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

Chapter 261 Vanguard Captain
"Why did Lin Ruixin fail again?!"

September 9, 28: p.m.

Dajing City, Chinese Go Association.

When Shang Chaotian saw the LIG Cup qualifying results reported by Lu Wenjie, the expression on his face was indeed a little unnatural.

LIG is a 24-player world championship tournament, with 12 seeded and unseeded players.

12位种子选手中，上届冠亚军（柳世贤、金佑恩）自动入选，此外南韩4个、华夏大陆2个、东瀛2个、华夏台海省1个、主办方外卡1个。

There are 12 non-seeded places: 7 from South Korea, 4 from mainland China, and 1 from Japan.

Seeded players other than the champion and runner-up are generally designated by the official Go organizations in each region.

For the Chinese mainland, the seeding places for the World Championships have always been exchanged by players using [International Competition Points].

[International Competition Points] is an internal system of the Chinese Go Association. These points can only be obtained by achieving corresponding results in various domestic and international competitions.

For example, the world championship champion gets 365 points, the runner-up 180 points, [chess master] 150 points, the other four unrestricted titles 90 points each, and so on.

而每次世界大赛时如果想要获取种子名额便需要用自己的积分来兑换。成为33-64人本赛规模的世界大赛种子需要支付90分，成为24-32人本赛规模的则需要支付60分，突出个公平公正公开。

This time, China only has two seeded spots in the LIG Cup. Although Lin Ruixin has just defended his title as a "chess master" and has enough "international competition points", the order of exchange within China has always been based on the points.

Lin Ruixin's [International Tournament Points] were not as high as those of Dai Ran and Lei Qi, who had won the world championship in the past year. With Dai and Lei both choosing to redeem their LIG seed quotas, the great chess master Lin had no choice but to go through the preliminaries, and then...

Then it flipped over!

In the last round of LIG Cup qualifiers held that day, Lin Ruixin lost to Lang Haishen and missed the ticket to this world championship.

Although the great chess master Lin had many problems, Shang Chaotian disliked many of his behaviors and was even disgusted by them - such as what happened in the chess master competition.

But for this leading figure of Chinese Go in recent years, Shang Chaotian still hopes that he, who is still in his golden age, can recover his form as soon as possible and achieve more success in international competitions.

But now it seems... we have to wait again!
Shang Chaotian shook his head and continued reading.

The final roster for Huaxia to participate in the LIG Cup held in South Korea in mid-November is:

Seeded players: Dai Ran, Lei Qi;
Selected contestants: Sun Yi, Zhu Yuanjun, Ji Qiujuan, Lang Haishen.

Looking at this lineup, Shang Chaotian frowned slightly and sighed.

Seeing this, Lu Wenjie asked:
"What's up, brother Tian? Are you not satisfied with the lineup?"

"Not really... well, I guess so!"

Shang Chaotian hesitated for a while, but finally told the truth.

“Although they all seem to be elite soldiers and generals, I have a headache when I think about South Korea playing at home and Young Master Liu.

"If the chess saint war hadn't happened, I would have been looking forward to Xiao Lei. But now... I can only hope that Dai Gong won't burn the GPU this time."

The reason why Shang Chaotian said this is because everyone knows that the current number one player can be called a hexagonal warrior, with almost no weaknesses, and is particularly good at closing the second half of the game and judging the situation.

If you want to defeat him, you basically have to drag him into a chaotic fight, relying on the uncertainty of the chaotic fight and hoping that Young Master Xiao Liu will make occasional mistakes. Only then can you succeed.

In the past two or three years, the only one who dared to say that he could truly withstand Liu Shixian head-on by relying solely on internal strength without relying on chaotic fighting was Dai Gong when he was in good shape.

This time, the Chinese team's lineup for the LIG Cup did not include any strong players, so Shang Chaotian could only count on Dai Gong to perform well.

Lu Wenjie comforted him upon hearing this:
“There is still hope!
"After all, it's a 24-player tournament, and Dai Gong is a seeded player who goes straight to the second round. He only needs to win four rounds to win the championship, which is good news for him who has always been short of energy.

“My only concern is whether he will prioritize the Nongshim Cup and affect his performance in the LIG Cup…

"This guy has always been addicted to the Nongshim Cup, and the LIG Cup and the second stage of the Nongshim Cup are very close..."

Shang Chaotian nodded slightly:
"I'll talk to him later depending on the situation... Oh, by the way, Wen Jie, is it about time?"

Lu Wenjie glanced at the time on his phone:

"Yeah, that's about right. Then I'll go back to the office and connect."

"Hey! This isn't a very formal occasion, let's just sit here and start together!"

"Then...okay!"

Lu Wenjie then moved a chair and sat next to Shang Chaotian, while Shang Chaotian operated to enter the online conference room that had been booked long ago and waited for the other participants to enter.

As the time gradually approached the agreed time of 8 o'clock, five participants appeared in the online conference room one after another:
Dai Ran, Lei Qi, Xiong Siyi, Sun Yi, and Tang Guansheng.

Yes.

Today's short meeting is about the Nongshim Cup.

Seeing that everyone was present, Shang Chaotian did not delay any longer.

After confirming that everyone had no problem communicating, he started the conversation directly:
"Oh, I'm sorry, everyone. Some of you just finished the last round of LIG Cup qualifiers today, but I still have to call you to a meeting in the evening." But after all, tomorrow is a holiday, and I thought that in addition to practicing chess, you may also have plans with family and friends, so it is more appropriate to hold this meeting today.

“Today’s agenda is also very simple, mainly to confirm the captain this time and the arrangements for the first stage of the Nongshim Cup after the National Day holiday.

"First, the captain selection...

"The association wants Lei Qi to take the position. Do you have any objections?"

"No! I think Xiao Lei is great!"

Before Shang Chaotian could finish his words, a certain silly guy took the lead in expressing his opinion.

Then came Dai Ran's dull voice: "Okay."

"Let's choose Xiao Lei! No one else is suitable!" Hen Ge was also very straightforward.

"I don't have any objection. You can't let an unreliable person like me take over..."

Although the chess master of the time is often unreliable, one thing that makes him relatively reliable is that he knows that he is unreliable.

Well……

Although the ones selected this time are all weird in appearance, the principle is still understandable...

Shang Chaotian nodded slightly.

The position of captain of the Nongshim Cup has always been held by Lin Ruixin in previous years.

On the one hand, Lin Daqi is the best chess player in the country and is very arrogant. If he is not allowed to be the captain, he will most likely have some objections.

On the other hand, Lin Ruixin is very good at manipulating people's mentality, and he is also very good at coordinating and controlling things outside the game, so the Chess Association would not choose him.

This time, Lin Ruixin withdrew from the selection. After the list of the Nongshim Cup was released, Shang Chaotian originally planned to let Lei Qi be the captain.

On the one hand, Xiao Lei is suitable in terms of chess skills and personality.

On the other hand...the other people selected this time are more unreliable than the last.

A monkey, a fool, an autistic one, and a reckless one!

If Xiao Lei wasn’t chosen, Shang Chaotian wouldn’t know what to choose!
However, due to the aftermath of the Chess Saint War, the decision on the captain has been delayed until now.

After much consideration, Shang Chaotian decided to let Lei Qi be the captain.

Firstly, it is not appropriate to choose anyone else. Secondly, after the storm, Shang Chaotian needs to demonstrate full trust in this "future number one" both publicly and privately.

The only thing he was a little worried about was that Lei Qi was obviously in poor condition recently and he was young, so the other team members might have opinions.

But now it seems...

Being simple-minded has its advantages!

If someone with a personality similar to Lin Ruixin comes along, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble for a while!

"...Then, Lei Qi, do you have any objections?"

"I will obey the association's arrangements."

The boy's answer was very concise, and there was no emotion in his words.

"Okay then, it's decided."

Shang Chaotian made the decision directly.

"Then next, we need to confirm which people will go to Japan in the first phase."

Although the Nongshim Cup Tournament is a team competition, since each player competes on stage one by one, it is not actually necessary for all team members to be present.

Especially in the first stage, there are four games from the 17th to the 20th, and the domestic Changqi Cup will start on the 23rd. For the players who do not need to play in the first stage, such a toss will undoubtedly affect their energy.

"...Lei Qi, as the captain, please give us your opinion first!"

Lu Wenjie asked following Shang Chaotian's words.

After all, other team members can choose not to go, but as the captain, Lei Qi usually has to go to the scene even if he does not play in the first stage.

"Ah."

The boy pursed his lips, thought for two seconds, and then gave the answer:
“I think… I’ll just be alone for now.

"I'll try my best not to bother you all!"

(End of this chapter)