Chapter 261 Pioneer Captain
“Why did Lin Ruixin roll over again?!”
September 28, 7:50 pm.
Dajing City, Chinese Go Association.
When Shang Chaotian saw the results of the LIG Cup qualifiers reported by Lu Wenjie, the expression on his face was really unnatural.
LIG is a 24-player World Series, with 12 seeded players and 12 unseeded players.
Among the 12 seeded players, the last champion and runner-up (Ryu Se-hyun, Kim Woo-eun) are automatically selected. In addition, 4 from South Korea, 2 from China, 2 from Japan, 1 from Taiwan, China, and 1 wild card from the organizer .
There are 12 non-seeded places: 7 from South Korea, 4 from China, and 1 from Japan.
Seed players other than the champion and runner-up are generally designated by the official Go organizations in each region.
For China Mainland, the seed quota for the World Series has always been redeemed by players using [International Competition Points].
[International Competition Points] is an internal system of the Chinese Go Association. These points can only be obtained by achieving corresponding results in various domestic and foreign competitions.
For example, the World Series champion gets 365 points, and the runner-up gets 180 points. [Chess Master] has 150 points, and the other four unrestricted titles have 90 points each, and so on.
If you want to get a seed spot in every World Series, you need to redeem your points. To become a World Series seed with a size of 33-64 people, you need to pay 90 points, and to become a seed with a size of 24-32 people, you need to pay 60 points, highlighting the fairness, justice and openness.
China only has two seeds in this LIG Cup. Although Lin Ruixin just recently defended the title of [Chess Master] and has enough [International Competition Points], China's internal exchange order has always been based on points.
The amount of [international competition points] Lin Ruixin has is not as good as that of Dai Ran and Lei Qi, who have won world championships in the past year. When Dai and Lei both chose to redeem their LIG seed quota, Master Lin had no choice but to go through the pre-selection honestly, and then...
Then it overturned!
In the last round of LIG Cup trials held that day, Lin Ruixin lost to Lang Haishen and missed the ticket to this world competition.
Although Lin Daqi Sage has many problems, many of his performances are also disliked by Shang Chaotian, and he is even extremely disgusted - such as what happened in the Qi Holy War.
But for this Chinese Go leader in recent years, Shang Chaotian still hopes that he, who is still in his golden age, can recover as soon as possible and achieve greater success in international competitions.
But now it seems... we have to wait again!
Shang Chaotian shook his head and continued reading.
China’s final roster for the LIG Cup to be held in South Korea in mid-November is:
Seeded players: Dai Ran, Lei Qi;
Selected player: Sun Yi , Zhu Yuanjun, Ji Qiufuan, Lang Haishen.
Looking at this lineup, Shang Chaotian frowned slightly and sighed.
Lu Wenjie on the side saw this and asked:
"What's wrong, Brother Tian? Are you not satisfied with the lineup?"
"Not...hey, that's right!"
Shang Chaotian After hesitating for a while, he finally told the truth.
“Although they used to look like elite soldiers and generals, when I think about South Korea playing at home and Master Liu, I have a headache.
"Originally, if there was no such thing as the chess holy war, I could have looked forward to playing Xiao Lei. But now... I can only hope that Dai Gong will not burn the GPU this time."
The reason why Shang Chaotian said this, This is because everyone knows that the number one player today can be called a hexagonal warrior, with almost no shortcomings, and is especially good at finishing the second half of the game and judging the situation.
If you want to win against him, you basically have to drag him into a chaotic battle. Only by relying on the uncertainty of the chaotic battle and pointing out that Master Xiaoliu makes mistakes occasionally can you succeed.
In the past two or three years, the only ones who dare to say that they can really handle Liu Shixian head-on without relying on random battles and rely solely on internal strength to avoid falling behind are Dai Gong who is in good condition.
And this time the Chinese team’s lineup for the LIG Cup did not have any strong players at all. Therefore, Shang Chaotian can only point to Dai Gong to perform well.
Hearing this, Lu Wenjie comforted:
“There is still hope!
“After all, in this 24-person competition, Dai Gong is the seed player and will directly enter the second round. As long as he wins four rounds, he will be Winning the championship is good news for him who never has enough energy.
“The only thing I’m worried about is whether he will give priority to the Nongshim Cup, which will affect the status of the LIG Cup...
“This guy has always been addicted to the Nongshim Cup. , and the second stage of the LIG Cup and the Nongshim Cup are very close..."
Shang Chaotian nodded slightly:
"I'll look back and talk to him depending on the situation...Hey, by the way, Wenjie, is it almost time?"
Lu Wenjie glanced at the time on his phone:
"Well, it's almost the same. Then I'll go back to the office and connect."
"Hey! This meeting isn't too formal, so let's just sit here and have it together!"
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"Then... okay!"
Lu Wenjie then moved a chair and sat next to Shang Chaotian, while Shang Chaotian entered the online conference room that had been reserved and waited for the other participants to enter.
As the time gradually approached the agreed eight o'clock, five participants appeared in the online conference room one after another:
Dai Ran, Lei Qi, Xiong Siyi, Sun Yi , Tang Guansheng.
Yes.
Today’s short meeting is about the Nongshim Cup.
Seeing that everyone was here, Shang Chaotian didn’t waste much time.
After confirming that everyone could communicate well, he started talking directly:
“Ah, I’m sorry, everyone, some of you just finished the final round of LIG Cup pre-selection today. As a result, I invited you to a meeting in the evening. "But after all, we have a holiday tomorrow, and I thought that besides practicing chess, you might also have plans with your family and friends, so it would be more appropriate to hold the meeting today.
"Today's topic is also very simple. It is mainly to confirm the selection of the captain this time and the arrangements for the first stage of the Nongshim Cup after the National Day holiday.
"First of all, the selection of the captain...
"The intention of the association is to let Lei Qi take charge. Do you have any opinions..."
"No! I think Xiao Lei is very good!"
Before Chaotian finished speaking, , a certain silly Heitian was the first to express his stance.
This was followed by Dai Ran's dull voice: "Okay."
"Just Xiaolei! Others are not suitable either!" Brother Hen was also very happy.
"I don't have any objections. You can't let me be unreliable..."
Although Yixian was often unreliable in the world, he is relatively reliable. The point is that he still knows that he is unreliable.
Hmm...
Although the selected ones this time are all weird, they still understand the truth...
Shang Chaotian nodded slightly.
The position of captain of the Nongshim Cup has been held by Lin Ruixin in the past few years.
On the one hand, Great Chess Master Lin is the number one player in the country, and he is very arrogant. He will most likely have objections if he is not allowed to be the captain.
On the other hand, Lin Ruixin is very good at manipulating people's mentality, and the coordination and control of off-game matters are completely online, so the chess association does not choose him.
This time Lin Ruixin withdrew from the selection. After the Nongshim Cup roster came out, Shang Chaotian originally planned to let Lei Qi serve as captain.
On the one hand, Xiao Lei is already suitable in terms of chess skills and personality.
On the other hand... the other people selected this time are really more unreliable than the last.
One is a monkey, one is stupid, one is autistic, and another one is reckless!
Shang Chaotian wouldn’t even know how to choose Xiao Lei!
However, the aftermath of the Chess Holy War has delayed the decision of captain until now.
After much consideration, Shang Chaotian decided to let Lei Qi be the captain.
Firstly, it is not appropriate to choose anyone else, and secondly, after the crisis, both public and private parties need to show their full trust in this "future number one".
The only thing he is a little worried about is that because Lei Qi is obviously not in good condition recently and he is young, other team members will have objections.
But now it seems...
It’s good to be simple-minded!
If someone has a character similar to Lin Ruixin's, I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble!
"...then, Lei Qi, do you have any objections?"
"I obey the association's arrangements."
The young man's answer was very concise, and I heard it from his words. No emotional fluctuations.
"Okay, that's it, it's decided."
Shang Chaotian said directly.
“Next, we need to confirm who will go to Japan in the first stage.”
Although the Nongshim Cup competition is a team competition, because they compete on stage one by one, So it is not actually necessary for the entire team to be present.
Especially since the four games in the first stage are from the 17th to the 20th, and the Domestic Changqi Cup will start on the 23rd, for the players who do not need to play in the first stage, such a torment will undoubtedly Very affecting energy.
"...Lei Qi, as the captain, please give me your opinion first!"
Lu Wenjie followed Shang Chaotian's words and asked.
After all, other team members don’t have to go, but as the captain, Lei Qi usually has to go to the scene even if he doesn’t play in the first stage.
“Yeah.”
The boy pursed his lower lip, thought briefly for two seconds and then gave the answer:
"I think...it's best for me to be alone for the time being.
"I'll fight for it and try not to trouble everyone! ”
(End of this chapter)