Chapter 463

"Not only that."

"The playing style that player Tian Bian is good at is completely different from the style of player Tian Feng, who values defense."

"What he is best at is the ultimate speed attack style—usually using the rapid battle Yagura or early Ishida as the skeleton, quickly advancing pawns, and opening a breakthrough!"

"Simply put, it is to tear through the opponent's initial defensive line with lightning speed, quickly invade the opponent's formation, and take the opponent's king directly!"

Nan Tiao Wu Zi's expression also became solemn, adding an analysis of pros and cons:

"This style has both pros and cons, and extremely tests the player's overall view and rhythm control ability."

"The advantage is: it can forcibly disintegrate the opponent's defensive formation and disrupt their rhythm through a large number of fierce piece exchanges before the opponent has built a solid defensive formation."

"The disadvantage is: once the initial fierce attack is stabilized by the opponent, and a solid formation like Mino or Boat is successfully built, then the subsequent power of this style will appear weak, and it is easy to fall into the dilemma of 'advancing is weak, retreating is losing momentum'."

"And what player Natsume showed in the previous round was more like the persistent battle tactics of the static rook, relying on resilience to achieve a reversal in the later stage and defeat player Tian Feng."

In the spectator stands, the unfortunately cued Tian Feng had a small cross vein on his forehead, secretly angry.

Really give up... I have already been eliminated, please don't keep mentioning me as a negative example, okay?

This is simply public whipping!

Jing Shang Ya San agreed with his female partner's analysis:

"Well said."

"The best strategy to deal with this speed attack style is often to give up being aggressive from the opening, and while containing the opponent's offensive, quickly build a defensive formation."

"But according to player Natsume's performance in the second round, he seems to be better at the persistent battle of the static rook system... and it is precisely this style that is most easily disrupted by the speed attack like a storm at the opening stage."

"Therefore, if player Natsume fails to accurately identify the opponent's tactical intent at the beginning, I am afraid it will be difficult to handle, thus falling into a passive position."

Nan Tiao Wu Zi stared closely at the real-time progress of the shogi game on the broadcast screen, her voice carrying surprise and worry:

"Look! Player Tian Bian really set up the middle rook stance at the opening, and the pawn advance is very aggressive! Just as Mr. Jing Shang expected, the situation seems very bad for player Natsume!"

"And player Natsume... he seems to have completely failed to realize the danger, and actually didn't choose the solid Yagura, but instead lifted the rook, is this going to counterattack?!"

Jing Shang Ya San shook his head repeatedly, letting out a soft sigh:

"Now it depends on when player Natsume can realize it... if he finds out too late, the situation of this game is really hard to recover."

On the other side of the spectator stands, Gu Chuan Changhong, the Dragon King of the old era, knew clearly that the analysis of the two commentators was not wrong in terms of "common sense".

In ordinary games, the situation is roughly like this.

But he is different—he had seen Natsume Chikage practice with his own eyes when he was guiding Little Cai Xu to play shogi, and had heard his analysis of the overall situation.

Therefore, Gu Chuan Changhong knew deeply that the shogi skills mastered by Natsume Chikage were far more than one "static rook" style.

He is an all-around shogi player.

Whether it is the speed attack of the swinging rook, the defensive hole bear, the steady Yagura, or the flexible corner exchange, he is proficient in all of them, and has even practiced all of them to an extremely high level of proficiency, and can even switch smoothly between different styles.

Such a gifted shogi player, let alone facing a teenager with a little talent like Tian Bian Youren, even if he played against a professional 6-dan shogi player of the same rank as Natsume, he would probably feel extremely tricky.

However, Gu Chuan Changhong didn't blame the two commentators for their analysis not being in place.

After all, Natsume Chikage only had a pitiful two records in public competitions, and the live broadcast screen switched frequently, never showing his overall game completely.

Lacking enough shogi scores and information, no one could accurately analyze his true shogi style and depth.

Gu Chuan Changhong could naturally make Natsume Chikage's true strength public.

But it's not the time yet.

After all, Natsume-kun is not his disciple at the moment.

Breaking it now has no substantial fame benefit for himself.

Only when Natsume Chikage officially becomes his student, or even shines in the face of higher-level professional shogi players in the future, is that the best time to publicly display his talent and justify his shogi inheritance.

A little earlier.

Inside the competition venue, the tenth shogi table.

Tian Bian Youren, who held the second move, started with 5-6 pawn, not hiding his intention of rapid battle at all.

He was using the speed attack rhythm he was best at, picked up a shogi piece, dropped it decisively, and immediately pressed the shogi clock, his movements clean and neat.

But less than a second after he dropped the piece—

Natsume Chikage opposite him didn't think at all, and actually walked out 5-4 pawn, choosing to respond directly from the front, and immediately stopped the shogi clock.

Tian Bian Youren's mouth curved upward imperceptibly, and he thought to himself: Sure enough, Natsume Chikage hadn't studied his shogi scores.

He couldn't help but feel a trace of celebration; fortunately, he hadn't played against Natsume Chikage when he went to Private Moonlight Academy for exchange last time.

Otherwise, his tactical style would have been exposed.

If Natsume Chikage had adopted a turtle-shell defensive strategy like Tian Feng at the opening, he would have felt tricky instead and needed to spend more thought to crack the iron wall.

But now, facing an opponent who seemed to want to fight against him, things were much simpler!

In pure offensive confrontation, among players of the same age and level, he hadn't feared anyone yet!

Also because of this.

Next, a strange scene was staged on the big screen.

I saw Natsume Chikage and Tian Bian Youren launching a fierce pawn battle on the center of the shogi board.

Both sides advanced pawns, exchanged corner lines, and mobilized rooks at a speed that was too fast to see.

The crisp sound of pieces hitting the shogi board continued one after another, and the "slap-slap" sound of the shogi clock buttons being pressed was urgent.

Natsume Chikage actually gave up steady formation, launched a fierce battle with Tian Bian Youren, and the shogi game quickly evolved into a complex chaotic battle situation!

This kind of crazy confrontation that was almost "risking life for life" made Tian Bian Youren, who was originally full of confidence, frown slightly.

Is this guy an idiot?

The intent of his few moves was already so obvious, clearly an extreme offensive routine.

He actually didn't defend at all, and still wanted to find an opportunity in the chaotic battle?

Really want to exchange pieces like this all the way and fight to the end?

What a reckless man!

Hum—a bit interesting!

If you want to fight, then fight to the end!

Under this kind of lightning-fast mutual attack, the time consumed by both shogi clocks was surprisingly little.

Since the start of the match, the time used by both people hadn't exceeded one minute.

This kind of tragic fighting where two peerless swordsmen gave up all defense and only attacked without defending, with its rare intensity, deeply attracted the two commentators and firmly grasped the eyeballs of all the audience under the stage.

Even the director, who originally planned to switch the main screen to the games of other professional shogi players, couldn't help but stop the switch button.

The most core and prominent position of the main screen was still firmly fixed on the tenth table—the duel between Natsume Chikage and Tian Bian Youren.

Also because of this.

This novel and unconventional fierce battle instantly touched the heartstrings of the vast majority of the audience in the hall.

The shogi fans present all understood that this was a serious elimination tournament, not a private entertainment or fast shogi performance.

In this kind of match, it was extremely rare, or even could be said to be an almost impossible scene, for both sides to fall into such extreme, almost unthinking life-risking confrontation from the opening!

But today, it really happened.

And it happened at a critical stage like the third round of the "New Sharp Shogi Tournament".

How could such a dramatic scene not ignite everyone's attention?

Nan Tiao Wu Zi's voice couldn't help but rise, carrying obvious excitement:

"Crazy! Both of them are crazy!"

"They basically don't spend any time on long thinking! The speed of dropping pieces is too fast! This is completely the rhythm of early-pointing fast shogi!"

Male commentator Jing Shang Ya San also exclaimed:

"My God!"

"Player Natsume completely changed his strategy this time!"

"He didn't follow the steady advancement style he used against player Tian Feng at all, but completely changed his tactics—he actually adopted the ultimate speed attack exactly the same as player Tian Bian, and even launched a fierce battle in the center ignoring the threat of the opponent's pawns!"

"It's too outrageous! I've been commenting on the 'New Sharp Shogi Tournament' for so many days, and I've never seen two players who both use 'reckless' all-out tactics like this in the third round to conduct large-piece exchanges!"

Nan Tiao Wu Zi nodded heavily in agreement, her tone excited:

"Exactly!"

"Because this tournament is a single-elimination system, there is no loser's bracket to speak of."

"This means that as long as you lose one game, you will go home immediately. So most players will be very cautious and only drop pieces after repeated deliberation."

"And like player Natsume and player Tian Bian, the situation of high-speed confrontation from the first move usually only appears frequently in fast shogi matches with special time limits!"

Jing Shang Ya San laughed and shook his head, his words carrying appreciation and excitement: ===== CHAPTER 464 =====