Cherish the time

What he placed on the floor were the weekly Go magazines from this week and some excellent modern chess records.

Since he regained the courage to live, he has treated everything related to Go with a more attentive attitude than before.

Not only did he go to Xiaoliang to play chess whenever he was free, but he also used the salary of the previous month to get a signature from Mr. Natsume, the person who gave Taya a celebrity autograph before entering Fuji. After that conversation, he had a few more The reason for the visit is that the two have exchanged names long ago, and have become chess friends who have forgotten the years. The store bought a large number of Go-related periodicals and magazines and excellent Go books since modern times, and gave them to Zuo every few days. To do modern chess popular science.

Zuo Wei's progress is also very obvious.

Since he possessed Xiaoguang for nearly a year, he has been learning new set forms by playing chess with modern chess players. Although he has learned many more practical and changeable sets of forms, he has a little difficulty in mastering the set forms as a whole. lacking.

What Jindo is doing now is to use a lot of the evolution process of the new set style and the experience of using the new set style to make up for his shortcoming.

And the effect of this approach is obviously amazing.

Originally, at their level, it would be very difficult to make even a little progress in chess, but Shinto could clearly feel Zuo's progress in this month.

After browsing through the new stereotypes summed up by people after thousands of years, he seemed to have received some kind of enlightenment-like hints, and many problems that he hadn't figured out and didn't understand before suddenly came to light, which made him wonder. A big step forward on the road of one hand.

Shinto saw his progress in his eyes and continued to provide help within his ability.

The level of fighting between the two is also getting closer, and the winning rate has gradually increased from the previous [-]-[-] to [-]-[-], and there is a faint tendency to move closer to the number of [-]-[-].

Shinto Hikaru also expected this result in his heart, but he knew that his chess strength had already reached the bottleneck and he could not force himself to improve, so he just maintained a calm attitude to welcome every game he played.

It is worth mentioning that Shindo has already signed up for the two major title competitions of Honinbo and Celebrity, which made people who pay attention to him for unknown reasons have an inexplicable expectation.

Closer to home.

Shindo began to tidy up the periodicals and magazines scattered on the ground. His movements looked lazy, but actually he followed a certain pattern. If you asked him to take out a certain issue of it immediately, he would really give it to you right away.

Zuo Wei watched him tidy up silently, and asked casually, "The chess records you pick out every week are very focused. Have you read them all?" 』

"Well," Shinto replied indifferently, "When I was in my 30s, I encountered a bottleneck. It took me more than ten years to find time to read all the chess records I could find."

"! 』Zuo Wei was shocked, apparently he did not expect such an answer.

"It's nothing to be surprised about." Shinto chuckled, "At that time, I encountered a bottleneck, and I felt that it was difficult for me to improve just by playing against others."

"At that time, not long after I won the title of Honinbo, Mr. Shinoda gave me a copy of Shuce's chess record that he had treasured for a long time as a gift for my title victory."

"And then... I started to read the chess records."

While talking, Shinto tied up the packed newspapers with plastic ropes and placed them under the desk—there was a large stack of the same things there.

"However, I'm ashamed to say it," he patted the non-existent dust on his hands, and looked at Zuo Wei with a smile, "I didn't read the chess records much before that, and I was able to fight to that point by myself—— Thinking about it now, it was a fluke that made me break out in a cold sweat."

Zuo understood what Shinto meant.

——He was afraid that the self who had no foundation would get lost in the grandness of Go.

Like countless chess players who lost their way, they ended up mediocre with nothing to gain.

Zuo Wei lightly held the fan's surface, muttering, "...you won't. 』

"Who knows." Shinto shook his head indifferently, and moved the chessboard from the side of the bed to the center, "Come on, let's play chess."

『Who is the opponent in the first game tomorrow? 』Zuo Wei sat across from the chessboard noncommittally, and asked about Wakashishi's battle as if chatting.

"It's Murakami." Shinto sat across from him holding the chess box, and began to set up the chess pieces.

"kindness? 』

"A college student." Shindo didn't mean to say much, obviously he didn't have much interest in this opponent.

Zuo Wei was sensitive to something, and subconsciously asked, "You don't like him?" 』

"Not really..." Shindo continued to hold his hand, "It's just that I don't expect it."

Then he added, "I have played similar games with him before, so I am not interested."

"Oh..." Zuo Wei saw that he didn't want to say more, so he didn't continue to ask.

"Okay." Shinto stopped his hands, the chessboard was already in a criss-cross pattern, and the competition had become fierce, "The last time my seal was here." He said and dropped a white piece.

The two of them are playing chess in full compliance with the procedures of a large tournament, which can be regarded as preparation for entering the main tournament.

After all, there are too many factors that can affect the outcome of a game. Putting aside those uncontrollable accidental elements, it is better to plan early for these things that can be mastered through practice.

next morning.

Shinto woke up early on purpose.

If the lion battle is an important platform for college students to communicate with new chess players, it is also an important way for outstanding college students to get in touch with professional chess players.

Perhaps it is not as meaningful as the regular competition of the new first stage, but it is also a good place for college students to try their skills.

Out of this idea, Jinto came to the chess academy early with an attitude of respect for all participating chess players.

—but he was evidently coming too early.

When Shinto walked to the door, the staff of the Chess Academy was checking the venue, and the red rope that was tied to the door was still there. Obviously, he didn't expect the contestants to arrive so early.

It just so happened that Shinoda was the person in charge of Wakashishi today. As soon as he saw Shindo appearing at the door, he greeted him with great interest, and greeted him with a smile, "Good morning, Shinto chess player."

Shinto Hikari respected the chess master from the bottom of his heart, bowed respectfully when he saw this, and shouted, "Mr. Shinoda, good morning."

"Haha, you're not a student, so there's no need to call me teacher." Shinoda smiled boldly, and helped him remove the red rope blocking the door, "Let's find a place to sit inside first."