Who asked him to play Go!

Chapter 286: If you can string together ten, I will play blind chess with white pieces, and let you go first.

In the dim light, Shi Yu also smiled.

The chess game content on the cake happened to be the one he had played with Lu Sizhu most recently. It was a common code between the two of them.

The moment he saw it, Shi Yu was shocked.

It is not uncommon to make a custom chessboard cake, but what is outrageous is that it can be made with 19 lines, enough to fit a whole game of chess.

I have to admire that, to some extent, Koreans, like Japanese, have a passion for craftsmanship.

He was also surprised that Lu Sizhu had even greater financial ability and was able to contact the cake shop in Korea and give him a surprise unexpectedly.

Since Lu Sizhu is the mastermind behind the scenes, it’s easy to explain.

Eat with confidence, without worrying about not being able to find the person responsible after being knocked down.

"Of course a cake is nice, but it would be even better if there were birthday presents."

Shi Yu took a sip of the red wine he was drinking to help him sleep before bed, raised his eyebrows, and said meaningfully.

Lu Sizhu seemed to understand something and said calmly: "H."

Shi Yu choked out:
"No, what did I say? Didn't I just want a gift? Is that a wrong request?"

Lu Sizhu nodded: "It seems to be correct, then I will..."

She thought for a moment, then slowly stretched out her arms, climbed up from the big bed that could accommodate two people, stuffed her bare feet into slippers, and walked to the trophy cabinet beside her, which was filled with a variety of trophies.

Any professional chess player will prepare a large cabinet for himself to store the many honors he may achieve in the future, such as trophies of various sizes, or various certificates.

In addition to using it as a collection library, it is also used as a live broadcast background wall for chess fans to admire.

Under Shi Yu's far-sighted strategic deployment, this trophy cabinet was ordered to be particularly large from the very beginning, greatly increasing both the number of trophies it could accommodate and the space occupied by a single trophy.

It turned out that my preparations for a rainy day were right.

My own trophies are filling up this container at an alarming rate.

Every once in a while, someone would ask in his livestream room, "Shi Huang, your background wall has been updated with trophies again. Can you give two to Mr. Zhan? There are only Plants vs. Zombies dolls behind her."

Lu Sizhu, wearing a thin nightgown, walked to the middle of the trophy cabinet.

There is an area reserved for large trophies, and each display case has plenty of space.

For example, the Yingshi Cup champion two years ago and the Chunlan Cup champion not long ago both have a place among them.

Lu Sizhu found an empty display case that didn't have any trophies placed on it, smoothed the hem of her skirt, and sat in.

"Hey."

Several years passed.

If she was 14 years old, it would be quite easy for her to sit in it.

But now she is an 18-year-old adult, and her birthday even came a few months earlier than Shi Yu. It may not be that easy for her to sit in the seat.

After a struggle with her waist and hips, she finally managed to squeeze herself into the empty trophy cabinet, and the lines of her nightgown were stretched taut.

"Okay, how about finally sitting down? Now I'm your trophy. Are you satisfied with this gift?"

Lu Sizhu pointed the phone at himself in his current state, his faint smile still tinged with mischief.

goo.

Shi Yu took a breath, swallowed, and then smiled.

Under the dim light, she did not tie her hair into her usual twin ponytails, but let it hang down, turning into a long, straight satin pattern that fell softly on her shoulders and chest.

Her current posture is not so much charming as it is like a female elf magician who inexplicably stepped into a treasure chest monster trap.

Even so, Shi Yu still wanted to say.
What is the situation?
Was she this good at playing before?
When we first started living together two years ago, wasn't she still trembling with fear and sleeping in the next room, saying that relationships should develop step by step?

How come now, everyone has learned how to cosplay trophies?
Who taught her?

Don't say anything more, this girl is getting sweeter and sweeter.

"By the way, since you're cosplaying as a trophy, why not say hello to your other brothers and sisters? I miss them."

Shi Yu suddenly became interested and asked for help.

Lu Sizhu immediately understood what Shi Yu meant, then pulled himself out with great effort, and began a series of close-ups of Shi Yu's other trophies in chronological order.

Looking at the trophies piled up on the shelf through the screen of his mobile phone, Shi Yu's heart was filled with emotions for no reason.

It’s like falling into a whirlpool of memories.

After the last Yingshi Cup ended, he dominated the chess world as expected.

That year, he was not in his prime, but in a literal sense of the word.

From domestic competitions to world competitions, to exhibitions and entertainment competitions, it seems that there is nothing he cannot win as long as it has something to do with black and white.

The thing that the Japanese Go community fears the most happened without any suspense.

In the second half of the Japanese Chess Championship, Shi Yu landed in Japan in the red autumn scenery, easily defeated the challenger who came up, and then defeated Iyama even more effortlessly, winning the Japanese Chess Championship, whose total prize money was second only to the Yingshi Cup.

Now the two Qiao sisters are really locked up in Tongque Spring.

The Japanese elders watched this scene with dejected expressions, but their hearts were no longer moved.

The black humor of this incident lies not only in the fact that all the chess masters of our country fell into the hands of outsiders.

It was further reflected in the fact that the local Japanese chess fans' support for Shi Yu was unprecedentedly strong, the ratings were off the charts, and the sponsors achieved positive profits from the sport of Go for the first time!
It turned out that when this group of veterans didn't notice it, Shi Yu's popularity had already swept the Japanese chess world, from top professional chess players to chess children who had just learned chess for less than a few months.

Even Shueisha came to discuss whether it was possible to publish a superpower Go comic with Shi Yu as the protagonist.

A nationwide defection has occurred!

Although chess fans and sponsors are very satisfied, it is still embarrassing to have the title of chess master in the hands of a foreigner.

After the game, a small group including the president of the Japanese Chess Institute, politicians related to the sports world, and his good friend Otake, secretly visited Shi Yu, hoping that he would save his dignity.

Of course, the prize money belongs to him, but can he donate the title of Go Saint?

Looking at the tearful eyes of these big shots, Shi Yu agreed very readily.

He also thought that this open chess tournament could only last for one term, and Japan would definitely not want to be the scapegoat for the second time.

Instead of tearing the roof off both sides, it would be better to go with the flow and return it to the Japanese chess community in the name of donation to consolidate his great and glorious image in Japan.

Although the Go Saint Tournament was short-lived, the good news is that the global open competition for the Go Saint title has been preserved intact and still attracts heroes from all over the world to compete.

Overall, the effect is very good. The Japanese chess community is discussing whether to try the Tenth Dan Tournament as well.

In short, that year, with the Yingshi Cup and the Chess Saint Tournament as the mainstays, his prize money income alone exceeded 10 million.

Not to mention the large number of commercial endorsements, interview fees, boss matches, and lecture attendance. Even the live broadcast business on Bilibili has brought him a very considerable income.

He has achieved amazing achievements at a young age, and there is an endless stream of reports about him, which has driven the continued rise of the Go project.

Only three years after debut, he has already reached the pinnacle.

There is no longer any figure in front of me, only the vast sky.

"By the way, are you really planning to play in the Pioneer in this Nongshim Cup?" Lu Sizhu suddenly asked. "Yes, I have already discussed it with my teammates, and they don't have much objection to it. I guess the Japanese and Korean teams will be very surprised when the game starts tomorrow."

Long before the expedition, Shi Yu had discussed this matter with Lu Sizhu.

So far, no one has been able to achieve ten consecutive wins and clear the table with one shot.

It is like a precious treasure, tempting all chess players to charge towards it.

Shi Yu flipped through his tactical panel and found that he had not broken any record in the chess world for a long time, so he might as well give it a try.

His declaration of war was also very passionate, saying why people should climb the highest mountain? Why cross the Atlantic? For.
"Okay, I know you want to string ten together in one go, so don't make it sound like it's difficult. Also, I'm tired of hearing the moon landing speech. Can you change it next time?"

At that time, Lu Sizhu complained without mercy and expression.

Under the dim light, Lu Sizhu continued speaking while taking pictures of the trophy wall:
"By the way, what's going on with you lately?"

Shi Yu spoke in a particularly frank tone:
"People are like this. Keeping the top spot is much harder than striving for the top spot. I have been invulnerable for such a long time. I have been studied thoroughly. This is normal."

"Really? But why do I always feel that you are deliberately hiding your strength?"

Lu Sizhu narrowed his eyes slightly, looking suspicious.

"How is that possible? How can hiding my strength benefit me? Am I the kind of person who would not take the winning fee but only the match fee? I'm not a philanthropist."

"But you like to play with people's hearts, and especially like to enjoy the feeling of others falling from hope to despair." Lu Sizhu stared at Shi Yu.

"Don't refute me. I have experienced it myself in the physical sense."

At this time, Yu lacked confidence.

To be honest, he is not playing with people's hearts.

But it is truly about considering the overall situation.

The year he won the Yingshi Cup, he demonstrated 100% of his prime and did not lose a single game, shocking the chess world.

After all, there is the buff of [Surpass Yourself].

After the Yingshi Cup, he successfully broke through the bottleneck period of that stage and his chess skills rose to another level.

Moreover, with his diligent training, the cooling time of [Perfect State] was gradually shortened, returning to zero and opening once a day.

Abbreviation: [All-weather perfect state]

This is no longer the case of being lonely at the top.

But there is too much oxygen at high altitudes.

Compared with the altitude he is at now, Mount Everest can be considered a natural oxygen bar with excellent conditioning effects.

He kept winning until the end of the second year, when he suddenly realized that this was not a good idea.

After a year and a half of his steady win, the confidence of other professional chess players was greatly shaken, and many top players began to think about retiring.

Rather than undermining the confidence of other professional chess players, the more serious question is: Is what you are doing a little too inhumane?

Sports are about the ups and downs of competitive states. No matter how strong an athlete is, he or she will eventually take a nap or be attacked by surprise once or twice.

If I continue to be so reckless and invincible, one day I might be tortured by the men in black.

After seriously reflecting on his actions, he decided to be a little more restrained in the second year and find ways to avoid losing a few games.

So he set his sights on Weiqi.

The Chinese Weiqi League is the best arena for incurring losses. As long as you control the intensity well, it is possible to guarantee that you will incur some losses even if you win the championship.

Even if you win, try to win carefully, with both teams being evenly matched, and then win by a reversal. After you are done, you have to praise your opponent by saying, "You played well. I almost lost."

Not only that, he also set his sights on the Korean Go League next door.

The Korean Go League uses the extra-second system.

The specific rules are that the retention time for both parties is very short at the beginning and there is no countdown.

On this basis, every move you make can give you a few more seconds of retention time.

All in all, it is still super-fast chess, and a game of chess is about the same length as a variety show.

The league time is often after 8:996 p.m., ensuring that office workers who work hours a day can immediately see the exciting mid-game battle after returning home.

Shi Yu happily requested to participate in this competition as a foreign aid.

One is the fast chess game, which is easier to lose.

After all, in the field of chess, Carlsen's 125-game unbeaten record is only limited to slow chess, and it is hard to say about fast chess.

Secondly, he had heard the news. Because he had dealt a heavy blow to South Korea in the past two years, and all the competitions they held were won by Shi Yu, their morale was on the verge of collapse, and many world competitions were facing the risk of cancellation.

In order to keep the fat sheep of South Korea, Shi Yu decisively submitted the application in order to help his Korean brothers.

As it turned out, this was indeed a good move.

After losing a few games, their morale was boosted and the rumors of canceling the game disappeared without a trace.

He even said that he would hold more world competitions to motivate chess players.

Ok.

This group of people is really easy to control.

Khan is right. Only after achieving sustainability can we exhaust all resources.

I can only say that it is not easy to be the number one Go player.

You have to worry about this big family all the time.

In Japan, he pioneered the Gosei War.

In Korea, he amazed the Koreans.

In China, various Go competitions are held one after another under his own appeal.

Under his wise and martial leadership, the chess world is undoubtedly thriving and flourishing.

This is undoubtedly the right thing to do.

Even if we put aside the spiritual pursuit of Go and talk purely about personal gains, he is tied to the overall prosperity of the Go community.

"Forget it. No matter if you are hiding your strength or something else, if you really string together ten, it would be an amazing record." Lu Sizhu murmured.

"You should be given some reward."

"What reward?" Shi Yu noticed that the atmosphere was not right.

Lu Sizhu put his lips very close to hers and whispered, "Next time I'll play white and let you go first."

"Can we add blind chess to this?" Shi Yu asked cautiously.

"No problem." Lu Sizhu said readily.

(End of this chapter)