of the mixed doubles match.

"Don't be so perverted, spectators! Communicating and signaling are prohibited in mixed doubles. If communication were allowed, it would have just turned into a one-man show."

"But the current situation is indeed not friendly to the Shanghai team."

The Go host said this, and when he saw White's move, his expression suddenly changed. He quickly put on his glasses and said, "Oh, I have to observe this move. There may be a reversal."

At the competition, Liu Yuncheng was staring at the white piece falling on the board for a moment, unable to react. He then couldn't help but look up at his opponent, who was a hundred times more handsome than him.

He actually dared to move to the bottom and take the lead without paying attention to the current dispute, even though the big dragon on his right side had not yet settled down.

Wu Yiming had to follow.

Zhang Xuan also naturally knew that he should return to the left position to make up for the loss.

In three moves, the situation changed.

There was surprise in Liu Yuncheng's eyes. He had never expected his opponent to do this. He was fighting too hard, so he was naturally not on guard.

With a little anticipation and a little entanglement, White can declare the game over.

Unfortunately, he didn't expect it.

The situation began to turn to the battle point below. Lin Ruo's way of playing chess was very simple. He continued to find rhythm points and nail them down to protect the encircled territory. At the same time, he broke through the nearby black pieces, which greatly stabilized the situation of the white pieces.

Wu Yiming didn't want the bottom lane to be trapped in vain, which would cause his team to enter a passive defense phase, so he picked up the chess piece and placed it on the board.

Place the black piece in the lower corner right next to it to serve as a connection and movement.

Zhang Xuan subconsciously made a move next to him.

Lin Ruo nodded, and his already calm expression became even more relaxed.

There was nothing wrong with her move, so the only problem was with the black player.

Sure enough, the child still doesn't understand what roundabout tactics are.

When it was Liu Yuncheng's turn to make his move, he still stubbornly dug the mountain in the white chess formation.

Digging is undeniably an effective means of attack, but digging a piece seems a bit lonely, so it is very important to use it against the enemy near your own solid ground.

Black's formation is not thin.

But the problem is that the white pieces are much thicker.

Lin Ruo continued to make up for it without thinking, to prevent the opponent from actually cutting off the chess piece.

The black chess piece still wants to capture the piece, and the white chess piece placed next to it is both a counterattack and a protection. Then it is Liu Yuncheng's turn to attack, and all he can do is stick to it and never give in.

His eyes flickered slightly, and the fifteen-year-old boy revealed a joy that was easily noticeable.

Because the chess piece below is alive.

The number of meshes he used was not large, and it was a completely cost-effective move.

However, at this time, Lin Ruo placed the chess piece again.

Accompanied by a soft clicking sound.

12th column, th row.

Fly straight into the neutral position and penetrate up and down instantly.

Wu Yiming, who took action later, saw this jump and couldn't help but lower his head and blink to think. He stood there in a daze and subconsciously pursed his lips.

How... is this connected?

"It's over. I've been phished."

Outside the competition venue, Ke Jie, sitting on a chair and watching the situation unfold, spread his hands.

Yu Zhiying was stunned for a moment, but soon realized something and her expression was extremely moved.

When the two sides are fighting at the bottom, the movement of the white chess pieces has a very obvious upward movement.

In particular, the black chess piece's capture in the second and last two moves allowed the white chess piece to fall on the upper side to defend, thus getting closer to the intersection with the white chess piece further above.

As Lin Ruogeng flew up and crossed the square, a link was suddenly formed in the middle. The white chess piece below was successfully connected to a position near the middle of the chessboard, forming a whole with the right side.

The entire black dragon in the upper right position was drawn in at once.

The white chess formation stretched out, as if to devour the black chess dragon layout.

All Wu Yiming could do was to fill in the gap, but after the two hands exchanged, Lin Ruo made his move, ignoring the dragon and going straight to the right with a flying stab, forcing the black pieces to coordinate their formation.

"Wow, another quick move."

Tian Bin on the sidelines was filled with shock. This flying stab actually penetrated horizontally and directly cut off the black chess piece's eye on the right, making it difficult to form an encirclement space behind it.

In just five minutes, two quick moves completely reversed the situation.

"How did he do that."

The Jiangsu team leader next to him took a deep breath unconsciously to suppress his inner restlessness.

In fact, the black pieces are not completely blocked, and there is still a chance that they can be surrounded and kept alive.

But the real question is whether White will give you time to do this later.

After Wu Yiming made his move, if it was Lin Ruo's turn to find the flaw and make his move, the Jiangsu team's chance of winning would most likely drop to 10%.

But it was Zhang Yu who should make the move.

The Jiangsu team leader pleaded in his heart, hoping that she would not see the most detrimental point.

It was just that it was hard for Zhang Xuan not to see what to do next, because if he flew another piece to the middle to stabilize the formation, the dragon arranged by the black chess would be completely reduced to a prisoner.
So Zhang Xuan moved his chess piece to the middle without hesitation to continue the move.

After all, she is an amateur eighth-dan chess player. Although she and Lin Ruo don't have much tacit understanding, it doesn't mean that she can't see the basic chess situation.

The Jiangsu team leader let out a sigh and helplessly stood up with his back bent.

Tian Bin changed his dejected attitude and patted his old acquaintance: "Looks like we have to give in."

"That's it. If this can be turned around, the opponent must be AFK. This guy is quite capable. He actually found a gap for his teammates to enter." Ke Jie adjusted his glasses and felt that there was no need to stay any longer.

Yu Zhiying remained silent.

She had to stay regardless of winning or losing, and later she would help the two children on her team review the game.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

The sound of chess pieces falling onto the board continued.

However, the emotional changes of the two sides were completely opposite.

The Jiangsu duo stared at the chessboard, their eyes flickering, their movements becoming slower and slower, and they had no idea where to find a breakthrough.

In other words, there is no breaking point at all...

The two could only watch.

Watching Lin Ruo skillfully reach into the chessboard, pick out a simple white chess piece, and quickly place it on the board.

Move one hundred and sixty-six.

Dragon slaying success!

Liu Yuncheng placed the chess piece in his hand weakly on the edge of the table and slowly lowered his head uncontrollably.

I lost, but I lost happily.

They experienced a comeback, and were defeated so thoroughly that they had no power to fight back.

"Thanks for the advice."

With the referee's confirmation, both sides stood up, bowed, and then put all their chess pieces into their respective chess boxes.

"We won, we actually won?" Zhang Xing looked at Lin Ruo with surprise and whispered.

She didn't dare to speak too loudly because there were other contestants around her who were in a close contest.

"That's right, I won and you lost." Lin Ruo replied in a low voice.

Zhang Yu was certain, and he could no longer suppress the sweet smile on his face, as if it were a spring breeze. He shook his head and said proudly, "If you win, then I win too. We are teammates."

Both sides packed up and walked out of the competition venue.

Tian Bin's mouth almost split open with laughter, and he stepped forward to hug Lin Ruo: "Why didn't you tell me earlier that you were so fierce? I wouldn't have to worry about you all night."

Lin Ruo was very calm: "Be careful of your image as a leader in front of the public."

Tian Bin withdrew his hand, wiped it, and patted Zhang Xuan: "Do you know how nervous I was when you moved your hand like that?"

"What happened to that hand?"

"I was afraid you wouldn't be able to get out."

Zhang…

"After a month of pairing, they couldn't beat a pair that had only been together for a few days."

The Jiangsu duo in the distance were feeling dejected, especially the fiercely competitive Liu Yuncheng, who stared back, "Actually, when I first responded to his downward move, I should have just retreated and backed off, not engaged in a fight."

"It's good that we can find the problem. We'll review it on the way back. There's a high probability that we'll meet in the individual competition later, so don't get discouraged."

The Jiangsu team leader comforted him and couldn't help but turn around and look at Lin Ruo, his face full of amazement.

So strong that he didn't know what to say.

After all, he has defeated a professional second-dan player, so his winning rate in individual competitions should be lower.

Considering the need to protect the two children's self-esteem, I didn't go over to say hello or get to know them.

"The Jiangsu team lost?"

"The Shanghai team won?"

Many team leaders from other provinces and team members who had finished the race were also shocked when they learned the result.

They all regarded the Jiangsu team as their strongest imaginary enemy, but this mixed duo consisting of two rising young geniuses in the future Go world was defeated in the first round.

The one who crushed them was the newly formed Shanghai team.

It's a miracle.

However, considering that there had been a real miracle of winning an amateur competition before, they suddenly didn't feel shocked at all.

It doesn't seem surprising that such people can create miracles.

Being an amateur 17th dan at the age of , according to the history of Go, should be a group that is destined to be mediocre or will never become a top player.

However, this 17-year-old amateur chess player is full of potential to become a top player, just based on the two moves he made in the game just now.

Just... I heard that he is a professional League of Legends player?
A bit outrageous...

(End of this chapter)