"Monkey, are you back?
"How's it going? Is Xiao Nie okay?!
At 7:20 pm on June 28, in a room at Tongge Hotel.
Seeing that his fiancé had just come back, Liu Yuhong, who was sitting on the bed and watching the news broadcast casually, couldn't help but ask.
"Hey! That's it!"
Sun Yi had a helpless smile on his face and struggled to squeeze out the words:
"I reminded Rui Zhao to give him a little blessing yesterday. It was originally to hope that he would be calmer in the future. Don't think about arguing with Rui Zhao every day... but I didn't know that it would have the opposite effect!
"When I first went to see him, his eyes were full of tears and the corners of his mouth were bulging, and he was mumbling something about how he couldn't even get off Rui Zhao's dog...
"Please! You can't really not treat Zeng Dog as a barking dog!
"This time Zeng Guangwen is one of the six people who has made it to the Asian Games list. I have to take it easy when I play him!
"Xiao Nie is only at the sixth level after all! I can understand his occasional outbursts, but he would be damned if he could beat a master of Zeng Guangwen's level every day!"
Liu Yuhong couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and said with a smile:
"I have no choice but to have a beautiful sister encourage him to enter this competition. How can this not be positive!"
Although as the captain of the Suhu women's team, logically, he should be more protective of the promising star of the men's team.
However, Nie Miao, a little cat outside, wanted to enter the house to find a gentle and beautiful big sister, but was discovered by the watchdog in the house and immediately beat him up and kicked him out. It is really hard not to laugh. .
"What! Don't take people's politeness and kindness seriously!
"It's a shame that I'm about to start the competition and I still make time to take care of his mood, and even bother my junior sister..."
Sun Yi couldn't help but sigh:
"Forget it, let's do this for now!
"I'll take a look at him again before the league starts. Now I still have to prepare for the Tong Ge Cup... huh?
"News Network"
At this point, Sun Hou'er couldn't help but stop.
Because at this time, the news broadcast on the TV suddenly broadcast relevant content about this Tongge Cup World Championship:
"... Next is a piece of news about culture and sports.
“The third Gezhou Tongge Cup World Go Open, which has attracted much attention from Go fans around the world, will be grandly opened at 9 a.m. on June 30 in the beautiful Gezhou City, Zhejiang and Hangzhou Province.
"This Open has attracted 48 top Go players from all over the world. They will compete in wisdom and strategy in the Tongge Building, a cultural landmark building in the Tongge Hotel in Gezhou.
"This event is jointly hosted by the Chinese Go Association and the People's Government of Gezhou City, with the full support of the Zhejiang and Hangzhou Go Association. It aims to further promote the Go culture and promote international cultural exchanges through high-level Go competition.
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"Gezhou City has always insisted on long-term investment in the layout of Go culture. As early as 2006, it began to hold the first 'Tongge Cup' Chinese Go Championship. Since then, it has been laying out the Go cultural track for a long time, and will start holding the annual Go competition in 2024. The 'Tongge Cup' World Go Open has been widely recognized by all walks of life and the international community
“It is also Gezhou City’s continuous cultivation of the traditional cultural track of Go that has successfully established its unique position among chess fans at home and abroad, driven the continuous development and growth of the relevant cultural and tourism industries, and truly stepped out of the Gezhou local area. A unique cultural tourism journey!
"On the eve of the event, Cao Yuan, deputy mayor of Gezhou City, said in an interview that Gezhou, as one of the important birthplaces of Go culture, has always shouldered the historical mission of inheriting and developing Go culture. Through the Gezhou Cup World Go Open It is not only a high-level sports competition, but also a grand display of Go culture
"During this Tongge Cup World Go Open, Gezhou City will fully take this opportunity to showcase the city's image and promote the local cultural tourism industry. It will realize the point-to-point promotion of Go activities and promote the long-term healthy development of related industries. At the same time, it will also outwardly Announce the next development plan for the Go cultural industry to continue to provide impetus for industry advancement
"It is worth mentioning that as the city's image ambassador for Gezhou City, my country's famous female chess player and reigning celebrity Zhaojun Ruizhao 9th Dan will also appear in this Tongge Cup.
"Shang Chaotian, Chairman of the Chinese Go Association, said that Rui Zhao Jiuduan not only showed outstanding wisdom and skills on the chess board, but also made unremitting efforts in the dissemination and promotion of Go culture.
"Rui Zhao's participation in the 9th Dan will bring wider attention and international influence to this event. He also hopes that with the attention brought by Rui Zhao's 9th Dan, this event can further stimulate the enthusiasm of Go fans around the world. , to promote the inheritance and development of Go culture..."
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"Tsk tsk... this girl Rui Zhao is really amazing!
“Even the Tong Ge cup was featured on the News Network!”
Hearing this, Sun Yi couldn't help but admire and said:
"It turns out that our niche project was much more difficult than the last time we were broadcast on Xinwen Network. Recently, it has been so difficult!"
"No way!"
The little bird responded and said:
“Not only is she beautiful and decent, but she defeated a group of male masters head-on in an unrestricted competition with her daughter. This news value is really too high!
"This time Tongge Cup is not mentioned in China, even Ying and Han are paying attention!
“Many TV stations and newspapers have purchased the rights to broadcast and report on the event. I heard that Gezhou City made a lot of profit this time by hosting the event. Can you believe it?!
"If this is not reported vigorously, then I really suspect that there is something wrong with the propaganda department!"
But at this point, Liu Yuhong couldn't help but pause, and said a little tangledly:
"But...
"Although it is a good thing that the Tongge Cup has received attention this time, with such high attention, the association... actually has a lot of pressure on performance."
"Eh?"
Sun Yi was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he quickly reacted:
"...I understand! After all, Master Liu has won three consecutive world championships!
"Such a huge pomp and attention, but the result may be that the other party will equal the record of four consecutive world championships that has been dusted for more than 20 years. Chairman Shang estimates that there is indeed a lot of pressure!
"The reason why South Korea is so concerned about this Tongge Cup is probably partly due to this...
"I wonder if Xiao Lei and Rui Zhao, who has been in the limelight recently, can stop that Liu Shixian..."
"And you!"
Liu Yuhong added someone without hesitation, his tone full of irrefutable meaning:
"Don't take the burden off yourself! Teacher will be angry if he hears this!"
Sun Yi was stunned for a moment, but immediately smiled and said:
"...Yes! And me!
"As long as it's not the finals, I think... there's no chance of stealing a game?
"After all, Zhuang Zheng successfully stole Master Liu's plate in the Tongge Cup last year. I feel that I am better than Zhuang Zheng.
"He can do it. I shouldn't have no chance at all..."
But Liu Yuhong was obviously still dissatisfied with his fiancé's statement. He clenched his right fist and continued:
“So what if it’s the final?!
"My monkey still punched that Liu Shixian away!"
"Hey, hey... do you want to be so cruel..."
Sun Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly, but still imitated his fiancée's actions and repeated:
"That's okay!
"Knock it away with one punch!"
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"...What?!
"You said you don't want to be a seed chess player?!"
June 29 is the day before the official opening of this year’s Tongge Cup.
Early that morning, Shang Chaotian, who was busy in the competition office, was suddenly visited by his celebrity Zhaojun.
And just when he asked Rui Zhao to sit down on the sofa nearby, the outrageous request made by Queen Zhao made him widen his eyes:
"...No! How could you have such an idea?
"Our seed list has been selected and will be released soon!"
Because the Tongge Cup is a world championship with 48 participants, 16 seeded players in the first round will directly enter the second round by bye.
These sixteen people are generally selected by the organizing committee based on the strength of their associations and players. The specific allocation is nine people from mainland China, four people from South Korea, two people from Japan, and one person from Taiwan Strait Province of China.
Although Rui Zhao's current level ranking is only twelfth in the country, anyone who is not blind can see that Rui Zhao's strength is too high to be a seed! Therefore, the Chess Association consciously classified Rui Zhao as a seed, and privately sent the seed list to each seeded chess player early this morning. It was a warning in advance, and it would be officially announced in the afternoon if there was no problem.
But who would have thought that this simple action would actually attract a certain idiot!
"...That, Chairman Shang.
"This is such an opportunity for the World Championships. If possible, I would still like to play another round!
"Like the previous two Tongge Cups, I participated in the first round. I thought it would be the same this year, but I didn't know that I was listed as a seed player...
"So can you change it so that I still go to the first round?"
"..." This statement left Shang Chaotian speechless.
After playing Go for so many years, this was the first time that he was not happy to see a bye in the first round.
But... even though Rui Zhao's request seems to be purely "at the expense of oneself and benefiting others", Shang Chaotian knows that this request is probably impossible to agree to!
"Uh... Rui Zhao.
"We've all scheduled it, or...that's it?"
Facing this great hero of Chinese Go, Shang Chaotian discussed in a soft voice and in a good voice:
"You have to know that you are now recognized as a top player and a big star in our Chinese chess world, with many fans!
"This will put you in the first round. Although you will be exposed in one more round, you will inevitably be criticized by many chess fans for not knowing chess. It is not fair to the chess player who drew you in the first round..."
"It's okay, it hasn't been officially announced yet!"
Rui Zhao insisted:
"As for my fans, I will let Sister An An help explain to the outside world. As for what is fair and unfair...
"According to the level, I shouldn't be listed as a seed now! I think it's good for Brother Zeng to be a seed!
"If he doesn't want to, you can tell me and I will definitely make him want to!"
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
...So, you have to get this kind of quota!
Shang Chaotian complained in his heart for a while.
This time in the Tong Ge Cup, all the top ten players in China except for Lin Ruixin, who was suspended, successfully entered the competition. Therefore, if the seeds are divided according to the level, Zeng Guangwen should be ranked.
But...
If the Queen's subordinate dog becomes the seed, but Queen Zhao herself is not... Just think about it and you know what the rhythm will be like!
So Shang Chaotian decisively decided to let Rui Zhao knock off a certain royal sandbag, and he didn't dare to raise any objections thinking about the sandbag.
Who would have known that Sandbag really had no objection, but Rui Zhao, the master, came to the door and was very convincing! Shang Chaotian was put on top all of a sudden!
Fortunately, Zhi Duoxing from the Chess Association was also on the side at this time.
Seeing that his top leader was embarrassed on the spot, Lu Wenjie smiled bitterly and shook his head slightly, then took over the topic and said:
"That Rui Zhao...
"You want to participate in the first round, maybe because you want to compete with masters from other countries, right?"
"Hmm!"
Zhaojun of the time nodded vigorously:
“After all, this is a rare World Championship!”
"But in this case, have you found a problem...
"The opponents you drew in the first two Tongge Cups were all a bit weak, weren't they?"
"...Eh?"
Rui Zhao was startled for a moment and then recalled:
"The first two... it seems that the first one was a European and American chess player, and the second one... was Hanyu 9th Dan from Japan?"
"Well, do you think they are strong?"
"Uh... not quite."
The new generation of "Weak Identifier·Enhanced Power Edition" immediately stamped these two people with the "Weak Identification Stamp":
“B-but that’s probably just my bad luck!
"It's time to draw some stronger players this time..."
"Please Rui Zhao!
"Look at the strong players in this first round! It's all made up!"
Lu Wenjie took a list of chess players and pointed at the non-seeded foreign players:
"See for yourself, do you want to meet Rei Uesaka?"
Rui Zhao quickly shook his head.
"Where's Kim Woo-eun?"
Rui Zhao hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.
"Where's the Kerry Tucker you won in the first Tonge Cup?"
This time Rui Zhao shook his head like a rattle, clearly showing deep reluctance.
"So!"
Lu Wenjie spread his hands and said:
"Look carefully for yourself. Among the foreign chess players who are going to play in the first round, the only ones who can reach the Chinese ninth-dan level are An Mingjiao, Shin Qingyun, Wen Chengzhen from South Korea, and Lao Xiaoguang from Japan. You won The probability is not even 20%!
"For a chance of less than 20%, you risk more than 80% and waste three or four hours with a bad chess basket. Do you think it is necessary?
"Wouldn't it be better to practice chess by yourself during this time?!"
Hearing this person, Zhaojun just woke up from a dream. He quickly stood up and saluted and said:
"I, I know!
"Then just follow your arrangement! Sorry to bother you!"
After saying this, Rui Zhao hurriedly slipped out of the competition office, seemingly a little embarrassed after realizing that he had made a mistake.
Seeing that Rui Zhao had left, Lu Wenjie smiled meaningfully at Shang Chaotian:
"Brother Tian, we still have to prescribe the right medicine to do our job!
"Otherwise this fool will become stubborn and you will suffer the consequences!"
"Hahaha, I am indeed not as good as you!"
Shang Chaotian shook his head and smiled bitterly:
"...too!
"This girl Rui Zhao basically wants to play chess with all kinds of masters, but she doesn't know...
"There are really not many masters outside of China now!
"If you didn't tell me, I wouldn't have noticed - there are not many capable chess players among these non-seed chess players!
"Even among the four that you just can't easily pick out, there are still three old guys..."
Listening to the slight sadness in Shang Chaotian's tone, Lu Wenjie also sighed and added:
"So...Japan has recently been trying every means to pile up resources for Rei Uesaka...
"As for South Korea, they also hope to take advantage of Ryu Se-hyun's good form to create a new best in history to attract more children to play chess...
"Hope and the future are always the most important."
Shang Chaotian pursed his lips and said with emotion:
"Ah... After fighting Japan and South Korea for so many years, this is the first time I really hope that their plans will succeed...
"Just look at it now...
"We still have to prepare for the worst!"
"...Hmm."
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This small episode in the tournament office passed by in a flash, and the final preparations for the Tongge Cup continued until the next morning, the third Tongge Cup was grandly opened amidst the flashes of numerous media.
After the opening ceremony was the first round of competition. Although the celebrity Zhaojun, who was the focus of the spotlight, did not play as the seed chess player, most of the media at the scene still paid close attention to it.
Because after the first round of competition, the on-site draw for the top 32 games of the second round will be held soon. Who will Zhao Tianhou face in her first competition? This is undoubtedly the focus of many media attention.
However, when the final result was announced, the business smile on Kuaishu Athena's face, who showed the lottery to the audience and media present, seemed a little unnatural...
The top 32 matches of the 3rd "Tongge Cup" World Go Open:
【Rui Zhao】vs.【Seo Koji】(End of this chapter)