[“I just can’t figure it out, why not ban Ni Dao? ! ”]

[Ah! Staying up late to watch this game really pissed me off! ]

[Is there something wrong with South Korean Liu Shixian's brain? ! Why must he use this Ni Dao? ! ! ! ]

[That’s great. I got stabbed again! ]

[There were even a bunch of people posting to mock him for sitting at the same table with Uesaka Rei, who was not even 16 years old! We wanted to speak up for him but couldn’t!]

[Since Ni Dao transformation requires an invitation, why do you have to accept it?! ]

[Well, I read the commentary from Japan, and they speculated that playing a large-scale fixed pattern is very useful for ensuring the quality of one's moves in the second-added system, so Liu Shixian still chose this...]

[However, I never expected that Rui Zhao was so clear about the subsequent supporting changes of this large-scale Ni Dao set, and he directly defeated Liu Shixian with one move in a second. ]

[Based on my understanding of Go in recent months, I can't blame Liu Shixian for his choice. It's really Rui Zhao who is too outrageous! ]

[But what's the point of you saying this now! ]

[The so-called No. 1 player in the world died suddenly in the first round of the round-robin tournament, and was defeated by Rui Zhaoping in the first set of the final - I dare not imagine what the scene will be like after dawn! ]

[We must be crushed by those trouble-making liberals! ]

[Or are you just going to stick to the time system as an issue? ]

[Just say that this "one hour, plus 30 seconds per move" competition system is completely a fast chess competition system, it cannot be counted as a world championship! ]

[Uh, isn't this inappropriate? ]

[You should know that the prize money for the World's Strongest Chess Players Tournament is at least twice that of the general world championship! ]

[Although the game is a fast game, if we say it is not a world championship just because of this, how can we embarrass other world championships?! ]

[What else can we do? Should we admit that this was the "first chess match in history" like the three East Asian countries did? ! ]

[If this is the "No. 1 chess match in history", then if Rui Zhao really wins it, her statement that she wants to become the GOAT won't seem so ridiculous! ]

[Her recent performance has already crushed almost all male chess players! If I can't use her big talk to drag her down, I don't know how to deal with those idiots of the Liberal Party! ]

[Yes, we must strike down Rui Zhao's arrogance! ]

[But South Koreans are really stupid. How could they come up with such a competition system? ]

[Can't we just do a slow game with a three-hour reserve time? ]

[Well, I still want to say something on behalf of South Korea...]

[When the competition rules were announced last April, Rui Zhaodu was only an eighth dan and had just been eliminated by Sun Yi in the Tianyuan Tournament, so he was not that prominent.]

[The South Korean side thought that the main target was obviously Lei Qi, so they specially chose the fast chess style, which is more suitable for South Korean players. 】

[Who would have thought that it would become like this before the year even started! ]

……

"Uh... Teacher Shang...

"This is……?"

At 1pm on January 31st, at the Sky Garden Hotel near the South Korean Chess Institute.

Seeing that his teacher suddenly sent him a screenshot of a forum with a translation, Lei Qi, who was having dinner with the Chinese delegation, couldn't help but look at Shang Chaotian and asked tentatively.

"This is the translation of a post on the overseas Red Dot Forum. Xiao Wei just sent it to me!"

Shang Chaotian smiled and answered the student:
"I have to say, Rui Zhao's influence is really huge! His victory over Liu Shixian in the first game of the finals caused a wave of public opinion in Europe and the United States!
"I didn't even expect that these Europeans and Americans would even know about Ni Dao! They were even discussing it in a very formal manner..."

Uh……

So, is this what you are lamenting?
Hearing this, Lei Qi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

When he first read the content of the post, Xiao Lei thought that his teacher wanted to take the opportunity to criticize him. It was obvious that as a male chess player of the same age, he had not been able to suppress Rui Zhao at all in recent times, which made the public opinion controversy become more and more outrageous.

But now it seems that Shang Chaotian does not have such intentions, Lei Qi naturally feels relieved and answers along the lines of his teacher:
"Indeed. Ever since he won the LIG Cup and was named the 2026 cover character of Time magazine, Rui Zhao has truly become a world-famous figure.

"Influenced by her, the number of people trying to learn about professional Go has greatly increased - my mom has been forwarding me these news a lot recently!"

"Um……

"To be honest, I have been immersed in Go for half my life, and this is the first time I have felt so clearly the opportunity for Go to truly achieve internationalization and globalization!"

Shang Chaotian glanced sideways, and glanced at the contemporary Zhaojun who was concentrating on eating at the other end of the long table. Then he looked at the student in front of him and said, "...and this opportunity was actually achieved by relying on an extremely outrageous dispute arbitration conclusion and a girl's amazingly strong performance...

"It's really as Mr. Wu said. I think it's time to completely change our view of female chess players!"

After expressing his feelings, Shang Chaotian paused for a moment, then said seriously:
"Lei Qi, I have something I want to ask you!
"You are about the same age as Rui Zhao, and you have been sparring with her frequently recently. I would like to ask what you think of her..."

"See, see?"

Xiao Lei Jiuduan, who had something to hide, suddenly raised his voice:
"What can I think of her?
"He's just my dad's student! It's normal for him to get so close to me!"

"Oh, that's not what I meant!
"I mean, I want to ask you what you think of Rui Zhao's rapid improvement in recent years!"

Seeing that Lei Qi seemed to have some misunderstanding, Shang Chaotian quickly waved his hand:

“To be honest, as my student, I think you are also very diligent.

"Although you failed to enter the finals in this strongest chess player competition because you were deliberately targeted by South Korea, but judging from your performance in the LIG Cup semi-finals and recently, I think this year should be the year when you completely surpass Liu Shixian!
"But... even compared to you, Rui Zhao's progress is still amazing!
"So I want to ask you what you think of her!"

So, that's what it means...

Lei Qi, who thought his teacher would express his willingness to support him, subconsciously lowered his eyes, feeling a little regretful.

But this little confusion lasted less than a second.

Since the teacher asked, Lei Qi said his opinion truthfully after a brief pause:

“It’s simple – the difference between ‘giving it your all’ and ‘giving it your all’ can make a world of difference for different people!
“Go is still too pure!
"There are too many people who will be greatly disturbed by the slightest disturbance in the outside world. This kind of people...

"How can I compare my progress with her who is so focused on chess?"

...

...

【Group announcement:】

[1. Everyone, please remember that after the New Year (before the first round of the Weiqi League playoffs on February 2), we will collect and share the flying knives. Military affairs are urgent and delays are strictly prohibited! ]

[2. (New) (Important) The flying knives submitted for this summary must not be derived from Ni Dao! Cannot be derived from Ni Dao! Cannot be derived from Ni Dao! ]

【Important things should be said three times!!】

[Judging from the results of the strongest chess player competition, there is no future in playing Ni Dao against Queen Zhao Tian!!! Please prepare seriously in other aspects!!!]

……

Ah this...

Just from the exclamation marks in the group announcement, you can tell how crazy Lele is!
The time came to 2:1 noon on February st, at Shangguan Sheng's home in Qiantang City, China.

After lunch, Guanye had nothing else to do, so he went online early to watch the second game of the strongest chess player final with many "allies". However, when he opened the QQ group of "The Second Encirclement of Rui Zhao", he found that the leader Bian had changed the group announcement and further asked all the furu to pay attention to Rui Zhao's recent strong performance.

Of course, Shangguan Sheng also fully understood this - after all, Liu Shixian, who had suppressed the entire China for almost six years, was actually defeated and killed in the final of the "No. 1 Chess Tournament in History". This was still too horrifying!

When the game ended, the many fufu fans in the live broadcast were completely silent, and the morale of the encirclement network was extremely low. And now, the pressure from Queen Zhaotian still showed no signs of fading!
In fact, Shangguan Sheng has always been a calm person, and he adheres to the principle of "I am good, you are good, and everyone is good". When his brothers in the circle have problems, they are willing to do their best - otherwise, when they won all the games in the Dragon Star Wars last year, they would not have taken the initiative to seek help from their teammates and coaches to discuss countermeasures.

But now looking at Rui Zhao's performance... the official really feels powerless!

Despite relying on the world's top two endgames and the "wait for the spoon" style of play that is extremely in line with his technical characteristics, the 32-year-old Shangguan Sheng is getting better and better. In the past two years, his rating has been in the top ten in China for a long time! He is like an evergreen in the Chinese chess world.

But he knew very well that his strategy, which relied on the opponent's mistakes, could only work against ordinary people. Facing the top four players in the world who rarely made mistakes, he was almost powerless to fight back!
Not to mention Zhaojun, whose error control ability is exceptionally outstanding among the top four!

In the Dragon Star battle last year, Guan Ye was defeated by Rui Zhao in just over an hour. After more than half a year, Rui Zhao had made great progress. Although Guan Ye thought he was not inferior to last year, he felt that even with another flying knife, he would still have a hard time competing with the fast chess Athena.

As for the other people in the fermented bean curd group, they were no better than me, so I was afraid I couldn't count on them. If I really wanted to win a game in the fast chess game that she was particularly good at, I guess I would have to target her further!
But if we want to talk about how to further target it... uh...

Thinking about the actions of his group of national players in the past two months, the official couldn't help but smile bitterly.

A bunch of grown men get together every day to think about how to target a young girl in her early twenties, and even proposed something like a "shared flying knife library". And they want to target her further?
This small fry is just like this when fighting a BOSS!

However, although Guan Ye also felt that his brothers were somewhat too down and out, he also felt that this was something that needed to be done - otherwise, being told every day that they were not as good as the Chinese national football team would be unbearable.

After the Chinese New Year, while Ni Jue’s wife is still pregnant, ask him for help!

Shangguan Sheng pondered to himself.

As for now... let's just watch the game carefully!
Let's see if the number one man in the world has any good ideas for Rui Zhao... (End of this chapter)

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