"Lei Qi, congratulations!
"Winning my second world championship! ”
April 20, Hailing City, Suhu Province, Hailing Hotel Auditorium.
The award ceremony of the 15th Spring Orchid Cup is being held here.
< br>Shang Chaotian, who has become so adept at pretending to smile and present awards in the past two years, is finally feeling proud today
A whole twenty-five months!
Since he won the fifth Yingyi Cup, China’s longest World Championship drought was finally brought to an end by his most proud student!
During this period, I have had many experiences.
Chinese Go finally saw a turn for the better after another miraculous victory in the Nongshim Cup!
He handed the rather grand Spring Orchid Cup trophy to the students and said with emotion:
"I am very happy and proud to be able to present you the award in person this time!"
As for the blessing from the teacher, Lei Qi no longer had the explosive excitement when he defeated Liu Shixian, but just responded appropriately Keep smiling and look like a general:
"Thank you, Teacher Shang! This is also my honor!"
After Xu Yingqun, senior vice president of Chunzhilan Group, handed over the check and the three of them took a group photo together , the award ceremony is also coming to an end.
As the host Xu Qinglan began to make the final conclusion on the stage, Shang Chaotian in the audience was so happy that he couldn't help but give some instructions to the students:
"Uh... Lei Qi!
"Have a good rest these two days after winning the championship, but don't relax too much!
"Chinese Go...you have to shoulder the burden in many places!"
Lei Qi blinked and then smiled:
"Well, you are right. .
“Although I defeated Ryu Shi-hyun this time by getting the white chess piece, I still feel that it will not be easy next time.
“Before the start of the Tong Ge Cup in early July, I will seize every opportunity to work hard again. Improve yourself.
“Whether it’s the King of Kings Tournament in early May, the Tongge Cup Domestic Tournament in early June, or...”
“…the Chess Master Tournament starting on the 24th!”
Hearing the student take the initiative to mention the slightly sensitive competition, Shang Chaotian was slightly startled, then patted the student on the shoulder and said:
"Don't be too stressed!
"[Chess Master] said that he is the symbol of being the best in the country, but that's all he said!
"Even if you can't get it, I still think you are the new leader of our China!"
"Leading the army but not leading the army...that's it!"
The smile on Lei Qi's face remained the same, and he said with emotion:
"It's more important to play Go well."
"In the past two years, I have been chased closer and closer by her. This should be the reason why I am missing out!" ”
Hearing what the student said, Shang Chaotian didn’t know how to answer the question for a moment.
Since Lei Qi’s “flow” could no longer be used the year before last, his performance had obviously fluctuated. , and even fell into a championship drought that lasted for more than a year.
But in the "competition" with Rui Zhao, the "future number one" in Chinese Go showed strong determination and determination. With a competitive spirit and constant improvement in strength, his strength has finally reached the level of Ryu Se-hyun who is at his peak when he was still under 20 years old. He has put in a lot of effort!
However, even if this recognized future leader has worked hard to this point...
But if compared with China's current Zhaojun in the field of men and women, he is still at an absolute disadvantage!
Rao Shilei Qi held the two major titles of [Tian Yuan] and [National Player], led the team to win the domestic league and won two awards [Most Valuable Chess Player] and [Best Leader], two Nongshim Cup Ten One win and two losses, outstanding achievements, and even just defeated the best player in the world, won his second world championship, and ended China's championship drought of more than two years... A series of achievements are listed.
But in the face of Rui Zhao's achievements in the women's field, even that seems not enough.
Because Lei Qi’s achievements are naturally within the scope that the world can understand;
And Huaxia Zhaojun's performance since the Yingyi Cup last year can no longer be viewed from the perspective of a female chess player!
Two times reached the quarterfinals of the World Championships, and one reached the semifinals of the World Championships.
The women's league led the team to win the championship with a perfect record in the regular season, and the men's life-and-death battle was reversed with two consecutive victories!
To date, eight of the world champions of fermented bean curd and nine-dan Wushuang have made the entire South Korean men's chess world change their color and cry at night!
In the Nongshim Cup Arena, he ended the record of being the first person in the world to be like a god, and brought back the long-lost Nongshim Cup for China!
There is a female monarch in this world, her name is Zhao.
It’s hard to describe how powerful and virtuous you are!
Such results have already faintly broken through the historical ceiling of female chess players!
It is not surprising that the new generation leaders of China are ashamed of themselves!
Seeing that the student seemed to be very concerned about this matter, Shang Chaotian was silent for a while, and then tried to comfort him carefully:
"Lei Qi, Rui Zhao, then you don't need to worry too much..."
"It's okay, Teacher Shang!"
The young Chinese double crown winner saw that Shang Chaotian seemed worried, so he directly Interrupted him:
"I actually feel very lucky to be a chess player of the same generation as her!
"...If only she could be more careful with foreigners. Okay..."
"...Eh?"
Shang Chaotian was quite surprised when he heard this.
But just when I was about to ask, the award ceremony just ended. Amidst the warm applause, Lei Qi had already stood up and left the stage, going to share the joy of winning the championship with his parents who came specially. The chairman of the Chess Association had already lost the opportunity to ask questions and had to talk later. However, just when Shang Chaotian was about to pack up his mood and luggage and prepare to leave Hailing, Lu Wenjie, who had come with him, came over and talked in a low voice about something he had just arranged not long ago: < br>
“Brother Tian, regarding the King of Kings Competition, I have just contacted Shengjiang City, but Shengjiang City firmly does not agree to allow the world runner-up to participate.
"They feel that although Shiya is considered more valuable than the national champion most of the time, in the end it is still the runner-up.
"Allowing the runner-up to participate will greatly reduce the 'King of Kings' event. Brand value is hard for them to accept. "
"Well..."
Hearing this, Shang Chaotian exhaled, looking a little helpless.
With the final victory of the Spring Orchid Cup Lei Qi To win the championship, all international and domestic competition champions have been decided before the King of Kings competition in early May this year
Immediately afterwards, Shang Chaotian asked Lu Wenjie to contact Shengjiang and asked if the three World Asia winners in the past year - Xiong Siyi, Li Zhaokai and Zhu Yuanjun - could be allowed to participate in the competition early next month. This year’s King of Kings Tournament. The result was a direct rejection.
In fact, it is not difficult to understand the reaction from Shengjiang: they are already called "Kings of Kings", so naturally they must be the champion to be eligible to enter! What kind of "king" is the runner-up?
Once the runner-up is allowed to participate in one session, the style will really drop!
However, everyone understands the truth, but the difficulty before us is actually here:
“Let’s put it this way, but...
"If we only count the champions, there are not enough people this year!"
——Yes.
In this King of Kings tournament, the reason why the Chess Association asked Shengjiang City to relax the participation requirements is because this year’s champions are relatively concentrated and the number of participants is not enough!
According to convention, in every previous King of Kings tournament, eight people participated, and usually there were eight champions.
But this time, since the end of the last King of Kings Tournament, the only international and domestic champions that have been produced are:
Spring Orchid Cup champion, [Tian Yuan] [National Player] double title holder - Lei Qi.
The winner of the last King of Kings Tournament, Dragon Star Battle, and Agama Cup - Lin Ruixin.
Sun Yi, the champion of Pinghu Quick Chess Tournament and the title holder of [Yixian].
[Celebrity] Title holder——Ni Jue.
Champion of Changqi Cup——Ji Qiufang.
Full of success, there are a total of five championship winners, which is a full three short of the previous eight!
Although the King of Kings Tournament has been held for five years, there have been two situations where there were not enough people. However, by including strange "champions" such as "Beijing MVP" and "Asian Games Trial No. 1", the number of eight participants has been guaranteed.
But now, the MVP of the last Siege League was Lei Qi, who was already on the list of participants, and there is no Asian Games trials this year, and at the same time, there are as many as three vacancies!
Faced with this situation, the Chess Association had no temper at all and had to make the next best thing, not wanting to be rejected by Shengjiang.
With the end of the Spring Orchid Cup, there will be no more champions before the King of Kings.
How to support a competition with only five chess players suddenly gave Shang Chaotian some trouble.
Seeing that his chairman frowned, Lu Wenjie continued:
“Uh, Brother Tian.
“For this situation, Shengjiang City’s intention is to err on the side of indifference. The less people there are, the less people there are!
“If the number of sets is not enough due to the small number of participants, then change the original double-elimination format to a round-robin format, so that the number of sets will be more and more realistic.”
"Well, this is a way."
Shang Chaotian said in deep thought:
"But...even if it is a round-robin tournament, we should have an even number of participants, right? For example, six people. ?
"Otherwise, we would be able to play two games in each round, and five people would only play ten games in total. This would be too embarrassing! ”
But at this time, Lu Wenjie couldn’t help but smile bitterly:
"Well, actually...
" Shengjiang City feels the same way. "
"Huh? "
Hearing that his thoughts had been predicted by the other party, Shang Chaotian was slightly surprised, and then he reacted:
"Listen to this... Shengjiang City's response to the third Do you already have ideas for the six candidates?
"...
"...Eh! Could it be..."
"Yes, Brother Tian, you are absolutely right. "
Seeing that his chairman seemed to have noticed something, Lu Wenjie naturally added at this time:
"The people in Shengjiang City felt: In the past year, our Chinese Go champions have been Most important.
"One is the Spring Orchid Cup that Lei Qi just won, which broke our China's more than two-year world championship drought!
"And he also successfully entered this year's King of Kings Tournament, and he couldn't help but Mention more.
“As for the other one...it is undoubtedly the Nongshim Cup that has been away for four years!
“As we all know, for domestic chess fans, the status of the Nongshim Cup is No less than a world champion!
“So, Shengjiang City feels...
"It is completely reasonable and reasonable for the finisher of the last Nongshim Cup to participate in this King of Kings competition." (End of Chapter)