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

[Lin Dazui is being filial again! Taking a crucial step towards becoming the double-circled Meng Huo of Liu Shao Ye!]

See? See?! What did I tell you?!

What does it mean when "the timing is wrong, and the longer you persist, the more ridiculous you become"?

[Although today's match was very close from the opening stages, and Lin Dazui deliberately disrupted the situation in the middle game, making the situation look very complicated at times, with the winning percentages of both sides fluctuating repeatedly around the midpoint.]

However, at the crucial moment, he still showed his true colors as "Young Master Liu's ultimate filial son," making a critical blunder during the final shaping of the abdomen, which ultimately proved to be a filial act to the very end!

[I told you long ago, Lin Dazui is getting on in years, he should retire, not keep stubbornly clinging to this position. It's ridiculous!]

【Now look what happened, eleven consecutive losses!】

[If we lose another game tomorrow, it will be our twelfth consecutive loss. Let's see if Lin Dazui has any hope of achieving the great feat of playing the double-circle Meng Huo (a legendary warrior) before retiring!]

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Uh... OP, please watch your language!

[It's an international conflict, after all; there's no need to have such a deep-seated grudge against Lin Dazui.]

[Ha! Ha! Even Lin Dazui knows it's an external war?!]

[Then why not just kill off Little Chu Sun Wukong and send him to Liu Shixian's deathbed?!]

[While it might be difficult for either of them to beat Liu Shixian, Chu is still on the rise, and Sun Wukong won Liu's two most crucial matches in the Tongge Cup two years ago, so they're not without a chance.]

What else has Lin Ruixin done besides consistently fulfilling his filial duties?!

Hmm... Although I always prioritize supporting my own country's players, I felt completely unmoved when I saw Lin Ruixin lose this time.

Why didn't you do this sooner?!

Back in 2021, he was only 24 years old, and the next three or four years would be the prime of his career!

[As a result, instead of practicing Go properly and suppressing the rising star Liu Shixian, he spent his days doing live streams and appearing on variety shows, allowing Liu Shixian to take advantage of our generational gap and rack up impressive results in the World Championships and Nongshim Cups in recent years.]

If it weren't for Empress Zhao and Xiao Lei, Young Master Liu might have surpassed Cui Yongyuan in historical status!

[So now that Lin Dazui is half-buried, he's finally remembered to work hard?!]

It's too late!

"...Tsk!"

"A bunch of idiots who just blindly follow the trend to criticize, what's the difference between them and those Xin fans who mindlessly criticized Rui Zhao back then!"

Meanwhile, at Ingang International Airport in South Korea.

After reading the latest hot post on the Yiguo Forum, Mo Wei, whose plane had just landed, couldn't help but curse.

Despite having mixed feelings about Lin Ruixin's choices over the past few years, Mo Wei, her agent, even had some disagreements with the internet celebrity Lin because of it.

But seeing these malicious and opportunistic mockery online, Mo Wei felt only a strong urge to defend himself!
According to his partner, who knows Lin Ruixin best, the level of performance shown by the former Chinese Chess Saint in today's game was by no means as bad as the posts mocked!

In fact, Lin Ruixin had already demonstrated a high level of skill when the two faced off three months ago at the South China Sea Cup. However, in the overtime format, which South Korean players are more adept at, Lin, with his limited thinking time, was unable to overcome his absolute nemesis and suffered a heartbreaking defeat.

Three months later, Lin Ruixin was not affected by the previous defeat in the South China Sea Cup, and even seemed to be continuing to defy aging!

Recently, he has become more focused, calculated more deeply, and more resilient, as if he has been rejuvenated. Therefore, even when facing Liu Shixian, his biggest nemesis in his career, Mo Wei still believes that Lin Ruixin is not without a chance!

In his view, although Lin Ruixin lost the game in the end, in terms of the quality of his moves, he was not much behind Liu Shixian!

Throughout the game, Lin Ruixin employed an uncommon tactic of playing the 3-3 point, which quickly led to a relatively unfamiliar situation for the player from the opening.

The two sides were evenly matched, the situation was complex, and the outcome was difficult to determine at times! This game showcased Lin Ruixin's strongest performance since his last World Championship title in 2020! His competitive form was almost identical to his peak!

Unfortunately, time waits for no one... The once-proud prodigy has grown old!

In the final and most difficult stage of shaping the middle of the body, Lin Ruixin made a crucial mistake, which led to a narrow defeat by one and a half points!

Thinking of this, Mo Wei felt a deep sense of helplessness and regret, and turned his gaze to the deep night outside the airport.

Age is an extremely difficult barrier to overcome in professional Go. As players get older, the impact on them is comprehensive!
In his view, Lin Ruixin's failure in the final stage today was largely due to his lack of energy and stamina when the countdown began, which allowed Liu Shixian to seize the opportunity and secure the victory!

Even if Lin Ruixin can rely on his amazing willpower and almost ascetic training intensity to forcibly and continuously improve his chess skills against age, it will be difficult for him to maintain stability and endurance under high-intensity competition.

On the other hand, Liu Shixian, who was widely regarded in previous years as being able to compete with "Shi Yi Guan" in endgame, is known for his stable and powerful mid-to-late game finishing skills!
In this suffocating stalemate, the slight disadvantage brought by age often becomes the key to victory or defeat. Therefore, it was indeed difficult for Lin Ruixin to have much hope in this final. However, even so, after seeing Lin Ruixin reach the World Championship final again after many years, Mo Wei immediately adjusted his schedule, arranged his work, and rushed over as soon as possible.

His purpose in coming here was not to watch the game live and help Lin Ruixin with off-site matters, but because [Weiqi Xiaozhao] had already announced that this Sanshuang Cup would be the last chance to challenge Yongshi Zhaojun.

This means that regardless of the outcome of the final, Lin Ruixin's obsession with becoming the eternal Zhaojun may be completely over!

Mo Wei wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to reach the finals to persuade his stubborn old partner to give him a relatively dignified ending, so that he could let go of his obsession, calmly accept reality, and plan for the future.

Previously, Lin's parents had already asked him to help them find a solution multiple times! He always tries his best to do so.

Hopefully, the loss in the first game today won't have too much of a psychological impact on Ruixin!

Before leaving the airport, Mo hailed a taxi while muttering to himself.

After all, losing to the same person repeatedly, especially on such an important final stage, will inevitably cause enormous psychological pressure and may even create mental blockages that affect subsequent performance.

However, Mo Wei...

It's obvious that they're overthinking it.

...

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"...Although Lin Ruixin wasn't happy at all after winning all the previous elimination rounds, he lost yesterday..."

"He doesn't seem to be in any discomfort at all!"

At 12:55 PM local time the following day, in the rest room of the Chinese team at Samsung Training Institute in Gyeongdo, South Korea.

A huge electronic screen hung on the wall, clearly displaying the live feed of the second game of the upcoming Sanshuang Cup final. Jiao Kai, the head coach of the Chinese national team, watched the live stream and was momentarily speechless.

On the screen, the seven-time champion of China was already seated at the chessboard. His gaze was lowered, staring blankly at the gleaming chessboard, like an old monk in deep meditation.

His face was expressionless, showing neither the frustration and disappointment of yesterday's narrow defeat, nor the tension or excitement that should accompany a major final. It was an almost frozen calm, as if all the noise around him was irrelevant.

Jiao Kai's gaze lingered on Lin Ruixin's face for a long time, trying to catch a ripple of emotion beneath that calm and expressionless face.

However... he failed.

It is completely illogical for a chess player to be unafraid of joy when winning and sorrow when losing on the final stage of the competition for the most important honor of his career, facing his nemesis!

It was as if winning or losing had lost all meaning for him!

If one had to put it into words, at this moment only his eyes contained a strong emotion, as if he were simply yearning for something.

It was as if he saw not a chessboard, but a distant shore he had to reach. All other emotions were completely abandoned!
Seeing this, Jiao Kai's heart skipped a beat!
Even though he had privately criticized many of Lin Ruixin's choices in the past, and even thought that he was completely wasting his talent.

But at this moment, Lin Ruixin's extreme focus, which was like that of a martyr, still made the national team's head coach feel a strong sense of admiration from the bottom of his heart!

Jiao Kai's gaze involuntarily shifted to the young master of the Liu family on the other side of the screen: unlike Lin Ruixin's almost burning focus, Liu Shixian appeared calm and reserved.

He sat upright, his gaze calmly sweeping across the chessboard, his face devoid of any superfluous expression.

Although the young master of the Liu family had already won the first game yesterday, achieving a winning start and refreshing his historical record against Lin Ruixin to an astonishing eleven-game winning streak, he showed no signs of slacking off or underestimating his opponent.

Instead, his eyes sharpened, and he stood ready for battle. His entire aura was like a fully drawn bow, poised to be released, giving the impression that he wanted to end this best-of-three match in one game! Giving his opponent no chance to breathe or turn the tide!

Soon, as the time for the game to begin arrived, the referee's voice came from the game room: The game officially begins.

Compared to the first game, the two players changed their playing order: Liu Shixian played black and moved first, while Lin Ruixin took back the white pieces, which he was better at.

Although AI sees no obvious advantage for White in the Yinghan rules, "Lin Bai with zero losses" still has a higher win rate with White under the Yinghan rules—just not as exaggerated as under the Huaxia rules.

Liu Shixian's first move was to choose the upper right star position, which was uneventful.

Lin Ruixin seemed to have planned it all along, extending his slender fingers to pick up a white piece with a smooth and firm movement, without the slightest hesitation!

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound of a piece being placed echoed through the spectator room via the loudspeaker!

White has placed its piece at the 3-3 position in the upper left corner!
Lin Ruixin's first choice at the start...

Exactly the same as the first game! (End of Chapter)