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

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Fortunately, I didn’t get into trouble!

On July 7, at 13 pm, at the Zhejiang-Hangzhou Chess Academy in Qiantang City, the Nongshim Cup qualifying competition was held.

Lei Qi, who had just defeated Tang Guansheng in the second group final of the Nongshim Cup qualifiers, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he could finally give an explanation to his father.

--Yes.

Ever since the Nongshim Cup qualifying competition rules were officially announced, Xiao Lei, the ninth dan, has naturally been troubled by his father.

The Nongshim Cup championship and the title of "Go Saint" have always been the two great things in Lei's heart. Now that his son has taken the initiative to give up the Nongshim Cup exemption, Lei Jingming believes that this is undoubtedly "a decision that goes against our ancestors"!
Although Shang Chaotian and Lu Wenjie helped to persuade him, and it also showed that Lei Qi put the overall situation first, it was obvious that Lei Jingming still cared about it very much, which made Lei Qi himself quite sorry.

Now that his merits have been fulfilled, Lei Qi finally has the confidence to talk to Lei Jingming.

When I get the phone later...I'll apologize to my dad first!

After reviewing the game with Hen Ge and putting away the chess equipment, Lei Qi walked out of the chess room and secretly made up his mind.

But after getting the phone, the boy changed his plan temporarily.

——He opened Yiguo first and planned to take a look at the results of the eighth round of the Women's Go League.

Before he could check the details of the game, the headlines that appeared after he opened the app gave him a spoiler:
[Round 8 of Women's Weiqi League, Rui Zhao easily defeated Jinfen's foreign player Zheng Caixi, and has not lost a game so far this season! ]

Hey!
As expected, it was "Look, Zhao Yong? Wake up and win!"

Lei Qi couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

She really crushes everyone in the Women's Go League!

Among the current female chess players, I guess only the Ice Queen from South Korea can match her...

And I... I'm afraid I can't even be said to be second only to Young Master Liu?

Thinking about his lack of championships that lasted for more than a year, Lei Qi couldn't help but sigh. He then prepared to talk to his father on the phone before returning to the hotel to continue preparing for the "Agama Cup" Rapid Chess Open, which would start the day after tomorrow and would also be held at the Zhejiang-Hangzhou Chess Academy.

The Agama Cup, like the Dragon Star Tournament, is a Sino-Japanese friendly competition sponsored exclusively by Japanese companies and the Japanese religious group "Agama Buddhist Sect".

The overall scale of the competition is relatively small, and only the previous champions and runners-up and the top 16 players in the rating ranking (those who repeat or give up the qualification will be replaced later). The overall competition system is also short and sharp: four rounds of single elimination in four days, and all the rankings are decided in one go.

Although this schedule sounds extremely difficult, in reality... it is still barely acceptable.

First of all, the time setting of the Agama Cup is exactly the same as that of the Dragon Star Battle: no reserve time, 30 seconds per move, and ten one-minute delays. It is undoubtedly a super-fast chess game, but it is not likely to cause death.

Considering that the champion of this competition has a prize of 20 yuan and the runner-up has a prize of 8 yuan, which is not a small amount, and the final champion will have a bilateral match with the champion of the Agama Cup in Japan to compete for a prize of 500 million Japanese yuan (about 24 yuan). So overall, this competition can be said to be very cost-effective.

But just as the boy was about to make a call, he suddenly heard a nasty voice in his ear:

"Hey, Xiaolei!
"Is it interesting that you are looking for trouble this time?"

Lei Qi frowned upon hearing this - the voice of the current Chinese chess master is highly recognizable, how could he not hear it!
He then turned to look at the other party and said:

"Master Lin, what can I do for you?"

Lin Ruixin had a stern face and had no intention of being polite to the other party. He directly questioned:
"Don't pretend to be ignorant when you know the truth!
"It's been a year, do you still remember the Chess Saint Tournament?!

"Just for something that happened so long ago, you have to hurt others and not benefit yourself?"

Hearing this, Lei Qi frowned even more tightly:
"Master Lin, of course the past is the past! I probably never mentioned what happened to you after the chess master battle.

"You asked me this today, but I don't understand what you mean.

"I gave up my exemption qualification and was not assigned to the same group as you. In fact, the overall ranking of the players assigned to your group was lowered a bit. It shouldn't be a problem for you, right?"

But Chess Master Lin was unyielding:

"Why didn't it bother me?!
"Originally, I only needed to qualify in the next round, but because of your interference, I have to play a round with Long Bo first!
"Do you find it fun to do something that hurts others but does not benefit yourself? Huh?! Are you just thinking of getting in my way, squeezing me out of the Nongshim Cup roster, or affecting my preparations for the Yingye Cup?!

“They only know how to fight among themselves. No wonder they couldn’t win the championship even though they won seven games in a row last year. What a shame!

"But it's a pity that Uncle Long is already old. Isn't it a bit too much to expect that one more round of competition with him can stop me?"

"what……"

After hearing this, Lei Qi finally understood the situation.

The Nongshim Cup has always required that at least the top sixteen players in the ranking must participate, and they would rather have no one left than have someone who is not qualified. No replacements will be made.

So if he was exempted from the selection this time, there would only be fifteen people in the four groups, and Lin Ruixin, who was ranked first in the ranking, would indeed have a bye in the first round - but in the end he gave up the exemption, allowing Lin Ruixin to go through one more round.

Lei Qi, who understood the other party's reason, was somewhat dissatisfied with the other party's accusation of "internal fighting", but at this moment he was in no mood to quarrel with the other party, and just replied calmly:
"Master Lin, please don't be so sentimental - I won't make my dad worry for days just to let you get one more round of preliminaries.

"As for the specific reason...you will know it tomorrow."

"Tomorrow?" "Yes, you should know after seeing the final list of players."

Lei Qi responded briefly, but then he seemed to remember something and continued to add:

“That… Chess Master Lin.

“Although we had some conflicts in the past, they are all in the past and I will not dwell on the past.

"This time we will be fighting together in the Nongshim Cup. If nothing unexpected happens, you will still be the captain. And I promise to obey the team's arrangements and will not trip up any teammates. You can rest assured about this!

“Our goal is the same – to defeat Liu Shixian and regain the Nongshim Cup!

"I believe... you don't want Liu Shixian to have more than 20 consecutive wins over us, right?"

Lin Ruixin was silent for two seconds before answering:

“…That’s natural.”

"Okay, please!"

After hearing Lin Ruixin's reply, Xiao Lei 9th Dan simply saluted the other party, then walked around the other party and walked straight out of the chess academy without any hesitation. The great chess master Lin was left standing there, staring at his back, with an expression and a look that was difficult to describe for a moment...

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At noon on the second day after the preliminaries ended, the Chinese Chess Association announced the final list of this year's Nongshim Cup.

[Qualifying players: Lin Ruixin, Lei Qi, Sun Yi, Kuai Liang]

[Wild Card Candidate: Ni Jue]

The above five players will represent China in the 9th Nongshim Cup Three Kingdoms Go Tournament starting on September 5.

Once this list, especially the wildcard candidates, was announced, it instantly set off a wave of discussion in the entire Chinese and even world chess circles...

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[Lei Qi voluntarily gave up the preliminaries just to get Ni Jue in?! ]

[Ah, seeing this result really dawned on me! Including the fact that China's Tianyuan Zhan Lei Qi was so abnormal before, it seems that his teacher also specifically told him something? I heard that they in China must obey the collective arrangement in everything! ]

[Huaxia... has gone to this extent for this Nongshim Cup? ]

[Lei Qi was a great contributor to their last match! How could the Chinese Chess Association have the heart to let him sacrifice himself for the Nongshim Cup?]

[It's okay! This is good! Lei Qi might be upset when he leaves the ring, and they'll lose another great general!]

[It doesn't matter. Our Young Master Liu is invincible anyway! He can still crush China with four girl group members! ]

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"Huh... Xiao Liu, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult this time!"

On the evening of July 7, Jin Youen, who had just arrived at Rongcheng Yongle Airport, saw the relevant discussions on his own TYG Go forum and couldn't help but sigh.

Tomorrow night, the 2024 Wuyue Cup will be held again at the Yongle Silver Beach Hotel, and the Ice Queen will naturally come as scheduled. But who knew that just after getting off the plane, there would be such a "big gift" prepared by China!
Although the Ice Queen does not need to deal with this "big gift", Kim Woo-eun, who has always been very concerned about the future development of Go in his country, cannot help but feel worried.

In the past year or so, relying on Liu Shixian and her outstanding performance, South Korea's chess world has achieved remarkable results, and it can be said that it has formed an all-round suppression of China.

During this period, apart from the Lakeside Cup, China can be said to have won nothing in international competitions and is almost on par with Japan!

But the queen knew that China's strength should not be underestimated.

In this Nongshim Cup, the four players Lin Ruixin, Lei Qi, Sun Yi and Kuai Liang who were decided in yesterday's qualifying round were already very strong, and the overall level of the team is even better than last year.

But who knows, this is not the end!
Lei Qi wasted his own exemption qualification to give the association the right to have a wild card, and directly brought in Ni Jue, the flying knife expert. This also raised the offensive capability of the Chinese team to a whole level, which made the South Korean chess fans who were originally optimistic inevitably express some concerns.

As for the women, the Ice Queen has begun to feel threatened by the rapid progress of the Zhaotian Queen. South Korea's seemingly dazzling achievements in Go may actually collapse in an instant.

Even the Wu Yue Cup that is about to begin could be the moment when the first tile falls...

Thinking of this, the Ice Queen, whose mood was quite agitated, pursed her lips with a very complicated expression.

However, if possible... let me draw her in this stage of the competition!
After thinking for a while, Jin Youen prayed secretly in his heart.

Now... I should still have the upper hand!

Otherwise, if we wait until the finals at the end of the year...

I'm afraid that by then, anything could happen... (End of this chapter)