The next day, Sheva stepped into the venue with a deep bag under his eyes. His shoulder slumped a few inches, and while he tried his best to hide it, exhaustion clearly reflected on his face, as if he had just spent a night without sleeping.
Well, that was definitely closer to reality than anyone had ever thought.
Last night, Sheva’s mind was drifted by his own research that he didn’t really notice he stayed awake until 2 in the morning. Even though in the end, he was still able to sleep for 7 hours—yeah, he woke up at 9. His mom would beat his ass if she knew that—this was enough to ss his biological clock, and now, he was like a night owl that was forced to co out in broad daylight.
However, even with him being dead tired, the boy’s spirit was at its peak right now. His research bore a good result, as he found several ways to deal with Vincent Keyr.
’He is indeed a conservative guy, always overcalculating everything. His ti managent is not that good, so if I approach the ga from this aspect, I would likely gain sothing unexpected.’
Of course, that didn’t an the advantage was obvious. Against any other ordinary GM, Vincent Keyr would just flip the table and beat them rcilessly. Only those who were at the 2700-rated club could probably take advantage of this weakness. However, Sheva was confident that he could beco one of them, and that was the source of his belief to win today.
There was also one more weakness that he took notice of. Vincent Keyr’s repertoire was not that deep, and the boy would rely on his understanding of the position rather than the theory itself. That was definitely another point that Sheva could take advantage of, what with all the strange systems in his arsenal.
Still, the mont he saw Vincent Keyr on the table, especially at the burning spirit in his eyes, Sheva’s gaze wavered for a mont, sohow getting a strange feeling that sothing would go wrong today.
’Yeah, he cos prepared.’ The boy muttered under his breath. ’Still, how far is his preparation, and is it going to be enough to contain ?’
Out of curiosity, Sheva also didn’t forget to check the boy’s stats. Honestly, it had been a long ti since he checked his opponent like this, but Vincent Keyr’s state right now really unnerved him.
[Na: Vincent Keyr]
Attacking 89 ( 0.89) ( 4.45)
Defense 93 ( 0.93) ( 4.65)
Calculation 96 ( 0.96) ( 4.8)
Strategy 91 ( 0.91) ( 4.55)
Intuition 89 ( 0.89) ( 4.45)
Ti managent 88 ( 0.88) ( 4.4)
Current state: 92%
Title Slot: [Endga Master] [The Conqueror of Europe: White level]
The stats were basically what he expected from the boy in front of him. It leaned more on the positional stats, since those were Vincent’s stronger point. Other than that, the boy’s titles were quite similar to Sheva’s, so he wasn’t really worried about the boy’s base stats.
However, what startled him was the German boy’s current state.
’Damn, 92 percent? Even after losing a ga yesterday,’ He whistled lowly, slightly impressed by the number. ’If I didn’t know better, I would’ve thought that he had a grudge against . I an, damn, he is so determined to kill , huh?’
Honestly, if Sheva didn’t have the ability to see his opponent’s current stats, he would be fooled by Vincent already. Hell, even at this point, he couldn’t even see any hint of hostility from the boy in front of him, just a steely determination that promised he wouldn’t take any nonsense in this ga.
This alone was enough to make Sheva worry, as his mind wandered about what surprise Vincent had prepared for him for this ga. However, once the handshake was made and the first move was on the board, the opening system that Vincent picked really surprised Sheva, and it was definitely not in a good way.
’The Caro-Kann? Really?’ He clicked his tongue in annoyance. If he could, Sheva would also put both hands on his hips to show his dissatisfaction here. ’I know I should’ve expected this, but his eyes before really startled , enough to make think that he will do sothing unusual. Tch! How annoying!’
Yeah, this opening was sothing that Sheva had already predicted Vincent would pull. Just like he said before, Vincent’s opening repertoire wasn’t that vast, and he always used the sa opening over and over again. Before coming, Sheva had already prepared for either this or Sicilia, in which he would try to pull the Alapin Variation that Vincent had never played before.
Maybe that was why Vincent didn’t go for that opening.
Still, the Caro-Kann Opening was definitely good for Vincent, since it was enough to ensure a stable position until the endga phase began, and that was when the boy would thrive later. This definitely put Sheva in a not-so-good mood, because he was just dancing on Vincent’s palm at this point.
Still, Caro-Kann was the oldest trick Sheva had in his arsenal. This was the card he got the first ti he had the system invading his head, and it was even way before the system got a massive overhaul and beca sophisticated like the version today.
Sheva might not like this opening, but that didn’t an he was easy to bully. The boy didn’t even blink, moving so quickly while also picking the variation that he was the most comfortable with.
Not the complicated fantasy variation, nor was it the advanced variation he always used. It was just a normal double-knight variation, where he took the two knights out of the territory imdiately.
Of course, just like the opening’s nature, so exchanges would happen in a pretty early stage, with one of Sheva’s knights and his light bishop off the board already in the 13th move of the ga.
Hell, with how each piece was placed, it even looked like they were so close in an endga phase right now. Sheva himself didn’t shy away from this. If anything, he welcod it with open arms.
’So, you want to get in the endga? Fine, let’s see if you had it within !’
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