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

Chapter 342: The Curtain Falls and Rise

"The result from the computer calculations showed that White won by half a point."

December 12, 4: p.m.

Just as the "number one in the world" and the "number one in the future" stopped and talked beside the corridor bridge.

Inside the chess-playing room at Busuu Nongshim Hotel.

The last piece of the ninth game of this Lakeside Cup has just been played.

After both sides stopped the clock, the referee confirmed the final result to the loser determined by the computer in a calm tone:

"… Rui Zhao, 2nd dan, do you have any objection to this result?"

"what……"

After hearing this basically predictable result, the girl lowered her eyelids slightly and replied softly:

"without thanks."

"Well, thank you for your cooperation!"

After receiving the confirmation reply, the referee nodded to Rui Zhao and then announced the final result of the four-hour and forty-five-minute battle to everyone present:
“Then…it’s confirmed by the players.

"In the ninth match of this Lakeside Cup, Japan's Aoi Natsukawa, 7th dan, played with white and defeated China's Rui Zhao, 2nd dan, by half a point!

"In the first match of the third stage, the South Korean team will arrange players to attack the challenge!"

Finally... I won!

Finally defeated Rui Zhao!
As the referee announced the final result, Natsukawa Aoi, who was feeling somewhat uneasy, no longer cared about etiquette and stood up suddenly.

Even though the fatigue from the long battle almost made her stagger, she still immediately steadied herself, raised her arms and shouted, venting all the emotions pent up in her heart.

This game of chess...it was so hard for her to win!
Although during the long endgame of this game, she could clearly feel that her opponent's performance in shaping and concluding moves in complex situations was indeed not satisfactory.

However, Rui Zhao still showed great stability and focus throughout the final process.

In the five-day continuous battle, including a nearly five-hour "super-long fast game" on the last day, although the girl's closing skills were poor, she did not retreat, forcing Natsukawa Aoi to exert 200% of her spirit and fighting spirit, and she fought with the opponent until the very last moment before achieving a tragic victory.

After many hardships, we finally won this victory.

At this time, Aoi Natsukawa was enjoying the afterglow of victory, and Sato Tadao, the vice-president of the Japanese Chess Institute, was also moved to tears when he saw this.

A victory in the Lakeside Cup tournament may not mean much to China or South Korea.

But for Japan, which had a dismal record in this tournament, the direct victory over this new girl who showed almost terrifying suppression power and was recognized by domestic media as the "future number one female player" still brought great excitement to the entire Japanese Go community!
At the same time, across the sea in Japan, many professional chess players who participated in the "Queen Zhaotian's Response Operation" were also celebrating and enjoying the rare moment of victory since this challenge match!
The Japanese women's team finally won a victory in this Lakeside Cup!
It was obtained from the "Queen Zhaotian" who was almost like a devil!

Seeing such a scene, the media present naturally pressed the shutters in their hands to record this highly infectious moment in preparation for the news that would be released soon.

But, at this moment.

The bright girl who acted as the "final boss" didn't seem interested in paying attention to the noise nearby.

She just quietly looked at the final board in front of her, as if she was thinking about something, or as if...

Not thinking about anything.

...

At this point, the first act of many legends of "Live Broadcast Queen Zhao Tianhou" in the ring competition came to an end.

In the 2023 Lakeside Cup Three Kingdoms Women's Arena Tournament, Rui Zhao, as the pioneer of China, defeated all opponents along the way, won battle after battle, and crushed the opponent in every match. In the first and second stages, she had almost no rivals.

After seven consecutive victories, the troops advanced to the front of the Japanese general, and the battle was in full swing. Natsukawa Female Honinbo urgently sought help from all over the country, and finally retreated after a hard fight!

After this battle, the title of "the number one woman in the future" was almost universally recognized by the three countries, and no one dared to object in public.

At the end of the last match of the second stage, the girl stood by her opponent, looking calmly and neither sad nor angry. This scene also became the most famous scene of this Nongshim/Lakeside Cup Tournament...

One of two photos.

...

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"Xiao Yanagi Jiudan! Sorry to have kept you waiting!"

At the same time, at Busu Nongshim Hotel, on the side of the glass bridge.

Just as the entire Japanese chess world was completely excited about the victory of their country's female Honinbo player who had won a hard-fought victory.

An Zhengze, a photographer from the South Korean Go Institute, who had just packed up his things, was carrying his camera on his back and jogging towards the gentle young man who was watching others leave. The South Korean Go Institute has a lot of experience in the commercial operation of Go. When there are important competitions on weekdays, they often send accompanying photographers to shoot some of the daily life of the players outside the game, which is convenient for editing the highlights for fans to watch.

The Nongshim Cup is no exception.

However, there was no match for the South Korean players this morning, so An Zhengze also rested in the room until Liu Shixian informed him that they were about to set off, and then he rushed to meet them.

"Ah! Brother An, there's no need to be so anxious!"

Hearing An Zhengze's voice, the young man turned around, still with that signature gentle smile on his face.

"Hey, I'm afraid it will waste your time! I can't neglect you just because you have a good temper!"

An Zhengze ran to Young Master Liu and took a breath. Then he looked at the figure that was gradually going away at the other end of the corridor with a little confusion:
"...Hey, the one who was chatting with you just now and then ran away in a hurry was...Lei Qi Jiudan?"

"Well, yes."

When Liu Shixian saw An Zhengze had arrived, he walked towards the stadium.

An Zhengze naturally followed and asked:

"What did he want to talk to you about?"

Young Master Liu looked playful:
"Nothing... just talking about how to make tuna sashimi more chewy."

"……what?"

An Zhengze was confused for a moment. He thought that what top chess players talked about before the game was really...

So homely!
But before An Zhengze could react, Liu Shixian, who was walking, suddenly stopped and asked:

“Oh right…Brother An.

"That photo of senior Choi Myung-ho...was it taken here?"

"what?"

An Zhengze was stunned again when he heard this, but he quickly realized which photo Liu Shixian was talking about.

After all, that photo is too famous in the South Korean Go community.

In November 2004, the second phase of the 11th Nongshim Cup was also held at the Nongshim Hotel in Busu.

The last match of the second stage that year was when Cui Minghao took the stage to challenge Jiao Kai.

At that time, the Internet was not well developed, so it was not convenient to conduct remote discussions via the Internet.

Therefore, all five members of the Chinese team, which has always been a strong collectivist, arrived in South Korea at that time so that they could work together at any time.

So when Jiao Kai walked into the game room of the comprehensive building from the corridor bridge, his teammates and coaches beside him were full of momentum.

The results of the Chinese team that year were also quite ideal. By the last game of the second stage of the ring match, they had achieved a numerical advantage of three to two to one.

On the other hand, the South Korean team had four players who played very poorly in the first half, and only Choi Myung-ho was left in the last match of the second stage. So when the South Korean player stepped into the corridor, he seemed particularly weak and isolated.

At that time, there were South Korean reporters at the hotel who captured these two moments and planned to write a special report after their country lost the Nongshim Cup, denouncing the war criminal behavior and individualistic actions of the top four South Korean chess players and demanding that they apologize to the people.

But the result... everyone knows it.

The photo of Choi Myung-ho heading to the game room alone became the perfect footnote to the sixth Nongshim Cup Tournament.

As a photographer for the South Korean Chess Institute, An Zhengze was naturally familiar with that photo.

He looked around and then said with certainty:
“Yes, that photo of Choi Myung-ho was taken in this corridor!”

"Ah...that's it!"

The world's number one nodded, looked around for a while with a relaxed expression, and finally said in a joking tone:

“Then…Brother An.

“Am I…

“Should we take a photo here too?”

Tomorrow's update may be postponed to noon, and I would like to say hello to all the big guys...

It turns out that I can't do this often. I'm sorry for the company and myself.

In addition, Xiao Zhao's journey in this Lakeside Cup has indeed come to an end. I feel that this result will definitely be controversial, but this is indeed the result that was determined when the overall outline was conceived. In fact, the speed at which I improve the protagonist is already quite fast. If it is faster, it will obviously be surreal. I hope you all understand.

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(End of this chapter)