Chapter 513 Miao Jia Bai Ling Cup
“Congratulations, you are a chess master!
“This is another world champion from Japan after nearly twenty years! What do you think now? "
"Chess Saint, thank you for bringing back this long-lost championship to Japan! You are the hero of the entire Japanese chess world! "
"Ugh...your performance in these two games is really wonderful! I, I thought I wouldn’t live to see Japan win the World Championship again! ”
"Sage Ichijo! I came all the way from China to Jinzhu yesterday! Please help me sign the folding fan!
"I want to take the records of these two games together with your signature. Go and provide for my father..."
...Eh?
At five o'clock in the evening on October 20, Jinzhu City, Qiannan Province.
Just walked out of the game room Ichijo Takuya seemed a little at a loss when facing the swarming foreign reporters and chess fans.
I won...the world championship?
At my level... I actually won the world championship? ! !
Although...I did say...
As long as we work hard persistently, we may not be unable to find opportunities to win the world championship in the future...
But this is inevitable. Is it too fast? ! ! !
Facing the congratulations from the media in front of him, Ichijo Takuya still felt a little dazed, and even pinched his cheek in full view of the public.
After all, there were indeed too many accidents in this Miaojia Bailing Cup...
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"Xiao Li is really such a pity this time!!"
While Ichijo Takuya was busy fighting against his own sense of unreality outside the game room, the VIPs in the VIP viewing room below the field had always been able to control their temper. At this time, Shang Chaotian made a sound that sounded a bit distressed.
This time in the Miao Jia Bai Ling Cup, although China did not allow the first person in the world to go one step further and complete three consecutive world championships when he had just completed the Grand Slam.
But the last piece of Takuya's victory also means that China Go has missed the final championship in seven consecutive world championships - this is undoubtedly unacceptable to him, the chairman of the Chess Association.
What makes Shang Chaotian even more heartbroken is that this time the Chinese team lost another championship on their doorstep when Liu Shixian, the biggest obstacle to winning the championship, was eliminated first.
--Yes.
This year's Miao Jia Bai Ling Cup not only gave birth to the Japanese World Championship, which has not been around for nearly 20 years, but the whole process was also full of surprises from beginning to end.
The first round draw was uneventful, and there was no very topical game.
But soon, a staggering upset occurred in the first round.
Faced with Qu Jundu, the No. 2 player on Baodao who only entered this competition with a wild card, Lin Ruixin suddenly crashed in the middle of the game when he had a huge advantage in the early and mid-term and was caught by his opponent. Seizing the opportunity, he reversed the situation in one fell swoop, causing the biggest upset in the first round and causing public opinion to be in an uproar again.
All of a sudden, all the forums were posting the emoji "The South Korean team will lose to Japan and then Taiwan, and then there will be no loss.jpg", and the scene was very lively.
But just when almost all Chinese chess fans were busy mocking Master Lin, something unexpected happened in the second round of the Miao Jia Bailing Cup:
Utilization in the first round Liu Shixian, whose opponent took advantage of his opponent's overly strong moves and found an opportunity to defeat Sun Yi in the middle of the game, encountered Dai Gong again in the second round.
But just when everyone thought that Master Liu, who had won three consecutive victories against Dai Ran, was no longer afraid of this Chinese "Noble Phantasm against Liu", Dai Gong beat everyone hard. A slap in the face for the doubters.
Dai Gongzhi, who guessed the white piece, showed amazing combat effectiveness in the middle game. With a quality of play that surpassed that of the best player in the world, he firmly controlled the situation in the middle game.
Although Mr. Liu tried his best to counterattack after entering the official stage, Dai Gong seemed to risk his life in this game, defended tightly, and finally withstood the pressure. At the end of the chess game, Dai Ran eliminated the first player in the world with a slight advantage of a quarter of a piece. Ending the opponent's possibility of winning three consecutive world championships!
Suddenly, chess fans all over China became excited. Five Chinese players, Lei Qi, Dai Ran, Ji Qiufang, Man Jiageng, and Li Zhaokai, have entered the quarterfinals, and their biggest competitor Liu Shixian has been eliminated. The situation is great! The opportunity to end the world championship drought is right in front of us!
It’s a pity that the Chinese chess fans at that time didn’t know yet… The upset of the Miao Jia Bai Ling Cup was not over yet.
First of all, in the quarter-finals battle with Ichijo Takuya, Dai Gong was disrupted by the winning hand released by Ichijo Takuya when he had a clear advantage. He made a mistake while the countdown sounded, and the winning rate was instantly reversed. , and finally surrendered with hatred.
Next, the "Legendary Ender" Park Min-yeol finally bottomed out after his humiliating appearance in the Asian Cup. Faced with Lei Qi, who recently won the title of [National Player] and won consecutively in the first two rounds, Shin Cheong-yoon and Lee Jung-yeon, he started directly. The "Ending Legend" mode defeated powerful enemies, causing the "future No. 1" second crown to be postponed again.
Although on the other side, Li Zhaokai also suffered a minor upset against Xu Xiangheng. He also succeeded in disrupting the situation at the end of the middle game and made a comeback in one fell swoop. However, the two strong players ranked second and third in the domestic ranking were eliminated one after another. , still gave Shang Chaotian a very ominous premonition.
Next, three rounds of chess in the semi-finals. Li Zhaokai played against Park Minyeol, and Man Jiageng, who defeated Ji Qiufu in the same way, played against Ichijo Takuya.
In this round of competition, Park Min Yeol clearly showed his characteristics as a nerve knife. Just when everyone thought that he should be the biggest favorite among the remaining four to win the championship after eliminating Lei Qi, he collapsed again. They lost to Li Zhaokai 0-2, and it was a clean loss.
On the other side, Man Jiageng and Ichijo Takuya were very anxious. In the end, Man Jiageng, who had mediocre results in the ninth dan, failed to win the first and second place for China in advance and lost 1 to 2 to his opponent, completing the two consecutive World Championship finals for the Japanese chess master!
But at this moment, everyone in China still believed that Li Zhaokai was a master who had always been ranked around tenth in China's rankings, and it shouldn't be a problem to suppress the Japanese chess master.
Unfortunately, after entering the finals and the reserve time was changed to three hours per game, Ichijo Takuya, whose time was closer to his comfort zone, performed particularly calmly. On the contrary, Li Zhaokai, who stood in front of the World Championship trophy for the second time, seemed a little worried about gains and losses. .
Although both sides had opportunities in both games, in the end Ichijo Takuya showed a more calm side. At critical moments, he showed a "zone" performance of choosing one move after a long test. , defeated Li Zhaokai 2-0 and won Japan's first world championship in the past 20 years! It also caused the host China to fail again.
Although Shang Chaotian found it difficult to accept this result, there was nothing he could do about it.
All Chinese chess players naturally want to win, but Go is not about winning just because you want to. Shang Chaotian had no reason to be harsh on him.
After calming down for a while in the VIP room, the chairman of the Chinese Chess Association tried his best to regain control of his expression and prepare for the upcoming award ceremony.
This year's Miaojia Bailing Cup, which was prone to frequent surprises and upsets, finally came to an end after the birth of a champion that surprised everyone.
But...
It is precisely because of the many accidents that occurred in this Miaojia Lily Cup that they have attracted the attention of too many media and chess fans, making one thing that is not too eye-catching. The matter did not cause any ripples at all:
Although he encountered South Korean master Seo Sang-heng in the second round and was eliminated early...
However, in the first round of the match, Chinese seventh-dan chess player Rui Zhao took advantage of Japanese eighth-dan chess player Koji Seo's mistakes in the official stage to successfully hold on to the advantage at the end of the middle set. The game ended with one and four points. One son defeated his opponent, and a new person was added to the Queen's list of fermented bean curds.
Unfortunately, due to an eight-game losing streak against men's master chess players, this Chinese "genius supernova girl" has not received as much attention as before.
Although this victory has been reported to some extent by the media, you must know that even Rei Uesaka has many precedents of winning against high-level chess players from her country, so the victory over Japan's "Mizuhachi" Many people don't think it's worth boasting. It's probably just a blind cat hitting a dead mouse.
Even Rui Zhao herself could not be more calm, and there were no emotional fluctuations after defeating her opponent - just like she did after every game when she lost eight consecutive games.
But...it was also at this moment when not many eyes were focused on the girl...
The flying knife that will soon be famous all over the world, and even be immortalized throughout the ages, is secretly sharpening its last edge at this moment...
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【 October 10, 2024 - 7:32 pm]
[Xiao Zhao: Senior Brother Ni, have you returned home? 】
[Xiao Zhao: Sorry! I think my "concealed throwing knife" should be polished by now! 】
[Xiao Zhao: If you have time, let’s go through it again online! 】
(End of this chapter)