At 8:00 on the morning of October 26, the Tianzheng imperial competition officially began. The eight challenging chess players were already seated in the chess room. The entire chess room was already surrounded by people from three floors inside and three outside. Everyone was looking forward to it.
A wonderful chess game.
At the beginning of the morning, Yu Qiuping set out from the samurai house where he was staying and walked slowly to the chess room. Today he was wearing a gorgeous Hanfu, which seemed to commemorate the homeland where he learned chess. And the iconic red leaf shawl
, was still worn on his shoulders. As soon as Yu Qiuping's figure appeared, the people and Go enthusiasts waiting beside Yu Qiu's house burst into cheers. As Yu Qiuping slowly moved forward, a man he passed by
The streets were boiling with cheers and cheers for this Go celebrity. Meanwhile, plainclothes ninjas were lurking in the streets and alleys to watch out for any unexpected events. For this tournament, Amano Keitoku personally came to Kyoto to take charge of the situation to prevent Yu Qiuping.
What happened?
Yu Qiuping walked towards the chess room unhurriedly, nodding to the people on both sides of the street who were waving and cheering at him - this was what Oda Nobunaga had specially told before, he must put on a good show and promote the Oda family's legacy to the whole world.
Power.
When Yu Qiuping finally walked into the chess room and slowly ascended to the center of the Bagua altar, the entire audience around the chess room began to cheer enthusiastically. Yu Qiuping turned to Emperor Masachinchō and Oda who were in the audience seats beside the chess room.
Nobunaga and all the ministers and ministers bowed, then he waved his sleeves, strode towards Qian Gua's opponent, and began his challenge.
After dropping a piece on the Qian Gua chessboard, Yu Qiuping did not stop and immediately walked towards the Xun Gua opponent's chessboard in a clockwise direction. After randomly knocking a piece on the Xun Gua opponent's chessboard, he walked towards the Kan Gua chessboard.
.At this time, Qian Gua’s opponent had already completed his move, turned the hourglass upside down and rang the bell. Yu Qiuping smiled helplessly. If both parties did not know the details of the previous moves, there really would not be much room for thinking.
He quickly made a move, walked around the Bagua clockwise, returned to his opponent in the Qian Gua, and gave him a move. He kept a similar rhythm, going round and round. About a quarter of an hour later,
Takenaka Shigeharu, who was on the sidelines, saw the clues.
Everyone in the Yuqiu family did not concentrate on a certain chessboard outside the chessboard to watch the game. Instead, they watched the game around the eight chessboards outside the chessboard. The senior warriors had a fenced passage to facilitate their movement between the various chessboards.
.And ordinary people, if they want to move from the side of the large chessboard outside the field of a certain hexagram to another hexagram, they may have to squeeze in a crowd and sweat profusely.
"His Highness is particularly aggressive under the Qian and Kun hexagrams, while the other six hexagrams have a smooth start." Takenaka Shigeharu pointed out the strategy Yu Qiuping is using, "His Highness should want to deal with the opponents in sequence. Since it is impossible to think carefully about all eight at the same time.
When playing chess, just pick two of them to start with. Qian Gua and Kun Gua are each separated by three people, so His Highness can take a few more glances at the chess game while walking back and forth, and the positions are just right."
Takenaka Shigeharu is right, Yu Qiuping thinks so. A long test of two chess games at the same time is already Yu Qiuping's limit. Because he cannot stand in front of a certain chess board, but has to move back and forth to respond, so he
It was necessary to remember the layout and changes of these two games in his mind - it was really not easy. Yu Qiuping found that he probably only had these two games in his mind, and he remembered almost everything about the other six games.
He couldn't stand it anymore. Every time he walked to the other six games, he was thinking about those two games. He would take a casual look at the situation and make a few passable moves based on his sense of chess. If he thought about these games in depth,
When playing chess, he would forget the changes in the two chess games that he focused on, which was really uncomfortable - Oda Nobunaga and Emperor Masochimachi were really good at playing.
However, Yu Qiuping's strategy of focusing on those two games worked well. The other six games have already been played to 30 or 40 moves. The players who were killed by Yu Qiuping in the first two games are still in the long examination, but
The hourglass in front of them was almost empty. Yu Qiuping's playing methods were very ruthless, and some of his moves were close to irrational. If he had played with his companions who learned chess together in the past, they would have been killed to pieces.
However, the level of these chess players is far from reaching the level of amateur fifth-dan in the 21st century. It is estimated that they are only at the level of amateur second- and third-dan. Moreover, they are completely unfamiliar with the formulas brought by Yu Qiuping, and they are not proficient in chaotic fighting.
They were quickly defeated. The players of Qian Gua and Kun Gua were killed by Yu Qiuping in the 42nd and 46th moves, and they had no choice but to surrender.
After the defeats of Qian Gua and Kun Gua, the two defeated chess players personally came to the large chess board outside the chess room, covered their chess games with black curtains, and announced their defeat. Although failure is a shameful thing, it is still possible to stand up.
On the highest stage, it is a supreme honor to challenge celebrities in front of His Majesty the Emperor. The audience outside the venue cheered them and pushed towards other large chessboards outside the venue.
A few moves before Qian Gua and Kun Gua surrendered, Yu Qiuping had already concluded that their defeat was certain. He stopped focusing on them and put all his memory and thinking ability on Xun Gua and Zhen Gua.
As the chess game entered the middle game and there were already a lot of chess pieces, it was already difficult for Yu Qiuping to remember these two games. He had no choice but to play unreasonable chess in an attempt to quickly solve these two games. His opponents in both games had previously been there.
They started friendly with Yu Qiuping, but due to Yu Qiuping's power, they did not attack too much when Yu Qiuping adopted conservative tactics. Now Yu Qiuping suddenly changed his playing style, and the chess style changed and became extremely fierce.
The two people couldn't react. The Xun Gua player made a low-level mistake in his anxiety, and Yu Qiuping strangled Dalong on the spot. Shortly after Qian Gua and Kun Gua surrendered, the Xun Gua player also lost the game.
Give up.
After Xun Gua surrendered, Yu Qiuping faced only five opponents. Among them, Zhen Gua's chess player was also killed by him. So Yu Qiuping focused his attention on Dui Gua's chess player. He and seven others
Different, he seems to be a Taoist priest with a very bright mind. When he noticed that Yu Qiuping seemed to be concentrating on the other two games of chess instead of paying attention to himself, so he played very conservatively, he actually played unreasonable chess against Yu Qiuping and tried to
Seize the territory. Yu Qiuping ignored him at first in order to concentrate, but now he has his hands free. His unreasonable chess moves are full of flaws in Yu Qiuping's opinion. Just a few points can break his chess game that is too big.
They were defeated and defeated. Soon after, the Taoist priests of Dui Gua and the chess players of Zhen Gua also surrendered. There were only three opponents left - Li Gua, Kan Gua and Gen Gua.
The chess player of Li Gua is a minor daimyo under Minami Omi Oda Nobunaga. It is said that his performance on the battlefield was mediocre, but because he was good at Go and often played chess with Oda Nobunaga to relieve his boredom, he was awarded the territory
. Therefore, he who is smooth in dealing with things also understands that he can never defeat Yu Qiupei in this competition - otherwise it will not be a loss of face for the Oda family. How could he not understand this truth because he relied on pleasing the superiors?
, he couldn’t lose too cowardly, otherwise he would be embarrassed on the one hand, and Oda Nobunaga might also despise him for his poor skills in the future. So, in the middle game, he and Yu Qiupei killed each other hand after hand, but he never made a move.
A few moves can lead to a lot of solid moves. Yu Qiuping kept playing, and could see his thoughts from his chess moves, so he tacitly acted with him, and played with him in a flashy way in the middle game.
The player of Kan Gu is the most famous master in the largest Go dojo in Kyoto. He is old and has gray hair, but his Go skills are quite good. He is different from the little famous player of Gen Gu. His goal is to win.
He came to Yu Qiuping to make a name for himself and his dojo. Therefore, Yu Qiuping now focused on him and fought with him on the side with all his strength. Seeing that he had gained the upper hand, the master was sweating profusely.
The chess player of Gen Gua is a young monk, who seems to be only sixteen or seventeen years old. He is wearing a simple light blue cassock, and his chess style is as simple and unpretentious as that cassock. He and Yu Qiu play one move after another indifferently.
, no big fight has broken out until now. Yu Qiuping made a mistake in this game, but the young monk seemed to have missed it without noticing it. Yu Qiuping felt that his strength was mediocre, so he didn't make too many mistakes.
He didn't care about him, but tried his best to kill the dojo master of Kan Gua.
When Yu Qiuping finally defeated the dojo master, the little daimyo surrendered willingly. Yu Qiuping watched the two chess players leave the field and turned his attention to the little monk - only then did he realize that something was wrong.
Yu Qiuping walked to Gen Gua's chessboard and took a rough look - and found that he had temporarily lost one and a half moves. Yu Qiuping hurriedly cheered up and fought hard in every remaining fighting space, trying to win this one and a half moves.
After chasing him back. However, this little monk, who was just ordinary, now showed extraordinary calculation and fighting power. He actually responded to more than twenty moves without making any mistakes. Yu Qiuping still lost by about one and a half eyes. Yu Qiuping then
Realizing that this monk was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger just now. Like the Taoist priest, he saw Yu Qiuping's strategy - focus on getting rid of the two people and let the others go. However, he was smarter than the Taoist priest and did not take advantage of it.
Unreasonable chess - this will attract Yu Qiuping's attention and be taken care of first; instead, he will slowly take advantage of it with a rapid frequency of moves. There is no chess move that Yu Qiuping finds unacceptable, so he slowly warms the water.
Boil the frog and set the general trend of the chess game. By the time Yu Qiuping reacts, it is already too late.
In the final battle between officials and sons, the little monk had managed to do it without leakage. Although Yu Qiuping relied on the fixed form to get back one goal, the little monk still firmly guarded the half-way lead and maintained it until the last bordering place was defeated.
The black piece fell. Seeing this, the young monk sighed with relief. A smile appeared for the first time on his always serious and meticulous face. At this time, all the spectators outside the venue had gathered around the big chessboard of Gen Gu, watching.
The situation is slipping to the edge that Yu Qiuping cannot control step by step - Yu Qiuping is going to lose, and he has lost half an eye!
Chapter completed!