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

"Ah... I give up..."

On June 6, the first round of the Agama Cup Rapid Chess Tournament was held in Dongdu City, Japan.

With Hiroaki Shindo resigning after 256 moves, this year's Agama Cup saw a major upset in the first round.

Hiroaki Shindo, who had just reached the semi-finals in the first Tongge Cup World Championships and almost made it to the finals again, actually lost to Tokugawa Yuji, 7th dan, who had a mediocre record, after returning to China, which surprised many people.

However... Shindo Hiroaki himself knew the reason very well:
He has not yet completely recovered from the failure to reach the finals of the Tongge Cup, so this has also affected his current performance.

Unlike seven years ago when he reached the LIG Cup final, he was at the peak of his chess skills as he held all seven domestic titles at that time, and was fully capable of competing with any of the world's top chess players in a single world tournament.

In the semi-finals, he eliminated the then world number one Lin Ruixin and entered the final. However, facing the "Youhen" who was in excellent form in the final, he failed to seize the opportunity and unfortunately missed the world championship.

But this time with the Tongge Cup... the situation is quite different.

Hiroaki Shindo knew very well that even if he made it to the finals, facing the world's number one player with extremely terrifying dominance, his chances of winning the championship would be only one in a million.

However, even so, the regret brought to Lao Xiaoguang by being reversed by Xiong Siyi in the semi-finals was no less than that of losing the championship seven years ago.

The reasons... are mainly two.

Firstly, he made a very low-level misjudgment when he had a firm advantage in the first half of the semi-finals, which cost him a good game in a very cowardly way. This kind of loss is naturally frustrating.

Secondly, Japanese Go is in urgent need of a breakthrough - even if it is just a runner-up being beaten badly by the champion.

It has to be said that in the past year or so, the situation of Japanese Go has been worrying.

Not only did they lose sponsorship for the Honinbo Tournament, one of the "three major battles", they also performed poorly in international competitions. Even the women's team, which had been barely holding on to its last bit of glory, has lost its glory as Aoi Natsukawa's form has declined. They are facing internal and external troubles and are in desperate need of good news to boost morale.

This time in the Tongge Cup, he was able to defeat many world champions and reach the semi-finals. In addition to his own determination and preparation, there were also factors such as the poor condition of the Chinese and Korean masters he encountered. It would be extremely difficult to repeat it again.

At such a critical moment, the opportunity was clearly in front of him, but he let it slip away with a low-level mistake. This made Shindo Hiroaki unable to calm down for a long time...

Hey!
I thought I had completely stopped caring about winning or losing, but in the end, I still care!

It seems... even though I'm thirty-five, my mentality is still not as good as that of a girl who's not even twenty years old.

Thinking of this, Shindo Hiroaki couldn't help but smile bitterly. After reviewing the game with his junior and packing up the chess equipment, he immediately walked out of the chess room.

However, what surprised Shindo Hiroaki was that

At this time, his other two juniors were standing outside the door.

"Master Hiromitsu!" "Shindo-senpai!"

“Ichijo…Ueno?
"You two...are you waiting for me?"

"Yeah."×2
They both nodded.

"So, what's the matter?"

In response to Shindo Hiroaki's question, the two exchanged glances, and then Takuya Ichijo spoke first:

"That! It's nothing!
"I just want to tell you, don't put too much pressure on yourself! You are not the only one fighting in Japanese Go!

"Ueno, Yamagami, and I will continue to work hard to prove in international competitions that the history of Japanese Go is not over!
"Including Li Jiang, she is also competing in the Chinese Women's Weiqi League and is striving to achieve good results in the Wu Yue Cup in mid-next month!
"So... please don't care so much about the outcome of the Tongge Cup semi-finals!"

Ichijo Takuya finished speaking loudly. Before Shindo Hiroaki could react, Ueno on the side couldn't hold back any longer:
"Hey! Taku, why do you make such a simple statement sound so immature when you say it..."

"Eh, chuunibyou?"

"Isn't this just second-year?!"

"That's called being manly! Otherwise, how can we reassure Lord Bo Guang?"

Seeing that he couldn't persuade his friend who had a strong sense of chuunibyou, Ueno Torachiro had no choice but to reorganize his words:
“Well, Shindo-senpai, anyway… we will continue to work hard in the subsequent world competitions.

“Although I don’t know to what extent I can achieve it, I will try my best!

"Please don't worry too much about the outcome of the Tongge Cup. We still need you to lead us to continue to achieve good results in the Yingyi Cup next month..."

what……

This is when they both realized that something was wrong with them...

Shindo Hiroaki smiled helplessly, but seeing the two juniors were full of determination, he felt greatly comforted and made a joke:
"Hey, hey! You two!
"I didn't really care about it at first, but when you guys said it so seriously... I suddenly felt like, 'I might have really missed my last chance to get into the World Series finals in this lifetime! It's such a pity!'"

"what?!"

After hearing this, the one with a more straightforward mind panicked instantly:
"That's... that's not what we meant! We thought you seemed to be in a bad mood after the Tongge Cup..."

"Okay, don't say another word! The more you say, the more wrong you are, you know!"

Shindo Hiroaki interrupted the junior with a smile and said:

"But...if I really can't make it to the finals in the future, then I'll really have to leave it to you guys! Are you ready?"

The passionate Ichijo was slightly startled when he heard this, but then he responded without saying anything.

"Have!"

Although Ueno, who was more pragmatic, did not express such determination, he nodded seriously.

Although... I may not be able to meet that girl by then!
No matter who the opponent is, I still have to work hard to win the first round of the Chinese Weiqi League at the beginning of next month.

Ueno Torachiro, who was slightly influenced by his friend's emotions, couldn't help but think so in his mind.

...

...

"What's going on?! He's going to play in the first round?!"

At the same time, in a private house in Dajing City.

Shang Chaotian, the chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, who was having a rare rest at home today, was so shocked when he saw the list of players for the first round of the Chinese Chess League at the beginning of next month. He asked a soul-searching question to Lu Wenjie on the other end of the phone.

The opening ceremony of this Weiqi League is the focus of the association's work after the Tongge Cup. In order to seize the recent popularity of Rui Zhao, the star player, and introduce the related heat and attention to the Weiqi League, the association has made great efforts and made many publicity plans. At the same time, in order to cooperate with the publicity work, the association has asked each team to report the personnel who will attend the opening ceremony and the first round of the game.

But you won’t know the result until you report it, and you’ll be shocked when you do.

In the opening match of this year's Weiqi League, the Japanese celebrity will represent the Dongjiang team in the first round!

In fact, Shang Chaotian had already known that Ueno Torachichiro had joined the Dongjiang team.

Although they aimed to win the championship, the Dongjiang team didn't catch any big fish during the off-season. In the end, after going around in circles, they were able to invite a famous Japanese player to join as a foreign aid, which was considered a small reinforcement.

But this reinforcement... can really only be said to be better than nothing.

The reason is simple: objectively speaking, there are differences between Japanese foreign players and South Korean foreign players.

For South Korean foreign players like Xu Xiangheng, Li Junyan and Park Minlie, most of them can be called up at any time and are guaranteed to play in most rounds of games.

But the situation in Japan...is not so good.

Due to the strength issues on the Japanese side, there are probably only three or five top players who are qualified to serve as foreign aid in the Chinese Go League, and these three or five people are undoubtedly frequent visitors to major Japanese chess competitions.

As we all know, although the level of Go in Japan is not very good, in terms of income level, it is much higher than that in China and South Korea!

Therefore, the fees that the team has to pay to the Japanese foreign aid must be high enough to hire them, and at the same time, the time has to be staggered with the frequent chess competitions in Japan.

For a Japanese celebrity like Ueno, the Dongjiang team actually only planned to use him in the key games of the playoffs to slightly strengthen their own strength, and did not expect Ueno Torachiro to play in the regular season at all.

But the result... he came on the court in the first round, which really caught Shang Chaotian off guard.

What’s more, they were playing against a weak team like Pohu!

I was originally worried that the Pohu team would be relegated this year, but you guys pushed the intensity of our poor team up in the first round?!
For a moment, Shang Chaotian had the urge to swear, and quickly put forward his own opinion:
"Um... Wen Jie, you should talk to Team Dongjiang and stop being so cruel!

"Rui Zhao is a girl from Dongjiang after all. Would they be so cruel to their own child?"

Lu Wenjie on the other end of the phone explained helplessly:

"Ah, Brother Tian, ​​I don't think it's possible...

"I also did some research and it seems that it was because Rui Zhao was on the Pohu team that Naofu was able to play in the first round." (End of this chapter)