Chapter 512 Comprehensive Preliminary Selection
"Rui Zhao...
"I have been targeted very miserably recently..."
On the evening of September 24th, Dong Yingdong City, in a hotel near the Japanese Chess Academy
Rei Uesaka, who will rush to China's Dongjiang City early tomorrow morning to participate in the Miao Jia Bai Ling Cup comprehensive preliminaries, has just finished reading today's latest China Siege War report and behaved quite well. A little confused.
As for the person she was struggling with... that was naturally the leader of her Pohu women's team, Rui Zhao.
Since the Pinghu Quick Chess match was reversed by Kuai Liang at the ninth level, Zhao Tianhou's current situation can be said to be still in a mess.
On September 19th, the seventh round of the Siege League, the Pohu team visited Bincheng.
The Bincheng team is not strong. Except for the South Korean foreign aid Park Min-yeol on the main stage, the team has no second 9-dan chess player. Rui Zhao finally encountered the Chinese 8-dan chess player on the fourth stage. Fu Yu.
In this match, Fu Yu still used the old tactics of Tu Zai and Long Bo. But this time Rui Zhao saw that something was wrong. Facing an opponent who was not a powerful chess player, he decisively fought with his opponent and continued to use extremely tough moves. He was afraid that even if he pulled Long Bo over, he would have to say something extreme!
But Fu Yu, who had been prepared for a long time, also expected that Rui Zhao would do something like this. He learned from Li Tingyan's previous lesson of looking forward and backward in the Yingyi Cup and ultimately losing. He counterattacked extremely decisively, and the two sides started a fierce battle.
In the end, although Rui Zhao relied on his better mid-game performance to save the situation to a large extent, he was forced to admit defeat because he failed to win the key battle because of too many previous mistakes.
Then again is September 24th - today, the eighth round of the siege, Pohu faces Qiannan at home.
The two teams are similar in strength. Facing the third-to-last team in this "nine-seven-seven-seven-six" configuration, Elder Du decided to make a move and scored all three points on his opponent. He decisively raced the horse and promoted Wei Zhenzhong to the captaincy. station, intending to gain three points by winning the other three stations, and overtake the opponent in one fell swoop.
Unfortunately...this time it was the Pohu team that was predicted!
The Qiannan team also had a horse race! Put Fu Liangyou, his sixth-level young general, on the main general's platform.
Rui Zhao faced off against the top player of the Qiannan team, the 26-year-old ninth-dan master Man Jiageng, on the first fast chess table. Although Rui Zhao played very bravely on the fast chess table, he still could not change the fate of another defeat.
However, fortunately, the young player Wei Zhenzhong, who had not opened the pot in the first six rounds, performed well in this campaign. He defeated his opponent and obtained a valuable main victory for the Pohu team. At the same time, with Du Weichen's victory, Pohu finally won Two points in a single round for the first time in the season.
However, Pohu, which only recovered one point, is still two points behind Qiannan, ranking second to last - this is also the purpose of the Qiannan team to follow the horse racing, to ensure that the Pohu team does not overtake the lead in one fell swoop.
The team’s star player Rui Zhao suffered an eight-game losing streak against the men’s grand chess players.
Suddenly, there were voices one after another within and outside the Chinese chess circles that believed that Rui Zhao's outstanding performance in the Yingyi Cup was just pure luck.
Some people even believe that the key to the current poor performance of the Pohu team is that Rui Zhao's position as a main player has been determined.
However, Rui Zhao did not comment on this. He trained hard and competed hard, everything was business as usual. On the contrary, Uesaka Rei, who had not been in contact with Rui Zhao for a long time because there was no women's siege league to start, was a little confused at first.
"What about Li Jiang? This is...
"A little worried about Rui Zhao? ”
"No, no! Who is worried about her!"
Uesaka Rei reacted fiercely by denying it at first, and then said in a low voice:
"It's just that seeing her lose like this all the time Chess...I always feel a little uncomfortable."
"Ah..."
Only after hearing this, Ichinose finally understood.
It has to be said that since Rei Uesaka went to the Pohu Women's Team to compete in the siege, its stability has been greatly improved. On the second platform, they achieved 11 wins and three losses, which was the same as Zhong Wan of the Jinfen team and Wu Yueyun of the Dongjiang team, and second only to the Little Witch who won all 14 games.
All this progress of Uesaka Rei is partly due to competition training. In addition, having such an excellent role model as Rui Zhao gave Uesaka Rei a lot of inspiration and reference. Her mentality of worrying about gains and losses during the game has been greatly improved.
But it is precisely because Ogami Saka is "crossing the river by touching the queen" and watching his team's main player achieve great results in the Chinese League and Yingyi Cup. For the current Uesaka Relai It is said that Rui Zhao has a deeper meaning besides the so-called "learning object" and "opponent who hopes to surpass"...
After thinking about it, Airi Ichinose pursed her lips. Then comforted:
“Rei-chan...
"I think... you can trust Rui Zhao.
"She is the person that the chess master said that he will leave it to you to defeat in the future! Don’t think this task will be that easy! "
"Ah...
Hearing these words, Uesaka Rei was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly became excited. She didn't know who to cheer up:
“Yes, yes!
"Brother Ichijo is already the runner-up in the world! He thinks troublesome people must not be so easy to deal with!
"Hmm! Only in this way can Rui Zhao be worth defeating!
“Next time we meet, see if I don’t make her cry!”
“Uh, that... Rei-chan, let me remind you.
“ This time you are in the women's group 2 in the comprehensive preliminaries. As expected, you will face Rui Zhao in the second round..."
"...Eh? It will be in the second round?!
"Uh...
"Then, it's not too late to wait until next time..."
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"Tian, Tianhou, how are you... lately?"
At eleven o'clock in the evening on the same day, Zeng Guangwen's home in Qiantang City, China.
Zeng Guangwen, who had just finished another practice match review with Rui Zhao, couldn't help but ask.
Just now he had turned off the live broadcast, and it was natural for outsiders to talk about business with his master.
Hearing Zeng Shabao’s question, Rui Zhao was puzzled for a moment:
"Huh? It's pretty good!
"Brother Zeng, why do you ask that? "
"Uh..."
Zeng Guangwen pondered for a moment and answered truthfully:
"B, after all...all your domestic competitions have been targeted recently. .
"I'm worried... don't affect the comprehensive pre-selection of the Miao Jia Bai Ling Cup that starts the day after tomorrow.
"Although you are not assigned to the same group as the Ice Queen, there are also Xiao Xiaoniao, Sister Xia Chuan and Xiao Xiao in the group. Uesaka, be careful..."
——Yes, as Zeng Guangwen said.
Although it is a qualifier, because the qualifiers of the Miaojia Bailing Cup have always adopted the "comprehensive method" "Preliminary" mode, so Rui Zhao will meet foreign players in the qualifiers.
The characteristic of this mode is that except for the allocation of seed player places, all other qualifier places are not Players from each country and region will be randomly divided into different groups. All pre-selectors will gather together to complete the comprehensive qualifiers, and those who qualify in each group will enter the competition.
For example, in this year's Miaojia Bailing Cup, there are 32 players in this competition, and there will be a total of five rounds of knockout rounds. The semi-finals and finals are all three rounds, but the retention time for the finals has been increased from two hours in other rounds to three hours, which is the same as in previous years.
Among the thirty-two places in this tournament, there are fourteen seeded players: the last four semi-finals, four from mainland China, two from South Korea and Japan, one from Taiwan, China, and one wild card.
As for the remaining eighteen places, comprehensive pre-selection will be used: a total of fifteen open groups (all chess players can register), two women's groups (only female chess players), and one world group (Only chess players from countries other than China, Ying, and Korea can register to participate).
The characteristic of the "comprehensive pre-selection" system is that the most capable will win. In the past, South Korea's two world competitions, the Sanshuang Cup and the LIG Cup, adopted this system, including the Dream Lily Cup, which also followed suit at the beginning. But later, as the thickness of Chinese Go became thicker and thicker, obviously surpassing that of Japan and South Korea, it often appeared that about 90% of the open group quotas were Chinese players. Sanshuang Cup and LIG Cup quietly changed the selection system. It is a system that allocates quotas by country.
The Mengli Lily Company also felt that it was a bit ugly to have nearly fifty Chinese chess players in this competition with 64 people, so they followed up decisively. Therefore, among all competitions, only the Miaojia Bailing Cup still conducts comprehensive preliminaries.
“Ah, Brother Zeng, you are talking about this!”
Rui Zhao in the camera smiled:
“It’s nothing!
“Although He said that it was quite uncomfortable to see everyone playing so targeted during the game.
"But there's nothing I can do about it. In the final analysis, it's because I'm not good enough."
"Previously, I always hoped that everyone would target me more, and I also hoped to overcome my shortcomings as soon as possible. "
"That, that's good!
"The queen has practiced so hard, she will become a great person in the future!"
Hearing this, Zeng Guangwen quickly agreed. But I didn’t expect Rui Zhao to follow up with:
"However, if I have to say it...
"I've been a little worried lately! "
Rui Zhao blinked and looked at Zeng Guangwen through the camera quite seriously:
"Brother Zeng.
"Have you...become weaker recently?"
"Eh?"
Hearing this, Zeng Guangwen suddenly became excited and quickly began to explain.
"Hey! You can't talk nonsense, Queen! My recent results have been pretty good!
"I have reached the top 32 in the Pinghu Quick Chess Competition, and I have also reached the end of the national chess qualifiers. One round...this is my best result in history! "
"...Really? ”
Rui Zhao frowned:
“But in recent sparring, I feel that the winning rate is obviously higher...
“A few days ago, it was basically 50-50, but now I feel that I The winning rate is more than 60% again..."
Zeng Qiduan quickly explained:
"Oh, that's not because I'm weak! That’s because you are stronger, Queen!
"You have obviously made progress in your officialdom recently. It's not surprising that my winning rate has dropped!"
However, faced with the reasons given by Zeng Guangwen, Rui Zhao disagreed and said a little depressed:
"No way!
"I have lost eight games in a row against men's grand chess players..."
"Oh, my sister-in-law!
"You can't look up at the sky every day!"
Rui Zhao's words almost drove Zeng Shabao crazy, and there was a hint of hysteria in his voice:
"Look Let’s see who you’ve been playing against recently.
“They are all masters of the eighth and ninth levels. Which one is easy to deal with? ! !
“The only seventh-dan player is Lao Geng. I taught him all my experience in playing chess with you, the Queen of Heaven, in this period of time, and he won by half an eye!
"Guanzi, this thing requires time to practice slowly!"
"The Queen, your recent progress may not make much difference in the eyes of the top masters of the 8th and 9th dans. Anyway, it is too much to finish." I have to admit defeat, but there is a clear difference here!
“Don’t believe me, you’ll find a chance to catch Lao Geng again next time? I guess he’s going to have to kneel down...kneel down...
“…
“…Eh ? ”
Zeng Shabao was spitting what he said, but it wasn't until he finished speaking that Zeng Shabao suddenly realized that he had just said something outrageous.
…Broken!
With such excitement, he also revealed what he had learned from Lao Geng!
What kind of self-destruction is this! ! !
Zeng Guangwen was just thinking about how to explain to his master when he heard the girl’s clear voice:
"So that's how it is...
"I said why did I feel that Geng Qipuan was very similar to you, Brother Zeng! "
For a while, Zeng Guangwen broke into a cold sweat:
"No, no!
"Queen, please listen to my explanation..."
"Huh? What do you need to explain?"
The girl on the other side of the camera flashed her eyes, as if she didn't feel anything was wrong at all:
"Brother Zeng, you did a good job!< br>
“Knowing that I wanted to be targeted, I specifically helped Geng Qiduan to increase the intensity of targeting! Well done! "
"Uh..."
At this moment, Zeng Guangwen didn't know how to react, so he could only show a dry smile.
If someone else said this, he would definitely think it was a weird thing.
But if it were his silly, sweet master with a kind heart and a kind heart, maybe it would be possible for him not to be angry at all.
But just when Zeng Guangwen was thinking about how to test his queen again, the girl's last words came:
"However, although this is done well...
"But Brother Zeng, if your practice winning rate continues to be like this, I will still be troubled..."
"...I, I understand."
Zeng Shabao subconsciously heard this. The ground trembled, but knowing that now was not the time to bargain, he still gritted his teeth and said:
"Don't worry, Queen of Heaven!
"I will definitely follow in the footsteps of Queen of Heaven and be a good Queen of Heaven. Sandbags! ”
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On September 30, the Miaojia Bailing Cup comprehensive preliminaries ended in Dongjiang City.
In the women's group 2, although Rui Zhao was doubted by some media in the circle before the game whether he could win Liu Yuhong and successfully qualify due to repeated defeats in the unrestricted competition, this new Chinese player The "First Sister" still responded to everyone's doubts with her results:
"Live Broadcast Queen Shotenhou" defeated strong domestic and foreign female players such as Rei Uesaka, Aoi Natsukawa, Liu Yuhong and other domestic and foreign women in a row with an almost overwhelming momentum, entering the During the Miaojia Bailing Cup held in Jinzhu City, Qiannan Province after the National Day holiday.
(End of this chapter)