"...Coach Shan, this is what Ueno 9th Dan means.
"Look, can Ueno 9th Dan take the next one tomorrow? ”
At the same time, in another suite at the Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel in Changchang County.
Shan Gang, the coach of the Dongjiang team in the Weijia League, who was in a pre-game meeting, heard what the interpreter conveyed Meaning, I was stunned for a moment.
Tonight's meeting was to finalize the lineup for tomorrow's first round match with Pohu. Ueno Toruichiro, who did not want to be a foreign aid, suddenly mentioned it through an interpreter. A "small request".
But objectively speaking, in Shan Gang's view, this request is indeed not excessive.
Like previous Sieges, the first two rounds of this year’s Siege will be held at the venue where the opening ceremony was held.
If the opening ceremony is held centrally, there is no such thing as "home and away".
However, the right to select the leader positions and fast chess positions in the regular season of Weijia belongs to the home team. Therefore, although there is no actual home and away statement, from the perspective of the competition, the first two rounds will be held collectively. The games also need to be divided into "home and away games".
Like tomorrow, the Dongjiang team will challenge the Pohu team in a "virtual away game". The main table and the fast chess table will be determined by the opponent.
At noon today, the Pohu team has notified the main team through the referee: as usual, it is the second table held by the home team. As for the fast chess table, the home team selection needs to be officially announced on the spot tomorrow.
In the Dongjiang team's formation, the "prodigal son" Lang Haishen is the unshakable leader, so he will definitely be in charge of the second station tomorrow as usual.
As for the other three teams... Zhuang Zheng, Toraichiro Ueno, and Tong Jing, who will appear tomorrow, are close in strength. There is not much to say about how they will be eliminated.
Now that Ueno has taken the initiative to take charge of Bai's machine, he hopes to gain a small advantage. But considering that someone took the initiative to lower the victory fee to support his team's opening ceremony, there seemed to be no reason to refuse such a small request.
“I think there is nothing wrong with it...
"Haishen, what do you think?"
Shan Gang basically made a decision, but he still asked Xia Lang Haishen for his opinion.
"I have no objection, coach, you have decided."
After Shan Gang nodded, he asked the other two players for their thoughts. Seeing that no one had any objections, he said to Ueno and the translator:
“Ueno 9th Dan, it’s decided!
"The first channel is handed over to you, and I hope you can work hard tomorrow!"
"Arigado Kuosaimas!"
After the translator conveyed Shan Gang's meaning, Ueno said immediately He expressed his gratitude politely, and at the same time he couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
In fact, Lu Wenjie and Du Weichen's guess was correct - this time Ueno Toraichiro did come with the mission of teaching Rui Zhao a lesson from his own chess academy.
After all, what happened in the air-fanning battle was really a slap in the face, and many Japanese Chess Academy was criticized by domestic public opinion because of it. Therefore, the Japanese Chess Academy has been holding back its energy to find a venue, even if it is just for this purpose. He doesn’t hesitate to use his own celebrities!
However, even though Dong Ying Na has already lost face... But if he wants to face Rui Zhao, it has to be said that it depends on luck.
Although I met Rui Zhao once in the second round of the Lily Cup last time in my dream, I have to wait until the next draw, and I don’t know when!
So, seeing that Ueno signed with the Dongjiang team of the Chinese Siege League this time, the Dongying Chess Institute gave its celebrity a task - to go to the Siege Arena to beat up the Zhaotian Queen. The more miserable the better. That kind! For this reason, he even did not hesitate to adjust the schedule of domestic chess matches to give his brain time!
Ueno Toraichiro himself actually has no ill intentions towards Empress Shoten, and even likes to watch her live broadcasts. However, since he has given up on the chess academy talk, as a current celebrity, he has no reason to refuse, so I came here with a mission.
Of course, as mentioned before, although Ueno decided to play against the Pohu team, it is still unknown that he may not be able to face Rui Zhao - because apart from the main position, he is basically the strongest player on both sides. In addition, the ranking of other channels depends on luck, so it is difficult to say whether you will get it or not.
But, it’s not that there is no skill at all...
After seeing the lineups of both sides in the first round, Ueno came to think about it:
This first round matchup , how will the Pohu team, which has a virtual home court, arrange its formation?
As the obviously weaker side, the optimal strategy of the Pohu team is not difficult to guess:
In addition to the duel between the two main players, they will 80% let another relatively strong player in the team Diangu Chuxiong played white on the four platforms, taking advantage of the small advantage of playing white at the beginning under the Chinese rules to win the two and four platforms, and finally won two points through the main victory.
Therefore, Rui Zhao is most likely to be placed in the first or third positions.
Considering that this was Rui Zhao's first time playing in Siege, the attention was unprecedented. For the sake of publicity, the Pohu team has a high probability of placing Rui Zhao on the first channel, which sounds more pleasant, compared to the three channels that have no explanation (but in fact, there is no difference between the first, third and second channels of the men's first round). .
After analyzing the above empathy, Nao Ax felt that it was reasonable and convincing, so he followed this idea and directly expressed his hope to play on one team before the game, and finally got the permission.
Up to now, Ueno feels that he has done his best, and the next step is to "accept fate" tomorrow.
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…The next day, July 6th.
This morning, the 2024 Weijia League, which the entire Chinese chess community and chess fans have been waiting for, officially opened at the Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel in Changchang County, Hucheng City, Zhejiang and Hangzhou Province. .
Because a certain Hanhan player of the Pohu team made a big splash in the Tongge Cup, the opening ceremony of this year's Siege League was an unprecedented event.
Not only the main leaders of Hucheng City and Changchang County came to visit, but the director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism also came to support the event. The CEO of Xiawei Mobile, the main sponsor of the Weijia League, also attended, and the scene was full. There is no need to say more about the media and fans.
For a time, the entire Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel was filled with red flags and huge crowds of people. Shang Chaotian, who boasted that he had seen some scenes, was filled with emotion and almost wiped away tears.
Lu Wenjie, who was standing by, quickly persuaded his boss to go to the bathroom to calm down first, so that he did not lose his temper on the spot.
Of course, in the entire opening ceremony, "Live Broadcast Queen Zhao Tianhou" was undoubtedly the brightest star in the audience.
With Ai Jian'an's careful matching, today Rui Zhao is wearing a printed beige Windsor collared shirt and a black knee-length summer skirt, paired with a bow that looks like cat ears. The whole person looks dignified and bright At the same time, she is still light and beautiful. It can be said that she attracts countless people and audiences wherever she goes.
However, this time the Chess Association was naturally more protective of this "big star". Under Shang Chaotian's instruction, he declined all kinds of messy side activities. In addition to official interviews, Empress Zhaotian did not need to do anything else. Distracted.
However, it was precisely because she received so much attention that the girl did not notice at all the complicated looks that some members of other teams cast at her during the opening ceremony...
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I won’t mention the various speeches and interviews at the opening ceremony in the morning.
After a short break at noon, at 12:40 pm, Hall 118 of Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel.
The first round match between Dongjiang Team and Pohu Team will be held here.
Before the game, as usual, the referee needs to officially announce the specific matchup to both sides.
At this time, Ueno Toraichiro, who was standing in the Dongjiang team's formation, couldn't help but swallow his saliva.
Although he himself has no obsession with beating Rui Zhao, it doesn't matter whether he can get Rui Zhao or not.
However, he is worried that if this task is not completed, the chess academy will find something for him to do, so the Japanese celebrity still hopes to complete it once as much as possible to avoid being left behind.
Soon, the big screen in the hall showed the match between the two sides:
The first channel: [Rui Zhao] vs. [Ueno Toraichiro]
The second channel: [Du Weichen] vs. [ Lang Haishen]
The third channel: [Wei Zhenzhong] vs. [Tong Jingyou]
The fourth channel: [Gu Chuxiong] vs. [Zhuang Zheng]
...yes!
Ueno, who saw the match clearly on the big screen, couldn't help but secretly clenched his fists, secretly admiring his own unrivaled strategy.
What is Japanese Xiao Zhuge!
No way, we who play Go have no other characteristics besides being smart!
This means that he is standing now, otherwise the Japanese celebrity would have to perform a tactical retreat on the spot!
However, just as Ueno was about to open the champagne and enter the field, he suddenly found that the lineup on the big screen seemed to have changed slightly:
As the referee pressed the remote control again, the "second station" of the lineup In front of the three words, the word "lord" surrounded by circles appeared.
——The second station is the main station, which the entire Dongjiang team knows.
But the problem is that at the same time as the word "main" appeared, the word "kuai" also appeared in front of the three words "first station".
......Eh?
The Japanese celebrity, who was originally beaming with joy, now had a slightly frozen smile.
(End of this chapter)