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

"Brother Zeng, you've really recovered!"

Ten o'clock in the evening on May 5, Qiantang City, China.

Zeng Guangwen, who had just experienced another reversal, couldn't help but smile and was overjoyed when he heard Rui Zhao's praise!
Although he originally thought that his master's voice was quite pleasant, now he felt like he was enjoying the sound of nature!
Is this the reward from the Queen?

Zeng Guangwen sighed slightly in his heart.

Tonight, Rui Zhao rushed back to Hongdu City, the capital of Poyang Lake Province, from Zhujin. He then came to Zeng Guangwen without stopping to practice with him, intending to test his "recovery status".

But Fatty Zeng was well prepared for this.

After serving as the Queen's servant for half a year, he knew that his master was a little chess fanatic who could never forget about chess.

There is a 80% chance that he will look for him to practice as soon as this month is up and the Zhujin station competition is over!
Therefore, after commentating on the women's Weiqi League match between Rui Zhao and Liu Yuhong yesterday, Fatty Zeng did not continue to play as he had done in the past month. Instead, he took the time to have a good rest and gather enough energy to wait for this "life-and-death battle".

And the result... Fortunately, the mission was accomplished!
Although Fatty Zeng is not good at mid-game operations, as Rui Zhao's long-term sandbag, he knows too well some of Rui Zhao's little habits during the game!
Combined with the "Queen Zhao's Response Plan" that was urgently summarized by most of the Dongying Chess Academy, Fatty Zeng is now able to deal with Rui Zhao in a relatively less intense manner.

When it comes to the endgame, it is time for Zeng Guangwen to launch a counterattack!

In the two "test matches" that just ended, Zeng Guangwen lost in the middle game but did not collapse. He then turned the situation around through endgame, which he was already good at, and finally won against Rui Zhao by one and a half points and half a point.

Now it seems that Empress Zhaotian is very satisfied with Zeng Qidan's performance. Fatty Zeng also quickly responded:

“Of course!
"Since you need me, Queen, I must give you 120% of my strength!"

"That would be great!"

However, upon hearing this, Rui Zhao, who was on the video call, suddenly tilted his head:

"But, why do I feel...

"Why is it that your body's condition isn't right?

"I have lost a lot of weight, and I have dark circles under my eyes. My cheeks are even a little sunken..."

"Illusion, this is all an illusion!"

Zeng Guangwen quickly responded:
"I'm in very good shape now! Otherwise it wouldn't be easy to beat the Queen!"

“Ah… that’s right!”

Although she felt a little embarrassed, Queen Zhaotian rarely accepted this secret flattery.

"I have indeed become more powerful recently! I have won consecutive victories over Senior Sister Zou and Queen Mulan in the recent league!"

Seeing that the time was ripe, Zeng Qidan immediately struck while the iron was hot:

"Then...are you still willing to practice with me online?"

"Of course!"

Rui Zhao responded crisply:

"To be honest, I really need you, Brother Zeng!

"Since deciding to come to Pohu, Senior Sister Zou has been reluctant to train with me.

"I've been training with Mr. Lei for a while now, but Mr. Lei seems to be a little...

"A little... um..."

Zeng, who was good at observing people's expressions, understood the hidden meaning of Rui Zhao's words and would not embarrass his master. He immediately interrupted the conversation:

“Don’t worry, Queen!
"I am Zeng Guangwen! I am willing to serve the Queen Mother like a dog or a horse!

"It's just... just a sparring match, no need to be so exaggerated!"

Rui Zhao, who had been a little embarrassed just now, immediately became a little awkward in his tone.

"That's it... that...

"Brother Zeng, can you become stronger in the future?"

"what--?"

Hearing this, Zeng Guangwen couldn't help but lengthen his tone.

Become stronger again?
What, what does this mean?
Dear aunt, your request would be better than asking me to be your watchdog!
When Zeng Guangwen thought about the life he had lived like a cow and a horse for the past month, his expression suddenly became distorted.

However, Empress Zhaotian did not seem to pay much attention to the embarrassment in Fatty Zeng's tone, and continued to talk to herself:

“This time, luckily you were just in a bad state some time ago, and now you have adjusted back.

"Otherwise, I don't know who to find during this period of time to practice with! You are the only high-level chess player I know of who can be found at any time...

"But I'm worried that if I continue to improve in the future, it might be difficult for me to find you, Brother Zeng... That would be such a pity!"

"So... can you please try a little harder? It'll be a help to me!

"Ah! If you need a sparring partner, I can pay for it! I got so much bonus this year that I don't know how to spend it..."

Uh...I forgot everything...

This little girl has won the Little Sheep and Little Bird recently, which definitely shows that her strength is still improving! For a moment, Zeng Guangwen complained in his heart, feeling like he had just escaped from the tiger's mouth and entered the wolf's den. He immediately organized his words and prepared to decline:

"Diva, this is not about money at all..."

But when the words really came to his lips, Zeng Guangwen hesitated again.

Eh, that’s not right…?
If you don’t follow the queen now, it would be a clear sign of “absolute disloyalty”!

Then being abandoned again... isn't it just a matter of time?
But if this is the case, wouldn’t all the hard work I’ve endured in the past month be in vain? !

So, we should be afraid of sunk costs in everything.

First I thought about the huge wealth I had finally caught, and then I thought about how I had worked day and night for the past month.

Even though the road ahead seemed extremely dangerous, Fatty Zeng could no longer give in.

Well……

On the contrary, she is just a girl anyway, and there is probably no room for her to improve her strength!
Just hold on...it definitely won’t take too long!
After a while of hesitation, Fatty Zeng finally gritted his teeth and stamped his feet, gritted his teeth, and said resolutely:
“…You talk to me about money, doesn’t that hurt feelings?
"I am Zeng Guangwen. I am willing to work hard and make progress, and always be the Queen's loyal punching bag, even if I die!"

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After the Women's Go League Zhujin Station competition ended, Fatty Zeng started working diligently and exhaustedly to keep her position, needless to say.

In mid-to-late May, there was no major news in the Chinese chess world, just various odds and ends.

First, on May 5, the fourth round of the Women's Weiqi League ended. The Pohu team played at home against the Pengze team led by Jia Feiquan.

Because it was only a week apart, Kouesaka was not in a hurry to go home, but planned to wait until the fourth round was finished.

The next round of competition will be in mid-to-late June.

In the end, all three teams of the Pohu team, which played at home, performed well and won 4.5 points again. The little crybaby was able to return to Japan with a smile on his face.

As for the men, the unique rapid chess tournament, the China Go Dragon Star Tournament, finally came to an end on May 5 after more than half a month of competition.

In fact, the Dragon Star War started on the 14th, but although the event runs from the 14th to the 31st, it seems that the time is not short, the actual schedule is extremely tight.

Different from the single-elimination, double-elimination, round-robin, and tournament systems that are more common at home and abroad, the arrangement of the Dragon Star Tournament is extremely unique, mainly adopting the bubble tournament system and super-fast chess rules.

The Dragon Star Tournament consists of twenty-two players. The champion and runner-up of the previous tournament and the top six players in the ranking (if there is a repeat) will directly enter this tournament as seeded players.

In addition to the above eight players, another 28 players will be selected according to their ratings to participate in a qualifying round to determine the remaining 14 players.

In this competition, the 22 contestants are divided into two groups, A and B, with 11 people in each group. The 22 contestants are arranged in a snake-like manner from top to bottom in the order of their rank and grade points.

In this competition, the last person in each group will challenge the next level step by step, and the winner will advance. The person with the most winners in each group and the last winner will each enter the semi-finals.

If there is a tie for the most wins, the last winner with the most wins will be chosen. If the winner with the most wins is the same as the final winner, the winner with the second most wins will be chosen. If one person wins all, he or she will go directly to the finals.

The semi-finals will be played between the last winner of Group A and the winner of Group B. The winners will advance to the finals. The semi-finals are single-elimination, and the finals are best-of-three.

The time limit is 30 seconds per move, and each side has 10 free minutes of 1 minute each. If the time limit is exceeded, the player loses. This is a representative game of super fast chess.

At the same time, it is also because most games are basically finished in two and a half hours, and there are a lot of rounds to play, so the Dragon Star Tournament only has one day of rest between the bubble match and the semi-finals, and all other games are played continuously. People can't help but complain about what kind of plantation go this is.

By the way, the fact that this fast-paced competition only has a 20 yuan prize for the first prize is also a big complaint.

If someone really wants to go through the preliminaries and work his way up from the bottom, he would have to win 12 games at most to get 20, which is not even as much as the winning fee in the Chinese Weiqi League!

However, even so, the contestants were very enthusiastic about participating in this competition and few gave up.

The reason... is because the guaranteed bonus for Dragon Star Wars is so good, just as good as the guaranteed bonus for newbies on a certain Chinese website in the first three months.

The match fee for the Dragon Star War is as high as 6000 yuan per game, and it also includes food and lodging (note, it is the match fee, which is included when you place the order), so it has a strong nature of "friendship first, competition second", and all the masters from the backbone to the top are willing to participate.

But precisely because this tournament is very much a friendly one and is a super-fast game, although most chess players are willing to come, it is hard to say how seriously they play.

That's why Lei Qi planned to take advantage of this opportunity to win the championship in one fell swoop and break his championship drought before the Tongge Cup and Yingyi Cup world championships!
However, although Xiao Lei's plan went smoothly, when he really got up, he found that he was not the only one who was working hard!
The first is Ni Jue, who always likes to play badly. He has always been a supporting actor in all the previous Dragon Star Wars.

But this time, Celebrity Tianyuan seemed very serious, defeating Cai Shuang, Bian Lele, Shangguan Sheng and Dai Ran in succession. As the player with the most consecutive wins, he went straight to Lei Qi, who was at the top of the Group B bubble match, and almost cleared the level in one fell swoop.

When Lei Qi finally defeated Ni Jue and entered the semi-finals as the final winner of Group B, there was also "Old Fast" Kuai Liang waiting there who had won four consecutive games.

In the end, Kuai Liang, who was like a fish in water in super-fast chess, performed well and successfully defeated Lei Qi in the semi-finals to enter the finals.

Facing Lin Ruixin, who was also good at fast chess, "Old Fast" performed better and won 20 yuan in prize money with a total score of to . Xiao Lei's championship drought continues to this day.

Finally, it is about the domestic qualifiers for the first Tongge Cup World Championships.

In the first Tongge Cup, there were 48 participants in total.

The specific quota allocation will not be elaborated for now. The key point is that in addition to the normal open group preliminaries, China, South Korea and Ying are each allocated one women's preliminaries quota.

Because the women's group had more participants and more rounds than the open group, while the final of the Dragon Star Tournament was still going on, the women's group selection of the Tongge Cup domestic selection had already started, and it ended on June 6th together with the open group selection that had just started on the 5nd.

Finally, after six rounds of competition, Rui Zhao, the leader of the Pohu women's team, won the first round bye and defeated Hua Ran, Lu Shaozhi, Yang Manjing, Liu Yuhong, Zou Yang, and won the ticket to the Tongge Cup! (End of this chapter)