Road to be the Best Chess Player in the World!-Chapter 469: Sheva VS Sindarov! On the Verge of History!

"Okay, hello, hello, hello, everyone! Welcome back to our channel!" Bagas grinned as he greeted the viewers. "This is also the last round to play before we are going to have a break tomorrow, so don’t turn your eyes away from the screen before you miss out on the action from Sheva!"

Hilda99: Let’s fucking go!

Gotenq8: Man, I see GothamChess reviewed Sheva’s game! This is so exciting!

Froggies: Hah! This is not the first time, and it is not going to be the last time! Better get used to it, rookie~!

It was a brand new day, and just like Bagas said, it was the last day before they were going to have a break. Honestly, this break was not in Sheva’s favor, since he was still in high momentum with four consecutive wins in the first four rounds. However, Bagas wasn’t worried, because the boy had already witnessed that Sheva’s hot form spanned from one tournament to another, let alone a mere one-day break.

"Today, we will be accompanied by two beautiful guests back home! The two WGMs, Anna Marisa and Laysa Latifah, please, welcome to this room!"

Right after that, the screen split into two, with Laysa and Anna on the other half, sitting next to each other while also waving at the camera. "Hello, everyone! Laysa here!" The former greeted the viewers with her usual cheerfulness.

ImK579: Damn! Those beauties...

Froggies: Don’t be weird, okay? Bagas has a history of blocking everyone who was being rude to the women’s guests in the past.

Youry87L: This is called appreciating God’s finest creation! What is so rude about it!

Notification. Youry87L has been banned from the chat. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Froggies: I told you so...

Bagas didn’t even bat his eyes when he blocked that weirdo, knowing that he had to be decisive when it came to this matter. However, he didn’t mention it further, turning his attention back to the girls. "Okay, before we go straight to the venue, Anna has special news to tell us today! Care to share it with the class?"

"Sure!" Anna nodded, looking at the camera solemnly. "You all might not notice it because Sheva has been winning one game after another for so long, thinking that he has already passed the record. However, I can tell you that it hasn’t happened yet, with him only being one game away from tying the current record."

"Oh, really?!" Bagas jumped excitedly. He had always been curious about this, especially since Sheva got a perfect record in the Olympiad. The boy kept forgetting to search and fulfil his curiosity, so it was good that Anna was willing to help him in this matter.

"Yes, I can tell you that Sheva, with his impressive 19-game winning streak, is one win away from tying Bobby Fisher’s record of 20 consecutive wins in 1970!" Anna’s smile spread from ear to ear; her gaze was filled with pride. "He is also two wins away from setting up a new record, probably the closest that a player has ever been in this regard!"

Hilda99: Damn! We are so close to history!

Froggies: Come on, Shev! Please, don’t disappoint us!

RonaldOSIu007: Hey, hey, aren’t you putting too much expectation on him?! Don’t blame him if the result is not what you are expecting, okay?!

Froggies: Well, it is Sheva whom we are talking about. Even without us putting pressure like this, he should be expecting himself to win, right...?

Of course, Sheva himself didn’t know anything about this. Anna deliberately concealed the news from him, afraid that this would affect his preparation. While she admitted that Sheva’s mental strength was out of the world, she still thought that he didn’t need to know the information until he truly broke the record, giving him a surprise if that happened and burying the stats deep if it didn’t.

Meanwhile, in the venue, Sheva’s mind was wandering far, staring at the boy in front of him with a complicated mood.

’If he is coming to Indonesia, he will be a lady killer...’ He sighed inwardly.

Yeah, Sheva couldn’t deny that Javokhir Sindarov was a handsome young man. With a sharp jawline, thick eyebrows, a suitable hairstyle, and the unique charm he brought as an Uzbek man, this would be enough to make girls back home swoon over him.

Sindarov himself didn’t stay idle. He was concentrating on the board, while, from time to time, the boy also stole a glance at Sheva, trying to observe his opponent’s mood. If Sheva thought that Sindarov was a troublesome opponent, the Uzbek GM had a different thing on his mind. No, for Sindarov, Sheva was not just a troublesome opponent. He was a juggernaut that was coming to kill anyone on his path, and unfortunately, Sindarov was one of them right here.

’Okay, I need to calm down.’ Sindarov shut his eyes tightly, trying to make his heart beat slower. ’This is just an ordinary game. I don’t need to do anything special here, just going for a normal operation. He is just an ordinary player, and as long as I can show my best, the result will not betray me...’

He kept repeating those words inside his head over and over again, like chanting a mantra. Yeah, at this point, it would be a lie to say that he wasn’t intimidated by Sheva’s aura. After all, in front of him was the boy who kept making one miracle after another, and also the hottest prospect in the chess world right now. Even though Sindarov’s rating was higher, this feeling was quite normal.

However, once the game started, everything changed. All the nervousness was gone, and Sindarov’s gaze turned into a sharp blade, piercing the board silently with his brilliant mind. Even Sheva himself was startled, leaning forward as he knew that the game would be difficult for him as well.

The surprise didn’t stop just like that, though. After the first few moves, Sheva paused once again, and as he realized what happened, the boy raised his head, staring at Sindarov in disbelief.

’Are you fucking serious?! You are going to pull this against me?!’