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

"Rui Zhao 6th Dan, thank you for accepting our post-match interview!

"In today's final, you and Kim Woo-eun had an extremely exciting mid-game confrontation, and you were not at all inferior.

"It's a pity... in terms of the conclusion of the subsequent complex endgame, it seems that you are still a little behind Kim Woo-eun. In the end, you failed to win the game and finished second.

"However, while watching the game, our domestic commentator, the national team coach Jiao Kai, has always believed that Kim Woo-eun, 9th Dan, deliberately targeted you based on the information that was leaked the night before.

"According to his analysis, although the Ice Queen was decisive in her moves in the past, her overall style of play was more balanced, and she generally would not launch such fierce attacks in the middle game.

"The way she moved the chess in today's game was obviously aimed at your weaknesses. It can be said that the research material about you that was leaked before the game had something to do with it.

"Do you think...if we didn't have that information, would we still have a good chance in the finals?"

“Well… the chances may be greater, but I think the fundamental reason for this defeat is still a problem with my own strength!
"At the end of the game, I was more than ten points behind Jin Jiudan in the endgame. This had nothing to do with targeting or not. It was essentially because of my own technical shortcomings.

"If my endgame skills were good enough, I wouldn't necessarily lose this game!"

"Ah... is that so?

"But...this targeted research material must have some influence on you, right?

"If you didn't have this information, since you rarely play complicated endgames in official matches, Kim Woo-eun might not have noticed it. Maybe you would have a better chance of winning!"

"But isn't this just like covering one's ears and stealing the bell?
"If you want to be a truly top chess player, you can't have any obvious weaknesses!

“The shortcomings of any top player are only relative; no one has a real weakness.

"As for my complicated endgame, I lost almost ten points to Kim You-eun in today's game. No matter how you look at it, there is still a lot of room for improvement. It's not unfair that I lost the game...

"Follow-up! I will continue to hone my official game skills and strive to play in the next season's Weiqi League for a long time, so as to gain experience in higher-level competitions!"

"Ah... okay, okay...

"Well, thank you again, Rui Zhao 6th Dan, for accepting our interview..."

At this point, the video with South Korean subtitles on the Ice Queen’s phone came to an abrupt end.

She is...really planning to play Weiqi...

March 3, Hano International Airport, Eastern City, Japan.

Kim Woo-eun, who had just won her fourth consecutive and ninth overall women's world championship, was sitting in a chair in the waiting area. She put down her mobile phone and sighed.

Although she has just broken the record of eight women's world championships held by Wu Yueyun, and is now the first in history in this regard, she has added another bargaining chip to the competition between herself and Mr. Wu for the title of "the first female chess player in history."

But... the Ice Queen was in no mood to celebrate at this moment.

She knows that she cannot compare with Wu Yueyun simply by relying on the number of women's world championships and an unlimited world runner-up title which is more dependent on luck.

——After all, the two feats of "breaking into the top 20 in the world in third-party rating points" and "defeating the top players at the leader level in a game of chess" still seem a bit far away for Kim Woo-eun now.

But the predecessors have not yet achieved it, but the successors have already arrived.

The current speed of progress of China's new star Rui Zhao really makes the Ice Queen a little dazed.

Although this time she relied on the data summarized by the Dongying Chess Academy and seemed to have defeated Rui Zhao with a large advantage without bloodshed, if the live broadcast queen wanted to truly have the strength to fight head-on with the world's number one woman, it seemed that she would need a long period of accumulation.

However, Jin Youen knew that his situation was far from optimistic.

First of all, the most intuitive thing is: in the middle game of yesterday's final, she had no way to gain a clear advantage over Rui Zhao!
This girl, who hasn't even been promoted to a professional professional for a year, is already able to compete with me in a mid-game battle!

Although this is related to the two players' chess playing styles, the Ice Queen, who has had few rivals in the world women's chess arena in the past three years, still couldn't laugh at all.

What made her even more uneasy was… the girl’s attitude towards her own shortcomings.

For Rui Zhao, the "Zhao Tianhou's Response Information" that suddenly revealed before the fan-to-air battle finals was undoubtedly a huge disaster.

If the girl might have had a chance of winning against the Ice Queen in the single-game final, then after Jin Youen fully understood the opponent's shortcomings and weaknesses, Rui Zhao no longer had the slightest chance.

But who knew that this Empress Zhaotian didn't think it was a bad thing at all, but felt that this information was helping her to fill in the gaps! At the same time, she was thinking about participating in the next Chinese league as soon as possible!
This made Jin Youen feel a strong sense of crisis.

Go is so pure that it does not tolerate any fraud.

In the past two years, in order to ensure her dominance in women's competitions and achieve greater breakthroughs in cup competitions, Kim Youen took the initiative to give up the opportunity to continue competing in the South Korean KB League in order to save energy. After all, as an individual sport, Go's historical status still attaches more importance to the results of various individual competitions.

This approach has indeed improved her stability in the cup competition. However, the Ice Queen also began to feel that due to the lack of high-level competition in the top men's league, her overall strength seemed to be stagnant. Since she won the runner-up in the 2022 LIG Cup, she seemed to have no further breakthroughs.

Now, Rui Zhao, the young junior who was eager to catch up, showed an attitude that he was determined to play in the Weiqi League no matter what, which directly touched the sensitive string in the queen's heart.

Thinking of this, Jin Youen couldn't help but pursed his lips, then opened LINE and made an online call directly:

"Hello, Vice Chairman Zhao!

"Um...ah...thank you! I will certainly continue to work hard in the future!
"Um... I have something to ask...

“Do I still have a chance to join the domestic KB league midway?

"Hmm... the registration and signing ended at the end of last year, so we can only wait until the next session at the end of this year...

"Ah! Nothing much, I just feel that the women's chess competition is not very challenging recently, and I want to find some matches with a higher overall level!" "Well, then I'll wait for the next one!"

After asking some questions, Jin Youen hung up the phone, with a bit of confusion on his face.

“At the end of the year…?”

The Ice Queen put down her phone and couldn't help but sigh softly:
"she……

"Should I be given time to play in the league again?"

...

...

"Mr. Wu, you said...

"Can Rui Zhao play Weiqi?"

While Jin Youen was struggling with Rui Zhao's plan to make it to the upper level of the Weiqi League, another female leader in an old house in Dongjiang City, China, was also having a headache about it.

Seeing the captain of the team who came to visit him today, Wu Yueyun blinked and couldn't help but smile:
"Hey, I said it was nothing, but why did you suddenly come to my house today? It turns out you came to ask me about this matter!"

“No, no!
"I just wanted to see you and ask you a question..."

Zou Yang hurriedly made up an excuse with a guilty conscience.

Mr. Wu smiled, but didn't waste any more time on this topic. He answered directly:

“Okay… I understand.

"As for whether she can play in the Weiqi League... I think there won't be any problem at all."

Zou Yang frowned and reminded:
"But the Dongjiang team will definitely not sign her as a long-term main player. The three teams that are closer, Suhu, Qiantang, and Gezhou, will not have a place for her in the short term!"

"Hey, Zou Yang, don't you see clearly yet?"

Hearing this, Mr. Wu couldn't help but complain:
"When I asked Rui Zhao to step down from the second stage, she didn't care about her income level and happily agreed without even thinking about it!

"And this time, she has even said that she will agree to any request when she is 'openly seeking a job'. Do you think she will still be concerned about where the team's home base is?"

"Uh……"

The little sheep was speechless for a moment, but he had to admit that what Mr. Wu said was absolutely right.

Rui Zhao, who usually doesn't like to be interviewed, has already taken the initiative to do business in front of the camera, which shows his determination to play in the Chinese Go League.

Mr. Wu continued:

"Now, judging from strength alone, it's not surprising that the Jinfen, Qiannan, Qingzang, and Pohu teams signed her as a main player - the fourth players in these four teams are obviously weaker than Rui Zhao.

"Considering Rui Zhao's natural popularity and her female selling point, Chaotian will probably help her.

"In the worst-case scenario, the last Weiqi League was sponsored by the Zhicheng Group, which helped the association a lot! If Director Qian or Rui Zhao's father brings this up with Chaotian, even if Chaotian insists on his principles, he will probably have to think of a solution!

"So... Rui Zhao's promotion to the upper Weijia League is basically a done deal!"

Zou Yang was silent for a while, then pursed his lips and said:
"I see……

"But if she wants to participate in the Women's Weiqi League next season in addition to participating in various competitions, I'm worried that it will affect her performance in the Women's Weiqi League..."

"Hey, Zou Yang, how come you, a young man, are more worried than an old woman like me!"

Wu Yueyun frowned and said:

"She is only playing on the second stage. In the next league, at most there will be a Man Jing who may have a small impact on her.

"Rui Zhao's ability to suppress and stabilize the opponent is even better than that of your junior brother. Are you still worried that she won't be able to play well in the Women's Go League?"

"Uh...too."

The female celebrity thought about it and nodded.

In fact, according to Zou Yang's plan, she had considered that Rui Zhao's strength would probably surpass her completely this year, and she would naturally have to give up the position of main general to her at that time, so she was worried about Rui Zhao's performance on the main general platform at that time.

But she changed her mind and thought that if Rui Zhaozhen's performance was not stable, he would just have to play on the second stage for another whole year, and she would just have the opportunity to take another shot at the league's "boss champion" on the main stage, which would be even better!
As for the fact that Rui Zhao might get training and surpass himself faster by participating in the Weiqi League...

The little sheep had already expected this, so why bother about whether it was a few days earlier or later?

But at this moment, Wu Yueyun seemed to have thought of something and added:

"But there's something you might want to pay attention to... uh..."

"Hmm? What should I pay attention to?"

Wu Yueyun, who was questioned, hesitated for a while, but did not continue to say what he had just said. Instead, he smiled and said:
“Well, nothing!
"I just remembered some things from my...young life." (End of this chapter)