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

Well……

It was clearly a closed audition, but so many media came...

There wasn't any a few days ago...

At 6:23 p.m. on June , ten minutes before the final round of the second phase of the Asian Games qualifiers began.

Tongge Hotel, Gezhou City, outside Tongge Building.

Lei Qi, who was walking towards the building, looked at the media and some chess fans who were pointing their cameras at him outside the closed line and snapping pictures, and couldn't help but say something in his heart.

But even though he was thinking about it in his heart, it was actually not difficult for Xiao Lei Jiudan to understand it.

The selection for this Asian Games is a "closed selection" to the outside world. Once the selection officially begins, the media will not be allowed in to conduct any interviews, to show the seriousness of this type of event for the glory of the country - the same is true for the Nongshim Cup preliminaries.

But the media are naturally very interested in the fact that the currently popular national star Rui Zhao has once again created a "Zhao storm" in the second stage of preliminaries after his defeat in the King of Kings tournament. The explosive interview conducted by a certain 9th dan before the second stage of preliminaries also added fuel to the flames, adding new fuel to the national enthusiasm for attention that has not cooled down at all!
Under such circumstances, whether Rui Zhao could defeat the No. 1 player in the country who is of the same age as him again in the second stage of preliminaries quickly became the focus of attention - after all, in the Dragon Star Tournament and King of Kings Tournament that just ended not long ago, the two shaved each other's heads, which can be said to be "deep-rooted grudges."

In addition, the domestic qualifiers for the Tongge Cup, a top-level world championship held in China, will be held tomorrow. Because of Rui Zhao's popularity, this world competition held by the Gezhou Municipal Government has naturally attracted a lot of attention. Almost all media have related reporting plans, so it is completely reasonable to squat outside the closed control line to take photos and wait for the preliminaries to end and then interview the chess players as soon as possible.

In particular, everyone has clearly discovered that Rui Zhao's performance level is clearly related to the speed of chess.

In the super-fast chess format, Rui Zhao was able to defeat Lei Qi in the three-game final of the Dragon Star Tournament. However, in the King of Kings Tournament with the standard slow chess format, Lei Qi was still able to suppress Rui Zhao for three consecutive games - although he almost lost in the last game, he managed to save it.

The faster the time is used, the greater the advantage of Zhaojun in error control will be. This has been very obvious in recent competitions.

And what will happen in the Asian Games, a medium-level rapid chess tournament, will be quite interesting.

There has never been a clear and universally accepted definition of the dividing line between fast and slow Go games, but the Nongshim Cup's "one hour, one minute, and one delay" and the slow Go game in the Chinese Go League's "two hours, one minute, and five delays" are two classic references.

The Nongshim Cup is generally recognized as the "slowest rapid chess game". Generally speaking, if a game is slower than the Nongshim Cup, it can hardly be called a rapid chess game.

Including the Pinghu Rapid Chess Tournament, which has a long history in China, also uses the timing rules of the Nongshim Cup.

However, this does not mean that any chess competition slower than the Nongshim Cup can be considered a slow chess competition.

Because the thinking time for the Weiqi League is at least "two hours and one minute", if a competition takes even less time than the Weiqi League, it generally has to be compensated with prize money, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain the style of the event - after all, in the Go event, it is generally recognized that the more time it takes, the more formal it is and the higher the quality of the game.

Just like although Rui Lei and others won and lost alternately in the Dragon Star Tournament and the King of Kings Tournament, compared to the Dragon Star Tournament in the super fast chess tournament, everyone definitely recognizes the strength shown by both sides in the King of Kings Tournament.

Therefore, the only two major competitions that dare to compete with the Chinese Chess League in terms of time consumption are the World's Strongest Chess Player Championship and the Yingyi Cup, whose prize money obviously exceeds that of other world championships.

Although these two competitions are still considered slow chess (after all, they are major competitions), they are generally described as "slow chess with a strong fast chess nature."

But… this does not mean that all the championships of the fast chess tournaments with low prize money are not valuable. The one in front of us is the most typical counter-example:
Asian Games men's individual gold medal.

Although this thing is not within the scope of traditional honor evaluation in the Go sport, due to its scarcity and its special nature of winning glory for the country, for top players, its importance is probably no less than that of a world champion!
The most direct manifestation of his public recognition is that although Xu Lifan, the number one player in Taiwan Strait Province, has never won the world championship, because he unexpectedly won the gold medal in the men's individual event at the 2022 Qiantang Asian Games, his ID on the Yigu platform is the gold color representing the world champion!
It is for this reason that China's number one player attaches great importance to today's game.

If the defeat in the Dragon Star Tournament III could be said to be just a small game for entertainment and TV broadcast, and not serious enough, then the Asian Games is definitely not an "insignificant small game", it can even be said to be one of the most important games of the year!

In the final round of preliminaries for such an important tournament, even though both of them had already qualified, the reigning chess master, eager to prove himself, still showed a strong desire to win. At noon, he stated in front of the teacher without hesitation that he would go all out!

Since... you want me to become stronger...

Then of course I can't let you down!

After taking a glance at the media that were constantly filming him, Lei Qi retracted his gaze after just a quick glance and strode into the Tongge Tower.

Including, "Flow"...

It was only during the Masters match that I had a flash of inspiration...

Later, whether in the Dragon Star Tournament or the King of Kings Tournament, I was unable to reach that state again...

Do I have to fight her fiercely enough to regain my feeling?

……Oh!

Then this game of chess... is indeed the best chance to test it! With this in mind, Lei Qi, who walked up to the second floor of Tongge Tower, fixed his gaze, and quickly found his chessboard, as well as the dazzling "enemy" who was already waiting for him at the side of the chessboard:
"...Ah! Lei Qi Jiudan!"

Although he had been told that his performance in this game would be an important reference for whether he would be included in the men's individual event, Rui Zhao still behaved very enthusiastically and naturally when he saw Lei Qi coming over, and greeted him in a very excited tone.

"Good afternoon, Rui Zhao."

Lei Qi also greeted the other party calmly and sat down in front of him:

“Um…you can play this game with ease and don’t worry about anything.

“No matter what the outcome of this game is, I will fully recommend you to Mr. Shang as another player for the men’s individual event.

"I know exactly how energetic you are.

"The so-called tight schedule is not a problem for you at all. There is no reason not to select you because of this concern."

"……Eh?"

Rui Zhao was stunned at first, then smiled shyly and said:
"Ah... Thank you. Actually, I don't quite understand why Chairman Shang and the others are worried about this...

"It's not like I have to work without sleep every day, and I have guaranteed rest time at night!

"It's just two games of fast chess every day, how can I be tired?
"If I can't play chess every day... that would make me feel bad, right?!"

"..."

After hearing the strange remarks made by this chess idiot, Lei Qi didn't know what expression to show for a moment.

Fortunately, he had a lot of contact with the other party, so he controlled his desire to complain about this weird speech and continued to talk about the main topic:
“…Don’t thank me yet.

"I will do my best to recommend you, but...

“I will do my best in this game, and you can’t hold back!

"Is this... okay?"

"Hmm? Of course!"

Rui Zhao said without hesitation, and even seemed to be a little confused as to why Lei Qi asked this:
"Every opportunity to compete with you, Liu Jiudan and Lei Qi Jiudan, is precious. How can I not give it my all?
"...I've told you so many times, be careful of Liu Shixian!"

For some reason, Lei Qi felt a little uncomfortable when he saw his "arch-enemy" mentioning the number one person in the world who was at the peak of his powers.

At this moment, the chief referee saw that the time was almost up and announced the start of the guessing game.

Under the Yinghan rules, the winning rates of the black and white sides are basically the same, and there is no question of who has the upper hand.

But just like the ritual before the formal battle, Lei Qi still meticulously played the game of guessing the first move with Rui Zhao, and also used this opportunity to give himself a psychological hint again to concentrate the last bit of energy in his body.

Finally, Rui Zhao guessed the black chess piece. As the time reached the hour, the referee gave the order, and the famous Zhaojun placed the chess piece at the small eye in the upper right corner without hesitation.

At the beginning of the game, the black player places the first piece in the upper right corner, which is the inherent etiquette of Go.

In most cases, the white chess piece will make the second move at the lower left side of the board. The two sides will occupy each side of the board and the game will unfold relatively peacefully.

However, in this game, Lei Qi, the second player, made a small change.

He placed his chess piece at the upper left corner of the chessboard, leaving the lower left corner open! His intention to invite his opponent to make a diagonal move was clearly revealed.

Moreover, he was very sure...

If it was the famous person Zhaojun in front of him, she would definitely place the chess piece in the diagonal position in response to his invitation!
Whether in terms of chess style or character, Queen Zhaotian is such a person!
As expected, without even a second thought...

The new Kelong Star Wars champion then used her third move to hit the small eye in the opposite corner! (End of this chapter)