Chapter 752 - Princess Wins Championship and World’s Attention
“Alright, contestants, prepare to draw lots.” The referee saw that the situation was not right and hurriedly came out to smooth things over.
The results of the draw showed that Lawrence was still the first to go down. Xia Wanyuan smiled at Lawrence. “This is more legitimate.”
Lawrence clenched his fists. This was the first time he had been underestimated.
“Begin.” After the host announced, Lawrence suppressed his anger and placed a piece in the middle of the chessboard.
Xia Wanyuan followed closely behind. Wherever Lawrence went, Xia Wanyuan’s chess followed, as if she did not have her own thoughts.
At first, Lawrence was still very careful, thinking that Xia Wanyuan was setting up the chessboard. However, gradually, even though he had deliberately wasted a chess piece to the most remote location, Xia Wanyuan followed closely behind.
Lawrence looked up at Xia Wanyuan and narrowed his deep eyes. “Miss Xia, are you kidding me?”
“No.” The corners of Xia Wanyuan’s lips curled up. “I’m just looking for a state.”
“Hmph.” Lawrence now felt that Xia Wanyuan was completely evil. He did not speak further to her and continued to bury his head in his thoughts about the chessboard.
Then, he realized that Xia Wanyuan was not following him anymore. Instead, she had changed her train of thought and was completely opposite of him. Whatever he did next, Xia Wanyuan would take the opposite
step.
The more he played, the more shocked he became. He had received so many chess skills and read so many books, and no one had told him that he could play as he pleased on the field.
Those who played as they pleased were either people who did not know anything about chess, or they had already reached perfection in their chess skills and did not care about the entire game at all.
As for Xia Wanyuan, she was clearly not someone who did not know chess.
In the audience, everyone gradually saw some clues.
“Hey, Brother, why do I feel that your sister is playing with the other party?” Although the young man was not an expert at chess, he had watched his brother’s competitions for a long time. He had never seen anyone play like Xia Wanyuan.
First, she followed closely and imitated him step by step. Then, she turned around and set up the layout with completely opposite steps.
The most important thing was that the entire chessboard had not collapsed yet. From the looks of the two of them, it was probably more difficult for Lawrence.
“That Lawrence is trash to begin with. He’s the only one who won the world championship and mocked our player to be sick. My sister probably doesn’t like it.” Xia Yu felt that there was nothing wrong with what Xia Wanyuan had done.
“666, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with him. Someone like him should be beaten up.” The young man was furious when he heard Xia Yu.
On the field, Lawrence naturally realized this problem. He felt as if he was a monkey that had been played by Xia Wanyuan in front of the audience. Old hatred and new grievances erupted together, and he directly changed his strategy of playing chess and adopted the fiercest and easiest way to hurt himself.
The coach below the stage sighed heavily the moment Lawrence changed his gait. Lawrence had been famous for too long and was already too arrogant. He could not even cross such a simple psychological battle and was completely angered by Xia Wanyuan.
The fiercer the method, the more holes it exposed.
Although Lawrence was very annoying, Xia Wanyuan had to admit that his standards were much higher than those in front.
As the saying goes, know yourself and your enemy, and you will win every battle.
Chess players would study their opponents’ chess styles thoroughly before going on stage. Xia Wanyuan did not have the time to study before the competition. She had just made such a huge detour to understand Lawrence’s chess method on the spot and find a place to break through.
Now, Lawrence had launched his fiercest attack on her. Instantly, all his weaknesses were exposed.
The corners of Xia Wanyuan’s lips curled up.
It was time to close the net.
Xia Wanyuan changed her roundabout tactics and her method became faster and fiercer. With the autumn breeze passing by, she completely disintegrated Lawrence’s seemingly powerful but internally inadequate attack.
Lawrence could not accept such a change in the situation at all. It was as if his heart was covered. He adopted a method of injuring the enemy a thousand times and damaging himself ten thousand times. Even the referee was frightened when he saw this.
Was Lawrence too agitated by Xia Wanyuan? Who played like this? The audience looked at each other. They did not expect Lawrence to be forced to this state.
“Xia Wanyuan wins!” In the end, the referee announced the results of the first round.
The camera switched to Lawrence. At that moment, he looked as if he had aged ten years. So much honor and confidence had been destroyed by the battle just now.
Even if he was the first to make a move, even if Xia Wanyuan had followed his train of thought from the beginning, he had always felt that Xia Wanyuan was the one controlling the entire battlefield. He did not have the slightest ability to resist.
For someone like Lawrence, who was used to being the center of attention, this sense of loss was like a huge hammer that smashed his confidence.
“The second round begins!” The referee subconsciously looked at the time. Oh my god, from the looks of it, we can really eat lunch.
Even though the development of this competition was unexpected and even the rules of the competition had changed, the organizers of the competition were about to laugh crazily.
The Go Competition was originally a relatively unpopular competition. There were not many sponsors and the viewership ratings were not high.
However, looking at the explosive viewership and sponsor requests, the organizers looked at Xia Wanyuan happily as if she was a money tree.
The second round was very simple.
If Lawrence had a chance to fight in the first round, in the second round, Xia Wanyuan had already grasped his playing style. In addition, Lawrence had been attacked and could not recover. In twenty rounds, he was defeated by Xia Wanyuan.
The referee looked at the time quietly.
At half-past eleven in the afternoon.
The competition that had been scheduled for three days ended miraculously. The audience erupted with enthusiastic applause and cheers.
The domestic Internet media suddenly began to promote the news of Xia Wanyuan participating in the World Go Master Competition. The overwhelming news surged into the social media of the netizens.
When everyone saw the news that was released at the beginning, they were still curious. This Go player seemed to have the same name as a celebrity in the entertainment industry.
Some people clicked on it out of curiosity and instantly suspected their eyes.
What unscrupulous media? They posted fake news every day. Just as they were about to scroll away,
They suddenly saw the editor of the newsThe National Arts Administration.
????? It was actually official news!!!
The netizens hurriedly swiped back and clicked on the live-stream link. It happened to be playing the video of Xia Wanyuan fighting Lawrence.
It was already the second round of the two of them playing. Lawrence was beaten into a listless state and played chess without any fighting spirit. Xia Wanyuan was relaxed and casual. While playing, she had time to drink a mouthful of lemon water.
Seeing Xia Wanyuan finish off her opponent in a few moves, the netizens thought.
Fortunately, we made it in time. Normally, experts would fight intensely. One could think for half an hour. For a battle situation like in the video, the competition had probably just begun. They were thinking of continuing to see what rank Xia Wanyuan could reach.
Huge cheers erupted in the venue, and then flowers and gold pieces fell from the stage.
The Chinese national song sounded in the venue, and the red flag representing China rose.
At the same time, the host stood on stage and announced to the world excitedly.
“Let us congratulate contestant # 31 from China, Xia Wanyuan, for winning the championship of this World Master Competition!!”
Netizens in the country who did not know the situation:??? What kind of competition is this? Why is it so sloppy?? It’s just that the name is nice, right? You can win the championship with just a few moves? Is this a joke?
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The netizens who were watching the live broadcast were not the only ones who were puzzled. As it took a while to repost the video, the previous competition had not been seen in China.
The marketing accounts began to question the professionalism of this competition with the live-stream of Xia Wanyuan and Lawrence playing chess.
Some even wondered if the contestant opposite Xia Wanyuan was hired by her. How could he be in this state when he participated in the world competition?