Chapter 49: The Second Day of the Competition
The second day of the competition came quickly, and in the eyes of Jiang Fan and the others, it was almost a blink of an eye, and the sky was already dimly bright.
With the experience of yesterday, the three of them did not dare to eat at will today, but came to the Xijing Chess Academy as quickly as possible on an empty stomach.
At this time, the morning light is like cotton wool, falling down one by one, warm and warm.
"Didn't you come too early?"
Looking at the tightly locked gate, Motu frowned.
"It's not early, come on, let's talk about imitating chess again."
Taiyi licked his lips, as if he couldn't get enough of it.
Last night, the trio each tried a variety of ways to play Dongpo chess, and now they are very confident.
"Oh, by the way, why didn't I see you two yesterday!"
Taking advantage of this moment, Jiang Fan remembered that he didn't seem to meet the two of them in the competition venue yesterday, and he didn't know where the two of them were competing yesterday.
Mo Tu and Taiyi glanced at each other, and the corners of their mouths showed a hint of strangeness, while Jiang Fan was at a loss, not knowing where he said the wrong thing.
"Uh...... Jiang Fan, you probably didn't hear Uncle Wang's words clearly yesterday. ”
Taiyi's brows jumped and he asked.
"Uncle Wang...... What did you say? ”
Jiang Fan scratched his head, a little embarrassed.
Speaking of which, the period leading up to yesterday's game was a bit of a dream, and I still don't remember what happened.
At the end, his head was full of black lines, and he smiled bitterly, "Dead fatty, you should tell Jiang Fan." ”
Jiang Fan felt inexplicable, and was puzzled, but heard Taiyi say, "Jiang Fan, yesterday Uncle Wang said very clearly, this time because there are too many people in the competition, it is divided into four divisions: east, west, north and south.
You're in the West Division, I'm in the East Division, and the last is in the North Division......"
Jiang Fan's eyes widened, and he suddenly remembered that it seemed that Uncle Wang had said something at that time, but he had been attracted by the competition venue at that time and chose to forget.
Seeing Jiang Fan's expression, Taiyi knew that he had guessed correctly, Jiang Fan really didn't remember anything, and he was a fart like this.
There were a total of 127 people in this competition, and each of the other divisions was 32 except for 31 people from the East Division.
The competition is played in teams of two, with a total of 16 groups in each division, and after the first day of group matches, the knockout round will start on the second day, with a minimum of 2 matches per person per day.
If there is a surplus of time, the third or even the fourth game can be played after negotiation.
In the end, each region is left with the champions of the upper bracket and the lower bracket, and finally the regions are merged and the competition continues.
That is, from today, the warm-up phase is history, and the real brutal battle is coming.
After listening to Taiyi's explanation, Jiang Fan fell silent, yesterday because of the strange encounter with Su Yue, coupled with external factors such as physical discomfort, he had already lost the first game and entered the loser's group.
The upper bracket has a natural advantage, and even if you lose a game, as long as you can remain undefeated in the lower bracket, you still have a chance to make a final move.
But the lower bracket is not so good, and once you lose one, the game is over.
Although Jiang Fan didn't speak, Taiyi and Motu could see something from his heavy faces.
I encountered this kind of open hanging existence on the first day.,Who knows if there is such a person in the loser's group.,What if you meet another one?
"Jiang Fan, you don't have to think too much, with your strength, it's absolutely fine."
Seeing that Jiang Fan's face was not quite right, Taiyi hurriedly persuaded him.
"Don't worry, even if I meet Su Yue again today, I won't just give up."
Although Jiang Fan said this, there was still a lot of worry in his eyes.
If he fights with Su Yue, Jiang Fan is not afraid of anything. But Su Yue is not a scoundrel, he loves to cheat, and there is a professional chess player behind him.
Jiang Fan didn't know if he could defeat a girl named Yaoyao again.
Just when Jiang Fan was still deep in thought, the door of the Xijing Chess Academy finally opened.
The three of them looked at the Xijing Chess Academy at the same time, and at this moment the Xijing Chess Academy was bathed in a piece of sunshine, but there was still a trace of darkness in it, like a silent beast, standing quietly, revealing its vicious minions......
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After the number was drawn, Jiang Fan came to the game room.
He had already seen it just now, and today's opponent was a player named Mo Zhe, who was only 11 years old, much younger than him, and his chess strength should not be very powerful.
"Can I sit here?"
Jiang Fan was still thinking about it, and a childish voice came, and he couldn't help but look up.
At this time, a figure dressed in a primary school uniform and wearing a red scarf came into view.
"Elementary school students!"
Jiang Fan's brows twitched, he had also played chess with many elementary school students when he was in Hecheng, and for him, that time was simply miserable.
It's not that the level of primary school students is not good, but that the human heart at that age is relatively out-of-the-box.
Playing chess or something is too whimsical and incredible, even a person like Jiang Fan, who is used to seeing all kinds of strange routines, is difficult to accept this way of playing chess.
For example, what Tianyuan Plum Blossom Bureau, such as the pit dad combination such as the double two jumps on the side, can simply thunder people half to death.
Mo Zhe on the other side didn't seem to wake up yet, he sucked hard the snot that was about to crawl to his mouth, and then helped his round-framed glasses before he stretched out an oily hand and whispered, "Hello, I'm Mo Zhe." ”
"You...... Good! ”
Jiang Fan was embarrassed for a while, and shook hands with Mo Zhe, a little friend.
The opponent of this age group is the most difficult, if you lose, you will be ruined, and if you win, it will be difficult for people to go to the ground, cry loudly, and say that they will not fall into the charge of bullying the small. It's a dilemma.
No matter what Jiang Fan thought in his heart, Mo Zhe yawned, and then sat on the opposite side so casually, took out a plastic bag, opened it and bit it hard.
Jiang Fan hadn't eaten in the morning, and now he was still seduced by this tempting fragrance, and a grunt suddenly sounded in his stomach.
Mo Zhe seemed to hear something, glanced at Jiang Fan suspiciously, and then handed the bitten oil cake to Jiang Fan, "Do you want to eat some?" ”
"Uh...... No! ”
Jiang Fan felt a little fever on his face, and touched his belly fiercely, hoping that this guy would not be so uncompromising.
"Oh!"
Mo Zhe sighed, didn't say much, and tore the yellow-orange-orange oil cake fiercely.
Obviously still hungry, but watching others eat, it is simply an ordeal for Jiang Fan now.
That hunger pang was like a knife at the moment, and it kept sliding around in the abdomen, and the pain was extreme.
Finally, Mo Zhe finished the last bite of the oil cake and casually threw the plastic bag on the corner of the table, and then Jiang Fan breathed a sigh of relief.
And Mo Zhe licked his oily lips as if he was still not satisfied.
Jiang Fan sighed secretly, bent down to pick up the plastic bag that Mo Zhe had thrown away, and threw it into the trash can not far away.
Seeing Jiang Fan's approach, Mo Zhe was stunned for a moment, and then kept staring at Jiang Fan until Jiang Fan returned to his seat again.
The referee finally arrived at the playing field and reminded that there were five minutes left before the start of the game.
Mo Zhe couldn't wait to get the chess pieces and guess the pieces, but Jiang Fan interrupted Mo Zhe's movements.
"Can you wipe your hands?"
Mo Zhe's hand was about to touch the chess piece, and when he heard Jiang Fan's words, he was stunned for a moment, then raised his head to look at Jiang Fan, was silent for a long time, and finally wiped his oily hand on his clothes a few times before taking it to the chess piece.
"Hula......"
With the sound of the sliding door of the playing field, a panting figure stepped into the playing field.
"Sorry, I'm late."
Hearing this voice, Jiang Fan showed a trace of depression, raised his eyes, and a familiar figure came into view, yes, it was Su Yue who played against him yesterday.
And Su Yue also found Jiang Fan, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then nodded towards Jiang Fan.
Jiang Fan frowned, his eyes were full of question marks, I don't know what kind of medicine this guy took wrong today, and he actually greeted him.
However, before he could think clearly, the referee glanced at Su Yue's badge, and then pointed to a female chess player.
Su Yue nodded, hurriedly walked over, and the game officially began......