After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Chapter 222 221. Ambush and Change of Tactics

"Fujii Hideaki is here too."

When Zhan Lang and Hao Qiang walked into the VIP chess viewing room, they immediately saw Fujii Hideaki, the 9th dan, sitting inside.

There was no way. There were very few people in this room. Compared to the crowded public chess viewing hall several hundred meters away, the number of people in this room could be counted on one hand.

None of the members of the Chinese delegation came to Japan, waiting for the results of the game at home, while most of the host Japanese team did not come, as if they did not attach much importance to this opening game.

Some people think that this game cannot be lost and there is no need to pay attention to it.

Some people think that it doesn’t matter even if they lose the game, so it doesn’t matter whether they pay attention to it or not.

Only Fujii Hideaki, 9th dan, as the captain of the Japanese team, came to participate in the opening match.

In Fujii Hideaki's opinion, he probably won't be able to play, so he can only go to every game and play the role of a companion.

Hao Qiang was the first to walk over and say hello. He and Fujii Hideaki, 9th dan, were old acquaintances.

Fujii Hideaki looked at Hao Qiang who was sitting opposite him and said with a smile: "Today is the battle of the vanguards. Who do you think is better, Mr. Hao?"

Hao Qiang and Fujii Hideaki are old friends, and they are not at all unfamiliar with each other: "I definitely think highly of our own family, I wish he could beat ten people by himself.

It's just unlikely, if he can win this pioneer battle today, then we will have accomplished our mission."

“That might be a bit difficult, but we have hardly seen this young man in his early twenties in your family before, and we can’t even find a chess record. It’s really troublesome for us.

Our preparations to deal with him are not easy at all. It seems that this young man is an ambush specially prepared by you, but I don’t know if it will be effective.”

Hearing this, Hao Qiang smiled and said, "It can't be considered an ambush, but Li Yiran did start preparing for today's game a long time in advance.

Especially for Torajiro Kashima, he has conducted in-depth research, so we are still very confident. "

The names of the Chinese and Japanese teams have been announced before, and the candidates for the first match between the two sides are 100% confirmed, so preparations can be made in advance.

In order to deal with Japan's pioneer Torajiro Kashima, the Chinese national team also put in a lot of effort to get off to a good start.

The national team focused on analyzing Kashima Torajiro's chess records, layout routines, and other chess ideas in the past year for Li Yiran, and held meetings to study them, hoping to help him win this vanguard battle.

Hearing this, Fujii Hideaki couldn't help but smile. Good preparation. The more preparation the better, and the more in-depth the research the better.

Zhan Lang also sat down at this time, picked up the teapot beside him and poured a cup of tea: "It seems that Mr. Xiuming has great confidence in Kashima Torajiro."

"He has confidence in himself. He said he wants to play another game with you."

"I'm afraid there won't be such an opportunity this time."

Hearing this, Fujii Hideaki just fanned the fan in his hand. He certainly knew that the chances of this happening were slim, and it was just a way to strike a blow to Zhan Lang's arrogance.

During the opening ceremony, he directly said that he wanted to fight against me and beat me again. This guy really thinks of himself as a soft persimmon.

"The competition officially starts at ten o'clock."

Fujii Hideaki glanced at the clock in the room. There were less than five minutes left before the game started, and he didn't know what was going on in the game room.

In the game room not far away, Li Yiran and Kashima Torajiro also sat down.

In addition to the two contestants, there was only a scorekeeper, a referee, a full-time reporter and a courier who was responsible for running errands and delivering chess scores in the room.

After Li Yiran and Kashima Torajiro sat down, they looked at each other, but their eyes quickly looked away after meeting. Both of them felt a little nervous.

The two had never played against each other before, and their first game against each other was such an important match. Both sides were actually unsure about the outcome.

In the silent arena, both sides seemed to be able to hear each other's breathing and even heartbeat.

It is estimated that these two teenagers would never have thought that a fierce battle between China and Japan that would last for twelve years would officially start with their youthful game today.

After confirming the time, the referee stood up and began to read out: "The first game of the China-Japan Go Challenge officially begins, with the Chinese player playing black first."

At the previous opening ceremony, the main players from China and Japan had already determined the outcome of this game.

During the time when Li Yiran was determining the black and white and his opponent, he was frantically flipping through the chess records of Kashima Torajiro who had lost with white, looking for problems with his opponent.

Amidst a myriad of thoughts, Li Yiran placed the first piece in the small eye in the upper right corner.

There was naturally no problem in the first few moves for both sides, as each occupied two corners. However, in the sixth move, Kashima Torajiro took an unconventional approach and used a rare three-space high clamp, which brought about different changes in the entire game.

Seeing this move, Li Yiran was immediately stunned, because this kind of change had never appeared in Kashima Torajiro's chess records, and it was completely beyond his research scope. Seeing Li Yiran's surprised expression, Kashima Torajiro couldn't help but reveal a smug smile.

That's right, I basically can't find any of your chess records, and I have never played against you. Even if I paid attention to it in advance, we have no idea what your style is like. We are completely in the dark about you.

But if our method of studying you doesn't work, we can change our thinking. We want to study you, but you also want to study me.

What we can be 100% sure of is that you will study me carefully in preparation for today's game.

Especially my recent chess records, my recent layout style and routines. After such a long time since the list was announced, you must have been familiar with them.

But you don’t know that what you see is what I want to show you. I make you think that after planning for such a long time, it’s time to close the net!

This is something I prepared especially for you! A new trick that has never been released!

And just as Kashima Torajiro had expected, Li Yiran's mind was full of Kashima Torajiro's previous moves. Faced with this sudden move, Li Yiran fell into long thinking at the beginning of the game.

Because this is not in my database!

There is no such trick in the database that has been prepared for a long time!

"It's already half past nine, half past nine. The game has officially started for almost half an hour, why is there still no news?"

"Don't worry, the news will be passed to you as soon as possible."

After taking a look at the time on the clock on the wall, the chess players in the Chinese Chess Institute couldn't help but get agitated.

After all, it has been estimated that half an hour has passed since the game officially started, but there has been no news from Japan yet.

I don’t know what the situation is at the scene, nor do I know how the game is going.

Although we know that a crucial battle between China and Japan in Go has already begun somewhere else, we can do nothing about it now, and we don’t even know anything about it.

How can this not make people anxious?

"It's a pity that our TV here can't receive Japanese signals, otherwise we could watch the live broadcast directly."

"It can't be helped, but it's okay. The Japanese side will send us chess records every half an hour. It should be almost time now."

"It's coming. The chess score has been sent over!"

At this time, Lu Hao trotted over from the other side, holding some paper and distributed it to everyone.

"I have copied several copies of the chess records sent from Japan. Everyone, come and take a look!"

Although Lu Hao had copied the chess records in advance, the number was obviously not enough compared to the members of the Chinese team and the national youth team who were paying attention to this matter. Everyone gathered together to watch the results of half an hour.

However, in this half hour, both sides only made fourteen moves.

Fang Yuan couldn't help but frown when he saw Kashima Torajiro's change of tactics in the sixth step: "It seems that the Japanese are also well prepared."

"I have never seen this three-room high-rise building before."

The other members of the Chinese team who participated in the game this time also nodded when they saw this move. They all participated in helping Li Yiran analyze Kashima Torajiro's chess records, but the move made by the opponent today was indeed something they had never seen before.

"But Li Yiran did a good job in dealing with it. He did not panic just because he had never seen it before. He commanded the Ninth and Eleventh Armies to defend the upper right and lower left corners and chose a steady approach."

"Being too steady is not like Li Yiran's style. I'm afraid he is not prepared for this step and it has affected him."

"White 12 and Black 13 split up to occupy strategic locations and expand the formation. Kashima Torajiro took the lead and attacked Li Yiran's upper left corner in the 14th move."

"The prologue battle has begun!"

"What's next?"

“That’s all the information coming from Japan.”

"Why are both sides downloading so slowly?!"

"Damn it, I can't see the chess score that was sent to me the first time. I feel like ants are crawling on my body now!"

"Chess manual! Hurry and bring it over!"

(End of this chapter)