The second day of the countdown to the ‘Chess King’ competition is also the first day of the ‘Chess Saint’ competition at the Golden House Restaurant.
On this day, the Golden House Restaurant became extremely lively early in the morning. The entire store entrance was decorated with red and green lights, and it was so festive. Those who didn't know it thought someone was holding a wedding banquet here.
Although in the past two days, "chess gods", "chess fairies" and other characters have been popping up in various shops, but since the "chess gods" were among the preliminary candidates for Qingfeng Restaurant, everyone has become obsessed with these characters.
The reputation is no longer cold.
"A 'chess god' who can't even pass someone's preliminary round is not a 'chess god' at all."
"I can testify that that guy was killed by an old man within three minutes of the game. I feel embarrassed just looking at this kind of thing!"
"I don't know what the level of chess players in this Golden House Restaurant is like. Is it possible that they are all half-assed."
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Amid such expectations, the chess game at the Golden House Restaurant began.
It was still Shopkeeper Hu, the number one shopkeeper of the Golden House Restaurant, who was conducting the competition.
The Golden House Restaurant has a lot of money and wants to compete with the Qingfeng Restaurant, so this time they put a lot of thought into it. They even changed the decoration of the restaurant and turned the entire first floor of the restaurant into a competition venue.
, enough to accommodate a hundred people competing at the same time.
Then they started playing according to the previous Go competition procedures.
The rule is that registered chess players draw lots to choose their opponents. The first pair is at the bottom, the second pair is at the bottom, and so on. In a one-on-one match, the winner is promoted, the loser is eliminated, and the winner is determined by one game.
Under such rules, the speed of the game is much faster. In just one morning, more than 100 people were eliminated in the first round of the preliminary round, and the second round began in the afternoon.
In such a competition, many people depend on luck.
"Hahaha...I advanced, I advanced..."
"Oh, isn't that Zhang Erxiao from the carpenter's shop? Can he advance to the next level with his level?"
"Stop talking, this guy is so lucky, he met someone whose level is lower than him!"
"Hey, Brother Wang, your game is over? What was the result?"
"Don't mention it, I hit an iron plate as soon as I went up. Not even three minutes into the game, half of my carriages, horses and artillery were gone. Three minutes later, I was forced to face the 'veteran' and died!"
"Ah... so bad?!"
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While the competition at the Golden House Restaurant was in full swing, Qingfeng Restaurant was not idle either.
In the past three days since they announced the competition, more than 600 people have signed up to participate in the competition at Qingfeng Restaurant, which is double the number of participants at the Golden House.
After all, Qingfeng Restaurant is the birthplace of chess, and everyone still recognizes Qingfeng Restaurant.
Considering the large number of people, they might be too busy on the official day of the competition, so Su Ping'an started asking those who signed up to participate in the preliminary round yesterday.
The rules of the preliminary round are also very simple. They are the same as the rules of the Golden House Restaurant. They draw lots and compete in one game to quickly eliminate the first batch of players with poor chess skills.
As for those who were unlucky and bumped into the iron plate as soon as they came up, it didn't matter if they were eliminated. Su Pingan also prepared a resurrection match.
The rules of the rematch are that as long as the first batch of people eliminated can defeat five people in a row, they can get a place to be resurrected and then enter the second round of the rematch.
As soon as this rule came out, many unlucky chess players immediately cheered loudly.
After all, there are too many masters in Qingfeng Restaurant, and the chance of meeting a "veteran" in the preliminary round is almost 70%. Therefore, many classic chess games were born in the preliminary round.
Among them, the showdown between Wang Shaotong and an old man attracted the most attention.
Wang Shaotong used to hang out in front of the street list all year round to read books, and he had no interest in playing chess. However, since the update of "Chess Boy", he was immediately attracted by this new style of chess game, and then he unconsciously started to study it.
After that, every time the "comic book" was updated, he was also the most active one. Therefore, over time, his chess skills gradually and unconsciously became stronger, and he was even ranked high in the Qingfeng Restaurant.
But it's a pity that he was so unlucky that he met another 'veteran' in the first round of the preliminary round.
The 'veteran' was an old man with gray hair and a long beard. He was probably over sixty years old. People who knew him well called the old man 'Mr. Qiu'.
Mr. Qiu is an old man who lives in a box on Dongping Street. He doesn't have any hobbies on weekdays. He just likes to sit under the old locust tree at the entrance of his alley to enjoy the cool air.
After Xiangqi came out a few days ago, he didn't care at first. He only started to get into Xiangqi after being pestered by his old friends, and then the old man became fascinated. The old man was just an ordinary person, and he had never been found to have any talent for cultivation in the past.
Unexpectedly, within two days of his exposure to chess, he quickly awakened the Wenxin Seed due to his superb chess talent, and then suddenly became a Wenxiu.
This made the old man even more obsessed with chess. He often set up a chess board at the entrance of his alley, and anyone who was interested could play with him. He would not refuse anyone who came, and he never lost.
Until this time, Qingfeng Restaurant announced that it was going to hold a 'Chess King' competition. The old man also felt that there was no point in talking about it in the alley. He couldn't find a suitable opponent. He heard that there were many masters in Qingfeng Restaurant, so he came to sign up.
Participated.
Then the two met in the preliminary round by drawing lots.
The battle between the two of them was a head-to-head fight, and the killing was shocking to the heavens and the gods.
During the duel, they used various methods and killer moves in an endless stream. Whether they were digging holes to set up formations or trying to hide the enemy from the enemy, the number of methods was even more dazzling.
The number of onlookers around that battle was also the largest, reaching more than 200 people. The people around were affected by the match between the two, and they didn't even dare to express their anger. It seemed that they were afraid of affecting the mood of the two and damaging it.
Chess game.
Until the battle came to an end, both sides had nearly matched their chess pieces. In the end, Mr. Qiu used a weak one-piece advantage to force Wang Shaotong to death with a pawn.
This made many people feel regretful and happy at the same time.
"This is the real showdown between masters. Every move has hidden murderous intent and is surrounded by dangers!"
"Yeah, this battle was really eye-opening. I've never even heard of many of their chess moves, but they can actually use them so skillfully. It's really amazing!"
"The chess skills of these two people are probably the top ones in Qingfeng Restaurant today. With them here, do we still have hope?!"
"I'm afraid that this final 'chess king' battle will finally arise between these two people!"
After watching the duel between the two, many people felt a sense of powerlessness and also felt the gap in strength.
What is even more unexpected is that after this battle, the discussion among chess fans became more and more heated, and in the end it directly overshadowed the finals at the Golden House Restaurant.
When Shopkeeper Hu of the Golden House Restaurant learned about this, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood, "What, the discussion of the final game of our 'chess master' is actually not as good as a preliminary round of the Qingfeng Restaurant? Isn't this justified!"
