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

Chapter 254 Early Pre-selection

"Huh? The Changqi Cup preliminaries were moved to the 18th?!"

September 9th, the rest day between the Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament qualifiers and the main tournament, at 7: in the morning.

Chu Jun came to Tang Guansheng's room to meet with three teammates from the Pengze team. He just learned from Huang Boyan the latest news announced by the Chess Association this morning, and looked puzzled.

...Yes, three teammates.

The third person in the team, 26-year-old Fang Zhaoxiang, th dan, successfully passed the preliminaries yesterday and joined the team that was exempted from selection.

This time, 32 people were exempted from the selection for the Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament. Excluding two women, four teenagers and Shan Gang, one of the top four players in the previous tournament, the actual number of people invited based on the rating points was the top 25 in the country.

Fang Zhaoxiang's current rating is roughly between 28 and 32, and he is currently ranked 29th, so he has to participate in the preliminaries. Fortunately, he did not drown in the fish pond.

In response to the questions raised by the younger members of the team, Huang Bonan simply said:

“Yes, that’s the situation.

"Brother Hen and I are exempt from the draft, but you two need to be prepared. The schedule is a bit tight recently."

The Changqi Cup China Go Professional Championship, referred to as the "Changqi Cup", was founded in 2004 and is held annually. It is organized by the Go Foundation founded by Ying Changqi, a famous Chinese entrepreneur and enthusiast, and is one of the most prestigious events in China.

By the way, the Yingyi Cup, an international competition held every four years and known as the "Olympics of Go", is also organized by the Ying Changqi Go Foundation. As brother competitions, the Yingyi Cup and the Changqi Cup also use the "Changqi Rules" created by Mr. Ying Changqi.

The Changqi Cup is held every year on October 10, the birthday of Mr. Ying Changqi, to commemorate the outstanding contributions made by this "Go Nobel" to the sport of Go.

Therefore, the preliminaries and semi-finals of the Changqi Cup every year start between October 10th and 14th, which is a relatively fixed time.

But... this year it's suddenly going to be brought forward?!
Before Chu Jun could react, Fang Zhaoxiang on the side was already complaining.

"No! Why are you suddenly so nervous?
"The Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament will end on the 14th, and then on the 16th will be the fourth round of the Weiqi League!

"After the Weiqi League, the next step is the Changqi Cup qualifiers and semi-finals on the 18th, and then all the way to the 23rd.

“It’s so hard to finish this, but there’s still the LIG Cup domestic qualifiers for No. 26 to No. 38!

"I'm ranked 29th in the rating and I have to participate in all these competitions from beginning to end. Isn't it tiring?"

Chu Jun was stunned, and suddenly realized that what Fang Zhaoxiang said was indeed correct!
He will definitely take part in these competitions, not to mention the Chinese Go League.

In the Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament, his rating was not in the top 25 and he could only make it through three rounds of preliminaries.

The requirements of the Changqi Cup are that the top 20 in the rating (including the last four) enter the main competition directly, and the 21st to 28th in the rating enter the semi-finals directly, and the rest have to start from the first preliminaries - naturally including Fang Zhaoxiang, who is just one place short.

That was all he wanted up to this point, but he was also blocked in the final LIG Cup domestic qualifiers.

In the LIG Cup, except for Dai Ran and Lei Qi who directly exchanged their "international competition points" for seed seats, the remaining four places will be decided through preliminaries.

The other 14 players in the top 12 of the rating will directly enter the second stage of preliminaries, while the players ranked 15 to 30 will start from the first stage - which just happens to include Fang Zhaoxiang.

Therefore, for Fang Zhaoxiang, until the 11th, he could be said to have been worked like a slave and exploited to death. The North American plantation owners at that time would have shaken their heads and shed tears when they saw this.

But after listening to it, Hen Ge couldn't help but complain:

"Hey, Brother Fang, are you really that serious?

"It is true that you will most likely play to the end of the Changqi Cup qualifiers. But in the Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament and LIG Cup qualifiers, you will most likely be able to take some time to rest!
"If it really comes to the last day, I think you'll be happy!"

"Uh……"

Fang Zhaoxiang thought about it carefully...it's really good!
If both of these competitions can go until the last day (which means guaranteed second place and entry into the LIG Cup by winning one more game respectively), then it would be such a pain!
However, Fang Zhaoxiang had already said it, and he couldn't slap himself in the face too bluntly, so he immediately said stubbornly:

"Don't worry about whether I can play to the end. At least the chess association's sudden adjustment of the competition date is a bigger problem! The date was suddenly changed for no apparent reason..."

"What do you mean by inexplicable?"

Huang Bonan frowned and retorted:
"This matter has actually been discussed within the association for some time, and we have been struggling with it."

"Huh? Why don't I understand anything?"

Fang Zhaoxiang was a little confused.

Long Bonan glanced at him and said:

"Hey! The Changqi Cup qualifiers are always in mid-October, but there's the Nongshim Cup at that time! There's a conflict!"

“What does it mean to have a Nongshim Cup?”

Chu Jun also looked puzzled.

His situation is similar to Fang Zhaoxiang's, except that he lacks a LIG Cup qualifier, so he is also quite concerned.

“Who among the contestants of the Nongshim Cup needs to go through the preliminaries?

"In the past few years, weren't we playing the Changqi preliminaries on one hand and the Nongshim Cup on the other? The two are not adjacent!"

What Chu Jun said is absolutely right.

The members of the Nongshim Cup qualifiers must be the top 16 in the domestic ranking, and no replacements are accepted. Therefore, those who participate in the Nongshim Cup can definitely enter the Changqi Cup directly at that time without going through the preliminaries.

——That's what should be said.

But Long Bo smacked his lips and said:
"Why haven't you two reacted yet?

"Have you forgotten? This year, together with the Nongshim Cup, there is also the Lakeside Cup!"

"what?"

Chu Jun was stunned for a moment, and finally understood. "That's right! Those who participate in the Nongshim Cup definitely don't have to play the preliminaries. But if there are women's players who sign up for the Changqi Cup, they will have to play the preliminaries.

"But because the men's and women's competitions are being held together this time, the women's schedules conflict!"

"Yeah, that's it."

Huang Bonan shrugged.

"The first stage of the Nongshim Cup consists of four games, which will be held in the capital of Japan, Tohoku, from October 10 to 17. According to past practice, there will be a few days of intensive training and discussion before each stage begins. This directly conflicts with the Changqi Cup preliminaries.

"But if we think about it, it's the National Day holiday - there are various long and short holidays, and professional competitions are usually not scheduled.

"If we push it forward, we can't conflict with the LIG pre-selection, so we just squeeze it in here."

At this point, Long Bo paused and chatted about a few gossips.

“Actually… I heard that there has been disagreement within the Chess Association on this matter.

"Although the three presidents and vice presidents all suggested changing the time of the Changqi Cup preliminaries for the sake of the women's team, the foundation also said it could cooperate.

“But most of the executive committee members believed that there were only four games in the first stage of the Nongshim Cup, and at most only Rui Zhao and Yang Manjing would be affected.

"Anyway, there is basically no chance for these two to enter this tournament. Instead of changing the date at the last minute, it would be simpler to just persuade them to give up participating in the Changqi Cup qualifiers."

The Nongshim Cup adopts a rotation-based approach. In the first stage, if each country has sufficient players, a single country can only eliminate two people at most no matter how unfavorable the situation is.

In the eyes of most people, the only thing that can be discussed in the deployment of the Chinese women's team is the order of the main general and the deputy general. It is inevitable that the three people with similar strength in front should be arranged in the order of "Rui-Yang-Wen" from the shallowest to the deepest according to experience. That's why Long Bo said that at most only Queen Zhaotian and the little witch were affected.

After hearing this, Fang Zhaoxiang finally came to his senses:

“Oh! I see!
"But in this Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament, both of them defeated the 7th dan player and entered the main tournament! So the executive committee members' reasons are starting to become untenable!"

"Yes!"

Long Bo spread his hands:
“The committee members are really speechless now.

"Although the number of participants in the Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament is more than twice that of the Changqi Cup, and although rapid chess tournaments are full of surprises.

“But since the two of them were able to enter the Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament, it would be difficult for the committee members to insist that they would definitely not be able to enter the Changqi Cup Tournament—especially considering that they also have to take care of the emotions of the two challenge players.

"So... yesterday afternoon, the Chess Association held an emergency video conference and finalized the matter:

"To accommodate the two's schedules, the Changqi Cup changed the time of the qualifiers accordingly, and it has become the current arrangement!"

"Wow! What a big card!"

Fang Zhaoxiang sighed a little sourly:
"As a result, for these two low-level girls, a bunch of 7th and 8th-level masters had to change their schedules?
"Hey! If you're pretty, you can do whatever you want!"

Hearing the complaint in Fang Zhaoxiang's words, Long Bo decisively corrected him:
"Hey, hey, hey! Zhaoxiang, don't be jealous! I think this is what they both deserve - if they practice chess diligently, their results will be good!

"Let's not talk about Rui Zhao, the famous Little Scroll King. Look at the number of online chess games played by Little Witch recently. Something is getting wrong!

"These two girls really rely on winning one game after another to change the attitudes of the executive committee members. What kind of card is this!"

But Fang Zhaoxiang is still slightly dissatisfied:

"I've also entered the Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament, so why doesn't anyone consider my tight schedule?"

"Hey, Brother Fang, you can't compare like that!"

Tang Guansheng on the side also interrupted:
"Who doesn't know that women's chess talent is much lower than men's?!

"Without making any distinction, a man directly compared his grades with those of the girls. It's embarrassing to tell anyone about this..."

But at this point, Hen Ge suddenly remembered something and looked at the younger brother in the team:

“Oh, by the way, Chu Jun!
"You really need to prepare well for the Rookie of the Year award. Don't lose to the little girl like Sun Wukong did! Our team can't afford to lose this guy!

"Did you watch the live broadcast of [Go Xiao Zhao] last night? He was so arrogant, saying that he wanted to catch up with Lei Qi, and he didn't even care about you! You can't swallow this, right?"

“…I saw the push notification this morning.”

Chu Jun's expression was a little distorted for a moment.

The defending champion of the Rookie of the Year was a little unhappy about Rui Zhao's statement which showed that he had no opinion of his own at all.

Previously, I told Lin Ruixin that I wanted to challenge him for the Rookie Queen title, but when I asked him the target, he directly said Lei Qi...

You really don't take me, the last year's Rookie of the Year champion, seriously at all!
"However, she was just lucky in the fast game, and relied on the opponent's confidence to win the 'weakest 7th dan'... Her current real strength is still far behind mine, so why would Lei Qi care about her!

"If I can meet her this time, I will make her face the reality!"

...

...

however……

Just as the boy with glasses was making a solemn promise in front of his three teammates...

"No! Catch up with me?
"How dare Rui Zhao say that?!"

At the same time, in another room of Pinghu International Hotel.

When Lei Qi saw the latest hot news pushed by the Yiguo platform, he couldn't help but stand up and say something, feeling a little excited for a moment.

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