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

Chapter 526: Signboard of Women's Competition

"...Sister Youen, let's stop here for the review."

January 11, South Korea’s capital city, South Korea Chess Institute.

A match of a South Korean domestic celebrity tournament just ended.

With almost no suspense, the world's number one chess player Liu Shixian easily crushed the Ice Queen Jin Youen. The current world's number one female chess player has not yet been able to win any victory over the young master of the Liu family.

“Well, thanks for the advice.

"Xiao Liu, you... have been in pretty good shape recently!

"This time the LIG Cup... should be easy to win, right?"

The Queen simply returned the greeting and gave a heartfelt compliment.

"Ah, Sister Youen, don't flatter me like that..."

Liu Shixian's smile was natural and gentle:
"The domestic media also said the same thing during the Miao Family Bailing Cup, but didn't they fail in the end?"

“But… I always feel that it’s because you didn’t really take it 100% seriously.

"Like this year's Tongge Cup and Yingye Cup, when you get serious, your performance is dominant!"

"Hey Sister Youen, you only dare to say that because there are only two women's world championships every year..."

Liu Shixian smiled bitterly:
“This year… I have five!
"If you can really maintain such good energy and competition status for a long time, then you will basically not lose in chess in China!

"But the fact is... you still fail in domestic women's competitions from time to time."

Jin Youen was silent for a few seconds, then narrowed his eyes and said:
"So... you are already focusing on the Nongshim Cup?"

"Well, that's what arouses my interest more after all."

Young Master Liu nodded and then smiled:

"I just hope Ni Jue doesn't have any major problems. I've been looking forward to playing chess with him.

“However, I am not completely indifferent to the Miaojia Bailing Cup and the upcoming LIG Cup. I just don’t put myself on such a tight leash mentally.

"To be honest, I was quite surprised that Dai Ran beat me in the Miao Family Bailing Cup last time. After the Yingshi Cup, I thought Dai Jiudan might have gotten old. It seems that I underestimated him."

"But he...maybe he's really starting to get old."

As Jin Youen began to collect the chess pieces, he said casually:
"In this LIG Cup, Hua Xia's Lei Qi and Li Zhaokai were exempted from the selection process, and the ones who qualified were Sun Yi, Tang Guansheng, Ji Qiujuan, and Zhuang Zheng."

"Well... China has also begun to replace the old with the new!"

Young Master Liu also put away his chess equipment and said with emotion:

“They are all around my age or obviously younger than me!
"It's a pity that the ones who are about my age are not as good as me, so now I can only look forward to this little guy Lei Qi."

At this point, Young Master Liu seemed to have thought of something and added:
"Actually... I think Sun Yi has always been a good player, and he's not much worse than Lei Qi in terms of strength.

"Compared to Xiong Siyi, his skills are very balanced, he has no obvious weaknesses and he is very cunning. I feel that if he can fully play, he will be very difficult to deal with - including when I met him in various youth competitions when I was a child and I lost to him.

"That's right... I always feel that he is a bit complacent after getting the title of [Chess Immortal]. Also, he has some problems with his mentality. Whenever he sees an opponent who is stronger on paper, he won't play chess. Now I can only hope that Lei Qi will continue to grow..."

After saying the above, Liu Shixian looked at the queen with a playful look:

"so……

"I really envy you, Sister Youen."

Jin Youen knew what the world's number one man meant by this nonsense, and couldn't help but counterattacked:

"Xiao Liu, I admit that you are at the top of the Go world and have seen different things. It is normal for you to have a different mentality.

"but……

"You may not have experienced the feeling of trying your best but still not making any progress.

“It is somewhat arrogant to expect that there will be a strong enough wave of people coming after me to challenge me.”

However, after hearing this answer, Liu Shixian, who had just rearranged the chess box, shook his head slightly and said:
"Sister Youen, let me be frank:

"Compared to that little girl... I'm afraid you can't even call yourself 'trying your best'."

...

...

"Tsk!

"Compared to when Sister Rui participated in the competition, there are fewer media and chess fans at the scene..."

November 11th, Dongjiang Jianqiao College, Dongjiang City, China.

The opening ceremony of the 20th "Dongjiang Jianqiao Cup" Chinese Women's Go Open was just held in the school auditorium.

Although Shang Chaotian and Lu Wenjie, two leaders of the chess association, were present at the competition and attached great importance to it, the little witch, who had just attended the opening ceremony, could not help but complain softly.

The reason is simple: without Rui Zhao, the most important celebrity figure, this year's Dongjiang Jianqiao Cup's momentum has dropped significantly.

Although the organizers tried hard to increase the popularity of the event, the number of media and chess fans present at the opening ceremony was clearly two levels lower than that of the Women's Celebrity Tournament a few days ago.

You know, this is still in Dongjiang!

Although Dongjiang cannot even catch up with Oroqen City in terms of per capita GDP, in terms of popularity, the metropolis of Dongjiang is naturally much stronger.

The Women's Celebrity Tournament held in Oroqen City attracted a large number of media and chess fans to support it. However, the Dongjiang Jianqiao Cup held in Dongjiang was not as popular as the former. This shows that the star player Rui Zhao has a huge driving effect on women's Go events.

However, Liu Yuhong on the side was not surprised by this, and said lazily:

"Jingjing, it's only been over a year, how could you have forgotten?

"Wasn't it always like this before? It might even be worse..." "Hmm..."

After a brief thought, Yang Manjing realized that what Queen Mulan said was absolutely right.

Since the advent of the AI ​​era, women's Go competitions, which have a lower overall competitive level, have not received much attention, and the stability of the competitions has always been much worse than that of men's.

If it weren't for Rui Zhao, the Lakeside Cup Tournament, which was only held once, would have almost ended in vain.

Although Yang Manjing has always had complicated emotions towards this female chess player of her generation who has firmly suppressed her, the little witch has to acknowledge her outstanding contribution to women's Go competitions.

But because of this, Yang Manjing couldn't help but ask Queen Mulan beside him:

“…Sister Yu Hong.

"That Sister Rui...Isn't she going to stop participating in women's competitions from now on?"

This surprised Xiao Xiaoniao, who had been feeling depressed recently because he had become a "loser":
"Isn't it?
"She is already the title holder, is she going to give up the title voluntarily?

"Besides, Ruizhao is too important to the women's competition now. This time they just announced that they would not participate in any new women's competitions before the Spring Festival. I heard that Jianqiao College and Wuxing County had some objections.

"Even if Rui Zhao herself doesn't want to participate in women's competitions in the future, it is estimated that the chess association will find it difficult to agree, not to mention that there is so much prize money here!
"She withdrew from these three competitions temporarily this time. I guess she really has some personal reasons!"

"Yeah, too."

The little witch nodded:

"Where has she been recently?

"There's no news from her!"

...

...

"Zhao Zhao! Here!"

At 11 pm on November 21, Dongjiang City, Exit 1 of Caiqiao International Airport.

Rui Guoquan, who came to pick up his daughter, saw Rui Zhao wearing sunglasses and a mask at the exit and waved and shouted.

"dad!"

Rui Zhao heard the voice and found his father. He then ran over and gave his father a hug, just as he always did.

Rui Guoquan was also very happy to see his daughter at this time: since his daughter moved to Poyang Lake, he had seen her less often in the past six months.

Originally, he thought that his daughter could stay at home for a while when the Dongjiang Jianqiao Cup was held. However, he did not expect that his daughter would suddenly choose to withdraw from the competition, which made Rui Guoquan, who had been looking forward to it, feel quite disappointed.

But who knew that there would be an unexpected turn of events.

Just when Rui Guoquan thought that he might have to wait until the Chinese New Year to see his daughter again, Rui Zhao proposed to go back to Dongjiang for a week. This made Rui Guoquan overjoyed, and he immediately took half a day off to pick up his daughter!

After a round of greetings between father and daughter, Rui Guoquan led his daughter to the parking lot and asked:

"That Zhao Zhao...how is your Senior Brother Ni doing?"

He knew that his daughter gave up the Masters Tournament qualifiers and rushed to Dajing just to visit her senior brother. Rui Guoquan also understood this very well. After all, since the City Cup, the Chinese Masters Tianyuan had taken good care of Rui Zhao - but he was a little puzzled as to why the visit took so long.

But I can understand why my daughter might want to wait until her senior brother has surgery before leaving.

“Well, Senior Brother Ni’s operation was very successful!
"The doctor said it shouldn't have any impact on my body. I can take part in competitions again after resting for half a year!"

The girl responded to her father's words happily at first, then seemed to remember something and asked cautiously:

"Um, Dad...

"…Isn't mom here?"

"Ah, your mother is probably off work right now."

Rui Guoquan explained:

"It's not easy for her to take leave, so I thought I'd pick you up first, and you'll be able to see her when you get home."

"what……"

The girl was silent for a while after hearing this, as if she was thinking about something. The atmosphere between the father and daughter was a little cold for a moment.

Rui Guoquan naturally didn't want to let the topic go cold with his daughter, so he asked casually:

"Oh, by the way, Zhao Zhao... why did you say that you wouldn't participate in women's competitions before the New Year?

"I understand that you might be worried that you won't participate in the Dongjiang Jianqiao Cup this time, but it won't affect the other two competitions."

Rui Guoquan had asked his daughter about this matter before, but at that time Rui Zhao only said "we will talk about it in person."

Rui Zhao did not directly answer this question, but first suggested:

"Um, Dad, can we find a cafe to sit in?
"I'd like to talk to you about this matter."

"……what?"

Rui Guoquan was stunned and couldn't help but say:
"Then just go home! You can also talk to your mother."

"Let's go to the cafe first, Dad."

Rui Zhao's tone was calm, without any of the innocence and romance of a former girl.

“The reason for this incident…

"I want to talk to you alone first."

(End of this chapter)