Chapter 469

This sound.

The position where this piece landed.

Seemed to land in Tanabe Yuto's heart.

He, who was used to using this method to suppress opponents, rarely faced this situation of being suppressed by speed-attacks in return.

This made his face start to look a bit ugly.

Tanabe Yuto thought for a moment and played again.

Clack—

"Check!"

Another check, Tanabe Yuto's face turned slightly pale.

He thought again.

Played again.

However, after continuing for six or seven moves like this.

Clack—

"Checkmate!"

After hearing this sound.

Tanabe Yuto looked at the completely checkmated game, his face pale, feeling like he couldn't breathe.

He actually lost to Natsume Chikage in his most proficient field...?

Even though Natsume Chikage had such a hard time dealing with Fukuda Tsukasa... why could he defeat himself who could easily defeat Fukuda Tsukasa?

After thinking for a long time.

Tanabe Yuto could only attribute it to his own carelessness, not expecting the opponent to use the same routine to hit him, and even more because of underestimating the enemy, he didn't care about Natsume Chikage's first move at the beginning, making it a foreshadowing.

It's no wonder that from the beginning, there was a vague uncomfortable feeling.

Thinking about it now, it was all because of that first move!

And the speed-attack style is like this.

Once you gain an advantage, the next step is rolling a snowball.

It's very hard for the other side to parry.

As long as you are checked once... as long as the other party is not stupid, the rhythm will only be on the other party's side.

Once you can't hold on, it's like a mountain collapsing, until you are completely checkmated.

In the end... I still underestimated the enemy.

Tanabe Yuto looked at the time displayed on the chess clock.

He spent a total of more than 2 minutes, while Natsume Chikage spent less than 1 minute.

After witnessing this situation, his face was complex, and he squeezed out a sentence.

"I... I lost."

Natsume Chikage nodded slightly:

"I accept the win."

And the referee Kishida Mineisuke, who witnessed the whole match, held Natsume Chikage's hand high after the two stood up, and began to declare to the camera.

"Player Natsume at Table 10—wins!"

When this scene appeared.

The arena also quickly set off an uproar, followed by warm applause.

Listening to this applause.

The male commentator Inoue Masazo clearly didn't expect that such a player who was not optimistic would turn around and use the opponent's routine, and even win.

But he still prioritized congratulating:

"Let us congratulate Player Natsume, congratulate him for becoming the first winner of the first match of our third round!"

"And the time he won the whole game... actually only took 3 minutes and 13 seconds!!"

Nanjo Maiko was surprised:

"3 minutes and 13 seconds?"

"I remember that in our New Talent Shogi Tournament this time, the fastest win seemed to be 8.12, right?"

"And that was a professional player against an amateur player, played with a crushing posture."

Inoue Masazo nodded heavily and said:

"Yes!"

"It can be said that in so many matches, Player Natsume's game is the fastest win!"

"He is the person who broke our New Talent Shogi Tournament's fastest win record for the first time."

"It can be said that in the subsequent matches, if both sides of other players don't intend to play fast chess, then Player Natsume will maintain this fastest win record!"

Nanjo Maiko agreed:

"Player Natsume's winning speed, placed in the history of shogi tournaments, is also almost at the forefront."

Hearing this.

Inoue Masazo couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed:

"Yeah."

"After all, most shogi tournaments with high prize money almost belong to slow chess, not those fast chess tournaments."

"So basically, there won't be two reckless guys in the arena at the same time... and both playing fast chess in a slow chess match."

After the two commentators explained this.

The audience below the stage was another uproar.

Everyone knows that you two play very fast.

But you are too fast!

3 minutes and 13 seconds to end the match?

In such a short time, instant noodles have only just soaked, right?

Some people even brought breakfast in to eat, and the breakfast hasn't been finished yet, and your match is over?

And Furukawa Masahiro below the stage heard this, and was not surprised at all by this outcome.

After all, Natsume Chikage is an all-around genius, and his strength is almost professional 6-dan.

In this situation, dealing with a 3-level player of the Reward Association is simply a father hitting his son, and he won't lose!

But what makes him even happier is.

This Tanabe Yuto gave Natsume Chikage a match that broke the record in this competition.

If Natsume Chikage successfully breaks through to 6-dan after his guidance and becomes the contemporary Dragon King.

This very topical match will inevitably be a topic for shogi players after tea and dinner in the distant future!

Furukawa Saio, who is still a little loli, is very simple. After seeing this outcome, she jumped up happily and clapped her hands repeatedly:

"Big brother is too amazing, he solved the opponent in 3 minutes and 13 seconds!"

"Saio knew big brother would definitely win!"

And Horikawa Kaori, who had never been optimistic about Natsume Chikage but was very worried about him, was also completely stunned after seeing this outcome.

"No way... Natsume-kun really won?"

"Player Tanabe is a 3-dan of the Reward Association!"

"I'm afraid even I, and that guy Fukuda Tsukasa, are existences that definitely can't win!"

"How did he win?"

Fukuda Tsukasa, who originally planned to come and see Natsume Chikage lose and then mock him, couldn't help but twitch his mouth at this time.

He, who was not far behind Horikawa Kaori, could naturally hear this guy's complaints.

He gritted his teeth and explained:

"I said Miss Kaori, didn't you hear what the commentator said, that guy just won by a slight margin because of the first move."

"If Tanabe Yuto had the first move, the situation would definitely be reversed!"

Furukawa Masahiro actually agreed with the first-move advantage point.

In the case of the first move, Natsume Chikage, who was already much stronger, could naturally roll the snowball to win.

But even if it was the second move, Natsume Chikage could also win.

After all, the two sides were not on the same level.