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"Don't dream. They are here to see us. They are here to see our opponent today."

Classmate A waved his hand cheerfully.

"Oh, it doesn't matter who you look at. When they look at their opponents, I am also in their sight. If you round it off, it means they are looking at me."

"But the partitions look so high-end today."

Classmate C looked at the large glass house in the center of the venue, which was much more advanced than the table tennis partition used before.

"Well, because we will be doing commentary today, in order not to disturb the players, we have set up a soundproof room. And you can't see outside from inside this room."

Katsuyo Kurabe explained.

“Is it that amazing?”

Everyone didn't know how serious it was.

"Okay, today's opponent is here."

Xiao Shanyi looked at Guangming Girls' High School who were brought in from the other side by another referee, and thought to himself: Is the organizing committee finally willing to use two referees?

"Clap clap clap."

As Guangming Girls' High School entered the venue, the audience burst into applause.

"What the hell? You can applaud, right? I thought we had to keep quiet. It's great to have celebrity contestants here."

Classmate A said this a bit sourly.

"Well, after today, they'll applaud us anyway."

Xiao Shanyi patted classmate A on the shoulder and comforted him.

"Hehe, that's right, this still depends on strength."

At this time, a referee came over and asked the captain Katsushiro Kurabe.

"Haruhi High School, have all your players arrived?"

"We're all here."

"it is good."

After the referee understood the situation, he walked towards the podium.

After a while, the host began to host the live show.

"Well, welcome everyone to the Canglong branch to watch the quarter-finals match. I am your host today, Tsuruno Tsuyoshi."

Xiao Shanyi looked at the host on the stage with surprise in his eyes, "Uncle, aren't you the host of the weather forecast? Did you change the channel?"

"Next, let us invite the two professional 9th-dan players from the Chess Federation, Matsushita Takashi and Tanakawa, to be in charge of the commentary today."

The two chess players stood up and bowed to the audience.

The audience responded with applause.

"Okay, now let's take a look at today's contestants."

"They are from Kasuga High School in Kasugabe."

Clap clap clap.

"From the Bright Girls' High School in Chiba."

Snap. Snap. Snap. Snap.

Hey, hey, do you have to be so obvious? The applause lasted twice as long as ours.

Xiao Shanyi thought helplessly in his heart, there is no way, although Kasuga High School is famous, most of the people who come here are chess enthusiasts, and there is still a big gap between them and star chess players.

"Okay, without further ado, let me start today's duel."

The host did a fancy clean up on the stage.

"Let me～～～～～"

"Let's start playing chess."

The two teams bowed to each other.

"Please give me more advice."

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The two teams walked into the glass house in an orderly manner and sat on opposite sides of the room.

After the referee announced the rules and precautions as usual, he began to let the players from both teams go on the field according to the list.

"Kasuga High School, first place contestant, Kato Megumi."

"The first place contestant from Guangming Girls' High School is Yukishiro Suzuno."

"Please invite the contestants to the stage."

At this time, the host outside the venue has already started hosting.

"Well, we can see that both teams have sent their players to the field. These two players are participating in the National High School Chess League for the first time. Let's see their strength and wait and see."

After a coin toss, Kato Megumi played red chess and went first.

Kato Megumi chose to move three soldiers forward one step.

The opponent did not expect Kato Megumi to move first, and was stunned for a moment, and then launched the first attack.

Kato Keima advanced from 2 to 3.

The opponent's horse moves from 2 to 3.

Kato Keihei advanced seven steps forward.

The two of them got down calmly.

"Hey, Xiaoshan, why is Kato only moving pawns? It's as if he's using rooks or other chess pieces to assist the pawns."

Classmate A asked Xiaoshan Yi in confusion. In his opinion, soldiers were only used to restrain the opponent's pieces, and could be abandoned to open up a path when necessary. However, now Kato Megumi's situation was reversed.

"Well, Kato does like to use troops."

Xiaoshan Yi replied that it might be because of the low presence of the soldiers, so Kato Megumi also likes to use the soldiers with the lowest presence on the chessboard.

"But if the pawn that crosses the river cannot be checked, then it is a dead end, isn't it?"

Student A doesn't understand that such a thankless method might lead him to fall behind step by step.

"Just watch, Kato is not weak."

Xiao Shanyi smiled faintly.

Seeing Xiao Shanyi so confident, classmate A had no choice but to watch silently.

At this time, the commentators outside the venue also began their explanations.

Matsushita Tsuyoshi: "I didn't expect that among this year's chess players, there are still those who are good at using troops. It's really rare."

Tanakawa: "That's right. Although Kato is one rook and one knight behind Yukishiro on the chessboard, Kato is taking every step carefully and steadily, judging from the layout of the chessboard."

Matsushita Tsuyoshi: "That's right, the winner should be decided in a few more rounds."

Sure enough, after seven rounds, Kato Megumi used two soldiers to checkmate the opponent's general and captured the king with two pawns, winning the victory.

"Kasuga High School, Kato Keikatsu."

"Thanks for the advice."

Kato Megumi and Yukishiro Reino signaled to each other, and the latter returned to her seat unwillingly. The referee rearranged the chess pieces before calling the next player from Guangming Girls' High School to come on stage.

"Great, great, Xiaoshan, Kato-san won."

Listening to the happy voice of classmate A, Xiaoshan Yi smiled and nodded. He was not only happy for Kato Megumi, but also because Kato Megumi was better at defensive counterattacks than offense, so playing black was actually beneficial to Kato Megumi.

As expected, Kato Megumi made beautiful use of the opponent's underestimation of the pawns, and the pawns and horses cooperated with the general.

Seeing that Kato Megumi won two games in a row, the host also started to liven up the atmosphere.

"We can see that Kasuga High School's Kato Megumi has won two consecutive games. Now the problem comes to Guangming Girls' High School. Can they reverse the situation and turn the tide?"

Next, the third player from Guangming Girls' High School took the lead and specifically targeted Kato Megumi's pawn.

Kato Megumi's eyes flashed and she began to respond.

Matsushita Riki saw how Kato Megumi moved and laughed, "What a clever move."

Tian Jianhe also nodded. "Yes, Kato knew that her opponent was targeting her pawn in this game, so she did the opposite and deliberately expanded the influence of the pawn. It seemed that the focus was on the pawn, but in fact, the real killer move was..."

"It's actually on his own Shi and Shuai."

Matsushita Riki revealed Kato Megumi's true purpose in one sentence.

As we all know, in chess, the general and the king cannot face each other directly, there must be a chess piece blocking the two. Kato Megumi cleverly used the movement of her own general and the knight to restrain the opponent's chess pieces and finally won the game.

"Oh~~~ Kasuga High School's Kato has won three games in a row. What a wonderful match."

clap clap.

The audience also applauded, but Kato Megumi could neither hear nor see it.

In the fourth game, Kato Megumi also won her opponent in a thrilling manner, which made the atmosphere on the scene even more exciting.

"Oh my god, we can see that Kato has defeated four players from Guangming Girls' High School on his own. It's amazing. Guangming Girls' High School is on the edge of the cliff."

Matsushita Tsuyoshi: "It's amazing! Kato's style seems to have been taught by an expert. The coordination between each piece is just right."

Tanakawa: "But it will be difficult for contestant Kato next, as she will face Naniwa Shirayukihime and Sora Ginko."

Kong Ginko walked to the opposite side of Kato Megumi with an expressionless face, as if the losing streak of the previous four teammates had no effect on her.

"Please give me more advice."

The two signaled to each other and it started to rain.

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