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

A day passes in the blink of an eye.

"Ichitsu...he lost..."

June 6, 8: pm.

After defeating Huang Bonan in the first round, Shindo Hiroaki came out to take a look at the results of his teammates, then whispered something.

Although China kept its promise and gave Japan a wild card in this Tongge Cup, it did not hesitate to arrange the lineup and rounds, and put all seven Japanese players in the first round without hesitation, without a single bye.

But... Hiroaki Shindo has nothing to say about this: because the candidates for byes are basically ranked according to the third-party international comprehensive rating ranking list!

On that list, the highest-ranked Japanese chess player, Takuya Ichijo, is only 19th, just outside the candidate range for a bye.

Ranking ahead of Takuya Ichijo are all Chinese and Korean chess players - 14 Chinese players and 4 South Korean players.

This ranking also clearly reveals the weak situation of Japanese men's Go in the world today.

As one of the three best chess players in Japan today, if we have to rank them in most international competitions, they would be roughly at the "weak ninth dan" level of China.

——There is a certain possibility of overthrowing strong players, but basically they are still suppressed. It is easy to overturn when facing the middle-level players in the Chinese Weiqi League.

But... although Hiroaki Shindo admitted that the overall strength of Japanese chess players is definitely different from that of the top chess players in China and South Korea, objectively speaking, the gap is not as big as it seems.

After all, Japanese chess players must focus on the seven major domestic chess tournaments, and the three most important ones in Japan...ah, now the two major chess tournaments, [Chess Saint] and [Meijin], are two-day, super-long chess tournaments with a total retention time of up to eight hours, which is incompatible with the current world championship finals, which generally uses a maximum retention time of three hours. This has also affected the performance of Japanese chess players in the world championships to a certain extent.

Therefore, in recent years he has been hoping that the chess academy could make reforms to bring the domestic seven-game time system into line with international competitions, but due to the requirements of sponsors, there has been no progress at all.

Hiroaki Shindo is deeply worried about this.

Although the last unlimited world tournament in Japan, the "Fuji Cup", was discontinued in 2011, the Japanese Go community seems to have been doing well in the past decade or so.

But Shindo Hiroaki knew that there would be no future if he remained complacent.

The oldest Honinbo tournament in history has slipped directly from the "Three Major Chess Tournaments" due to the loss of sponsorship. This is a very bad sign!
Therefore, he urgently hopes that his country's chess players can achieve good results in the world competitions, giving a shot in the arm to the declining Japanese Go.

But this time...the situation is still not optimistic.

The domestic No. 1 player, Takuya Ichijo, who was full of confidence before the game, was eliminated in the first round. The rest of the players, except him and Ueno Torachiro, also lost. As for the wild card player Uesaka, of course...

……Eh?

Uesaka she...

WON?!!!
When he saw the outcome of his 13-year-old rookie's game, he was shocked and quickly clicked into the game to take a closer look.

In this game, facing the South Korean 8th dan chess player Lee Seung-gyu, Uesaka Rei successfully summoned the spirit and performed well. However, Lee Seung-gyu once again triggered his own "female chess player fermented bean curd" debuff, and made several bad moves, and finally successfully sent himself away.

Li-chan...sure!

This is another improvement!
The Japanese chess player who was in charge, who had been frowning, couldn't help but smile.

really……

It was the right decision to let her go to China to study and train with Queen Zhaotian!

With this in mind, Jinto couldn't help but look for Rui Zhao's first round of games on the page.

...Hmm, as expected...

There is no need to watch the game of Empress Zhao Tian's attack...

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"Hmm...it would be nice if I could meet the top masters from South Korea and Japan..."

At the same time, in another corner of Tongge Tower.

After exchanging greetings with the North American white chess player Kerry Tucker, Rui Zhao put away his chess sets together with the other party, but his expression was far from happy.

This Tongge Cup, like all other tournaments with more than 32 participants, gave two places each to Europe and America in addition to the traditional three countries of China, Ying and South Korea.

However, unlike the Yumeli Lily Cup, this time the first round of draws was open to the public, so there was no room for maneuver. But Queen Zhaotian still drew a European and American chess player, and really relied on her ability to get herself into the top 32.

For other players, drawing European and American players is undoubtedly a "good luck" - after all, Go is currently mainly popular in the three East Asian countries.

But for Rui Zhao, who was eager to learn from his powerful enemy, it was not something to be happy about.

I can only hope that I’ll draw a good chess player in the upcoming draw!
Queen Zhaotian couldn't help but pray secretly in her heart.

But just as Rui Zhao was about to go to the chess players' lounge to wait for the second round of draw to begin, he unexpectedly met an acquaintance at a corner.

"Lei, Lei Qi ninth stage!"

Rui Zhao exclaimed slightly when he saw who was coming:
"Aren't you on a bye? Why are you here now?" "Rui Zhao?"

Lei Qi seemed a little surprised to meet Rui Zhao.

However, after going through so many things, Xiao Lei Jiudan's mentality has become much calmer. He quickly calmed down and answered appropriately:

“It looks like the draw is almost here!

"Also... I have some bad memories of this Tongge Tower, so I came here in advance to adapt and adjust to avoid any problems tomorrow..."

"what!"

Rui Zhao reacted quickly and was about to apologize again, but he heard Lei Qi say:

"...Don't say anything about apology anymore!

"I told you before, that was my own problem, don't worry about it anymore!"

"what……"

After hearing this, the girl didn't know what to do for a moment.

However, Lei Qi had seen a lot of storms and was prepared for this, so he changed the subject first:
“Um…congratulations on making it to the second round!
“It’s been a year since I met you… During this year, you have really made a lot of progress.

"Don't even think about giving up two pieces now. I'm afraid it would be too much for me to even play with you."

"Ah, thank you!"

Facing Lei Qi's praise, Han Han, who was a little at a loss, quickly responded a little embarrassedly:

"Lei Qi, you are still so amazing! You have achieved a lot of good results in the past year!

"Honestly, I'm really looking forward to learning from you in the second round!"

But who would have thought that after hearing this, Lei Qi pursed his lips and did not answer immediately. Instead, his expression seemed a little complicated.

"what……"

The girl suddenly remembered that she had not thought it through:

"I forgot that Tongguo was avoiding me..."

At this time Lei Qi just spoke:

“…That’s not the case.

“I just took a look and this time the remaining Chinese players are estimated to be more than half, so in the second round… we also have a chance to meet them.

"only……"

"only?"

"……nothing."

Facing Rui Zhao's questioning, Lei Qi did not give a direct answer in the end:
"If I really encounter you... I won't show mercy."

"Yes! I couldn't ask for more!"

Rui Zhao's bright eyes suddenly became more charming.

"Since I came here, my goal has always been to catch up with you, Lei Qi Jiudan!"

and so……

I don't want to meet you...

Looking at the bright smile of the girl in front of him, the young man did not feel like appreciating her at all.

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But... at the second round of draw ceremony held at 6:30 in the evening, the encounter with Lei Qi that Rui Zhao was expecting did not happen in the end.

Although there were 17 Chinese chess players among the top 32 after the first round, under the general principle of "avoiding players from the same country", Rui Zhao unsurprisingly drew a foreign player with a high probability.

However, although it was normal to draw a foreign player, once the draw results were announced, this upcoming match still sparked the most heated discussion online.

As for the reason... it was because the foreign player Rui Zhao drew was a little bit special...

The second round of the first "Tongge Cup" World Go Championship, the top 32 players will face off:
【Rui Zhao】

迎战
【Liu Shixian】(End of this chapter)