Chapter 514: Do your best
“Baga!
“Seo, you have shamed our Japanese men too much this time!
“A dignified eight-dan chess player and challenger for the title of Honinbo actually made a fatal mistake when Ichijo-kun had already demonstrated how to target Rui Zhao. It is simply a shame!”
October On the 21st, Dongdu City, the capital of Japan, the Japanese Chess Academy.
Although the entire Japanese Chess Academy is now immersed in the joy of being the first player in the country to win Japan's only world championship in the past twenty years, Tadao Sato's scolding can still be heard in the vice chairman's office.
Originally, at such a time of great joy, theoretically Sato Tadao, as a senior member of the chess academy, should not get angry at this time.
But there is no way.
First of all, the chess player Rui Zhao is too sensitive for Japan - he is the person who almost destroyed Japanese Go!
To this day, Tadao Sato can’t forget how he felt when he saw his hands trembling when he watched the Yingyi Cup quarter-finals match. Nowadays, our country's master chess player has once again been awarded the "Queen of Fermented Bean Curd Book", which is naturally intolerable.
As for the second one, Seo's identity is a little special to him...
"Red bean paste Smith Marseille! Teacher Sato!"
Seeing that the teacher is still angry , Seo Koji hurriedly made another deep bow, which unexpectedly aroused Sato's dissatisfaction.
"I told you! Don't call me teacher in the chess academy! Don't you understand?"
"Ah... Smith Marseille! Smith Marseille!
"I'm really sorry, Vice Chairman!"
Actually... this time Seo Koji also had troubles that he couldn't express.
As a 23-year-old young up-and-coming shogi player (this age is already considered an up-and-coming player in Japan), Koji Seo has done well recently. In the first half of the year, he just took advantage of the sharp drop in prize money in the Honinbo tournament. He won the challenger seat in one fell swoop when many experts paid less attention to him.
Although he was finally sent away easily by Takuya Ichijo at 3-0 in Honinbo's fifth chess match, he was still promoted to eighth dan by virtue of his status as "Honinbo Challenger", and in seventh dan He qualified for the Nongshim Cup last month, and seemed to have the taste of succeeding Reiwa Sanba... ah no, Reiwa Sanba.
And this time in the Miaojia Bailing Cup comprehensive qualifiers, Seo Koji also lived up to expectations. Even though there were no top 30 players in the world in this group, he defeated Peng Wendong in the final group finals and became the only one in the group. Apart from the two seeds, Takuya and Shindo Hiroaki, he was the only Japanese chess player to enter this tournament, and he felt very proud for a while.
One more thing to mention, the remaining three top players in Japan, Cerebell Axe, has still not recovered after losing to Zhaotian. This time, he was eliminated in the second round of the comprehensive qualifier group.
It was precisely this series of recent achievements that made Seo Koji feel a little bit distracted for a moment.
When he drew Rui Zhao in the first round, who had already faced eight consecutive defeats against the men's master chess player, Koji Seo secretly rejoiced that he had won the lottery, thinking about this "idiot beauty" opposite him. Previously, it was just a temporary good situation and a surprise attack on the top eight in the Yingyi Cup. However, after a little targeting, the true colors were revealed.
And he was very confident about his official control. He felt that as long as he imitated Ichijo Takuya's targeting method this time, he would be able to catch him, so he roughly reviewed the victory of Ichijo Takuya against Rui in the Yingyi Cup. In Zhao's quarterfinal match, we didn't know much about Rui Zhao's other domestic matches.
What he never expected was that this first lady from China would actually be so difficult to deal with!
Facing Seo Koji, whose chess skills were obviously weaker than Ichijo Takuya's, Rui Zhao was not polite at all and frequently resorted to tough tactics in the middle game, catching Seo off guard at that time!
Although Seo is the leader of the new generation of Japanese chess players, he still worked hard to stabilize the momentum through the long examination, tried his best to simplify and maintain the situation, and finally entered the competition for the high official with a close disadvantage. middle.
But this time, Seo, who had spent too much time in the middle game, discovered...
The complex official is not only testing Rui Zhao!
Although Kanzi Seo's skills were good, due to the fact that the time spent in the middle game was much longer than that of Rui Zhao, Seo's performance was not very good during the countdown, and he was unable to recover the target in the end. Poor, helpless defeat.
Although the result of this first-round match was calm in China because the great chess master Lin dominated the front page, it caused an uproar in the Japanese chess world.
Many Japanese chess fans have already suffered from "Zhao Tianhou PTSD". If a female chess player is not strong enough to lose to Rui Zhao, forget it. If a male master chess player loses, it will naturally cause public resentment and all kinds of irritation on the Internet. Only Cerebell Ax felt a lot of comfort in his heart and felt that I was not alone in my path - only in this way could he appear less conspicuous.
That is to say, the Japanese Chess Saint defeated Dai AI in the second round and attracted the public's attention at once, which prevented the incident from amplifying.
Therefore, after losing this game of chess, Seo Koji only dared to call the teacher to apologize first. He had to wait until such a happy moment to apologize in person, but he didn't want to still receive a lot of scolding.
“…That, that, Vice Chairman!”
Seo defended himself:
“Although my performance this time was indeed poor, I personally think that this Rui Zhao is indeed very strong! He is a serious high-level chess player!< br>
"She is just like the Ice Queen. We cannot regard her as a female chess player at all..."
"Baga! What's the use of this? "
Tadao Sato said angrily:
"Of course I know what level this Rui Zhao is, but who cares about the facts among the national and outside media?!
"They will only say, 'The Japanese chess players can't even play with women.' !
"If Ichijo-kun hadn't won the championship this time, the external pressure you would have endured wouldn't have been much better than last time, Ueno-kun!"
"This... you, you are right!
“Smith Marseille! Smith Marseille! ”
Seo suddenly had nothing to say, and could only keep apologizing.
But at this moment, an old and kind voice came in from outside:
"Zhongnan, don't be so harsh on the students!
"After all... It didn’t have much impact! ”
Hearing this voice, the two people in the office were stunned at the same time, and then a white-haired old man walked in, looking very natural and peaceful.
"Chairman!" Koji's back:
"Seo, you need to reflect on your loss to Ruizhao, but what you need to reflect on is not the so-called 'losing to a female chess player is too embarrassing', but your own arrogance. Ao.
"I looked at your chess, and it was obvious that you were not fully prepared and did not really pay attention to this opponent who once defeated Ueno-kun.
"It is true that you are the best young chess player after our chess academy's 'Reiwa Sanhatori', but Ichijo Junto, who just won the world championship, said very modestly in the post-game interview that he thought he was lucky to be the world champion. I will continue to train tirelessly in the future, and strive to win another world championship with a truly uncontroversial performance.
"Seo-kun, you... also need to learn more about this mentality. "
After hearing these words, Seo hurriedly responded:
"Ming, I understand, Chairman!
"Actually, after fighting Rui Zhao this time... I knew she would be difficult to deal with."
Yahiko Kobayashi nodded, and then looked at Tadao Sato:
"Tadao, don't be too harsh on the players who lost to Rui Zhao's seventh dan.
"To be honest, look. We should be happy when Rui Zhao continues to make progress in seventh-dan. "
Tadao Sato narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this:
"Chairman, you mean...? ”
"This shows that our current path is correct."
Kobayashi Yahiko's voice still did not rise and fall:
"Female chess players...
"It should be true. Opportunity to become the leader of a country. "
"This... is what I expected.
"Otherwise, I would not have supported the original proposal to focus on training Uesaka-kun." Tadao Sato replied:
"But like I said, the key is how to tell the people and chess fans. Through this matter..."
"We don't need to worry about this."
Kobayashi Yahiko waved his hand and interrupted:
"There is an idiom in China, which is called 'If you don't make a sound, you will be a blockbuster.'
"And we should also be a little bit like the final winner of the Warring States Period, slowly...
"Just wait for it to sing."
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"Ni Jue, have you... lost weight recently?"
On the evening of October 21st, at Ni Jue's home in Qiantang City.
Xiao Mingran looked at her husband who had just collected his luggage and asked with some distress.
Tomorrow, Ni Jue will go to Zhenze City to participate in this year's Changqi Cup competition, so he has packed his bags tonight.
“Hey, is there one?”
Ni Jue asked subconsciously, but he already remembered that when he wore his belt recently, it seemed to be a little tighter than before, so he quickly added:
"...Ah! Then I usually eat more Just click!"
However, Xiao Mingran shook his head and said:
"Ni Jue, are you fighting too hard this time?
" Although you went out to participate in many competitions in the past, except for the two competitions where you could directly enter the finals, you were quite relaxed the rest of the time and your overall appearance was very good.
"But in the past six months, I've seen you look haggard!
"Don't forget, we plan to have a child next year! "
"It's okay, it's okay! "
Celebrity Tianyuan quickly comforted his wife and said:
"I will try my best this time!
"After this fight, no matter whether it succeeds or not, I will immediately recuperate my body and prepare for pregnancy, okay?"
But Xiao Mingran's frown did not relax:
"Then... ...are you still going to work like this until after the Chinese New Year?
"Ni Jue, I see that you can't sleep for six hours a day lately. Apart from eating and sleeping, you only focus on Go...
"Really, do you have to fight so hard?"
Ni Jue pursed her lips and was silent for a few seconds, and finally nodded slowly.
It must be said that Ni Jue was a little unsure about whether he could kill Master Liu in the Nongshim Cup.
In the Miaojia Bailing Cup that just ended a few days ago, Ni Jue lost to Ji Qiufang and stopped in the top 16.
This is not too unexpected - under normal circumstances, his current level is roughly at the level of the top 16 in the World Championship. In the four world championships so far this year, he has achieved this result without exception.
In fact, it is extremely difficult for a player like him, who turned thirty last month, to be able to maintain such results in the World Championships without using his own unique skills.
But the current results still put a lot of pressure on Ni Jue:
A player who is only at the top 16 level of the World Championship, plus a throwing knife...
Really Can it end the contemporary God of Agriculture’s winning streak in the arena?
After asking himself, Ni Jue felt:
It cannot be said that there is no chance.
...but I really can’t say how high the chances are.
Probably...
Just 50-50!
“It’s so rare to fight in life!”
Ni Jue sighed and said:
"Honey, this game of chess I'm preparing...maybe it's the most important game in my life!"
Hearing her husband's deep emotion, Xiao Mingran couldn't help but be stunned - he was obviously You can hear the husband's eagerness and determination.
Ni Jue continued:
“Our domestic chess circle has not won an international championship for more than a year, and we really need a beautiful battle to boost morale!
“This time Lao Dai tried his best to complete his 'mission' of blocking Ryu Shixian in the World Championships, but it is a pity that the young people failed to catch it...
"It didn't matter that he was eliminated. In the past few days, he has been particularly regretful that he could not eliminate the Japanese chess player who finally won the championship.
"And the junior sister also specially gave me a few days ago. He brought a very delicate throwing knife over and said he hoped to help me.
“Although I also took the opportunity to teach her a lot of knife-making skills, but overall...it is undoubtedly my benefit.
“I am so awesome with Lao Dai. , I owe you a favor to my junior sister! Xiao Lei also sacrificed a lot for me!
"As for me, I will naturally go all out in this game of chess so that I have no room for regret.
“Although it’s hard to say whether we can win, but as the saying goes, ‘Do your best and listen to fate’, you must at least do your best to do your best.
“Otherwise, if we fail to do our best in the end, If I lose, I feel like I will regret it for the rest of my life. ”
After hearing these words, Xiao Mingran fell silent.
She has always known that although her husband does not like to socialize, he has always been considerate and humorous in front of her.
If you speak so seriously today, you really mean it.
"...I understand, I won't hold you back."
Xiao Mingran nodded:
"...But accordingly, you have to promise me that your body is the most important thing, don't force yourself to understand, do you understand? !
“You are the only husband I have! "
Hearing this, Ni Jue blinked first, then used his muscles to put on a smile and said:
"Of course.
"When this game of chess is over, I will go and have a good physical examination. We are going to have a baby! ”
(End of this chapter)