Chapter 628 Either she or I, either I or she!
"So, ruthless brother...

"You called me and laughed at me just for such a small matter?!"

At five o'clock in the afternoon on April 4, at Huang Bonan's home in Pengze City, Greater Bay Area.

Long Bo, who was preparing for next month's Dragon Star Tournament qualifiers at home, couldn't help but complain after watching a video link just shared by the team's captain.

"Hahaha! This is just hilarious!"

Tang Guansheng on the opposite side laughed heartlessly, not caring at all about the dissatisfaction of this dragon uncle:
"Uncle Long, I really want to know how you feel about being equated with a female chess player...

"Oh, that's not right! From now on, is it inappropriate to call him 'Long Bo'? Should I call him 'Youth Version of Queen Zhao Tian'? Hahaha..."

——Yes, the reason why Tang Guansheng laughed so happily this time was related to Rui Zhao.

That afternoon, an insider got the unedited version of the interview that the organizer of the Spring Orchid Cup conducted with Zhu Yuanjun after the semi-finals. The parts that were originally deleted because they were likely to cause controversy were presented intact to chess fans.

The equation [Rui Zhao = stable and enhanced version of Long Bo] listed by Zhu Yuanjun in the interview instantly sparked discussions in major Go communities. Even Tang Guansheng, who had just finished the first round of the Go Saint Tournament, got the news first and started to make fun of it, which made Long Bo quite unhappy.

In fact, objectively speaking, Huang Boyan has been quite appreciative of Rui Zhao recently.

But he was after all one of the top domestic chess players of his generation who had won one championship, two runner-ups, and ended up in the Nongshim Cup once. But now he has fallen to the point where he is used as a combat capability indicator to describe a little girl!
What's even more infuriating is that, although the round pig was just compared, it was fine! He also had to emphasize that Rui Zhao was "much more stable", which made Huang Bo Nan's old face a little embarrassed.

But although Long Bo was angry, when he wanted to refute, he found something very embarrassing:
Regarding Yuan Zhu's "outrageous fallacy"...

He had no way to refute!

Huang Bo Nan thought about it carefully and realized that he really couldn't compare with Rui Zhao in terms of performance!
In the past year, Zhao Tianhou's results in the World Championships were the quarterfinals and the semifinals. His best result in the World Championships was being eliminated in the last round of the Tongge Cup last year...

In the ring competition, Zhao Tianhou is the only Nongshim Cup terminator in China in the past five years, and Huang Bo Nan, let alone the ring, was last selected for the Nongshim Cup in 2018...

From this perspective, it seems that there is nothing wrong with Tang Guansheng calling him "the youth version of Queen Zhaotian"...

Uh no no no!
What am I thinking about!!!

Huang Bonan discovered that his brain waves were a little abnormal and quickly tried to get rid of those messy thoughts from his mind.

Even if it is true, I can't admit it!
Long Bo immediately counterattacked to Hen Ge:

"You yourself were defeated by Xiao Ji in the chess tournament today! How dare you ridicule your teammates!
"Don't lose another game tomorrow, or you'll go home straight away after two defeats!"

The material that Huang Bonan used to fight back was naturally the chess saint competition currently being held in Luojing City, Zhongyuan Province.

Although [Chess Saint] is the top title in China, the scale of the Chess Saint competition is the smallest among all titles.

The Chess Master Tournament only allows the top eight players with the highest rating, excluding the incumbent Chess Master, to participate. The challenger is decided in six rounds using a double elimination system. The challenger final between the winners of the winners and losers group is decided in a single game, but the winner of the winner group has the advantage of choosing black or white and the opportunity to rest for two rounds in the middle.

According to the competition rules, in addition to Lin Ruixin, the other eight people in the top nine of the domestic rating have the opportunity to compete for the right to challenge the title of "Chess Saint":
Lei Qi, Sun Yi, Xiong Siyi, Zhu Yuanjun, Dai Ran, Ji Qiujuan, Lang Haishen, Tang Guansheng.

In the first round of today's game, Hen Ge faced Ji Qiujuan and lost in a very bad mood, so Huang Boyan took the opportunity to make a fuss.

But who would have thought that Tang Guansheng didn't care at all and still looked heartless:

"Ouch! I lose, it doesn't matter, okay!
"Based on their recent performance, I feel that only Xiao Lei and Sun Hou'er are more likely to compete for the challenger qualification!
"How can I, who was just barely selected, really compete for the title of chess master? I'm just trying to earn the game fee!
"Anyway, I won't be embarrassed if I don't get the [Chess Saint], but Uncle Long, you have to be careful not to lose to Queen Zhaotian in the future!
"otherwise……

"If I'm not careful, people might call me 'Aunt Long'!"

"Get lost! In the new season of the Weiqi League, you, as the main general, should take care of yourself first!"

Old Uncle Long cursed for once and then hung up the phone. At the same time, he thought to himself that he really had to show some ability next time and defeat Rui Zhao again to clear his name!
However, after hanging up the phone, Huang Boyan couldn't help but find out the current ranking and take a look - he was now ranked 17th, while Rui Zhao was ranked 42nd.

42 Ah...

Good thing she's not qualified to participate in the Dragon Star Wars qualifiers yet!
Huang Boyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief - in addition to the eight seeded players who entered the Dragon Star Tournament directly, another 28 people were selected for a preliminaries and then 14 people were decided to enter the main tournament. Only the top 36 in the ranking were eligible to participate, and Rui Zhao was still a little short.

In fact, in his opinion, even in terms of slow chess skills, Rui Zhao is probably at least among the top 20 players in the country.

But the reason why her rating is so low is that she was promoted to a professional level late - after all, she has been promoted to a professional level for less than two years. New chess players are in a period of rapid growth, and their rating is definitely lagging behind their strength.

Although Old Longbo is also a master of fast chess who plays fast chess all year round and is better at fast chess than slow chess, anyone who has seen Rui Zhao's rampage against Tao Chen in the Tianyuan Tournament preliminaries knows clearly:
I’m afraid that Zhaojun’s current fast chess skills are much more terrifying than slow chess!
If he really wants to save face from this Queen Zhaotian, he'll have to find an opportunity to play slow chess, otherwise he'll really be labeled "Aunt Long" by that girl!
——Although, he is also one of the top four players in the world championship when playing slow chess...

Um...wait a minute!

Suddenly, Huang Bonan realized that something was not right.

Speaking of...

Am I being too obsessed with slow chess and fast chess?
Perhaps the best response is...

Should I just hide away and not give others a chance to criticize me? ! !

But you can avoid it on the first day, but you can’t avoid it on the fifteenth!

With Rui Zhao's current strength, once her ranking is raised, she will almost certainly become a regular participant in all domestic competitions and even in the LIG and Sanshuang Cup qualifiers!

Given the situation, won't I have to face her sooner or later? !

But just when Long Bo felt a chill on his back, his wife Jing Shan suddenly walked over quickly and said to her husband excitedly:
"Hey, Bernanke, look!
"Rui Zhao has made big news again!!"

"???"

Seeing his wife's expression of watching the fun and not minding the trouble, Huang Bo Nan was unable to complain for a moment:

“No, wife!

"Your dear husband might be called 'Aunt Long' by accident! Why are you so happy?"

"Aunt Long?"

Jing Shan was stunned when she heard this:
"What Aunt Long?"

"Eh?"

Long Bo felt something was wrong and said quickly:

"You don't know?
"You're not talking about the interview with Round Pig?!"

"Ah? What interview?" Jing Shan seemed to be unaware of Zhu Yuanjun's interview:

"I mean this year's King of Kings competition!"

"King of Kings?"

"Yes!"

Seeing her husband's strange look, Jing Shan handed her cell phone to Long Bo:

"Look! Shengjiang City Chess Association has just released the official schedule and participants for this year's King of Kings Tournament. Rui Zhao will participate as one of the six invited players as the 'Nongshim Cup Terminator'!"

"King of Kings?"

Long Bo's eyes widened immediately:
"She's already started participating in the King of Kings?!"

"Yes!"

Jing Shan said with a smile, seeming to enjoy her husband's surprised expression:

"and……

"This year's King of Kings Tournament is a single round-robin tournament! All contestants will face off against each other!"

"...Single round-robin tournament?!"

After hearing this, Long Bo gradually realized why his wife was so interested:

"Fuck! This...

"Now there's another good show to watch!"

...

...

"No! How can that little lousy chess player participate in the King of Kings Tournament!!!
"What kind of king is it to end the Nongshim Cup?
"A single round-robin tournament... Is that old man Shang targeting me specifically?!
"Are you afraid that I will take away his throne as the number one person in Chinese history?!"

At 6pm on the same day, in Longxiang Shengjing Villa Community, Dajing City.

Lin Ruixin, who was originally training at home, was now roaring at the phone for a while, and it was obvious that he was in a state of breakdown.

As for why the defense was broken...

That is naturally due to the participants and competition system of the King of Kings competition!

Lin Ruixin has been quite angry recently after suffering a humiliating defeat to Rui Zhao in the quarterfinals of the Spring Orchid Cup.

Although he later handed over his public relations ideas to Mo Wei to execute, and Rui Zhao unexpectedly lost to Zhu Yuanjun, the reputation of this chess queen became controversial again.

But it is an indisputable fact that he lost miserably to his opponent in a focus grudge game. So when he went online to read the news in the circle, he could see ten people making fun of him!

Even the great chess master Lin endured this.

As the saying goes: It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

For him, defending his title as the Chess Saint is the top priority. What he needs to do is to keep a steady mind and concentrate on preparing for the game.

According to Lin Ruixin's original plan, Lei Qi has been performing extremely strongly recently. He did not have to defend his title in this King of Kings Tournament - he just needed to find out his opponent's strengths and weaknesses and use the competition as a means of training. The key was to regain his competitive form after the disastrous defeat in the Spring Orchid Cup.

But the great chess master Lin never imagined that in the list of nominees for the King of Kings Tournament officially announced this afternoon, the one who came to make up the numbers was not the three runners-up in the past year, but actually a certain poor chess player!

That alone is not enough! What’s even more terrifying is that this year’s King of Kings is still a single round-robin tournament!
In this way, the reigning chess master and the contemporary Zhaojun will inevitably fight again! This made the Internet celebrity Lin, who had originally planned to wait until the celebrity competition was over before settling accounts with Rui Zhao, suddenly feel a little mentally broken.

"Uh, Ruixin, don't be impatient, just listen to me patiently..."

Seeing their big star getting hysterical, the agent Mo Wei on the other end of the phone had no choice but to persuade Lin Ruixin to accept the reality:

“Regarding this matter, after thinking about it, I can understand the approach of the Chess Association and Shengjiang City.

"Rather than allowing the world runner-up to participate and lower the quality of the competition, it would be better to bring Rui Zhao in and change it to a round-robin tournament. This way, we can take both into account..."

But before Mo Wei could say much, Lin Ruixin's voice roared again:
"Why are you still speaking for that stinky chess player?! Do you want to see me being choked by her like a dead pig again?!"

"No, Ruixin, that's not what I meant!"

Mo Wei tried hard to explain:
"I just analyzed it from the perspective of the association and Shengjiang City, and it is not surprising that they would make such a decision.

"As for the single round-robin tournament, it is indeed the best format to ensure the number of matches when there are only six participants. It is not deliberately targeted at..."

“What a best competition system!
"You're not the one who got humiliated by the flying knife in the arena! That's so easy for you to say!!"

"Uh, Ruixin, calm down! It's not that bad!"

Mo Wei still tried to persuade him:

"We have already muddied the waters in public opinion regarding Rui Zhao's suspected use of Ni Jue's flying knife!
"If Rui Zhao continues to attack us this time, it will be an opportunity for us to further exploit the situation. She may not dare to do so again!

"Actually, if you look at it this way, the King of Kings Tournament where you can compete against Rui Zhao is actually an opportunity!
"If Rui Zhao really uses the knife to defeat you again, she will only deepen her own public controversy, further proving that it is no coincidence that she always uses the flying knife in the crucial game!

"And if she doesn't use her sword, or if she uses her sword but you still beat her, that would be the best time for us to launch a counterattack! So..."

"So what you mean is that I should just go to her door and be fucked by her again?

"I am a reigning chess master, don't I have any dignity?!"

Lin Ruixin's roar became more and more intense.

In his opinion, the crushing defeat in the quarterfinals of the Spring Orchid Cup was the most humiliating match in his life so far.

Don't even think about letting him experience it again. He can't even remember a single thing when he thinks about it!
In this situation, even if Mo Wei tried to persuade him kindly, the great chess master Lin simply wouldn't listen to him at all!
After the Spring Orchid Cup, my mentality, which had finally stabilized a little, suddenly surged violently:
"I don't care! I'll go call that old man Shang right now!
"Why do you qualify to be the King of Kings just by winning one game? I've never seen anyone so biased!
"I have to tell him: This time in the King of Kings competition, it's either her or me! It's either me or her!"

(End of this chapter)

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