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

"Here... Lin Ruixin didn't see this hand passing through!"

At 11:20 am on the same day, at Ni Jue’s home in Qiantang City, China.

The famous Tian Yuan, who was watching the game with his master via microphone, heard the sigh of Li Wangyuan on the other side.

"…Although this is indeed a bit difficult, I always feel that if he is in his prime, he will definitely be able to make this choice after a long consideration!"

Ni Jue naturally knew what his master was lamenting about - the 60th move made by Takuya Ichijo was too strong, giving the black chess piece a great opportunity to gain an advantage.

It is inevitable that black pieces will charge and white pieces will stick in the future.

At this point, as long as Black can make a brilliant move to get through, it will be able to establish an advantage on the board in one fell swoop.

But after thinking for ten minutes, Lin Ruixin finally chose to give in and made a move to capture and occupy two white pieces, and the situation became slightly advantageous for white.

"Actually, I feel the same way."

After a short silence of two seconds, Ni Jue finally expressed her feelings:

"But... ultimately he's past his prime.

“Maybe in some games I can play some games like I did at my peak, but it is too difficult to maintain it all the time.

"Otherwise he wouldn't have missed the opportunity in the last game, allowing Takuya Ichijo to pick it up."

Li Wangyuan couldn't help but ask doubtfully:

"But hasn't everyone been saying recently that he has regained his youth and is doing well in all kinds of competitions?"

Ni Jue shook his head and then explained:
"Objectively speaking: considering his age, he does have a chance to have a second life.

“But it’s only been more than four months since he lost in the Sanshuang Cup qualifiers. If he wants to have a second spring in this short period of time… I’m afraid it’s still a bit too late!

“It is not easy to recover after losing the feeling of chess and the state of competition.

"Take me for example, although I feel that I haven't put enough effort into the competitions in recent years, doing research is still doing Go.

“But even so, if I want to defeat Liu Shixian head-on in the third stage of the competition at the beginning of next year, I have to recover my competitive form for a full year in advance, for fear that my hand will suddenly become unwell by then.

"Go is so pure and focuses so much on accumulation and persistence that it is almost impossible to fake it.

"Lin Ruixin has only studied for four months to get to this point. I really admire his talent."

“…That makes sense.”

After hearing this, Li Wangyuan hesitated for a moment and then expressed his agreement:
“In his current state, it shouldn’t be a problem for him to take down the little bunny.

“But to say that I can beat Young Master Liu in three sets in the finals… that’s really just a pipe dream.

"If that's the case...

"Our three consecutive championships in the Yingyi Cup...have come to an end!"

Ni Jue felt a sinking feeling in his heart when he heard the Master's last sentence with a slightly complicated tone.

The Yingyi Cup is the world's top Go tournament. In addition to its high standards and generous prize money, it is also the earliest world tournament with deep historical significance. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a living fossil in the history of world Go.

At the beginning, the reason why the patriotic entrepreneur Mr. Ying Changqi organized the Yingyi Cup was not only to promote international Go exchanges and enhance the international influence of Go, but also to take the opportunity to prove that Chinese Go is no less than that of Japan.

But what no one expected was that although the old overlord Japan gradually declined, the new leader in the world chess world was not China.

Under the leadership of master and apprentice Moon Baoxuan and Choi Myeong-ho, South Korean Go gradually took over the scepter from Japan in the 1990s and became the new overlord.

Its "Four Heavenly Kings" won the championship of the first four Yingyi Cups one at a time, so Mr. Ying Changqi was unable to fulfill his long-cherished wish of seeing a Chinese win the Yingyi Cup until his death in 97.

Finally, after a whole generation of Chinese Go players had worked hard and endured hardships, the situation began to change after the new millennium.

With the continuous improvement of economic level and the degree of attention paid to it, the overall level of Chinese Go has also been rising steadily. In 2004, Shang Chaotian, a Chinese Go master, defeated strong opponents all the way and won the Yingyi Cup for the first time for China, finally fulfilling Mr. Ying Changqi's last wish!
After the game, the descendants of the Ying family rushed to the tomb of Mr. Ying Changqi to burn the game chess records to comfort his spirit in heaven - it can be said that "The Chinese finally get the day to win the Ying cup, and don't forget to tell your father during the family sacrifice."

The victory in the Yingyi Cup also marks the gradual rise of Chinese Go, which is beginning to be able to shake South Korea's dominant position.

From 2004 to 2011, China and South Korea each won the fifth and sixth Yingyi Cups, which was a direct reflection of the confrontation between the two countries during this period.

After 2012, as the Chinese "post-90s" generation with extremely rich talent reserves gradually stepped onto the historical stage, Chinese Go exploded with its thickness advantage and began to completely overwhelm South Korea!
The situation of the Nongshim Cup and other world championships is self-evident. The situation is reflected in the Yingyi Cup, where Chinese chess players Lang Haishen, Du Weichen and Dai Ran won the Yingyi Cup for three consecutive times. No matter how hard South Korean leader Lee Tingyan tried, he could only swallow the bitter fruit of three consecutive runner-ups in the end.

However, since Lin Ruixin's condition declined in 2021 and the young master of the Liu family became the world's number one, the situation has reversed again.

At the Nongshim Cup, South Korea won its fourth consecutive championship.

At the World Championships, South Korea has regained the upper hand in the number of championships since 2011.

The Yingyi Cup, which had been held for twelve years, was now likely to be sold to someone else. This inevitably made Li Wangyuan, a veteran chess player who had experienced the low period of Chinese Go, feel a little complicated.

"…It's okay, teacher."

After making up his mind, Ni Jue took over the conversation in a relaxed tone:

"They took our Yingye Cup, so let's take the Nongshim Cup from them! It's a matter of reciprocity!" Li Wangyuan was silent for two seconds, and then said with a helpless smile:

“…I won’t stop you, but you should take care of yourself and don’t fight too hard.

"You used to have the problem of getting dizzy occasionally after practicing chess for too long. Have you recovered from that problem?"

"Hey! This happened so many years ago, Master!"

Ni Jue narrowed his eyes subconsciously and quickly answered:
"When I was little, my conditions were average, so I probably just had low blood sugar. After my conditions got better, this never happened again!

"Hey, Master, we've strayed off topic. Let's look at the chess first!"

"OK, all right."

The master and disciple turned their attention back to the chessboard.

While the two were talking just now, both sides made a few moves on the chessboard, and the focus on the board became how to deal with the big dragon in the lower left corner of the white chess piece.

Now it is the turn of the black chess player Lin Ruixin to play. The AI ​​recommends that the black chess player dig out the white chess player and seek to fight. The situation on the board is still two points.

"This chess move... Lin Ruixin should be able to make it, right?"

Ni Jue commented directly:
"Otherwise, if White has one tiger, the entire dragon will have no worries and there will be no isolated pieces in the overall situation.

"But the black dragon on the lower right is unstable, and the left side is also showing signs of weakness, making it difficult to play."

"You're right."

Li Wangyuan agreed:
"It's just that this move looks a bit awkward, and it looks like Rui Zhao's chess move. It may not be that easy to play..."

"Be tough when you need to be tough!"

Ni Jue smiled and said:

"I guess if it was a junior sister who practiced chess diligently and had a good sense of chess, she would have directly dug it out without even thinking about it!
"Although Lin Ruixin, who has been lazy for a long time, will naturally be counted, but since he is thinking for a long time, I guess it is reasonable for him to do this...

"……question……?"

But before the famous Tianyuan could finish speaking, his tone of words had already changed.

Because at this time Lin Ruixin had just made a move - and he actually chose to retreat!

"……retreat?!!!"

Li Wangyuan exclaimed directly during the live broadcast:
“This, this, this…

"What is Lin Ruixin doing?

"Wouldn't it be better to retreat here to make room for the white chess piece? Isn't the white chess piece playing too comfortably?"

"Yes!"

Ni Jue's voice was also full of shock:
"I feel like... this is probably the worst move of all the options!"

At this point, the AI, which had calculated for ten seconds, also gave its own evaluation.

This move by Black lost 40% of his winning rate and a point difference of seven points, and was evaluated as a "bad move" by the AI ​​without hesitation.

For a moment, even Ni Jue, who had always disliked the great chess master Lin, was a little overwhelmed.

This is this...

I had originally thought that Chess Master Lin might only be able to take second place, but now...

Lin Ruixin won't make it to the finals, right?!

Hey Hey hey……

You know, since the new century, there have always been Chinese people in every Yingyi Cup final.

It has been almost 30 years since the last Yingyi Cup final without Chinese people!!
Ni Jue couldn't help but take a deep breath. It took her a while to regain her composure. She quickly consoled Li Wangyuan on the other end of the microphone:
"Well, Master, don't panic! It's common for Japanese chess players to have power outages in the middle of the game!
"There is still a long way to go. The disadvantage of Eight-Point Chess can be overcome!"

but……

This time the direction of the game was slightly different from what Ni Jue expected.

In the subsequent chess games, the Japanese chess master showed amazing stability and willpower.

Facing Lin Ruixin's constant counterattack, Takuya Ichijo knew when to advance and retreat, thinking long when necessary and simplifying when necessary. There were no problems in the overall situation and he maintained his leading advantage all the way.

By the 200th move, seeing that there was no hope of success, Lin Ruixin had no choice but to give up. In a moment...

Public opinion was in uproar. (End of this chapter)