On the evening of May 14, a corner of the cafe in the Zhujin Guest House.
The Pohu team, which just finished today’s game, gave a brief post-match summary.
In the first round, the Pohu team had mixed feelings.
The good news is: in the most critical battle between the main commanders, Rui Zhao won!
The bad news is: today Channel 2’s Rei Uesaka and Channel 3’s Lu Shijia both lost!
Yes. Facing the Dongjiang team, which was strong and balanced in all three stages, Kogamisaka and Sister Lu were defeated by one move.
"Yes, I'm sorry, I couldn't win..."
Uesaka Rei, who lost in the league for the first time, apologized to the team apologetically.
She knew the Pohu team’s intention to compete for the championship this year long ago. Facing one of its direct competitors, the Dongjiang women’s team, she lost by 2 to 2.5 points. After all, she was competing for the championship. Cast a shadow.
After hearing the Chinese translation given by Assistant Kogamisaka, Rui Zhao immediately stepped forward and said comfortingly:
"Rei-chan! Don't worry!
"At least I won today! And the difference between the other two games is quite small!
"As long as I beat Senior Sister Zou in the next game, then as long as someone between you and Sister Lu can win the next set, then we will have the upper hand in the match against each other!"
Lu Shijia Interjected:
"Yes! Don't worry so much, Ogami Saka, you're making me feel embarrassed!
"The season is still long! Losing one set is nothing!"
However, although the players were cheering each other on at this time, manager and team leader Lai Chen, who felt that the atmosphere in the team was good, nodded, but did not say much. , seeming to be thinking about something.
Although Lu Shijia's words just now were mainly used to comfort Rei Uesaka who lost the chess game, they inadvertently made Lai Chen think deeply.
Eh...
Is the season still long? Losing a game is nothing?
I'm afraid, Dongjiang Team and Suhu Team...
I may not think so...
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[Sister, are you okay? ? 】
[I saw in the news today that you had a high fever and missed the fight. Is it serious? 】
May 15th, one o'clock in the afternoon.
Lei Qi, who was preparing for the first Tongge Cup World Championship at home in Dongjiang City, saw the news pushed by Yi Guona and immediately sent a WeChat greeting to his senior sister.
The news is very short, and the message to be conveyed is also very simple:
In this afternoon’s second round match between Suhu and Chengdu, the head coach of the Suhu women’s team suffered from a high fever. Unable to play, the original second-table chess player Yang Manjing and the third-table chess player Tu Xunsandan, who was poached from the Xidu team that was demoted last year, were raised by one rank accordingly, while the third-chess player was replaced by a substitute player who was determined last year. Duan Yangwan went to battle.
However, this fact in front of him did make Xiaolei Jiudan quite confused.
Because in yesterday's game where Suhu team scored 4.5 points, Liu Yuhong still maintained a very ideal state against Zheng Caixi and won the game very quickly, but why did he have a fever today? !
Lei Qi originally wanted to call her, but when he thought that his senior sister had a fever and might be resting, he only sent her a WeChat message.
But Xiaolei Jiuduan didn't expect at all at this time - Liu Yuhong actually called back right away!
"Hey, senior sister, you..."
Lei Qi took the call and was about to ask about the other person's physical condition, but Queen Mulan got angry and started talking about the business first:
"Hey! Xiao Lei, why are you worried? ! There's nothing wrong with me!"
"Ah?"
Hearing this, Lei Qi was stunned:
"Then why don't you fight? Ah!”
"Grow your energy and collect taxes to deal with Rui Zhao tomorrow!"
Liu Yuhong's answer can be said to be righteous.
"Deal with Rui Zhao?"
Comrade Xiao Lei's big eyes were full of doubts, and the same was true in his tone.
“Hey, so you, who have never been driven away by this little girl, have no idea how much headache I have when I see her now!”
Liu Yuhong noticed Lei Qi's confusion, sighed and began to explain in detail:
"Maybe you haven't seen the chess game she played with Zou Yang yesterday, but her 65th move Chess..."
But before Queen Liu could finish her words, Lei Qi replied almost instantly:
"Well, that move was too unreasonable
"I. It felt like Sister Zouyang was also confused when she saw this move, but she played such an unreasonable move. Sister Zouyang still couldn't do anything to her - there was already a considerable gap between the two in handling the chaos in the middle game. ”
But this time it was Liu Yuhong’s turn to be a bit incompetent!
"Uh...Xiao Lei, did you...see her chess game?
"Hey, hey! Don’t you basically not watch women’s games?
“Even the two times I won the Women’s World Championship, and the time I won the title of [Queen] from the little sheep, you didn’t even look at it!
“ Eh...you don't really have a situation with Rui Zhao, do you? ! ”
"Senior sister, what are you talking about!"
Lei Qicao was speechless for a moment:
"I was just watching the battle report yesterday and saw that she beat Sister Zouyang again and was very surprised. I went in to briefly review the game. It’s just a moment!
“Senior sister, don’t be so gossipy! "
"That's it..."
Although Liu Yuhong's tone was still full of suspicion, since his junior brother firmly denied it, it was not easy to ask again, so he brought the topic back:
"Hey! Don't be surprised in the future!< br>
"Now Rui Zhao... I'm afraid it won't be weird to win against Little Sheep and me. "Didn't you just ask me why I pretended to be sick? In fact, the reason is very simple: Rui Zhao's energy in playing chess is amazing! He doesn't seem to be tired at all!
"You want me to play two games in a row. If you fight her to the death on the third day after Tian Slow Chess, you will basically get killed!
“The tragedy of last year’s Bay Area Masters Competition finals is a lesson not far away...”
"Ah..."
After talking about this, Lei Qi finally reacted.
After the Bay Area Masters Competition ended last year, Liu Yuhong complained to his junior brother about the two-day and three-race cattle and horse racing schedule. He really didn’t treat the players as human beings, but Rui Zhao just acted like a normal person!
As a result, in the finals, Queen Mulan, who fought continuously in the finals, failed to see a move clearly and was suppressed to death by the opponent, becoming the first domestic women's champion of the live broadcast queen.
Due to various restrictions, the women's Zhujin Station competition will be held for three rounds in just three days. Generally speaking, most players can maintain their form by playing slow chess for two consecutive days, and will inevitably start to decline on the third day.
But Rui Zhao is obviously an exception.
During the second stage of last year's Lakeside Cup Arena, Rui Zhao didn't feel any fatigue until the last game. If you pointed at her declining condition in three games over three days, you were overthinking it.
But in this case, Liu Yuhong had to guard against it.
"I understand..."
Lei Qi nodded and said:
"But you just give up on today's game?!"
"There is no way! Choose the lesser of two evils!"
Opposite side Queen Mulan also sighed obviously at this time:
"I thought about it for a long time last night. Today our team will play the Chengdu team led by Sister Xue Fei.
"The Rongcheng team has not been strong in the past two years, and the second and third stations are lagging behind. I made some calculations and asked Jingjing to play the lead and Tu Chun to play the second station. There is a high probability that they can win successfully.
" The only thing I'm more worried about is the three tables. The substitute players will definitely not be able to recruit strong players. There is a high probability that Yang Wan will lose 1 point.
"But there is no way. You also know that in the current women's siege system, the main general station is really too important.
"The little sheep lost yesterday to the main general Rui. Zhao, if I lose again tomorrow, the situation will be out of control!
“In the second half of the season, our two teams will have another match against the Pohu team at the end of the season, but now we are all seeing that it is difficult to deal with Rui Zhao. With her rate of improvement, by the end of the year I'm afraid it will be more difficult soon!
"So, if I lose tomorrow, the pressure to compete for the championship will be too great!
"I see something is wrong, do you think I should act cautiously? ”
Hearing this, Lei Qi completely understood what the senior sister meant.
What Liu Yuhong said is true: According to the current women’s siege competition system, the performance of the main stage will have a significant impact on the overall performance of the team. It does have a huge impact.
Not only does the score have the highest weight, but the winning rate of one team is also given priority in the case of the same score. Therefore, the Suhu team and the Dongjiang team with the double team have always taken the lead in the league competition.
Last year, Suhu team Yang Manjing and Wang Haocheng had an outrageous record of 17 wins and one loss respectively. Even so, they failed to win the final championship. The most direct reason was that the Suhu team lost to Dongjiang team twice on stage. , and finally let the Dongjiang team rely on the main winning rate to end the opponent's consecutive championship record.
And this year, as Rui Zhao used extremely tough methods to eat the little sheep alive in the first round, combined with his extremely outrageous ability to continue to improve and his extremely strong suppression and stability of the opponent, once the day after tomorrow happens again If you win against Liu Yuhong, you will most likely win all the games this season!
Zou Yang has already proven this last year, what advantage Tai Quan's victory can bring to the team's championship, not to mention that this year the two teams may have to hold each other back!
Once the records between the two teams are mutually beneficial, the gap between the two teams and the Pohu team will be 6 points, which is equivalent to the point difference between 4 games on the second platform and 6 games on the third platform!
With the Pohu team’s second and third teams not weak at all, this is simply a decisive advantage!
It’s no wonder that just after the game started, Liu Yuhong was in a panic and everything was in panic!
Just when Lei Qi finally understood the situation, Liu Yuhong's somewhat helpless voice continued to come through the phone:
"Okay, no more chatting, I have to prepare at the same time Tomorrow’s game with Rui Zhao
“By the way, don’t tell others about my pretending to be sick! No one on my team told me!
"I want Jing Jing to know that I even avoided the battle for a round in order to win against Rui Zhao. I'm afraid she will have other thoughts in her mind."
"Well..."
Lei Qi nodded in agreement, said goodbye to his senior sister and hung up the phone.
However, although he could understand all the logic behind this matter, Lei Qi, who put down his mobile phone, frowned and for a moment felt that the situation was a bit outrageous.
There are a total of 18 rounds of the Women's Siege League. Why did it start in one game? !
Is this more or less...
Passed?
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On the evening of the same day, the second round of the 2024 Women’s League One ended at the Zhujin Guest House.
In today's match between Chengdu team and Suhu team, Suhu team coach Liu Yuhong was absent due to high fever.
However, for the Chengdu team, which has been struggling on the edge of relegation for a long time in the past two years, even if the opponent lacks a key player, it still failed to achieve the desired results.
Wen Xuefei in the first team lost to Yang Manjing, and the second team also failed to win Tu Chun.
Only in the third game, facing the opponent's substitute player Yang Wan who had not had a chance to play for a long time, the Rongcheng team made a comeback and barely took away 1 point.
On the other side, the Pohu team, which had a bad start in the first round, finally rebounded. Facing the also newly promoted Qilu team, all three members of the Pohu team performed well and scored 4.5 points.
Then...
The time has come, May 16th.
The third and final round of the women’s Weijia Zhujin Station.
The highlight match between Pohu team and Suhu team is about to begin. (End of this chapter)