Even a good formation could not be set up, the layout stage was already very difficult, and in the middle game, the team was completely at a disadvantage.

The Japanese photographer also specially gave a close-up of Ma Xiaochun's back, and you can see that Ma Xiaochun was already sweating profusely.

This game of chess did not last too long. In the middle game, Hiroshi Yamashiro took away Ma Xiaochun, who was completely defeated. The overall game took just over three hours, and even the lunch time was not completely passed.

This time the Japanese were so happy at the scene that the Chinese chess players naturally did not stay at the scene to watch their opponent's celebration after their victory. They quickly returned to the lounge to dine and study the evening's game.

Ma Xiaochun couldn't care less about being autistic. When he returned to the lounge, he didn't even eat and fell asleep!

Naturally, Chinese chess players will not bother him, because interrupting Yida Noriki's winning streak and playing two games in a row has already overfulfilled the task, and then it is up to his teammates.

Ma Xiaochun also slept peacefully. He knew that this time not only did Nie Weiping lead the battle, but there was also a monster as the deputy general. This time the Chinese team's form was much better than the previous two. He knew that losing this time would have no impact. After waking up,

Just watch your teammates perform.

There is not much pressure on the Chinese team, because Hiroshi Yamashiro is not a super first-class chess player in Japan, and even among the first-class chess players, he is not ranked.

There are "Seven Major Chess Tournaments" in Japanese Go, among which the "Go Holy War", "Celebrity War", and "Honinbo War" have the highest influence and gold content. These three events are also called the "Big Three Crowns"; in addition, the "Throne Game"

"War", "Tian Yuan War", "Qi Ji Zhan" and "Shidan War" are called the "Four Little Crowns", and their influence and gold content are less than those of the first three events.

Yamashiro Hiroshi has not yet won any of the seven high-prize tournaments, because he fell to the "Six Super League" every time, and could only complete the consecutive championships in the "Crown Battle" with low prize money, so he

He doesn't even have the honors that a first-rate chess player should have.

Of course, his chess ability should already belong to the "first-rate" ranks. He is characterized by his easy and gentle chess style and comprehensive skills, especially in protracted games. It is hard to say whether he will win the "big three crowns" in the future, but he will win the "four small crowns".

It should only be a matter of time.

Before the game in the evening, Nie Weiping thought about it and decided to send another player who has won the title of "Go Prodigy". He is only 21 years old this year and is two years younger than Ma Xiaochun. Qian Yuping.

Qian Yuping is different from Ma Xiaochun. He is a hard-working "prodigy". Because he studies chess records for more than 10 hours a day on average, he is nicknamed "the score machine".

But in Ji Xiuwen's eyes, compared to the lonely and arrogant "Demon Sword", he didn't like the "score maker" at all, because the latter had no real will to fight and had serious psychological flaws.

Two years ago, in the first Sino-Japanese Arena Tournament, 20-year-old Qian Yuping encountered the powerful Koichi Kobayashi. Even though he was lagging behind, he played extremely tenaciously and finally caused Kobayashi's mistake.

But just when the Chinese experts who were watching the game found the perfect opportunity to achieve a great reversal, and they were all extremely excited, Qian Yuping gave up and gave up.

If this was just an exception, this kind of surrender and timidity followed Qian Yuping until his retirement, including the last abstention incident that shocked China and the world.

That was in 1991 in the original dimension. At that time, China had not won a world championship in the field of Go. Even Nie Weiping, who was regarded as a national hero, had only reached the finals twice before and failed.

This has intensified China's desire for a world championship in Go. This time, 24-year-old Qian Yuping reached the finals and defeated many top players along the way, making him unstoppable.

But on the day of the final, an extremely rare event occurred in the world of Go. Korean-Japanese player Zhao Zhixun automatically won, while Chinese player Qian Yuping abstained.

This incident shocked the Japanese and Korean Go circles because Qian Yuping's reason for withdrawing from the game was simply "I have a headache!"

Zhao Zhixun was very dissatisfied with the result. After winning automatically, he told the media: "He may have his own reasons, but no matter what happens, as a chess player, I will climb to the arena."

These words made the Chinese Go community unable to hold their heads up for a while, but Zhao Zhixun is indeed qualified to comment like this, because just 5 years ago, Zhao Zhixun suffered a serious car accident before the finals of the "Chess Holy War", but he was still in a wheelchair on the day of the finals

When he participated in the competition, his body was tightly wrapped in bandages like a mummy, and it was difficult for him to even complete the movement of the move.

Compared with Qian Yuping's reason for headache, it is simply impossible to establish, because no one would give up such a game just because of a headache.

Moreover, when the team leader urged him to set off, he had already confirmed that his so-called headache symptoms had disappeared, because they were already the same symptoms he had when he asked for leave a few days ago.

"His thinking at the time was that as long as he didn't participate, he wouldn't have lost to Zhao Zhixun."

This is the explanation given by members of the Chinese Go team to domestic reporters. Many of them have lived with Qian Yuping for more than ten or twenty years and know very well Qian Yuping's thinking logic under heavy pressure.

"I was in poor health at the time, and I wasn't sure I would win. I thought losing would be ugly and I would lose face."

This is Qian Yuping's own explanation for his original abstention 16 years later. In fact, it indirectly proves that his so-called headache at the time was just due to a psychological defect and his inability to resist nervousness and the fear of losing the game, so he randomly grasped this reason and

I successfully convinced myself.

Ji Xiuwen despises such people from the bottom of his heart. The only person in this team that he has never dealt with is this coward who will definitely become a deserter during the finals of foreign competitions!

But today was not the final. Qian Yuping played very well. He used an alternative strategy at the beginning that he didn't know from any chess records. He killed Yamashiro Hiro and was at a disadvantage in the beginning.

Strictly speaking, the two men's chess styles are somewhat similar, they are both vigorous, solid, and late-attack types.

But today Qian Yuping's layout and distribution were very strange. After gaining an advantage at the beginning and entering the middle game, he continued to use his impeccable control to make Yamashiro Hiro feel lonely.

This "dull knife" was sharpened until the official stage. Yamashiro Hiro was unable to find a chance to reverse his situation and was always suppressed and beaten by Qian Yuping, who was evenly balanced.

At this time, all the Chinese chess players had smiles on their faces. Ma Xiaochun, who had slept all afternoon, happily announced: "Yuping will definitely win! There are at least 10 moves on the board. Tell me how to lose?" After speaking, he took a long breath.

He was still muttering, "I'm so tired! I'm more tired than playing chess by myself." Then he stood up, sat on the sofa farthest from the chess board, leaned back and continued to rest.

However, this relaxed atmosphere could not last long. After that, almost all the pictures that appeared on the big screen were pictures that were developing for the worse. Qian Yuping could not see all the roads leading to victory, and he turned to a dead end.

However, in the "official stage", Yamashiro Hiroshi showed his advantage in seizing opportunities in protracted battles. Every mistake made by Qian Yuping was caught by him to reduce the disadvantage, and finally found a chance of survival in the siege of black chess, and played

He made a wonderful move that turned his life around.

But unlike Ma Xiaochun's ingenious tetsuji comeback, Yamashiro Hiroshi's reversal was entirely due to Qian Yuping's own mistakes.

In the end, all the free time was used up. Qian Yuping, who had been rubbing his temples since the second half of the game, could only wait for the referee to count with a dull look on his face.

But it can also be seen from his mental state at this time that this situation is probably more doomed than good.

The Chinese chess players were also ashen as water, because they had already counted the number of black and white pieces from the still picture.
Chapter completed!