Go: Is the portable old man the nine-time champion?

Chapter 64 You Are Not Special

"Mr. Che Da, you have won the Huangshan Cup Amateur Go National Championship three times in a row. Are you confident that you can win again today?"

"Your opponent is the first person since Go Master Jiang Mobai to reach the finals of a national amateur tournament as a dan-chao (dan-level) player. What do you think?"

"I heard there's news that you're being kept by a wealthy woman. Is that true?"

Looking at the reporters gathered in front of the competition venue, Che Da quickly waved his hand. "I'm very confident about today's game. We will arrange specific interviews after the game. Please be patient."

After saying that, Che Da walked into the competition venue under the escort of security and looked at Yi Zheng who was already sitting in his seat.

Che Da raised his eyebrows slightly, trotted over and sat opposite Yi Zheng, unscrewed the mineral water on the table and drank it directly.

Cheda looked to be around 30 or 40 years old, with a noticeable big belly, a beard and an unkempt look. He looked like the owner of the convenience store next door.

Looking at Che Da sitting opposite him, Mr. Ke couldn't help but mutter to himself, "It seems so. I really want to ask him if his car is the one that hasn't been boarded yet, and if he has a lover who is the leader of the serious crime team and is already living off him."

Yi Zheng didn't say much after hearing this, but just looked at Che Da who was gulping down a bottle of water across from him.

Che Da looked at Yi Zheng who was staring at him and chuckled, "I'm sorry, I had something else last night and didn't stay at the hotel here, so I rushed here early this morning.

But I didn’t expect to see you today. I thought you would give up the competition.

If I remember correctly, today should be the first day of the professional Go ranking tournament. You chose to forfeit the tournament to play this one. Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to become a professional this year?"

Yi Zheng smiled when he heard this: "I calculated the time. If I beat you today and take a plane, I'll have enough time to go there."

"Young people are full of confidence, but you should have given up the competition. Maybe you don't have any idea of ​​my so-called amateur ceiling.

I once defeated a professional 9th ​​dan! And I won by first scoring. You should be able to understand the difference.

Hearing about Che Da's pre-match pressure attack, Mr. Ke was afraid that Yi Zheng had no game experience and would be affected by the opponent, but just as he was about to say something, Yi Zheng waved his hand.

Perhaps an ordinary teenager who was trying to get a dan would be scared by Che Da, but Yi Zheng could easily hear Che Da's language trap.

Professional 9th ​​dan is the highest rank in Go. In theory, those who can reach this rank are all the best of the best.

Even if Cheda was lucky enough to defeat his opponent, it was still a testament to his extremely strong strength.

But is this really the case?

Sometimes a truth does not mean the whole truth. The highest art is to tell half the truth and mean the completely opposite thing.

For example, was this professional ninth dan a professional ninth dan when he played against Che Da?
After all, there are a lot of people who claim that they have defeated the chess master Jiang Mobai. After all, everyone has a childhood.

There is also a gap between professional ninth-dan players.

Because the rank promotion systems of different countries are different, it is easy for the strength of various ranks in different countries to differ.

For example, China in this world adopts a win rate promotion system, which means that if you have a certain win rate in nearly twenty official matches that meet the promotion conditions, you can be promoted.

However, the win rate promotion can only go up to the seventh dan. To move up to the next dan, you must obtain honors. For example, winning a title can directly lead to the eighth dan, winning the National Games and National Championships can also directly lead to the eighth dan, and winning the Go Saint title can directly lead to the ninth dan.

The champion of an Asian-level competition can be directly promoted to the ninth dan, and the runner-up twice can be directly promoted to the ninth dan.

The champions and runners-up of world-class competitions can be directly promoted to the ninth dan.

Because the conditions for promotion are harsh, there are very few Chinese nine-dan chess players in the world, and their value is also extremely high.

However, the promotion system in other countries is different. Japan adopts a normal cumulative system. Simply put, you can be promoted to the second dan based on how many games you win, and you can be promoted to the third dan based on how many games you win cumulatively. As long as you bet enough, it doesn't matter how many times you lose, as long as you accumulate enough wins, you can work your way up to the ninth dan.

However, this method of ranking by seniority has also led to many top Japanese players who have the ability but cannot be promoted to the ninth dan.

The situation in South Korea is even more bizarre. In order to show that it is a major Go country, South Korea also uses various methods to help its players get promoted in the promotion system.

Leveling up is possible through various methods such as bonuses and wins, which has led to a large number of ninth-dan players in Korea. There is even a joke that the number of ninth-dan players is greater than the number of players in other ranks.

It can be said that he has single-handedly lowered the value of the ninth level, making people laugh at him.

Of course, maybe Koreans themselves don’t think so. Instead, they are complacent about the fact that their country has the largest number of professional 9th-dan players in the world.

So when Yi Zheng heard Che Da say that he had defeated a professional ninth-dan player, he didn't take it to heart at all, because he knew that the other party was telling the truth just to put pressure on him before the game and make him mentally unbalanced.

Looking at Yi Zheng who was unmoved, Che Da curled his lips and said, "You don't seem surprised at all."

Upon hearing this, Yi Zheng smiled and said, "I'm not the type to bully the weak and fear the strong. If I only look for weak opponents to fight, I might as well go home and sleep."

When Cheda heard this, he seemed to have hit upon something, and his brows furrowed instantly. "That's because you've never seen a true genius! You have no idea how cruel the professional world is!

Now that you have not yet entered the professional world, your horizons are still narrow, and you see those geniuses as frogs in a well looking up at the moon. When you are lucky enough to enter the professional world one day, you will see them as a mayfly seeing the blue sky.

You are sixteen years old this year, right? It may seem like you have reached a professional level at this age, but in fact, you are just average.

Even if you enter the professional world, if you are lucky you may become a seventh dan or so, but if you are unlucky you may only be a fourth or fifth dan, and you may not even be able to win the national championship in a commercial competition!

In fact, you have another choice, give up entering the professional world and choose the amateur world. With your talent and level, you can reach higher heights in the amateur world and live a much more comfortable life than in the professional world!
You can enjoy all the ideas and applause that you can't enjoy in the professional world! There's no need to struggle in that world! You should make better choices! "

Yi Zheng looked at the suddenly excited Che Da and seemed to understand something. He said calmly, "I have seen many geniuses, but maybe in the end, they will all call me a genius!"

"Insanity!"

Che Da looked at the ignorant Yi Zheng and seemed to see someone he didn't want to see: "Everyone says that Jiang Mobai was the only one who broke into the finals of the National Amateur Competition as a young player, but no one remembers that I was also a young player who won the championship directly!
Hey, you and I are the same, you are not the only one who is special.

You think you are a legend! But the story behind every person who enters the professional world is also a legend!
Face the reality! I will let you know that you are not special! "

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