Chapter 517: The Ninth Round of Weiqi

“Congratulations to my second niece for returning home with honors!
"Hey! Now our team is also a team with title holders! On the same level as Tiangang, Dajing, Qiantang, and Suhu!"

On the evening of November 11, Tongge Hotel, Gezhou City, Zhejiang Province.

The Pohu team, who were visiting here, finally waited for their last player.

Tomorrow, in the ninth round of the Chinese Weiqi League, Pohu will challenge Gezhou away. The venue of the match is naturally held in Tongge Tower, which has hosted many famous Go competitions and has already made a name for itself.

Unlike other team members who first met up in Hongcheng and then came to Gezhou, Rui Zhao, who had just finished the three-game Women's Celebrity Tournament, had no time to spare. In the end, she flew back to Dongjiang before coming to Gezhou, so she arrived later than her teammates.

Facing Du Weichen's slightly teasing congratulations, he scratched his head innocently and said modestly:
"Hehe... it's nothing!

"I'm just lucky..."

...Well, this child has a good temper.

Seeing Rui Zhao's reaction, Elder Du pondered secretly.

In his opinion, winning the title of [Female Celebrity] and solidifying her status as the number one female in the country was undoubtedly a great achievement. Logically, Rui Zhao should be very excited.

But in reality...

Although the girl was happy, it seemed that she was only that happy... She really had the feeling of being "unmoved by the eight winds".

Unexpectedly, just as Du Weichen nodded secretly and was about to praise the other party, Rui Zhao had already blinked his big eyes and looked over eagerly...

"...But, Brother Du...

"I just got the title. Can you reward me with a game of the main stage? I think I'm in pretty good shape now!"

???

Du Weichen's expression froze instantly:

Hey!
I was planning to praise you a few more times, but you ended up taking the opportunity to take credit and make demands!
Elder Du's expression immediately changed, and he scolded:
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! Get out of the way!

“You’re not even qualified enough to get a [Female Celebrity] title!
"I only recognize the Unrestricted Title! Don't fool me with something that's obviously a lower level like the Women's Title!

"If you really want to make a request to me, wait until you get the [Celebrity]!"

"Well……"

The girl puffed up her lips and then continued:

"In that case...then can I request to downshift a gear as well?

"Give me another chance to challenge Brother Du and become the main general. That's not too much, right?"

"You're still coming?!"

Du Weichen blurted out - he still remembered clearly the last time he was tricked by his second niece into doing extra practice.

He refused without even thinking:
"We've already said it! The 'Captain General Challenge' has a three-month CD time!

"If you want to challenge me again, just wait another month!"

For Du Weichen, if it was just a matter of playing a game of chess, then it would be fine. He could just consider it as a small gift to his second niece.

But the key point is that even if he plays slow chess with Rui Zhao now, he really can't say that he will definitely win!

In Elder Du's opinion, even if she deliberately used targeted moves to deal with Rui Zhao in slow chess, this girl would probably be a strong contender for the title of "Strongest Seventh Dan".

Although he is now at the level of Strong Eight and can suppress others, it is not surprising that he will fail at any time. The more "Main General Challenges" he accepts, the faster he will die!

A man needs a face, and a tree needs its bark.

If he was "taken away" by a female player in his own team after only half a season of the Chinese Go League, how would Du Weichen survive in the domestic Go world in the future!

So Du Weichen sent Rui Zhao back without saying a word.

"Well……

"Brother Du is so stingy..."

After hearing the other party's reply, Rui Zhao muttered unhappily and immediately started labeling Du Weichen - without even carrying him behind his back.

Hey--!
The girl has grown up and her mind has become wilder!

Now a [female celebrity] dares to be petty with me. If I can win the [Empress] and [Mulan] next year and become the "female title grand slam", won't that be heavenly? !

Du Weichen immediately rebuked his niece who was gradually becoming a little arrogant:
"Stop grumbling!

“Instead of pretending to be important by holding a female title, you should think about how to play the Weiqi game well!

"By the way, please remind someone!
"Although you beat the Japanese team in the Miao Bailing Cup, you have lost five games in a row in the Weiqi League!"

"Meow..."

The girl let out a small cry of grief - after all, this was the truth and it was irrefutable.

Seeing that the little guy in the team finally behaved himself, Elder Du clapped his hands and continued:

"All right!
"Now that you're here, let's start the pre-match meeting to decide the table arrangements." "Well... this round we're playing away against the Gezhou team."

"The Gezhou team's lineup is '9987', with Ji Wen, the ninth dan, as the main player, and the other relatively strong player is South Korean foreign aid Wen Chengzhen.

"But this old man Wen is still able to do it now! He really values ​​money over his life..."

...

...

"Wen Jiudan, thank you for your hard work along the way!"

November 11th, the morning of the ninth round of the Weiqi League.

Wen Chengzhen, a South Korean 9th-dan chess player and former world champion nicknamed "Brother Hammer", finally arrived at the Tongge Hotel on Tongge Mountain after traveling all the way.

By the way, the "old" world champion Wenchengzhen 9th dan is really very, very old from the perspective of current chess players!

You know, in China, the "Four Old Men of 91", Uncle Long, Uncle Tuo, He Wei and Teacher Yang, are already veterans who cannot be any older. It would not be surprising if they want to retire at any time.

And Wencheng Town...He was born in 1985.

Lu Wenjie, who is two years older than him, has retired for many years and has even been the vice chairman of the chess association for several years! But this guy is still fighting hard on the front line.

There are two reasons for this.

First,...Brother Hammer is in really good shape.

Although he is almost "forty years old", it is generally recognized in the chess world that Hammer Brother is still at the level of a ninth dan. In South Korea, he often beats chess players in their prime years such as Lao Xu and Da Park. He was even selected for the Nongshim Cup roster two years ago.

With such a level, it is only natural to continue going down.

And the second reason is to earn more rice.

Although South Korean Go has generally been in a strong position since the World Championship era, if we talk about the level of attention and income in the country...

Well, just...

Pretty average.

Especially considering that South Korea is a developed country, many consumptions are much higher than those in China.

Therefore, Brother Hammer also cherishes the opportunity to earn extra money by working in the Chinese Go League.

For example, yesterday afternoon, there was a South Korean domestic celebrity tournament in Wencheng Town. If you insist on participating in the Weiqi League and taking care of both, it would actually be very rushed.

But in order to make money, Wenchengzhen resolutely bought an evening flight, flew to Dongjiang last night and stayed overnight, and today he caught the earliest high-speed train, and finally arrived at the competition venue, Tongge Hotel, at 10:30 in the morning. It can be said that he worked hard.

After all, you have to know that for foreign players, their income in the Weiqi League is calculated based on the number of wins.

In this round, the Gezhou team faced the weak team Pohu at home. Except for Du Weichen on the main stage, the other chess players of the opponent were not strong. This was a great opportunity for me to explode the gold coins of my employer, the Gezhou team. How could I miss it!
"Ahh, it's okay!

"For the sake of the team, this is what I should do!"

Wen Chengzhen, who had been a foreign player in China for several years, politely responded to the home team leader's question in broken Chinese:

"Oh, by the way! Please tell me the table number you booked last night!
"I'll use this little time before the game to simply think about the layout of today's game."

Because Hammer was still on the plane during the pre-match meeting last night, and it was already 11pm when the plane landed, so the Gezhou team did not inform him of the table arrangement for the time being.

"Oh! Wen Jiudan, you are playing black on the third board today, and it's a fast game!"

"Ok, I see."

Wencheng Town was not surprised by this result.

As an old man who has to travel back and forth between China and South Korea, the team naturally tries their best to lighten his burden.

Whenever it is a home game, Wencheng Town will be asked to play on the fast chess table.

As for who he would face specifically... Wen Chengzhen didn't think much about it.

Now he had to take some time to rest and eat something to fill his stomach.

For him who has been exhausted from the long journey, it is definitely more important to take time to rest than to think about how to target the opponent.

However, an hour and a half later...

Hammer Brother picked the one who needed to be targeted the most among the chess players of the Pohu team...

The ninth round of the China Go League A, the match between Gezhou team and Pohu team.

South Korean veteran foreign aid, World Cup winner [Wencheng Town]

On the third fast chess table, playing with black

The new Chinese female celebrity who just won her first title in her career

【Rui Zhao】.

(End of this chapter)

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