hotmtlnovel Chapter 1048: Made People Cry Again
Chapter 1048: Made People Cry Again
Chapter 1048: Made People Cry Again
Move 150, when Qin Hao's white piece landed: at the th position of the th.
Liu Hong and Hu Haiyang fell silent. After about a minute, Ma Xiaochun placed two black pieces on the chessboard: "I lost."
Wu Yue and the other two cheered, especially Wang Yang who had just lost the game, and felt proud.
Ma Xiaochun's companions were furious.
"Why did you admit defeat? Don't you still have a chance?"
"Yeah, we just got to the endgame, there are plenty of places to make moves, why would we admit defeat?"
What is involved here is not just a popsicle, but the dignity of the entire Zhejiang youth Go team. Their recognized strongest player was defeated by a ten-year-old kid from Suzhou.
Ma Xiaochun did not explain, but looked down at the chessboard, as if he was reviewing which move had led to his loss.
Hu Haiyang smiled bitterly and said to Liu Hong: "You kid said that I was Tian Ji's horse racing, but you are the one who has hidden a secret weapon."
Then he looked at Qin Hao and sighed: "It looks like you, Suzhou, are going to win the championship in this competition."
Liu Hong said modestly: "Hey, that's hard to say, this is a national competition, there are many hidden talents."
In fact, I was very happy. What is the highest level of recognition between men?
You are awesome, I admire you.
Although Hu Haiyang was impressed by Qin Hao instead of him, Qin Hao was his student at the Children's Palace after all.
Although the passengers around him didn't understand Go, they still praised Qin Hao.
"Little guy is good, play well and strive to join the national team as soon as possible and win glory for the country."
"Come on, kids! The future of Chinese Go depends on your generation."
Strangers but full of enthusiasm, this was the spirit of the 70s.
At night, the train was still running slowly on the rails, making a clanging sound. The group of children who were on edge before were now leaning on each other and falling asleep. Qin Hao looked at the dark countryside outside the window and slowly closed his eyes.
It was not until noon the next day that the train slowly pulled into the Beijing Railway Station.
When getting off the train, Hu Haiyang was extremely nervous. He stood on his seat and shouted, "Don't push. Let's get off after they get off. When we leave the station later, hold hands and don't get separated."
Liu Hong also stayed with Qin Hao and his party until the end, on the one hand for safety, and on the other hand he wanted to help Hu Haiyang look after the children.
Although I waited until all the carriages were empty before getting off the train, I was still unable to avoid being swept away by the surging crowd when I reached the exit.
Hu Haiyang shouted repeatedly: "Hold on tight, don't let go."
Qin Hao followed silently at the end. It had to be said that there were too many people at the train station in this era. Not only were there a lot of people, but they also carried a lot of stuff. Some were squeezing out with three or four bulging sacks, which looked like all the pots, bowls, and pans were filled in them. Others were carrying chickens and ducks, swaggering above their heads, not afraid of chicken shit falling on others.
After squeezing out with great difficulty, Hu Haiyang nervously called out the names of the children at the station entrance. He only breathed a sigh of relief after making sure that all the children were there.
Afterwards, the group took a bus to the guesthouse. Forget about the special car pick-up, as even the national team probably doesn’t have such treatment these days.
It was crowded along the way and we finally arrived at the guesthouse after almost an hour.
The group already looked tired, feeling even more exhausted than after a whole day's train ride.
After settling the children down, Liu Hong finally had the heart to say to Hu Haiyang half-jokingly: "We are already in the capital, isn't it time to fulfill the bet?"
Hu Haiyang laughed and scolded: "Are you afraid that I will run away?"
"I'm not afraid of you running away, but the kids want to drink soda, right?"
"Yes!" Wu Yue and the other two became excited when they heard that there was soda to drink.
Ma Xiaochun and his group of kids could only stare at Qin Hao and the others with envy in their eyes.
Hu Haiyang bought four bottles of Arctic Ocean soda in a store near the guesthouse. Qin Hao originally planned to get a can of Coca-Cola to take back to Lin Dongzhe, but he found that Coca-Cola had not yet entered the Chinese market and domestic manufacturers did not have the canning technology, so he had to give up the idea.
A bottle of Arctic Ocean costs 1.5 cents, and four bottles cost 60 cents. For Hu Haiyang, who only earns less than 40 yuan a month, it is enough to make him suffer.
However, after he paid the bill, Liu Hong bought more than 20 popsicles, which made Hu Haiyang feel a little embarrassed.
"How can I let you spend money on this?"
"Why are you so moved? This is for the children. What does it have to do with you?" Liu Hong scolded with a smile.
When the children in the guesthouse saw the pile of popsicles, they all swallowed their saliva frantically, but no one took one. Instead, they looked at Hu Haiyang eagerly.
"Why are you still standing there? Why don't you thank Teacher Liu?"
"Thank you, Teacher Liu."
Liu Hong encouraged with a smile: "Do your best tomorrow and try to get a good ranking."
Ma Xiaochun held a popsicle in his mouth and walked up to Qin Hao: "Can you play another game of chess with me?"
Suddenly, Ma Xiaochun's teammates stopped sucking on their popsicles and looked at Qin Hao one by one.
Qin Hao thought for a moment and said, "It's just one game. I'll take a break after that."
"it is good."
The result was still 150 moves, and Ma Xiaochun resigned.
Only then did Hu Haiyang realize that Qin Hao's chess skills were far beyond Ma Xiaochun's, which meant that these two games were actually guidance games played by Qin Hao for Ma Xiaochun.
"Old Liu, where did this monster come from in Suzhou?"
While Liu Hong was feeling proud, he was actually quite confused. Qin Hao was so young, but his chess skills were unfathomable. Could he be the legendary genius?
Early the next morning, Qin Hao and his party went to the Beijing Children's Palace to participate in the competition. Due to the unprecedented scale of this National Children's Go Competition, the entire Children's Palace suspended classes for a week to host the competition.
"Teacher Hu, what is that person carrying? Is it a cannon?"
Hu Haiyang was amused: "That's a camera. If you make it to the finals, you might have a chance to appear on TV."
"really?"
When they heard that they had the opportunity to appear on TV, the children were excited.
After entering the Children's Palace, Hu Haiyang and Liu Hong took Qin Hao and the others to register and received their respective identity tags. These identity tags had numbers, and these numbers would be used in the draw for future competitions.
"Wow, there are so many people."
There were already quite a few children in an open space inside the Children's Palace, and Qin Hao and his group were also arranged in a corner.
Just when Qin Hao was getting bored of waiting and was about to close his eyes to rest, Wu Yue beside him suddenly became excited.
"Look, Teacher Chen is here."
"And Teacher Nie is here too."
Looking in the direction of Wu Yue's finger, I saw two middle-aged men wearing glasses walking slowly behind the leaders. One of them had a thin face, a pale complexion, and did not look very good, while the other was a little plump with a slight smile on his face.
"Everyone, please be quiet."
The leader came on stage and gave a long speech. Qin Hao felt drowsy listening to him until he made a loud announcement.
"In this competition, not only will the top ten be eligible to enter the Chinese Chess Academy's junior class, but the top three will also receive additional prizes: a Snow Flower refrigerator, a Beijing TV, and a Phoenix bicycle."
Qin Hao's eyes lit up. Song Ying was saving money to buy a TV. In order to save money on vegetables, she planted a lot of snake melons. They will bear fruit next month. He didn't want to keep eating snake melons until he vomited.
After seeing Qin Hao's expression, Liu Hong immediately guided him: "Refrigerator is a fashionable and good thing. Your Aunt Song will definitely be happy if you take it back."
Qin Hao pretended not to hear it. No matter how good a refrigerator is, it can't replace a TV.
After the leader’s speech, the competition can finally begin.
The drawing of lots is done by each teacher. According to the rules of the competition, contestants from other provinces are drawn in the first two rounds of the preliminary competition. They will be mixed together only after entering the main competition. This is also to prevent cheating.
Qin Hao's opponent in the first round was a contestant from Guangzhou, who was about fourteen or fifteen years old and was half a head taller than him when standing up.
When the other party saw Qin Hao's height, a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face, and he was glad that he had drawn a good lot.
Wu Yue and the other two also drew their opponents. After all the contestants were seated at the competition venue, the first round of the preliminary competition officially began.
On the rostrum, a few old men were drinking tea and chatting.
"I hope that this year's session will produce some good players. These are the hopes for the future of Chinese Go."
"I have heard that there are quite a few good ones. There is a kid named Qian Yuping in Shanghai who is said to be very talented and is only 12 years old. There is a kid named Ma Xiaochun in Zhejiang who is 14 years old and is said to have reached the level of a professional chess player."
"Yes, there is also a girl named Rui Naiwei, who is only fifteen years old this year and is also from Shanghai. Her chess skills are already quite high."
Chen Zude and Nie Weiping on the side were also discussing secretly.
"These kids are so lucky. They have such opportunities at such a young age. Unlike us, we have wasted so many years." Chen Zude said with emotion.
Nie Weiping shook his head: "That can't be said. Those years in the countryside strengthened my will. Flowers in the greenhouse need to experience the wind and rain outside before they can become talents."
"You are becoming more and more adept at speaking official language. When you retire, how about you take the position of the director of the chess academy?" Chen Zude joked.
Nie Weiping laughed and scolded: "I will sit down if I want to. I have no choice but to contribute to the development of Chinese Go."
"You said you were fat and you were breathless."
Just as the two were teasing each other, they were suddenly attracted by a burst of crying.
I saw a child of about fourteen or fifteen years old crying loudly, while his opponent was a child who looked only about ten years old.
The referee took one look at the chessboard and announced, "No. 28 Qin Hao wins."
Qin Hao stood up, stretched, and was the first to walk out of the stadium.
Nie Weiping and Chen Zude subconsciously looked at their watches and were surprised to find that only fifteen minutes had passed since the game officially started.
"You made your opponent cry in just fifteen minutes?"
After thinking about it, Nie Weiping and Chen Zude asked the staff to bring the chess set over.
As soon as he saw it, Nie Weiping exclaimed "Huh".
"This black chess piece has a fierce offensive."
Chen Zude was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "And he didn't use any set moves. No wonder that kid lost so badly."
The so-called fixed pattern is actually the experience gained from the previous games, just like the martial arts routines. When the opponent attacks, how can you defend to achieve the best effect? How can you attack so that the opponent cannot take care of both ends?
Among these fixed patterns, there is experience accumulated from famous games in ancient chess records, as well as the essence extracted from the games played by modern masters. Anyone who has systematically learned Go starts with these fixed patterns.
Generally speaking, teenagers play chess based on fixed patterns, so the level gap is not too big, and the outcome is often decided in the middle game or even the endgame. After all, the main role of fixed patterns is at the beginning of the game. How to further expand the advantage in the middle game depends entirely on the individual's chess skills.
"Interesting. The way he plays is either a wild move or he has already mastered all the fixed moves. I just wonder if he can still play such a fierce chess when he meets a truly strong opponent." Nie Weiping looked at the rest area where Qin Hao was with interest.
Qin Hao stayed in the rest area for nearly an hour and a half. The first round of the preliminary competition was finally over, and half of the people were eliminated directly. The competition was still very cruel. Many children came from far away, but they had to go home after just playing a game of chess. They cried so hard that the teachers leading the teams could only comfort them.
Soon it was the second round of draw, and Qin Hao drew a player from Guangdong.
As a result, this time the opponent lasted less than half an hour before resigning himself to defeat. It was not because this player was better than the previous victim, but because he had a stronger character. Even though he knew he was far behind, he still gritted his teeth and persisted. When he finally admitted defeat, his upper body clothes were soaked with sweat.
On the other hand, Wu Yue and Wang Yang passed the second round of preliminary competition after a hard fight and successfully advanced to the main competition. However, another person named Sun Chao was more unlucky and was eliminated by a female chess player, which made Sun Chao cry miserably.
Ma Xiaochun's side was even worse off, with more than half of the players eliminated and only eight people advancing to the main competition. Hu Haiyang was also busy comforting those eliminated children.
Seeing this scene, Nie Weiping and Chen Zude couldn't help but sigh.
"Go is so cruel. Those who can come here to participate in the competition are the most talented people in each region, but only one quarter of them can enter the main competition."
"This is just the beginning. The elimination process will be even more brutal. Among these children, less than one-fifth can truly become professional chess players, and less than one-tenth can have a chance to win the championship."
The first day of competition came to an end. When Qin Hao and his party were walking out, Wu Yue suddenly pointed at the podium and asked, "What are you doing?"
Liu Hong said in an encouraging tone: "That was recorded during an interview. It might be edited into the TV show."
"Then why interview him instead of us?"
This question really stumped Liu Hong, and he could only say in an encouraging tone: "The child's name is Qian Yuping. He was very famous in the Go circle before participating in the competition. He is a recognized genius player."
"He is very powerful? Can he be more powerful than Qin Hao?" Wu Yue said unconvinced.
"You have to try it to know."
"Okay, stop imagining that. If you can make it to the top 24, maybe the TV station will interview you."
Wu Yue and Wang Yang became very motivated upon hearing this, and they kept shouting: Make it to the top 24 and be on TV. This made Qin Hao quickly hide behind them and stay away from these two middle school boys.