"Here...Lin Ruixin didn't see this hand crossing!"
At 11:20 am on the same day, at Ni Jue's home in Qiantang City, China.
The celebrity Tian Yuan, who was watching the battle with his master Lian Mai, heard the sigh from the opponent Li Wangyuan.
"...Although it is indeed a bit difficult here, I always feel that if he were in his prime, he would definitely be able to make this choice after passing the long examination!"
Ni Jue himself I know what the master is feeling - the 60th move played by Takuya Ichijo just now was too tough, giving Black an excellent opportunity to take advantage.
Subsequent black chess rushes and white chess sticks are inevitable.
At this time, as long as black can make a masterful move, it will establish the board advantage in one fell swoop.
But after a long test of ten minutes, Lin Ruixin finally chose to give in and decided to eat and sleep with white's two pieces. The situation became white's slight advantage again.
“Actually, I feel the same way.”
After two seconds of silence, Ni Jue still expressed his feelings:
"But... in the final analysis, he is no longer at his peak."
"Perhaps individual games can bring out the feeling of the peak, but it is too difficult to maintain it all the time.
“Otherwise, he would not have missed the opportunity to play chess and let Takuya Ichijo pick up one.”
Li Wangyuan couldn’t help but asked in confusion:
“But Didn’t everyone say recently that he had a second youth and performed well in all aspects of the game? ”
Ni Jue shook his head and then explained:
“Objectively speaking: judging from his age, he does have a chance to rejuvenate.
“You can judge from his Sanshuang Cup preliminaries. It’s only been more than four months since the defeat. In this little time, I want to regain my second spring... I’m afraid it’s still a bit cold!
“It is actually not an easy thing for people to recover after losing their sense of chess and game state.
“Take me for example, although I feel that I have lost my ability to compete in these years. I don’t put enough thought into it, but doing research is still playing Go.
"But even so, if I want to kill Ryu Shi-hyun head-on in the third stage of the competition early next year, I have to recover a full year in advance, for fear that my hand will suddenly develop.
"Go is a thing. , it is too pure, it pays too much attention to accumulation and persistence, and it is almost impossible to do anything fake.
"Lin Ruixin has been able to reach this point by holding the Buddha's feet for four months. In fact, I already admire his talent very much."
"...That makes sense."< br>
After hearing these words, Li Wangyuan hesitated for a while and then expressed his agreement:
"In his current state, it shouldn't be a big problem to win against Little Rabbit.
"But to say that he can beat Master Liu in three sets in the final...that is indeed a bit of a pipe dream.
"That's it...
"Our three consecutive Yingyi Cup wins...that's the end of it! ”
Hearing the slightly complicated tone of Master’s last words, Ni Jue couldn’t help but feel her heart sink.
The Yingyi Cup, the premier competition in the world of Go, not only has high standards and generous prizes, but also has profound historical significance as the earliest world competition held. It is no exaggeration to say that he is a living fossil in the history of world Go.
At the beginning, the reason why the patriotic entrepreneur Mr. Ying Changqi held the Yingyi Cup was not only to enhance international Go exchanges and enhance the international influence of the Go project, but also to take the opportunity to prove that Chinese Go is no longer inferior to Japan. meaning.
What I never expected was that the old overlord Japan gradually declined, but the new leader in the world chess world was not China.
Under the leadership of masters Moon Bo-hyun and Choi Myung-ho, South Korean Go gradually took over the scepter of Japan in the 1990s and became the new overlord.
The "Four Heavenly Kings" even won the championship of the first four Yingyi Cups one by one. Mr. Ying Changqi was unable to see the Chinese win the Yingyi Cup until his death in 1997. The long-cherished wish of Yi Cup.
Finally, after a whole generation of Chinese Go players worked hard and tried hard, the situation began to change after the new millennium.
With the continuous improvement of economic level and attention, the overall level of Chinese Go is also rising steadily. In 2004, a generation of Chinese chess master Shang Chaotian defeated powerful enemies all the way and won the Yingyi Cup for China for the first time, finally fulfilling Mr. Ying Changqi's last wish!
After the game, the descendants of the Ying family immediately rushed to Mr. Ying Changqi’s mausoleum to burn the game records to comfort his soul in heaven - it can be said that "China finally has a cup day, family sacrifices" Never forget to tell Nai Weng.”
This Yingyi Cup victory also marks the gradual rise of Chinese Go and its ability to shake South Korea's dominance.
From 2004 to 2011, in the fifth and sixth Yingyi Cup, China and South Korea each won one and competed against each other. This is a direct reflection of the rivalry between the two countries at this stage.
After 2012, as China's "post-90s" generation with extremely rich talent reserves gradually entered the stage of history, China's Go broke out with its thickness advantage and began to completely overwhelm South Korea!
The situation of the Nongshim Cup and other world championships need not be said much. The reflection in the Yingyi Cup is that Chinese chess players Lang Haishen, Du Weichen and Dai Ran won the Yingyi Cup for three consecutive years. No matter how hard Lee Jung-yeon, the leader of South Korea's generation, worked so hard, in the end he could only swallow the bitter fruit of three consecutive defeats.
However, since Lin Ruixin's condition declined in 2021 and the young master of the Liu family became the world's number one, the situation has reversed again.
In the Nongshim Cup, South Korea won four consecutive championships in one fell swoop.
At the World Championships, South Korea regained the upper hand for the most time since 2011.
And the Yingyi Cup, which has been controlled for twelve years, is now very likely to be handed over to someone else. This inevitably makes Li Wangyuan, a veteran player who has experienced the trough period of Chinese Go, feel a little complicated.
"...It's okay, teacher."
After making more determination in his heart, Ni Jue took over the conversation in a relaxed tone and said:
"They took If they get our Yingyi Cup, then we will snatch the Nongxin Cup from their hands! We should reciprocate!" Li Wangyuan was silent for two seconds, and then said with a helpless smile:
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"...I won't stop you, but you should pay attention to your health and don't fight too hard.
"You used to have the habit of occasionally getting dizzy after practicing chess for too long, have you not done that before? "
"Hi! This happened so many years ago, Master! "
Ni Jue subconsciously squinted his eyes and quickly answered:
"My conditions were average when I was a child, so I probably had a little lack of blood sugar. After the conditions got better later, this problem never happened again!
"Hey, Master, the topic has gone too far. Let's watch chess first!"
"Well, okay."
The master and apprentice returned their attention to the chessboard.
While the two were talking just now, both sides made a few more moves on the chessboard, and the focus on the board became the handling of the white dragon on the lower left.
Now it is the turn of black chess player Lin Ruixin to play. AI recommends black chess to dig out white chess and seek combat. It is still a two-point situation on the board.
"This chess move... Lin Ruixin should be able to play it, right?"
Ni Jue directly commented:
"Otherwise, with the white chess and the tiger, the whole dragon will no longer have to worry about the white chess piece. There is no solitary chess in the overall situation.
“On the other hand, Black’s big dragon on the right is unsettled, and the left side also shows weakness, making it difficult to play at once. "
"You are right. ”
Li Wangyuan agreed:
“It’s just that this hand of raw digging looks a bit stiff, it looks like Rui Zhao’s chess, which may not be so easy to think of...”
“Be tough when you should be tough! "
Ni Jue smiled and said:
"I guess if the junior sister practiced chess diligently and had a good sense of chess, she would just dig it without even thinking about it! br>
"Although Lin Ruixin, who has been lazy for a long time, will naturally be counted, but since he is taking the long-term exam here, I guess it is not a problem for him to make this move...
"...Question...? "
But before the celebrity Tianyuan finished speaking, his words had already changed tone.
Because Lin Ruixin had just made his move at this time - he actually chose to retreat!
"... retreat? ! ! ! ”
Li Wangyuan exclaimed directly in Lian Mai:
“This, this, this, this…
“What is Lin Ruixin doing?
"Isn't retreating here just to play with White's chess? Isn't it too comfortable to play White's chess?"
"Yes!"
Ni Jue's voice was also full of shock:
"I feel... this should be the worst move among all choices!"
At this time, the AI calculated for ten seconds I also gave my own evaluation.
Black's move lost 40% of the winning rate and seven goals, and was evaluated as a "bad move" by the AI without hesitation.
For a while, even Ni Jue, who had always been unfavorable to Master Lin, felt a little overwhelmed.
This, this, this...
I originally thought that Lin Ruixin, the great chess master, might only be able to win the runner-up, but now...
Isn't it possible that Lin Ruixin can't make it to the finals? !
Hey, hey, hey...
You know, since the new century, there must be Chinese people in every Yingyi Cup final.
It has been almost thirty years since the last Yingyi Cup final without Chinese people! !
Ni Jue couldn't help but take a breath, and after a while he regained his composure, and hurriedly comforted Li Wangyuan on the other side of Lian Mai:
"Well, master, don't panic! It is common for the Japanese chess handboard to suddenly lose power occasionally!
“There is still a long way to go, and the disadvantage of Bamu chess is that it cannot be caught up! ”
But...
The direction of the chess game this time was slightly different from Ni Jue's expectation.
In the subsequent chess games, the Japanese chess master showed amazing stability and willpower.
In the face of Lin Ruixin's constant counterattacks, Yitiao Tuozai advanced and retreated in a measured manner. He took the long test when he needed to do it, and simplified when he needed to simplify. There was no problem in the overall situation, and he maintained his lead all the way.
At the 200th move, Lin Ruixin had no choice but to make a bet, seeing that there was no hope of success. For a moment...
Public opinion was in an uproar. (End of chapter)