[Soul of Chess] What if

After the white piece fell to 9-six, Ah Guang habitually put his hand into the chess jar and picked up a piece.

However, he didn't hear Zuo Wei's voice after waiting for a long time. Feeling a little puzzled, Aguang turned his head and looked in Zuo Wei's direction.

I saw Zuo Wei holding his chin with the handle of the fan, looking serious in thought.

Seeing Zuo Wei in this state, Aguang's doubts became even bigger. He turned his head and carefully observed the chessboard in front of him.

Hmm... It is true that Bai has the upper hand at the moment, there is nothing wrong with that.Ah Guang nodded in his heart.

But...he couldn't help but look at Zuo Wei again: Why does Zuo Wei still look so serious?

Although I don't know what Zuowei is thinking about, but he should have his own reasons for doing so.Thinking of this, Ah Guang put down the chess pieces in his hand, and pretended to be lost in thought.

"Sixteen of seventeen."

After a long time, Zuo Wei finally gave the instructions, and Ah Guang put the chess pieces in the designated positions according to his words.

Ok?

Looking at Shinto's new chess piece, Taya widened her eyes a little in surprise: This move...is really unexpected.I thought White would make up the 13th of 12, or jump at the [-]th of [-], after all, black is currently attacking the center with all its strength.

However... After carefully analyzing the situation on the board, Taya's previous confusion subsided a bit: this is a very valuable official, so it is not unfounded for Shinto to choose to fight here first.

But, why is there a faint feeling of incongruity?

Soon, Taya finally understood why that move made him feel uncoordinated.

When the opponent launches an attack, in order to avoid further encroachment on their own territory, people usually intercept it, but Shinto did not do so.Not only did he ignore it, he also shifted his troops to the lower right corner of the chessboard.

Although Taya initially thought that Shinto might do this to allow White to gain a huge advantage by finishing first, but then he couldn't help but doubt Shinto's intentions.

Because, that move not only lost the opportunity for white to resist black's attack, but also gave the opponent a chance to break through the white hollow.After Black collided with 139, although White used his length to prevent himself from revealing his flaws, but after a few moves, White still lost ten points all at once.At black 159, black has formally established its advantage, and when black returns to 17-[-], white has no power to recover.

If White hadn't played at 17-[-] before, but had chosen to stop Black's attack, with White's original advantage, it would be unreasonable for Black to turn defeat into victory.

So, why did Shinto make such a judgment after the long exam?Is it a mistake in judgment?

As soon as this idea appeared, Taya denied it: No, it shouldn't be.Shinto, who never made a mistake in the official stage, suddenly became bad at it for no reason.

Could it be that he did it on purpose?

but……

Looking at Shinto who was staring at the chessboard with astonishment, Taya couldn't help being confused.

How...how could this be...

Ah Guang murmured in his heart in disbelief.He is sure that he has not misplaced any of the chess pieces, but why did the white chess, which had the upper hand, suddenly become in such a precarious state now?

No matter how hard he racked his brains, he still had no clue.Just as he was distressed, he caught a glimpse of the snow-white loose sleeves that he was very familiar with.

By the way, Zuowei may know what went wrong!

Ah Guang turned to Zuo Wei as if asking for help, but saw that the other party was looking at the staggered chess pieces on the board calmly, and seemed to have accepted the ending.

Zuowei, he should feel very sad now... After all, White could have won...

"Zuo Wei..." Seeing Zuo Wei like this, Ah Guang couldn't help calling softly.

Hearing Ah Guang's voice, Zuo Wei suddenly came back to his senses, and then asked with concern: "Ah Guang, what's wrong?"

"Ugh……"

The reaction of the other party's complete absence caused Ah Guang to sigh weakly, and then he said apologetically: "Zuo Wei, I'm sorry. I remember that I didn't misplace the chess piece, but I don't know why the white chess piece became the current one. It looks like this..."

"Ah... Ah Guang, you don't need to apologize!" Zuo Wei waved his hands again and again, "It's not because of Ah Guang that you lose chess, so Ah Guang, don't do this::>_<::"

"But……"

Before Ah Guang finished speaking, he felt a hand gently placed on his head.

"It's okay, Aguang. I played this chess game very happily, really." Zuowei said, looking at Aguang tenderly.

Listening to Zuo Wei's very soft words, Ah Guang's restless mood gradually calmed down.

Seeing that Ah Guang finally calmed down, Zuo Wei continued: "White has no chance of winning, so..."

At this point, although he was very unwilling, Ah Guang exhaled slowly, and then replied: "I understand."

"I admit defeat." Ah Guang lowered his head, softly announcing the fact that he had lost.

After that, both of them sorted out the chess pieces silently, and there was no further communication between the two sides.When Ah Guang was about to stand up and say goodbye, the old man finally said, "I heard that you didn't participate in any seminars."

The movement of Ah Guang's feet couldn't help but stop, and he looked at the old man opposite him for no reason.

"Every month, I hold a research meeting once or twice at my home in Yotsuya, Tokyo. In addition to the young chess players from the chess academy, there are also chess players from other countries, such as Hans [-]th Dan from Germany, the American Mike Raymond Jiudan of China...Chinese Wang Xing Jiuduan and Hua Songli Jiuduan will also attend occasionally.”

After a pause, he continued: "If you have time this Saturday, you might as well visit my research meeting."

The author has something to say:

Aguang: Why did Zuowei lose? ::>_<::

Author Bacteria: I don’t know either :P

Zuo Wei (running over in a hurry): Shhh, we agreed to keep it a secret from Ah Guang!

Chess book materials:

1955. 7, 19

Wu Qingyuan and Gao Chuange's first game of Juban chess

(Black) Wu Qingyuan [-]th dan vs Honinbo Shuge [-]th dan

After 263 moves, black wins 3 goals.