Chapter 150 Shocked, Zhuang Weisheng’s son actually…

The game is over.

The end of this game, in which the black piece slays the dragon to win in the middle game, not only means that Jiang Xiahua has won the last spot as a professional chess player, but also means that this ranking tournament has come to an end.

Everyone around looked at Jiang Xiahua with great fear. In this game, the chess skills displayed by Jiang Xiahua once again exceeded their expectations.

Many of them knew Jiang Xiahua, and had even played against him more than once. However, from the two games yesterday and today, everyone could feel that Jiang Xiahua was completely different from before.

In yesterday's game, Jiang Xiahua performed well because he was in excellent condition, but today's game showed that Jiang Xiahua's chess skills have really improved.

It's not just the growth in chess skills. Through this game, they can also feel the determination and courage that Jiang Xiahua showed in the game.

When the board is in an advantageous position, most people just want to play it safe, and after the black pieces are cut off, they will sacrifice pieces to attack. However, not everyone dares to sacrifice pieces to attack without making a clear calculation.

"Already... he looks like a chess player."

Yu Shao looked at Jiang Xiahua. He was the one who felt Jiang Xiahua's change most clearly.

He still remembered the first time he met Jiang Xiahua. At that time, Jiang Xiahua kept sighing and complaining that Zhuang Fei and Fang Haoxin were second-generation chess players and that he was no match for them.

However, now that Jiang Xiahua faces Zhuang Fei and Fang Haoxin again, he probably won't be the slightest bit timid, but will fight hard with them on the chessboard.

Before, Jiang Xiahua, although he was quite good at chess, did not have the ambition to become a professional chess player.

A chess player is one who chases with a trembling body and challenges with awe.

Now, when Jiang Xiahua has this kind of awareness, his chess skills have also increased dramatically.

It sounds mysterious, but there is such a thing as sudden enlightenment in Go. You may find that you can no longer beat your opponent, who has been on equal footing with you until now, the next day.

Then, you can only watch others making rapid progress, and no matter how hard you try, you can never catch up. In the end, you can only sigh at their backs.

Jiang Xiahua stood up and soon saw Yu Shao in the crowd. After reporting the results to the referee, he hurried towards Yu Shao.

"Congratulations, you've successfully qualified as a professional player." Yu Shao congratulated with a smile.

"Congratulations, everyone."

Jiang Xiahua's face was filled with uncontrollable joy. He walked out of the game room with Yu Shao, saying as he walked, "After five years, I finally got promoted. I didn't let my master down."

"By the way, where is your junior brother?"

Yu Shao suddenly remembered that Jiang Xiahua had introduced him to his junior fellow apprentice before, whose name seemed to be Yuan Wenyi, but he had not seen him since then, so he opened his mouth and asked.

"Monkey? He was eliminated in the third round of this tournament and went home a long time ago."

Jiang Xiahua shook his head and said, "Although Monkey is in the promotion class in the dojo, he is ranked last. He was just trying to gain experience for future promotion this year and didn't expect to become a professional chess player."

"But he is only eleven years old and needs a few years of training. At this age, he can definitely wait." Jiang Xiahua said with a smile.

Yu Shao nodded thoughtfully.

In this world, there are many people who go to dojo to learn chess, but not all of them aim to become professional chess players.

Because of the special nature of the dojo, people generally refer to those who come out of the dojo as youngsters striving for a dan rank. But strictly speaking, only those who perform well in the dojo and enter the class striving for a dan rank can be considered youngsters striving for a dan rank in the true sense.

In other words, even if they all learn chess from a master in the dojo, those who enter the class for the promotion to a dan are direct disciples, while those who do not are just outer disciples.

If you fail to get into the class for getting a dan, you naturally won’t give up your studies. Most people learn chess during the holidays and go to school normally at other times, which is very different from the class for getting a dan.

In previous years, the finals of the professional chess tournament were dominated by fierce battles between young players who were striving for professional chess, and there were often times when no amateur players were seen for several sessions in a row.

Because of this, last year Zheng Qin, as an amateur chess player, defeated a group of young players who were trying to become a professional chess player and won all the games. The result of the professional chess player ranking tournament caused such a sensation on the Internet.

As for this year...

"The next step is to wait for the Xinhuo Battle. Although Master often plays chess with me, I have never competed with other 9th-dan chess players."

Jiang Xiahua said with anticipation: "Although it is just an exhibition match that symbolizes the significance of inheritance, I can't wait."

"With the tacit cooperation between me and my master, maybe I can defeat a 9th-dan player in my first professional match and get off to a good start in my professional chess career."

Jiang Xiahua suddenly realized something, looked at Yu Shao, and said, "You are an amateur chess player, so you can only wait for the chess academy to assign a partner. Who do you want to be assigned to?"

"Um?"

Hearing Jiang Xiahua mention the Xinhuo War, Yu Shao thought about it and said, "It's all right."

He was actually a little curious about who he would partner with in the Xinhuo Battle and who his opponent would be.

Although the Torch War was just an exhibition match, victory or defeat was not important and it only had symbolic significance of passing on the torch, but Yu Shao also thought it was quite fun and was looking forward to it.

"I tell you, no matter who wins or loses the Xinhuo Battle, we beginner chess players will definitely not lose." Jiang Xiahua said with a mysterious smile.

"Um?"

Hearing this, Yu Shao was a little confused and asked, "What do you mean?"

"Think of it this way. If we win the Xinhuo Battle, then we have defeated the 9th-dan player. If we lose, then our partner, the 9th-dan player, has lost to the other partner, the 9th-dan player."

Jiang Xiahua raised his eyebrows and said with a smug smile: "Anyway, we are definitely safe."

"Is this all right?"

Hearing this, Yu Shao was a little surprised!

I originally felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it carefully, I didn’t know what was wrong. I actually felt that this logic made sense.

“That’s what everyone thinks.”

Jiang Xiahua couldn't help but smile and said, "So, it doesn't really matter who we partner with, because we are guaranteed not to lose."

The closing ceremony of the Dan Ranking Tournament will be held two hours after the end of the game.

Although Jiang Xiahua hadn't eaten yet, he was so excited that he didn't feel hungry at all because he had finally succeeded in becoming a professional chess player after five years of trying to get promoted.

Therefore, Jiang Xiahua did not go out to eat, but just ate some free snacks and pulled Yu Shao to stay in the hotel lobby to chat and talk about some interesting things in the dojo, waiting for the closing ceremony of the qualifying tournament to begin.

Soon, more than an hour passed, and the twelve chess players who had obtained professional quotas arrived at the competition hall one after another.

After a month-long battle, there was visible fatigue on their faces, but more of it was excitement and a hint of confusion about stepping into the world of professional chess players.

After arriving at the hall, the men's chess players all looked at Yu Shao with complicated expressions.

Even the chess players in the women's group looked at Yu Shao curiously, whispering to each other. Even though they were in the women's group, they had heard the name Yu Shao several times in the past few days.

Not long after, Su Yiming and Xu Zijin also came to the hotel lobby, each found a seat and sat down, waiting for the closing ceremony of the qualifying tournament.

Not only the twelve players who got the places for the competition, but also the other players who made it to the finals soon arrived at the competition hall. Although they failed to be promoted to amateur seventh dan.

This is also one of the reasons why some of them, even though they were eliminated a few days ago, still chose not to leave but to continue staying in the competition.

Although many of them have already advanced to amateur seventh dan.

Soon, a total of 100 chess players, fifty men and fifty women, came to the hall. Several reporters and cameramen were taking photos and videos on the side. The hall was crowded with people.

After a while, Ma Zhengyu also came to the hall, and the hall suddenly became quiet.

Ma Zhengyu came to the crowd, looked around, focused his eyes on the twelve people who got the professional chess player spots for a moment, and then picked up the microphone.

"First of all, congratulations to the twelve players who have successfully qualified for the Dan Rank Tournament. From now on, you are no longer amateur players, but professional players."

"In the first three years after becoming a professional chess player, you will receive a cash subsidy of 500,000 yuan per year from our Southern Chess Institute."

Ma Zhengyu paused and continued, "Of course, I believe that what you all value is the pursuit of a higher level of chess skills."

Hearing this, Yu Shao in the crowd couldn't help but twitch his lips. Even he didn't believe what was said.

How can I play chess if I can’t even afford to eat?

Although he knew that Go had a great international influence in this world, Yu Shao still felt that an annual subsidy of 500,000 for three years was a bit exaggerated.

After all, the bulk of professional chess players' income comes mainly from competitions.

Even if you are unable to make it to the top few in the competition and win a huge prize, as long as you participate in the competition, you can get a match fee regardless of whether you win or lose. The only difference is the amount of the match fee.

If you win the game, the fee will be higher, and if you lose the game, the fee will be lower, and the bonus will be calculated separately.

As far as Yu Shao knows, in this world, because the Go industry is relatively developed, amateur competitions have attracted a lot of attention, so the attention to professional competitions will naturally be even higher.

Therefore, the attitude of various sponsors towards Go competitions can even be described as flocking to them, and the sponsorship fees naturally rise as well, which means that even if you lose the game, the game fee is often very high.

Therefore, after becoming a professional chess player, even if it is just a beginner, as long as you participate in more competitions, even if you keep losing and don't win a single game, it will definitely be more than enough to support your family, but it will be a bit embarrassing.

But so what? The Chinese national football team can lose face, but not Go?

Moreover, in this world, in addition to professional competitions, well-known chess players also have various incomes from endorsements, book publishing, contract fees, etc., which are sometimes even higher than the prize money of major competitions.

Of course, for unknown low-level chess players, these things are far away.

Therefore, considering that as long as one is willing to participate in the competition, one can get a considerable match fee, and the fact that one can receive a subsidy of 500,000 yuan per year in the first three years of becoming a professional chess player seems a bit exaggerated to Yu Shao.

However, when he saw the deep fatigue on the faces of the people around him, Yu Shao suddenly felt relieved.

Becoming a professional chess player in this world is more difficult than in the previous life. One has to fight his way through mountains of corpses and blood. These subsidies can be regarded as a kind of compensation for the hard work that chess players have put in over the years.

The 500,000 yuan subsidy is for three years, and it is hoped that the newly qualified chess players will abandon worldly pressures, participate in chess competitions, and concentrate on honing their chess skills during these three years.

If we can achieve results within these three years, even if the annual subsidy of 500,000 yuan is gone after three years, it will not be a big deal.

"Then why does Wu Zhixuan cry poor every day?"

Yu Shao suddenly thought of this. Wu Zhixuan had sent him several animated pictures before, showing her opening her wallet with only a few coins inside. At that time, he really thought that Wu Zhixuan was extremely poor.

It turns out that Wu Zhixuan, the girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes, can also lie and is not as simple as he thought!

At this time, Ma Zhengyu cleared his throat and said, "Next, the contestants whose names are called, please step out and come to me to receive your rank certificates."

"Men's Group: Yu Shao, Su Yiming, Jiang Xiahua, Fang Haoxin, Bai Jingchuan, Zhu Yi!"

Hearing Ma Zhengyu reading his name, Yu Shao calmed his mind, quickly walked out of the crowd, walked towards Ma Zhengyu, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

When the reporters and cameramen in the hall heard the name Yu Shao, their eyes lit up like hungry wolves smelling meat.

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They all carried SLR cameras and video cameras and took a lot of photos of Yu Shao who was walking towards Ma Zhengyu, with flash lights flashing non-stop.

Although the attention paid to the Go ranking tournament cannot be compared with that of professional tournaments, they are well aware that when the results of this ranking tournament are announced, it will definitely cause a sensation!

Although the Go ranking tournament is not a big event, it is too important for young players and is equivalent to the Go college entrance examination.

Therefore, the previous qualifying tournament had not yet ended, and in order to avoid interfering with the performance of the contestants, they, as reporters, were only allowed to film the game scenes. They were not allowed to film the players or report the results.

And now, the competition is finally over! "Hurry up, take more pictures!"

Zhang Feng hurriedly urged his photographer partner beside him, "Remember to give it a close-up!"

"I know, I know. Don't push me."

The photographer nodded, pointed the camera at Yu Shao, and pressed the shutter button frantically.

Zhang Feng let out a breath and looked at Yu Shao with shock in his eyes.

He originally thought that this qualifying tournament would be a fierce battle between Zhuang Fei and Fang Haoxin, but he guessed it would be a fierce battle, but he didn't guess who the two people would be.

Fang Haoxin, who was the favorite before the game, fell into the loser group and finally had a hard time getting promoted. Zhuang Fei, the son of Zhuang Weisheng, who was a 10th dan, failed to get promoted and was eliminated! And Yu Shao, a previously unknown name, won the professional chess player position with a perfect record after his first promotion! He didn't dare to imagine how much of a sensation the report of this promotion tournament would cause. It would definitely be a huge hit!

"Oh, and Su Yiming, remember to take a few more photos when he goes to get his certificate later!"

Zhang Feng seemed to remember something and quickly instructed: "The women's group and Xu Zijin should also remember to take more photos later."

"I know. I've been shooting for many years, how could I not know who to focus on?" The cameraman smiled and said.

Yu Shao quickly walked up to Ma Zhengyu and took the rank certificate from Ma Zhengyu.

"Finally it's a career..."

When Yu Shao saw the words "Professional Level 1" on the rank certificate, his eyes became a little complicated.

Now, I have finally reached the professional level and opened the door to becoming a professional chess player in the world.

He will come to a world of professional chess players that is both familiar and unfamiliar to him!

Soon, Su Yiming and others came to Ma Zhengyu and took the rank certificates from him.

Then, Ma Zhengyu said, "Women's group: Xu Zijin, Tian Wanwan, Chu Minqiao..."

Soon, six girls whose names were called came out, stood in front of Ma Zhengyu, and received their rank certificates.

It is obvious that Xu Zijin is the most popular one among them, and even the reporters' attention to her is no less than that of Yu Shao.

Xu Zijin's identity as Xu Duanhua's daughter is a huge gimmick, and her appearance is a plus. More importantly, she has won all the matches in the qualifying tournament! With so many buffs added together, it is not inferior to Yu Shao's super big explosion point! As Go reporters, they never thought that there would be so many explosion points in a qualifying tournament. They were all like chicken blood, their eyes were shining, and their hands pressing the shutter button almost never let go.

"Congratulations to the twelve of you for becoming professional chess players. I hope you can go further and further on this path and achieve great results!"

Ma Zhengyu looked at the other chess players in the hall, picked up the microphone, and spoke again: "Other chess players don't have to be discouraged. Just work hard on your chess skills. You will have another chance next year."

"Next, the players whose names I'm calling, please come to me to receive their amateur 7th dan certificates. Men's category: Zhuang Fei..."

The moment Zhuang Fei walked out of the crowd, all the reporters went crazy. The attention they paid to Xu Zijin and Yu Shao combined was far less than that to Zhuang Fei. Everyone pointed their cameras at Zhuang Fei and took a lot of photos.

Looking at the flashing lights, Zhuang Fei's face became extremely ugly. After taking a deep breath, he walked to Ma Zhengyu and took the amateur seventh-dan certificate.

The certificate of amateur seventh dan is obviously an honor, but when Zhuang Fei saw the four words "amateur seventh dan" on the certificate, he only felt humiliated. He gritted his teeth and lowered his head unwillingly.

But seeing this scene, the reporters became even more excited!

"Shocked! Zhuang Weisheng's 10th dan son lost the game and was hit hard. His expression was gloomy and he lowered his head in silence!"

The professional quality of a journalist is undoubtedly to have an extremely flexible moral bottom line. Zhuang Fei's appearance at this moment was exactly what they expected to see, so the flash cameras flashed more frequently.

Zhuang Fei obviously realized this quickly and quickly raised his head, looking as if he didn't care about being eliminated.

All the reporters' eyes suddenly turned red!

"Shocking! Zhuang Weisheng's 10th Dan son knew that he was not strong enough and accepted his failure calmly. It turned out that he had already expected that he would be eliminated!"

Click!

Click!

The flash of the camera suddenly made it difficult for everyone to open their eyes.

Although there were many people in the hall, many of them were participating in the ranking tournament for the first time and had received amateur seventh-dan certificates before. Therefore, it didn't take long for all the amateur rank certificates to be awarded.

After handing out all the amateur rank certificates, Ma Zhengyu took a deep breath, held the microphone, and said loudly:

"This month-long competition was intense and exciting, and gave me so many surprises and touched me so much. I believe you must feel the same way. Thank you all for your hard work!"

“I hope that no matter whether you succeed or fail, when you see the chess records you played, you will feel that your efforts for so long have not been in vain!”

"Thank you from the bottom of my heart for giving us such wonderful chess games!"

Ma Zhengyu took a deep breath, picked up the microphone, and said loudly: "Now I declare that this Lan Ke Cup Go Qualifying Tournament has come to a successful conclusion!"

After finishing speaking, Ma Zhengyu paused before continuing: "Please be safe on your way back home, and have a good rest when you get home. I hope you can successfully qualify for the professional chess league next year."

"Twelve professional beginner chess players will stay, the rest can leave."

After hearing this, the others began to leave one after another. They all had somewhat dejected expressions, and their eyes were filled with extremely complicated expressions as they looked at the twelve people who had successfully qualified.

There is envy, reluctance, regret, bitterness, and pain...

It is always a bad feeling to see others get what you have always dreamed of, not to mention that they got it by stepping on you.

Soon, there were only the twelve people who had successfully qualified for the professional level this year and the reporters who were still pressing the shutter to take pictures in the hall.

Ma Zhengyu looked at the twelve professional first-dan players including Yu Shao, and his eyes stayed on Yu Shao and Su Yiming for a moment, then he said: "The Xinhuo Battle for the first-dan players in our region will be held in 20 days at the Southern Chess Academy headquarters in Jiangling Province. I will call you in advance."

"During these twenty days, you should rest well and gather your strength. I look forward to your first professional battle."

Ma Zhengyu paused, then continued: "Although this is just an exhibition match, every Xinhuo Battle attracts a lot of attention and will be broadcast live on the entire network. I hope you can perform well."

"After the Xinhuo War, there will be promotion tournaments in the monthly regular events. There is no match fee for the promotion tournaments, but because there are so many chess tournaments, it is completely feasible to rely solely on participating in chess tournaments to advance to a higher rank."

Ma Zhengyu said: "However, the opponents encountered in the promotion tournament are usually only two dan apart, while the opponents in major chess tournaments are often from the ninth dan to the first dan, so the promotion speed will be slower and more difficult."

Hearing this, Yu Shao suddenly became thoughtful.

The promotion system for all professional chess players in this world is based on the responsibility points system, which means that one must get an average of 75 points out of a full score of 100 within a certain number of games to be promoted.

A win against a player of the same rank will earn you 90 points, a lose against a player of the same rank will earn you 30 points, and for each rank you move up or down, you will gain or lose 5 points, with a maximum of two rank.

For example, when a player is promoted from professional level 1 to professional level 2, the number of games he or she is responsible for playing is 20.

That is to say, you have to get at least 1,500 points in 20 games, or 1,680 points in 24 games, or 1,890 points in 28 games to be promoted.

For each promotion in rank, the required number of games will increase by two. For example, to advance from professional rank 2 to professional rank 3, one must obtain an average score of 75 points in at least 22 games.

If a beginner chess player directly participates in chess competitions, even if he wins against a ninth-dan player, the extra points he gets will only be 100 points, so his advancement will be much slower and more difficult.

"So, whether you want to hone your chess skills, improve yourself, or want to quickly get promoted, you should participate in the promotion tournament even if there is no match fee. After all, the match fee will be higher if you get promoted."

Ma Zhengyu coughed twice and said, "Wait until there is a suitable chess competition, then participate in the chess competition. As for the relevant matters of each chess competition, you can pay attention to the official website of the chess academy."

"That's all I have to say."

Ma Zhengyu looked around at everyone again and said, "I wish you all a smooth journey on the road to becoming a professional chess player, and may you go further and further!"

"I also hope that you can give us more wonderful chess games in the future!"

The qualifying tournament is over! …………

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