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

Chapter 513 Miao Family Bailing Cup

"Congratulations, Ichijou!
"This is Japan's first world champion in nearly 20 years! What do you think now?"

"Thank you, Chess Saint Ichijo, for bringing back this long-lost championship to Japan! You are a hero in the entire Japanese chess world!"

"Wow... your performance in these two games was just too great! I, I thought I wouldn't be able to live to see Japan win the World Championship again!"

"Ichijo Go Saint! I came all the way from China to Jinzhu yesterday! Please sign my folding fan for me!"
"I want to take the records of these two games and your signature to my father..."

……Eh?

Five o'clock in the evening on October 10, Jinzhu City, Qiannan Province.

Takuya Ichijo, who had just walked out of the chess room, seemed a little confused when faced with the swarm of domestic reporters and chess fans.

I won... the world championship?
With my level... I actually won the world championship? ! !
Although...I did say...

As long as you keep working hard, you may have a chance to win the world championship in the future...

But this is coming too fast, isn't it? ! ! !

Facing the congratulations from the media, Takuya Ichijo still felt a little dazed, and even pinched his cheeks in public.

After all, this Miao Family Bailing Cup had indeed seen too many unexpected events...

...

...

"Hey!

"It's such a pity for Xiao Li this time!!"

While Takuya Ichijo was busy fighting his own sense of unreality outside the chess room, in the VIP viewing room, Shang Chaotian, who was always able to control his temper, made a sound that sounded quite distressed.

In this Miao Family Bailing Cup, although China did not allow the world's number one player to go one step further after just completing the Grand Slam and win three consecutive world championships.

But Takuya's victory in the end also meant that Chinese Go had missed the final championship in seven consecutive world championships - this was undoubtedly unacceptable to him, the chairman of the Go Association.

What made Shang Chaotian feel even more heartbroken was that this time the Chinese team lost another championship at home when Liu Shixian, the biggest obstacle to winning the championship, was eliminated first.

--Yes.

This year's Miaojia Bailing Cup not only gave birth to the Japanese world champion after nearly 20 years, but the entire process was also full of surprises from beginning to end.

The first round of draws was uneventful, and there were no particularly topical matches.

But soon, a shocking upset occurred in the first round of the game.

Facing Taiwan's second-ranked player Qu Jundu, who only entered the tournament with a wild card, Lin Ruixin had a huge advantage in the early and middle stages but suddenly crashed in the middle game. His opponent seized the opportunity to reverse the situation, creating the biggest upset in the first round and causing an uproar in public opinion again.

For a while, all the forums were filled with emoticons such as "The South Korean team lost to Japan and then to the Taiwan Strait, and they have nothing to lose next.jpg", and the scene was very lively.

But just when almost all Chinese chess fans were busy mocking the great chess master Lin, something unexpected happened in the second round of the Miao Family Bailing Cup:

In the first round, Liu Shixian took advantage of his opponent's overly powerful moves and found an opportunity to defeat Sun Yi in the middle game. In the second round, he met Dai Gong again.

But just when everyone thought that Master Liu, who had won three consecutive victories over Dai Ran, was no longer afraid of this Chinese "anti-Liu treasure", Dai Gong slapped all his doubters hard.

Dai Gongzhi, who guessed the white chess piece, showed amazing fighting power in the middle game. He controlled the situation firmly in the middle game with the quality of his moves surpassing that of the world's best player.

Although Master Liu fought back hard after entering the endgame, Dai Gong seemed to risk his life in this game, defending tightly and withstanding the pressure in the end. At the end of the game, Dai Ran eliminated the world's number one player with a slight advantage of one quarter of a point, ending the opponent's chance of winning the world championship three times in a row!
All of a sudden, chess fans in China were excited. Lei Qi, Dai Ran, Ji Qiujuan, Man Jiageng, and Li Zhaokai from China entered the quarterfinals, and the biggest competitor Liu Shixian had been eliminated. The situation was very good! The opportunity to end the world championship drought was right in front of us!

It’s a pity that the Chinese chess fans at that time didn’t know that…the upsets in this Miao Family Bailing Cup were not over yet.

First, in the quarterfinal match against Takuya Ichijo, Dai Gong was thrown off balance by Takuya Ichijo's decisive move despite having a clear advantage. He made a wrong move as the countdown sounded, and his winning rate was instantly reversed, leading to his eventual defeat.

Next was the "end of legend" Park Min-yeol, who finally bounced back after his embarrassing performance in the last Yinghai Cup. Facing Lei Qi, who had recently won the title of "National Player" and had won two consecutive games against Shin Chung-yoon and Lee Jung-yeon in the first two rounds, he immediately started the "end of legend" mode and defeated the strong enemy, causing the second championship of the "future number one" to be postponed again.

Although on the other side, Li Zhaokai also created a not-so-small upset against Xu Xiangheng, also successfully disrupting the game at the end of the middle game and turning the tables in one fell swoop, but the successive elimination of the second and third strongest players in the domestic ranking still gave Shang Chaotian a very ominous premonition.

Next, the semi-finals will be played in three games. Li Zhaokai will face Park Min-yeol, and Man Jiageng, who also defeated Ji Qiujuan by "overcoming the superior", will face Ichijo Takuya.

In this round, Park Min-yeol clearly showed his nervousness. Just when everyone thought that he should be the biggest favorite to win the championship after eliminating Lei Qi, he lost again. He lost to Li Zhaokai 0-2, and the loss was clean and neat.

On the other hand, Man Jiageng and Takuya Ichijo played very anxiously. In the end, Man Jiageng, who performed mediocrely in the ninth dan, failed to win the first and second place for China in advance, and lost to his opponent 1:2, which made the Japanese chess master reach the world championship finals twice in a row!

However, at this time, all of China still believed that Li Zhaokai was a master who had always maintained a ranking of around tenth in the Chinese rankings, and that it should not be a problem for him to suppress the Japanese chess master.

Unfortunately, after entering the finals and the time limit was changed to three hours per game, Takuya Ichijo, who was closer to his comfort zone, was particularly calm. On the contrary, Li Zhaokai, who stood in front of the World Championship trophy for the second time, seemed a little worried.

Although both sides had chances in the two games, in the end, Takuya Ichijo showed a more calm side. At every critical moment, he made a "zone" performance after a long consideration. He defeated Li Zhaokai 2-0 and won his first world championship, which is also the first world championship for Japan in nearly 20 years! He also defeated the host China again.

Although Shang Chaotian found it hard to accept this result, he could do nothing about it.

Of course, all Chinese chess players want to win, but Go is not something you can win just by wanting to. Shang Chaotian has no reason to criticize them too much.

After calming down for a while in the VIP room, the Chairman of the Chinese Chess Association tried hard to regain control of his expression and prepare himself for the upcoming award ceremony on stage.

This year's Miaojia Bailing Cup, which was full of surprises and upsets, finally came to an end after a champion was born that surprised everyone.

but……

It was precisely because of the many accidents that occurred in this Miao Family Lily Cup that attracted too many media and chess fans' attention that an insignificant event did not cause any ripples at all:

Although he was eliminated early in the second round against South Korean master Xu Xiangheng...

But in the first round, Chinese 7th dan chess player Rui Zhao took advantage of the mistakes made by Japanese 8th dan chess player Seo Koji in the endgame and successfully defended his advantage at the end of the middle game. He defeated his opponent by one and a quarter points in the end, and a new player was added to the Queen of Bean Curd Book.

Unfortunately, because of her previous eight consecutive defeats to high-level male chess players, the attention received by this Chinese "genius supernova girl" is no longer as high as before.

Although this victory was reported by the media to some extent, it should be noted that even Uesaka Rei had previously defeated many high-level chess players from her own country, so many people did not think that defeating the Japanese "Water Eight" was worth boasting about. It was probably just a blind cat catching a dead mouse.

Even Rui Zhao herself was as calm as could be. She showed no emotion after defeating her opponent - just like she had been after each of her previous eight consecutive losses.

But... it was at this moment when not many eyes were focused on the girl...

The flying knife that would soon become famous throughout the world and even immortalized through the ages was now secretly sharpening its last bit of edge...

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【2024年10月10日-下午7:32】

【Xiao Zhao: Brother Ni, have you returned home? 】

[Xiao Zhao: Sorry! I think my "hidden flying knife" should have been polished! ]

[Xiao Zhao: If you have time, let’s go online and review it again! ]

(End of this chapter)