"Um... Rui Zhao 9th Dan, congratulations on winning today's game! And it was the fastest game to end!
"Although Seo Ko's total number of hands was 154 when he gave up in the eighth stage, which is not too small. But the total time was only two and a half hours, and your time was even more shockingly short.
"Nine minutes and thirty-two seconds! The average chess move lasts only ten seconds! This is so... so outrageous!
"Excuse me...have you been used to playing fast chess recently, and you thought the Tongge Cup was also a fast chess competition?"
"Of course not! After all, the other party has used up all the retention time!
"Even if I really didn't pay attention before the game, I knew it was a slow game when I saw the opponent's thinking time...
"Although I'm not particularly smart, I'm not stupid! How could I not notice this!"
"...Uh...
"I, I understand...
"But your time is less than one-tenth of the opponent's, so don't you worry about making mistakes that will have a negative impact on the situation?
"No problem!
"I already tried it during the Lakeside Cup! Even if you bet faster, as long as you don't bet too aggressively, you can win steadily!!
"After all, the opponent is more... well, just, there will still be some small mistakes! As long as you can catch these small mistakes, it is not difficult to win!"
"But...but after all, the Lakeside Cup is a women's competition, and the overall level is not high. Moreover, the time on the opponent's hands is also a fast chess format.
"This time you faced a male chess player in the World Series. Although you finally won with a push all the way, but this... is it a little too much?"
"That...sister reporter! Why do you still think that female chess players are inferior!
"I personally think that Kim Woo-eun's 9th dan is definitely better than Seo's 8th dan... Female chess players are no worse than male chess players!
"And...I heard that many male 9-dan chess players in our country now agree with my idea! This further proves that my idea is not wrong!
“I think some of the journalist sister’s concepts should also be changed!”
"Uh...
"But, in the final analysis, the overall level of male chess players is higher than that of women. This is a fact!"
"Well...this may be a fact. But Seo 8th Dan is indeed weaker than me, and this is also a fact.
"The length of time I use has nothing to do with whether the other person is male or female, it only has to do with whether the other person is interested.
"Seo 8th Dan... isn't that strong. Otherwise, I definitely wouldn't be able to win even with a relatively fast time."
"This, this is it! But..."
"Um, reporter sister, there are already three questions!
"I didn't feel that my time was fully utilized today. I wanted to quickly watch and review some games on other stages! You see, this is the end of the interview, right?"
"Uh...this..."
……
no! This, this, this...
Now for high-ranking male chess players...can this girl really play slow chess as fast chess? ! ! !
At seven o'clock in the evening on July 1st, in the buffet restaurant of Gezhou Hotel.
Fang Zhaoxiang of the Pengze Team watched the most popular interview video on Station B, and his expression was quite distorted.
Although... when the second phase of preliminaries for the Asian Games ended, many people on the Internet speculated that with the level of fast chess displayed by the "Quick Chess Athena", she might not even be able to face the men's master chess players. Can use one's own fast chess to play the opponent's slow chess.
At that time, Fang Zhaoxiang only felt that such statements were a bit exaggerated, but it was normal for some exaggerated statements to be discussed on the Internet, so he didn't pay much attention to them.
But who knew...this girl was actually serious! ! !
The 154 moves of slow chess were played in less than two and a half hours when the opponent used up all his reserve time, and his own reserve time was only used up in less than ten minutes!
Although Japan's 8th dan is definitely inferior to that of China, based on his understanding, if Seo Koji is thrown to China, the level of high dan will still be there.
As a result, the opponent was defeated in 66 moves and forced to admit defeat in 154 moves. He really used the rhythm of super fast chess to push the opponent all the way!
This girl's fast chess skills have reached a point where it's a bit off the charts! ! !
Just when Fang Zhaoxiang felt that his head was a little confused, Chu Jun, who was dining with him next to him, gave him a small elbow and said:
"What, what's wrong, Brother Fang? His face doesn't seem to be very good!
"Is it...that the result of this lottery makes you a little stressed?"
Fang Zhaoxiang swallowed sluggishly, then nodded.
Chu Jun then smiled bitterly and said helplessly:
"It's okay, I have experience with Rui Zhao!
"Just treat yourself as a dead person. If you can bite her twice, you will be considered a profit!"
Well, yes.
The reason why Fang Zhaoxiang looked unhappy after watching Rui Zhao's post-game interview video was because in today's lottery ceremony, the Pengze team's eighth-dan chess player happened to draw the Queen Zhao! Originally, Fang Zhaoxiang was actually lucky this time.
A European and American player was drawn in the first round, and Rei Uesaka, who was drawn today, is clearly the weakest among the top 32 players. Ko Uesaka also entered the rankings by winning an upset victory over a young South Korean player in the first round. of the second round.
But after entering the top 16, China's thickness advantage began to show. Eleven of the sixteen seats were occupied, so civil war broke out early.
And as if the goddess of fate was balancing Fang Zhaoxiang's character, he, who had gone smoothly in the first two rounds, directly drew the ghost card in this round: Rui Zhao 9th Dan!
In fact, if Rui Zhao had been drawn before, Fang Zhaoxiang might have thought it was okay.
Although Zhao Tianhou is strong, in the final analysis, Liu Shixian and Lei Qi are obviously stronger existences in the slow chess arena, and it will not make people talk about it.
And if you encounter a strong opponent, the worst thing you can do is lose! Anyway, chess players of his level have lost countless times to top players, so there is nothing he can't afford to lose.
But right now... Fang Zhaoxiang is panicking!
Because the entire world chess world was shocked by Rui Zhao's game today, which took only one-fifteenth of the time of his opponent!
It is unheard of and unheard of for a male grandmaster to be so good at it! So much so that domestic chess fans in China have begun to discuss whether Japan’s eighth-dan level is at the level of domestic high-level players!
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If you just can't make the bet, you can quickly admit defeat before seeing the market collapse, and you can save face, which is okay...
But if it took more than ten times the opponent's time to still be hung up and beaten... that would be really embarrassing! ! !
After all... you can't follow Rui Zhao's ten-second move rhythm!
People's "Quick Chess Athena" can steadily advance the chess game by relying on her strength advantage and amazing stability at an extremely fast pace, but if she plays like this, she will be killed by a spoon in a minute!
At the moment, Fang Zhaoxiang was naturally not comforted by Chu Jun's two words, but when he saw the young player in the team talking to him, he quickly asked:
"Uh, that Xiao Chu, let me ask you...
"Based on what you know about Rui Zhao, will she do this to me next time?
"After all...I am one of our own! I am stronger than Seo!"
However... Chu Jun just said in a low voice:
"Brother Fang... I'm afraid it's too much.
"I observed her expression after the draw today, and it felt exactly the same as after the draw yesterday.
"They all reveal a deep helplessness of being caught in a bad chess game..."
"Uh...
"Does she dislike my eighth-year old brother?!"
"Isn't it..."
Chu Jun sighed softly and said:
"And... don't say anything to her about whether you are your own person or not. She won't consider this. She even openly played double standards in the Pohu team in order not to play chess with an opponent who is too weak!"< br>
“Double standards?”
At this time, Tang Guansheng, who was sitting opposite, couldn't help but ask.
"Yeah."
Chu Jun continued to explain:
"Last season, when she was just an ordinary member of the Pohu team, she was clamoring every day to compete in some kind of 'Captain Challenge' with Du Weichen, and she wanted to determine the leader of the team based on the outcome of private matches. She even used this The system was extended to the Pohu women's team! Last season, Yang Manjing and that little Uesaka had a great time fighting in the team.
"But when the little witch entered the Pohu men's team and wanted to challenge her to the 'Master Challenge', she immediately acted rogue! She said that she would wait until the little witch defeated Zeng Guangwen before challenging her, and the stipulation was two months A cool-down period highlighted a player who didn’t want to play against someone who was too weak. As a result, Yang Manjing had only succeeded in one game so far.
"At that time, she was like this to the little witches on the same team. Now you point out that she has compatriots with you who have no relationship with you...
"I'm afraid I'm thinking too much."
Hearing this, even though it was midsummer, Fang Zhaoxiang's hands and feet suddenly felt a chill.
In competitive sports, food is the original sin.
This was the first time since entering the professional Go world that Fang Baduan had such a profound understanding of this matter. (End of chapter)