At two o'clock in the afternoon, the semi-finals officially began.
The semi-finals, also known as the knockout rounds, are to select the top 16 from more than a hundred players to enter the national team for training.
Of course, these top 16 will still have to compete in the final.
Because there were so many people, ten chessboards were set up in the competition hall, and every ten groups, or twenty people, started the game at the same time.
Each group will have two referees watching the competition. While ensuring fairness, they will also try their best to discover the most promising players among the eliminated contestants.
Ding Huang’s identity is a referee.
For example, Yao Jinyu, Su Wan'er and others are high-level chess players of the national team. They do not need to participate in the initial qualifying knockout rounds, so in the initial stage of the knockout rounds, Yao Jinyu and Su Wan'er also acted as referees.
However, Su
Meng Hao finished the first game in just fifteen minutes with an almost overwhelming force.Only fifteen minutes, which is extremely rare in a formal competition.So much so that after the referee announced the end of the first set and Meng Hao won with a huge advantage, the scene fell into a stalemate.Especially Liu Wei, he was almost going crazy.It was not until a long time later that he could no longer control himself and cried out."How is this possible? How is this possible? This is not your usual routine at all. How can you have such a fierce fighting style?""Your so-called usual routines are what I use when I fight against strong people. You are not good enough for me to use those routines!"Meng Hao remained calm and composed.Because there would be a few minutes of rest time after each game, Meng Hao stood up and walked away after saying this.There was no need for Ding Huang to be the referee at this time. See
After Liu Wei calmed down, Coach Zeng found Liu Wei again and tried to persuade him quietly."You should go and apologize to Meng! Otherwise, when Meng reaches the finals, or even wins the championship, it will be difficult for you to survive in the national team!""Why should I apologize to him? He was able to beat me because I underestimated him. If we play another round, he might not win! Besides, I'm still young and a direct disciple of Teacher Wang. I have a bright future! But what about Meng? He's already 26 years old and has no potential to tap. As long as I study hard with Teacher Wang for a few years, I will definitely be able to crush Meng!""The problem is that you still need a few more years to reach the top, unlike Meng who is currently at the top...""What do you mean he's in the limelight? He just made it to the semi-finals. Don't forget that Senior Sister Xu and Senior Brother Chang are standing in front of him! I don't believe he can b
Coach Zeng had no choice but to pull Liu Wei out.When the door of the conference room closed behind him, Coach Zeng felt as if all his strength was drained away. He held onto the wall with one hand and sighed repeatedly."Look at what has happened! I advised you to apologize to Meng before, but you refused to listen. Now... nothing can be undone!""Why should I apologize? I would never apologize to him even if I die!"Liu Wei's teeth were almost broken, but he still didn't realize his mistakes and still thought that others were wrong."I play chess based on my own ability. Mr. Wang ...he refused to be my teacher, and I was unwilling to be his disciple! As long as I win a place in the tournament, I don't want to see where his old face will go!""Do you think you can still participate in the tournament? He is the chairman of the chess federation. Who would dare to let you participate without his approval?"Coach Zeng was so upset that
Although Yao Jinyu is not a broad-minded person, the good thing about him is that he can stick to his camp and face the outside world with unity.After all, if Wang Qisheng's camp can achieve good results, his own future will be more secure.Before, he instigated Su Wan'er to deal with Meng Hao. Although it was out of jealousy, what was more important was that he had not yet recognized Meng Hao's strength at that time.Moreover, at that time he just wanted to make Meng Hao look bad in public, and he did not expect that Su Wan'er would actually be involved in the power struggle between Wang Qisheng and Gu Liangyou.However, he didn't expect that Meng Hao would make it into the semi-finals. He had to suppress his jealousy and sincerely hoped that Meng Hao and Liang Xinyu could go further.Even though he was defeated by Liang Xinyu, he was somewhat unwilling to accept it. However, when he was analyzing and discussing the strengths and weaknesses of
The four players who advanced to the quarter-finals had already drawn lots before taking the stage.Meng Hao vs. Chang Jie, Liang Xinyu vs. Xu Yingchun.Two games were carried out at the same time, and the two big screens on both sides showed two fights.Xu Yingchun and Chang Jie have been the champions and runners-up in domestic competitions for several consecutive years, so most people's attention is on Meng Hao and Liang Xinyu.When the audience heard that Liang Xinyu was only fifteen years old and had defeated former world champion Yao Jinyu, there was amazement and praise.But when they heard that Meng Hao was already twenty-six years old, everyone in the room shook their heads and sighed."He's too old, isn't he? How come this selection would select a chess player of this age?""For a chess player of this age, it's useless even if he makes it to the semi-finals, right? He has no more potential to tap. It's simply a waste of a se
Another half an hour later, Meng Hao won.A total of four games were played, Meng Hao won three and lost one, which meant that there was no need to fight the fifth game, as Meng Hao had already won.Ten minutes after Meng Hao won, another game next to him also came to an end.Xu Yingchun defeated Liang Xinyu 3-1.There was basically no suspense about Xu Yingchun's victory.However, Meng Hao's victory over Chang Jie caused an uproar in the audience."How is it possible? How can this old man beat Chang Jie?""Where on earth did this old man come from? Why is he as invincible as a cockroach?""As the saying goes, if you don't become a national player by the age of 20, you will have no hope for the rest of your life. This guy is already 26, so what if he can beat Chang Jie? This is definitely his limit. He is destined not to go far in the chess world. On the contrary, this will dampen Chang Jie's enthusiasm!""That's right! Lo
There is no doubt that Meng Hao has a talent for Go, but he has never been exposed to Go before, so he has not discovered it.But the reason why he still has such explosive power at the "advanced age" of 26 actually has little to do with his talent, but is mainly because he has practiced fortune-telling.After all, fortune-telling itself is an extreme development of brain power. Even if he does not use his ability to calculate, the activity of his brain is by no means comparable to that of ordinary people, including Xu Yingchun.It's just like upgrading your computer.If you want to perform extremely complex and precise calculations, it is not enough to just upgrade the software. The first thing to do is to upgrade the hardware.Once you have reliable hardware, not only can you perform complex calculations, but also very common playback, searching, playing games, etc. will be smoother.This was the case with Meng Hao.His Go talent ma
In fact, even without Leader Jin's words, Gu Liangyou had already stood up and hurriedly found Xu Yingchun, helping her analyze the current situation again and asking her to calm down and proceed steadily.But it doesn't work.Half an hour later, Xu Yingchun was defeated again.Leader Jin once said that unless Meng Hao defeated Xu Yingchun by a large margin, he would not be allowed to participate in the tournament even if he won the championship.As he wished.After using the divine divination, there was no suspense at all about Xu Yingchun's defeat.Of course, the lack of suspense only applies to Meng Hao.For most of the audience present, it was hard to accept."Xu Yingchun actually lost, and lost so miserably. Is this kid surnamed Meng really a rare genius?""What kind of genius? I think Xu Yingchun must be in a bad state today, so Meng took advantage of him!""It's true that a chess player's bad condition will ha
The warrior Yi was originally full of anger, but Mi Fei spoke before him, which made him calm down immediately.He Bo is different from other monsters and demons that do evil. He Bo is actually the god of the upper river. No matter how powerful his sky-shooting bow and sky-piercing arrows are, no one dares to go against the gods.Especially He Bo's last words, "It will turn the surrounding hundreds of miles into a swamp", made the warrior Yi's eyes turn red with hatred and fear. He could only stare at He Bo with his eyes wide open, his teeth creaking, but he didn't dare to attack immediately .Meng Hao had no good feelings towards Concubine Mi, he could not tolerate seeing He Bo forcing the Donghe tribe to offer up young boys and girls.Moreover, from what Concubine Mi said, we can judge that the reason why she was willing to marry He Bo was to save these ten boys and girls.But he didn't expect He Bo to be so shameless. Not only did he want to m
Warrior Yi skillfully cut open the fish's belly, removed the internal organs, and washed it in the river water. Just as he was about to cut it in half, Meng Hao took it over.But Meng Hao flicked his finger lightly, and a pile of flames appeared out of nowhere, wrapping the big fish in it and roasting it.The temperature in the fire was obviously very high. In just a moment, the big fish was roasted to be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with fragrant meat.Meng Hao casually handed the grilled fish to Warrior Yi, only to see that Warrior Yi was stunned ."I have practiced the Five Elements... Immortal Arts before,"Meng Hao hurriedly explained, but when the words came to his lips he was afraid that the warrior Yi would ask what the mysterious method was, so he temporarily changed the word "Xuan Fa" to "Xian Shu".Anyway, in this era, once the mysterious skills are displayed, they will definitely be regarded as "immortal skill
I don’t know when it started, but Meng Hao and the warrior Yi fell asleep soundly while snuggling up to the giant Yong, as if the person they were snuggling up to was still their living brother.When I woke up, the eastern sky was already emitting faint morning light."It's going to rain!"Meng Hao looked up at the sky. Although it was not yet bright, he could see that the sky was covered with dark clouds."It's good to see the rain. It hasn't rained for several months!"The warrior Yi also looked up to the sky, and spoke in a very soft voice, as if he was afraid of waking up the sleeping giant Yong."So...what should we do?"Meng Hao meant was actually what to do with the Giant Warrior.The giant is huge, and even with the tools, it is not easy to bury him.What's more, they have no tools.But even if they dug with their hands, they couldn't leave the hero's body exposed in the wilderness.The warrior Yi turne
"Hurry and chase in that direction!"Meng Hao pointed.The giant warrior immediately turned around and ran towards the direction Meng Hao pointed.There is also a mountain range in that direction, but it is not as tall and majestic as the mountains to the west.The giant bravely ran very fast along the mountainside, running faster and faster. When he encountered a cliff, he jumped over it without stopping.Meng Hao's warrior Yi felt a strong wind blowing on his face and could hardly breathe. Only then did he realize how fast the giant Yong was.After running at full speed for a while , the sun really set completely, but behind the big mountains in front, a bright light was radiating.Although the light was far less than the previous nine fake suns due to the extinguishing of the underground fire, it still illuminated half of the sky as bright as day.As the light moved rapidly, the huge shadow cast by the mountain was also const
Meng Hao 's magical skill of golden light protecting his body could even block artillery shells, let alone mere water vapor.But he couldn't use the Five Elements Mysterious Law now, and although he had practiced the Starry Sky Body Cleansing Technique to a very high level, it was only enough to block bullets and artillery shells, but being tortured in water vapor at hundreds of degrees would definitely not be a pleasant experience.What's more, he has practiced the Starry Sky Body Cleansing Technique , but Warrior Yi has never practiced it.So when the warrior Yi heard what he said, he immediately realized the seriousness of the matter. He quickly turned his head and pointed to a slightly lower hill to the south."Let's go over there!"As soon as he finished speaking , the warrior Yi took the lead and rushed to the southern hilltop.Meng Hao followed closely behind and quickly climbed to the top of the mountain.floating up and down
Meng Hao and the warrior Yi rode on the dragon's neck, feeling as if they were riding on clouds, sometimes high, sometimes low, sometimes sinking, sometimes floating.The white dragon did not always float on the water, but would dive into the water from time to time.Moreover, he deliberately made the two of them suffer more, often swimming in the water for a long time and refusing to surface.Meng Hao and Warrior Yi both have extremely high skills, they still find it difficult to withstand being in the water for a long time.Meng Hao didn't care. After all, he had practiced the Five Elements Mystical Law and had a deep understanding of the properties of water.And he suddenly remembered what the Immortal Old Man once said, that the mysterious method itself borrowed the power of heaven and earth. As long as he could display the Five Elements Mysterious Method again, it would be equivalent to understanding the origin of heaven and earth.So
Then the Yali let out a strange howl and instinctively stretched out its claws to grab the arrow that pierced its eye.Meng Hao immediately leaped up, whistling softly, and reached up with one hand to grab one of Yayu's fingers—The Yali is over three meters tall, and its wrist is as thick as an average person's thigh.Therefore, Meng Hao was unable to catch its wrist at all, and could only attack the Yali's fingers every time he attacked.The Yali did not bother to shake off Meng Hao , but continued to carry Meng Hao upwards to try to catch the sky-piercing arrow.But as its power rose up, Meng Hao used his other hand to slap the tail of the Sky-Piercing Arrow.The sky-piercing arrow had originally been pierced into the eye socket of the Yali by the warrior Yi , and then was hit hard by Meng Hao, so it immediately went straight into the Yali's brain.The Yali screamed loudly and waved its two claws around to scratch.Meng Hao a
The Yali was covered in hard armor that made it invulnerable to swords and spears, and its bones and muscles were as hard as steel.But Meng Hao was so powerful that he could bend even an iron rod as thick as a bowl .Yali howled in pain and had to raise his hand and smash it to the ground.Meng Hao chuckled, threw away its finger, and with a flash of his figure, he landed steadily in front of Yali.Because of this brief delay, He Bo and Emperor Yao caught up from behind.Soon after, the warrior Yi also caught up, drew his bow and pointed his arrow firmly at Yali.Meng Hao glanced over and saw that there was a scar on He Bo's handsome face.But he is a dragon after all, and the strength of his body is far beyond that of humans.So even though the wound looked extremely hideous, it was no longer bleeding.He Bo's eyes seemed to be spitting fire. It was obvious that he, as the river god, was scratched by a monster, which mad
Meng Hao and Warrior Yi walked out of Emperor Yao 's house, Warrior Yi smiled bitterly and whispered, "I'm so sorry, brother. I've wronged you again!"Meng Hao shook his head and said, "I am not willing to fight He Bo with all my strength to stop him from forcibly marrying Mi Fei. I hope you don't blame me for this!""How could I blame you!"Warrior Yi sighed softly, "I am Mi Fei's brother. If we really need to fight against He Bo, I should be the one to take the lead. With the Sky-shooting Bow and Sky-piercing Arrows in my hand, I may be able to fight against He Bo! But... like my brothers, I don't want to offend He Bo! After all, he is He Bo. Once we injure him, let alone whether the heavens will bring down disasters, it is hard to say whether he will be willing to go to Yugu with us ! "Meng Hao really wanted to tell him that the so-called heaven and gods basically did not exist.But in this day and age, saying such things is simply treason.