【Big news! The beauty of the Chinese Go world, the reigning Zhaojun Rui Zhao, has successfully entered the Challenger Finals of the Chinese Go Masters Tournament! 】

[In the finals of the Chinese Unlimited Title Tournament Challenger Tournament, a female chess player appeared for the first time! A big victory for Pink! ]

November 11th, Toudou City and Toudou Chess Institute, Japan.

After reading a piece of hot news that his chairman had just forwarded to him, Takuya Ichijo was a little surprised and confirmed with Kobayashi Yahiko in front of him:

"Uh, you mean...

"Let Zhao Cang and I explain the game between Lei Qi and Rui Zhao tomorrow?!"

"Ah."

Kobayashi Yahiko nodded.

"But as far as I remember, isn't it true that there are basically no live broadcasts of games without Chinese chess players?"

"That's true."

Kobayashi Yahiko nodded slowly and replied:
“But… you saw it too.

“We don’t even need to promote this game, the mainstream media has already caught the hype behind it and reported it extensively!

“Since Ni Jue, the current Chinese celebrity, had surgery due to illness, her competitive state has been much worse than before.

“Whoever wins this challenger final will most likely win the title and create a new record in the history of Chinese Go—Lei Qi wins because he is completely strong enough, while Rui Zhao is rumored to have mastered Ni Jue’s flying knife library.

"Right now, it's less than a year away from the Asian Games next year in Zhongjing, so we need to warm up for it! And for such a highly anticipated battle that has attracted widespread attention from both inside and outside the circle, we must seize the opportunity to promote it!

"You now hold the four titles of [Go Saint], [Meijin], [Honinbo], and [Tengen], and you are also the world champion. You are undoubtedly the face of Japanese Go. So I may still need to trouble you."

"Ah, that's what I should do. You're too kind."

After listening to this long speech, Takuya Ichijo nodded, and at the same time secretly admired Rui Zhao's strong influence.

However, he could completely understand it.

Just imagine, if a domestic female chess player could come to challenge for the title, it would probably cause quite a stir in the country!

As expected...if Li-chan grows up...

It should also attract a lot of attention from domestic public opinion, right?
——Although she is indeed not as beautiful as Rui Zhao.

But just when Takuya's thoughts were a little distracted, Kobayashi Yahiko suddenly added:

"By the way, Ichijo-kun, if Rui Zhao really... uh...

“…Oh, forget it!
"It's too early to say that now!"

"……Eh?"

Ichijo was slightly stunned, and couldn't help but ask:

"What do you want to say?
"Nothing, we'll talk about it later!"

"But you've already said half of it!"

"Then we'll talk about the remaining half later!"

"...

“…Chairman!

"You're keeping me in suspense, which makes me care about you, okay?"

It was rare for Takuya Ichijo to complain about the leader of his own chess academy, but Kobayashi Yahiko was still smiling and seemed to have no intention of directly expressing his opinion:
“No way! Some things are said too early and may not be appropriate.

“All I can say is…be prepared!

“A celebrity.”…

...

"today……

"Why are there so many people here?"

Time quickly came to November 11, the day of the China Masters Challenger Finals.

1:40 pm South Korean time, South Korea Chess Institute.

On that day, the largest chess lecture room in the chess academy was packed with people. The scene was so grand that even Ko Uesaka, who had been in South Korea for more than half a year, was extremely surprised.

The reason why Shangban Li came to the chess academy today was not for any other reason, but to participate in the overall discussion of the final of the Chinese Celebrity Challenge organized by the South Korean Chess Academy!
Originally, according to her idea, this was just a domestic competition in China. Logically, it was already very respectful for the South Korean Chess Institute to hold a special group discussion on the board, and the number of participants should not be particularly large.

But in the end, Lee Jung-yeon, Seo Sang-heng, Park Min-yeol, Ahn Myung-kyo, Shin Chung-yoon, Moon Sung-jin... almost all the bigwigs in South Korea have come!
"Well, I can only say...

"South Korea also attaches great importance to Rui Zhao's consecutive victories over three ninth-level masters, Huang Bo Nan, Sun Yi, and Ji Qiujuan, with obvious advantages!"

Ichinose Airi, who was standing by, groaned:
"I heard that back home, Go Master Ichijo and Haruna are also giving a big board talk today!

"That's because Ninth Dan Liu Shixian doesn't like to participate in group discussions. Otherwise, I feel like he would do the same today... Wait?!
“Li-chan Li-chan! Are those standing on the edge of the stage Liu Shixian and Jin Youen?!”

"what?!"

Uesaka Rei quickly looked towards the podium and found that she was right!
The world's number one man and woman are now dressed in formal attire and waiting at the stage, looking as if they are ready to give the lecture in person!

——Although, these two "first persons" both face certain controversies.

The source of the controversy happened to come from the two opponents in the Challenger Finals of the China Celebrity Tournament.

In the two most recent world championships, the Chunzhilan Cup and the Tongge Cup, Lei Qi won the final championship.

Although Liu Shixian still maintains a considerable winning rate in the country, his overall performance still makes it difficult for Lei Qi to catch up with him for the time being.

However, the fact that the new generation of China led the team to win two championships in a row naturally made people start the long-awaited discussion of "who is the best in the world".

As for Kim Woo-eun...let alone!

Although Rui Zhao has not participated in any other women's competitions except the Zhaojun competition in the past year, her performance in the unlimited competitions is so strong that it is outrageous!

One World Championship semi-final, one Masters Challenger final, and one to end the Nongshim Cup!

With such impressive results, even though Kim Woo-eun still maintains her almost terrifying record of consecutive championships in the Women's World Championships, her dominance in the women's chess world is still widely questioned. It has to be said that this is somewhat outrageous.

But, anyway...

Liu and Kin are the strongest partners South Korea can currently offer.

This shows how much importance the South Korean Chess Institute attaches to this game!
Soon, the two of them came up to the stage and greeted all the peers who came to participate in the seminar.

However, Master Liu was still as gentle and calm as ever, while the Ice Queen was obviously a little serious.

Even more serious than her usual appearance of not liking to communicate with others too much.

Seeing that the time was almost right, the two of them quickly came on stage, and the more relaxed South Korean leader greeted everyone:

"Um... Good afternoon, everyone! I'm Liu Shixian.

“Today, Sister Youen and I will bring you the commentary of the Challenger Finals of this year’s China Masters Tournament.

“Regarding this game, actually, after the semi-finals ended the day before yesterday, I, Sister Youen, and several other chess players in the chess academy who have won the world championship discussed it together.

“Everyone agreed that this might be the highest level game in China’s domestic competitions in the past two years!
"Needless to say, Lei Qi has won two world championships in a row and has the titles of [Chess Saint], [Heavenly Yuan] and [National Player] in China. He is undoubtedly the best player in China today!
"Although Rui Zhao's performance has fluctuated in the past six months, she is clearly well prepared for this competition. She defeated many masters such as Huang Bonan, Sun Yi, Ji Qiujuan, etc. with ease, and established an absolute advantage in less than a hundred moves! She performed very strongly!
“Today’s game will be very intense! I am very pleased to see that everyone is actively participating in this seminar today!
"Now, let's look forward to the official start of the chess game!" (End of this chapter)

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