"……What?!
"【Yizhao Qiyi】is playing a game of handicap with 【Jianluan Anmin】?!"

At 6 pm on June 1st, Chinese Go Association.

Shang Chaotian, who was working overtime in the office to deal with the publicity and aftermath of the national event of Rui Zhaolong's victory in the Star Wars, raised his eyebrows when he heard the news just brought by his secretary Xiao Wei.

Shang Chaotian naturally knew about these two well-known IDs.

Needless to say, Rui Zhao's silver-shining [Yizhao Qiyi] is beyond words.

Ai Jianan has been the "executive deputy anchor" and "conscientious boss" of [Weiqi Xiaozhao] for a long time, and her account [Jianluan'anmin] is also a well-known account in the circle. Shang Chaotian also knows it.

“…Is this true?!
"Rui Zhao said she was going out to meet a friend tonight, but ended up going out to play a game of handicap chess with Xiao Ai?!"

"Uh... I don't know the details."

Secretary Xiao Wei, who had just come in to report the news, said truthfully:
“But now in the chess game, they are indeed playing with a two-piece handicap.

"It's just that they didn't open the spectator game, so everyone doesn't know the specific situation on the board."

"Uh……"

Shang Chaotian's expression was indeed a bit complicated at this moment.

Although he felt that Rui Zhao had made so many contributions to Chinese Go, it was his duty to help with some things he didn't want to do - this time he even had the audacity to disturb a senior leader to help block some arrangements that he could not resist with his status!

But after all my hard work, she sneaked out with her agent to play handicap chess?!
This, this, this...

However, just when Shang Chaotian was a little unsure of what expression to make, Lu Wenjie who was standing next to him was the first to react and said:

“Brother Tian, ​​I think the actual situation may not be like this.

"You know, Xiao Ai said she was in the top 5 in the industry, but she was originally one of the most superficial ones in the industry. She has been busy with her career in recent years, and her level has probably declined again.

"Even if Rui Zhao lets her have four sons now, I think she won't be able to handle it! If she lets her have two sons, she will probably be killed!
"I guess it's possible that Rui Zhao and her friend arranged to play handicap chess, but that person thought Rui Zhao was very popular and was afraid that using his own account would cause unnecessary trouble, so he borrowed Xiao Ai's account!"

"This...is true."

After thinking for two seconds, Shang Chaotian also reacted:

“You know, in this Dragon Star battle, Rui Zhao just slaughtered half of Xiao Nie’s chessboard!

“Although super-fast chess is advantageous to the upper hand, the fact that Xiao Nie was slaughtered like this shows that this girl’s ability to suppress the opponent is indeed extraordinary!
"Anyone who can compete with her by two pieces, even if they are not low-rank professionals, is probably an amateur king or a semi-professional who can get promoted to a rank!

"Rui Zhao's friend... is really amazing!"

"Well, I think Rui Zhao is the best!"

Lu Wenjie smiled and added:
"Three years ago, Xiao Lei gave her two pieces in the game! But now, she has defeated Xiao Lei in the three-game finals! And she won two big games!

"This girl's progress is... too fast!"

However, at this point, Lu Wenjie saw that Shang Chaotian's expression seemed a little stiff, and immediately asked his own leader as if he realized something:
"Uh, Brother Tian...

"Xiao Lei, after playing these two games...is everything going well?"

It's not surprising that Lu Wenjie would ask this question - since last year's Masters Tournament, the new leader of China has indeed been having bad luck in the past six months.

In the international arena, he was already showing signs of competing with Liu Shixian for the title of the world's number one player, but was defeated consecutively by Liu Shaoye, who was at the peak of his powers. Not only did his opponent achieve the achievement of "three consecutive world championships", but he also successfully defeated an entire country in the Nongshim Cup, and was suddenly beaten back to the position of challenger.

In domestic competitions, although he maintained his dominance over Sun Yi in the past six months, winning the [Yixian] and defending the [Tianyuan] title consecutively, when facing the "competitor" he cared about the most, he watched the other party ascend to the [Celebrity] title, and suffered two crushing defeats in the finals of the Dragon Star Tournament, achieving his opponent's unprecedented feat of "winning the championship with twelve consecutive victories in this tournament."

If you say Lei Qi didn't have any psychological fluctuations, Lu Wenjie himself wouldn't believe it! Shang Chaotian paused after hearing this, and sighed softly:
“Although he seemed to be fine with all the interviews, I could sense that he was definitely affected.

"I also talked to him in the afternoon and explained to him that Rui Zhao's ability to control mistakes is too strong at the moment, so he has a great advantage in a blitz game where it's all about who makes fewer mistakes. I told him not to worry about it.

"After all, there is only one Agama Cup in the country for a competition as fast as the Dragon Star Battle!"

"Then what did he say?"

"At first... I felt a bit overwhelmed."

Shang Chaotian showed a helpless smile, which seemed to indicate that he could do nothing about this kid.

"But after hearing about the competition system of this King of Kings competition, I have gathered my energy again. I plan to go to Shengjiang tomorrow to adapt to the environment and start training in advance!"

"Ah? Competition system?"

Lu Wenjie couldn't help but feel a little surprised, but then he quickly reacted:
"Ah, indeed...

"Xiao Lei was defeated in the Dragon Star Tournament, a super fast chess tournament, so it's understandable that he's trying to get back on track in the slow chess tournament.

"According to the competition rules of this King of Kings Tournament, there will definitely be a lot of fights between the two of them!"

This year's King of Kings competition will still be held in Shengjiang City, Zhejiang Province, and the specific time is scheduled for June 6th to 9th after the first stage of the Asian Games selection.

Since Rui Zhao and Lei Qi, two chess players who have won championships in the past year, entered the Dragon Star Tournament finals, the list of participants for this year's King of Kings Tournament has been completely determined - it's just that due to Lei Qi's dominant performance in domestic competitions in the past year, the number of participants is indeed a little less. Specifically:

Champion of Tongge Cup World Championship, the last King of Kings Tournament, Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament, and Agama Cup, holder of four titles: [Chess Saint], [Tianyuan], [National Player], and [Chess Immortal] - Lei Qi.

[Celebrity] Title holder, Dragon Star Tournament Champion - Rui Zhao.

Tongge Cup domestic championship champion - Zhu Yuanjun.

Changqi Cup champion - Zhuang Zheng.

The total number of people is only four, not to mention compared with the usual eight people, even compared with the six people who were reduced last year, it is insufficient.

However, despite the significant reduction in the number of participants, the organizer Shengjiang City was not troubled at all. As soon as the Dragon Star Tournament semi-finals ended, they quickly finalized a competition plan and sent it to the Chess Association:
The double elimination system is still used, and the final winner and loser group champion will enter a three-game match. After each round of the three-game match, the order of black and white is exchanged, and the winner group champion chooses to play black or white in the first round.

In this way, there are still five to six competition days in total, and the final champion will win after playing four to five games, which is reasonable.

What's more crucial is that the champion and runner-up will most likely play one match first and then play a three-game match. Judging from recent results, it is very likely that Rui Zhao and Lei Qi will enter the three-game final, which means the number of matches they will play will be the maximum!

The number one player in the country fought a revenge battle against the popular celebrity Zhaojun after his disastrous defeat to Longxing, and the battle lasted three or four rounds!

Just thinking about it is a selling point!
So it is no wonder that despite the small number of participants this time, Shengjiang City still threw the schedule over without hesitation.

It’s really good when the heat is high!

Moreover, Shengjiang can completely say: This is not a deliberate hype - after all, there were only a few champions in the country in the past year!
Lu Wenjie nodded to show his understanding, but soon he seemed to realize something. After pondering for a while, he asked his boss:

“But if you put it that way… Brother Tian.

"We only have two spots for those two matches, what do you think...

"Rui Zhao, is there any hope for her?"

Shang Chaotian lowered his eyes upon hearing this, seemingly not at all surprised by the question, and then simply said calmly and steadily:
"Yes." (End of chapter)

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