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

"Lei Qi, congratulations!
"Win my second world championship!"

April 4, Hailing Hotel Auditorium, Hailing City, Suzhou Province.

The award ceremony of the 15th Spring Orchid Cup is being held here.

Shang Chaotian, who has become so skilled at pretending to smile and presenting awards in the past two years, finally got to hold his head high today!
Twenty-five whole months!

China's longest drought of world titles since he won the fifth Yingyi Cup was finally ended by his proudest student!

I experienced a lot during this period.

Chinese Go has finally turned around after another miraculous victory in the Nongshim Cup!

He handed the rather grand Spring Orchid Cup trophy to the students and said with deep emotion:
"I am very happy and proud to present the award to you in person this time!"

As for the blessing from his teacher, Lei Qi was no longer as excited as he was when he defeated Liu Shixian. He just kept smiling appropriately, like a great general:

"Thank you, Mr. Shang! It's my honor too!"

After Xu Yingqun, senior vice president of Chunzhilan Group, handed over the check and the three of them took a photo together, the award ceremony came to an end.

As the host Xu Qinglan began to make the final summary on the stage, Shang Chaotian in the audience, in addition to being happy, could not help but give more instructions to the students:
"Uh... Lei Qi!
“After winning the championship, you should take a good rest in the past two days, but don’t relax too much!
"Chinese Go...many aspects still depend on you to shoulder the responsibility!"

Lei Qi blinked and then smiled:

“Well, you’re right.

“Although I won against Liu Shixian this time by getting the white pieces, I still feel like it will be difficult next time.

“Before the Tongge Cup in early July, I will seize every opportunity to work hard to improve myself.

"Whether it's the King of Kings Tournament in early May, the Tongge Cup domestic tournament in early June, or..."

"…The Chess Master Tournament starts on the 24th!"

Shang Chaotian was slightly startled when he heard the student mention the slightly sensitive competition. He then patted the student on the shoulder and said:
“Don’t be too stressed!

“[The Chess Saint] is said to be the symbol of the best player in the country, but that’s just a saying!

"Even if I can't get it, I still think you are the new leader of our China!"

"Leading the army or not... that's it!"

Lei Qi still had a smile on his face, and said with a hint of feeling:

"It is more important to play Go well.

"In the past two years, she has been getting closer and closer to me. This must be the reason why I am lacking!"

After hearing what the student said, Shang Chaotian didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Ever since Lei Qi could no longer use "Flow" the year before last, his performance has obviously fluctuated, and he even fell into a championship drought that lasted for more than a year.

But in the "competition" with Rui Zhao, the "future number one" of Chinese Go showed great determination and competitiveness. His strength continued to improve, and finally, when he was less than 20 years old, his strength had caught up with Liu Shixian, who is currently at his peak. The effort he put in was no small effort!

However, even if this recognized future leader works so hard...

But if compared with China's contemporary Zhaojun in the field of men and women, he is still absolutely inferior!

Even though Lei Qi holds the two major titles of "Tianyuan" and "Guozhang", led his team to win the domestic league and won the two major awards of "Most Valuable Chess Player" and "Best Main General", and has made outstanding contributions with eleven wins and two losses in two Nongshim Cups, and even just defeated the world's number one player, won his second world championship and ended China's championship drought of more than two years... his list of achievements is full.

But compared with Rui Zhao's achievements in the women's field, that seems not enough.

Because Lei Qi's achievements are naturally within the scope of what the world can understand;
And Hua Xia Zhaojun's performance since last year's Yingyi Cup can no longer be viewed from the perspective of a female chess player!
Two times they reached the quarterfinals of the World Championships and one time they reached the semifinals of the World Championships.

The women's league regular season saw the team win the championship with an undefeated record, and the men's Weiqi League made a miraculous comeback in the life-and-death battle with two consecutive victories!

So far, there are eight world champions and countless ninth-dan players who have won the Bean Curd Fermented Sauce. The entire South Korean men's chess world has changed color at the mention of it and has been crying at night!
He also ended many god-like records of the world's number one in the Nongshim Cup Tournament and won the long-lost Nongshim Cup for China!

There was a female ruler in the world, her name was Zhao.

His power and virtue are beyond words!
Such achievements have already broken through the historical ceiling for female chess players!

It is no surprise that even the new generation of Chinese leaders feel ashamed of themselves!

Seeing that the student seemed to be very concerned about this matter, Shang Chaotian was silent for a while, but still tried to comfort him carefully:

"Lei Qi, Rui Zhao, you shouldn't worry too much..."

"It's okay, Mr. Shang!"

Seeing that Shang Chaotian seemed to be worried, the young Chinese double champion interrupted him directly:
“I feel lucky to be a chess player of the same generation as her!
"…If only she could be more careful about those foreigners…"

"……Eh?"

Hearing this, Shang Chaotian was quite surprised.

But just as he was about to ask, the award ceremony just ended. Amidst the warm applause, Lei Qi had already stood up and left the stage to share the joy of winning with his parents who had come specially. The chairman of the chess association had already lost the opportunity to ask further questions, so he could only talk about it later. However, just as Shang Chaotian was about to pack up his mood and luggage and prepare to leave Hailing, Lu Wenjie, who came with him, came over and spoke in a low voice about something he had just arranged:
“Brother Tian, ​​regarding the King of Kings competition, I have just contacted Shengjiang City, but Shengjiang City firmly disagrees to allow the world runner-up to participate.

“They feel that although the World Championship is often considered more valuable than the national championship, it is still the runner-up in the end.

"Allowing the runner-up to participate will greatly reduce the brand value of the 'King of Kings' event, which is difficult for them to accept."

"Well……"

Hearing this, Shang Chaotian let out a sigh, looking a little helpless.

With Lei Qi finally winning the Spring Orchid Cup, all the champions of international and domestic competitions have been decided before the King of Kings competition in early May this year.

Shang Chaotian immediately asked Lu Wenjie to contact Shengjiang to ask if they could allow the three runner-ups of the past year, Xiong Siyi, Li Zhaokai and Zhu Yuanjun, to participate in the King of Kings competition at the beginning of next month. However, they were rejected outright.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand Shengjiang’s reaction: since it is called the “King of Kings”, then of course only the champion is eligible to enter! What kind of “King” is the runner-up!
Once a tournament allows the runner-up to participate, the quality really drops!

However, Shang Chaotian understood the truth, but the difficulties before him were real:
“That being said, but…

"If we have to count only the champions, there won't be enough people this year!"

--Yes.

For this King of Kings Tournament, the reason why the Chess Association asked Shengjiang City to relax the participation requirements is because the champions this year are relatively concentrated and the number of participants is not enough!

According to convention, each previous King of Kings competition has eight participants, and usually eight champions can be produced.

But this time, since the last King of Kings competition ended, the international and domestic champions are nothing more than:

The Spring Orchid Cup champion, the holder of both the [Tianyuan] and [National Player] titles - Lei Qi.

The champion of the last King of Kings Tournament, Dragon Star Tournament, and Agama Cup is Lin Ruixin.

Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament champion and [Chess Immortal] title holder - Sun Yi.

【Celebrity】Title holder——Ni Jue.

Changqi Cup champion——Ji Qiujuan.

In total, there are five champions, which is three short of the eight in previous years!
Although the number of participants was insufficient twice in the five editions of the King of Kings Tournament, the number of participants was always guaranteed to be eight by including some strange "champions" such as "Wei Jia MVP" and "Asian Games Trials First Place".

But now, the MVP of the last Weiqi League is Lei Qi, who has already entered the participating list, and there is no Asian Games qualifier this year, and at the same time, there are as many as three vacancies!

Faced with this situation, the Chess Association had no temper at all and could only propose a second-best suggestion, but they did not want to be rejected outright by Shengjiang.

And with the end of the Spring Orchid Cup, there will be no more champion before the King of Kings competition.

Shang Chaotian was troubled by the question of how to hold a competition with only five chess players.

Seeing his chairman frowning, Lu Wenjie continued:

“Uh, Brother Tian.

"As for this situation, Shengjiang City's opinion is that it is better to have fewer people than too few. The fewer people, the better!

"If the number of matches is not enough due to a small number of participants, then we can change the original double-elimination system to a round-robin system, which will have more sets and be more presentable."

"Well, that's one way."

Shang Chaotian pondered and said:

"But... even if it's a round-robin tournament, there should at least be an even number of participants, right? For example, six people?
"Otherwise, we can only play two games per round, and five people can only play ten games in total. This is too embarrassing!"

But at this moment, Lu Wenjie couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"Well, actually...

"Shengjiang City thinks the same way."

"what?"

Shang Chaotian was slightly surprised to hear that his thoughts had been predicted by the other party, and then he reacted:
"From what I hear... Shengjiang City has already come up with an idea for the sixth candidate?
"...

“…Eh! Could it be…”

"Yes, Brother Tian, ​​you are absolutely right."

Seeing that his chairman seemed to have noticed something, Lu Wenjie added naturally:
"Shengjiang City thinks that the most important thing is that we have two Chinese Go champions in the past year.

"One is the Spring Orchid Cup that Lei Qi just won. This move broke our China's two-year drought of world championships!
"And he also successfully entered this year's King of Kings Tournament, needless to say.

"As for the other one... it is undoubtedly the Nongshim Cup after four years!
“As we all know, for domestic chess fans, the status of the Nongshim Cup is no less than that of a world championship!

"So, Shengjiang City thinks...

"It is completely reasonable to let the finalist of the last Nongshim Cup Tournament participate in this year's King of Kings Tournament." (End of this chapter)