After all of us are reborn, who plays Go?

"China-Japan Go Tournament? So soon?"

Hearing this name, Zhan Lang was slightly stunned, and then said something with some surprise.

I had heard this story in Yingzi's live broadcast room before I traveled through time. It was a very legendary story.

In this world, Zhan Lang was actually prepared and had even been waiting for this competition, but he did not expect it to happen so soon.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems that the time has indeed come. It is already 1983, and there is still preliminary preparation work for this competition. It will eventually be that time if it is delayed.

So soon, I will be witnessing history... no, becoming a part of history?

"So fast?"

Chen Long was a little surprised when he heard what Zhan Lang said. What did he mean by so fast?
Zhan Lang looked at the somewhat puzzled Chen Long and explained briefly: "After we won the China-Japan competition, Japan must feel dissatisfied given their temperament, and they must want to get back at us.

But I thought they would wait until the next China-Japan Tianyuan Competition to avenge their previous defeat, but I didn’t expect that they wouldn’t even be able to wait until that day.”

"It's normal. After losing the China-Japan Tianyuan Tournament this time, the Japanese Go community reacted strongly, and Fujii Hideaki was even attacked by many Go review newspapers.

Even the president of the Japan Go Association came out to apologize publicly and said that he would pay more attention to the development of Japanese Go.

But I also didn't expect that they would actually hold another national war between China and Japan...

It seems that we are not ready to deal with this kind of national war."

Chen Long sighed slightly when he heard this.

That’s right, this is a national war!
Although the China-Japan Tianyuan Competition is also a confrontation between China and Japan, it is a one-on-one competition after all, so the intensity will not be that strong.

However, this time the Japanese side proposed that China and Japan each select eight players to compete against each other. To some extent, this already represents the confrontation between the national Go circles.

Moreover, it is difficult for China to refuse the national war proposed by Japan.

After all, I just said last month that the China-Japan Tianyuan Competition is the turning point of the confrontation between China and Japan.

It would be too embarrassing if someone proposed a national war and I didn't dare to accept it.

What do you mean by turning point? Going back home?
"So how many people will compete in the ring match?"

"Eight people from one country..."

Zhan Lang nodded when he heard this: "It's really not easy to arrange eight people."

Of course, this does not mean that China cannot send out eight chess players. There are generally active professional players in China.

The quality of the eight people sent out is definitely not as good as that of Japan, or even all of them cannot reach the level of 9th dan.

The Japanese can easily put together a super luxurious nine-level lineup with their eyes closed.

It’s not even a full nine-stage lineup.

If we include Fujii Hideaki, there are seven top-notch players in Japan. Even if we exclude two non-citizen top-notch players, we can still pull out five top-notch players.

If we find three strong 9th dan players at random, it will be easy for the Japan Shogi Association to do so.

Five top-notch players plus three strong ninth-dan players.

Thinking of this lineup, Zhan Lang felt a little scalp tingling.

There is no other way. If you really let Zhan Lang fight against a top-notch player, Zhan Lang will not be afraid at all, and there is even a possibility that he will steal the prize.

But when you mentioned five, Zhan Lang really didn’t know what to say.

The pressure is coming up right away.

Shen Zichuan's five people were extremely sublimated, and it is said that they all fell seriously ill after returning. Moreover, he was able to win not only because his paper data was stronger than the five people, but also because three of the five people, Ke Ding and Zhao, were defeated by him.

It's hard to say who will win when Zhan Lang fights against a single top-notch player, but when he faces five of them at once, the intensity suddenly reaches its maximum.

Zhan Lang couldn't help but feel a bit of a headache. If Japan really sent out such a lineup, how could Chinese Go be defeated?
Three strong ninth-dan players can basically guarantee that the Japanese team will definitely be able to get in front of them.

If the situation is good, you can surround five or six opponents by yourself. If the situation is bad, you can even surround seven or eight opponents by yourself.

“This is really mind-boggling.”

There is no way. The overall strength is not strong and when encountering such competitions and team competitions, the pressure on the main force can be said to be overwhelming.

To some extent, Zhan Lang suddenly understood why Shen Zi had said in a previous interview that he hoped his teammates would be more powerful.

Because in many cases, you may not have teammates at all, or it may be even worse than having no teammates.

Chen Long looked at Zhan Lang, who couldn't help but pull his hair, and could only comfort him: "Don't worry, don't be so stressed. Japan will definitely not send all the top-notch soldiers."

According to Japan's past experience, it is basically impossible for the opponent to directly send out this strongest lineup.

After all, in the eyes of the opponent, Chinese Go is just a chicken. Killing a chicken is just a butcher knife at most, so how can you use a dragon-slaying sword?
But the opponent will definitely send out top-notch players. The key is how many top-notch players the opponent will send out.

"All seven super players? Wouldn't that mean that all the Chinese Go players would be beaten out?! It's better not to bring up this kind of proposal again. If it gets out, wouldn't it make Japanese Go a laughing stock?"

After hearing what the president of the Japan Shogi Association said, all the directors present at the meeting couldn't help but burst into laughter.

To fight against Chinese Go, all the top players from Japan should be sent to the field? How can you say such a thing? It's really laughable.

Chinese Go just stole the chicken once, and everyone just felt that they lost face, but it is not necessary to take Chinese Go so seriously.

"President Sekimoto has already given us the news. After all, they want to advertise in China by sponsoring the competition and open up the Chinese market through this competition.

So we still need to let China win one or two games, just like we did in the previous exchange match with China, and let them win a little bit to make China's performance look better."

"Then find a few female chess players and put them there."

Upon hearing this proposal, the president of the Japan Chess Institute said in a serious tone: "You are being a little arrogant!
The strength of Chinese Go is second only to that of Japan in the world. Although there is still a long way to go before us, there are still many talented people.

Putting female chess players on the list is both disrespectful to the opponent and irresponsible to ourselves."

“Private Marseille with red bean paste!”

Listening to the apology of the director next to him, the president of the Japan Chess Institute knocked on the table and said: "I hope the last China-Japan Tianyuan competition can serve as a warning to everyone! What a tragic precedent!

The overall strength of Chinese Go is very weak. Although it still poses no threat to Japan, this chicken is already fat. If we don’t deal with it well, we may be pecked in the eye by this chicken!
We have been pecked once! There is absolutely no way it will happen again!
This lesson is fresh in our eyes! I hope everyone will not forget how many complaints we received from chess fans this month! Even I was laughed at by those guys in shogi!
Japanese Go has been humiliated once, and we cannot be humiliated a second time. We cannot afford such a failure again!
There is an old Chinese saying: We should underestimate our opponents strategically and take them seriously tactically!

Now that we have fattened up the Chinese chicken, we have to use a butcher knife to kill it!
Three of you, this time we have three top-notch talents!"

A trinity of first-class insurance!
Make sure Japanese Go wins this game without any risk!

"Other candidates?"

"For Chinese chess players with good records, strong 9th dan and the new talents with strong strength in the past two years! For example, the champion of this Newcomer King Tournament has also made them win glory for the country in the international arena.

By the way, before the competition starts, the Chinese Go delegation will visit Japan, right? Then we can arrange for a few top players to receive them.

It seems that they have not received top-notch care for too long and have forgotten the horror of top-notch strength. It is time for them to remember.

Chinese Go brings good luck? Ha! "

(End of this chapter)