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

Chapter 364 Bay Area Masters Competition

"Rui Zhao has good luck this time, maybe...

"I'm going to be the runner-up..."

December 12, Pengze City, Luohu Rimang Hotel.

The last Chinese Go event of the year, the Chinese Women's Go Bay Area Masters Tournament, will be held here soon.

Chu Jun, who was responsible for the on-site commentary of today's event, couldn't help but sigh softly after seeing the results of the on-site draw.

The Bay Area Masters Competition is a small-scale invitational competition. Although the organizer is the Pengze Municipal Government and the reception standards are quite high, the event itself is still short and concise.

There are only eight contestants, and there are three single-elimination rounds in total, which will be completed within two days.

The first day's two rounds were fast games with a one-hour hold time and a one-minute countdown. The second day's final extended the hold time to two hours, but the countdown was still one minute.

Three rounds in two days, this schedule is actually a bit too much for female chess players.

But there are not many units or companies willing to organize women's competitions, so female chess players don't have too much trouble about it - it's good enough to have prize money, what else do they need!
There are no seeded players in the competition, all players will be drawn by lot.

This time, Queen Zhaotian, who had average luck in the Women's Masters Tournament and the Dongjiang Jianqiao Cup, seemed to have finally been blessed by God.

Shuangbi and the little witch who had just made it to the final of the Wu Yue Cup were all assigned to the upper half, and only Rui Zhao was assigned to the lower half.

This means that Rui Zhao will only meet one of the three in the finals, and it can be said that he has already locked in the runner-up position in advance.

——There is no way. In the past two months, several female sixth-dan players have never beaten Rui Zhao.

Queen Zhaotian's ability to suppress contestants who are weaker than herself seems to be even more exaggerated than that of her senior brother named Sun!
Thinking of this, Chu Jun couldn't help but narrow his eyes and look at Queen Zhaotian who had drawn lot number six on the stage.

To be honest, Chu Jun was quite dissatisfied with this female rookie who had risen to prominence so quickly.

The reason is also very simple:
As a newcomer of almost the same age, this popular anchor and star player in the Go circle does not seem to take himself seriously at all!

When he was arguing with Lin Ruixin, he directly said that once she won the Rookie of the Year title, she would challenge the current chess master title holder.

At the Women's Go League award ceremony half a month ago, she took the initiative to start a team fight and directly compared herself to Lei Qi, not taking herself seriously at all.

Not to mention that half a year ago, he looked for [Yizhao Qiyi] to play chess on the Yiguo platform, but was directly rejected by the other party because his rank was not high enough!
In addition, Tang Guansheng and Huang Boyan had been comparing Rui Zhao to him almost every other day, which made the bespectacled boy have a strong sense of competition towards the other party. Therefore, he paid a lot of attention to the other party when he came to comment on the game this time.

Speaking of...

I don't think I've ever heard her mention me?
After all, I am the Rookie of the Year champion last year. Do you really need to ignore me like that?
Chu Jun couldn't help but complain in his heart, and at the same time he made up his mind to teach the other party a lesson.

As for the timing...it will naturally be during the Rookie King Contest!
But the only trouble is...

Chu Jun was somewhat unsure whether he could defeat the opponent.

Although he has performed well recently, and has made it to the final round of the preliminaries in both the Yixian Tournament and the Mengli Lily Cup, he has also begun to have a fighting chance against some weaker high-level players in the Weiqi League.

However, Rui Zhao's performance was not inferior at all.

The Yixian Tournament also made it to the final round of preliminaries. Although she participated in the women's preliminaries of the Mengli Lily Cup, it also caused Liu Yuhong a lot of trouble in the end.

And now, it seems that she is likely to get the runner-up in the Bay Area Masters Competition!
This... maybe she's just in a better condition, right?
The performance of female chess players usually has ups and downs. It is impossible for her to be in such a good condition for half a year!

The boy with glasses made such judgment in his mind and gave himself some positive suggestions at the same time.

...

...

"Zou Yang, you haven't been in such good shape lately!"

On the same day, at 5:30 p.m., Luohu Rimang Hotel.

A key match in the second round of this year's Bay Area Masters Tournament has just ended.

After a fierce battle, Liu Yuhong defeated Zou Yang in the middle game and met Rui Zhao, who defeated Jia Feiquan half an hour ago, in the final.

When faced with the question raised by his old opponent immediately after the game, Zou Yang answered softly:

"Ah...it's okay, losing to you is not surprising.

“As for the loss to Man Jing in the Wu Yue Cup semi-finals… people always make mistakes!
"Besides, didn't I just beat her back in the first round?"

The little bird glanced at the little sheep and continued to pester him:
“That’s not the question!
“The main thing is… I feel like you’ve been a lot more depressed lately.

"Just like this game, it seems that you don't have much desire to struggle after you are at a disadvantage, and it seems that winning or losing doesn't matter that much..."

The female celebrity's answer remained calm:
"Yu Hong, I've never been as competitive as you, you should know that." "After all these years of playing chess, my performance has basically reached its peak at this point, and it's difficult to make any new breakthroughs."

"For me, there is nothing else that I must win except the Women's Go League championship."

“To be honest, after confirming that Rui Zhao could join our team midway, what I valued most in the second half of the year was the league and the Lakeside Cup, and then my title of Women’s Celebrity to see if I could keep it for a little longer.

"As for the rest... I really don't have any big obsessions."

That's it...

No wonder she seemed not as tough as before in the Dongjiang Jianqiao Cup final, and she didn't seem to have such a strong desire to win today...

After hearing this, Liu Yuhong roughly understood his old rival's thoughts, then frowned slightly and said:

"It's okay for some domestic competitions, but even in the Wu Yue Cup you..."

"Just do your best!"

Zou Yang raised his eyebrows and began to put away the chess pieces.

"It's not like I don't have a Women's World Championship, and it's not like I can do anything just by winning one more Women's World Championship...

"I feel that after winning this year's Women's Weiqi League, I no longer have any major regrets in my career, and I should gradually start to think about the second half of my life!
"To be honest, after the Chinese New Year, I will start looking for a partner..."

"……what?!"

Liu Yuhong, whose tone was generally calm, suddenly became uneasy:

"Looking for someone? You?!"

"Yes!"

"So, so early?!"

"Why is it so early?"

Zou Yang didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

"Sister Wang got married at the age of 27, so it's already too late for me to start looking for someone at the age of 26, okay?
"Yu Hong, please listen to my advice.

“You can put off having kids until your 30s, but if you want to get married, it’s better to start preparing early.

"After all...when to have children after marriage is something that can be discussed and coordinated within the family.

"But if you want to find a reliable person to marry, it's not something you can just say 'I want to get married' and quickly settle down."

However, Queen Mulan didn't seem to listen to much advice.

She was still in shock after hearing that her old rival was actually looking for a partner. After a long while, she asked again:

"Then who are you going to look for? Inside or outside the circle?"

“There is no hard and fast requirement…”

Zou Yang hesitated for a moment and said:
“But… it’s best to be in the circle, right?

"After all, for us Go players, if the other party doesn't know Go, we will have fewer common topics to talk about!"

But the little sheep never expected that his casual remark would actually cause the other party to have a bigger reaction:

“Best…in the circle?!

"Wait! You're not going to attack Monkey King, are you?"

"ha--?!"

Zou Yang, who had been calm just now, immediately lost his composure after hearing the inexplicable words from his old rival:

"No! Little bird! How can you associate it with Monkey King?

"It's fine if you don't listen to my kind advice, but you don't have to curse me like this!

"Who wants to be with that weird monkey?"

I will try to finish writing the story of the Bay Area Masters Competition tomorrow.

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(End of this chapter)