Chapter 1104: Five Barriers Passed Before, Six Generals Killed Now

Originally, when the Japanese side held the first China-Japan Go Challenge, they thought that the gap between China and Japan was so big that they would definitely crush the Chinese team. They had no intention of holding the second one. Unexpectedly, Qin Hao suddenly appeared and defeated three top-notch Japanese players in one fell swoop, rubbing the face of the Japanese chess world hard on the ground.

Even after the game, Kobayashi Koichi and the other two shaved their heads to apologize, they still could not calm the dissatisfaction of the Japanese people.

For the Japanese, such a result is of course unacceptable. They are the strongest Go country in modern times. They are the absolute advantage that can sweep the Chinese chess world with one or two nine-dan. They have seven major title battles, a glorious vein from Kencho-ji Temple, and top-notch players forged by water quenching and fire. When the organizer NEC saw that the China-Japan Go Challenge was so popular, it had the motivation to prepare for the second one.

So, there was the second China-Japan Go Challenge, and the organizer NEC even added a budget. The scale and publicity of this session far exceeded the first one.

The Chinese side is also willing to carry out such non-governmental exchange activities, and the two sides hit it off.

For Qin Hao, there is also good news, that is, the prize money for this year's champion has been increased to 20,000 yuan.

"This year's challenge tournament has increased to nine players, one of whom needs to be a female chess player. The rest of the competition system is similar to the previous one, still a defense system. The winning chess player will be the champion and will face the challenge of the next chess player until the last one."

The leader of the chess academy looked at Qin Hao while speaking. It was also because of this competition system that they had the confidence to take on this challenge. If they adopted a team competition system and competed with overall strength, they really didn't dare to agree so readily.

After an internal selection, the final list of nine Chinese players was released: Rui Naiwei, Qian Yuping, Shao Zhenzhong, Cao Dayuan, Jiang Zhujiu, Liu Xiaoguang, Ma Xiaochun, Qin Hao, and Nie Weiping.

The main general is still Nie Weiping, and the deputy general is still Qin Hao.

Soon, the list of the Japanese team was also exposed by the media: Kusunoko, Morita Michihiro, Imamura Toshiya, Kobayashi Akira, Kataoka Satoshi, Yamashiro Hiroshi, Sakai Takeshi, Takemiya Masaki, Otake Hideo. Kobayashi Koichi, who was highly expected in the last session, was not on the list. Obviously, the Japanese side also felt that the three of them could not defeat Qin Hao, and should be replaced by more powerful players.

"Aesthetic Chess Master" Otake Hideo and "Cosmic Flow" Takemiya Masaki are exactly the two most outstanding chess players in Japan. The former defeated Kudo Norifu in the previous Chess Saint Tournament, completed the sixth consecutive championship, and won the title of "Honorary Chess Saint", while the latter is in the most glorious stage of his career. In the finals of the Honinbo Tournament, he faced Lin Haifeng, Yamashiro Hiroshi and Otake Hideo in succession, and then defeated them one by one, completing the amazing feat of four consecutive Honinbo.

Especially Masaaki Takemiya, the global flow he invented has become the object of study for Japanese chess players. Fujisawa Hideyuki once praised: Our chess will be forgotten soon, only Takemiya's chess will be remembered forever.

The Japanese people have high hopes for Masaaki Takemiya. On the day when the Japanese delegation boarded the plane, many Japanese people spontaneously came to the airport to see him off.

Masaaki Takemiya also said in front of the media: "The last session was just an accident. In this challenge match, we will tell the world that Japanese Go is the world's number one."

The first game was arranged in Shanghai, but it was not the Shanghai Chess Academy, but a hotel newly opened by a Japanese businessman. It has to be admitted that Japan is very mature in business operations.

Both sides tacitly sent two female chess players to the field.

The match between Rui Naiwei and Kusunoko also attracted a large number of media and spectators.

Compared with men's Go, China is actually slightly ahead of Japan in women's Go, and Rui Naiwei once defeated Kusunoko a few years ago.

So at the beginning of the game, Rui Naiwei launched a dense attack, and Kusunoko could only defend herself and finally gave up at move 221.

The Chinese side won the first victory, and the people were encouraged. Rui Naiwei also jumped from an unknown young girl to a famous female chess player.

There was anger in Japan, and Kusunoko could only bow and apologize in front of the camera.

If Kusunoko's defeat only made the Japanese people angry, then the second Japanese chess player Morita Michihiro made the Japanese people furious.

As a disciple of Fujisawa Hideyuki, Morita Michihiro is only fifteen years old this year. After being caught in a local struggle with Rui Naiwei, he no longer had the ability to turn the tables.

The 2:0 advantage at the beginning made this China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament attract more and more attention. Shanghai TV and CCTV have specially arranged broadcasts. Through TV signals, Go, a niche sport, has become popular in China.

However, soon, Imamura Shun, the third Japanese player to play, returned a 2:0, defeating Rui Naiwei and Qian Yuping successively, until Shao Zhenzhong came on the court, which stopped his winning streak.

Kobayashi Akira, as a player who participated in the previous China-Japan Go Challenge, also closed himself off for a long time after returning to Japan, and also made a bold statement before the start of the game that he would avenge his previous shame.

Kobayashi Akira was really not boastful, and he won five consecutive victories as soon as he came on the court, defeating five Chinese players: Shao Zhenzhong, Cao Dayuan, Jiang Zhujiu, Liu Xiaoguang, and Ma Xiaochun.

The situation took a sharp turn for the worse, so the Chinese side only had Qin Hao, the deputy general, and Nie Weiping, the last main general to guard the gate.

The Japanese side has six chess players. Before the 11th round of the game, the off-site commentator of CCTV used three consecutive "the situation is very critical" to describe the unfavorable situation facing China.

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"Song Ying, don't worry. This Kobayashi Kaku is nothing special. He is just a defeated opponent of Haozi." Wu Jianguo said nonchalantly while eating melon seeds.

Huang Ling also echoed: "That's right. Haozi won five consecutive games in the last game. Maybe he can win six consecutive games this time."

Song Ying couldn't listen to what others said at this moment. Her heart had already followed the TV screen to the game scene.

As Qin Hao and Kobayashi Kaku sat opposite each other on the stage, the hearts of thousands of spectators were also moved.

The same was true in Japan, thousands of miles away. The broadcast signal of Tokyo TV transmitted the picture to thousands of households, and Japanese audiences were also cheering for Kobayashi Kaku.

"Kobayashi, if you beat him, you will be a top-notch chess player!"

"Kobayashi, it's time to prove yourself!"

Obviously, the Japanese audience still had a deep impression of Qin Hao, mainly because the strength Qin Hao showed in the first challenge match was too terrifying. When Qin Hao appeared on the stage, the hearts of the Japanese audience unconsciously hung in the air.

Like the Japanese audience, the chess players of the Japanese team were also cheering for Kobayashi Akira, especially Kataoka Satoshi, who also participated in the last challenge match. To be honest, he never wanted to meet Qin Hao in such an occasion again. In the last match, although Kobayashi Koichi and the other three attracted most of the firepower in the front, he was also criticized. The only difference was that he did not shave his head to apologize.

At the beginning of the game, Qin Hao won the right to play black first in the guessing, and he still started with point three three.

It can be seen that Japanese chess players have studied his opening timing a lot in this year. Kobayashi Akira was obviously more calm in dealing with it than in the last match, and there was no flaw in the first fifty moves.

"Good job, Kobayashi. Just play like this. Even if you can't beat him, you have to consume his energy."

"Not bad, Kobayashi has made a lot of progress. Come on, you will be the next top-notch chess player!"

Unfortunately, the Japanese audience was not happy for long. After 150 moves, Kobayashi Akira obviously felt the pressure doubled. After 200 moves, Kobayashi Akira's forehead was sweating. At 218 moves, Kobayashi Akira had to give up. It was still a familiar taste. The strong sense of oppression made him feel like he was back in the last challenge match.

Winning back a game made the Chinese audience breathe a sigh of relief. Not only did it break the Japanese winning streak, but more importantly, Qin Hao's state gave everyone a magical feeling, as if as long as he was there, nothing was impossible.

The happiest person was Uncle Lin. After Qin Hao won this game, "BBK" products also ushered in a wave of sales, especially in markets like Shanghai, where many merchants were out of stock. Uncle Lin quickly sent people to deliver and replenish goods.

However, Uncle Lin soon discovered that he seemed to be too happy too early. Qin Hao then defeated three Japanese players, Kataoka Satoshi, Yamashiro Hiroshi, and Sakai Takeshi, and won four consecutive victories, tying the score again.

Now the radios and tape recorders of "BBK" are selling like crazy. Dealers from all over the country called to ask for goods. Five OEM factories working in two shifts could not catch up with the speed of supply.

Qin Hao only endorsed the "BBK" brand on the market. In addition, the publicity of this China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament at the official level far exceeded that of the previous one, which was equivalent to a free advertisement for "BBK".

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With Qin Hao's efforts, the Japanese people no longer had the arrogance they had before. Such scenes made them feel familiar, as if they had experienced it a year ago.

Therefore, the Japanese people could only pin their hopes on the next player, Otake Hideo.

At the Beijing Stadium, 2,000 tickets were sold out in an instant, and CCTV delayed the broadcast of all programs and broadcast the entire game live.

Before the game started, Otake Hideo said confidently: "I have found a way to deal with Qin Sang, and I will defeat him and win the final victory of the game."

In response, Qin Hao just said lightly: "I will resolve the battle within 200 moves."

The Japanese audience listened to the translation of the off-site commentary of Tokyo TV and was very angry, clamoring for Otake Hideo to show Qin Hao a little color.

However, after the game started, Otake Hideo found that he, who played black first, fell into a passive position in the middle game. Qin Hao's offensive was much more fierce than before. It was an extremely oppressive offensive. What made him even more desperate was that he could not find any flaws in his opponent.

"This is impossible!" Otake Hideo looked at the densely packed white pieces on the chessboard and fell into deep self-doubt.

After 180 moves, Otake Yingxiong found himself dejected, and he had already lost. If he took into account the handicap, no matter where he moved, as long as Qin Hao did not make a mistake, he would lose 3.5 points in the end.

As for whether Qin Hao would make a mistake, Otake Yingxiong could not help but recall what Kobayashi Koichi had said to him before he left: Don't try to catch Qin Sang's flaws, because he will not have any flaws at all.

This is what made him most desperate. As a chess player, no matter how powerful his calculation ability is, it is impossible to avoid mistakes, but he carefully studied every move of Qin Hao and found that they were all optimal solutions.

"I lost!"

At the moment when Otake Hero gave up and admitted defeat, the entire Beijing Stadium was filled with cheers and applause. Many spectators were afraid of disturbing Qin Hao's thoughts, and even breathed very carefully. At this moment, they could finally indulge in the carnival.

At the same time, thousands of miles away in Japan, there was a cry of grief.

"Otake Hero is a waste, he doesn't deserve to be called this name at all!"

"Coward, idiot, how dare he lose to that arrogant guy!"

After the game, Otake Hero bowed 90 degrees but still couldn't extinguish the anger of the Japanese people towards him. The more powerful his clamor was before the game, the more fierce the Japanese people sprayed him after the game.

However, this time the Japanese chess world did not blame Otake Hero too much, but placed the last hope on Takemiya Masaki.

Some Japanese chess magazines even published a special issue to cheer up Takemiya Masaki, and the Japanese media later said that Takemiya Masaki would use his "global flow" to fight Qin Hao.

Unfortunately, the wish is good, but the reality is very cruel.

Masaaki Takemiya's "global flow" may be useful against other players, but there are too many flaws against Qin Hao. Masaaki Takemiya pursues the beauty of chess shape too much, and Qin Hao soon seizes the flaw and cuts off his dragon in the upper left corner.

Only 168 moves later, Masaaki Takemiya, who was highly expected before the game, was defeated by Qin Hao.

"Haha, what Japanese Go world number one, it's just like this!"

"Is this the top-notch player who claims to dominate the world? Who else do you have? Come on, we Qin Hao can knock them all down."

While Chinese audiences cheered, many Japanese audiences were already on the way to re-buy TV sets.

This China-Japan Go Challenge Tournament made Qin Hao completely establish his position as the number one player in Chinese Go, and there was an endless stream of manufacturers who came to Qin Hao to shoot commercials and endorsements, including manufacturers from Hong Kong and Singapore, and even Japanese manufacturers, such as NEC, the organizer of this event.

The hot sales of "Bubugao" have attracted the attention of many manufacturers. For the first time, they realized that Qin Hao already has an influence that is not inferior to any top star.

However, after the competition, Qin Hao basically did not show up in front of the camera. It was not because he was so low-key, but because the competition period was too long. In a blink of an eye, it was already June, and he had to prepare for the final exams of his sophomore semester. (End of this chapter)