Xijing Chess Academy, an ordinary and majestic name, even though this is the second time, Jiang Fan still feels like a dream, as if he is stepping on a ball of soft cotton under his feet, and he doesn't know how to enter the competition venue.

I only vaguely remember that Wang Junping asked him to draw a number, and then I can't remember the rest clearly.

"This is the playing field!"

Jiang Fan's eyes were shining, and he stroked a brand-new Go chessboard in front of him.

This chessboard is the standard chessboard of the Xijing Chess Academy, and it is usually used in both competitions and teaching chess.

Don't underestimate this chessboard, in order to be strong and durable, the chessboard is made of the hardest section of green bamboo, the surface is smooth, and the falling pieces are clearly audible.

When the green bamboo fades, it becomes golden yellow, which is very gorgeous, and it is definitely not something that ordinary people can buy.

And Jiang Fan is obviously one of these "ordinary people", and now when he sees this kind of unheard of chessboard, of course he can't put it down.

There are two chess boxes on the chessboard, and the material of the box is the same green bamboo as the chessboard, but the terrible thing is that the chess box made of these two pieces of green bamboo in front of me seems to be carved out of a mold.

As we all know, green bamboo is a natural product, conquering the world and creating nature, each tree grows in a different environment, and it is not easy to do exactly the same.

The boxes are so luxurious, and the chess pieces in them can be imagined.

Jiang Fan couldn't wait to open the chess box, and in an instant, he saw black and white rushing into the sky, even a person like him who had been fighting in the bunting world for many years was taken aback.

"What kind of chess piece can bloom with this brilliance!"

Jiang Fan's face was full of incredulity, and he slowly looked at the chess box, only to feel that his eyes lit up, and he immediately covered his eyes, "Ah...... My titanium dog's eye ......"

In the chess box, the white is terrible, and there is a trace of variegation on it.

In Jiang Fan's memory, it is only the mutton fat white jade that has this kind of pure white without a single flaw.

Since white is so gorgeous, black can of course lag behind, all by crystal clear obsidian.

Although obsidian is not a precious gemstone, it costs one or two hundred pieces the size of a thumb, and how much does it cost to have more than a hundred pieces in this chess box?

Jiang Fan swallowed his saliva and secretly glanced at the surveillance not far away, thinking about whether to grab a handful and take it away.

However, after thinking about it for a long time, I still gave up this idea.

Suddenly, Jiang Fan realized a terrible problem, a single box of chess pieces would cost a lot of money.

There are sixty or seventy tables in this chess room, and there is a set of such chess sets on each table, how much financial resources does the Xijing Chess Academy have to do this?

"After doing it for a long time, it turns out that the Xijing Chess Academy is the richest one."

Jiang Fan's face was full of grief and indignation, if you want to say that there are rich people, he has not seen them, for example, he is quite rich at the end of the journey, but you can't feel this kind of rich at the end of the journey.

But the Xijing Chess Academy is different, a single set of ordinary chess equipment is enough to sell Jiang Fan.

And the most terrible thing is that the Xijing Chess Academy didn't think this thing was worth anything at all, so it was casually thrown in the hall.

It can be seen that in other people's places, this chess set is a very ordinary thing at all, and this huge contrast can make a poor person feel inferior.

Jiang Fan smiled bitterly and shook his head, and then looked at the thing on the table that looked like an old-fashioned tape recorder. This weird thing is called a chess clock, and it is a prop used in a game to set the time used by both sides.

Unlike Caiqi, regular games require a set amount of time.

Otherwise, the competition time is only 7 days in total, and the two of you are here to consume, and you can't tell the winner from the loser, so the other contestants are still playing fart.

In general, both sides have four hours to think.

These four hours are not four hours of thinking about one move, but the total thinking time of the whole game does not add up to four hours.

There are two people in the game, that is, eight hours, so in any case, you can definitely play a game of chess in one day.

Spread evenly to each move, it will be more than ten minutes per move. Of course, this is a regular competition.

This time, due to the large number of contestants, the "Evening News Youth Cup" shortened this time to one hour.

This arrangement is obviously to get through the preliminary stage quickly, and then give a lot of time to the semi-finals.

In this way, the competition will be interesting, after all, the preliminary round is only the initial stage.

After the preliminary round, there will be two groups, the upper bracket and the lower bracket, and then after a long competition, the strongest in the upper bracket and the lower bracket will finally face off to determine the champion of the competition.

Under normal circumstances, the upper bracket has a natural advantage, but the opponents in the lower bracket are all relatively weak players who were eliminated in the first round, so some stronger players will also choose to deliberately lose the first game to enter the lower bracket, deliberately avoiding some very strong opponents.

However, there are pros and cons to everything, and players in the upper bracket generally enter the lower bracket after losing the game, which means that a person will only be eliminated if he loses two games, and it is also a good choice if he can maintain the victory.

The loser bracket will be eliminated if it loses a game, which is equivalent to dancing on the tip of a knife, so the average master, in most cases, will still choose the upper bracket if they can win.

The final consideration is the player's grasp and choice of the situation, so the preliminary round is a touchstone for the players, and whether they can shine depends on this time.

Of course, Jiang Fan didn't think much about these curves, he hadn't touched a prop like a chess clock before, although he had seen it on TV, but it was different from experiencing it in person, and now he was so excited to see it in his heart that he had forgotten it.

"Click!"

Seeing that there was no one around, Jiang Fan couldn't help but press the chess clock, the time countdown began, and his heart was raised to his throat with a puff.

"Oh no, what's going on with this thing."

Seeing that the chess clock began to time, Jiang Fan was in a hurry, and hurriedly pressed the button on the other side, but he didn't want the time on the other side to stop, but his own time began to time.

"Uh...... This ......"

Jiang Fan was dumbfounded for a while, and he picked up the chess clock and observed it carefully, but found that there was no button behind this thing, and he didn't know how to stop, so he panicked.

Just as Jiang Fan was looking for the switch in a panic, a familiar shadow walked into the game room, and after a slight glance, he walked in the direction of Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan was sweating profusely and fiddling with the chess clock with his head down, completely unaware of this shadow.

"Huh? How are you? ”

Feeling that the voice was a little familiar, Jiang Fan had time to look up, and was startled, "Huh?" ”

For Su Yue, this is the fourth time she has seen Jiang Fan, and for Jiang Fan, he has only met Su Yue for the third time, and his thoughts are still stuck in the second time when he ran away.

"It's over, it's over, why is this guy, can't let her find out that the chess clock is broken."

Thinking of this, Jiang Fan carefully hid the chess clock behind his back.

Su Yue was already puzzled why Jiang Fan was here, and his attention was almost all focused on Jiang Fan, his small action was tantamount to covering his ears and stealing the bell, and he was discovered by Su Yue at the first time, "What are you holding in your hand?" Hand it over! ”

"Uh...... It's nothing. ”

Jiang Fan's forehead was covered with cold sweat like a waterfall, thinking about the consequences of once the chess academy found out that he had broken the chess clock, he suddenly felt that there was no hope for the rest of his life, and he was even more reluctant to take out the chess clock.

Su Yue's curiosity, coupled with Jiang Fan's dodging, is obviously a ghost. The cow's temper suddenly came up, and he rushed over in a huff.

Jiang Fan wanted to dodge, but Su Yue was faster and grabbed the chess clock in Jiang Fan's hand at once.

"Let go!"

Su Yue seemed to have discovered Jiang Fan's little secret, and the corners of her mouth already had a playful smile.

"Don't sprinkle!"

Jiang Fan's head shook like a rattle, but he didn't want to let go.

"Okay, you don't lie, I lie!"

Su Yue showed a hint of cunning in his eyes, and suddenly let go.

Jiang Fan didn't have time to react, only felt a burst of weightlessness, and he fell to the ground with a pop, and the Venus in front of him was chaotic.

Seeing Jiang Fan so miserable, Su Yue's face was full of pride, and he slowly came to him, bent down and snatched the chess bell in Jiang Fan's hand.

Looking up, Deng Shi was stunned on the spot, "Uh...... What is this? ”