Benjamin accepted the gambit, and then simultaneously blocked Hao Jian with his bishop and knight, making it impossible for Hao Jian's rook and king to castle. Seeing this, the chess players defeated by Benjamin couldn't help but show a serious expression on their faces.
Because just moments before, they had fallen into Benjamin's trap, step by step being devoured by Benjamin until they completely lost the game.
However, Hao Jian just slightly smiled, immediately followed up behind his previous rook, thereby causing Benjamin to lose the initiative.
Benjamin frowned because he couldn't understand Hao Jian's moves. Under such circumstances, everyone would think of protecting their king or driving away his black pieces, but Hao Jian seemed oblivious to the threat his black pieces were posing to the king, boldly continuing to advance.
"Not even protecting the king, what is he trying to do?" At that moment, the other players were also puzzled.
If Hao Jian continued , he would lose in at most two more moves, not even lasting ten turns, five turns would be too much.
An elderly man sighed, "Alas, he's simply too young, too confident, yet not skilled enough."
And upon hearing this, Wang Zhigang was pleased because as long as Hao Jian lost, he would be the culprit bringing shame to Huaxia, and perhaps Du Yuelin wouldn't value him anymore.
But Benjamin was deeply furrowing his brow, thinking, hesitating; he knew that just one more move and Hao Jian would be checkmated, yet he felt that things weren't that simple. There must be something he hadn't noticed, but he couldn't figure out what the trap was.
On this seemingly quiet chessboard, danger was actually lurking everywhere!
Yet eventually, Benjamin couldn't resist the temptation of victory, raised his piece, and launched an attack on Hao Jian.
Benjamin planned to start disintegrating Hao Jian's defenses from the outside, directly threatening the white knight, and drawing his rook back to protect his pawns, with a direct killing intent towards the white rook.
As long as the white rook died, the king's defenses would be completely disintegrated. Just when everyone thought Hao Jian would start defending, he still attacked, stubborn and unyielding.
"He's losing, he's losing! It's over, he's lost." The same elderly man who had spoken earlier couldn't help but sigh.
"So that's all you're capable of." Benjamin's mouth curled into a sneer, thinking how capable Hao Jian had been believed to be, only to find out that Hao Jian was only verbally skillful. Just one more move, and Hao Jian would be completely checkmated.
"That's what I should be saying to you," Hao Jian said with disappointment, shaking his head, "Even now, you haven't seen the killing move. Some chess prodigy you are—it turns out that's all there is to it."
The crowd was shocked, and the looks of the other players were increasingly difficult to control as they flocked around Hao Jian.
They all wanted to know what kind of trap Hao Jian had set up to be so confident.
Benjamin was also stunned, quickly looking down to find the mistakes in his own game.
"It's the queen, his Black Queen is threatened by the white knight!" someone exclaimed.
Benjamin finally realized it but couldn't help but gasp. He thought he had threatened Hao Jian's white knight, but little did he know, Hao Jian's white knight had already targeted his queen.
"Brilliant!" It was the same elderly man before, who now realized that his own short-sightedness had blinded him to the masterly finesse of Hao Jian's covert strategy.
"A beautiful sacrifice! Now the Black side can only passively accept the sacrifice, but if Black accepts it, his queen will be in an extremely passive position."
"From this move, the White side's chess will progressively reach an exquisite level."
"A stroke of genius, his overall perspective is even more superior. With such skills, he is not just among the top five in the world, but perhaps the top ten!"
The players were all abuzz, looking at Hao Jian with increasing respect.
"Shh, no talking during the game." Hao Jian mockingly gestured for everyone to be silent, then smirked at Benjamin, "Your choice."
Your choice my ass! At that moment, Benjamin really wanted to curse at Hao Jian. His pieces were already under Hao Jian's control, he really had no choice but to sacrifice one of his bishops to keep his queen safe, but as an exchange, he also took one of Hao Jian's bishops, which seemed not too bad, but in reality, he had already fallen into Hao Jian's trap.
"Benjamin made a critical blunder with this move. From this point on, Black's position was entirely passive," a player muttered under his breath, his expression surprisingly excited because they finally saw a glimmer of hope for victory.
Previously, when Benjamin defeated them, he was quite detached, but now his face had taken on a grave expression.
At this moment, Benjamin indeed dared not underestimate Hao Jian any longer. Judging by the chess technique Hao Jian had displayed, he could genuinely be a world-class master-level player. It was not going to be easy to defeat him.
"I heard that when you play against someone, you beat them within ten moves every time. If I haven't miscounted, this is already the fifteenth move, right?" Hao Jian said with a smile.
"So what? I admit you are indeed better than the others, but it's not going to be easy to beat me!" Benjamin snorted angrily but still refused to concede.
"Fine, now I'll tell you, I will defeat you within the next ten moves. If I can't do it, then consider it my loss!" Hao Jian declared confidently.
Hearing Hao Jian's words, everyone was shocked. His opponent was Benjamin, a renowned chess prodigy both domestically and internationally. Hao Jian was confident he could defeat him in ten moves? How could that be possible?
Hao Jian's students, however, were all filled with fervor, because they believed that if Hao Jian said ten moves, then it would definitely be ten moves!
Jiang Yutong stood in the crowd, dazedly watching Hao Jian facing Benjamin. She, too, was surprised and curious. Curious about who exactly was Hao Jian. The first time she met him, he had saved her from the hands of the ten sisters; the second time, he had shown her a scene of evil, yet the third time, he was glorifying the country.
Every time she saw Hao Jian, she seemed to discover a different facet of him.
At this moment, hundreds of gazes were all fixed on Hao Jian, including those from the students at Harvard University. Hearing Hao Jian's haughty words, they were all angered, glaring at him.
"Since you're courting death, don't blame me!" Benjamin's face was now darker than a pot, and as a involved party, he was more furious than anyone else present.
Meanwhile, Giggs watched the chess game with a serious face. As Benjamin's teacher, his chess skill was naturally superior to Benjamin's. Even so, at this moment, he could not discern the hidden peril in the game.
"Black should not be tempted to capture the bishop but should move to neutralize the threat from the white knight," the chess players realized as they saw Hao Jian make another move, that the situation was completely under his control.
Hao Jian further weakened the scenario; Benjamin's rook, knight, and bishop were all positioned initially, their Black Queen driven away, while Hao Jian had already controlled a significant portion of the chess board.
At this point, representing the White side, Hao Jian drew a rook as the counter-attack, leaving Benjamin's Black side with the Queen and Black Bishop severely stagnated, while the White side, with its pair of knights and bishop along with the Queen, was poised for a total attack.
However, Benjamin had now threatened Hao Jian's two rooks, and then made an extremely poor decision, which was the irresistible temptation to capture the soldiers and threaten the two rooks.
After capturing Hao Jian's two rooks, Benjamin completely fell into Hao Jian's trap.
"The aim of the White side is to limit the Black King's mobility, intending to cut off the Black side's defensive lines, and threaten the Black side's defense. At this point, Black cannot move because Black has more pieces but their strategic positions are still deficient, the situation remains unclear.
A simulated example shows the Black King's life hangs by a thread, with Black having no better strategy than to check for a draw,"
"A fatal blow, and all hopes for the Black side are dashed,"
Benjamin clenched his teeth, knowing that he was incredibly passive now, completely led by the nose by Hao Jian. If this continued, the game would probably end with his defeat.
The chess players' expressions were also very excited, and if this continued, Hao Jian really could finish the checkmate within ten moves.
"This game can be regarded as an immortal match, I've never seen such a game in my life, filled with calculations everywhere," an elder exclaimed in admiration.
"There's no reason for it. Such a great master shouldn't be obscure, but how come I have never seen him before?" Everyone felt puzzled. Being able to layout this unforgettable immortal match, Hao Jian must be a grandmaster in the Chess World, such a person shouldn't be without fame.
The White side sacrificed another rook, blocking the Black Queen from defending the King.
Benjamin still hadn't noticed, the Black chess pieces weakened in the attack after capturing the two rooks, and now it was impossible to prevent the White side's checkmate, regardless of whether they moved, as the White had a three-move checkmate in store.
"It seems there's no need for ten moves, the fifth move has already concluded it," Hao Jian said with a light smile.
At this moment, Benjamin was also breaking out in a profuse sweat, because he realized his Black King no longer had any escape.
"The final move!" Hao Jian said indifferently to Benjamin, his victory already certain no matter how Benjamin moved.
Benjamin hesitated to move his pieces, looking at the chessboard now completely dominated by Hao Jian, suddenly unsure of his next move.
"Benjamin driven into a corner? How is that possible?" Benjamin's classmates, seeing him sweating profusely, were all stunned. Since when had Benjamin ever been so bullied in chess?
In their eyes, Benjamin was a god, an unbeatable deity, but now this deity was gradually falling into a tight spot due to the presence of this mysterious man.
At this moment, Benjamin was also panic-stricken and extremely restless, but his thoughts were not on the chessboard but on matters above it. Losing this game meant he would have to kneel and never touch his favorite game of international chess again, and his myth of invincibility would be completely ended.
"Take your time, I've got all the time in the world," Hao Jian said lightly and disdainfully, "But your heart is already in turmoil, you are scared. In this state, you cannot win against me!"