Chapter 110 I have the confidence to fight him

As autumn turned to winter, in January, when the winter vacation was approaching, Yu Shao was finally promoted to amateur 5th dan. At the same time, registration for that year's Go ranking tournament was finally open.

Early in the morning of that day, Yu Shao took his rank certificate and took a taxi to Jiangling Chess Academy, or Jiangling Go Association.

The registration period for the professional chess tournament ends in April each year, and you can register at any chess academy during the deadline.

Despite this, when Yu Shao arrived at the chess academy, he still saw quite a few people signing up for the qualifying tournament, including both men and women, young and old.

"The registration period is three months long. If you come any day, you will see so many people signing up for the tournament."

Seeing this scene, Yu Shao couldn't help but be amazed.

In this world, the number of chess players is much larger than in the previous life, but there are still very few places for professional chess players, which means that the competition will be more brutal and fierce.

Yu Shao walked into the chess academy and was about to go to the registration office to submit his information when two young men walked past him.

"Ding Zi, if I can't get the rank of Dan this year, I will quit the dojo." One of the young men said.

The young man called Ding Zi was a little surprised and asked, "Why? You have been in the dojo for ten years."

“Because it’s been ten years.”

The young man looked a little sad, and said, "I started learning chess when I was five years old, and entered the dojo when I was nine, but I still haven't been promoted to a professional player in ten years. I will be twenty next year."

"If I can't become a professional chess player, it's meaningless to stay in the dojo. I don't have the face to stay any longer. I have to prepare another way out..."

The young man sighed and said, "I really like playing chess, but it's a pity that it doesn't like me."

"I have worked hard and struggled, and now..."

He paused, and finally said: "It's time to give up."

Hearing this, the young man called Dingzi hurriedly comforted him: "You said that it seems that this year has failed. Maybe it will be successful this year?"

"I can't decide. I know my own strength. The reason why I am still participating in the ranking tournament this year is not so much to give it a last ditch effort, but rather to say..."

The young man shook his head, paused, and continued, "Rather, I want to use this failure to fully realize that I am not cut out for this, so that I can give up with peace of mind."

The young man called Dingzi was speechless for a moment.

After hearing their conversation, Yu Shao's mood became a little complicated.

This was not the first time he had seen such a scene. He had seen it countless times in his previous life. Fortunately, he had some talent in his previous life and successfully became a martial artist at the age of twelve.

But more and more people still fell on the path of becoming professional chess players, and turned into bones under the feet of others. In this world, there are bound to be more bones.

Yu Shao shook his head, sighed lightly, went to the registration office, and handed over his rank certificate and ID card to the staff of the chess academy.

The staff member was a middle-aged man in his forties. He opened the file, took a look, and then asked, "Yu Shao, right?"

"right."

Yu Shao nodded and said, "I want to sign up for this year's Go ranking tournament. Sorry for the trouble."

"Okay, please wait a moment, I'll check it."

The staff member picked up the rank certificate, took a look at the rank number below the certificate, and immediately tapped the keyboard and entered the number. Yu Shao's rank and past performance information soon popped up on the computer screen.

"I found out, you——"

The staff member nodded and was about to say something, but when he saw the amateur rank records and performance displayed on the computer screen, he was suddenly startled and stopped talking.

The computer screen showed that it took Yu Shao only half a year to be promoted from being classified as an amateur fifth dan, and he won first place in all the amateur promotion competitions.

"You must have learned chess for many years, but never passed the exam or got an amateur rank, right?" The staff member looked at Yu Shao in surprise and asked.

"right."

Yu Shao smiled and said, "I have studied it for many years."

Hearing this, the staff breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought Yu Shao had only started learning Go in the past six months. In just six months, he was promoted to amateur fifth dan and won first place in all amateur competitions. This was too damn scary.

However, if you have the ability but have never taken the exam or obtained amateur status, then it is much more reasonable to pass it in one go.

"Why did you take the exam so late?"

The staff member asked curiously, "Since you were promoted to amateur fifth dan in one go and won first place in all the promotion tournaments, you should have been able to participate in the dan tournament a few years ago, right?"

"Didn't Zheng Qin, a first-dan player, wait until he was 19 years old before participating in the Dan qualifying tournament?" Yu Shao said with a smile.

"Zheng Qin, first dan? Second dan now!"

The staff member was a little amused and said, "Besides, there are very few people like him who can successfully qualify after only participating in the qualifying tournament once. Are you also confident that you can successfully qualify in one try?"

Zheng Qin is already a second dan? This was a little beyond Yu Shao's expectations, but Yu Shao didn't care too much and smiled, "Maybe."

"That's good. You should have this confidence."

The staff member couldn't help but laugh. He glanced at Yu Shao's information and said, "You are sixteen years old now, but you will be seventeen soon. If you can successfully qualify as a professional chess player this year, you will be about the same age as most professional chess players."

"But if you put it off any further, it will be a bit too late. Generally, chess players who can quickly rise to prominence in the professional chess world are usually promoted to the dan level at around 16 years old, and some are even earlier. Zheng Qin, who is 2nd dan, is an exception."

"Although you always get promoted by coming in first place in amateur competitions, I still need to remind you about the qualifying tournament and amateur promotion tournament..."

The staff member paused, then continued: "It's totally different."

"I know."

Yu Shao nodded.

"It's good to know, just keep a calm mind."

The staff member said, "Please pay the registration fee, 200 yuan, scan the code or pay in cash?"

“Scan the code.”

Yu Shao took out his mobile phone, quickly scanned the code, and paid the registration fee.

"The qualifying round is a round-robin tournament. Our province is divided into ten groups, and the top ten in each group will enter the main tournament, which means a total of one hundred people will qualify for the tournament."

The staff introduced: "The main tournament and the finals will not only involve players from Jiangling, but players from the entire region. Both the main tournament and the finals are double-elimination tournaments."

Yu Shao nodded. He actually already understood this.

Because there are a lot of participants in the Go ranking tournament in this world, the competition format is somewhat different from that in the previous life.

In the previous life, starting from the preliminaries, all the chess players who have been ranked in the professional level would compete directly together because the number of participants was not large.

But in this world, the number of contestants from just one province is more than the total number of contestants in the annual ranking tournament in previous lives, but the number of places for professional chess players is still very small.

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Therefore, in this world, each province has a corresponding quota for the main competition. One must first pass the preliminaries and get this ticket before being able to participate in the main competition. This is extremely cruel.

In other words, the preliminaries will directly screen out 90% of the players, the final 10% will enter the main competition, and the final 1% can become professional chess players!

It is no exaggeration to say that it is like a huge army crossing a single-plank bridge.

"The qualifiers should be held in early May, and we will call you in advance." said the staff.

"Thanks."

Yu Shao thanked him and turned to leave.

Not long after Yu Shao left, a young and handsome young man walked into the chess academy.

"Zheng Qin, second dan."

Seeing the young man, the staff at the registration office immediately waved and greeted him.

Zheng Qin looked over and couldn't help laughing: "Brother Li, why are you calling me so strangely? Just call me Xiao Zheng."

"You're a professional chess player, so you have to call out your name when you add your rank. What's more, you just got promoted to the second rank. Wouldn't it be impolite of me if I don't call out your name?"

The staff member smiled and said, "Why did you suddenly come here today? Let me guess, maybe you want to ask about the Fangyuan Cup?"

"Yes, isn't the Fangyuan Cup about to start again?" Zheng Qin said with a smile.

"Haha. I knew it."

The staff member smiled and said, "What a coincidence! I just mentioned you to a kid who is going to participate in this year's qualifying tournament."

"Really? What did you say about me?"

Zheng Qin was a little curious.

"He had never taken the exam before, nor had he been assigned an amateur rank. In the second half of last year, he took all the exams at once and was assigned an amateur 5th rank. Moreover, he has always won the amateur rank promotion."

The staff member laughed and said, "I asked him why he didn't get promoted earlier and participate in the promotion tournament if he had such ability. He said, "Didn't you drag it on for a long time? I think your name is Yu Shao?"

Hearing this, Zheng Qin was stunned.

The staff member was still talking to himself: "It's impressive that amateurs keep winning championships, but amateur competitions can't compare to the dan tournaments, right?"

"Not everyone can be like you, Xiao Zheng, and have the ability to pass the qualifying tournament in one go. Most chess players need both ability and luck. If the draw is too bad, then there is no way to qualify. There is nothing we can do!"

When the staff member saw that Zheng Qin didn't speak for a long time, he became a little confused and looked up at Zheng Qin.

Seeing Zheng Qin's reaction, he was a little puzzled and asked, "Zheng Qin 2nd Dan? What's wrong?"

"nothing."

Zheng Qinzhang exhaled, shook his head, and said with a smile: "He is finally here."

"He, which he?"

The staff was a bit confused.

"Yu Shao."

Zheng Qin smiled and said, "I knew he would be here soon."

The staff member looked confused and asked, "Ah? Do you know him?"

"certainly."

Zheng Qin smiled and said, "I practice and play chess every day, constantly honing myself, just to wait for him to become a professional chess player, and the moment he appears in front of me, I will have the confidence to fight him."

Hearing this, the staff was completely stunned.

Have the confidence... to fight him? Believe, have the confidence?

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