stjorthotic Chapter 56 Massacre
Chapter 56 Massacre
Su Hao nodded expressionlessly, strode over, pulled out a chair, and sat down steadily opposite him.
"On the streets of Russia, it happens every day that elementary school students defeat professional players on the chessboard."
Alexei skillfully arranged the chess pieces on the board while incessantly lecturing like an elder instructing a younger person.
"Chess is all about talent."
No matter how much experience you have, it's all for nothing if you don't have the talent.
To put it bluntly, this is a pure battle of computing power!
He stopped what he was doing, looked up, and stared at Su Hao with a half-smile:
"Kid, given that you were able to solve the sixth problem... to be honest, I'm looking forward to seeing what you can do next."
"Don't get your hopes up too high." Su Hao didn't even lift his eyelids.
"All told, I've only ever used this junk with one person."
"Oh, really? Then it seems this game will be over soon?"
Kid, consider today a lesson learned and a tuition fee!
Let me tell you, sitting right in front of you is the Russian youth champion!
Even if it's the champion.
Su Hao finally raised his head, his eyes calm and without a trace of emotion.
"If you are too careless, it will also cause you a lot of headaches."
The air paused slightly.
Then, Alexei burst into unrestrained laughter, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.
Hahaha! That's pretty arrogant!
Fine, since you're so bold, you set the rules!
Blitzkrieg or rapid chess?
Those in the know understand that blitzkrieg is practically hell mode.
Each player has five minutes of time, and the entire game must end within ten minutes.
Under extreme time pressure, there is almost no room for careful consideration; one relies entirely on muscle memory and intuition, and a slight misstep can lead to a fatal mistake.
In contrast, rapid chess games offer more breathing room and room for calculation.
Without any hesitation, Su Hao softly uttered three words:
"Blitzkrieg"
"Great! I like this suicidal rhythm."
A ruthless glint flashed in Alexei's eyes.
The pieces are in their places, and the formation is complete.
Hans, who had just been acting as the dealer, suddenly produced a professional match clock from somewhere and slammed it down on the center of the table.
He glanced around at the crowd tightly surrounding the table, took a deep breath, and announced loudly:
"The match begins!"
Alexei didn't hesitate and went first with the white piece.
White Soldier e4, a classic and powerful King's Pawn opening.
"Click!" The timer was pressed hard!
Su Hao stared at the chessboard, his eyes momentarily glazed over, as if recalling a dusty, forgotten rule.
He then extended two fingers, pushed out a Black soldier, and moved to E5 in response.
"Click".
Alexei moved his pieces extremely quickly; almost the instant Su Hao pressed the timer, his hand had already moved to the next move.
As a seasoned youth champion, Alexei possesses an extremely deep foundation in opening strategies.
He tried to use his well-known and practiced tactics to completely crush the opponent's formation at the start.
In an attempt to adapt to this frenetic pace, Su Hao initially found himself in a rather passive position, struggling to make several moves.
It's like a lone boat swaying precariously in a storm.
The students around who knew chess were already shaking their heads in disbelief, thinking that Su Hao wouldn't last more than three minutes.
Alexei's heart was filled with sarcasm:
"That's it? You can't even keep up with my starting stance? Prepare to cry your way home to your mom!"
But no one noticed, or rather, no one could perceive, that Su Hao's eyes, fixed on the chessboard, showed no sign of panic.
He is analyzing.
He is cracking the opponent's "algorithm".
Three minutes later.
As the game progresses...
The situation on the chessboard suddenly changed without warning!
The thought process of a chess player was gone from Su Hao's eyes; instead, they gleamed with an extremely terrifying, machine-like, cold light.
It's no longer about rigid adherence to rules, nor is it about being inexperienced.
Su Hao's pace of placing pieces increased rapidly, and in the end, he was even faster than Alexei had been at the beginning!
Alexei had already responded before his hand even left the piece!
Click! Click! Click!
The timer's sound grew faster and faster, eventually becoming a dense, continuous drumbeat!
Based on pure intuition and terrifying computing power, the rapid battle on this small chessboard was forcibly pulled into Su Hao's most familiar home ground.
In this home arena, there is no experience, no established strategy.
Only extremely cold logic and a massive amount of computation, as vast as the starry sky!
For Su Hao, this was as natural as drinking water.
Alexei's forehead was covered in cold sweat.
He discovered that his once-proud experience was no longer effective.
The black pieces on the opposite side are like an invisible net, each move precisely hitting the most vulnerable point for him.
"Holy crap?! Doesn't he need to think?!"
Why was this move made here?!
Wait, where's my horse?!
When was my elephant eaten?!
An immense sense of oppression washed over us like a tsunami.
Alexei felt as if he were facing not a chess player, but a bottomless abyss!
It is devouring everything on his chessboard in an extremely brutal manner!
10 minute later.
"Bang!"
The timer stopped ticking.
Time seemed to stand still at that moment.
The hall was so quiet that only the heavy breathing of the crowd could be heard.
The once arrogant Hungarian master now had eyes that bulged out of the chessboard, his mouth wide open, and his body stiff as a statue!
And sitting opposite Su Hao was Alexei...
He looked dazed, his eyes unfocused, like a catfish that had just been hit on the head with a heavy hammer, staring blankly at the chessboard in front of him.
Before our eyes, a horrifying scene unfolded that made everyone who understood chess feel their worldview collapse!
On the chessboard, Alexei had no white pieces left!
Bare.
Naked.
It really meant literally—the entire army was wiped out!
His proud Russian chess background, his pride as a youth champion...
In those short ten minutes, he was crushed into dust by the boy opposite him, whose chess-playing posture was not even quite standard, with pure and cruel computing power!
This kind of massacre, which is impossible to happen in top-level matches, was vividly presented to everyone!
A full five seconds of deathly silence followed.
"Waaaaaaahh ...
The screams that instantly ripped the ceiling off the first-floor lobby completely ignited the explosion!
"My God! The kid won!!!"
"He crushed the Russian youth champions!! Damn it! He didn't leave them a single player!"
"My God! He ate all the white pieces! This is a massacre! This is a merciless massacre!"
The Hungarian master was so excited that his face turned red, and he slammed his fist on the table with a loud bang.
Alexei's fair face instantly turned a deep liver color, and the veins on his neck bulged out!
How is that possible?!
He, a renowned Russian youth champion, was utterly slaughtered by a kid who couldn't even execute his opening moves properly?!
The main reason is that Su Hao's move speed is just too damn fast!
It was so fast that he made fatal miscalculations repeatedly in his attempt to keep up!
Now that I think about it a little, all the moves I made were obviously stupid and idiotic!
Amidst the deafening cheers, Alexei abruptly stood up, braced himself on the table, and roared furiously:
"One more game! Let's start over!"
He was breathing heavily, his eyes fixed on Su Hao:
"That was because of the blitzkrieg!"
It was my own mistake that led to this blunder!
My tactics weren't fully utilized!
In a rapid chess game, with time to think, the outcome would be completely different!
Let's start over!
The noisy hall fell silent instantly because of his shout.
Everyone looked at Su Hao, who was sitting in the chair and whose breathing rate hadn't changed at all.
Su Hao merely tilted his head slightly, glancing at the pile of instant noodles belonging to the Xia Guo team not far away, before turning his gaze back and calmly looking directly at Alexei, whose face was flushed.
He used the same words Alexei had said an hour earlier, and asked in a flat tone:
"I'll accept any challenge from anyone..."
Wouldn't that just keep going on forever?
Here are your exact words!
To kill someone, you must first destroy their spirit!
The people in the hall were taken aback at first.
Immediately afterwards, a deafening roar of laughter erupted, enough to shatter glass!