Uh... no!
Why do I always feel like I’m being targeted by my master lately?

On October 10, at 23: p.m., in another room of the Mida Plaza Hotel.

A dog under the Queen's seat just finished analyzing the chess game in which Rui Zhao lost to Langzi today, and couldn't help scratching his head in front of the computer.

In the first round of the Changqi Cup today, Zeng Guangwen defeated He Wei in a tough battle and successfully advanced to the next round. But when he looked back, his own queen was gone again!

This incident made Zeng Guangwen want to complain at the time, and Zeng Xigou felt even more so after reviewing the game between Rui Zhao and Langzi.

——Rui Zhao...did he put extra effort into his game against me?!
In the past six months, Zeng Guangwen's life has been quite torturous.

The reason is simple: the training intensity is too high.

The reason why the training intensity is so high is, on the one hand, because Rui Zhao is still practicing diligently as always, so he, the sandbag, naturally has to accompany him.

On the other hand...

This is because Rui Zhao's strength has clearly been increasing in the past six months!
Even the style of chess gradually began to change from the original style that was particularly good at attacking to an extremely changeable style, which became more flexible and difficult to deal with!
During these five months, Zeng Guangwen, whose winning rate in sparring once dropped to less than 20%, was beaten by his master several times. His master seemed to think that if this continued, his Sky-Howling Dog under the Queen's mount would be of no use.

This naturally made Zeng Guangwen, who had already made up his mind to make all the money he would need in his lifetime in just a few years, feel very anxious!
In order to avoid the tragic fate of being thrown away by the master after being used up, the dog under the Queen's seat had to grit his teeth and squeeze out every available time to practice chess and review games. Up to now, it has barely maintained a winning rate of nearly 40%. Although it still has to be tight, it can be considered as barely acceptable.

In fact, this is just the way it is: the master seeks the truth, and as a dog, you have to keep up with the progress. There is nothing strange about it.

But soon Zeng Guangwen discovered something that was very counterintuitive - his performance in various competitions actually began to be on par with Rui Zhao, and even slightly surpassed him!
The most typical one is Wei Jia.

Recently, Zeng, the eighth dan, has been doing really well in the Weiqi League, with eight wins and one loss so far.

In the match against Su Hu team two days ago, he defeated Uncle Tuo again and made great contributions to his team's away game to get a point. It can be said that he was a big leg dragging the whole team of old and young Budden forward.

On the other hand, Rui Zhao has three wins and six losses so far. Although he is the main general, it is still difficult to say that Rui Zhao's performance is better than Zeng Guangwen.

Including the last Tongge Cup qualifiers, Zeng Guangwen successfully passed the qualifiers but Rui Zhao was defeated in the final round. In the Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament, Fatty Zeng also advanced to the top 16, which was not inferior to his master at all.

In the Changqi Cup, Rui Zhao was once again eliminated earlier than Zeng Guangwen. At first glance, many people may conclude that Zeng Guangwen is stronger than Rui Zhao.

However, Zeng Guangwen himself is very clear about it.

In the sparring, the master has always firmly suppressed me! And every degree is just right!

But for some reason, every time he faced strong opponents in a big competition, Rui Zhao's moves were very "full", showing his unstable side...

I was clearly well prepared when playing against myself, so why am I so unsure about the importance of the game when it comes to the competition?
This……

It couldn't be that the Queen was targeting me specifically, right?

I have been a sparring partner for many years, so how could I deserve to be targeted by my master?

Zeng Guangwen was puzzled, but he didn't dare to ask any more questions, for fear that any of his words would offend his master and be recorded in his notebook. In the end, after thinking it over, he could only send two WeChat messages in an indirect way:

[Queen, I watched you play chess today, and you played pretty well! But sometimes you were a little too full of yourself! Not as measured as when you practiced with me!]

[Queen, please pay attention when playing chess, just like when you play with me! You will definitely win a lot more games! ]

...

...

"Well, that's all for today's analysis of the game!"

At 10:40 pm on the same day, in Rui Zhao’s room at the Mida Plaza Hotel.

Seeing that the chess game in front of him was over, the Chinese celebrity on the microphone paused and said to Dai Gong, who was also on the microphone:

"Old Dai, thank you for your hard work!
"In the past six months, I have made you spend so much time on Rui Zhao!"

Seeing that his senior brother thanked him first, Rui Zhao, who was sitting in front of the computer, also hurriedly followed suit to express his gratitude:

“Well, thank you Dai Jiudan!

“Although my recent competition results haven’t been very good, I do feel that my strength has improved significantly!

"It's all thanks to you for always teaching me!" But Dai Ran didn't mind at all:
"Nothing, my strength has declined significantly recently, I will probably sit at Long Bo's table soon...

"I don't have much hope of getting any grades anyway, and I'm just sitting around doing nothing, so I might as well review the game with you guys!"

Dai Ran paused for a moment, then looked over and said:

“However, Rui Zhao, you have to be careful.

"You usually say that you want to play more in the competition, to practice chess sense and improve yourself as much as possible, I have no objection.

"But the Masters Tournament will be next month. I suggest that you adjust your chess playing style and don't get used to playing chess at too extreme an extreme level, which will force you to walk a tightrope even in a tournament where you should be playing it safe."

"Yeah, no problem!"

Rui Zhao nodded confidently:

"In fact, when I usually practice with Brother Zeng, I always try to find a way to win as much as possible! I am also very familiar with it and can switch back at any time!"

"Then you can try your hand at the Zhaojun battle. It happens to be a Fanqi game, so there is room for error."

Dai Ran said in a low voice:

“After all, competition and sparring are different.

"Pair training... Fatty Zeng may not be that serious about it!"

"Ah, you may not know much about this Dai Jiudan!"

Rui Zhao said confidently:
“I can’t say anything else, but at least Brother Zeng is definitely being extremely serious when sparring with me right now!

"After all, I've been scaring him... no, I've been encouraging him to improve with me!"

"……Yeah?"

Dai Ran was obviously a little skeptical:
"This is unlike Fatty Zeng's style! But it seems like he has been practicing chess very hard recently...

"Ah, let's not talk about this any more! Just make sure you know what's going on!
"I'm waiting to see your performance in the Zhaojun battle. I'm leaving now."

After saying this, Dai Ran didn't hesitate any more and directly left the live broadcast. Seeing this, Ni Jue sighed and said:

"Old Dai still has this kind of personality!

"But Rui Zhao, it is true... it is almost time to test the results of your six months of study with Old Dai.

"Don't let Old Dai down!"

"Yeah. Don't worry, Brother Ni!
"I will definitely help you defend your title this time!"

After Rui Zhao's positive statement again, a relieved laugh was heard from the microphone, and then Ni Jue also went offline.

After reviewing the game again, Rui Zhao picked up the phone beside her and took a look to see if anyone had come to see her during the analysis and review.

Then, she saw the WeChat message her dog sent two hours ago...

Um... that...

As expected, I did go a little too far. Brother Zeng noticed that my approach to him was a little different...

After reading the WeChat message, Rui Zhao forced out an embarrassed expression.

Although Zeng Guangwen's words were somewhat euphemistic, Queen Zhaotian could still read the other party's doubts through WeChat.

But, but there’s nothing I can do!

When playing against Lei Qi and others, you can play the chess pieces a little more fully. The worst that can happen is that you lose.

But if he loses too many games with Brother Zeng, he will lose the sense of urgency! Once he becomes a salted fish, how can he make progress together?

Yes, I am doing this for his own good! (End of this chapter)

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