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Ren Zuo turned his head and watched the two juniors walking into the hall hand in hand.Hey, Hiji, are you here to attend my wedding or to show off your affection? It's too high-profile.

The two wore similar clothes, clasped their hands, and entered the circle of friends. Everyone came forward to bless them knowingly.Although the mainstream society still does not have any recognition of same-sex feelings, it has gradually been accepted among many young people and some enlightened families.

"You boy, is this fulfilled?" Anato stepped forward and punched Hiyoshi first. He returned to China earlier than Hiyoshi, and he has already contacted his friends. Apart from him and Hiyoshi, the Ice Emperor Tennis Club, now Most of them are social elites. Riji has won a Grand Slam runner-up this year, but he is still struggling slowly.But Anato was not jealous, anyway, he had not experienced such setbacks before.

"Riji, congratulations." After all, it was a wedding banquet, and there were too many important people coming and going, so it was not easy to congratulate the relationship openly, but the congratulations were not bad. "By the way, I heard that Chiba also took a title."

"That happened last year, Mr. Xiangri." Siming didn't care too much, just like he didn't know tennis, and not many of these friends knew Go.Probably good to know, there is no need to be too serious.

"Yeah, you two, one is Qisheng, the other is the runner-up of the Australian Open, you really envy us."

"Come on, you, a social elite, are still short of that grade."

Hee hee ha ha, a wedding banquet is over.Renzu is really depressed, why my sister's wedding is so decent, and my wedding looks like a gathering of friends or a business banquet.

After the wedding, Hiji turned into a trapeze again and went to Indian Wells to continue his game.Although there are fewer points, Hiji's performance this year is not bad because of his good performance at the Australian Open.

Siming, who ended the chess battle, started the ten-dan match again.But what he didn't know was that there was another unexpected game waiting for him.

When the qualifiers were just held, Mr. Yabuki from the Kiin found him, hoping that he could participate in the Hokuto Cup trials.

"Big Dipper Cup?" Siming was taken aback for a moment. He still has the qualifications?

"That's right. In the past two years, Toya Nine-Dan and Shinto Nine-Dan have not participated much. We urgently need some capable young players to join." Yabuki said, "Chiba-san can be regarded as the top chess player of your generation Lah, I still want you to come out and lead the other chess players behind."

"Mr. Yabuki has won the prize. It is my honor to be able to participate in such a competition."

The Beidou Cup selection competition, probably because of the popularity of the Beidou Cup in recent years, has not many people participating.This made Siming, who still had to participate in the tenth stage qualifiers at the same time, quite busy.But fortunately, this is easier than having to participate in three competitions at the same time.

Siming quickly ended his match with his opponent, and then hurriedly left the game room.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Fortunately, the appointment with Kishitani and Tsuboi was not far from the chess academy, and Siming was not late when he arrived.

"It's nothing, we just arrived." Kishitani waved his hand nonchalantly, "By the way, I have finished reading the chess book you gave me last time. The ancient Chinese players are also very strong in the middle game."

Kishitani took out a manuscript from his bag and returned it to Siming, "Pingi and I followed many steps in the chess record and found that if we can reasonably apply some moves to our usual games, our mid-game Combat strength can be increased by at least two levels."

Tsuboi on the side also showed a rather happy expression.Taking advantage of the opening advantage, the battle in the middle game is very important for evenly matched chess players.

"That's really great. Maybe we can study it today. As you know, I have always wanted to apply the techniques in these ancient Chinese chess records to our games." Siming felt that he had met like-minded people. I almost burst out laughing, many times, a person's research is not so successful, oh, not exactly one person, of course there is also a Chiba boy.

"Maybe we can put it here." Tsuboi lifted the black chess piece to another position.

"No, no, in the game record, the move is to connect the two black pieces. Maybe I forgot to explain to you, there is a rule of returning the head in ancient Chinese Go, that is to say, when my chess compares with When the opponent has an extra piece, he must give back one piece to the opponent to balance the two extra eye positions of the extra piece. After all, China calculates the outcome according to pieces."

"It's so complicated." Kishitani sighed, "The way these moves even have to take into account China's original seat system."

"Yes." Siming nodded, "But in fact, if you only look at the middle game, you don't necessarily need to fully consider the opening."

In this way, while discussing with a few friends, while continuing his own competition, Siming successfully entered the ten-dan competition.

"It's a good thing that the competition system was changed after the [-]th session. Otherwise, we would have to divide the winning group, and the losing group would be really troublesome." Chai Qi performed very well in this qualifier and successfully entered this competition, although he had already entered the cycle of chess masters before. However, he was a little surprised to enter the tenth stage this time. "Should I be glad that I entered at the right time?"

"No, this just shows that you have missed so many opportunities to play against masters." As a new chess player joining the Ogata Research Association, Yu Inayama hit Chai Qi unceremoniously, even though it was his first time Enter this competition of this type.

At the end of the ten-stage competition, Siming had almost confirmed his eligibility for the Beidou Cup.At the end of the day's game, Siming left the Chess Academy with He Gu and Tsuboi who had also finished the game.

"The other two players are still being determined. The current candidates are Fukasaku Seventh Dan, Kishitani Seventh Dan and two Kamio Sixth Dan and Koike Seventh Dan from Kansai Kiin."

"I heard that Kamio [-]th Dan has not been in the professional world for a long time. To some extent, he can be regarded as a genius." Siming walked aside and listened to He Gu talking about the news he heard.Because Mr. Morishita is in charge of the Beidou Cup this time, compared to Siming raising his eyebrows, Hegu will get the news more quickly.

"Then it seems that the possibility of Kamio Sixth Dan becoming a player is quite high."

"It's a pity that we still have to participate in the qualifiers of Honinbo at that time, otherwise we can go and watch it together." Tsuboi said with some regret. Last year, because of his poor form, he was eliminated before this competition, which made him have to start from the competition this year. The initial qualifiers began with a struggle for Honinbo.

"I think the Chess Academy will also consider this issue."

In early May, the participating Chinese and Korean teams arrived in Japan on the same day.Among the teams from China, Le Ping, who had participated in the first Beidou Cup, was led by Lu Li.

Hong Xiuying is leading the South Korean team. Probably because of Gao Yongxia's temper, the Korean Chess Academy also had to consider human relations, so Hong Xiuying was sent out.

In view of his friendship with several Chinese and Korean chess players, Siming knew about the opponent's players as soon as they were confirmed.

On the first day of the competition, the Japanese team as the host had a bye, and the South Korean team faced the Chinese team.

The general of the Korean team is Kim Jung-hwan, who has just been promoted to the seventh dan. In the past two years, more and more players participated in the Beidou Cup, which also led to the higher and higher ranks of the participating players.The general of the Chinese team is Dou Yi.This somewhat surprised Siming.

"I thought it would be Leping."

"No, Leping's state has not been very stable in the past few years. Although there are occasional tricks. But it is still worse than Dou Yi." Lu Li shook his head. Leping has probably encountered a bottleneck period. The recent chess is so impressive. It's awkward, let him participate in the Beidou Cup this time, firstly, his performance in the trials is not bad, and secondly, let him see if other countries' methods can help him improve.

"So he was placed among the three generals."

"It's his own request."

Siming shrugged, a little unsure whether he should tell Lu Li that South Korea's third general, Park Yuki, has the title of "Little Yongxia" in Korea.

Fortunately, Leping's sufficient experience is enough for him to deal with Pu Yuqi. Leping's superhuman quick thinking allows him to think of ways to deal with emergencies in a timely manner. Park Yuqi's several attacks were blocked by him.

"It looks like he's right." Lu Li stood in the observation room. Even as the team leader, he didn't enter the game room to avoid putting too much pressure on the players.

"Don't underestimate Park Yuqi, maybe his offense is not as good as Gao Yongxia, but he is as fast as Gao Yongxia."

"Ah, I remembered, he is the kid called 'Xiao Yongxia' we met in Korea last time." He Gu suddenly realized.

"Yes." Siming turned his head to look at Kamio standing behind him, because he was the first to be identified, Siming had no contact with this young genius who entered the figure the fastest after himself, "Mr. Kamio? "

"Ah." Kamio raised his head blankly, "Senior Chiba."

"Maybe you can think about how to deal with Park Sang, he is your opponent tomorrow."

"Hi."

The next day is the game between Japan and South Korea.Yesterday, Jin Zhenghuan lost to Dou Yi, and Park Yuqi also lost to Leping. Only Li Changxiu, who was the second general, won against Cen Mingbanmu. It was very difficult to win.

"Fukasaku-san, I think you should have carefully studied Li Sang's chess game yesterday. Given your usual style, I don't think your problem should be serious." Before entering the game room, Taya, the team leader, began to play against the three players. previous guidance.

Shen Zuo nodded.

"Pu Yuqi's sixth dan is called 'Xiao Yongxia', which has something to do with his chess style being similar to Gao Sang. Kamio-kun, I have seen your chess game several times, as long as you maintain your style and don't be led by the nose Just go, as for Qianye-san, I think it's enough to be normal to you."

"Hi."

As an eighth-dan chess player, against Jin Zhenghuan, who has just advanced to seventh-dan, he actually seemed a little bully.However, maybe the Koreans are very confident, otherwise why didn't they shoot an [-]-duan.

Siming placed the first chess piece on the star position without any psychological burden.He has seen and studied Kim Jung-hwan's chess before.When I was in China, I used Yang Hai's account to play against this person several times on the Internet.Probably if it wasn't for the unstable state, it must be Park Yuki instead of Kim Jung-hwan who is sitting in the general's seat now.

This person's chess is too rigid and lacks variety. Although the defense is very solid, once he encounters a game that is different from the conventional one, he will be caught off guard.

Kim Jung-hwan was obviously not used to Siming's imitation of the seat, so he surrendered in the middle of the game.

Siming got up habitually and walked behind Kamio. This kind of team battle reminded him of his time in the Bingdi Go Club.Kamio is usually in a trance, just like Akutagawa-senpai, as if he will never wake up, and sitting in front of the chessboard, Kamio is like a sharp sword, reaching the opponent, sharp and powerful.

The two opponents who were also good at attacking started fighting not long after the start.Kamio's black chess pierced into the opponent's heart like a sharp knife, while Pu Yuqi was trying to cut off Kamio's big dragon lazily, so as to achieve the purpose of outflanking and encircling.

Still too young to get a little carried away.Siming shook his head. If Gao Yongxia saw this game of chess, he would probably be criticized by him.Obviously compared to "Xiao Yongxia", Kamio lived up to his reputation as a young genius, attacking sharply while luring the opponent into the trap he set for him.

Pu Yuqi was motivated to attack, stepped in, and everything belonged to him.

On the second day, South Korea lost [-]-[-], which was even worse than the first day.

The third day is a match between the two winners, which will also determine the No.1 of the Beidou Cup.

"Every time I play against you, I feel like I am playing against my own chess player. Although I am not as good as you now, Lu Li said that I have the qualifications to challenge you." Before guessing, Dou Yi said to him with a smile Siming said.

"Ah, many of my inspirations come from Chinese chess records." Siming nodded and admitted.

Whether it is the Art of War or the Book of Changes, those ancient books that can have an impact on Go, he has studied and studied them with the help of seniors or teachers in the university. Perhaps compared with those everyone, his research is still superficial. But these studies have played a better role in his understanding of the chess records left by his father and some ancient Chinese scores.

However, it is indeed much more difficult to use Chinese methods to deal with Chinese people.Compared with yesterday's smoothness, today's chess game seems not so smooth.

Because of his understanding of Siming, Dou Yi basically knew when and what kind of chess Siming would play. He might not be able to suppress some situations, but this was enough to cause trouble for Siming.

The second and third generals have finished their matches, while the match between Siming and Dou Yi is still in progress.The fighting in the middle and the side makes the chessboard look messy and the flames of war are raging.

Fukasaku and Kamio stood behind Siming a little nervously. The two of them won one and lost the other. The key to Japan's victory in the end lies in Siming.

After entering the finale, Siming could clearly feel Dou Yi's anxiety.In terms of official calculations, Dou Yi does not have the powerful calculation ability of Zhao Shi, and is often overturned at the official stage. Today, in fact, he already has a certain advantage in the middle game, but it is not so obvious.Then, let's make this advantage more clear at the end.

"I lost."

The door of the game room opened, and Siming led the other two players to block the door with the media behind them.The young chess player wrote a few words into the microphone protruding from his mouth.

"Back to Basics."