“…Okay, we can see.

"Today's game of chess, Xu Lifan 9th Dan has admitted defeat!"

At 4:18 pm on April th, in Dajing City, China, inside the online live broadcast room of the Yigu platform.

Seeing Xu Lifan's long-awaited and relieved decision to resign in the live broadcast, Meng Miaomiao, the temporary host today, announced the result of Rui Zhao's promotion to all the viewers watching the live broadcast on the Yiguo platform:

"I have to say, Osage admitted defeat a little too quickly...

"He gave up after only 120 moves..."

“It’s not that fast anymore.”

At this point, today's guest Cheng Yuyang, 5th dan, couldn't help but interrupt:

"In my opinion, Xu Lifan 70th Dan could have quit at move .

"The remaining fifty moves were made because Osage felt that 70 moves was a bit too fast, so he just managed to maintain his dignity."

"Ah... Cheng Yuyang, don't be so merciless!"

Meng Miaomiao made a joke and then passed the conversation to the other party:
"Well, now that today's game is over, I'd like to trouble you to give us a summary of the game~"

"Oh, okay, Sister Miaomiao."

After a brief response, Cheng Yuyang simply sorted out his thoughts and then began to summarize the game in detail for the audience:
"In today's game, Rui Zhao played slowly and quickly, showing no mercy to the number one player on Taiwan!

"Moreover, even though the game was played slowly and quickly, Rui Zhao, who played with white, maintained a very high quality of moves even though he obviously made a lot of cold moves at the beginning.

"Until the 22nd move, White still maintained its initial winning rate. But it was Osage who couldn't hold on any longer.

“In the 23rd move, Oshenjin rashly entered the upper left corner, trying to use the fact that there were many pieces around him and he could pass through both sides to forcefully attack the white pieces.

“But Rui Zhao behaved very calmly here.

"First, he blocked the passage with a calm move, and then he attacked and captured the black chess piece. After two moves, it was difficult for the black chess piece to grow another piece.

"Otherwise, if the white piece points up, it will have to capture two black pieces on the top and put pressure on one black piece on the left, and it will be difficult for the black piece to have both.

“As the saying goes, if you don’t feel comfortable doing something, don’t do it for now.

"In the 27th move, Xu Lifan chose the lower left corner.

"This move seems to be aimed at invading the lower left corner, but in fact it is indirectly supporting a piece on the left, preparing for the subsequent move to the upper left.

"However, this level of conception is not really a challenge for Rui Zhao.

"In the 28th move, a pinch cut off and a corner cut off, the black piece's support to the upper left! Another best choice!

"Helplessly, after a long consideration, Xu Lifan chose to jump and continue to aim at the upper left, but this move was too inefficient.

"Rui Zhao flew up immediately and completely cleared the upper left corner, but the three black pieces on the left were not stable and needed to be dealt with urgently.

"The black piece is trying to find stability, but the white piece is following it, and the two black pieces are entangled. This is another choice.

"Seeing that the rhythm was completely controlled by Rui Zhao, Xu Lifan chose to lean to the lower left after a long consideration, trying to use the momentum to deal with himself, but Rui Zhao calmly retreated alone and did not give him any leverage.

"And when the black pieces were finishing up the chess shape, the white pieces actually freed up their hands and attacked the left side again! The two black pieces on the left side were already difficult to move!

"At this point, Black must take back the compensation in the lower left corner where White lost the first move, otherwise the game cannot continue!

"Xu Jiudan first pressed twice, then rushed and then cut off, clearly wanting to punish White for losing the initiative!
"Unfortunately, with Rui Zhao's local straight line calculation ability, how could he not figure it out!

"After that, Queen Zhaotian's moves were very well chosen! She directly defeated Xu Lifan in the chaos in the lower left corner.

"42 hands of relay, 80 hands of dragon, it's enough to see how horrible this game was! And the rest was complete garbage time...

"In the end, it only took one hour and fifty minutes, a total of 120 moves, for Rui Zhao to defeat Xu Lifan without a single blow, becoming the first player to advance to the quarterfinals of this Spring Orchid Cup!

"In front of the world's best player who played with white pieces, the top player from Taiwan was defeated in just two small exchanges. It can be said that he was crushed without causing any trouble.

"Every time I watch her play Go, I can deeply understand why she is able to elevate Go, a sport that originally had a very narrow popularity, into an international issue!"

Seeing that his peers who were promoted to professional professional at the same year as him have now become the best players in the world so powerful that they can easily crush ordinary 9th dan players, Cheng Yuyang couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

However, when Meng Miaomiao heard Cheng Yuyang talk about "international issues", she became interested.

In the past three months, Cheng Yuyang signed up for the Chinese Chess Association's Go promotion and popularization project in North America. He did not even return to China during the Spring Festival and has only recently returned on rotation. It can be said that he has first-hand information on the promotion and popularization of Go overseas.

Seeing that Rui Zhao's game ended early today, Meng Miaomiao took the opportunity to start a small talk:

"Ah, since you're talking about this, Cheng Yuyang, and the game ended early today, I'd like to ask you a question since you just returned to China:
"Are there really many people learning Go in North America now?"

"Can this be false?"

Cheng Yuyang smiled and answered truthfully:

"In the past six months, both the left and right factions in North America have been arguing over the game of Go!
"Whenever there is a match between Rui Zhao, Yang Manjing and Uesaka Rei, the news about it is on the hot search trend almost every day. How can no one come to learn this?!" It can even be said that Go is now the most discussed intellectual sport in the world! It has even temporarily overwhelmed Chinese chess!

"……real?"

Meng Miaomiao's eyes lit up and she confirmed again:
"To be honest, Go has always been a niche game, so it's hard to believe this kind of news..."

"Ah, it's not surprising at all!"

Cheng Yuyang explained in detail:

"Anyone who has been familiar with the state of public opinion on the Internet in the past six months knows that Go is now at the forefront of the clash between the left and right factions in foreign countries!

"In order to fight for their own rights and promote their own ideas, a large number of women and left-wing people have participated in learning and promoting Go.

"There are even some typical red-necked white men who have started learning Go, intending to prove with action that our bunch of East Asian male chess players are no match for Rui Zhaochun, a yellow-man noob! They intend to personally prove that women are stupid, but the result is..."

"Being hung and beaten?"

"Ok.

"I was completely outclassed by the women who started learning Go at the same time as me!"

Cheng Yuyang shrugged and raised his eyebrows, making an expression of "of course":

"Objectively speaking, among the North American women who come to learn Go, there are also quite a few who are either short-lived or afraid of hard work and fatigue. There is no need to mention this part...

"But the rest of the passion and dedication to Go is far beyond what the white man can compare to."

"Ah, Cheng Yuyang, the first-hand news you brought is indeed very exciting!"

Meng Miaomiao's tone was obviously more excited than before:
“It’s the same in China!
"Nowadays, girls have become the majority in Go introductory classes in some big cities.

"I feel that in the future there will definitely be more and more outstanding female chess players like Rui Zhao and Yang Manjing... Oh, that's right!

"Just right! Now that Rui Zhao's match is over, why don't we go and see how Uesaka Rei is doing? Otherwise, everyone will say we're too harsh for leaving early.

"Cheng Yuyang, do you think it's okay?"

"I have no objection." Seeing that the other party was in high spirits, Cheng Yuyang naturally agreed.

"OK!
"I also hope that Sun Yi, the 9th Dan, can control the power of his 'Strength Identifier' a little bit today, and not cut it over and end the suspense... Eh?

"Ah this..."

When she switched over and saw that Uesaka Rei's white chess had a winning rate of 98.5%, Meng Miaomiao, who was originally a little nervous, could hardly believe her eyes.

When Cheng Yuyang saw the situation on the board, he was also slightly stunned, and then he began to smile helplessly:

“This time… there is really no suspense!
"It looks like Xiao Shangzaka will be all over the Internet media again today!"

...

...

"... Are you back, Brother Tian?

"Did Sun Yi tell us why we lost so badly today?"

At 5:30 pm on the same day, in the VIP viewing room of Hailing Hotel.

Seeing his top leader, who had just gone out to understand the situation, return to the viewing room, Lu Wenjie naturally asked about the final result of his outing.

Shang Chaotian sighed lightly and began to speak:
“…It’s exactly as you expected!
"In the middle of this game, Sun Yi saw the flaws revealed by Uesaka Rei and thought about killing the white dragon.

"But who knew that Uesaka Rei's local calculations and judgments in this game were so excellent, and her series of moves were almost flawless!

"And Sun Yi was a little too excited and didn't believe in evil, so he insisted on slaying the dragon. As a result, Uesaka Rei seized the opportunity, cut off a black chess piece, and stabilized the position in the final fight, seizing the opportunity to eliminate the robbery and form a transformation!
"By the 104th move, Sun Yi had basically lost the game. All that was left was to find a place to reinvest..."

"Sure enough! I said Sun Yi must be crazy about this chess game!"

Hearing that Sun Yi's thoughts were exactly the same as his own judgment when watching the battle, Lu Wenjie couldn't help but sigh, but he immediately had a new question:

"But why is he suddenly so uncalm this time?!"

"Since I've been in love with Liu Yuhong and married for more than two years, he has become much calmer. I don't even believe this!"

"Hey, I asked that too."

Shang Chaotian shook his head helplessly:

"He said that the reason he wanted to slay the dragon Kogami-saka today...

"… Mainly for Nie Yunyi."

(End of this chapter)

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