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

Chapter 217 Lakeside Cup

"Hmm... Lei Qi, he seems to have become weaker in the last two games..."

April 7, 31pm.

Dongjiang City, Wanyuan Times Community.

After dinner today, Rui Zhao continued to study and review the second round of today's Weiqi League, the match between Dajing team's main player Lei Qi and Suhu team's main player Sun Yi.

And the game she prioritized reviewing yesterday was the match between Lei Qi and Tang Guansheng.

The reason why Lei Qi's chess was chosen first was, on the one hand, because in the country, Rui Zhao believed from the beginning that Lei Qi had the strongest overall strength - the progress of the Chess Saint War could be seen from this.

On the other hand, it was also to learn more about Lei Qi's games, so that if we meet in the future, it would be convenient to talk about it, and perhaps it would change Lei Qi's impression of me.

However, what surprised Rui Zhao was that in these two games, although Lei Qi's level was still high, but...

Not that high.

If I said that I had fought with Tang Guansheng until the last official game yesterday and he admitted defeat when he saw that he was expected to lose by about two points, everyone would think it was understandable.

After all, "Hen Ge" plays chess very bravely and is extremely good at it. When he is in good shape, he can really kill anyone who stands in his way.

Liu Shixian was blocked by him in this year's Sanshuang Cup, so it is not surprising that he defeated Lei Qi in a single game.

But in today's game, Lei Qi was suppressed by Sun Yi from the beginning and firmly took the initiative. He finally admitted defeat in the middle of the game at move 185, which caused a lot of discussion among chess fans online.

You know, Sun Yi is a famous "strength identifier" in the Chinese chess world.

It is difficult to win against a stronger opponent, but difficult to lose against a weaker opponent. The judgment is extremely stable! (Except for buffs in the chess game)

So after Lei Qi lost today, all kinds of memes were posted all over the major Go forums.

Various emoticons of [Sun Yi: Identification completed, a noob at first glance] are everywhere, used to make fun of Lei Qi's state.

Of course Geng Ruizhao didn't pay much attention to these online forums, but she could still judge from some of the chess pieces on the board that Lei Qi had indeed become weaker...

This... is it because the state is not adjusted well?

Rui Zhao couldn't help feeling a little worried.

However, this thought only lasted for a second, and then he immediately devoted himself to research and analysis.

As a new beginner, she knew that she was not qualified to worry about the problems of top players and the most important thing was to do her best.

At this moment, the cell phone next to her suddenly vibrated violently: someone was calling her.

Rui Zhao took it and saw that it was Ai Jianandi calling.

She knew that Ai Jianan would not call her suddenly unless it was something important, so she quickly picked up the phone:

"Sister An An! What's the matter?"

Although Ai Jianan's voice on the other side sounded complicated, it did sound very anxious:

“That…Xiao Zhao meow!

“It’s actually happening this year!”

"What, what did you do?" Rui Zhao was still confused after hearing Ai Jianan's words.

"Ring, ring match!"

There was still some haste in Ai Jianan's tone.

"Lakeside Cup Women's Tournament!"

"what?!"

Hearing this, Rui Zhao also exclaimed slightly:
"Lakeside Cup? Didn't they say that this competition will not be held this year?"

The Lakeside Cup Three Kingdoms Women's Go Tournament is equivalent to the women's version of the Nongshim Cup. Each of the three countries selects five players to compete in the tournament for the final team championship.

However, compared to the Nongshim Cup, which has a long history and has never been interrupted, the women's competition has a much more unfortunate fate.

Because the overall attention to women's Go competitions is far less than that of men's, and the scale of the challenge tournament is quite large, the holding of the women's challenge tournament is not stable. It has been renamed twice, and the venue has also been changed from the original China to the current South Korea.

After the first Lakeside Cup was held last year (the first after being renamed the Lakeside Cup), there was no news about the second session that was supposed to be held this year, as if everyone and the official personnel had forgotten about it.

However, the female players from various countries tacitly did not ask.

Compared with the unlimited competitions that represent the highest level of Go, it must be admitted that the overall level of women's competitions is much lower. Especially after the advent of the AI ​​era, using AI to analyze the performance of most female players is full of mistakes and omissions. The overall viewing value of women's Go has further declined.

If there is no gimmick, even veteran chess fans will just listen to the results of the women's competition and will not bother to watch it at all.

Therefore, it is common for women's competitions to be cancelled midway. Asking why they are cancelled is actually ignorant.

——These are what Rui Zhao had heard from Yu Qingguang before.

Last year, the first phase of the Lakeside Cup started in May, and the news was released before the Chinese New Year.

This year, it is already the last day of July, and everyone has naturally assumed that the second Lakeside Cup has come to an end. That is why Rui Zhao asked this question.

However, Ai Jianan said quickly:

"Everyone originally thought so...but who knew it could actually come back to life!

"The South Korean Chess Institute, Lakeside Group, and Nongshim Group just issued a joint announcement. It's absolutely true! I'll send you the link right away!"

"That's it! Then I..."

Rui Zhao's eyes lit up, but then dimmed again.

"Wow...but I'm a new beginner, and I don't have Mr. Lei to help me this time, so I don't think I can make the team for the tournament..."

According to the practice of previous competitions, team members are basically selected from those who are ranked higher in the rating points.

As a new beginner, Rui Zhao's ranking points are naturally not high.

Although there may be a wildcard spot, Hanhan, who has no idea of ​​his own commercial value, still feels that he is definitely not qualified to be selected as a wildcard.

"Well, don't worry about it - although I don't know whether this news is good or bad..."

At this point, Ai Jianan hesitated, his tone full of worry:

"...Xiao Zhao, you, the Ice Queen, and Xia Chuan Aoi have been selected as the designated special guest players for the tournament."

...

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"No, Tian, ​​great... great South Koreans, are you kidding me?"

At the same time, in Dajing City, Chinese Go Association.

Lu Wenjie sat in his office, staring at the latest notice in front of him with his eyes wide open:
"Can you designate the opposing players for a competition like this that involves national honor?"

"Hey, the one who pays is the boss! What can we do? I can only say that it's better to hold this competition than not! Don't be too picky about some details..."

Shang Chaotian, who had just returned from Bianzhou, sighed and said:
"But it's okay. At least considering Rui Zhao's ability, it's not too much for her to be included in the five-person list..."

"Hey, Brother Tian! You may think so, but people outside may not think so..."

Lu Wenjie immediately pointed out the naivety of his own leader:
"Who are the people designated by South Korea and Japan? They are the absolute commanders! It doesn't matter whether they are designated or not, they will go!
"But we have Rui Zhao here... Isn't this like roasting her in a fire pit?"

"Recently, many people on the Internet have criticized Rui Zhao and the Ice Queen for making a major mistake in the game, saying that they were not even at a professional level.

“Although this is completely nonsense, it just so happens that she recently gave Gao Yang a kill in the national team preliminaries, which is fatal.

"Gao Yang's level is average to begin with, and he dragged her down during the interview. Rui Zhao is already controversial, and if she is directly selected into the ring match lineup...

"Tsk tsk tsk, I don't even dare to go to the Yiguo forum."

"Well, be content! At least South Korea didn't make things difficult for me! They just took the blame."

Shang Chaotian leaned back on the sofa, folded his arms and said:

"If they ask us to issue a wild card to Rui Zhao, I won't be able to clear myself even if I jump into the Yellow River."

Hey, I got criticized by the bosses again yesterday... oooo...

Of course, I am not good at it, so there is not much to say.

A brief explanation: Since a large number of bigwigs have opinions, I will consider their requests later, try to compress Xiao Lei’s role, and use more side descriptions to transition related plots.

But I really can't change the main plot line after writing this, and it does affect the subsequent plot. Please forgive me, big guys.

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(End of this chapter)