Chapter 298 Winning Streak and End
“That...I give up.”
November 23, 6:10 pm.
South Korea, Kyoto Road, Konji Resort.
In a round of 16 match of this LIG Cup, the last runner-up Kim Woo-eun, 9th dan, seeing no hope of comeback, threw money at the 34-year-old former No. 1 player in Japan in broken Japanese, announcing that she This LIG Cup journey ends here.
But to be honest, although it is not a happy thing to have a bye in the first round and be eliminated in the second round, the Ice Queen is also mentally prepared for this.
In last year’s LIG Cup, she was able to reach the finals all the way because of the right time and place. It can be said that she was not completely sure of every game on the way to the finals - even the quarter-finals and semi-finals. Looking at the final before the game, it looked like a big headwind!
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Queen was eliminated in the second round this year against Hiroaki Shindo.
“Thanks for the advice, Kim Kudan.”
Hiroaki Shindo replied politely in Korean:
"Would you like to review the test together?"
Jin Youen smiled politely. She knew that in his early years, Jindo wanted to learn from masters in China and South Korea, and he could speak both Chinese and South Korean decently, so she answered in South Korean. Said:
“Let’s do this next time. I still have things to prepare for the arena competition.”
“Ah! Indeed! The second stage will start soon... ”
Throne of Japan sighed with emotion:
"But... Jin Jiudan doesn't need to appear in the second stage, right?"
It is indeed as Shindo said, even if the South Korean chess player failed to win a game in the second stage of the Lakeside Cup, he and the young master of the Liu family are both strong generals. The Ice Queen will only appear in the first game of the third stage.
Unexpectedly, Jin Youen shook his head and asked naturally:
"You don't need to appear in the second stage of Jindou 9th Dan, don't you worry about your own team?"< br>
Shindo Hiroaki couldn’t help but smile bitterly:
"Ah...
"If you want to put it like that...it's quite understandable!
“Speaking of which, Lei Qi, the pioneer of the Huaxia team in this year’s Nongshim Cup, is really a headache!
“It doesn’t matter if he beat the top two chess players in our country, the opening I still managed to overturn Xu Xiangheng's 9th-dan match despite being hit by a knife, which was really eye-opening for me! "
"Lei Qi...are you okay! After all, I believe you will be prepared when he takes the Sanshuang Cup.
"On the other hand, Rui Zhao who suddenly appeared on the lakeside cup... is really a headache!"
The queen sighed softly:
"Maybe you don't pay much attention to women from China. Competition, but in the recent Dongjiang Jianqiao Cup Women's Go Championship in China, this Rui Zhao..."
"...beat Jia Feiquan's six dans and Wen Xuefei's six dans all the way, and finally reached the semi-finals Lost to Zou Yang 8th Dan."
Shindo Hiroaki answered with understanding.
Jin Youen was startled, and his tone immediately changed: "Are you also paying so much attention to her?!"
Hiroaki Shindo shook his head helplessly:
"It's okay not to know! She is here We are so popular in China! Any new achievements in China are followed up and reported! "This time I, Ichijo, and Ueno came to participate in the LIG Cup, and no domestic media sent anyone to come.
“But I heard that there will be a lot of reporters covering the arena competition next week!”
"That's it..."
Jin Youen thought thoughtfully:
"But... your country's media is not worried that this Go star will be in front of all these cameras. In the first Will your women’s team be eliminated in the second stage?”
“All... eliminated?”
In response to Jin Youen’s slightly exaggerated statement, Shindo Hiroaki couldn’t help but look up at the opponent. Look.
However, the Ice Queen answered very calmly:
“...This is completely possible.
“If you have watched her recent games, you will know... Rui Zhao’s stability is really amazing. Got it!
“To beat her these days, one must either be a middle or high-level male chess player above 5th dan, or one has to be Zou Yang 8th dan or Liu Yuhong 8th dan - ah, but the little witch has never been able to compete with her. It's enough to win head-on, but if we really have to face her... I'm optimistic about Rui Zhao.
"And even if Zou Yang and Liu Yuhong want to defeat her, it won't be easy. In the last two games of chess, I saw that they both played very seriously. ”
"So, it is entirely possible for Rui Zhao to clear out your country's women's team with one shot...
"And to be honest, being eliminated from the arena competition by swallowing an egg...this kind of thing is not pleasant. "Hearing this, Shindo Hiroaki suddenly understood why Kim Woo-eun said this - because the Ice Queen had experienced such a tragedy in her early years!
In the 2012 Three Kingdoms Women's Arena, the young Queen at that time had just When she first emerged, she competed as a South Korean pioneer in her first group competition. Unfortunately, she was still nervous at the time and unfortunately lost the first battle.
Then... that group competition entered Wang Haocheng's performance time. .
In the second game, Wang Haocheng, the Chinese pioneer, showed an astonishing performance in that tournament. A shocking eight-game winning streak eliminated four players from the Japanese team and the South Korean team.
——This also includes Lee Ji-young 9th Dan, the South Korean leader and five-time women’s world champion.
At this point, the South Korean team failed to win a single round in that tournament and was eliminated.
And that was also the only group match in the history of South Korean Go in which no victory was achieved, so the queen remembers it deeply.
What Jin Youen didn't expect was that the Japanese throne smiled even more at this time.
"Oh my god...Jin Jiudan, don't look so serious!"
"You are so serious. How should a loser like me, who has experienced two ring matches without winning a single round, face life?" ! "
"Ah..."
Jin Youen reacted suddenly when he heard this. If you want to say that you can't win a round in the arena... then there is really no one more experienced than Hiroaki Shindo!< br>
Although the former No. 1 player in Japan has maintained excellent condition throughout his career, maintaining good condition may not always be a good thing...
Because of his outstanding ability, he has been participating in the Nongshim Cup since the twelfth one. Counting this one, he has participated in fourteen consecutive ones without losing any of them.
But because of this, he twice tasted the bitter consequences of the team not winning a game in the 13th and 19th Nongshim Cup - yes, the current level of Japanese men's Go is only So high.
So why Hiroaki Shindo the year before last and Takuya Ichijo this year took the initiative to attack in advance when they had the opportunity to make some small breakthroughs? It is also because for Japanese men's Go, it is good to earn some face, but also What a bicycle!
Jin Youen complained about this in front of him...it was really a trick!
“…Sorry, Shindou 9th Dan!
"I... really didn't mean it!"
The queen looked apologetic, and it was clear that she really didn't mean it.
"It's okay, it's okay! I'm used to being a punching bag over the years anyway!"
The thirty-four-year-old 26th Honinbo Hiromitsu was also very magnanimous, waving his hands in a relaxed manner. :
“…And, I don’t think our women’s team will have their heads shaved.
"Don't forget, Jin Jiudan, who ended Wang Haocheng's eight-game winning streak in the end."
…
…
"Hey, hey...
"What do you mean by 'I was able to end Wang Haocheng's winning streak back then and I will definitely be able to stop Rui Zhao this time'..."
November 29, 10:20 am.
Japan, Dongdu International Airport.
Although she knew that her two teammates were just being polite, Honinbo, the Japanese girl who was the eldest sister in the team, was really not very happy.
"Haruna-chan, Asa-chan! Cheer up!
"I am already thirty-one years old! My body is old and my bones are old!
"If possible... I still want to wait until the third stage before playing!
"I don't want to be like what happened more than ten years ago, when I came out and found that there was a Chinese Pioneer with seven or eight consecutive victories standing in front of me! "
Sho Kura Haruna 6th Dan and Sanada Asa 5th Dan, who were about to board the plane, looked at each other and expressed their determination:
"Sister Aoi, don't worry! "
"Since you said so, we will definitely go all out! ”
"Then...please!"
Xia Chuankui said with a smile:
"If possible, I don't want Rei-chan to be defeated in shame along with us in her first arena match. .
"After all, even the Ice Queen...
"This matter has been remembered for more than ten years."
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