"Sister Yu Hong, are you... okay today?

"If that doesn't work, I can still help you with the next one today!"

On May 5, at 16: noon, fifteen minutes before the start of the third round of the Women's Go League.

In Hall 109 of Zhujin Guest House, the third round of this year's Women's Weiqi League match between Suhu team and Pohu team is about to take place. Before the game, Yang Manjing greeted her captain very seriously and also expressed that she is ready to take the stage at any time.

Liu Yuhong, who was pretending to be sick, was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand and said:

"Ah? No, no! The fever went away quickly yesterday!
"I took a day off and I'm fully recovered. No problem!"

“Ah… that’s good!”

The little witch quickly looked at the other person, confirmed that his physical condition was indeed good, pursed her lips, hesitated for two seconds, and then nodded.

"Well, come on, Sister Yu Hong!

"But if you're not feeling well, don't force yourself. It's just a game, it doesn't matter if you lose!"

"Hey, I'm not a sheep! I won't be eaten alive by Rui Zhao using such outrageous means as he did the day before yesterday!"

Liu Yuhong smiled and replied:

"Alright Jingjing! Let's go on stage!"

"Ok!"

After a brief exchange, the two walked towards their own chess tables.

However, after separating from her commander, the little witch's expression suddenly darkened, with a hint of unwillingness in her eyes.

Sister Yu Hong... looks fine.

So... he is pretending to be sick?

But Yang Manjing, who realized the truth, had no intention of exposing it: because it was meaningless.

Although, when she received the news that Liu Yuhong suddenly had a high fever yesterday, she felt that something seemed wrong - especially when the other party refused all visits.

But after putting herself in her idol's shoes, the girl expressed complete understanding of the decision made by her idol.

After all, at the Bay Area Masters Competition half a year ago, Liu Yuhong was defeated by Rui Zhao due to lack of energy.

It would be foolish not to learn from past mistakes!
Playing the chess game in front of you well is what you should do right now!
The little witch sat in her seat without saying a word, closed her eyes and waited for the game to begin.

Soon, the referee's voice came from afar.

"Please guess first!"

...

...

A day passed quickly.

At six o'clock in the evening of that day, in a suite at Zhujin Guest House.

The members of the Pohu women's team, who had just finished today's game, gathered here, and the atmosphere was very depressing.

Uesaka Rei from the second station sat in a corner of the sofa with her shoulders hunched, while the main player Rui Zhao had just received a call from Yu Qingguang. He picked up the phone with apologetic look and started to be scolded.

"Rui Zhao, what's wrong with you?!"

After the call was connected, Coach Yu got straight to the point and was not polite to the students at all:

"We had such a huge advantage today, but it ended up like this! Tell me if this is reasonable or not?!"

"Uh……"

Faced with the questioning from the teacher, the usually innocent Queen Zhao Tian was speechless - because her advantage was indeed huge at the end of the middle game.

The first half of today's game was full of twists and turns. After the black piece hung in the lower left corner in the 43rd move, Rui Zhao, who played with white, took advantage of the fact that the two pieces on the left were not completely killed, and made consecutive first moves to borrow and then play the second road point chosen by the AI, which instantly stirred up a wave of the situation that had been stable since the beginning.

Black decisively launched a counterattack on three fronts. At the 70th and 100th moves, the two sides fought for the ko twice in the lower left area.

Because it involved complex situation assessment and response order, both sides made mistakes and opportunities during the fight, but in the end, Rui Zhao, who had stronger mid-game combat capabilities, had the last laugh.

Black was not strict enough in looking for a ko in the 87th move, and Queen Zhaotian seized the opportunity to eliminate the first ko and establish a leading advantage.

In the following moves 128 and 130, Rui Zhao used Liu Yuhong to eliminate the threat in the upper right corner and made two consecutive moves. While expanding the middle part, he suppressed the outer forces of the black pieces in the upper right corner. He once again took the upper hand in the transition caused by the threat and further expanded his advantage.

Although Empress Liu realized that the situation was not right and immediately made a trap move at move 135 to eliminate the white pieces, Rui Zhao still responded calmly.

When Black made the 157th move and the situation entered the endgame, the AI ​​gave White an advantage of about ten points - this advantage is quite large.

However, because the board was involved in two pieces of fighting, the final outcome of the game was very complicated and not simple.

And you have to know that Queen Zhaotian’s complicated official game... that’s a lot of fun!
Seeing that the student was not responding, Yu Qingguang was not polite at all:

"What? Are you mute? Are you speechless?
"I have been thinking of ways to make up endgame questions for you every day, but in the end, the endgame results are still like this. You have almost made me lose face as a fortune teller!
"First of all, in move 190, I don't understand what you are doing! The piece in the middle is obviously dead, but you have to put another one in!
"In move 210, you had two big pieces in the lower left and upper right that could have been used to close the game, but you didn't take them, and instead you had to capture an insignificant piece in the middle!
"This is just the official part where I lost a lot! I haven't even mentioned the various small details!
"At the end of today's game, Liu Yuhong is at least two levels stronger than you! The difference in endgame skills is visible to the naked eye!

"Next time I see Lao Shang, where will I put my face?!"

"Oh! Okay, okay, don't be angry, Old Yu! Rui Zhao has done his best!"

Just then, Lei Jingming's voice was heard from the other end of the phone.

It seemed that after Rui Zhao’s three teachers watched their students’ competition together, Yu Qingguang called them immediately.

However, Old Yu Jiudan remained unmoved:
"What do you mean I tried my best? My lead in the quick 10-point game was wiped out by the other party in the endgame!
"With her performance like this, what will we say about her in the future?
"When I won in the middle game, it was because of your good teaching, Mr. Lei. But when I lost in the end, it was because of my bad teaching, Mr. Yu? Where can I go to seek justice?"

"That's what it is..."

"you……"

"Um... Mr. Yu. Please don't be angry!"

Seeing that Lei Yu and the other person on the other end of the phone were about to do some oral gymnastics, Rui Zhao on the other end quickly apologized:
“Maybe I didn’t play enough endgames in normal games, so I didn’t perform well. I will definitely practice harder in the future!
"I am so sorry for failing to live up to your teachings! >People<"

However, just as Rui Zhao turned into an apologetic fairy and kept apologizing to the teacher on the other end of the phone, Lu Shijia, the eldest sister in the team, came to her side and said softly:

"Rui Zhao, after you finish your call, come and comfort Xiao Shangban!

“This girl was very proud, but she lost two games in three days. I guess she must be feeling a little bad.

"Plus, for some reason, the little witch was particularly ruthless today. I tried to persuade her for a long time but it was of no use. Little Uesaka even started to drop little pearls..."

"what……

"Um, Mr. Yu, I might have to go and comfort Li-chan over here..."

"Hey! Go ahead, go ahead!"

After the training session, Yu Qingguang's tone contained a hint of "there's really nothing I can do to you".

"Since you still won a quarter of the points today, I won't do it again!
"I barely tolerated the loss of a few points in the endgame, but next time you lose almost ten points, don't tell others that I'm your teacher!"

“Yeah, I’ll definitely continue to work hard.

"Goodbye, Teacher Yu!"

After earnestly assuring the other party and waiting for the other party to hang up the phone, Rui Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, then hurriedly stood up and walked to Uesaka Rei's side, and began to speak to her translator and assistant:
"Translator sister, please talk to Li-chan, there's no need to be so sad!

"Man Jing and Grandma Wu are currently ranked in the top three in the Women's Weiqi League, and they are better than the captains of half of the teams!
“Well… although, although I almost got overturned today, at least I won.

"It's okay, as long as I keep winning, we still have a chance to win even if she loses a few more games!

“…Eh, eh?!
"Why, why is she crying even harder?!"

Rui Zhao, who was not very good at comforting people, saw his second wife crying even more bitterly, and was at a loss for a moment. (End of this chapter)

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