Chapter 66: Chess Cup Qualifiers (2)

Fang Wen?

Lee Minho and Kang Taehyun were stunned at the same time, looking at each other in a blank dismay.

Lee Minho didn't expect to hear this name here.

He couldn't help raising the corner of his mouth and asked the other party:

"Do you think Fang Wen is very good?"

The boy replied without doubt.

"He is the most powerful in our batch of fixed-stage competitions."

"Tch, I thought you were so powerful. It turns out that you are not even as good as Fang Wen."

Kang Taehyun pulled Lee Minho proudly and said to the young man.

"Do you know who is standing in front of you?"

The boy glanced at Lee Minho suspiciously.

"Who are you?"

"Fang Wen, who you say is very powerful, played chess with our young master Lee Minho. He couldn't even finish the game, and lost in the middle."

"You..?"

The boy looked at Lee Minho in surprise.

"You beat Fang Wen?"

"If the Fang Wen you are talking about is the one in the restaurant chess event then I think it is."

Lee Minho admitted generously.

"You can beat a professional chess player?"

The young man was really surprised.

"How is this possible? You don't even have calluses on your hands. How could you be so powerful?"

"Can't our young master have good skin and not grow calluses?" Kang Taehyun was still pushing.

Lee Minho skin was smooth and fair white. Ever since the system and him bind together his calluses from part time works before had long disappeared.

Paired with his handsome looks, he's like a prince that comes from a book.

"Your name is Lee Minho?" the boy asked.

"My name is Lee Minho, the Autumn Winds Sweeping Fallen Leaves in PawnPlay.com."

Lee Minho introduced himself.

The young man gritted his teeth and said.

"My name is Bai Yan, White is White in PawnPlay.com. Which arena are you in?"

The gymnasium is from the second floor to the twentieth floor, and every room on every floor is an examination room.

And Lee Minho was assigned to the fourth floor, 401 arena.

Since Bai Yan asked, Lee Minho didn't think too much, and replied.

"It's 401."

Bai Yan was stunned for a moment.

"What a coincidence, you are also at 401?"

"Also? You won't be competing with Young Master Lee, right?" Kang Taehyun was surprised.

Bai Yan turned on his mobile phone, and then showed the two of his competition notification letters.

Every participating player will receive a notification letter for the Colorado Chess Cup Competition before the game.

The notification letter contains the information of the contestants, the time and place of the competition and the field to which they are assigned.

He saw that Bai Yan's game notification letter did indeed say 401 arena.

After Kang Taehyun saw it, he smiled.

"Heh, you are actually on the same field as Young Master Lee. If the two of you become rivals, then you should be ready to cry and go home today."

Bai Yan snorted coldly.

"Hmph, wait and see. I just don't believe that he can be so powerful."

"Hey, you're quite arrogant."

Kang Taehyun crossed his arms and said.

"Then let's see who's really capable then."

Soon, they came to the gate of the sports building.

At the entrance of the sports building, there are four tables on each side.

On each table, there is a card reader.

Participants need to take their ID card and swipe it on the card reader to enter the sports building.

Although the line is long, the pace is fast.

When he walked into the sports building, he found that there were crowds of people inside, and the elevator door was full of people.

Now there are at least two or three thousand people on the first floor of the building.

Although the building has 10 elevators, it still cannot accommodate two or three thousand people.

Therefore, some people on the lower floors chose to take the stairs.

"My dear, there are too many people here. How long do we have to wait in line to take the elevator?"

Kang Taehyun looked at the crowd in front of him, having no courage to squeeze forward.

Lee Minho raised his eyebrows and glanced at people who kept squeezing into the elevator.

He then said.

"Let's take the stairs. Aren't you on the fifth floor? You are only one floor away from me. Let's take the stairs faster."

"Okay, Young Master Lee, I'll listen to you."

Kang Taehyun followed Lee Minho up the stairs.

Fortunately, the floors are not high.

If people are assigned to the ten or twenty floors, they have to climb the stairs. It will be tiring.

Bai Yan also followed behind the two of them.

At the elevator entrance, there are actually staff guidance, suggesting that contestants on lower floors, in order to save time, it is best to take the stairs.

But some people are just lazy and would rather wait for the elevator than take the stairs.

When Lee Minho reached the fourth floor, he seperat ways with Kang Taehyun and walked into the 401 arena.

He saw that the arena is about 300 square meters, which is a lot of space.

It was supposed to be a table tennis training room, but all the table tennis tables and equipment were piled up in the corner.

A hundred or so chess tables and two hundred or so chairs were placed in the middle.

On both sides of the table, there is an aisle wide for two people, which is convenient for people to pass.

Each table, there is a sign on one side, with the name of the contestant with their numbers.

The contestant will randomly generate a number in order to distinguish contestants with the same name and prevent mistakes.

In addition to the sign, there is a timer on one side of the tabletop board. It looks as formal as a regular game.

When Lee Minho entered, many people had already arrived.

Some people sat in their own seats, holding chess books and playing scores.

Some people sat together and played chess.

Some people gather together in twos and threes and watch others watch and play chess.

The location of Lee Minho is in a corner by the window.

Sitting there, you can just see the trees outside.

The seat opposite to Lee Minho was empty. He don't know if anyone has come or not.

Bai Yan, who came in with Lee Minho, sat in the front seat.

Lee Minho looked up and found that Bai Yan was facing him, and Bai Yan's opponent was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties.

Most of the people who came to participate in the competition were adults, and there were relatively few minors like Bai Yan.

Seeing Lee Minho looking at him, Bai Yan glared at Lee Minho directly.

Lee Minho just smiled helplessly, this little kid, just like what Kang Taehyun said, is really quite arrogant.

Suddenly, Lee Minho remembered that Yoon Jungsu and Jung Jinso were stuck in the middle of the road, and he didn't know if they arrived.

Only half an hour left before the competition starts.

Thinking of this, Lee Minho sent Yoon Jungsu an inquiry message.

After barely waiting for a few seconds, Yoon Jungsu returned.

<We've arrived and lined up outside, waiting to come in.>

After Lee Minho saw it, he was relieved.

Although these rich second generations didn't know each other for a long time.

Lee Minho found that these rich second generations were really not as stupid as they were shown on TV.

Lee Minho thought that when they always get along, he finds that they are no different from ordinary people.

They're not do mindless things that bully others.

After all, this is Kyoto, and there are many second and third rich generations.

But the richer and more powerful the family, the stricter the family education.

Those who have no brains are either not rich enough or have no power.

Therefore, Lee Minho and Kang Taehyun got along pretty well.

After waiting for about ten minutes, a gray haired grandfather who looked to be in his sixties walked in slowly through the door with a thermos.

He walked directly in the direction opposite to Lee Minho, glanced at the nameplate on the table, and sat down directly.

The old man was wearing a light gray suit and looked in good spirits.

After he sat down, he put the thermos cup in his hand on the table, and then said to Lee Minho with a smile.

"Young man, are you my opponent in the first round?"

Lee Minho looked at him up and down without any trace, and smiled.

"Yes."

"Right."

The old man said three things in a row.

"It's been a long time since I played chess with young people.

"Young man, let me tell you the truth, my chess skills are not weak."

"Don't look at the old man as I am an old man. People, just careless."

"I'm not, don't worry."

Lee Minho's chess teacher who taught him is an old man. Facing the old man, not only will Lee Minho will not only be careless, but he will deal with it with his all.

Who knows if the old man in front of him might be pretending.

Lee Minho came here for the championship. If he lost due to carelessness, Lee Minho would rather die.

"That's good."

The old man seemed very satisfied with Lee Minho's answer.

Immediately afterwards, he opened the water glass and took a sip of the tea in the water glass.

Under Lee Minho's indifferent eyes, he slowly took out a folded newspaper from his pocket, and read it in front of Lee Minho.

The person next to Lee Minho also came, holding a lunch box and eating a packed breakfast.

Lee Minho looked not far away again, they gathered together, in small groups, discussing the middle-aged mother of and her child.

And some middle-aged dads who were talking about work.

This room is basically a small social scene.

Lee Minho smiled helplessly, checked that the time was still early, took out his mobile phone and played chess on PawnPlay.com, find some low-level opponent to defeat.

Half an hour is enough to end the battle before the game starts.

The old man sitting opposite him saw Lee Minho's watch and paused for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, after Lee Minho picked up the phone, he shook his head and muttered.

"Young people nowadays..."

He regarded Lee Minho as a rich second generation who probably came for fun.

As soon as Lee Minho put away his mobile phone, the referee of the game entered the field.

Each arena is assigned 3 referees, and each floor is equipped with 4 medical staff to deal with the emergencies of the contestants.

Five minutes before the start of the game, everyone fell silent, and the radio in the room began to introduce the rules of the game.

The game adopts the rules of Colorado Chess, one hour game time per person.

After the rules are introduced, the game officially begins.

Everyone stood up at the same time, and then bowed to their opponents.

Next, is start guessing.

Lee Minho is white, and the old man is black.

Grandpa was very happy to see himself in the dark.

He also said to Lee Minho with an apologetic expression.

"Oh, my luck is too good, young man, if

you lose later, you can't blame the old man."

Lee Minho said with a smile.

"Grandpa, this game hasn't been played yet, so it's not certain whether you will win or lose."

The old man also smiled and said.

"Then lets get it over and see."