Go: Is the portable old man the nine-time champion?

Chapter 109 National Team Selection [Beihai Cup Finals Sweep Plus]

"I am convinced too..."

Shi Yu looked at the scenery outside the plane window, couldn't help but take a deep breath and then sighed.

Because they were sitting in first class, the flight attendant came over to ask Shi Yu immediately after seeing him look unwell: "Sir, you don't look well. Do you need a glass of water?"

"No thanks."

Yi Zheng, who was sitting next to him, raised his hand and said, "Give me a Coke."

"Ok."

The World Go B League has now held three games. Yi Zheng has won two consecutive games in the two games. His achievement of defeating the ninth dan with the first dan was also reported in some news.

After comprehensive consideration, Gu Zhengyu called Shi Yu, who was on standby in the capital, to play in the third game in Singapore.

Because the team we are facing in this match is not particularly strong, we can basically win even if we use substitutes, which is a good opportunity for newcomers to train.

Moreover, as a new beginner this year, Yi Zheng can have such an outstanding performance, so Shi Yu, who is also a newcomer, may be able to do the same.

When Shi Yu was in the capital, he already knew that Yi Zheng was shining in the second-tier league. When he stayed at home, he was already eager to try, so he flew to the venue of the third game as soon as he received the notice.

In the third round, Shi Yu met a sixth-dan opponent, but Shi Yu was not afraid at all. Yi Zheng could beat a ninth-dan player, so it was not a problem for me, Shi Yu, to beat a sixth-dan player!

But reality taught Shi Yu a hard lesson. After about a hundred moves, Shi Yu found that he could not hold on any longer. In the end, he forced himself to fight with the opponent and recovered the situation a little, but was still killed by the opponent.

Shi Yu had to admit that his strength was indeed much worse than those of these professional backbones.

Life outside the Novice Village is not easy.

Mr. Ke looked at Shi Yu who was sighing and said: "Congratulations on the league losing streak, and there is also Shi Yu's calculation! (≧≦)ゞ→"

"...Losing a game is nothing, we can just win it back later."

Listening to Yi Zheng's consolation, Shi Yu shook his head like a rattle: "You are amazing! You are so noble! You beat the professional ninth dan!
Do you know how badly I lost? Do you know how my life is going to be like now? The old man will definitely train me like crazy when I get back. I feel like I won't be able to go to the Shanghai Comic Exhibition. Ah! I even bought new clothes specially, but I never got a chance to wear them!

After hearing Shi Yu's words, Yi Zheng was silent for a moment. It seems that you are sighing about this matter. I thought you lost and couldn't get over it.

I don't understand the 2D thing.

"Yi Zheng, what are your plans next?"

Gu Zhengyu looked at Yi Zheng who was able to drink the Coke and asked, "The B-level league has come to a temporary end, and the next game will be in a month."

During this period, Yi Zheng was free for a while, and he didn't know what the other party was going to do.

Should I stay in the team and accompany my previous training, or choose to do something else.

Upon hearing this, Yi Zheng said calmly, "I've seen several Zhuge Cup and Iron Dome Cup preliminaries, and I'm planning to sign up for one.

I don't know when the title match qualifiers will start, and I'd like to sign up. Although many strong players will directly compete in the main tournament, there are also many top players in the qualifiers."

Shi Yu was slightly surprised when he heard this. "Damn, your competition schedule is so full. And even if you sign up for these competitions, you might not win two. There's no hope at all for the title match, so there's no need to sign up."

Although many title holders and 9th dan players will not participate in commercial national competitions, there are still many strong players. If a new 1st dan player goes, he basically has no chance of winning.

Therefore, many new beginners do not have many competitions at the beginning, and they mainly focus on competitions such as the Rising Star Cup and the Newcomer War.

"It's a good opportunity to win as many games as I can. Playing against a variety of players is a great opportunity."

Yi Zheng naturally knew that with his current level, it was impossible for him to win any national championship. Even if he used all of Teacher Ke's skills, it would still be unlikely.

After all, even if a strong player is defeated by Yi Zheng at the beginning, he may still have a chance to counterattack later.

Not to mention that these competitions are basically single-elimination, and as long as you lose the first game, it's game over.

Yi Zheng's main focus is to improve his chess skills. There is indeed a good chance that he will win the championship by playing in some different low-level emerging chess competitions, but the training he gets is far less than that of competing with others in national competitions.

Of course, if the financial situation becomes tight later, Yi Zheng doesn’t mind going to some new competitions to get money.

Yan Honglang said jokingly, "Xiao Shiyu, you see, this is where your awareness is completely different from others."

Hearing this, Shi Yu couldn't help but rolled his eyes: "Don't add a small word in front of my name!
I still believe that you should eat your meals one step at a time and walk your path one step at a time. If you take too big a step, you might end up breaking your balls."

Gu Zhengyu looked at the two children beside him and reminded them, "You should focus on the national youth team selection. The national team selection is about to begin."

"The national team."

Yi Zheng nodded when he heard this. The national team can be said to be a group of people who have gathered the most powerful forces in Chinese Go, and they also enjoy the highest-level resources in Chinese Go.

Not only that, the places for competitions including the Olympics and Asian Games will only be selected from within the national team.

Therefore, if you want to participate in high-end world competitions, you must join the national team.

The national team is also divided into three different groups: youth group, junior group and women's group.

There is no age limit for the youth group, but only those ranked in the top 50 in the Chinese ranking can participate in the selection. Those who have not registered can be replaced by substitutes. A total of 24 team members will be selected.

There is also no age limit for the women's group. Women must be ranked in the top 32 in the ranking points to participate in the selection, and a total of twelve team members will be selected.

The selection criteria for the youth group are much looser. Anyone under the age of eighteen with a professional rank can participate. A total of twenty-four team members will be selected.

Although the selection criteria for the national youth team are extremely loose, all those who are selected are young talents.

Especially in the past two years, there have been many highly skilled chess players under the age of eighteen. Even the three young players of the national team have made it directly into the national team when they were less than eighteen years old.

There was no need to think about Yi Zheng for the national team for the time being, as he couldn't even meet the basic selection criteria, but for the national youth team...

Even if it was just to meet the talented people of the same age, Yi Zheng felt that he should also participate in the selection.

At least I know how big the gap is between me and chess players of the same age.

(End of this chapter)