"Liu Jiuduan, congratulations on winning the ninth crown!
"At the same time... I also completed the Grand Slam! "
At the same time, Dongjiang Center, Dongjiang City.
Dongjiang Zhijin Hotel Restaurant, "Touching the Sky Southeast" single room, the third game of this year's Yingyi Cup finals has just ended here.
Ryu Se-hyun, the world's number one player, went through a long and fierce battle, and responded well to the Japanese chess master's continuous winning and losing moves. After the transition, he successfully simplified the situation and determined the victory.
At move 242, Takuya Ichichi surrendered. The young master of the Liu family won the Yingyi Cup for the first time with a total score of 3-0. While winning his ninth personal world championship, he also completed a Grand Slam achievement in one fell swoop, officially ranking among the top three in history in terms of honor accumulation!
“Ah, thank you.”
Regarding this not unexpected result, Liu Shixian responded gently and humbly in Japanese:
“One piece of chess Holy, I played these games very well!”
“What the hell!”
Ichijo smiled helplessly and said politely:
“These three games... I really feel like I have no power to fight back.”
Hearing this, Master Liu folded his arms briskly a few times. He seemed to think about it for a moment, and finally said:
"Ichijo Chess, please allow me to say a few words... some arrogant words.
"For this Yingyi Cup, I showed the same attitude towards the Nongshim Cup, and even gave up some domestic competitions to adjust my state.
"So, now I...should still have a bit of a stake!
"But I don't think it's easy to win these three games.
"Sure enough, when the retention time is long, you Japanese chess players generally perform much better."
For Liu Shixian's words, the Japanese chess master was also a little surprised and stunned. It took several seconds before he finally came back to his senses:
“Ah...thank you...
"After all, our domestic title battles generally take a long time."
"It's understandable."
Liu Shixian nodded:
"To be honest, originally this time I was really looking forward to the chess master Lin Ruixin entering the final - I was even a little disappointed when I saw him eliminated.
"But now it seems... it is still a very good final.
"I look forward to meeting you again at the Miaojia Bailing Cup in October or the Dream Lily Cup finals next year!"
After these three games of the finals, Master Liu sincerely expressed his sincere gratitude to Ichijo Takuya wish.
As for the reason why he won these two competitions alone, Ichijo Takuya certainly knows the reason.
There are several world championships that are still being held regularly today. Except for the Yingyi Cup, which has to wait for another four years, only the Miaojia Bailing Cup and Mengli Lily Cup finals took the longest. "Three hours, one minute" time.
“We must be able to advance to the finals!”
Ichijo Takuya was quite emotional:
"To be honest, being able to reach the Yingyi Cup finals this time...actually still has a lot of luck. Apart from the chess master Lin Ruixin, I haven't met anyone else along the way. A nine-dan chess player.
“I still know very well that even if I only make it to the top eight, I’m afraid I still need a certain amount of luck. And to reach the finals again... I don't know what the year of the monkey is, and the month of the horse.
“However, recently I have finally understood: Go must still focus on itself, and results will come naturally.
“In short, I will definitely continue to work tirelessly on Go. As for the finals ……
"It depends on fate!"
Master Liu nodded slightly:
"The chess master thought very clearly."
"Ah, I am ashamed, actually until recently I just thought about it clearly - I'm already twenty-seven years old, it's a bit late."
Ichijo scratched his head a little embarrassed.
In front of the always calm-tempered Master Liu, the older man looked like the younger one.
"Chess master, you are humble, it's not too late!"
Master Liu replied half politely and half seriously:
"You know...
“Some people don’t realize this at all until they are this age. ”
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“Ryu Se-hyun 9th Dan, congratulations on winning the Yingyi Cup and completing the Grand Slam at the same time!” Half an hour later, in the auditorium of the Pujiang Zhijin Hotel.
The award ceremony of the 10th Yingyi Cup is being held here.
As the host, Shang Chaotian, chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, naturally needs to attend the award ceremony and present the award to the champion Liu Shixian.
Of course, although King Shang Qi has been trying hard to maintain a business smile on his face, when he thinks that China has not won the heavyweight championship for more than a year, and the Yingyi Cup that has been controlled for twelve years has been handed over to no one, Even the domestic player didn't even make it to the finals, so his smile was somewhat stiff.
Master Liu, who was the recipient of the award, saw this very clearly, but he wisely pretended not to know and completed the award ceremony as usual.
After the awards, the scene entered the media interview session.
Although the humiliating defeat of Master Lin has become the biggest topic in the Chinese Go community these days, the Chinese media will not be asking for trouble by asking foreign champions and runners-up. Therefore, the scene was basically filled with Japanese and Korean media.
On the Chinese side, the magazine "Go Fangyuan" arranged for people to come over and support the scene, and the rest of the domestic media were waiting to pick up the pieces.
After the "Go Fangyuan" reporter asked two straight questions on behalf of China, the on-site host very wisely gave the opportunity to ask questions to reporters from Japan and South Korea - this time, one from the two countries got the question. The champion, and another runner-up in the world championship after seven years, can be described as beaming.
But the host never expected that a South Korean reporter would ask a question that the host didn’t really want to hear just after he asked it twice:
"Ryu 9-dan! First of all, congratulations on winning the Yingyi Cup, recreating the 'Grand Slam' feat that Choi Myung-ho once achieved in 9-dan.
"After winning his ninth crown, the domestic media generally I think it’s a foregone conclusion that your career achievements will surpass Choi Sung-seok’s 9th dan. The suspense lies in the battle between you and Choi Myung-ho’s 9th dan for the first place in history.
"But I just noticed that another achievement held by Choi Myung Ho 9th Dan is also in front of me.
" Choi Myung Ho has won four consecutive World Series championships, and apart from him, other There are only two highest human records.
“You previously won the Spring Orchid Cup and LIG Cup consecutively in 2021. Unfortunately, you lost to Zhu Yuanjun 9th Dan in the Dream Lily Cup and could not continue.
“Since this year, you have first broken Choi Myung-ho’s 9th-dan Nongshim Cup cross-border winning streak and single-tournament winning streak record, which has been dusty for nearly 20 years, and you have become the second person in history to complete a Grand Slam achievement after Choi 9th-dan. , the momentum is even better than in 2021!
“With such a strong upward momentum, I wonder if you also intend to take the opportunity to attack this record and then continue to complete three or even four consecutive world championships? Thank you!”
As soon as this question came out, the auditorium was silent for a moment, and an indescribable embarrassment was quietly spreading.
Looking at the question itself, there is actually nothing inappropriate about asking it - it’s not a big deal for local reporters to help players look forward to a bright future.
But once combined with current events... then there is a way to explain it!
Because since Lei Qi won the Sanshuang Cup last year, no chess player from the host country of the Yingyi Cup has entered the finals, China has failed to win the World Series for six consecutive times!
You must know that since Shang Chaotian won the Yingyi Cup for China for the first time and declared that China Go has the ability to compete with South Korea, China's previous record of not winning the championship was only four consecutive times!
This wave of championship shortage has put unprecedented pressure on Chinese Go!
And if Master Liu is allowed to win two championships in a row...
This is simply unthinkable!
However, what a clever person Liu Shixian is!
After realizing that the atmosphere at the scene was not right, he immediately said in a humorous tone:
"Oh...
"Although I have always attached great importance to the World Series...
"Can I win the championship three or even four times in a row?
"You ask Ask other active chess players who have won two consecutive championships and they all know how exhausting it can be!
“My friends from the media should at least cherish me!”
Hearing this little joke, there was a burst of laughter, and the slightly awkward atmosphere just now disappeared.
Although all the Chinese Go players present know that if you point at the Miao Family Bailing Cup that Young Master Liu let go and deliberately lost the game, you must be overthinking it!
But at least at this moment, this guest used his own way to resolve the embarrassment caused by this problem to the host. He is really talented and virtuous.
But only the chairman of the Chinese Chess Association could not help but narrow his eyes when he heard this:
Tsk...
Let this young master pretend again!
The leader of the chess association couldn't help but curse secretly.
——"Other active chess players who have won two consecutive championships".
This statement may not be problematic for people who are not familiar with the situation at first glance.
Ke Shang Chaotian, who is very familiar with the situation in the industry, immediately reacted to Master Liu's little show off.
Because...
Out of all the current active chess players, except Master Liu, there is no one who has won two consecutive world championships!
The Miao Jia Bai Ling Cup in October...
I’m afraid the person who comes is not a good person!
The chairman of the Chinese Chess Association could not help but think to himself. (End of chapter)