Even more delicious than expected...

But I'm afraid it's more poisonous than I imagined!
At 5:12 p.m. on May , in the Lotte Hotel in Seoul, the capital of South Korea.

Liu Shixian, who had just finished watching the key battle in the South Korean team's combat meeting room, had already come out of the combat meeting room. He was waiting quietly while continuing to watch the game on his mobile phone.

While reviewing the game, the eyes of the world's number one player kept flickering, as if he was savoring something, or sighing about something, until a tired but quite unexpected voice came from the corridor:

"...Xiao Liu?
"How did you come?!"

Master Liu knew he was waiting for someone just by hearing the voice, so he put away his phone and looked up at the absolute number one female Go player in his country:
“…I was worried that you might feel bad, so I thought I could be a good listener.

"Are you okay, Sister Youen?"

Jin Youen seemed a little surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help but lower his eyes.
"I guess I expected this! But...

“I didn’t expect it to be this tragic!”

After answering with a wry smile, the Ice Queen remained silent for a few seconds before she managed to say:
“That…Xiao Liu.

"You told me before that I still care too much about things outside the game. I think... I finally understand what you mean now.

"No wonder you always think so highly of her..."

After listening to this, Liu Shixian pursed his lips, said nothing more, and just nodded slowly.

After another short silence, Jin Youen continued to ask:
"Then do you think... is it too late for me to react now?"

But Liu Shixian remained silent and did not move.

"That's it..."

Jin Youen sighed softly, and then sighed:

“No wonder people say that society has always tempted women to degenerate.

“I always thought I was not that kind of person, but now it seems...

“I still think too highly of myself.”

"...You are already very good, Sister Youen."

Liu Shixian comforted softly:

“The existence of this girl Rui Zhao is really special.

"Originally, I thought she and I were the same kind of people. But now it seems that in some things...

"I'm afraid I'm not as good a man as her."

"Is that so?"

Jin Youen took a deep breath, then looked directly into the other person's eyes and said:
“But I have completely lost, and you haven’t.

"Next, it's your turn to have a headache, Xiao Liu!"

"Well, leave it to me!"

...

...

“This is totally not on the same level!

“When I first met Rui Zhao, I felt that she would have the potential to become a leading figure in domestic women’s Go…

"But I really didn't expect that she could go to such an outrageous extent!"

While the male and female leaders of South Korea were talking outside the combat meeting room, Lu Wenjie, who led the team not far away in the Chinese combat meeting room, was also filled with emotion after watching the game:

"Originally, Kim Yoo-eun was already a unique figure in the world of women's chess, but she felt that she was more than one level ahead of Kim Yoo-eun. This was a complete dimensionality reduction attack!
"Rui Zhao's talent... I have to say it's really too terrifying!"

"Well, this girl's talent is indeed extremely high!"

Jiao Kai nodded in agreement, but then he seemed to have some feeling and continued:

“But to be able to crush the female powerhouses from both Japan and South Korea to this extent, she is even more than one level higher than that Jin Youen!
“This…I’m afraid it’s not just a matter of talent.

"You know, even Lin Ruixin, who is recognized as the 'most talented person', did not have this feeling of being more than one level stronger than others even at his peak."

Hearing that Jiao Kai seemed to have something else in mind, Lu Wenjie immediately asked:
"Brother Kai, what do you mean...?"

"Tell the truth, Wen Jie.

"The recent incident involving Rui Zhao has given me a lot to think about...especially regarding the growth and development of female chess players."

"Growth and development of female chess players?"

"Yes."

Jiao Kai nodded and said:

"In the past, we always thought that judging from the results alone, the upper limit of female chess players was much lower than that of male players. So it was normal for female chess players to play worse than male players of the same age.

"Even the registration age limit for the Rookie King Tournament has been increased by two years in favor of female players.

"But...is there a possibility:
"In a mental sport like Go, the gap between men and women is much smaller than we previously thought, or even... almost non-existent?
"And Rui Zhao is simply fulfilling the upper limit of the strength that a female chess player should have, so she is more than one level stronger than other female chess players!"

"what?"

Jiao Kai's sudden point of view really surprised Lu Wenjie:
"But Brother Kai... the overall strength of female chess players is indeed not as good as that of male chess players!
"Let's just look at the Weiqi League. Apart from Rui Zhao, there is only one little witch player, and the rest are all male players! This is a huge gap!"

"The gap you mentioned does exist."

Jiao Kai nodded slightly and said:
“But is that really a difference in talent?

"In recent years, our female chess players have said that they have worked very hard. But in terms of the time they spend on chess, how many of them dare to say that they can be compared with the top male players in the long run? And who dares to say like Rui Zhao that they will no longer play women's competitions and will compete with male chess players in unlimited competitions?"

"Uh……"

Hearing this, Lu Wenjie couldn't help but ponder.

As the coach of the national team, what Jiao Kai said is naturally true.

In recent years, domestic female chess players may have worked hard, but to be able to compare with the top male professionals... well. However, although Lu Wenjie did not deny Jiao Kai's statement, he still shook his head and said:

"But Brother Kai, although Go is an intellectual sport, it does consume physical strength and energy.

"Women are not as strong and energetic as men. This is an objective physiological condition."

"I understand that, Wen Jie. In theory, this is a reason."

Jiao Kai's tone remained unchanged:
"But... it's also considered a 'brain competition'. Doesn't the long preparation for the college entrance examination and the four or five hours of exams every day at the end not require energy and physical strength?

"You can check that in recent years, the ratio of male to female top scorers in the college entrance examination in various provinces is roughly one to one.

"Why can't women's disadvantages in physical strength and energy be shown at this time?"

"This……"

After hearing this, Lu Wenjie was really at a loss for words!

He thought for a while before coming up with another possibility:
"It's probably because there's a lot of material to memorize in subjects like Chinese, English, and liberal arts in the college entrance exam, and girls may have an advantage in memorizing material, so that narrows the gap..."

"Then there are few things that require memory in Go?"

Without waiting for Lu Wenjie to finish, Jiao Kai interrupted and asked:

"Which of the following does not require memory: the study and familiarity of the layout, or the familiarity and understanding of related similar situations?

“It is generally acknowledged in our circle that the smallest difference between male and female chess players is in linear calculation ability.

"Take a step back and say that even if physical factors do have an impact, to be honest, most female chess players cannot even last through the middle and late game when facing male players, which requires a lot of physical strength. Is this also due to lack of physical strength?"

This series of difficult questions finally stumped Lu Wenjie!
Indeed, if the main issue affecting grades is "intellectual factors", then the ratio of male to female top scorers in the college entrance examination in each province cannot be one to one!

But if it is because of physical and mental factors, even if we put aside the college entrance examination which also consumes a lot of energy and physical strength, and only talk about Go itself, it should have collapsed in the second half of the game!

But the fact is: except for Rui Zhao, female chess players will be defeated by top male players in the first half of the game and it will be unbearable to watch!

Thinking of this, Lu Wenjie couldn't help but narrow his eyes:
"Brother Kai, what do you mean...?"

Jiao Kai did not answer directly, but brought up a seemingly unrelated topic:

"Wen Jie, you should know:
"After the college entrance examination every year, the college entrance examination results in cities like Dajing, Dongjiang, and Tiangang are often criticized for the average and highest scores on such a simple test, how come...

"Do you think this situation is because the students in these places are inferior to those in other provinces and cities in terms of talent, IQ, physical strength and energy?"

After hearing this, Lu Wenjie lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then nodded slightly, expressing his understanding and agreement:
"really……

“You can’t grow truly towering trees in a greenhouse – it’s a simple truth.”

At this point, Lu Wenjie suddenly paused, and then reminded Jiao Kai in a teasing tone:

"But Brother Kai, don't use this principle to lecture the young girls nowadays!
"Otherwise, I'm afraid people will complain about me for 'having to endure hardship' and 'having a strong fatherly manner'!

"I know that. My daughter is my only child!"

Jiao Kai shrugged helplessly:

"But... I don't think I need to say anything more.

“The power of idols and role models is always exceptionally strong!
"For example, Yang Manjing has made rapid progress in the past two years and has even started to gradually withdraw from women's competitions. Including Zhu Han from the Qiannan team, who is also a fan of Rui Zhao and trains hard without hesitation!

"Even if Rui Zhao achieves a greater breakthrough in her future performance, I think the overall level of women's Go will definitely improve significantly!"

"A bigger...breakthrough."

Lu Wenjie pondered the meaning behind these five words and seemed a little surprised:
"Brother Kai, you really have confidence in her!

"You know, Master Liu and Xiao Lei are the two kings who are in power now. Even though Sun Yi has made obvious progress in the past year, he only won the world runner-up by luck."

Jiao Kai smiled and said:

"After all, she helped my students who used to serve as punching bags for her to be promoted to the ninth dan, the quarterfinals of the Sanshuang Cup, and the [Best Winning Rate Award] in the Weiqi League!

"I'm a little extra excited...Isn't that normal?"

"……Too."

Lu Wenjie thought for two seconds, nodded and said:

"Then I'm looking forward to it!"

However, just as he finished speaking, the staff member and translator accompanying the Chinese delegation suddenly walked in. Seeing Lu Wenjie, he immediately stepped forward and said:

“Um… Vice Chairman Lu.

"Here, Chairman Bai Zhengxi of the South Korean Chess Institute has just arranged for someone to inform you that there will be no competition tomorrow. He and Vice Chairman Sato Tadao of the Japanese Chess Institute have something they want to discuss with you..."

"Sato Tadao?"

Hearing this name, Jiao Kai was slightly surprised:
"If South Korea has problems, it's fine to come to us, but why are they dragging Japan into it?"

"I guess... we're going to talk about Rui Zhao's participation in the Lakeside Cup in the future."

Lu Wenjie didn't seem surprised at all by this news:
"Rui Zhao's victory in these seven games was so shocking! It was so shocking that it almost made his opponent despair!

"Even Master Liu in the Nongshim Cup had to go all out to suppress Xiao Lei, but Rui Zhao could easily crush Jin Youen even if he played one move every ten seconds! They are totally different!

"This also means that from now on, as long as Queen Zhaotian is still in our team, the championship of China will never fall to others!

"If there is no suspense about the champion before a competition even starts... then it is really hard to continue holding this competition."

Jiao Kai blinked, then smiled as if to say, "I see."

"From what you said... you had expected this!"

"yes.

"After the first two days of competition, I discussed it with Brother Tian and Lao Kong."

Lu Wenjie said in a deep voice:
“We probably have to commit...

"We will not be the first to use nuclear weapons." (End of this chapter)

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