The Queen is a very powerful chess piece with great mobility.
In chess competitions, there are often many ways to trap and kill the queen, but correspondingly, as long as the queen's safety can be guaranteed, the queen can be used to form alliances and enhance the combat capabilities of one's own chess pieces.
Whether or not the queen can be used well will often affect the direction of the game.
This battle is also a chess game in which the lives of his companions are at stake, and Yang Yu can use less than half of the pieces.
It would be fine if the situation was one-sided, but if you were facing an evenly matched opponent, you would have to make some bitter choices. If you accidentally exhausted a certain chess piece, a strong sense of guilt would come over you.
Unfortunately, chess is the game that Izo Krenges, the guardian of the Hall of Courage, is best at. In the country where he grew up, no one has been able to defeat him so far.
When the brave hero Laux was trapped to death in the city by the Demon King, it was Izo Klengus who single-handedly opened up a bright road and allowed the brave hero to escape from the desperate situation.
Facing the demon king's army, he showed no fear and did not retreat. He stayed behind alone to cover the rear. For the brave Laux, there should be no one in the world who deserves the word courage more than him.
For such an arrogant chess player standing here, it is not just as simple as defeating his opponent.
This chess game tests not only one's chess skills, but also one's awareness of giving up certain pieces for the sake of the overall situation.
If the hero had stayed at all costs and fought against the enemy together with him, the world would have turned into the shape of the devil long ago.
Looking at the guardian Izo, his pair of star-filled eyes were as gorgeous and dazzling as Senasha's. The ordinary adventurer's attire could not conceal the domineering aura emanating from him.
"Before we begin, I have a few questions about the rules."
[It's normal to have questions about the rules. What do you want to ask? ]
Looking at the chess pieces on the board and his companions standing in the middle, Yang Yu asked:
"Will the properties of a chess piece change due to the soul of a person being loaded into it? When two chess pieces fight, do they not need to consider the difference in strength between them?"
[The properties of the chess pieces will not change. Even if you put the weakest person among the queens, the queen can still perform her duties and freely go into battle to kill the enemy.]
"Will the chess pieces suddenly rebel? I am the black chess piece. If these black chess pieces see that the situation is not good, will they suddenly turn white and join your camp?"
Yi Zuo smiled and shook his head. [Your companions believe in you and are willing to sacrifice for you. They will never betray you at the last minute. Try to believe them.]
"Of course I trust them, but I'm afraid someone will cheat and secretly rebel."
[Don't worry too much. I have never cheated in chess, nor have I ever regretted a move. ]
"That is to say, apart from the additional rules, this is a simple game."
[You can understand it this way, let me see the courage you show on the chessboard.
Tell me, who is the queen you chose?]
The Queen is a powerful chess piece that only exists once, but she is often targeted in various ways during the game and can easily become a discarded piece if one is not careful.
Should you be prepared to abandon the queen and choose an unimportant person to be the queen; or should you do your best to keep the queen and give up other chess pieces to let the most important person take the position; or should you compromise and choose to keep someone who is a little surprising but whom you wouldn't feel bad to discard as the queen
No matter what choice Yang Yu makes, Yi Zuo will formulate strategies based on Yang Yu's choice and try his best to force Yang Yu into a dilemma.
If the person in the queen's position is very important, then the priority is to surround and kill the queen. If not, then the priority is to capture other pieces.
Quietly waiting for Yang Yu to make a choice, Yi Zuo suddenly found that the corners of Yang Yu's mouth slightly raised and he said his choice.
"Queen, White Hibiscus. Chariot, Iyas. Bishop, Hake. Horse, Lotkar. Soldier, Bluestone. Okay, let's get started."
[You really didn't hesitate. Aren't you going to think about it a little more? ]
"That's not necessary. Let's get started! I just want to take the treasure from you now."
[.]
Looking at the confident expression on Yang Yu's face, Yi Zuo didn't know what to say.
He really didn't know whether Yang Yu was a young and inexperienced person who was not afraid of tigers, or whether he possessed unfathomable chess skills.
But he hoped it would be the latter. It had been a long time since he met someone who could compete with him.
If Yang Yu really has super high chess skills, Yi Zuo will naturally not let him go. He must make sure to hand the key to someone who really has courage.
[Now that you have made your decision, let's start the game. Every chess piece is a part of your partner's life, I hope you can take it seriously.]
Yang Yu urged, "Hurry up and start."
Yi Zuo waved his hand, and the souls of each of Yang Yu's partners were divided into shares corresponding to the number of chess pieces and injected into the chess pieces.
The tall knight chess piece near Yang Yu suddenly shrank and changed into the appearance of his partner, while Yi Zuo's chess piece remained intact.
[As the guest, I will give you the white chess piece this time.]
Yi Zuo made a stroke up and down, and the color of the white chess pieces near him changed instantly, from pure white to deep darkness, while the chess pieces on Yang Yu's side suddenly became brighter, and above their heads, the marks of white chess pieces appeared.
As far as chess is concerned, the winning rate of white pieces is indeed slightly higher than that of black pieces. Some people even firmly believe that there must be some winning formula hidden in the small difference in winning rates.
Giving the white chess piece to Yang Yu also shows Yi Zuo's politeness.
Yang Yu naturally accepted Yi Zuo's kindness and immediately mobilized the soldiers to take the first step.
Yang Yu's move was a very conventional start, and correspondingly, Yi Zuo also took his first step.
Then Yang Yu made another move, which was a bit strange, but for Yi Zuo, who had played countless chess games, it was within the acceptable range. Yi Zuo continued his regular opening and began to slowly unfold it.
But Yi Zuo suddenly discovered that Yang Yu's third and fourth moves were also a little strange, just like someone who knew some rules but didn't understand the game, and was making random moves with the chess pieces.
"He speaks so arrogantly, but in fact, he doesn't understand the game of chess at all. It won't take long for him to be forced into a dilemma."
Thinking of this, Yi Zuo slowed down the pace of attack, but this was extremely fatal in front of Yang Yu.
Because the chess moves Yang Yu used were not those that could be thought of by human intelligence, but were found by the machine after tens of millions of calculations and deep learning.
(End of this chapter)