[Reporter - For a novice, Zhao Tianhou never protects her! 】
[Rui Zhao used the black 127 hand speed to pass Fang Zhaoxiang, and the retention time was only eight minutes and forty-three seconds! 】
[Like the title, the Queen of Heaven is destroying the chili pepper with her hands on the flowers again! ! ! 】
[In the top 16 match of the Tongge Cup that just ended this afternoon, facing his compatriot Fang Zhaoxiang, Rui Zhaojiu had no intention of being polite at all. After the chess started, he continued to adopt the same "slow chess and fast play" as in the top 32 match. "mode, and still maintains a very high level, and the winning rate has been rising all the way! 】
[Although Fang Zhaoxiang could see that he was thinking hard and struggling, he could only watch the situation deteriorating. In desperation, he had to force the move from above and try to fight black at move 70. 】
[Unfortunately, this "onboard charge" naturally does not pose the slightest threat to Zhao Tianhou, who is good at attacking and killing. 】
[At move 127, the Queen wiped out all the white chess pieces in one fell swoop, establishing a winning streak! 】
[At this point, Fang Zhaoxiang could no longer bear the humiliation and quickly surrendered. The total time was only one hour and forty-five minutes, once again setting a new record for the fastest end of a game in all previous competitions since the Tonge Cup was founded! 】
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【ah! For novices, the merciful Lord always gives them salvation without discrimination! Zhaomen! 】
【Carry it away! Who's next? 】
[Oh no, these are already the top eight, there are really no rookies! I guess the queen of chess should play normally! 】
[Hey, what a pity. I really want to see blood flowing like a river! ! ! 】
[Although I think it seems a little merciless for the queen to do this to her own people, I have to say that it is indeed very interesting. 】
[It took less than ten seconds to make a move, using my own ultra-fast chess against the opponent's slow chess... and I still felt like I was crushing! 】
【Empress Zhao is so terrifying! 】
[This is not the extra-second system. If this was the extra-second system, the queen would really perform a "clock in the opposite direction" on the spot! 】
[What does it mean that the retention time is getting longer and longer! 】
【Hmm...】
[Although my own player suffered a disaster in this game, why do I feel so happy to see it! 】
[To be honest, I personally support it very much! Let those male chess players play chess every day, and even a little girl can't play! 】
[Even those nine-dan chess players shamelessly started to publicize that "female chess players are no less talented than men"! 】
[If this does not increase the humiliation for them, how can they be brave after knowing their shame! 】
[After all, if you look at the behavior of these domestic male chess players, they won’t really shout “Please whip me, Queen?!” later on.]
【broken! I thought about it carefully... There seems to be a reward element in it! 】
[You won’t be treated as a reward by those male workers in the end, right? ! 】
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"Uh... Vice Chairman, I've finished reading these.
"But...
"Show me these contents on the Huaxia Yiguo Forum. What do they mean?"
At six o'clock in the evening on July 3, in the Tongge Hotel, a corner of the South Korean team's seminar room.
The top 16 matches of this Tongge Cup World Championship have just ended.
Just after Liu Shixian defeated Zhuang Zheng with an advantage of one and a quarter pieces, he had just returned to the seminar room when he was pulled by his vice chairman to a corner of the seminar room to watch a bunch of translated Yiguo forums. The screenshot made the world's first person a little confused for a while.
"To be honest, Xiaoliu...
"I'm a little worried now."
Zhao Libo said in a worried tone:
"Rui Zhao's performance in the Tongge Cup this time is really too strong! Facing men's senior chess players, the retention time was not used for ten minutes in two consecutive games. This is simply unheard of!
"Even Kuai Liang from China is not so fast when playing slow chess!"
Hearing this, Liu Shixian suddenly understood.
Ah, yes too...
She gave such a shocking performance, it's normal for Qi Yuan to be a little worried.
The strongest chess player in South Korea immediately calmed down his tone and comforted Zhao Libo:
"Vice Chairman, you can rest assured about this! In fact, operations like Rui Zhao's may seem very dazzling, but in fact, it's not that difficult.
"After all, the Tongge Cup is a slow chess game. In terms of the quality of the moves and the judgment of the situation, I am still confident!
"And this time I have judged that the main threats to me are Rui Zhao and Lei Qi. I have also done targeted research and precautions against them.
“I am still very confident about achieving four consecutive world championships and matching senior Choi Myung-ho!”
What surprised Liu Shixian was that although Zhao Libo nodded slightly after hearing these words, his frown did not relax at all:
"Xiao Liu, it's a good thing that you are confident now, but to be honest, what I'm worried about now is not Tong Ge Bei. On the contrary...
"...The battle between the strongest chess players in the world."
"A battle between the strongest chess players?"
Liu Shixian blinked, slightly puzzled. However, Zhao Libo’s next words directly pointed out the concerns from the chess academy:
"Yes.
"Since Rui Zhao won the runner-up in the King of Kings of China, her total prize money has surpassed Sun Yi and ranked second in China. "If this 'Quick Chess Athena' is allowed to enter the cycle of the strongest chess players. If you want to circle, you...
"Is it dangerous?"
Liu Shixian couldn't help but squint his eyes when he heard this, and finally understood the real concern of Qi Yuan.
The World's Strongest Chess Players Tournament is a "custom-made champion" specially set up by South Korea to crown Ryu Se-hyun as the best in history. All rules and competition systems are almost as tilted as possible to him, the best player in the world, while ensuring the gold content of the event.
Among them, the two most important ones are the "single round-robin match with the first two players advancing to the third round" and the adoption of the "extra seconds system" rule that South Korean chess players are best at and have a strong sense of fast chess.
According to the idea of the South Korean Chess Academy, Ryu Se-hyun had the upper hand in terms of strength. Since the 2023 LIG Cup, he has been undefeated in the World Championships. He also uses the most familiar extra-second rule. No matter how you look at it, the world's strongest chess player will win the championship. It's a sure thing.
However, the emergence of Rui Zhao, the "Quick Chess Athena", suddenly made the South Korean chess academy start to worry:
This girl's fast chess is really too powerful!
He is so powerful that the South Korean chess academy cannot help but wonder whether the world's best chess player can defeat his opponent in a battle with the world's strongest chess players using the extra seconds system he is best at.
But...
Liu Shixian quickly smiled and said:
"Well, your concerns are indeed justified.
"I have to say that if she is really allowed to enter the final round, this competition system will indeed be more conducive to her performance than the ordinary competition system, but...
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"You underestimate me, don't you?"
Zhao Libo was slightly startled when he heard this, and then carefully confirmed:
"You mean...
"No problem, right?"
"Yeah."
The young master of the Liu family nodded slightly and said:
"Although I agree with Lei Qi and Rui Zhao very much, I even think that when they reach their peak level, they should be higher than me. But...
"At least not now - I will not let the two of them knock me off the throne when I am at my best age.
"Since the chess academy and the informing company trust me so much and hold such a competition that can be regarded as the first chess tournament in history, then I will naturally do my best not to let it fall by the wayside."
After expressing his attitude first, seeing that Zhao Libo still had worries on his eyebrows, Liu Shixian explained in detail:
"Rui Zhao's blitz chess level is indeed very, very high... I even doubt whether I can suppress her in a ten-second chess game with her now.
"However, after all, she is better at fast chess than slow chess. The faster she plays, the more powerful she is.
"She can only narrowly defeat Lei Qi in the Asian Games format of 'one hour, thirty seconds', but in the 'one hour, thirty seconds per hand' battle between the strongest chess players, she won't be able to threaten her Me.
“I’m even confident about winning the gold medal in individual events at the Asian Games.”
"That, that's good!"
Hearing that the first person in his family was so confident, Zhao Libo finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked tentatively:
"Xiao Liu, there is something I would like to ask your opinion on behalf of the informing company.
“The bonuses of Sun Yi and Rui Zhao are very close now, and it’s hard to say who will get the second spot.
"If Rui Zhao is not among the top two in the final...then do we want a wild card invitation?
“After all, she is indeed very popular and has a great influence on the attention of the event...
"Ah, of course, this is up to you!
"If you think it's not suitable, we will choose another Japanese or other European and American chess player."
Hearing this, Liu Shixian blinked.
To be honest, it is not difficult to understand that the informing company would have this idea of "leading the wolf into the house" - the fast chess Athena is currently too popular in the three countries of East Asia. It is said that one person accounts for seven or eight of the Go circles. The attention Cheng has received cannot be overstated!
Although the informing company's original intention of organizing the tournament is to boost the country's Go industry, it is naturally best to increase the influence and commercial returns of the tournament as much as possible while ensuring the existing purpose, so that Queen Zhao can participate to facilitate promotion and drainage. choose.
Regarding this issue, Mr. Liu, who had always thought clearly, thought about it for a long time. Countless emotions seemed to flash through his gentle eyes, and finally he said slowly:
"That's... no need!
"This second spot... there is no way she will miss out."
"Eh?"
After hearing this, Zhao Libo didn't quite understand what Liu Shixian meant. When he was about to ask, he saw Master Liu wave his hand and said:
"Okay, Vice Chairman, the draw for the quarterfinals is about to begin.
"Look...
"Can I have a chance to meet this 'Quick Chess Athena' this round!"
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…
However, although the first person in the world was very interested in meeting Zhaojun, a famous Chinese figure, the probability of one in six was still slightly lower.
Twenty minutes later, the fourth round draw ceremony of this year's Tongge Cup ended, and the final quarter-finals matchups were as follows:
【Leiki】vs. 【Ueno Toraichiro】
【Liu Shixian】vs.【Zeng Guangwen】
【Sun Yi】vs.【Ji Qiufu】
【Rui Zhao】vs.【Dai Ran】(End of Chapter)