Taya Xingyang stared at the chessboard in front of him, his expression seemed calm, but under this calm appearance, his heart was already turbulent.
Incredible!
This game of chess was actually played by two teenagers!
Even with the endorsements of Ogata Seiji and Taya Ryo, Taya Yukihiro still feels unbelievable!
The chess skills of these two young men were completely beyond his belief. Although it was a bit magical, it was the fact. Even if he didn't want to believe it, he had to believe it!
No wonder Xiao Liang lost to the young man from China. The reason why Xiao Liang lost was not because he was too weak, but because the opponent was too strong.
Let alone Xiao Liang, even I can't guarantee that I can win against that Chinese boy.
Who is he?
Logically speaking, a person like him should not be unknown, even if he is only a boy of about ten years old.
Even if he is from a foreign country!
"Father?"
Looking at his silent father, Ta Yaliang was a little surprised.
"etc!"
Taya Xingyang stood up minding his own business, walked to the landline in the side hall, picked up the phone and dialed an overseas call.
beep!
beep!
The call was quickly connected, and Taya Yukihiro communicated with the person on the other side of the phone in R-style English for a while.
After about a few minutes, Taya Xingyang hung up the phone. The call he just made was to the Chinese chess player Yu Xiaoyang.
The two are both top chess players in the world and often compete in world competitions. Their chess styles are similar and their strengths are similar. They win and lose against each other.
Over time, the two cherished each other. In addition to playing chess, the two also communicated with each other outside the arena, and their relationship gradually changed from 'opponents' to friends.
Taya Xingyang made this call just to ask Yu Xiaoyang if he knew a young man named Duke.
As a result, Yu Xiaoyang's answer was beyond his expectation. The other party had never heard of the name "Duke" before.
However, Taya Xingyang did not gain nothing at all. Yu Xiaoyang promised to help him find out the news about "Duke".
Later, Yu Xiaoyang asked him why he was so interested in this Chinese boy. Taya Xingyang did not hide this and simply told the whole story.
After learning the ins and outs of the incident, Yu Xiaoyang was also greatly surprised, and at the same time, he also became interested in this young man.
After the two communicated for a while, they still had no clue. Finally, Yu Xiaoyang mentioned on the phone that they would investigate the matter as soon as possible.
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Huaxia, Fangyuan City.
"Duke?"
After hanging up the phone, Yu Xiaoyang murmured to himself.
Yu Xiaoyang believed in Taya Xingyang's character, and he believed that Taya Xingyang would not deceive himself with falsehoods.
Although he has never met Ta Yanaliang, he still knows a thing or two about Ta Yanaliang's chess skills. According to his usual exchanges with Ta Yanaliang, Ta Yanaliang's Go level should be similar to that of his own son.
up to professional standards.
Being able to defeat Taya Liang easily means that Yu Liang can be defeated easily.
But why haven’t I heard of this name?
Like Ta Ya Xingyang, Yu Xiaoyang also had the same doubts in his heart.
"Why do you seem to have heard of this name somewhere?"
In an instant, Yu Xiaoyang suddenly remembered that the Huaxia Chess Academy invited him to participate in the closing ceremony of the Go competition last year.
At that time, he seemed to have heard his disciple Bai Chuan mention this name. He remembered that Bai Chuan seemed to have said that "Duke" was one of the youngest members of the team that time.
And before that, ‘Duke’ also participated in two fixed-stage races, but his results in each fixed-stage competition were not particularly satisfactory.
Could it be that this 'Duke' is the same person mentioned by Taya Yukihiro?
Will it be?
Yu Xiaoyang was a little confused. If the two were the same person, why would Ta Ya Xingyang praise this young man so highly?
It has been less than half a year since the last fixed stage race. At that time, ‘Duke’ was still a young boy who failed in fixed stages.
Why did your chess skills suddenly improve by leaps and bounds as soon as you arrived in country R?
This is very unreasonable!
Perhaps, they just have the same name and surname. Although there are some coincidences, overturning all the impossibilities, the remaining one, no matter how incredible it is, is a fact.
Um.
Just call Bai Chuan and ask, he should know better.
Looking down at his watch, Yu Xiaoyang guessed that his disciple was still asleep, so he picked up the phone and dialed the Baichuan family's phone number.
beep!
beep!
Not long after the phone rang, Bai Chuan's voice came from the receiver.
"teacher?"
"Well, it's me."
"It's so late, why are you calling me?"
"It's nothing serious. During the last stage race, you seemed to have mentioned a kid named 'Duke' to me, right?"
"Yes, teacher, it turns out you still remember him. By the way, teacher, why did you suddenly think of this child today? Have you heard anything about him?"
"His business? What business?"
Bai Chuan sighed, his tone full of regret.
"Two months ago, this child's parents were involved in a car accident and both passed away. This incident had a great impact on the child. I heard from Qiu Qiduan that the child was devastated because of this incident. After that,
, I haven’t even been to the dojo.”
Hearing this, Yu Xiaoyang could only sigh that things in the world are unpredictable, and a good seedling was ruined by an accident like this.
'It seems that the Duke of Country R is not the Duke Baichuan mentioned. The two of them just happen to have the same name.'
However, Bai Chuan's next words immediately denied Yu Xiaoyang's conjecture.
"Later, the child's aunt received the news and rushed back from country R immediately. After the funeral, she took the child to country R."
'What?'
'Really the same person?'
On the other side, Bai Chuan didn't know Yu Xiaoyang's inner fluctuations at all, and was still thinking about himself.
"Sigh, I don't know how this child is doing now. After going to country R, has he picked up Go again? He is such a talented person. It would be a pity if he really gave up Go."
"If this accident hadn't happened, with this kid's talent, he would definitely have a place in the chess world in the future."
After sighing for a long time, Bai Chuan never heard the teacher's response, and suddenly felt a little strange.
"teacher?"
"teacher?"
"Are you still there?"
"I am here."
The disciple's urgent cry brought Yu Xiaoyang back to reality.
Baichuan said bitterly: "I thought there was something wrong with the phone. Teacher, I only know so much about this child. Why did you suddenly think of this child today?"
"A friend happened to mention this kid."
"friend?"
"Well, my friend, you have seen Taya Xingyang from Country R before."
Bai Chuan was greatly surprised and said in amazement.