Chapter 133 Nongshim Cup Preliminaries
“...Vice Chairman Lu, that’s it, I won’t participate in the Nongshim Cup preliminaries this time.
“My level has dropped rapidly recently. Even a minor like Xiaolei couldn't get over it. What if he went out and was like the celebrity Tianyuan, and would he just embarrass the country?
"...Yes! So it's okay for me to imitate the celebrity Tianyuan, right? He has simply given up participating in the pre-selection in recent years!
"What celebrities can do, I can't do ? ! ”
"...That's right! Chairman Monk, please understand!"
"Okay, I won't say more. I want to think about how to lose in the next game without being so embarrassed!" goodbye! ”
Dajing City, Longxiang Scenic Villa Community.
Lin Ruixin, who had just returned home, chatted with the person on the other end of the phone for a long time and completely gave up participating in the Nongshim Cup. Maybe.
To be honest, if the chess holy war Lei Qi wasn't so difficult, he would actually be willing to continue participating in the Nongshim Cup.
As an iconic figure of Chinese Go, he has ended the group match three times, the most in China.
At the same time, the Chinese team he led also won the Nongshim Cup four times. This was also an important achievement in his competition to be the number one player in Chinese Go (except for the dean).
Moreover, whether the first person to voluntarily give up playing in the Nongshim Cup is considered the first person... This is a big question mark.
After all, Shang Chaotian almost lost and collapsed in the Nongshim Cup. He gritted his teeth and continued to participate one term after another. He even took the initiative to participate in the election until the end of his career, until his rating fell out of the country. First sixteen.
But now, facing the strong impact of Lei Qi, Lin Daqi Sage, who is no longer at his peak (although he himself does not admit this to the outside world), has to make a choice.
The title of [Chess Master] is his most important fundamental right now.
As long as he still holds the title of [Chess Saint], no one dares to insist that the number one man in China has changed hands!
Just like after 2008, the scepter of the actual number one person in the country has actually been handed over to Lu Wenjie. Even after 2010, the number of games Shang Chaotian played each year began to decline significantly.
But as long as the first title [Chess Saint] has not changed hands, everyone in the circle will only dare to call it the "Second Saint."
Of course, part of the reason for this is that Lu Wenjie's dominance is obviously not as good as that of Shang Chaotian. Even his main domestic results and world championship results are almost staggered at the same time, giving people a feeling that he can only take care of one side.
But this is still enough to illustrate the importance of the title of [Chess Saint]!
And now, Xiaolei has already reached him, and because he is exempted from selection for the Nongshim Cup, he can concentrate on preparing for the chess holy war.
How can Lin Ruixin be negligent! It became a natural choice to give up the Nongshim Cup and focus on the title defense at hand.
You must know that if the Nongshim Cup does not win the championship, the participating players will receive very little.
And now South Korea's new generation leader Ryu Se-hyun has grown up. In recent encounters with him, Lin Ruixin has lost more than he has won. Especially in the ring competition, he has lost for three consecutive years. There is no need to continue to ask for trouble.
To sum up, comparing the Nongshim Cup and the title of [Chess Saint], which one is more important can be known at a glance. It is not difficult to understand Lin Ruixin’s decision to give up the Nongshim Cup qualifiers.
It’s just that... Internet celebrity Lin, who has already replied to Lu Wenjie, still has a strange feeling.
Hey, I can’t beat Xiaoliu outside, and I can’t beat Xiaolei at home...
When did I become so embarrassed...
This melancholy feeling lasts a little longer After a while, Lin Ruixin didn't have much time to feel sentimental. He must now find ways to win Lei Qi!
First of all, the flying knife that I took from the little gang leader... I should use it when I get the chance. Now is not the time to keep it.
Come again...
Lin Ruixin stood there expressionlessly for a long time, and finally threw the suit on the sofa.
He picked up the phone again and dialed a number. When he saw that the number was dialed, he immediately put on a secular face and said politely:
"Hey, Boss Shen! Huh? Is everything okay? , this is the first set, where is it?
"I asked you to watch the live broadcast of [Go Xiao Zhao] today. Did you find anything new..."
…
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"...Okay Teacher! I understand what you said, let me talk to Lei Qi too.
"Well, I will try my best! I don’t expect to win the world championship. If I can win one game in the Nongshim Cup, it will be considered a success! ”
At the same time, in Lei Qi's residence in Dajing City.
A kind-faced young man also just finished making a phone call, and then looked apologetically at his junior brother who had just finished dinner:
"Lei Qi, maybe I am the senior brother , I can only help you for the next two days at most..."
As soon as Lei Qi heard the call between his teacher and his senior brother, he already understood the situation. He immediately stood up and bowed slightly: < br>
"Senior brother, you are too polite. I am the one who caused you trouble. Why are you still helping me collect information..."
"Hey! What kind of trouble is this! It's just a convenient thing!"
Cai Shuang's smile was still kind.
As a well-recognized good guy in the industry, he has a bad temper, let alone his own junior brother.
Seeing that Cai Shuang was very polite, Lei Qi stopped being polite to his senior brother and said directly:
"Well, then I won't say thank you." In addition, senior brother, Come on for this Nongshim Cup qualifier! Let’s fight for the championship together by the end of the year! ”
Cai Shuang's overall qualifications are not too outstanding. He was promoted to the ninth dan at the end of last year. His current level is about 15 or 6 in the country, which is enough to meet the requirements of the top 16 in the country for the Nongshim Cup qualifiers.
Winning a game in the Nongshim Cup has always been one of Cai Shuang's long-cherished wishes. This time he is finally able to participate in the preliminaries. It can be expected that he will go all out.
Cai Shuang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and immediately smiled and sighed:
"...Well! Try your best! But...our situation is not optimistic this time!
"Although you have been added as a new strong general, there is also a lot of bad news...
"First of all, I just got the news from the teacher that Lin Ruixin is concentrating on the chess holy war and will not participate in the chess game starting in early July. Nongshim Cup qualifiers.
"Although I don't like him very much, I must admit that without him our strength will definitely be much weaker."
Hearing this, Lei Qi just nodded slightly.
Lin Ruixin devotes himself wholeheartedly to the holy war of chess - this is inevitable in his opinion.
And Cai Shuang continued:
"... Come again, this time Dai Gong is exempted from selection, but if he is selected, he will probably get a dead head in vain... But he has never given up. What you mean!”
After hearing this, Lei Qi understood why his senior brother said this.
The "Dai Gong" Cai Shuang mentioned refers to Dai Ran, a three-time world champion and currently third in the Chinese rankings. "Dai Gong" is the abbreviation of his nickname "Dai Gong Intelligence".
The reason why Dai Ran was given such a nickname is mainly because he has extremely thorough research on AI. His layout and mid-game chess have a very high AI compliance rate, so he is very good when encountering top players. Afraid of anyone. Even if he meets South Korea's No. 1 Ryu Se-hyun in the World Series, he can still fight head-on!
But...even though Dai Ran's dog chess game has a very high upper limit, there are still many problems.
The most typical one is that his fast chess is obviously much weaker than the slower chess - according to his own statement, the tight time of fast chess does not allow him to fully calculate the changes and choices. point.
However, the retention time for both sides in the Nongshim Cup Arena Competition is only one hour, which is much faster than the average World Series!
Under such a fast chess competition system, facing South Korea's top chess players, Dai Ran, who is not good at fast chess, will most likely lose one game.
Originally, if the qualifiers were played normally, it would be difficult for a player like Dai Ran, who is obviously weak in fast chess, to swim out of the qualifiers and participate in the Nongshim Cup - because the qualifiers naturally use the Nongshim Cup's normal rules. Game time setting.
But there is a BUG in it...that is the "no-election system" of the Nongshim Cup.
According to the "Chinese Go Team Nongshim Cup Selection Regulations", there are three situations where players can directly enter the final list without selection:
The leader of the previous competition will appear and end the group competition. Those who won five consecutive games or more in the previous competition, and those who won the world championship after the start of the Nongshim Cup trials in the previous year.
In the last Nongshim Cup, the Chinese team did not win the championship, and the longest winning streak was only Xiong Siyi's three-game winning streak, so the first two were naturally missing.
As for the last one, two Chinese chess players meet this requirement: Lei Qi, the champion of the "Sanshuang Cup" in February this year, and Dai Ran, the champion of the "Miao Jia Bailing Cup" in September last year.
The "Miao Jia Bai Ling Cup" is a world competition, and the competition is naturally about slow chess!
Therefore, Dai Rancai, who was not good at fast chess, was able to "save the country" through curves and successfully entered the Nongshim Cup competition list!
Because of this, Cai Shuangcai complained a little.
However... Lei Qi is very open-minded about this:
"Senior brother, it is normal for Dai Gong not to give up. This is the qualification he earned by winning the championship."
"Do you know what my dad secretly reads the most on weekdays? One is that he can't have a student, and the other is that he gave up the qualification for the group competition twice that year. It's been almost twenty years, and he is still reading...
“So, it’s best to do whatever you want, otherwise it won’t be a good thing for the environment or the players...”
Cai Shuang thought for a while and nodded in agreement. :
“Well, Lei Qi, you are right, I just have to be myself!
“With Lin Ruixin not participating this time, my chances are even greater. I can’t let myself regret it in the future!”
"Yes! That's how it should be!"
But now that he mentioned the two things that his father often talked about, Lei Qi suddenly remembered something.
“Ah...I suddenly remembered: before I returned to Dajing from Dongjiang on May Day, my father seemed to have accepted a female student. I haven’t even asked him about this situation yet! I’ll ask later when I have a chance...”
“No, no, no, no!” Cai Shuang waved her hands after hearing this.
"Huh?" Lei Qi was surprised for a moment: "What's wrong, senior brother? You don't welcome my dad to accept students like this?"
"Ah? No, it's not..."
Cai Shuang looked embarrassed and replied after a long time:
"Why are you asking in such a hurry? Let's wait until you finish the chess holy war." !”
Lei Qi had a puzzled expression on his face for a moment:
“Uh...
"I didn't say there was a rush..."
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