After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

Move 25, Black chess, clamp!

Facing the combat provocation shown by Cao Mingxun from the beginning, Zhan Lang took the lead in launching an attack in response.

Directly attack the white chess pieces in the lower right corner of Cao Mingxun from the left, questioning whether the opponent dares to fight with him here.

Looking at Zhan Lang who was attacking him directly, Cao Mingxun narrowed his eyes slightly.

Although Zhan Lang squeezed in from the left, the distance in the middle was still very wide, so it was not particularly tight for him.

It doesn't matter whether you accept the challenge or not, the initiative is in your hands.

If you just want to do some simple work and get out, it's not a big problem. Just use a tiger or jump outside, and it will be very smooth.

However, such a steady way of descending is, to some extent, a slow death when facing Zhan Lang, who is obviously half a body length or a whole body length stronger than himself.

Cao Mingxun had been worried about this problem since the beginning of the game. If he didn't fight hard given the huge gap in strength, he would really have no chance at all.

That's why I showed an attitude of actively seeking a fight from the very beginning, hoping to turn this game into a total melee. In this way, my hope would be the greatest!

As expected, Zhan Lang, the young man, would not ignore his provocation and attacked him first! He asked himself if he dared to fight him.

How could I not say no! This is what I want!

Only by fighting can you have a chance. The more complicated the situation, the easier it is for your opponent to make mistakes, and the more likely you are to win!

Move 26, White, damn!

Cao Mingxun didn't hesitate at all and went straight up to form a battle with Zhan Lang.

Looking at Cao Mingxun approaching, Zhan Lang couldn't help but slightly raise the corners of his mouth. This was the feeling he had been expecting.

Faced with my attack, the enemy not only refused to surrender, but even dared to launch a counterattack against me!

How long has it been since I last felt this way? I really miss it!

Although Cao Mingxun's strength is slightly inferior to that of several other top-notch players, his style and various methods of fighting have begun to develop like modern Go.

Simply put, Cao Mingxun pursues victory to the extreme and does not care about anything else. Everything is for victory. This is the case for Cao Mingxun whether on the court or off the court.

Beauty and ugliness don't matter, efficiency! Chaos! Disruption! As long as you can win, you can do anything on the chessboard, everything is just for the sake of winning.

Only when playing chess with Cao Mingxun did Zhan Lang feel a little bit of fun, because Cao Mingxun was really trying his best.

Although other top-notch players in Japan may be a little stronger, they are sometimes too rigid in their moves. Sometimes, even when facing a crisis, they still use their basic moves in a leisurely and continuous manner.

It seems like there is no rush at all. It seems that no one is in a hurry in this situation in Japan.

Even the romantic Takemiya Shohei is like this.

Zhan Lang was also very happy to face Cao Mingxun head-on. He just liked fighting with others. It was a pity that he hadn't had a good fight for a long time.

There is no way. Most of the players in China are scared by themselves. When other chess players face themselves in national competitions, they often even look like they are giving up.

How should I put it? Every time I drew the lot and it was me, my face fell as if I had been sentenced to death.

Playing chess with myself is like being in jail. I can't see any sign of struggle at all.

Even now Fang Yuan has begun to show this tendency. When facing himself, he does not have any fighting spirit when playing chess, even though he clearly fought very hard in the past.

Even worse chess players act as if they can get whatever they want when playing against themselves.

It was as if I just lay down on the ground and told myself that I can't resist you anyway, just come up and do whatever you want, just get it over with quickly.

This made Zhan Lang feel that he had lost a lot of fun in domestic competitions sometimes. Since last year, Zhan Lang even missed several domestic competitions.

After all, if your opponent doesn’t resist, sometimes you won’t be in the mood.

Moreover, Zhan Lang really doesn't lack that little money now. Just by exchanging it and taking it out for investment, Zhan Lang is now afraid of revealing his wealth.

And the other party is like a dead fish, how can I raise my interest? It can be said to be a complete disappointment!

Cao Mingxun was different. He had obviously not been beaten by me many times and was still a bud about to bloom, so he still resisted very strongly when facing me.

What to say?

This is very exciting!
The more you resist, the happier I am!

The more you resist, the more excited I get!
I like you like this!
Hurry up and make it more intense!

Twenty-ninth move, black chess piece, breaks in!
Looking at Zhan Lang's strange smile as he made his move, Cao Mingxun inexplicably felt a chill on his back.

What's going on? Why does this guy seem to be laughing so perverted? The way he looks at me is also so weird!

Why do I have this strange, terrified feeling...

"Zhan Lang is so active today?"

Looking at the battle waves that were directly entered into the chess record that was passed to him, Chen Long, the president of the Chinese Chess Academy, was a little surprised.

If it were me, I would probably just go straight to the draw, thus exchanging moves with the opponent, with the opponent taking the ground and me taking the advantage. The resulting situation would also not be bad for me.

Chen Long even felt that the situation would be better for him and he would not suffer any loss.

However, Zhan Lang had such a simple way to play, but he actually went in so aggressively. To some extent, it seemed a bit risky.

Theoretically, Zhan Lang should not take this risk. After all, under normal circumstances, the probability of taking down Cao Mingxun is still very high.

Generally speaking, you will only be so aggressive when you are challenging the opponent, because otherwise it will be difficult for you to gain an advantage over the opponent due to the difference in strength.

But judging from the strength, it was obvious that Cao Mingxun was the one who took action in this round, but it was Zhan Lang who was so active, which seemed a bit strange.

"It may be that the black flag's handicap is a bit heavy. The Yingshi Cup eight-point handicap is two more points than when we usually play chess.

I saw that some contestants had already discussed that it would be difficult for Black to play in this match. "

Hearing this, someone in the laboratory couldn't help but say something.

After all, the original Chinese rules only allowed for five and a half points, while the Yingshi Cup rules of 8 points meant adding two points at once.

In this case, the burden of paying the subsidy increased by half, which was a bit uncomfortable for many people.

After all, everyone already feels uncomfortable carrying this thing, and now with the added weight, it becomes even more uncomfortable.

Black chess itself has the burden of losing points. To convert the advantage of the first move into losing points, the burden has become even heavier. You can only become more aggressive, otherwise you simply cannot afford this burden.

After hearing this, Chen Long nodded as he felt it made sense. It was true that the leap to 7.5 points was a bit too big. After all, the Japanese side only started with 6.5 points on a small scale.

Under such rules, it is understandable that many people are temporarily unable to adapt.

But there is no way around it. It is a consensus that the burden of five and a half points is a little lighter now.

However, the Chinese rules use the counting method, and there is no way to add more pieces one by one.

Therefore, if the rules are to be changed, the Chinese rules must also be modified to a limit of seven and a half points after being amended and added. This is also the area where Chen Long was hesitant before considering whether to carry out the reform.

Because the leap seems a bit too big, not everyone may be able to adapt to it.

There is a similar Yingshi Cup being piloted right now, and if Zhan Lang can win the championship this time, it would seem meaningful for Mr. Ying Changqi to organize a small Yingshi Cup national competition in China.

After everyone has gotten used to participating in this competition, we can try to gradually modify the rules.

"By the way, where's Fang Yuan? Is he still sleeping?"

At this time, Chen Long discovered that Fang Yuan, who had come with him to participate in the competition, did not appear in the game room. After looking around, he asked the staff next to him.

The reason Fang Yuan was brought here specifically this time was because he was the second best person in the country after Zhan Lang, and he was asked to take on the task of being the personal commentator for this competition.

After all, Chen Long has been away from the battlefield for a long time, and is not very sensitive to some things, plus he may not even be familiar with some new moves. Fang Yuan has been on the front line and has close contacts with Zhan Lang, so he can more intuitively tell some details of this game.

Ying Changqi spent so much money to organize this competition, so the Chinese Chess Institute naturally has to provide VVVVIP-level services, and especially emphasizes the service when it comes to explaining the competition.

This way, people might be willing to come back and continue to hold competitions.

You might even be able to get gold coins from other places.

How can I put it? There is no one in the Chinese sports world who is not short of money, and this is especially true for Go!

As a result, I can’t find anyone to give a private commentary on the first game. Does Fang Yuan really treat this as a public-funded tour?! I brought you here to have fun, don’t you know that?

Did you start sleeping in your room during the competition?! Did you go somewhere happy again last night?

The staff member next to him heard this and quickly said, "No, I saw him when I was having breakfast this morning, but he seemed to have left the hotel directly after breakfast. I remember he seemed to say that Zhan Lang asked him to buy something."

"Zhan Lang asked him to go shopping? Why not let the logistics department do the shopping? Why let Fang Yuan go there?"

Hearing this, Chen Long asked in some surprise.

He didn't think that Fang Yuan had nothing to do so he would tell such a childish lie just to go out and play. After all, even if Zhan Lang had agreed to cooperate in advance, such a lie would be easily exposed.

After all, why didn’t Zhan Lang ask the logistics department to buy the stuff, but had to ask Fang Yuan to buy it?

So mysterious? What's the purpose?
"It doesn't matter. It should be something important, right? Maybe he wants someone to ask for a lottery to bless the game to go smoothly."

Ying Changqi didn't care. Although he was also concerned about the content of the game, he was more concerned about the result.

Now Ying Changqi wished he could skip it and go directly to the moment when the championship trophy was presented.

The waiting was indeed extremely uncomfortable, and Ying Changqi even regretted splitting the final into so many parts.

Although I know that my family has the greatest chance of winning, I still feel a little anxious when watching the game.

"Zhan Lang shouldn't believe this stuff." Chen Long couldn't help but mutter something strange when he heard this.

“It was unexpected that South Korea made it to the finals this time.

I haven’t heard much about this chess player, Cao Mingxun, before.”

Ying Changqi did not dwell on this topic, but just said something a little strange. After all, Ying Changqi only gave one quota to the Korean Chess Institute, which is basically the same level as the United States and Australia, which shows the position of Korea in the eyes of the organizers of this competition.

Just like other places, we came here to make up the numbers, but I didn’t expect that South Korea only has one spot, and yet it can still do so well.

Chen Long heard this and said, "It is said that he is a chess player who excels in mid-game strength, but looking at those games, he is indeed very powerful, but sometimes he often overexerts himself.

Sometimes he would make miscalculations in head-on confrontations, but he is still a pretty good chess player. The fact that he could make it to the final of a world championship is proof of his ability.

Zhan Lang once led a team to Korea for exchange, and he said there were two chess players in Korea with distinct styles, which were very interesting, and there was also a young chess player who almost defeated all the members of the national youth team that we went to exchange with.”

Speaking of Li Shiqing, Chen Long couldn't help but perk up a bit.

As the main person in charge of the chess academy, Chen Long must now focus on the general direction, and naturally he must pay more attention to the long-term strategy and development direction.

Naturally, I focused on analyzing the next generation in my own family as well as the next generation in Japan and South Korea, and set goals for the next few years.

As the saying goes, if you don't worry about the present, you will definitely worry about the future.

Although Chinese Go now has Zhan Lang, who is a white jade pillar that supports the sky and a purple gold beam that spans the sea, it is impossible for Zhan Lang to play until he is 60 years old.

Chen Long actually didn't take seriously the Korean chess players with peculiar styles that Zhan Lang mentioned. After all, even if they reached a top-notch level, it would be difficult for them to compete with Zhan Lang.

But Zhan Lang will eventually grow old. Although Zhan Lang is only 22 years old now, according to current point of view, he is still far from reaching his peak. Theoretically, it is not a problem for him to fight for another 20 years.

But the next generation is also a problem. Zhan Lang will grow old sooner or later, and the handover moment between the old and the new is the most critical.

The next generation in Chen Long's eyes is the national youth team headed by Zhan Lang's disciples. Basically, they are all under the age of fifteen, and it will probably take nearly ten years for them to step onto the stage of history.

At that time, Zhan Lang had just entered the second half of his professional career. If Lu Hao could stably hand over the throne during this half of time, and then use nearly ten years to slowly transfer all of Zhan Lang's championships to his hands, then China's transition from the old to the new would have been perfectly carried out.

However, we also need to pay attention to whether the younger generation in Japan and South Korea will seize power in this process.

Japan is naturally a common focus. After all, Japan is now the biggest enemy of Chinese Go, so we naturally have to pay special attention to their young people.

However, after Chen Long collected a large amount of information, he came to the conclusion that Japanese Go was probably really doomed!

The most popular player in Japanese Go now, Torajiro Kashima, who is known as the Crown Prince of Japanese Go, is in great form recently.

He is also serving as a pioneer in the ongoing 4th China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament and has now won two consecutive victories, which seems to be something that cannot be underestimated.

But the problem is that although Torajiro Kashima is known as the Crown Prince of Japanese Go and is now beginning to possess the level of a top-notch player, his actual age is about the same as Zhan Lang!

Theoretically speaking, Kashima Torajiro and Zhan Lang are of the same generation, but Zhan Lang has already boarded the plane, and he is still the crown prince.

So if nothing unexpected happens, Kashima Torajiro's career will inevitably overlap highly with Zhanlang.

In a sense, Kashima Torajiro will probably live in the shadow of Zhan Lang for the rest of his life...

Therefore, Chen Long did not consider Kashima Torajiro as his next generation opponent. After all, his life was probably over...

Chen Long focused on gathering intelligence on Japanese chess players who were about the same age as the Chinese national team's Zhu Ludie, but in the end, after searching for a long time, he really couldn't find a single player who could show off his skills...

Chen Long even felt that if a competition for young chess players under the age of 16 was held, China would be fully confident of winning the first and second place. If there was a third place, it would not be impossible for China to win the top three or even the top four...

There really is no new talent in Japanese Go! There are not many people who become professionals at this age, and there are even fewer who are talented, and there is no way they can compare with the elites of their own national youth team.

Chen Long's final conclusion is that if Japanese Go does not make major reforms immediately, it will definitely be left behind by Chinese Go within 20 years.

At this point, Chen Long was basically relieved. Although he was still concerned about whether Japan would produce another Go genius, at this stage, the future of Chinese Go was bright.

It was not until Zhan Lang led the team to visit South Korea that he brought back the news that the national youth team was completely wiped out by a Korean boy who was just over ten years old.

When Chen Long heard this, he was stunned, because he really had not collected any intelligence from the South Korean side.

After all, Korean Go really has no presence at all now. Just like the University of Tokyo has nothing to do, would it collect intelligence on Gambia as a future strategic opponent?

So when Chen Long learned that almost all members of the national youth team were defeated, he was extremely surprised, because if the opponent had won more games, they could have used the opponent's mysterious team, and many people did not understand the opponent's playing style, which led to their failure.

But now that everything has been lost and it still cannot prove the opponent's strength, it is completely deceiving oneself.

Many people were especially surprised that Lu Hao, the eldest disciple who was highly expected by everyone, could actually lose to the opponent.

Because Lu Hao's chess moves can be said to be very plain. If you play normally, it would be difficult to beat him unless you are stronger than him.

It was even more frightening when Chen Long got the chess records of the national youth team and the Korean boy named Li Shiqing.

Because Chen Long actually felt that some of the Korean kid's moves were so terrifying that he couldn't even see through them at first glance!
Chen Long had to regard this child as the future enemy of Chinese Go! He even used his connections to collect intelligence on young people related to Korean Go.

Over the past few years, the Chinese Chess Institute has officially collected all of Li Shiqing's chess records in public competitions in South Korea, so Zhan Lang was able to understand Li Shiqing's progress.

Chen Long was particularly shocked by the opponent's speed of improvement in the past few years. Especially this year, Li Shiqing actually won the championship title in South Korea and set the record for the youngest champion in South Korea.

Although the level of Korean Go is very low compared to China, not to mention Japan, the fact that a thirteen-year-old kid who has only been a professional for two or three years can achieve such an achievement is truly terrifying.

Although winning more championships at a younger age does not necessarily mean the highest achievement, just like the youngest national champion in China is the fourteen-year-old Ding Zhu, and the youngest world champion is the sixteen-year-old Boss Fan.

He was an absolute genius at the time, and even Lao Ke said he had to give them two points, but in the end, he only won one world championship. Although he had good performances in other areas, they seemed insignificant compared to his stunning performance in his youth.

But now, Li Shiqing, who won the Korean championship at the age of thirteen, is already amazing enough.

In comparison, the elites of the national youth team, who everyone thinks they are proud of and who are the future pillars of Chinese Go, are not improving at the speed that can keep up with the other team.

This also made Chen Long start to put pressure on the national youth team directly, and even the usual homework tasks were doubled.

If you don't work hard now, when your master leaves, what will you use to fight the Koreans?!

The biggest enemy of Chinese Go in ten years has surfaced!
However, Ying Changqi did not know the existence of such a person, and did not have much interest in the young Korean chess players. Instead, when someone mentioned that there were two chess players with peculiar styles, Ying Changqi nodded.

"It seems that we can appropriately increase South Korea's quota next time and give them two places to participate. Maybe they can bring some surprises."

Although Ying Changqi hopes that Chinese Go will become number one in the world, he also hopes that all countries around the world can prosper.

It is a good thing that Korean Go is showing some momentum of rise.

A single flower does not make spring, but when all flowers bloom the whole garden will be filled with spring.

Of course, the important thing is that among all flowers, peony is the main one.

Everyone in the research room was chatting happily, but Cao Mingxun in the game room was not in such a good mood.

In this game of chess, Zhan Lang once again demonstrated his extremely terrifying control ability.

After I made a wrong judgment in the transition in the 62nd move, which allowed Zhan Lang to get rid of the burden, Zhan Lang never gave me even the slightest chance!

Even if Cao Mingxun were to say it, he didn't think the above was a big mistake.

But if we have to say why this game failed, it can only be said that it appeared in this place.

Thinking of this, Cao Mingxun lay down on the chair somewhat decadently.

Zhan Lang had already started to persuade the enemy to surrender on the chessboard, and there were not many pieces worth collecting. Cao Mingxun didn't know where to make his move.

After Zhan Langti ate a few pieces, Cao Mingxun sat in his seat and seemed to be thinking for nearly half an hour. When the warranty time was about to run out, Cao Mingxun did not make a move, but chose to stop the clock and admit defeat.

After calming down, Cao Mingxun couldn't help but shook his head. Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit it.

With my current strength, it is not enough to defeat Zhan Lang. I must come up with some tricks tomorrow!

With this in mind, Cao Mingxun reviewed the situation with Zhan Lang somewhat absentmindedly.

In his opinion, there was no problem at all with his performance, or in other words, there were only problems in terms of his strength, so there was not much value in reviewing the game.

At this moment, Cao Mingxun's mind had already drifted to the next game.

The next game will be held in Mr. Ying Changqi’s hometown, Cicheng, so the group of people participating in the final will have to move to another place.

Therefore, the staff also need to bring the competition tables, because the Yingshi Cup uses special competition chess tables, and there are only a few of them in China, so they can only be moved around with the competition.

After Zhan Lang returned to the hotel, he happened to meet Fang Yuan who was carrying a bag.

Fang Yuan, seeing Zhan Lang, handed the small package to Zhan Lang stealthily: "The goods you want are all in it!"

"..."

Looking at Fang Yuan Zhanlang who had a strong sense of stealing, he was a little speechless.

This is not contraband. Why do you act like you are trading something shameful?

I asked you to buy it just because I was afraid that other people would buy it in advance and the Korean side would know about it.

"Okay, I'll take them with me, but Cao Mingxun is unusually honest today, so maybe these things won't be useful to me."

Fang Yuan didn't pay much attention to what he heard: "It doesn't matter, they are not worth much anyway, and they can be used normally.

But in this case, do we still need to arrange it at the competition venue?"

Zhan Lang thought about it for a moment after hearing this, and nodded: "Let's make some arrangements, just in case."

There is no way, because of the Seoul Olympics, even China knows about the emerging sports spirit of South Korea.

Anyway, it’s better to be prepared!
PS: Congratulations to Xuan Gong for winning the King of Kings championship and receiving a prize of one million. This year’s real-time prize money has reached three million!
If Section Chief Yingshi Cup is not won, it will be difficult for anyone to exceed this prize money in a short period of time this year.

However, if Xuan Gong maintains its current state, it is not impossible for it to win the domestic cup championship in the second half of the year. It still depends on its specific condition.

However, if you are eliminated from the Chunlan Cup, your prize money will be counted this year, but if you win, it will be counted next year.

But it is also something worth looking forward to, because since the Stone Buddha era, turning thirty seems to have become a curse.

Except for the fact that Yang Laoshi won the world championship at the age of 32 in the final against his captive Yang Laoshi, no one has won the world championship after the age of 30.

Can the curse of thirty be broken?

(End of this chapter)