Well……

Sure enough, as long as you are willing to relax and concentrate, there will be no problem!

At the same time, in Shengjiang City, China, Shengjiang Hotel.

Lin Ruixin, who had just finished the final review with Shangguan Sheng, stood up from his seat, relaxed his muscles and bones, and thought secretly in his heart.

Recently, chess master Lin has been working very hard.

Ever since the failure in the Sanshuang Cup qualifiers, Lin Ruixin, who realized that something was wrong, learned his lesson and changed his usual style. He focused most of his time and energy on practicing chess, and even significantly reduced his live broadcast time!

After all... this year is his last chance to achieve the Grand Slam! If he doesn't fight now, he will never have another chance.

And his efforts during this period have finally paid off!

Now, as long as I work harder, I can still perform well enough!

Lin Ruixin thought secretly in his heart.

This another championship in the King of Kings competition is a proof of this!
Although compared to the overwhelming victory when he won the King of Kings for the first time, this time there are some more twists and turns.

In the second round of the winner's group, Lin Ruixin made a mistake in his official move when he had the advantage in both time and situation, and was overturned by the "world's number one official" Shangguan Sheng, who advanced to the loser's group with a half-point advantage.

But this did not affect the overall situation - in the loser group, he defeated Xiong Siyi, Sun Yi, and Dai Ran along the way, and just in the finals, he avenged Guan Ye and successfully won the championship!
Now looking back at the defeat in the second round, it was only because I was not focused and was careless for a moment!
Thinking of this, Lin Ruixin turned his shoulders again and walked towards the door of the chess room.

The heavyweight championship that he had just won made China's number one man suddenly feel like he was back four years ago.

For his career so far, there are two years that are very obvious watersheds - 2015 and 2020.

In April 2015, after defeating Shang Chaotian and winning the title of "Chess Saint" which is generally considered to be the symbol of China's number one player, Lin Ruixin soared to the sky and soon won the Spring Orchid Cup Championship at the end of April, starting his continuous performances on the world competition stage.

After that, he won the Sanshuang Cup twice in 2016 and 2019, the Miaojia Bailing Cup in 2016 and 2018, and the Mengli Lily Cup in 2017... The overall pace is orderly and the results are remarkable!

Until 2020, another leap year arrives.

At the beginning of this year, Lin Ruixin had won six world championships in five years, an astonishing speed. People in the circle felt that it was a foregone conclusion that he would become the number one in the history of Chinese Go, and it would not be a problem for him to win double-digit career championships!
As it is a leap year, the Go Olympics is about to come, and the great chess master Lin is only two trophies away from his Grand Slam: the Yingyi Cup and the LIG Cup!

All of a sudden, domestic media inside and outside the circle were hyping him up, and calls for "Grand Slam" and "the first person in Chinese history" were heard one after another.

At that time, Lin Ruixin was full of confidence, as if he saw himself reaching the pinnacle of Chinese history!

Although he lost to his old rival Lao Li in the semi-finals of the Sanshuang Cup at the beginning of the year, his overwhelming victory in the first King of Kings Tournament still gave him great confidence.

It’s a pity...the final result was not satisfactory.

Although at the LIG Cup that year, he took advantage of an unexpected mistake by the young Master Liu and successfully won his seventh world championship.

But in the crucial Yingyi Cup competition, he lost to his old rival Li Tingyan again in the quarterfinals, missing this once-in-four-year opportunity.

The Chinese chess circle felt very sorry that the 23-year-old Lin Ruixin missed the opportunity to win the Yingyi Cup.

But winning the seventh championship, tying Shang Chaotian's record, still made everyone full of expectations for the chess master Lin:

He has achieved such great results at the age of 23. He will surely still be able to maintain such a strong dominance four years later. It is totally worth waiting for another four years!
Moreover, Lin Ruixin has won seven titles at the age of 23, so four years later...

Snapped!
Thinking back to this, Lin Ruixin suddenly felt a little irritated and couldn't help but tap his forehead. However, he quickly adjusted his mentality as he had always been strong mentally.

It’s okay… although it seems like I’ve wasted some time in the past few years.

But now I am still at the right age! And I have the most recognized talent!

What his agent Mo Wei said was right: as long as he was willing to work hard for a while, win another World Championship and become the undisputed number one in Chinese history, then that would be a once-and-for-all solution!
While bringing huge commercial value, no one will be qualified to criticize even if there are no more achievements in the future!
And if this eighth world championship happens to be the Yingyi Cup that can complete the Grand Slam...

Thinking of this, the corners of Lin Ruixin's mouth curled up noticeably.

Then he strode out of the chess room, ready to accept interviews from the media who had been waiting outside the door.

King's return!
——At this time, the great chess master Lin was eager to convey this message to the outside world through the media.

...

...

Hmm... Lin Ruixin has been in good shape recently...

Brother Ichijo and Uncle Shindo want to achieve good results in this year's world competition... but I'm afraid it will be even more difficult!
On the evening of May 5, at the lobby entrance of Zhujin Guesthouse, Zhujin City, Luhuai Province.

The Japanese girl, Rei Uesaka, who got off the taxi with the assistant translator, had just finished reading a latest interview report on her mobile phone and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Although Uesaka is a female chess player, as "a person with talent no less than any man" and "a super genius that appears once in four hundred years", Uesaka Rei has always regarded entering the men's chess world and competing for the championship of unlimited tournaments as her ultimate goal since she was a child. Therefore, she is very concerned about the situation in the men's chess world - even though she is still far from that level now.

It was for this reason that, after hearing from the South Korean chess circle that the Chinese Pohu Women's Team was trying to find a second chess player, she took the initiative to ask her father for permission to play in the Women's Weiqi League as a foreign aid for the Pohu Women's Team!
As for why we have to do this...

That's because Rui Zhao has now become the captain of the Poyang Women's Team, and she wants to take this opportunity to observe and learn!
"Learn the advanced technology from the barbarians in order to defeat them" - this may just be a policy, a slogan, or even just a joke in China.

But in Japan, this is the national spirit that is deeply rooted in the bones!

If you want to defeat your opponent, you must understand and learn from him.

This can be regarded as a traditional skill for Japan, which has always boasted of "leaving Asia and joining Europe" but has also launched "investment and absorption" (Ma's accent) on European and American countries!

Even though Ko Uesaka had been made to cry twice in a row by Rui Zhaoxia, he had already become "Queen Zhao's little crybaby".

But putting aside the crushing defeat, Rui Zhao, a supernova female chess player who is improving extremely fast and is about to become a main player in the Men's Go League, is definitely the person that Kogami Saka needs to learn experience from the most!

Therefore, although she disliked the other party in her heart, Uesaka Rei still resolutely recommended herself to the Pohu team through the chess academy, and finally reached an agreement with the other party and became a member of the Pohu women's team.

It is never too late to endure hardships for ten years!
It is our responsibility to restore Japan's glory!

After secretly repeating in her mind what she had said before her first match against Rui Zhao, Uesaka Rei pursed her lips and walked into the lobby of the Zhujin Guest House with a determined look.

At this time, Lai Chen, manager of the Pohu Women's Team, and the other three team members were already waiting for her in the lobby - the Pohu Women's Team for the 2024 season has officially completed its reunion!

In tomorrow's opening match, they will face their first opponent of the season:
Led by last season's Women's Weiqi champion and current Chinese Women's celebrity Zou Yang...

Dongjiang Women's Team. (End of this chapter)

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