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

……Eh? !
I, I beat the famous Zhaojun?!

After seeing the result of the draw, Xiao Naofu, who walked off the stage, felt a bit of a headache for a moment.

To be honest, Xiaonaofu is not very happy about this lottery...

It’s not because he was the first Nine-Section Fermented Bean Curd after Empress Zhaotian, which added a very “colorful” touch to his family’s long-standing title of “Celebrity” - this happened the year before last, and it has been a long time.

Overall, Ueno is a relatively rational player. Although his condition has been up and down in more than half a year since his loss to Rui Zhao, he is not to the point where he can't recover now.

The reason why he was having a headache right now was very simple:
This time I drew the "joker card".

You know, there are 64 participants in the Mengli Lily Cup, which is the largest among all the world competitions currently being held!

Precisely because there are so many participants, there are a large number of Korean fakes and European and American fakes among them. Logically, it is not easy to draw strong players in the first round.

However, as luck would have it, this time the cerebellar axe hit Rui Zhao, which made him gasp.

In the past year or so, although Ueno Torachichiro handed over the title of [Meijin] to his friend due to Ichijo's continuous progress, as his condition gradually improved and Shindo Hiroaki gradually declined, he successively won the titles of [Gosei] and [Jiudan] from the old Koichirō, and has firmly established his position as the second best player in Japan. His strength is by no means weak, and has even improved compared to two years ago.

But Xiao Naofu was very clear: although he was strong enough to fight with Takuya Ichijo at the moment, he was undoubtedly at a clear disadvantage overall.

And that Rui Zhao was even able to completely suppress his country's number one player and world champion Takuya Ichijo!
Combined with her performance in the Zhaojun Tournament and the Celebrity Tournament, China's contemporary Zhaojun plays chess very well and steadily, and she has almost instantly corrected her weakness of being prone to sudden collapse in the past six months.

In terms of strength, he is probably already firmly in the top ten in the world... He might even be able to compete for the top five!

Faced with such a strong enemy, the pragmatic and rational Ueno naturally could not be happy.

Not to mention the current level of attention that the Chinese people are paying to this "Chinese beauty and celebrity Zhaojun". Once I lose the game, the old story of my loss to Rui Zhao two years ago will definitely be brought up and talked about again and again with relish.

Well... we can't just sit there and wait for death!
Feeling that the future was bleak, Ueno immediately started thinking about countermeasures as soon as he returned to his seat.

First of all, don’t be too nervous…

This time it’s the world championship, and it’s a slow game, so it’s not that scary!
After all, I am the second best player in Japan and have defeated many top ten chess players. I am not without the ability to fight!
Next is...

To deal with Rui Zhao, you still have to seize the beginning!

Judging from the games she has won recently, in most of them she quickly established an advantage at the beginning and then controlled the game to the death.

This advantage may be the reason and direct reliance for the recent greatly increased stability of his chess moves...

If she cannot gain an advantage at the beginning of the game, she might be in a tough battle in the middle game - this is exactly what happened when she faced Nie Yunyi and Ji Qiujuan in the Yixian Tournament!
As for whether her layout could gain an advantage...

Thinking of this, Ueno Touichiro couldn't help but narrow his eyes, and then thought of the rumor that was making a lot of noise in the major Go communities in China:

——Rui Zhao is relying on Ni Jue’s flying knife to achieve results for himself.

Although not many people in Japan paid attention to this statement - after all, the two countries do not have a common Internet communication platform. But as a top chess player in the circle, Xiao Naofu would certainly have heard of this statement...

He even felt that this might be the case!

However, Go players all focus on winning or losing on the board. As long as others do not break the rules, it really does not make any sense to worry about whether the flying knife they use is the one they developed themselves.

Even if you really don't like it, you should fight back on the market instead of just gossiping.

So Ueno just listened to this statement and didn't give it much thought.

But now, seeing that he has already faced Rui Zhao in the first round of the World Championship, this information must be taken into consideration by Ueno:

Well, to be honest...

Rui Zhao's wins over Sun Yi, Ji Qiujuan, and Lei Qi in the Masters Tournament all clearly involved the use of flying knives, and the chess game in the Masters Contest also clearly involved the use of flying knives...

Even if Ni Jue gave her the entire flying knife library, she used so many at once, and logically speaking, she would probably be stretched to the limit now.

Judging from her recent performance in games when she didn't use the throwing knives, her layout will be at a clear disadvantage once she faces a stronger opponent.

Not to mention Ji Qiujuan, even her layout in the game against Nie Yunyi made major mistakes!

Maybe... this is her current loophole!
Her current layout itself is prone to mistakes, so she has to use Ni Jue's flying knife to cover up her shortcomings?

In this case……

Ueno pondered for a while, and secretly thought of a plan for tomorrow's game...

...

...

"Dear audience friends, good afternoon! I am Ran Ran!"

The next day, January 2026, 1, was the first day of the sixth Mengli Lily Cup. At the Chigao Junrui Hotel, the temporary live broadcast room of the newly launched [Go Xiao Zhao].

At this time, the host Hua Ran was giving the opening remarks to the audience after the live broadcast began with great familiarity.

"After a New Year's Day holiday, the long-awaited Yumengli Lily Cup is about to begin!

"And Sister Rui Zhao also returned with honors after winning the Chinese-Japanese Celebrity Match. Today we bring you the first round match between Sister Rui Zhao and the Japanese [Gosei] [10th Dan] double title holder, who can be said to be the second best in the country, Ueno Torachiro 9th Dan!
“For this competition, we originally wanted to invite our old friend Zeng Guangwen, who was just officially announced to be promoted this morning, to come and explain.

"But in the end, the organizer unexpectedly gave the wild card to Brother Zeng, who didn't even participate in the qualifiers in order to accompany Sister Rui Zhao to Japan, instead of world champions like Dai Gong and Brother Ni.

“So, he has now obediently gone to the first round and cannot join our commentary. All we can say is that Brother Zeng is now also a big star!

"Therefore, for today's game, we urgently asked another old friend of ours, Elder Du Weichen, to come and serve as the guest commentator. Everyone, welcome!"

"That's about it, Ranran, don't welcome anything!
"I came here with such shamelessness..."

Elder Du said helplessly:

"This time, there are 31 people from the Chinese mainland entering this competition. Even if we exclude Xiao Yang, there are still 30 people who have qualified from the women's group!
"As a result, I am here to commentate on the game. It's really embarrassing..."

Uh, Elder Du...

Your domestic ranking is outside the top 50, so it's no wonder you can't enter the tournament...

Although he secretly criticized the former captain of the Pohu team, Hua Ran still forced an awkward smile and quickly changed the subject:
“Okay, okay!
"The game has already started for a while, now let's get into the game!

"In this game, Rui Zhao played black and Ueno 9th Dan played white!
"After the opening, Black played a small star, White played two consecutive stars, and then Black jumped to guard the corner.

"In the fifth move, White chose to play the 5- move in the upper right corner. The two sides formed a very classic cross pattern in the AI ​​era. After that, White added another thick move, which seemed to be intentional to make some changes that were different from the past.

"Sister Rui Zhao, who had the first move, decisively chose the left lower three-three move. Then the white piece blocked it and chose a long move, while the black piece simply used a small flying move.

"After that, the white chess piece was removed...at the star position?

"Uh, Elder Du, this move... is a little rare!
“The shape below the board is quite common. I know that the AI ​​usually recommends splitting it on three lines.

"It seems that Ueno 9th Dan is looking for a change today!"

"Well, now it seems like that!"

Du Weichen nodded and said:

“This… is to test Rui Zhao’s plan?

"Ha! Interesting!

“But you have to know that my second niece is Lao Li’s eighth-level student and my eldest nephew’s junior sister!

"To test her plan... I'm afraid Xiao Naofu doesn't have the ability to do that!"

"Uh……

"Perhaps Ueno 9th Dan felt that Rui Zhao's two layouts in the recent Yixian Tournament were not very good, so he wanted to find another way and increase his intensity?"

Hua Ran casually gave a guess:
"After all... a few days ago, a 9th-dan entered a situation that Sister Rui Zhao had studied before, and his winning rate almost instantly went to the chain! Sister Rui Zhao can understand that he is seeking changes to test..."

"……Um?

"He is wrong to think so! My second niece was just a little bit confused during the chess game... She has completely adjusted herself now!"

Elder Du, who had heard the inside story from Ni Jue, simply explained:
"I'm still waiting for her to lead us into the championship zone in the next few rounds of the regular season!
“Hey, look!
"Rui Zhao Dafei is forcing me to choose directly! Don't be polite to Xiaonaofu!"

"Hmm... Sister Rui Zhao's move was indeed very quick, showing her solid basic skills in layout."

Hua Ran nodded and continued to explain:
"Then the white piece flew to the upper left corner to defend, and the black piece immediately seized the opportunity to attack, taking the lead in the lower left corner to establish the shape.

"It is exactly as White wished. Now the situation has entered a relatively rare change, and White's next move...

"He actually chose to fly to the upper left and defend the corner!

"This move reduced the chance of winning by 11 points! Are you that greedy?!

"Now the AI ​​has urgently suggested that White strengthen the bottom, as if it thinks that the piece White just destroyed on the fourth line has hidden dangers and needs to be strengthened as soon as possible. I wonder if Sister Rui Zhao has noticed this...

"Oh my god, it took just over ten seconds for the next move to be made - Sister Rui Zhao broke into the formation below the white chess pieces!
“And the location is unbiased, it’s exactly what AI would choose!
"Ueno Nine Dan...

"Did he test himself to the point of breaking down?!" (End of this chapter)