"Wenjie, although I had expected that after this operation, Ni Jue would basically start to show off...
"But isn't this too immediate? ! ”
April 10, the day after the end of this Tianyuan Tournament.
The chairman of the Chinese Chess Association, who just finished awarding awards to his students yesterday and is still walking around Tongli Town, Suhu Province today Shang Chaotian couldn't help complaining to his deputy over the phone:
"Last year Xiao Lei lost two sets cleanly without even a flying knife. As a result, this year Ni Jue lost cleanly again. After two games, I still haven’t seen a single flying knife...
"This Tianyuan Battle is too clear and watery. Mr. Huang called me last night to express his disappointment!
"This is the reissue of Celebrity Sanbanqi which is quite exciting, otherwise I would not I don’t know how to explain it..."
"Uh, Brother Tian...
"If you ask Ni Jue directly and he refuses to tell you the reason, how can I know!"
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Lu Wenjie on the other end of the phone looked a little helpless:
"However, I actually think that we don't need to pay too much attention to this matter. After all, it has passed...
"In fact, the situation in the Tianyuan War this time is actually focused on the older chess fans. For those who are a little younger, the recent focus has been on the wild card of the Spring Orchid Cup...
"By the way, Brother Tian, this time the first round of the Spring Orchid Cup will be against... Do you want to let the players live on the spot? Come to draw lots?
“The day after tomorrow is the welcome dinner, it has to be confirmed now. ”
“……”
Hearing this, the expression on Shang Chaotian's face was a little uncontrollable.
Indeed, although in the professional circle, Ni Jue easily handed over the title of [Tian Yuan] to others this time, and it seems that it should be the number one topic at the moment.
But in fact, judging from the situation in major Go forums and even comprehensive online communities, the fact that Rui Zhao got the Spring Orchid wild card caused an uproar.
Although as early as after the Spring Orchid Cup announced that it would set up a wild card quota this time, there were already a bunch of prophets predicting that 10,000% of the wild card would be given to Rui Zhao. But when the Spring Orchid Cup Organizing Committee officially announced the entry list on April 4, Huaxia Zhaojun's confirmation of selection still caused huge controversy.
As for the controversy... it can only be said that there are directions, and many angles are so tricky that the two leaders of the Chess Association were amazed.
Moreover, forget about the mere controversy.
One of the more troublesome things is that for this Spring Orchid Cup, both the Chess Association and the Spring Orchid Group originally intended to assign a queen to Zhaotian in the first round like the previous Dream Lily Cup. Friends from Europe and the United States are asking to avoid the extremely embarrassing situation of Rui Zhao taking the wild card given by exception and being eliminated in the first round.
Unfortunately...the black men had already predicted the chess association's plan.
After the entry list was announced, the black prophets who had originally vowed that "the wild card will definitely go to Rui Zhao" were immediately delighted. Many of them immediately combined some of Zhao Tianhou's past World Championship experiences. Made a prediction for the next step:
In order to prevent this wild card from being too stupid, this time the Chess Association will definitely arrange a pre-determined lottery for Rui Zhao in the first round, allowing her to face European and American players or win previously Koji Seo, who has failed once, will not be defeated in the first round and will look better.
And soon, this "conspiracy theory" with extremely accurate predictions quickly fermented in public opinion. Almost all Zhaohei said with certainty that this match would not be an on-site public draw. This suddenly made the original arrangement of the Chess Association questionable. poses a huge public opinion risk.
There is something to be said for the fact that the selection was predicted - at any rate, Rui Zhao is a genuine Nongshim Cup terminator, so being invited as a wild card makes sense.
But if the lottery method was predicted so far in advance... it would not be an ordinary embarrassment!
“…Let’s smoke it on the spot!
“Be as transparent as possible. If you choose to resign yourself to fate, then don’t let anyone talk about it. ”
After two seconds of silence, Shang Chaotian made his final choice.
At this time, he finally understood what it means to say, "Some things cannot be weighed if they are not weighed four or two, but if they are weighed, they cannot weigh a thousand pounds."
Organizer The matter of properly arranging the first round of games has existed more or less in the professional Go circle in the past.
Of course, there is nothing wrong with this - Go is a niche sport, and arranging matchups to appropriately draw out the focus of the game or allow the "publicity horse" to go further is very beneficial to the promotion of the event. , chess players in the circle basically acquiesce that this situation will exist.
But the trouble right now is: the chess association and sponsors originally engaged in such a small operation, and no one paid attention to it, so it didn't matter at all.
However, Rui Zhao is now a popular and well-known celebrity in the entertainment industry! Countless eyes are fixed on her!
If such a disgraceful little move arouses public opinion at this time, let alone the chess and card center, the General Administration may take action!
Shang Chaotian, who has been serving as the chairman of the Chess Association for some years, naturally understands the pros and cons, so he decided to act honestly.
“Okay, I understand!”
Seeing that the top leader had made the final decision, Lu Wenjie on the other end of the phone responded immediately.
However, hearing Shang Chaotian's tone seemed very helpless, the Vice Chairman of the Chess Association still expressed relief:
"Brother Tian, don't be so sad! In fact, Rui Zhao's first round signing this time is not that difficult. !
“Think about it, the strongest opponent she can draw is Park Min Yeol!
“But the problem is...
“Who is she or Park Min-yeol afraid of drawing? We don’t know yet! ”
"...Hiss..."
Hearing the deputy's reminder, Shang Chaotian couldn't help but blinked, and then took a tactical breath:
"If you want to say this...
“…It seems to be true! ”
…
…
“Publicly draw lots?!
“No, should we do this! "Wouldn't it be better for the Chinese Chess Association to arrange a European and American competition for that little girl like it did in the Lily Cup last time?!"
At six o'clock in the evening on April 11, Huaxia Su Hailing Hotel, Hailing City, Hu Province.
Park Min-yeol, who had just arrived at the hotel after a long journey, couldn't help but angrily complained when he learned from Zhao Libo that the arrangement for the first round would be determined by each chess player on stage at tomorrow's welcome dinner.
This slightly exaggerated move quickly aroused the suspicion of the "rookie chess player" An Mingjiao on the side.
“Uh, brother Min Lie...
“What’s wrong with you? "
When asked, Park Min-yeol twitched the corner of his mouth and immediately put on a slightly PTSD expression:
"Yeah, it's nothing!
"I just don't want to draw that Queen Zhao..."
Hearing this, Xu Xiangheng, the runner-up of the previous Spring Orchid Cup, couldn't help laughing. Get up:
“Huh? Min Lie, are you kidding me?
“You are not afraid of drawing the Chinese masters Dai Ran, Ji Qiufu and Zhu Yuanjun, but are you afraid of a little girl?
"Can you do it?"
"..."
Faced with Xu Xiangheng's ridicule, Dapu was speechless.
Because the Spring Orchid Cup is a 24-player world championship, eight seeded players have a bye in the first round.
The last champion and runner-up Liu Shixian and Xu Xiangheng will definitely be listed as seeds. Taking into account recent results, grade rankings and nationality factors, the remaining six seeds are finally determined to be Lei Qi, Lin Ruixin, Li Tingyan, Ichijo Takuya, Sun Yi, Xiong Si has one or six people.
As a result, the five Chinese players Dai Ran, Ji Qiufang, Zhu Yuanjun, Man Jiageng, and Rui Zhao need to compete in the first round. Among them, Dai, Ji, and Zhu are obviously the most difficult to deal with.
But to be honest, for Da Pu, compared to these three, he really doesn’t want to draw Rui Zhao!
This is naturally not a question of strength - in terms of slow chess strength, Rui Zhao didn't even win Jin Youen in December last year, and the recent Yixian Tournament and Tianyuan Tournament were also firmly held by Shangguan Sheng and Dai Ran. Suppression, Da Pu thinks that he should have a greater chance of winning if he plays slow chess!
But the problem is that there are some things... He doesn't mean to only consider strength!
Park Min Yeol always plays chess with a low regard for life and death, and will do it if he doesn't accept it.
So although some chess can be played casually, when the game is in the mood, even if the opponent is Ryu Se-hyun, it is possible to win!
Because of this, he actually doesn’t care much about getting a strong hand.
——No matter how strong you are, can you still be stronger than Master Liu? That's it!
However, the legendary ending person who has always been fearless has encountered an accident...
That is Rui Zhao!
The public pressure and psychological impact of losing to Rui Zhao are simply too great! !
Although it seems a bit embarrassing to lose to other low-level players, Go is a game where one careless move can lead to a complete loss. It is normal for high-level players to overturn occasionally.
Da Pu usually doesn’t need to comfort himself, he can just act like nothing is wrong!
However, Rui Zhao is different...
As a female chess player, she has considerable strength and is also very topical!
Any failure of a grand chess player against her is easily multiplied by the media!
For example, the former Japanese celebrity Cerebell Ax lost to Zhao Tianhou in one game and almost had a caesarean section to apologize! After that, I became depressed for more than half a year!
As for Da Pu, who has a good psychological quality, he has a 0-2 historical record against Rui Zhao, and has been ridiculed by the domestic media for a while. It has not been over for a month. Really Some can't hold their heads up.
So even though he thinks he is still stronger than Huaxia Zhaojun, he really doesn't want to take the risk of fighting Rui Zhao this time - if he loses another game, he may be so depressed that he retires!
But just when Da Pu felt embarrassed, Li Tingyan on the side decisively smoothed things over:
"Uh, Xiang Heng. I think it's okay for Min Lie to have this reaction.
"This Rui Zhao is not very strong, but it does put a lot of psychological pressure on people...
"I heard that China's Fu Yu has been adjusting his mentality at home because of his loss to Rui Zhao in the relegation battle. He didn't even participate in the Tianyuan Tournament qualifiers. It's not surprising that Min Lie has this idea..."
" ...Eh? Brother Li..."
"That! I also agree with Ting Yan!"
Seeing that Xu Xiangheng still had other ideas, veteran "Hammer Brother" Wen Chengcheng, who was also participating this time, also expressed his support:
"If possible, I don't really want to draw her - the pressure off the court is too much." Da, it’s a big loss!
“Xiao Liu, I guess you have the same opinion, right? "
"...Huh? ! ! ! ”
Hearing these words, Xu Xiangheng suddenly realized something.
--broken!
I seem to have entered the fermented bean curd nest of Queen Zhaotian!
This time, a total of seven people from South Korea came to China to compete. It turned out that the four who had been defeated by Queen Zhaotian were Liu, Li, Park, and Wen - and they were all world champions!
Even these four are not as simple as losing to Zhao Tianhou... none of these four people have a positive record against Zhao Tianhou!
Even the best player in the world, Liu Shixian, had a record of only 1-1 against Rui Zhao! The other three have not won a single match!
Forget about his slightly sarcastic remarks just now about Da Pu, who is younger than him!
Liu, Li and Wen are either strong at chess or senior, but he has no right to ridicule them!
However, just when the embarrassed person turned out to be Xu Xiangheng himself, Master Liu, who was cued by Wen Cheng, raised his head and smiled:
"...Huh? Are you stressed?
< br>“I think she is quite cute, and I really want to meet her again. "(End of Chapter)