<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > Chapter 12 Twists and Turns</h1>
The old champion Yang Guanxuan suddenly slowed down after four rounds of might, and lost to Liu Yici in Hangzhou in the fifth round. Probably because of the few defeats against Liu Yici in the past, Yang Guanxuan did not care much about this old opponent this time, but when Liu Yici made a new formation at the beginning, he unconsciously suffered a loss. Although Yang Guanxuan carried forward his usual tenacious style, and this game of chess was fought from morning to night, Liu Yici's residual chess was also very sophisticated, and Yang's horse soldiers and elephants finally failed to resist the attack of Liu's cannon pawns and lost the battle. At this time, although Yang Guanxuan's points were still ahead of the crowd, he was sharp after all.
(Chess Edge Note: This is a famous game, Liu Yici defeated Yang Guanxuan with a "flying sky" layout, which had a profound impact on the development of the Shun cannon layout.) Since then, the variation of the rapid attack across the river has gradually withdrawn, and the steady change of horse eight into nine has gradually become popular. ）
In the sixth round, Yang Guanxuan seemed to be affected by the defeat in the previous round and was forced to make peace by Wang Yuping of Xi'an. At this time, Li Yiting and Shanghai Xu Tianli, who had been chasing closely behind, won the opponents respectively, and the general trend suddenly became three-legged.
After being caught up by Li and Xu, Yang Guanxuan's mentality seemed to be a little unstable, and he lost to the northeast young general Zhang Donglu in the seventh round. Although this Zhang Donglu is the first time to participate in the national competition, the newborn calf is not afraid of the tiger, coupled with the original strength is not bad, so it gives the veterans a great threat.
Also defeated by Yang Guanxuan in this round was Xu Tianli, who lost to Zhu Deyuan in Guangzhou. Li Yiting successfully defeated Zhengzhou Bi Tieshan and began to lead alone.
After seven rounds of clashes, the tournament was truncated for a day, and on November 28, it reopened, and Li Yiting's opponent was another northeastern general, Meng Liguo, and the result of the two killings was equal. Yang Guanxuan took Bi Tieshan lightly.
At this time, on the points table, Li Yiting accumulated twelve points, still ranking first; Yang Guanxuan, He Shun'an, and Zhang Donglu accumulated eleven points and lived in the second place. It is also a narrow road, and Li Yiting will meet Yang Guanxuan in the next round.
Li Yiting attached great importance to Yang Guanxuan's first battle, not only because Yang Zhaowei enjoyed the fame of Taishan Beidou, and the strength of the strength was needless to say, the key was that Li Yiting's record against Yang Guanxuan had always been poor, and he was always jealous of the battle. It is strange to say that Li Yiting's fame in Shanghai Beach in 1954 began with a two-game victory over Yang Guanxuan, but after that, Li Yiting had the upper hand over the overall results of all other masters, but for Yang Guanxuan, he always lost more and won less. Therefore, in private, in terms of the achievement of chess, the person Li Yiting admires the most is Yang Guanxuan. Li Yiting knew very well in his heart that in order to achieve the ideal ranking in the national competition, Yang Guanxuan must go all out at this level.
In view of his current points lead, coupled with the fact that the opponent is also the chess leader Yang Guanxuan, the strategy formulated by Li Yiting before the game is to put stability first, first make himself invincible, and on this basis, wait for the fighter, win if he can win, and not be afraid of chess if he has no chance. The situation of Yang Guanxuan is exactly the opposite, so his strategic thinking is mainly to strive for victory. Judging from the progress of the chess game, this is also fully reflected.
This game was preceded by Li Yiting, who drove out as a pioneer of the middle artillery, Ma Slowly, avoiding the familiar set of early departures from the game with Yang Guanxuan in the past, also in order to seek some new changes. Yang Guanxuan unexpectedly responded to his best screen horse, but then the means were particularly tough. When Li Yiting changed the order and left car first, Yang Guanxuan came with a right cannon to suppress the second road and sealEd Li Yiting's big car to death; and when Li Yiting got out of the right car again, he left the cannon to advance into the upper second road and seal the car again, and his strong desire to win was really jumping.
Li Yiting's double car was clamped down, although there was an unfavorable side, but this was not without compensation, that is, it also contained Yang Guanxuan's double vehicle and double cannon. Li Yiting relied on the horse cannon to serve in the front and ate the other side's pawn, and Yang Guanxuan was also very alert, taking advantage of the opportunity to catch the cannon, take root in the joint vehicle, and expand his space advantage. After that, Li Yiting's soldiers rushed forward, crossed the river to fight, and went straight to the enemy's Ninth Palace, but Yang Guanxuan's right horse also took advantage of the situation to pounce and occupy a good position in the elephant head, and both sides had gains, forming a situation of mutual scruples. After all, Li Yiting's river crossing soldiers were a problem for his confidants, and Yang Guanxuan insisted on getting rid of them quickly, and he finally achieved this goal, but the price paid was to liberate Li Yiting's right car.
The situation has been developing in balance in this way, although the chess game is not the ideal ending in Yang Guanxuan's heart, and he is always trying to provoke war, but Li Yiting has always been not impatient, sophisticated and deep, not illusionary, not tempted, and will not hesitate to exchange the opportunity. Under such circumstances, Yang Guanxuan had no choice but to face reality, so the two sides exchanged several times, forming a situation in which they were unable to fight again, and finally signed a peace treaty.
In the face of the most difficult opponent, Li Yiting was very successful in the use of strategy and tactics, and successfully realized his pre-match expectations, which inevitably made him relax in his thinking and lack of understanding of the cruelty of the battle behind, which led to him "overturning the ship in the gutter" after "crossing the big river".
Li Yiting, who remained undefeated, met Wenzhou Shen Zhiyi in the 11th round, and thought that Li Yiting would pass the pass smoothly, but he did not expect to become his "Battle of Maicheng". This Shen Zhiyi is not well-known in the chess world, and only participated in the national competition last year, but this time he suddenly became powerful, appeared as a "dark horse", and slashed several generals in the first few rounds. Although Shen Zhiyi has performed well, in Li Yiting's eyes, it still has not attracted enough attention. One of the characteristics of Li Yiting's chess playing is that when he encounters a stronger and stronger, when he encounters a well-known chess player, he unconsciously appears to have the idea of light enemies. An example is his defeat to Beijing's Hou Yushan in the first national tournament.
For Shen Zhiyi's game of chess, there is also a background that leads to Li Yiting's self-confidence, that is, he has the advantage of being the first. He put on the middle cannon, and the other side was a hand cannon. Li Yiting published his book "Patrol River Cannon vs. Screen Horse" this year, and everyone in the chess community knows that the most dangerous thing in his arsenal is this cannon patrol river cannon against the screen horse, and Shen Zhiyi greeted him with a shun cannon precisely to avoid Li Yiting's killer "river patrol cannon", and the strategic thinking is undoubtedly very clever. Seeing that the other party should run with a smooth run, Li Yiting did not think so, he grabbed the cross car in the second round, which is to strive for the main way of playing with me, because the shun cannon cross car is also one of the layouts he is most familiar with and confident, and the winning rate is very high.
Li Yiting's cross-cutting car was directly inserted into the corner of the opposing soldier, making a tactical means called "unilateral sealing". This is the most fierce move, and it also shows Li Yiting's strong desire to win this game. His idea at the time was that there were several people leading at the same time, and if this game of chess could be won, maybe he would throw others away, and the initiative could be held in his own hands. However, Shen Zhiyi was not afraid in the face of a powerful opponent with the reputation of "little prodigy", showed his "dark horse" nature, and launched a hard-hitting confrontation with Li Yiting.
Objectively speaking, after entering the middle game, Li Yiting has lost the advantage of being ahead of the front, and it is not beneficial to stay entangled for a long time, but after all, some people despise their opponents and are unwilling to collect troops early, so when they have the opportunity to jump on the side to simplify the situation, they have to abandon the bottom phase with their scalps, and make a big deal with the means of the border troops, and they also want to use their profound skills to find a chance to win in the melee. This unwise choice paid an increasing price under the methodical control of the other side, and as a result, Li Yiting had to abandon another phase. But everything was no longer helpful, Shen Zhiyi's later techniques were very sophisticated, using clever matchmaking tactics to get a son. After losing his son and losing his position, Li Yiting was unable to fight anymore and had to stop the clock and admit defeat. His unbeaten record was broken and he also lost his lead.
(To be continued)