Chapter 336: The Final Day of Phase
“Yu Hong, Jing Jing.

"There's a tournament today. Aren't you guys going to watch the Lakeside Cup with Little Sheep?"

December 12th is the last competition day of the second phase of the Nongshim/Lakeside Cup.

Early that morning, Wang Haocheng, who was pulled into a voice call by Liu Yuhong, felt quite confused.

If the three female team members wanted to pull her over for a discussion, she could totally understand.

But Zou Yang’s account does not appear in the current live broadcast.

"Hey! Don't mention it!"

After sighing, Queen Mulan explained:
"Little Sheep made up a random excuse last night, saying he was sick and not in good condition, so he won't watch the game with us today."

"Huh? Real or fake?"

Wang Haocheng felt something was wrong at the first moment.

"Even if you're really sick, you can just stay on the voice chat and show your attitude! Why did you just quit?"

"Yeah, my first reaction was the same as yours..."

Liu Yuhong muttered:

“I thought about it and felt something was wrong, so I called the old lady to test the waters.

"Sure enough, the old lady didn't have the scheming of Little Sheep, and she quickly told him that Zou Yang had asked her to watch the game together..."

"With the old lady?"

Wang Haocheng was stunned for a moment, then he reacted immediately.

"This... the little sheep started it first!"

Liu Yuhong said helplessly:

“Who says it’s not!

"I guess she saw that Rui Zhao had almost finished dealing with the external affairs, so she started to hurry up and prepare for the internal affairs!
"After all, once the second stage of the Lakeside Cup is over, the final four rounds of the Women's Weiqi League will begin...

"She went to see the old lady, obviously intending to watch the game while planning and preparing for the last four rounds of the Weiqi League!"

"So, if she can do it on the first day, then I can do it on the fifteenth day! So I called you here too..."

"That's it..."

Wang Haocheng couldn't help but smile bitterly inwardly, thinking that the open and secret struggles between the two heroes were no less than what happened between him and Wen Xuefei in the past.

But they couldn't say anything about the Dongjiang team led by Zou Yang.

After all, Rui Zhao from the other team was eliminated from the two stages of the game. Shouldn't they be allowed to prepare for the league in advance?
"That's fine! We also need to study this Rui Zhao carefully!"

After Wang Haocheng agreed to the question, he stopped hesitating and started watching the live broadcast.

At this time, Rui Zhao and Xia Chuan Aoi from the two opposing teams had already entered the venue and taken their seats.

However, compared with the calm Rui Zhao, the Japanese general on the other side of the chessboard had no smile on his face, his eyes were as dark as water, and he looked very serious.

"...Natsukawa, you look very serious today!"

Wang Haocheng sighed softly upon seeing this.

"Yes, it's rare."

Liu Yuhong also echoed:

"I feel like every time I see her, she is always full of energy, making jokes and playing pranks on people.

"To be honest, she doesn't look like a typical Japanese female chess player."

"Her hometown is on a very small island in southern Japan. There are fewer constraints on traditional Japanese culture, so her personality is relatively free."

Wang Haocheng explained to the younger generation:
"However, despite her personality...

"But when she needs to be serious, she can definitely be serious."

"Like... when?"

At this time, the youngest Yang Manjing finally interrupted after being silent for a long time.

It’s just… her tone sounded as if she was worried, totally lacking her usual energetic tone.

Wang Haocheng blinked when he heard this, and after a moment of silence, he said:

"For example, when she stopped Xue Fei from winning the Women's World Championship in 2013..." Another example...

"When she stopped me from clearing the ring match alone."

...

...

“Good morning, everyone!
"Welcome to the last day of the second stage of this competition. This is Xiao Zhao's live broadcast assistant An An!
"Facing the Japanese main player Aoi Natsukawa, Xiao Zhao is about to strive for her eighth consecutive victory in this ring match!
"The guest who came to our live studio today is still our Vice Chairman Lu!
"Vice Chairman Lu! Do you think Xiao Zhao has a chance to tie Wang Haocheng's record of eight consecutive wins in women's tournaments?"

“I think there’s still a good chance!”

Lu Wenjie seemed to be being polite but actually said seriously:

"Natsukawa Aoi is undoubtedly the best female chess player in Japanese history. In addition to winning the Women's World Championship twice, she also won the 9th Women's Honinbo, 9th Women's Meijin, and 8th Women's Kisei titles in Japan. During her peak period, her dominance was no less than that of the current female duo.

"Wang Haocheng and Wen Xuefei, two leading women's players of the previous generation, have never won the Women's World Championship. Although it cannot be entirely blamed on Xia Chuankui, she should at least bear 70% of the blame!

“It’s just that… time is merciless after all. In the past two years, she, like Shindo Hiroaki, has also experienced a certain degree of decline.

"Including this year's Wu Yue Cup loss to Yang Manjing, it can be seen that her performance has fluctuated more frequently.

“Although Rui Zhao is only a newcomer who has just entered the professional arena this year, he is in great shape and very stable. I think this will be a fair fight!”

"Okay, thank you Vice Chairman Lu."

After Lu Wenjie praised him for a while, Ai Jianan responded politely and glanced at the real-time data on the screen.

The popularity of the match between Rui Zhao and Japanese captain Natsukawa Aoi has reached a new high, driven by a series of recent promotions and victories!

Even though the game was held on a weekday morning, the density of comments was still shockingly high! And there were all kinds of props and rewards before the game started.

Sure enough, for competitive sports, victory is the best publicity booster.

Ai Jianan said secretly.

If he can win this game, it will not only add fuel to the attention of "Go Xiaozhao".

Moreover, in the more than two months until the start of the third stage after the New Year, their main pillars were able to win eight consecutive matches in the ring and enjoy all kinds of popularity - including the entire Spring Festival holiday!

This is undoubtedly the most ideal situation for live broadcast promotion!
I had followed Rui Zhao's wishes and asked her to concentrate on her grades. It turned out that I had made the right choice!

Ai Jianan cheered for Rui Zhao in his heart, and then began to comment on today's game:
"Okay, the guessing game has just ended, let's get into the game together.

"In this game, Xiao Zhao plays black, and the Japanese general Xia Chuan Aoi plays white."

"Both sides opened with a star-shaped small eye, then the black piece made a small jump to the lower right, and the white piece made a big jump to the upper left, each defending a corner.

"In the 7th move, Xiao Zhao chose to destroy the three-three in the lower left corner. After both sides had a brief battle, White chose to lean towards the lower right...

"This way of playing seems relatively rare! The normal way of playing I think is definitely to the upper right corner."

Lu Wenjie narrowed his eyes:

"I feel like... the Japanese side must have made some preparations for this game. After all, Aoi Natsukawa definitely doesn't want his team to be eliminated without a single point.

"But this kind of unconventional play is more likely to cause chaos. Xia Chuan Aoi is a balanced chess player. Does she really want to start a battle with Rui Zhao so early?
"Could it be... a flying knife?"

Lu Wenjie was a little worried.

You know, the pioneer of our own women's team has become famous in this ring match, which is really too eye-catching.

It would not be surprising at all if the captain of the Japanese women's team carried a throwing knife and launched a sneak attack like Xu Xiangheng did in the first stage.

However, the subsequent changes seem to be relatively stable.

Probably to echo the configuration of the black piece in the upper right corner, Rui Zhao did not exert direct force here, but chose to connect directly after the outside push.

Afterwards, white chess pieces crawl, black chess pieces attack, white chess pieces charge, black chess pieces block, and white chess pieces crawl into the three-three corner to occupy the corner, all of which belong to the same path.

Subsequently, the black piece attempts to capture, and the white piece cuts off a black piece. The black piece captures and blocks the situation from the outside, and the white piece attempts to capture. The two sides form a wonderful symmetrical pattern similar to the Tai Chi diagram.

Next, if White plays a big tiger move, Black can consider attacking first, which will completely block White while leaving some lingering effects in the corner.

But at this time, Rui Zhao was not willing to give up the initiative.

What is supposed to come may be late, but it will never be absent!
In the 27th move, Rui Zhao suddenly launched an attack and directly broke through the breakpoint in the lower left corner of the white chess piece, demanding to start a battle!

The manuscript is finished, this chess game will be written in more detail

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(End of this chapter)

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