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Nippon Kiin officially announced the schedule of the World Go Championship and the Hope Cup International Youth Go Challenge. At the same time, Japan's two major companies, Fujitsu and NEC, announced their sponsorship of the two events.Originally, Nihon Ki-in was not short of money, but now with the sponsorship of local tyrants, the prize money for the three champions of the two events is as high as US$100 million (Championship Tournament), US$30 (Hope Cup Youth Group) and US$10 (Hope Cup Youth Group) respectively. Group).The high prize money naturally attracted more people's attention, but the strict Japanese decided not to use the wild card system, so only those qualified through various selection events can participate in the event.

However, in order to improve the popularity of Go in Japan, the Championship and the Hope Cup each held an additional qualifying match for Japan.Although this approach has attracted a lot of criticism, but in view of the money-absorbing ability of the Japanese Ki-in, the International Go Federation has no choice but to turn a blind eye.But Sun Ping and Ma Mingyu are not worried, they have already qualified for the Championship and Hope Cup respectively.

Although Aurora Chess Academy has some understanding of Sun Ping and Ma Mingyu's chess skills, they are not optimistic that they can get a better ranking in this kind of official international competition.Sun Ping participated in the World Go Championship, and the average number of players in this event is between [-]th and [-]th dan. At the same time, because of the increased prize money of this tournament, many top players of [-]th and [-]th dan also participated race.

And if Ma Mingyu participates in the Hope Cup Youth Group, Zhendan Chess Institute thinks that he should be able to win the top three nouns, but Ma Mingyu is going to challenge the Youth Group.The average number of dans in the Hope Cup youth group is about five dans, which is not something a new [-]nd dan like Ma Mingyu can handle.Although the number of ranks does not necessarily represent the final strength, it is directly proportional to the player's chess strength and experience.For Go players, experience is actually very important.Because of this, Sun Ping and Ma Mingyu were only given the task of "strange son" by the chess academy, but they were not given the task of winning the championship.

Although Sun Ping had decided to take his disciples to the Oriental Academy in the next semester, he and Taojiang No. [-] High School still wanted to get together and part ways, and informed him that he and Ma Mingyu planned to participate in the Go tournament.The Fourth Middle School also knew that this was the last opportunity to use Sun Ping's name to promote the school, so they still provided a lot of publicity resources for this expedition.

Fortunately, Sun Ping and Ma Mingyu are also worthy of publicity. You must know that the Go of the Aurora Kingdom has always been better in the north than in the south. It was relying on a few old chess players to support the scene there.So the appearance of Sun Ping and Ma Mingyu made the Jiangnan Chess Institute very happy, because these two are completely favorable contenders for the future title battle.Moreover, the master-student relationship between Sun Ping and Ma Mingyu determined that the Jiangnan Chess Academy would not have to worry too much about the leaders in Go in the next 20 to 30 years.

As the highest-level individual competition in the international Go world, the World Go Championship is still very strict in terms of schedule.According to the regulations of the competition, except the owners of the three major titles (Tianyuan, Chess Master and Celebrity) of Aurora, Japan and South Korea can directly advance, only the champion of the Three Kingdoms Go Newcomer and the champion of the Three Kingdoms Go Masters can directly advance.In addition to these 11 direct promotion places, there are two places in Europe, America and Asia Pacific.

The number of places in the Hope Cup is relatively loose, but it is definitely not for ordinary people to join the competition.Sun Ping was also very surprised that he was able to qualify for the championship. After all, this event is not as old as the traditional international title fight, but its commercial development has been done very well, regardless of whether the communication effect is good or the ratings are certain. ensure.Therefore, among young people, the reputation of the championship game and the Hope Cup is greater than the traditional title battle.It's just that ordinary non-title grand chess players disdain to participate in this kind of national level competition due to their status, otherwise the title match is really nothing to watch.

Although the championship is not registered as a national team, the Zhendan Chess Academy still requires the players of the Zhendan Kingdom to start from Yanjing collectively.So Sun Ping and Ma Mingyu had a hard time, because their ranks were the lowest among the players, and even many junior players had higher ranks than them.Fortunately, Sun Ping has a quasi-international title in his hand, so most chess players below the fifth rank will respectfully call Sun Ping "senior", but Ma Mingyu, a low-level chess player without a title, has to see him People just call seniors.

But Sun Ping's good days didn't last long, because Sun Ping was the youngest chess player participating in the championship, so the glorious task of entertaining several titles was on Sun Ping's head.These title holders don't just call them seniors anymore, they almost all call them "Mister".The Zhendan Chess Academy players who participated in the International Go Championship this time include Shi Liang, the double title holder of celebrity and Tianyuan, and Kuang Wei, the holder of the title of Chess Master. Candidates.

These nine-dan chess players are middle-aged and elderly around 50 years old, but their brains are still flexible after playing Go for a long time.On the plane, everyone chatted and talked about Sun Ping's "big avalanche" formula.Sun Ping has no secrets in the country, and several regular moves of the big avalanche and the big oblique set can be queried in the internal information of the chess academy.However, if you want to comprehend the profound methods of these fixed formulas, it still depends on each person's chance.

Naturally, these great chess players have also studied the big avalanche and the big oblique jing-style, and they all think that this is one of the most difficult setting-styles in modern Go.In particular, everyone has a higher evaluation of the big avalanche, because this is a very good-looking setup.If one side has an advantage, it is easy to snowball in the middle of the game, forming the final avalanche.Some great chess players joked that if a chess player's future is to be destroyed, it is enough to let him experience a big avalanche of defeat.

Many chess players said that they couldn't get out of that kind of frustration for several days.As for the big oblique set style, this is a relatively well-regulated set style, which tests the player's ability to control the game.However, Sun Ping did not release the Demon Sword Set Form, because even Sun Ping himself could not hold this Set Form, and often hurt himself.With the guidance of several great chess players, Sun Ping also had a new understanding of Da Xue Beng's moves.

"Modern Go is basically the era when our Three Kingdoms are fighting for hegemony. The European, American and Asia-Pacific regions are all watching the show. I think the indicators that the International Go Federation imposes on them every year are not as good as the boys in the qualifying rounds of our Three Kingdoms." Shi Liang said. The chess world is known as a poisonous tongue, and this time I couldn't help criticizing the International Go Federation.

Zhendan Qiyuan has never been interested in the International Go Federation. Who told this international organization to be initiated by Nihon Qiyuan?Originally, Zhendan Qiyuan also organized the World Go Association to fight against the International Go Federation, but it was unexpected that the Korean Qiyuan surrendered under the Jinyuan offensive of the Japanese Qiyuan.Because of the loss of the support of the Korean Chess Institute, the World Go Association announced its merger with the International Go Federation after several years of existence.

Because of this, many players of the older generation in Zhendan Chess Academy look down on the International Go Federation.Veteran chess players think that Go is an elite sport, while the International Go Federation is trying to popularize it among the people.Many people who don't understand the traditional culture also come to play Go, which in the eyes of veteran players is a waste of money.

"Korean Chess Academy is the most powerful force in the international chess world in the past five years. Their competitive Go has developed to the point of proficiency. Many low-level chess players are so fierce that even us old guys can't stand it. However, they That is to say, the posture of the three axes, as long as you young people survive, you will be able to play later. The Japanese chess academy, I have to say, their inheritance is longer than ours. Alas, our chess academy has passed a whole generation back then. To put it bluntly To make the juniors laugh, the Aurora Kiin would not have been established without the help of the Nihon Kiin! The traditional Go of Aurora has nurtured the modern Japanese Go, and finally the modern Japanese Go has fed back to us. Therefore, the Aurora Kiin They are really of the same species as Nihon Ki-in, so we have studied each other thoroughly. For example, our big avalanche and big oblique set have researchers in Japan, and they also have many wonderful research results, so you must not take it lightly."

It took only two hours to fly from Yanjing to Tokyo, and the plane soon landed at Narita Airport.As soon as Sun Ping and others left the customs, they saw the vehicles arranged by Nihon Kiin come to pick them up.The two title holders naturally took a luxury car, while Sun Ping and another Chinese nine-dan chess player left in a luxury SUV.As for other players participating in the Hope Cup, that is the bus treatment.Sun Ping had to lament that the Japanese Ki-in's hierarchy is really strong.

Another great chess player, Lin Hu, said with a smile: "The Japanese have a very strong concept of hierarchy. The lower level players will bow and give in when they see the upper level players. If they meet the title holders, it will cost ninety percent." The high society in Japan highly respects Go, and a Go teacher is indispensable in the education of Japanese aristocrats. As a result, Go players are the fourth profession in Japan to enjoy the treatment of "Mr."

Nippon Kiin arranged the Go tournament in the Hakone Hot Spring area this time, and took over the entire Lake Ashi Resort.Players in the championship naturally enjoy luxury suites, but players in the Hope Cup also have standard rooms with hot springs.Although Sun Ping has lived in many luxury hotels, he has to be intimidated by Nihon Kiin's generosity.A championship player like Sun Ping not only has a super luxurious bedroom, but also a Japanese room, which is decorated like a Go venue.In addition, there is also a small hot spring bathing area, which can accommodate four or five people according to Sun Ping's visual inspection.Sun Ping put down his luggage and went to the bathing area to take a bath.

When Sun Ping was taking a bath, the team leader of the Aurora Chess Institute reminded him to attend the welcome banquet in the evening, and he needed to wear a formal attire.Sun Ping could only lament that good times are always short. After coming out of the bathing area, Sun Ping took a shower and changed into his suit.Following the prompts of the team leader, we came to the banquet hall of the resort. The entire banquet hall was decorated as if it were a western palace banquet.

Sun Ping had to admire the Japanese, no matter they were playing Japanese style or Western style, they could play well.Since the banquet was in the form of a buffet, after the two sponsors finished their speeches, the chairman of Nihon Kiin announced the official start of the banquet.Most of the dishes in Japan are exquisitely prepared, which is very suitable for this kind of buffet.After all, everyone is here to socialize, so there is no need to eat so much.

After the dinner, Sun Ping went back to his room to rest.The Hope Cup and the championship match are crossed. Sun Ping will have a match tomorrow, and his opponent is the Japanese celebrity-Takuya Kimura.