Go: The live broadcast queen launched a gorgeous rebellion against the dog

It was 8 p.m. on August 2nd, at the Bianjing Hotel in Bianzhou City, Central China Province.

The opening ceremony of this year's National Team Tournament has just ended in the auditorium. The noise is gradually dissipating, leaving only the soft sounds of staff members busy wrapping up.

Rui Zhao, who had been secretly working on her homework for a while, was about to go back to her room when a voice suddenly called out to her:
"Rui Zhao! Wait a moment!"

Rui Zhao stopped and turned around upon hearing the sound, only to see Shang Chaotian, the chairman of the chess association, walking quickly toward her. He had obviously caught up with her right after the ceremony ended.

"Chairman Shang?"

Rui Zhao looked at him with clear eyes, a hint of question in her gaze:
"Is there something you need? I was just about to get to my chess practice!"

Shang Chaotian stopped in front of her, slightly out of breath. Looking at the world's number one player's matter-of-fact attitude, as if practicing chess was the only natural thing in the world, a wry smile appeared on his face:
"You're already recognized as the number one person in the world, why are you still working so hard?"

"Of course!"

Rui Zhao blinked, her voice carrying an almost pure instinct:

"Defeating the opponent is only a relatively basic goal."

"On this basis... we must make every move as brilliant as possible! We can't afford to slack off!"

"what……

"That was truly ruthless..."

Shang Chaotian was speechless for a moment, and the bitter smile on his face deepened:

"If this continues, nobody knows when they'll be able to win another championship!"
"This must be a bit too hopeless for other chess players!"

"Eh?"

Rui Zhao tilted her head slightly, her clear eyes reflecting pure confusion, as if she were somewhat aware of the slight heaviness in Shang Chaotian's words.

Shang Chaotian then realized that although his words came from the heart, they were somewhat inappropriate, so he quickly cleared his throat and steered the conversation back on track:

Ah! Our conversation has drifted off-topic!

"I stopped you not for anything else, but mainly to tell you two pieces of good news!"

"good news?"

"Ok!"

Shang Chaotian nodded vigorously, his face beaming with pride.
"First of all... we're about to have a brand new world championship!"
"Just in the last two days, the Singapore Go Association officially sent a letter to our China Go Association!"

"They clearly expressed their desire to work with our Chinese Chess Association to co-host a brand-new world championship in Singapore – the 'Nanhai Cup World Go Masters Tournament'!"
"This is the first time in the history of a world championship that it has been held in a country outside of the traditional three powerhouses of Go: China, Japan, and South Korea! It is of extraordinary significance!"

"Really?" Rui Zhao's eyes lit up slightly, clearly very happy about the news.

"yes!
"In a way, this is largely thanks to your enormous international influence!"

Shang Chaotian's gaze towards Rui Zhao was filled with sincere gratitude:

"Because of you, the Go atmosphere in Singapore is now at an all-time high! This enthusiasm has directly led to the birth of this new tournament!"
"The initial plan is to hold the first competition before the Spring Festival next year. In order to make room for this new event, Wenjie and I have been working hard these days to rearrange the schedules of other competitions!"

"Ah," Rui Zhao said quickly, thanking them, "Thank you both for your hard work!"

"Oh dear! Why are you telling us about 'hard work'?"

"We can say we're all benefiting from your success!"

Shang Chaotian quickly waved his hand, his tone filled with undeniable sincerity:
"And... I guess I did manage to accomplish my mission! Here's the second piece of good news!"

“These past few days we’ve been sounding out the International Olympic Committee and other major member countries. Everyone seems to think that Go is currently attracting a lot of attention, has strong symbolic significance, and requires very little additional investment from the organizers, making it a very suitable addition to the Olympics. I think there’s a good chance that Go will be included in the Olympics!”

"If it is approved at the International Olympic Committee meeting in late October, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Go will officially join the Olympic family at the 2032 Busan Olympics in Australia!"

"Really?!!"

Rui Zhao's voice was filled with surprise, and her clear eyes instantly shone with dazzling light:

"So quickly..."

"Yes!"

Shang Chaotian was also infected by her emotions, and his face lit up with a smile. Looking at this young legend before him, his tone was filled with the expectations of an elder and the solemn entrustment of the chess association chairman:
"Based on the preliminary plan we are currently aware of, the event setup is estimated to include three events: unrestricted individual competition, unrestricted team competition, and mixed doubles competition."

"By then, you'll only be twenty-seven! How about that?"
"Are you confident that you can win the first-ever Olympic gold medal in Go for our country?"

"Yes! I'm really looking forward to it!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Rui Zhao nodded vigorously.

His eyes were firm and bright, like stars that had been tempered in fire.

Seeing Rui Zhao's spirited demeanor, Shang Chaotian was greatly pleased and was about to offer a few more words of encouragement to his country's leader. Just then, his secretary, Xiao Wei, hurried over from the other end of the corridor, a hint of seriousness on her face.

He strode over to Shang Chaotian, bowed slightly, and whispered a few words in his ear. Upon hearing this, Shang Chaotian's relaxed brows furrowed instantly, and a look of disbelief flashed in his eyes: "What?!"

"How could such remarks suddenly appear?!"
Rui Zhao keenly noticed the drastic change in Shang Chaotian's expression and tone, and she looked at him with concern in her clear eyes:
"Chairman Shang, w-what's wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing, it's nothing!"

Shang Chaotian suddenly realized his lapse in composure. He quickly suppressed the shock and anger on his face, forced a reassuring smile, and waved to Rui Zhao:
"It's just a minor work issue, nothing serious! I just need to take care of it first, so I won't disturb your training!"

After finishing his speech hastily, the chairman of the chess association, without even waiting for Rui Zhao to speak again, turned around with his secretary, Xiao Wei, and walked quickly toward the chess academy's office area.

After taking a few steps, Shang Chaotian's brows furrowed again, and he gave instructions in a low voice with an unquestionable commanding tone:

"Xiao Wei! Quickly compile a list of all those messy comments online and give it to me!"
"be quick!"

...

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[Go: A meticulously crafted cultural hoax – how can it tarnish the Olympic sanctuary?]

For a long time, Go has been shrouded in an unrealistic cultural halo, touted as "the jewel in the crown of human wisdom," a profound crystallization of ancient Eastern wisdom.

However, in the 21st century, it's time to debunk this elaborate cultural myth. Go not only lacks practical value for widespread adoption, but its claim to represent the pinnacle of human wisdom is utter self-deception!

[*The business model is inherently flawed, and the "gender card" cannot conceal its decline*]

From any perspective, the commercial value of Go is practically nonexistent.

Compared to the massive multi-billion dollar industries and global consumer frenzy created by basketball, football, and even esports, the scale of the Go industry is so small as to be almost negligible.

The prize money for this tournament is pitifully meager, commercial sponsorships are scarce, and its market size is so small that it's difficult to include it in formal statistical categories in many countries and regions.

In recent years, with the rise of star players like Rui Zhao, the Go community has indeed been struggling to survive.

Tragically, their so-called "breakthrough" is nothing more than a feeble attempt to grasp at the lifeline of "gender issues," frantically advocating for "women's Go development" and "gender equality."

[But this is essentially nothing more than an opportunistic marketing gimmick, attempting to ride the wave of political correctness to gain attention that doesn't belong to it.]

Its intrinsic commercial value remains hollow, with no substantial improvement in profitability. This is less a matter of innovation and more a desperate adjustment by cultural artifacts in the face of the new era.

[The advent of artificial intelligence exposes the emperor's new clothes of "wisdom"]

[If Go were just a niche sport, that would be one thing, since it's not the only sport with low commercialization.]

The key issue is that, in the face of artificial intelligence software, the so-called "intelligence" of Go completely vanishes in the face of AI's overwhelming strength!

Since the emergence of OMEGA GO, which decisively defeated former world champion Lee Sedol and crushed all subsequent top human Go players on the board, all self-proclaimed claims that Go "represents the highest human wisdom" have become a complete and embarrassing joke.

[The Go AI not only won, but won in a way that human players could neither understand nor achieve!]

From this point on, the sport of Go underwent a complete transformation. It ceased to be an arena for human creativity, strategic thinking, and value judgment, and instead degenerated and distorted into a pathetic "memory retrieval competition."

Top professional Go players, no matter how brilliant they once were, have inevitably reduced their core work to memorizing, reciting, and attempting to imitate massive amounts of AI-recommended moves in the face of today's reality.

Although some in the Go community continue to resist, vehemently arguing that "memorizing AI's moves alone is insufficient to win a game," such arguments are utterly weak and unconvincing!

The harsh reality is: any ordinary person who previously knew nothing about the rules of Go, given access to the most powerful Go AI currently available, can effortlessly and without suspense defeat the world's number one professional Go player on the board—without exception!

The so-called "top human chess skills" are as fragile as paper in the face of AI algorithms. The statement that "anyone who can completely memorize and replicate the AI's game records can win" is quite accurate.

This also reveals the sad reality of competitive Go today—it's no longer about intellectual creation, but has become a competition of almost purely data manipulation. Those so-called top human players have essentially become executors of AI's will.

[*Human competitive Go is dead. Why tarnish the Olympics by clinging to its vestiges?*]

The current top-level human Go competitions are essentially no different from a "global pi memorization contest" or a "competition to see who can type in lengthy computer code faster."

At their core, these competitions all involve participants vying to demonstrate their ability to precisely replicate massive sequences of predetermined information. The competition is about memory capacity, retrieval speed, and execution accuracy, rather than any kind of creative thinking, strategic decision-making, or value judgment—these are the key differences between human intelligence and machines.

Ironically, this so-called "sport," stripped of its intellectual halo and whose core competitiveness has been reduced to rote memorization, has resorted to unscrupulous manipulation of social issues and used the highly controversial "gender card" as its main marketing gimmick in order to prolong its existence and seek that elusive attention and resources.

Their ultimate goal is shocking and extremely arrogant—they actually dare to dream of entering the sacred halls of the Olympic Games!

[Where does this place the truly great Olympic sports that require strength, speed, skill, teamwork, sophisticated tactics, split-second judgment, and pushing the limits of the human body?]

To cram a so-called "intellectual sport" that has degenerated into a competition of human storage devices into the Olympic arena is undoubtedly a blatant trampling of the Olympic spirit and a tremendous insult to all other genuine Olympic sports and athletes!

[Besides lowering the overall quality and entertainment value of the Olympics and exposing its cultural opportunism, what else can it bring?]

……

"Do these North American devils even know anything about Go?!"
"You spout nonsense without understanding anything!!!"

At 8 p.m. on August 4, in an apartment in Seoul, South Korea.

Having just finished reading Fox News on her tablet, Uesaka Rei, filled with disbelief, anger, and contempt, almost blurted out the curse. (End of Chapter)