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

"Hmm... Akiyama is too relaxed!"

At 5:8 p.m. on May , in the Lotte Hotel in Seoul, the Japanese team’s temporary combat meeting room.

The leader of the Japanese team in this Lakeside Cup looked at the commentary of his own Akiyama 2nd Dan on the tablet and couldn't help but complain a little:
"After the match yesterday, she made such a disrespectful scene in front of so many media cameras, and it was Uesaka who pulled her back in the end.
“As a result, I just flew back to China this morning, and in the afternoon I couldn’t wait to live broadcast my own commentary on yesterday’s game!

"It's just an explanation, but the explanation is not what a chess player should do!
"In the end, she was smiling the whole time, and from time to time she would excitedly pick up a baby and lie on the bed behind the chair and start rolling around! She had no sense of shame for losing the chess game, how shameful!"

"Vice Chairman, please don't be so strict...

"I looked at the comments on the barrage, and everyone thought it was cute!"

Natsukawa Aoi, who was also watching Akiyama Kanako's live broadcast on a tablet, spoke up for the junior:
“As you know, Kanako’s grades have been improving since she started pushing Rui Zhao last year. It’s obvious that her idol gave her the motivation to move forward!

"This time I finally got my wish to compete with Rui Zhao in a formal match, so I can understand why I'm a little excited...

"Besides, aren't you also actively watching her live broadcast..."

"Ah this..."

Sato Tadao was speechless for a moment, but soon cleared his throat and said with a slightly red cheek:

"I, I'm just afraid that she might do something too outrageous and affect the reputation of the chess academy!"

"Like This……"

Natsukawa Aoi smiled slightly, but did not expose Sato's statement:

“However, I think it is a good thing that we have more excellent and likable chess players like Rei-chan and Kanako in our country.

"In this society, female athletes are naturally more likely to attract attention than male athletes who are considered to be more successful.

“When I was at my peak, my popularity was no less than that of Master Bo Guang.

"It's the same with China. Obviously, Lei Qi and Sun Yi's overall performance is better than Rui Zhao's recently, but if we only look at their national popularity, I'm afraid the gap is two orders of magnitude.

"I think... if more female Go players can be inspired by Rui Zhaoming and achieve better results, or even comparable to those of men, this will be of great benefit to alleviating the difficulties in the development of Go in China!

"After experiencing this Huaying Celebrity Competition, you should be clear about this."

"Well……

“That’s what I said…”

Vice Chairman Sato Tadanamu pondered for a while, as if he had realized something, but he still said to save his dignity:

“However, after this disastrous defeat, Qiu Shan should still pay attention to his emotional attitude!

"After only 67 moves, the winning rate dropped to single digits. The final game was no more than 125 moves. Rui Zhao only used nine minutes of retention time throughout the whole game!
"Given this gap, I don't think she would be able to defeat Rui Zhao even if he gave her two pieces! And yet she still looks so heartless..."

"Oh my! What you said... I feel stressed!"

Xia Chuankui made a small joke and raised her chin towards the big screen that no one was watching:

"Look at Zheng Caixi today. She seems to be playing very seriously, but doesn't Rui Zhao still play one move every ten seconds on average without making any changes?

"And looking at this win rate curve...there's no change!

"He even finished the game in 51 moves! He was much faster than Kanako yesterday! It's just that he didn't throw as quickly as Kanako...

“Ah! It just happened to be cast!

"Indeed, the chess pieces that are almost 20 points behind have already been taken to the small endgame. It's almost time to give up. It will be too ugly if we give up everything!

"Uh, where were we just talking about...?
"Oh! To be honest, I don't think I'm stronger than Zheng Caixi right now. I don't think there will be any essential difference between me and her when I go on stage tomorrow...

"So, when I lose tomorrow, please go easy on me!"

"Well……

"I-I understand."

Seeing Sato Tadao's awkward response, Sister Xiachuan stood up, stretched her body a little, and said to the leader: "Thank you for your understanding, Vice President. Then according to the scheduled plan, I will go on stage tomorrow!

"I hope that after two and a half years, I won't make the contemporary Zhaojun too bored!"

...

...

Hmm...it seems...

Is she starting to get bored?!

Otherwise it wouldn’t be like this!

At 5 pm on May 9, in a room at Lotte Hotel in Seoul.

Xu Nanying, who just turned 89 not long ago, looked at the th move she had just made and couldn't help but sigh inwardly with mixed feelings.

In today's Lakeside Cup, the Japanese player who challenged the Chinese celebrity Zhaojun was the best Japanese female player in history - Natsukawa Aoi, who had ended Rui Zhao's seven-game winning streak in the previous Lakeside Cup.

But... two and a half years have passed.

Even though this former leader of the Japanese women's chess world relied on the targeted moves summarized by the chess academy during the emergency mobilization, she still only narrowly defeated the "future number one female chess player" by just half a point!

Now that times have changed, the two people who were able to win by half a point at the beginning are now worlds apart!

As Xia Chuan Aoi grew older, she has given up all the domestic women's titles. However, the former Chinese beauty, who was a second-dan, now has the reputation of "Celebrity Zhaojun", and even the men in the country are afraid of her!
Almost everyone knows that this game, like the previous three, will basically be a one-sided game.

As expected, Natsukawa Aoi's win rate has been declining since the start of the game. However, as a balanced chess player, she did not take the initiative to provoke disputes, so she made great progress in her relay speed, and her win rate only dropped to single digits after 81 moves - although a relay of moves was already a typical crushing game!
However, as the saying goes, there is always a loss for every gain. The boring chess game seemed to have finally made Empress Zhaotian impatient.

With a clear advantage, Black started to use force in moves 87 and 89, ignoring the threat of White cutting off his way back and forcibly pulling out flowers from the air!

White's counterattack and attempt to kill Black by force are inevitable, and Black's winning rate suddenly drops back to 78%!
But...even though the winning rate has dropped, the goal difference given by the AI ​​has increased instead of decreased!

This shows that, although AI thinks that black chess should "win the game without causing trouble", it is optimistic about the attack and killing judgment of the current Zhaojun, and believes that black chess has a combat advantage here!
You know, Rui Zhao played this game just like the previous ones, with each move taking less than ten seconds!
As a result, in such a short time, she actually made an extremely bold decision that was consistent with AI's judgment!

And the following facts also verified this judgment!

The life-and-death struggle between the two sides in the upper left corner eventually resulted in an extremely intense fight for the white pieces, which put great pressure on Natsukawa Aoi as the countdown began!

Under the continuous threat of the fight for the ko, Xia Chuankui, who seemed to have planned to receive a small official piece and then retrieve the pieces like Zheng Caixi, was completely controlled!

Seeing that winning this fight would cost a huge price, Sister Xia Chuan was forced to admit defeat in advance. In the end, Rui Zhao only took thirteen minutes!

tsk...

She is truly worthy of being the Chinese queen who forced Lin Ruixin to suffer an emotional breakdown on the spot!

Xu Nanying, who is about to go on stage to challenge tomorrow, couldn't help but say this inwardly.

Back in 2023, when the Dongjiang team offered to compensate her so that she could withdraw from the team by participating in the Lakeside Cup preliminaries, so that Rui Zhao could join, Xiao Nanying agreed, but she was a little dissatisfied in her heart. Since then, she has studied hard, hoping to clear her name one day. Now she has grown into a new generation of leaders among South Korean women chess players.

Unfortunately, there is always someone better than you.

Faced with the contemporary Zhaojun who has been crushing everyone since the start of the competition, no matter how ambitious Xu Nanying is, he has to weigh the reality.

She... is indeed so strong that she cannot be viewed from the perspective of a female chess player!

Xu Nanying lowered her eyes and thought quietly.

However...the victories she had won along the way like chopping melons and vegetables may have made her a little numb.

She played so fast and boldly, and I was good at judging the situation during the layout phase...

Perhaps, if we can hold on until the middle game and not fall behind too much...

Maybe I can wait for an opportunity?

(End of this chapter)