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

"Elder, you mean...

"It's because Rui Zhao is in the Pohu team that Naofu gets to play in the first round?!"

At the same time, Jinling City, Suzhou Province.

Gu Chuxiong, who was at home, couldn't help but frown when he received a call from the team leader.

"What is this statement?"

Gu Chuxiong is from Jinling, but he is quite tall. His height of 92 meters is very ideal for a southerner born in October 10.

In addition, his facial features are three-dimensional and delicate. After he was promoted to professional chess player, he was considered a handsome guy in the chess circle, on par with Ni Jue and Dai Ran.

It's just that he was promoted to the dan level late and his talent is relatively average. Compared with the two world champions, he obviously doesn't have as much potential. As a result, he is only the 7th dan now in his early thirties. Therefore, he can't really be on par with Ni and Dai.

Fortunately, he works diligently, and his level of strong seventh dan has basically not declined compared to previous years.

Du Weichen on the other end of the phone didn't seem surprised at all, and said lazily as if he was just chatting:

"It's very simple! You should know what Rui Zhao did in the previous fan air battle, right?
"We won three consecutive victories against Japanese players, including Japan's future star and leader, and directly blocked all the host players from reaching the semi-finals!

"Forget about that! You know what happened at the press conference before the final of the air battle..."

"Uh, I see..." Gu Chuxiong blinked, seeming to understand a little.

"Yeah! That's it!"

Hearing the tone of the words, Gu Chuxiong seemed to be able to see his commander shrugging his shoulders through the phone.

"My second niece almost slapped the three words 'seeking to be targeted' on the face of the Japanese Chess Institute! The Japanese are always petty and they will try every possible way to find a way to get back at them!"

"Well……"

Gu Chuxiong hesitated for a moment, frowned again and said:
"But letting our own celebrity come out to beat a little girl, does this really count as redemption?"

"Then what else can be done?"

Du Weichen said it with confidence:

"Old Xiachuan was able to end the winning streak of my second niece at the Lakeside Cup last year. He has done his best. It is simply a pipe dream to expect her to win now! Or are you counting on your second niece, Rei Uesaka, the little crybaby?

"Don't even mention the female chess players. Just look at those lousy chess players from Japan. If you let the male chess players other than Xiaoguang, Tuzi, and Naofu play Ruizhao, there's a good chance they'll fail miserably! What else can the Japanese Chess Academy do?"

"……really."

After a little thought, Gu Chuxiong agreed.

Although there are certainly many male chess players in the Japanese Chess Academy who are stronger than Rui Zhao, the goal of the Japanese side this time is to regain their position, and they must win with one strike. Only the top three dare to say that there is no problem.

After all, a Chinese chess player of eight dan like Fang Zhaoxiang almost lost against Queen Zhaotian in the Tianyuan Tournament qualifiers.

On the other end of the phone, Elder Du continued:

"...I heard that Xiao Naofu's win fee was originally quite high, but the Dongying Go Institute and he himself used the banner of 'especially wanting to attend the opening ceremony of the Go League and promote the friendship between the two countries' and took the initiative to reduce the win fee to the level of ordinary domestic players and play the opening game.

"It is inappropriate for the Dongjiang team to refuse such a sincere gesture. Even if the Chess Association wants to help Rui Zhao, it is difficult to say anything..."

"Too……"

Gu Chuxiong nodded:
"Then should we inform Rui Zhao and hold a meeting to deal with it?"

But Elder Du disagreed with Gu Chuxiong's proposal:
"What do you need to inform me of? I don't worry about having too many debts, and I don't feel itchy when I have too many lice!
"Even if Xiao Naofu doesn't come, do you think Rui Zhao will have an easy time against Zhuang Zheng, Tong Jingyou, or Xi Muchun?"

"Well, that's true..."

"Yeah!"

There was a tapping sound on the table from the other end of the phone:

"My second niece just finished the Wu Yue Cup group qualifiers a few days ago, and she will start the Wu Yue Cup round-robin qualifiers tomorrow. There is no need to disturb her.

"Don't forget, our main task this year is to avoid relegation! It's inevitable that my second niece will have some bumps and bruises in the Weiqi League, so don't think too much!
"The reason I'm letting you know is because, in the end, the conquest of Dongjiang depends on the performance of both of us!
"The first round is our virtual home court. I'll be second and you'll be fourth. We'll try to win two games with white and defeat Dongjiang!"

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As time goes by, the first half of 2024 is about to pass, and the second half of the year with intensive professional competitions will soon come.

In late June, apart from the Wuyue Cup women's round-robin qualifying tournament going on as planned, there was no other focus on the professional arena. But... this doesn't mean that a bunch of men have nothing to do.

For example, Ni Jue.

After witnessing Young Master Liu's extremely terrifying performance in the first Tongge Cup, the famous Tianyuan, who was determined to end Young Master Liu's winning streak in the Nongshim Cup, dared not to neglect it.

Although it seems that she just stays at home every day, Ni Jue is almost as busy as Rui Zhao when he was preparing for the City Cup. In addition to the classes she has to attend and her obligations, she can be said to have squeezed out all her time.

For example, Yu Qingguang.

This time, Rui Zhao was overturned by Young Master Liu in the endgame of the Tongge Cup. Although it was not beyond the expectations of Old Yu Jiudan, he could not help but be very upset.

Therefore, even though the qualifying tournament was approaching, Old Yu Jiudan still squeezed out time to strengthen himself and compiled as many endgame questions as possible for his "big star" student, so as to avoid "embarrassing" him when he stepped onto the Weiqi League stage.

However, it was also thanks to a certain fool who felt that the round-robin selection for the Wu Yue Cup was not very intense: Yang Manjing was the runner-up in the last session and was exempt from the competition, and it just so happened that Liu Yuhong did not have a turn in this round-robin competition. Naturally, the round-robin competition was bland, and except for Zou Yang, it was basically a massacre. Queen Zhaotian, who was worried that the intensity was not enough, naturally wished for more questions to do.

For example, Zeng Pang... oh no, Zeng Shabao.

Originally according to Zeng Guangwen's idea, Rui Zhao had to go to the Wu Yue Cup preliminaries and round-robin selection during this period of time, so he should be able to take the opportunity to rest.

However, Rui Zhao expressed strong dissatisfaction with the intensity of the Wu Yue Cup preliminaries and round-robin selections. Every day he felt guilty for not getting enough training, so he would ask Zeng Guangwen if he had time to play chess almost every time the game was over. This almost drove Zeng, the seventh dan, crazy!

That’s why his fans and live broadcast data have seen a new wave of surge recently as Rui Zhao became popular, otherwise he would not have been able to hold on!
It’s okay...just work harder, victory will be just ahead!

My little aunt has become a big star. It's almost time for her energy to be distracted by other things like Lin Ruixin, right? !

By that time...she shouldn't be staring at me and nagging me every day, right?
Zeng Shabao comforted himself in this way, and then he mustered up his courage and continued to work hard in the net training to compete with Queen Zhaotian...

Finally, let’s talk about Lei Qi.

Like Ni Jue and Zeng Guangwen, Lei Qi has been staying at home all day long, practicing online or competing with AI.

After all... he has a lot of competitions to play in July.

In addition to the Agama Cup Rapid Chess Tournament, the first three rounds of the Weiqi League, and the Yingye Cup at the end of the month, he may also have to participate in the Nongshim Cup selection in mid-July.

--Yes.

Although he won seven consecutive games in the last competition and was automatically qualified for the Nongshim Cup roster, he is still preparing for the Nongshim Cup preliminaries in mid-July.

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Finally, it is officially July.

On July 7, a key match of the seventh round of the Women's Weiqi League just ended. The Pohu team once again scored full points against the Qiantang team, which ranked in the middle and lower in overall strength.

In fact, the game itself was not very suspenseful. With the continuous improvement and improvement of the lower limit of the second-board player Shangsaka Li in the past two months, the Pohu team has become more stable. Originally, the eldest sister Lu Shijia in the team was the weakest one as the main player, but now that she has been squeezed to the third board, it is natural that she will be eliminated.

And the reason why there is no suspense is that this is a focus battle...

This is because ever since the game between Rui Zhao and Liu Shixian in the Tongge Cup went viral, every Weiqi competition Rui Zhao participated in has become a focus match with all kinds of cameras and fans rushing to the scene.

However, Rui Zhao himself, who had won easily again today, was rather uninterested.

"Well……

"In this kind of competition... maybe it's better to go and practice with Brother Zeng..."

After defeating Qiantang team's main player Fan Ying, 5th dan, Rui Zhao returned to the players' rest area and spent a few minutes briefly reviewing the game he had just played. He then frowned and recited softly.

Recently, Queen Zhaotian has increasingly felt that the various competitions that she had always been eyeing seem to be a waste of time in many cases.

For players, normally the improvement from competitions is definitely greater than that from daily tennis practice, so Rui Zhao has always cherished the opportunity to compete and tried his best to participate in more competitions.

But recently she felt that in women's competitions... there seemed to be more and more boring games.

In the recent Wuyue Cup preliminaries and group selections, there were eight games in total, and only the one with Zou Yang was a winner. Rui Zhao won the rest of the games with ease, and it was time to see when his opponent would choose to give up. This made Rui Zhao, who wanted to further improve his chess skills, quite depressed.

And now, after all the effort she had made it to the Women's Go League, the result was another lackluster draw, which made the girl even more upset.

Um... calm down, calm down!
Rui Zhao, don't be upset. Don't be distracted when practicing chess!
Since we have to play against Jin Youen, Queen Mulan, and Senior Sister Zou, we have to play these simpler games! Don't worry, don't worry...

Besides, the Weiqi League will be opening soon! Almost every game in the Weiqi League is a tough one!
After giving himself some psychological hints, Rui Zhao instantly cheered up when he thought about the upcoming Weiqi League game. He immediately started to pack up his things and prepared to take a photo with the fans outside the venue. He would go back to his room and find a sandbag to practice. (End of this chapter)