After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

"The first round of the Fujitsu Cup, the first world go tournament co-organized by the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Nippon Shogi-in and the Kansai Shogi-in and exclusively sponsored by Fujitsu Limited, will be held tomorrow at the Nippon Shogi-in in Tokyo.

This time, the Japan Go Association is holding the first World Go Championship, inviting Go players from all over the world to gather together to compete and decide the world champion. This competition will have an immeasurable impact on the world Go community, and it also reflects the responsibility of Japanese Go as the Go kingdom.

This competition adopts a sixteen-person system, and each side has three hours to reserve. The allocation of contestants reflects the principle of transcending East Asia, that is, global!

Two places were awarded to Schlempel from the Netherlands and Lin Junhao from the United States in the European and American regions.

Seven Japanese chess players participated in the competition..."

Looking at the reports in the newspaper on the plane, Fang Yuan couldn't help but complain: "Obviously, the idea of ​​the world competition was proposed by Mr. Ying, why do these reports make it seem like the competition was thought up by Japan?
If the Yingshi Cup hadn't appeared, Japan would not have been able to host any world championships in the next ten years!

It was clearly a competition that we rushed to organize, but we snatched the title of the first world series, and we promoted it as if it was glorious. What a shame. "

In fact, the Chinese side also cares a lot about the title of the first world series. After all, everyone always has the deepest impression of the first one.

It is difficult for people to have much impression of the second place, unless he has always been the second place.

Therefore, China is also making every effort to promote the Yingshi Cup. If the competition can be held before Japan, China will definitely not want to fall behind.

But after all, there are some other factors involved, so this competition will definitely not be as easy to advance as Japan, where everyone can work together, or even have no resistance at all.

When everything was finally decided in Japan and even the notices had been sent to various countries, the specific schedule of the Yingshi Cup had not yet been fully confirmed.

The title of the first Go World Championship was always taken away by Japan, and China was very regretful and even a little indignant.

In fact, this is also a reflection of the strength of both sides to some extent.

Although China had brilliant performances in two tournaments, in terms of overall Go, China is still inferior to Japan.

"Japan took seven spots, China took four, and South Korea was given three? That's outrageous."

Wu Yuanmin, a 9th dan player who also participated in the competition, couldn't help but shook his head when reading the report in the newspaper.

It is understandable that Japan has seven places. After all, one reason is that they are the host country, so it is normal to reserve a few more places for themselves. Another reason is that Japan does have many world-class players. How can it be called a world championship if they are not allowed to play?
Because it was jointly organized by Japan and Kansai, the Japan Chess Association, which is full of strong players, only had five spots left in this competition. The six top-notch players were unable to compete at the same time, which can be said to be quite regrettable.

It is precisely because of this that the Japan Shogi Association was quite hesitant about the remaining five places, and ultimately had to exclude Katsuya Takenouchi, who was the oldest and whose recent form was not particularly good, and allow the remaining five top-notch players to participate in the competition.

This lineup alone far exceeds the luxury of the China-Japan Go Challenge.

After all, the tournament is restricted by nationality, so Japan's two foreign top players cannot go on stage, but there is no such worry in the world championships.

The two players from the Kansai Go Institute were not as good as the top players, but their level was not too weak. China also selected four players through seeding and selection. Zhan Lang was directly designated as a seed by the Go Association to participate in the World Championship, and the other three players were selected through the elimination tournament within the Go Institute.

Among them, Fang Yuan, Wu Yuanmin and Lu Hao successfully passed the selection and got the opportunity to participate in this world competition.

No one was surprised that Fang Yuan and Wu Yuanmin passed the selection. After all, the strength of these two people has always been among the best in China.

However, as a young player, Ritian has not achieved any good results in the country and has always seemed rather lukewarm.

But this time, he unexpectedly passed the qualifiers and participated in the world competition, which surprised many people.

Although many people are upset that they cannot participate in the world championships, after all, they got their places through selection in the competition, and they are not netizens who know nothing and can only type on the keyboard, so naturally there will be no strange complaints.

However, in Wu Yuanmin's opinion, South Korea's three places should be given one to China and one to Japan. In this way, China can have more opportunities to participate, and Japan's top players can also all play, making this world championship more exciting.

Considering South Korea's Go level, it is already good enough to be able to play in the World Championships. It is a complete waste to allocate three places, and 80% of them will be eliminated in the first round.

It's a complete waste of places for other capable people.

"Korea still has some pretty good players."

Zhan Lang had visited South Korea for an exchange two years ago. The strength of one or two players there was actually acceptable, but the impression left on him by a certain Korean leader was really ridiculous.

He actually started singing while playing chess. This is totally unsportsmanlike. No one can stand this guy.

But judging from strength alone, the Korean chess player surnamed Cao is indeed not bad, it's just that his behavior is a bit outrageous.

“No matter how strong they are, they are still not good enough for this world-class competition. It is enough to give them a place.”

Wu Yuanmin doesn't think there's anything special about Koreans. The only enemy of Chinese Go in the world now is Japanese Go, and Korean Go is not even a supporting role.

Zhan Lang didn't say much after hearing this. He really didn't know when Korean Go started to rise, because when he traveled through time, Zhan Lao's storytelling had not yet received this news.

PS: Sent! Teacher Peng is praising Ke again. Really, I now really suspect that Teacher Peng is a Ke hater.

So my point of view is that in the first round of Yingshi Cup the day after tomorrow, I am optimistic that Ke Shen will return home as well as he did in Chunlan Cup.

Don’t think that my belief that Shenzi will be eliminated in the first round is unscientific or a jinx, because the champion of the Ying Cup will be eliminated in the first round in the next competition. This has been the case for the past ten competitions! This is the Ying’s curse.

The ancestral system cannot be changed! Ke Shen and his wife return home!
(End of this chapter)