"Ah...Sister Youen!
"I didn't expect to see you at Sanshuang Training Institute at this time!"
"...Xiao Liu?"
At two o'clock in the afternoon on March 30, Samshuang Training Institute, Kyoto-do, South Korea, has always been the fixed venue for the Samshuang Cup of the Go World Series.
Jin Youen, who had just dragged her luggage into the guest house of the training institute, was slightly surprised when she saw a gentle young man who was also checking in at the front desk waving hello to her:
"You came here so early?!"
Five days later, the new Sanshuang Cup will be held again at Sanshuang Research Institute.
But coming to the scene at this time is undoubtedly a bit too early.
"Ah, wasn't I already eliminated from the McNugget Cup yesterday? Come here early and adjust your condition."
Liu Shixian smiled and replied:
"Sister Youen, you must be like this too, right?"
Just as Ryu Se-hyun said, in yesterday's domestic Melo Cup nine-dan fast chess match in South Korea, he lost to Lao Deng Shin Qingyun in the middle set and was eliminated early.
In sharp contrast to his rapid progress in the international arena in the past six months, Master Liu's dominance in the domestic arena has obviously declined.
In the past, he was able to win at least 60% of the championships in South Korea, but recently he has been obviously more casual in domestic competitions, and upset exits have become the norm.
However, Kim Woo-eun, who has been much more dominant in international competitions than domestic competitions in recent years, naturally does not think that the young master of the Liu family really needs to adjust his condition.
Sacrifice some results in domestic competitions and put your best energy and condition into the most important international competitions. This is the natural and best choice after weighing it. This is why the Ice Queen can maintain her absolute dominance in the Women's World Championships for four years. important reasons.
It’s just...
If even so, the dominance can no longer be maintained, then the end of the legend may not be too far away...
Thinking of this, Jin Youen pursed his lips subconsciously.
This time, she lost to Rei Uesaka in the air-fan battle. Naturally, it was not a gap in hard power for the Ice Queen.
In the semi-finals of the South Korean Women's Bank Cup Rapid Chess Tournament half a month ago, she had just defeated the young Japanese star of hope in one set. The reason why the fan-to-air battle failed was partly due to the lack of adaptability to the local environment and the lack of energy due to the numerous events this year. If she were to play against Rei Uesaka now, she would still have enough confidence to suppress her opponent.
But...
Things like acclimatization and lack of energy are actually part of "strength" in a broad sense.
She was born in January 1997 and is now twenty-nine years old. Her energy and physical strength have begun to fall behind her peak. It is indeed not surprising that she will fall off the cliff at any time...
"...Sister Youen? Sister Youen!"
"Ah!"
Just when Kim Woo-eun was immersed in her own thoughts, Ryu Se-hyun suddenly slapped her on the shoulder and woke her up suddenly.
Seeing that Jin Youen finally came to his senses, Liu Shixian couldn't help but smile:
"What's wrong? Don't be so disappointed just because you didn't extend your streak of winning the Women's World Championship this time!
"Last year I was defeated by Lei Qi and won two world championships in a row. Now I'm trying to win three consecutive championships again!"
"That's true..."
Jin Youen squeezed out a bitter smile and said:
"But...your domestic performance has also begun to decline!"
"Ah..."
Liu Shixian was stunned for a moment, but he also understood what the first sister of his country meant. He shrugged helplessly and said:
"There is no way...
"But sister Youen, you have persisted for four full years, so I can't lose!"
"Well... Xiaoliu."
Jin Youen blinked and said:
"I feel that since this year... your impression has changed a bit."
"Changed?"
"Yes."
Jin Youen nodded slowly and said:
"Although you had good grades in the past, you felt like a complete pleasure offender, but now...
"Still looks like a leader."
"That's it..."
Liu Shixian sighed softly and said:
"So...a little bit!
"After all, Brother Li has begun to decline obviously, and the Mingjiao and the others have never seen any major breakthroughs...
"In order to make his country's results look better, Brother Min Lie started to think about foreign moves in the Dream Lily Cup. There are also domestic companies like Sanshuang, LIG, and informing that have long been working hard to support the domestic Go industry...
"I...can't be completely indifferent after all!"
"That's really hard on you..."
The Ice Queen gave a rare smile. But before she could say more, Liu Shixian immediately answered:
"...Don't put a high hat on me! In the final analysis, I can only say that there is not much conflict between the two sides. It would be best to have the best of both worlds.
"If there is going to be a conflict, I still have my own thoughts.
"For example, even though I really want to help our South Korea win more honors...but I still want to fight against the current Zhaojun as soon as possible!
"No matter in the Nongshim Cup...
"Or at the Asian Games."
The smile on Jin Youen's face couldn't help but stagnated and disappeared quickly:
"'Even so'...?"
"Yes, 'even so'."
Liu Shixian's answer was very concise, but meaningful.
Liu Shixian's statement seemed a bit unexpected to the Ice Queen.
But after a moment of silence, Jin Youen still lowered his eyes and expressed his stance without any intention of giving in.
"Then...this time the Lakeside Cup.
"Let me teach you a lesson first." But after saying this, she couldn't help but show a self-deprecating smile, took out her mobile phone and glanced at the air-fan battle finals that were being broadcast live:
"I just...want to meet the Queen Zhao...
“Now it’s hard to deal with just these two little fans of hers!”
…
…
"Hello Yang Manjing 8th Dan!
“First of all, congratulations on defeating Rei Uesaka 4th Dan and winning the first women’s world championship in your career!
"How do you feel at this time?"
"Ah... I'm still very excited!
"After all, the last time China won the Women's World Championship was the last time. I feel very honored to be able to end our country's four-year embarrassment of not having a Women's World Championship and also win our first Women's World Championship.
"Furthermore, being able to bring an end to my Women's World Championship career with a Women's World Championship is a very satisfactory result!"
"...Eh?! Women's World Championship career?!
"This, this, this... what does this mean?!"
"That's what it means! I will no longer sign up for the women's world championships in the future, but will devote more energy to the unrestricted competition to improve myself!
"Actually... I originally wanted to learn from Rui Zhao completely. But now I still have to hold on to the two titles of [Queen] and [Mulan]. In addition, I also want to challenge her [Zhaojun]. Now I have to say 'quit' Women's individual competition' statement... seems to have a lot of exceptions.
"But apart from these three competitions, I really have no desire to continue participating in other non-international team women's competitions. As expected, real women have to fuck men!"
"Uh... Is this, like this?
"Then your subsequent world championship qualifiers will also be..."
"Yes, I will apply for the open group in all future World Championship qualifiers!
"Girls are no worse than boys in playing chess - I can't let Rui Zhao prove this alone."
"Including Tong Ge Cup?"
"Huh? Of course!
“There’s nothing special about Tongge Cup.”
"But... this time you drew another opponent from the same country in the semi-finals, and finally defeated Liu Yuhong's 8th dan, and you were only three wins away from being promoted to 9th dan!
"Assuming that you can meet challengers above sixth level again in the Mulan competition and successfully defend your title, then you only need one more victory to be promoted to ninth level.
"But according to what you said, you may have to wait until the Zhaojun Competition in October this year to participate in the domestic women's competition again, but by then Rui Zhao might as well..."
"So you think I won't be promoted to ninth grade if I don't participate in the women's competition?
"Sister reporter, so I said, there are some things...'I can't let Rui Zhao prove it alone'!
"And... Rui Zhao is the one who is more worthy of the honor of being the first female ninth-dan in China in the new century! If I were to rise to the ninth-level slower than her, I would be convinced!"
……
"Well... how can it be repaired!
"Really, she really did it!
"Obviously it belongs to the Ice Queen who I won! In the end, her little witch picked the peach... I wish her that she will lose her title in the Mulan Competition next month!"
At seven o'clock in the evening of the same day, in Dongdu City, a lounge in the Japanese Chess Academy.
Kogamisaka, who had just participated in the aerial combat award ceremony, looked at the live broadcast of the championship interview on his mobile phone and puffed his cheeks into small pufferfish. At the same time, he sent his most sincere wishes to his teammates who were also on the Pohu team, which made Ichizuki on the side. Airi Se looked quite speechless.
This time, in the quarterfinals of the Shankong Battle, Uesaka Rei, who directly drew the strongest opponent, was naturally unlucky to a certain extent.
However, the free-spirited Kogami Saka showed a very high level of competitiveness in this quarterfinal match. Coupled with the fact that Kim Woo-eun was in poor condition, the ice queen's absolute dominance in the women's world championship was finally defeated by the young Japanese hope. The star ended in one fell swoop.
Kogamisaka, who has taken advantage of the popularity of the Huaying Celebrity Competition Rui Zhao this year and whose national popularity has also risen, has also taken advantage of this to become an instant success. He defeated Zou Yang again in the semi-finals and entered the finals of the air-fan battle for the second consecutive year. ! Unfortunately, she fell short and achieved the little witch's first women's world championship, which naturally made her very unhappy.
"And...
"What does 'Rui Zhao can't be left alone to prove it'...
"The successor and follower that Sister Rui Zhao values the most... is obviously me!!!"
"Ah... Rei-chan! Being the runner-up in fan air combat for two consecutive years is already pretty good!"
Seeing that the anger of his little puffer fish never subsided, Ichinose sighed softly, and then quickly coaxed the child:
"And didn't Yang Manjing say she won't participate in the Women's World Championship? After that, there will be basically no young players who can compare with you, Li Jiang! I'm sure you, Li Jiang, will be the champion in the Women's World Championship in the future... …”
Unexpectedly, Kogami Saka still looked disdainful at this time:
"...Who cares about those worthless women's world championships!"
"...Eh?"
Before Ichinose could come to his senses, Kogamisaka said with determination:
"In this year's Wuyue Cup, I must win my own Women's World Championship, and then announce handsomely that I can't compete in this women's competition!
"Isn't it just to quit the women's individual competition? I have been trained since I was a child to be a leader in unlimited competitions in the future! It seems that no one dares to do it...
"Ah no... I won't wait for the Wuyue Cup either!
"At the Lakeside Cup next month, I will first show some color to the traitor around Sister Rui Zhao!"
"Eh?!!"
…
…
However, although Kogami Saka sincerely sent wishes to his teammates in the Pohu team after the fan battle, it is indeed difficult to realize this wish...
On April 11, in the third round of China Mulan's chess game, after defeating Liu Yuhong in the semi-finals of the fan air battle, the little witch once again defeated her former first sister in the team in two consecutive games, successfully achieving the "Mulan two consecutive games" "Domination", and at the same time increased his average score in the third game to 67.3 points, which is only one step away from the 67.5 standard for promotion to the ninth level!
——The birth of "China's first female 9th-dan player in the new century" has instantly aroused widespread discussion and attention in the entire Chinese chess world, and has also aroused howls from Zhao fans in major online communities.
The die-hard fans of the queen naturally still hope that their own celebrity Zhaojun can get this honor. Unfortunately, Rui Zhao, who only played four responsible games after being promoted to eight, can't see the shadow of Shengjiu at this moment.
It’s just...
The discussion about this matter only lasted for one day, and was instantly overshadowed by the popularity of another matter.
On April 12, the second game of the Sanshuang Cup Sanqi finals.
After tying his opponent in the first game of the final, the world's No. 1 player once again defeated Sun Yi without any blood in the final. While winning the 14th world championship, which was second in history, he also won what only the best Choi Myung-ho in history had ever achieved. of...
"Three consecutive world championships" achievement. (End of chapter)