"In the 10th game of the 4th 'Lakeside Cup' World Women's Go Team Championship that ended this afternoon, our country's pioneer and [Meijin] [Zhaojun] title holder Rui Zhao 8th dan, with black, quickly defeated the Japanese team's main player Kamisaka Rei 4th dan in just one hour and eleven minutes, eliminating all the players from Japan and South Korea with an unprecedented ten-game winning streak, and won the Lakeside Cup for our country again!

"Please read the detailed report below..."

……

Well……

Two consecutive days of news broadcasts... and they were all detailed reports?!

She is worthy of being called the Queen of Heaven! This lineup is simply full!

of course……

It would be better if I didn't play against you in the qualifiers this time!!!
May 5th, the day of the Chinese Dragon Star Tournament preliminaries.

Dajing City, Huaxia Chess Academy.

"Old Fast" Kuai Liang, who had just entered the chess academy and was walking towards the game room for the Dragon Star Tournament Qualifiers, was looking at the news clips on Station B while sighing in his heart. At the same time...

I couldn't help but secretly curse my bad luck.

When it comes to fast chess, Kuai Liang is definitely a master in China. Even when facing Lei Qi, Sun Yi and Lin Ruixin, he dares to fight!
Regarding the Dragon Star qualifiers under the ultra-fast chess competition system of "no reserve time, thirty seconds countdown, and ten delays", since all the top chess players in the country are exempted from selection, he should have sufficient confidence in everyone.

But the unfortunate thing is that since last year's Pinghu fast chess tournament, Lao Kuai has not been doing well in the slow chess arena, and latecomers like Zeng Guangwen and Chu Jun have gradually surpassed him, so that his rating has continued to decline recently, and his rating ranking has actually slipped to a historical low of 23rd before the Dragon Star Tournament qualifiers! If he takes another half step back, he will not be able to participate in the Asian Games qualifiers, which are only for the top 7 in the rating! (The top six will directly enter the second stage, and the 22th to nd people will participate in the first stage qualifiers first, but because Lin Ruixin is suspended, they will be postponed by one place)
Therefore, in this Dragon Star Battle, Kuai Liang, who had returned to his comfort zone, could not afford to make any mistakes. But he never expected that he would run into Queen Zhaotian who had just swept everything in the Lakeside Cup in ten seconds!
In order to provide opportunities for outstanding newcomers to participate, the competition rules of this year's Dragon Star Tournament have been changed compared to the original ones. The original "top 28 players in terms of rating" will be selected to participate in the preliminaries in addition to the eight exempt players. This has been changed to "top 26 players and the top two underage players in terms of rating (if there are duplicates, they will be replaced later)" participating in the preliminaries.

However, the rules of the qualifying match have not changed, and they are still matched one by one according to the rating points. Therefore, before the Lakeside Cup, Kuai Liang, who ranked 23rd in the rating points, was basically determined to play against the person ranked 24th in the rating points - and the person ranked 24th in the rating points is Rui Zhao!
After discovering this, Kuai Liang was like a dumb being eating bitter herbs, unable to express his pain in words.

He had experienced the power of the reigning celebrity Zhaojun's fast chess at the Pinghu fast chess competition last year. At that time, after the two sides had a big fight, Zhaotian Empress directly defeated the master in the fast chess arena where Kuai Liang was good at.

Over the past six months, Rui Zhao has improved his chess skills. Although he has not met top players in the fast chess competition, Man Jiageng and Jin Youen are no match for him. It would be a lie to say that he doesn't feel any pressure!
However, the good news is that...

This time, Rui Zhao played ten games in the Lakeside Cup and then traveled a long way before coming to participate in the Dragon Star Tournament qualifiers.

Such a tight schedule might put her in poor condition.

As long as he could defeat Queen Zhaotian, Kuai Liang would think that he could be like a dragon entering the sea and could look forward to getting good results in this competition!
"…At the press conference after the game, Rui Zhao also expressed to the public through the Chinese Chess Association that she hopes to further focus on the unlimited arena and strive to achieve better results in unlimited international competitions such as the Nongshim Cup. In principle, she will no longer participate in other international women's team competitions except the Asian Games. Therefore, this competition is likely to be her last time to participate in the Lakeside Cup.

"But in order to recognize and commemorate the great record that Rui Zhao just created, the Lakeside Cup officials also officially announced after the game that the tournament winning streak award will be officially named the 'Zhao Ming Award', in the hope of encouraging female chess players who will participate in the women's team championship in the future to learn from Rui Zhao, strive to be the best, and become famous in the world!"

Uh……

As a result, the Lakeside Cup finally came up with the "Famous Award". Will it be her turn to stop "beating up kids" in the future?
This is truly "engraved on stone at Yanran"!

After reading the last short segment of the B station slicing news, Kuai Liang, who had already arrived at the door of the game room, put his mobile phone in the storage area, then took a deep breath, and walked into the arena with his head held high.

As expected: the current Zhaojun had arrived at the stadium before him - she would arrive as soon as the stadium opened every time, which was Rui Zhao's habit.

However, what made Kuai Liang feel that something was seriously wrong was:

The celebrity Zhaojun, who had just hurried back to Dajing City from South Korea's capital city last night, did not seem tired at all. Instead, she looked eager to try!

Even when he saw Kuai Liang coming, he greeted him very actively:
"Kuai Jiuduan, I finally waited for you!
"I played ten women's matches in South Korea before, and I was almost bored!"

Kuai Liang's facial muscles twitched when he heard this:
"Are you bored, bored?"

"Yup!"

Rui Zhao blinked her lively eyes, just like a young girl who had been locked up at home for half a month finally came out for some fresh air and play:
“You don’t know how boring it is to play women’s games!
"If it weren't for the national honor and the opportunity to participate in the Dragon Star Tournament, I wouldn't want to go!

"But I was able to directly meet you, Kuai Jiudan, in the preliminaries this time, so it was worth all the suffering I went through!
“I hope we can play a wonderful game of chess today!”

"Uh……

"……Um."

At this time, Kuai Liang could not see his own expression.

But he knew that there must be some twists and turns. …

...

"Well……

"These two are really reckless."

At 2:20 p.m. on the same day, in the official live broadcast room of the China Chess Academy.

Song Jin, who has been in charge of commentating various competitions for many years, looked at the current situation on the board and couldn't help but sigh:
"Now we have made 56 moves, and neither side has delayed the game once, and it's useless! It's like they are just going all out!
“It’s less than twenty minutes until the game starts!

"Today's game...can't it be over in just one hour?!"

"Kuai Liang has always been like this!"

Xie Minghe, who was specially invited to be the commentator of Dragon Star Wars, explained:

"Except when the amount of linear calculations explodes, he always plays chess based on his first impression. This is a habit of his..."

"Yeah, I understand that, too."

Song Jin responded:
"But let's forget about Kuai Liang...what about Rui Zhao?!
"Although she is also known for her fast chess skills, she is always very calm and won't play so fast even when time is needed!"

"Maybe he got used to it during the Lakeside Cup and thought Kuai Liang was a female chess player?"

Xie Minghe, who was always elegant and easy-going, raised his eyebrows, made a little joke, and then brought the topic back:
"Hey, just kidding!
"To be objective, Xiao Song, it's actually because Rui Zhao hasn't encountered a situation where time is critical!

"This is simply a comparison of chess sense... Kuai Liang is obviously not as good as him - otherwise his winning rate wouldn't be 20:80 now."

"Uh……"

Song Jin glanced at the 19.2% winning rate of black chess on the commentary screen and finally nodded.

The 56th move is generally the stage where the layout has just been finalized. Logically, the gap between the two sides should not be that big.

But being able to gain a clear advantage at this time does show that Rui Zhao's chess sense clearly prevailed in this super-fast chess match!
At this moment, the two sides completed another round of confrontation.

In the 57th move, the black pieces gathered first, aiming to make the next move, while Rui Zhao calmly made a long move, which was also a sure response.

This move seemed like Black had grabbed an important double advantage, but the AI's evaluation was that Rui Zhao scored!
White's winning rate further increased to 83.3%, and Black seemed to have lost half a point here again!

"... Take the exchange of these two moves just now for example! In fact, it is very clear that there is a problem."

Xie Minghe, who had just discussed this topic with Song Jin, said:

"This move seems to be a bargain for Black, but after White 58, the breakpoint that originally had some lingering effect on the outside was completely filled, and White's external position is strong and its potential has greatly increased.

"The reason why Rui Zhao didn't kill this move first in the 52nd move, but went straight to Xiaofei, was because he felt that it was not cheap, but Kuai Liang didn't realize this.

"In fact, this can't be blamed on Kuai Liang - it's normal for such omissions in a game that takes 30 seconds to make a move. The key is that Rui Zhao's chess sense and quick judgment of small details are really amazing!

“It’s hard to say which move was the most terrible one for Black, but Rui Zhao was constantly pulling away from the small details!

“It’s still like this now as we’re only at the layout stage. I think this situation will become more obvious once we enter the middle game!
"In the blitz format, his chess sense is actually better than Kuai Liang's...

"This girl is truly amazing!"

As soon as Xie Minghe finished his exclamation, he saw the black chess pieces on the board making new moves.

I guess he realized that he was at a disadvantage in the series of exchanges on the upper right, so he jumped up to the bottom and started to grab the big field to increase his points!
However, Rui Zhao seemed to be prepared for this.

After exchanging one move in the lower left hand, in the 62nd move, the contemporary Zhaojun directly drew her sword and attacked the black chess pieces below! (End of this chapter)

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