Chapter 395 Sanshuang Cup Seeds
“Lei Qi Jiudan, first of all, thank you for accepting our interview!
“It’s a pity, because two veterans, Ni Jue and Shangguan Sheng, played in these two rounds. Due to their outstanding performance, the Dajing team unfortunately lost in the semi-finals with a total score of 3 to 5 and failed to enter the finals.
“But in terms of personal performance, your performance in the second half of this siege was remarkable. After the regular season, you won seven games and lost two, and in the playoffs, you won all six games. ! Also includes three main games!
"Judging from your recent performance, it seems that you have completely recovered from the ups and downs in the second half of last year, right? ”
At six o'clock in the evening on March 10, Tianyuan Center Building in Qiantang City.
In a corner of the home court of the Qiantang team in the semi-finals of the Wei A playoffs, the head coach of the Dajing team, who had just finished the game, was being interviewed by the media in response to the requirements of the event.
Although Lei Qi is not very young, he has been away from home for many years and participated in many competitions. In addition, he has been deliberately trained by Shang Chaotian. He is still familiar with such interviews.
“Ah, thank you!
“My recent performance is actually not that good...
"Especially in the playoffs, we happened to run into Pengze, Suhu and Qiantang teams. I feel that the three seniors Tang Guansheng, Sun Yi and Xiong Siyi may have been affected by the failure of the Nongshim Cup to a certain extent and their performance was not as good as In the past, I just missed it."
"Ah, Lei Qi 9th Duan is very humble."
Seeing that Lei Qi's answer was not explosive, the reporter was a little reluctant. He also raised some eye-catching questions:
“Many chess fans are now discussing whether, considering your outstanding performance in the Nongshim Cup and your recent good form, you should be released. In the main position, there will be a great opportunity
“After all, you had already won four sets in a row in the second stage, but even so, you played a very high-quality game against the energetic Ryu Se-hyun 9th Dan. Game of chess.
"If you are placed in the leader position and the situation is reversed, many chess fans think you may not be able to defeat Liu Shixian 9th Dan."
Hearing such a slightly sensitive question, Lei Qi blinked and said calmly. :
“I think some chess fans think too highly of me...
“First of all, I took the initiative to apply to play as a vanguard. Coach Jiao and other teammates just respected my opinion. That’s all.
“Besides, I don’t think my state in the last game of the second stage was affected by the previous consecutive battles.
"That game of chess... I really pushed myself to the limit. I haven't played a chess game of higher quality recently than that game, but it's just that Liu Jiuduan's skills are superior.
"Liu Shixian, 9th Dan and I and Rui...uh..."
After subconsciously spitting out half of his name, Lei Qi realized that something was wrong and stopped himself. He understood that if he said "there is still a gap between him and Rui Zhao" now, he didn't know what kind of messy speculations and gossips would be stirred up, so he decisively changed his words and said:
"... Just get back together with Liu Jiuduan. If there is a gap, we need to continue to work hard to catch up. ”
"Rui?"
Hearing that Lei Qi seemed to be planning to add another person's name after Liu Shixian just now, the reporter's professional instinct suddenly kicked in.
"Lei Jiuduan, you just said 'Rui'... did you mean Lin Ruixin, Lin Chess Sage?
"Call me by name...I didn't expect the relationship between you two to be better than I thought. ! "
"...No, I just said it too quickly. ”
Lei Qi had a straight face, without any smile.
Isn’t Lin Ruixin also very talented?
How can a monster like Rui Zhao be difficult to deal with!
…
…
"Brother Tian, you mean..." Lei Qi is still competing with Rui Zhao? ! ”
On the evening of the same day, the Chinese Go Association.
Lu Wenjie was a little surprised when he heard what Shang Chaotian just explained.
Just now, the two of them were working overtime. , happened to be watching today's semi-finals and related reports together, and at the same time heard Lei Qi's slightly abrupt "Rui"
And Lu Wenjie, who knew the inside story, naturally knew that Lei Qi must be referring to Rui Zhao!
So he was quite worried and couldn't help but ask Shang Chaotian about the conversation between the two after he left that day.
Shang Chaotian smiled and motioned to his deputy to stay calm:
“The competition is competition, but...there is no need to worry about Xiao Lei.
“ Over the past six months, he has experienced a lot, and he has grown somewhat!
"So, we apologized to each other that day, and he also took the initiative to ask me if I would like to recognize him as a student. This matter is finally over!" "This... is naturally the best."
Lu Wenjie nodded slightly, but his brows did not loosen at all:
“But in this case, why does he still compare with Rui Zhao?”
Shang Chaotian explained slowly ：
"This... I also talked with him, mainly on two points.
"The first and most direct thing: he still can't use flow. And he also admitted that he still cared a little about Rui Zhao.
"So, he thought that if he could prove that he was better than Rui Zhao, this small hurdle in his heart might be solved.
"And secondly..."
Speaking of this, Shang Chaotian couldn’t help but smile again:
"...He said that he has never encountered such a difficult opponent since he was a child.
"Like Chu Jun, although he is also very good, for Xiao Lei, he is still not that interesting.
"With Rui Zhao as a contrast, he feels a little more determined and motivated."
"That's it..."
Lu Wenjie smacked the taste, Then expressed his approval:
"If this is the case, it will probably be a good thing for Xiao Lei..."
"I think so too, so I encouraged him a few more words and didn't advise him anything else."
>"No wonder Xiao Lei almost said Rui Zhao's name today!"
Lu Wenjie smiled and shook his head:
"However, there will be an air battle in the middle of this month. There are three cool cups at the end of the month
"If Rui Zhao gets good results in the air-fanning battle, I'm afraid the pressure will be on Xiao Lei again by the end of the month!"
"I'll give it to you if you can!
"I But if he can't bear the pressure to become the leader of the next generation, then how can he do it! "
Shang Chaotian, who was in a good mood recently, was joking. Suddenly he seemed to think of something and asked casually:
"...Hey, that's right, Wen Jie.
"Today's noon should be the deadline for the redemption of seed quotas for the Sanshuang Cup and the registration for the qualifiers. I won't ask about the qualifier list for now. Have the two seed players been confirmed?"
The Sanshuang Cup as South Korea The old World Series sponsored by Sanshuang Group has relatively fixed quota allocation rules in recent years:
13 seeds: 4 from the last four semi-finals, 1 wild card (usually given to European and American players), China 2 people from mainland China, 4 people from South Korea, and 2 people from Japan. These 13 people have all passed the non-selection method, which is generally determined by the official Go management agencies of various countries in accordance with their own rules and regulations.
There are 19 people in the selection: 9 people from South Korea (8 men, 1 woman), 7 people from mainland China, 1 person from Taiwan Strait Province, and 2 people from Japan.
For the Chinese mainland, Lei Qi and Tang Guansheng were the last champion and the semi-finals respectively, and entered this competition directly. The 7 selection places will be held in the selection competition naturally, while the 2 seeds will still be redeemed through [International Competition Points].
"It's confirmed. Except for Xiao Lei and Tang Guansheng, everyone else who has enough points has applied for redemption...
"Wait, everyone has applied for redemption? "
Hearing this, Shang Chaotian immediately expressed doubts:
"Ni Jue also applied? "
Shang Chaotian asked the meaning of this, originally to remind the deputy: It is impossible for Ni Jue to apply, right?
Because of the special way of playing the Chinese celebrity Tianyuan, the World Series with a lot of rounds is very unfriendly to him.
So, even though he has accumulated a lot of international competition points in the past two years for defending the two major titles of [Celebrity] and [Tian Yuan], he feels that he should try not to take up precious seed spots with this method. , I always only place pre-selections and never exchange seeds - this has basically become a routine.
Unexpectedly, Lu Wenjie straightened his expression after hearing this and said:
“Brother Tian, I just wanted to report this to you...
“Not this time. Somehow, Ni Jue also applied.
"Because his points have not been used, except for Xiao Lei and Ji Qiufu, he is the only one with more points. And Xiao Lei was directly selected as the last champion, so...
"This time Ni Jue will be the Our seed status allows us to compete in the Sanshuang Cup! ”
(End of this chapter)