To Sheva’s surprise, though, there was not a single surprise expression to be seen on the four won. They all stared at each other solemnly, giving a single nod before dina muttering, "As expected, it always cos to this..."
"Yeah... A chess problem indeed should’ve been solved with chess..." Anna nodded, clutching her fist as if she was about to throw a punch.
"A double round-robin tournant, huh?" Irene mumbled. "Everyone will have a chance to play against each other with the white piece and black piece once, so this is definitely the fairest competition to determine who is the best among us."
"The best among us?" Claudia clenched her fist in determination. "This will be a chance for to show them my skill!"
Yeah, those four seed to have already thought of this possibility. Of course, Sheva, who was entangled with how he should treat this, was stunned to see that everything went smoothly, not even a single argunt was made. Still, he couldn’t help but ask, "Are you going to just accept this arrangent like that?"
For that, he received the infamous ’Are you stupid or what?’ gazes from all directions, and the boy couldn’t help but feel the heat rising on his face, feeling embarrassed by the reaction he got.
"What? It is a fair question!"
"Oh, you sure are still new in this industry, huh?" Master Susanto patted his shoulder in pity. "Let tell you, Shev. There is one absolute rule in the chess community, and that is that all chess problems should be solved with chess, exactly like the old school Yu-Gi-Oh or Beyblade. Rember that, okay?"
Sheva could feel the corner of his mouth twitching, too speechless with the answer he got. The boy also didn’t expect that Master Susanto’s knowledge of the old ani would be this good. Well, maybe because those nas he ntioned were the childhood series that he watched, and that was why the man knew them well.
Still, it was good that the conflict could be solved peacefully like this, even though Sheva felt stupid for not thinking about this solution. He also gave a stinky glare at Irfan, who tried to look innocent, knowing that the man should’ve tried to fool him earlier.
’I have an idea my ass... It is clear that this is the custom, right?’ He grumbled inwardly, cursing the old man inside his head.
As the announcent was made, though, all the ladies started to prepare themselves for this mini tournant imdiately. The guys also made so preparations, getting three sets of chess on the table while also making a fixed pairing for today.
The double round-robin was a format of a tournant where all the participants would have two chances to play against each other, one with the white piece and another with the black piece. This would ensure that the tournant was fair, as no one would be able to complain about the unfairness of their pairing.
With four participants, there would be six rounds to be played, so to ensure everything could run smoothly in one day, it was determined that the format would be a rapid one. It was the fairest of them all, not too long like a classical, but still allowed the players to think instead of using pure intuition like the blitz ga.
After a while, Irfan was finally done with making the pairing for this tournant,
Ga 1 / Ga 4
Anna Marisa – Claudia Marisa
Aulia dina Warda – Irene Kharisma Sukandar
Ga 2 / Ga 5
Irene Kharisma Sukandar – Anna Marisa
Claudia Marisa – Aulia dina Warda
Ga 3 / Ga 6
Aulia dina Warda – Anna Marisa
Irene Kharisma Sukandar – Claudia Marisa
P.S. Gas 4, 5, and 6 would be the reverse of Gas 1, 2, and 3.
All the female players there nodded solemnly, with so starting to tie their hair to show how serious they were. Well, since dina wore a hijab, she couldn’t do that, so the woman just went straight to the battlefield and waited for her first opponent.
In this kind of format, it didn’t matter who their opponent was, since she would play against everyone else at the end of the day. Still, if she had a choice, dina wouldn’t want to start the tournant against Irene. No, it would be ideal to play against Claudia and gain an early montum for the rest of the tournant. No offense to the girl, but she was the weakest in this group, so she would be an easy prey to get here.
Still, she couldn’t complain about this, knowing full well why the Marisa Sisters were paired at the beginning of the tournant. This would ensure that there was no conspiracy made by those two to make one of them advance easily by giving up two gas in a row. This was done even in the highest-level tournant, where the two legendary won players from Ukraine, Anna Muzychuk and Maria Muzychuk, would always receive this treatnt.
’Oh, whatever.’ She shook her head quickly, trying to throw away all the distracting thoughts from her brain. ’Even if it is Sister Irene, I wouldn’t show any rcy in this tournant! I have to win, or I don’t know when I would get the sa chance again!’
Coincidentally enough, the others also thought sothing similar here.
’A chance to play together in the sa tournant with Sheva again? I have to get this ticket!’
’Ia has already gotten a chance to play with Sheva in Reykjavik, so this ti, it should be !’
’Biel, huh? I heard that the tournant is good, and the city is amazing. I wonder, what kind of experience would I have there? Oh, well, if I really want to know about that, there is only one way, win!’
As all the players were ready on their respective tables, Irfan, who acted as the ergency arbiter, checked the situation around first. He could see that Master Susanto, Sheva, and Arfan gathered on the corner while also whispering sothing, probably betting on who would co out as the absolute winner here.
Bagas was also there, putting on the cara in front of each table to make sure that everything was recorded. Irfan didn’t know when he ca as the fat boy didn’t join the discussion before, but he had already beco accustod to the boy’s work as the PR team, so the man just let him do what he needed to do here.
After finding out that everything was ready, he finally pressed the enter button on his laptop, and right after that, a bell rang from that device, followed by the shout from the man, "Okay, everyone! Let this internal tournant begin!"
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