Film and TV: Obtain Alpha Dog at the beginning

On May 13, the entrance of Shanghai Chess Academy was surrounded by crowds early in the morning. After the recent week of publicity, the popularity of the China-Japan Go Challenge has been unprecedented, almost as hot as the Olympics. The organizers are naturally grinning from ear to ear.

Not only Chinese audiences are paying attention, but even Japanese audiences are also very enthusiastic about the upcoming games. The reason why so many Japanese audiences can be attracted is mainly due to Qin Hao's "arrogant speech". Japanese audiences can't wait to see Japanese chess players defeat Qin Hao and defend the dignity of the Japanese Go overlord.

The Tokyo TV station in Japan sent a crew to broadcast live, and there were no less than dozens of Japanese reporters.

"Here they come, the Chinese team is here."

The crowd suddenly became excited.

A dilapidated minibus slowly drove to the entrance of the Chess Academy. Chen Zude led the team to get off the bus one by one. As soon as they appeared, they caused a warm cheer from the crowd.

From the cheers of the audience, we can tell who is more popular. When Wang Jianhong and the others got off the car, the cheers were sparse, but when Jiang Zhujiu showed up, the applause was thunderous. Jiang Zhujiu performed quite well in this challenge match, defeating three Japanese generals in a row. Among them, Yoda Noriki and Kobayashi Akira were also top players second only to the six super first-class players. Before Qin Hao defeated Kobayashi Koichi, Jiang Zhujiu's fame was second only to Nie Weiping in the Chinese team.

Until Qin Hao got off the car, the applause and cheers reached a peak. After Kobayashi Koichi defeated Jiang Zhujiu, he swept all the way, and he was about to crush Chinese Go with his own strength. Everyone felt that there was no suspense in this China-Japan Go Challenge Match. The media also began to cool down the audience and counted the gap between Chinese and Japanese Go.

However, just when everyone had no hope, Qin Hao defeated Kobayashi Koichi with a huge advantage, retaining the hope of Chinese Go winning.

In the crowd, Li Jia, wearing a yellow dress, was squeezed into a corner with her classmates. It was a rare Sunday, and the classmates spontaneously organized to cheer for Qin Hao. Li Jia was not interested in Go, but she still came. In fact, even she herself didn't know why she came.

Through the surging crowd, Li Jia could only see one side of Qin Hao's face. There were too many people, and she couldn't squeeze through. With so many classmates around, she was embarrassed to call Qin Hao's name. Instead, Zhuang Tunan and others shouted at the top of their voices, and their voices were quickly drowned out by the crowd of onlookers, without any waves.

"Why do I feel unreal? Are there so many people who like Go in China?"

After the group squeezed into the gate of Shanghai Chess Academy, Jiang Zhujiu said in a trance tone.

The rest of the people also had the same expression. They had never thought that Go would have such a great influence one day.

Soon, the Japanese team arrived as scheduled. It was not until this time that the organizer announced the list of players in the competition: Qin Hao vs. Kataoka Satoshi.

Nie Weiping looked at the match list and frowned: "It seems that the Japanese team is planning to find out Xiao Qin's chess style first."

Chen Zude has studied the information of Kataoka Satoshi. He is not very famous in Japan, but he is also a backbone of the Japanese chess world. He once won the 1982 Newcomer King Tournament. His chess skills are not outstanding, but he is definitely a tough nut to crack.

"They are going to use a round-robin battle." Chen Zude said worriedly.

"Round-robin battle?" Qin Hao smiled faintly and walked towards the ring.

On the other side of the Japanese team.

Masao Kato told Kataoka Satoshi: "Don't be nervous, even if you lose, it doesn't matter. Just show your best state to deal with it."

"Hi." Kataoka Satoshi bowed and then stepped into the ring.

The result of guessing the pieces was that Kataoka Satoshi didn't guess correctly, and Qin Hao played black first.

It was still the point three three to start, and Kataoka Satoshi followed slowly with a small eye.

The audience outside the venue had already taken their seats. There were special commentators in the audience seats of the chess academy, which was also arranged by CCTV. CCTV also broadcast the entire game live.

Of course, the chess academy could accommodate too few spectators. Many spectators gathered outside the chess academy. Several senior chess friends took out the chessboard to study it on the spot, and many people gathered around to watch. The chess academy also put a TV at the door for chess friends to watch.

Li Jia was also among them. Listening to the explanations of several senior chess friends, her heart was also up and down.

"Don't mention it, Kataoka Satoshi's chess skills are really good. I didn't expect such a not-so-famous Japanese chess player to have such strength."

"That's for sure. Japanese Go is the world's hegemon. It has developed for so many years and has a deep cultural heritage. We can't compare with this."

"If you say so, how did Qin Hao, a sixth-dan, defeat Kobayashi Koichi with such a big gap? Isn't he said to be a top-notch chess player?"

"Why are you arguing? I'm talking about overall strength. After all, China's population base is larger than Japan's, so it's normal to have one or two geniuses."

"Stop arguing. Can you watch the game quietly?"

Just as everyone was talking, Qin Hao and Kataoka Satoshi's chess game also entered the middle stage. From here on, Kataoka Satoshi's thinking time for making a move increased significantly. He had to consider each move for one or two minutes before deciding on the move, while Qin Hao still chased within ten seconds.

The chess players of the Japanese team were also stunned by this phenomenon.

"Doesn't he need to think?"

"Don't make him sound so amazing. It definitely takes time to think. It's just that his calculation ability is faster than that of ordinary people. He has already figured out the next step by taking advantage of the time Kataoka-kun is thinking."

"Even so, it's scary. What kind of brain can do this kind of calculation?"

Kobayashi Koichi has the deepest understanding of this feeling, the fear of having no chance of winning no matter what.

Kato Masao's face is also particularly solemn at this moment. He knows Kataoka Satoshi's chess ability. Compared with him, he is only a hair's breadth away. But facing Qin Hao, he has been at a disadvantage from the beginning. Can he really defeat such an opponent?

Almost subconsciously, Kato Masao and Fujisawa Hideyuki's eyes met, and both sides could see deep fear in each other's eyes.

"Not good, Kataoka-kun is in danger."

"The upper right corner is going to be lost."

Amid the exclamations of the Japanese team, Qin Hao has already picked up two white pieces and completely occupied an area in the upper right corner.

Kataoka Satoshi's face was livid. Qin Hao's trick was somewhat beyond his expectations, but he was not too panicked. He still gritted his teeth and insisted on fighting a seesaw battle with Qin Hao in the remaining three corners.

However, after entering the endgame, Kataoka Satoshi's pressure became greater and greater. According to the current situation on the chessboard, he was already eight and a half points behind. Counting the five and a half points of the black chess, he was also three points behind. The most important thing was that he could not find Qin Hao's flaws at all. Every time he seemed to have caught the opponent's loophole, Qin Hao would place a piece in the corresponding place to protect the chess shape in the next step.

This inevitably made Kataoka Satoshi feel a deep sense of despair. For a moment, Kataoka Satoshi couldn't help but think of what Kobayashi Koichi said: Playing chess with Qin Hao, there is a deep despair. At this moment, he could understand Kobayashi Koichi's mood at that time.

However, thinking of Kato Masao's explanation, Kataoka Satoshi continued to play with Qin Hao in a serious manner. After a long time, the live commentator outside also saw it.

"This is very strange. According to the current situation, Kataoka Satoshi has almost no chance to turn the tables, but he still insists on playing."

"Is he hiding some tricks that can turn defeat into victory?"

"Anyway, I can't see any tricks. Maybe only the legendary God's move can do it."

Outside the chess academy, senior chess friends are much more daring than the commentators.

"These little Japanese are really shameless. It's obvious that they want to start a round-robin battle with Qin Hao, the sixth dan."

"That's right. What's the point of playing such a game? It's simply shameless!"

Hearing this, Li Jia couldn't help but look at the closed door of the chess academy with some concern.

It was not until 11 o'clock in the morning, after three hours, that Kataoka Satoshi gave up and admitted defeat. After 200 moves, he could only bite the bullet and waste time there, because no matter where he played, he would lose.

"Okay, audience friends, after three hours of competition, Japanese player Kataoka Satoshi finally admitted defeat. Qin Hao won the game and also helped the Chinese team to catch up to 5-6."

"That's right, Qin Hao, 6th dan, played very strongly in this game. He attacked frequently from the beginning. Kataoka Satoshi was also very tenacious...Okay, this morning's live broadcast ends here. At 2 pm, there will be another match between Qin Hao and Ishida Akira. Let's look forward to it."

Most of the audience actually don't understand Go, and Go is not like other sports. Even if you don't understand it, you can still watch it. Even if there are off-site commentators to explain, many viewers look drowsy during the three-hour game.

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Now they finally got the result they wanted, and cheers came from thousands of households.

"Oh, we won."

"Good job, we got another point back, now it's 2:3."

Outside the chess academy, there was already a jubilation, Zhuang Tunan was also infected by the atmosphere of his classmates, raised his arms and cheered loudly.

Li Jia also showed a relieved smile on his face.

In Japan, there was a lot of scolding, and some Japanese audiences even smashed the TV in anger.

"Baga, unforgivable!"

"Assholes, they don't deserve to be professional chess players at all!"

At the same time, inside the Japanese team, Fujisawa Hideyuki was comforting Kataoka Satoshi.

"Kataoka-kun, don't feel guilty, you have fully completed the task, and now it's up to us."

Kato Masao echoed: "Yes, next is Ishida-kun. With the chess game between you two, I believe that after a while, we will be able to study a way to defeat him!"

As for how to buy enough time for them, anyway, the organizer is a Japanese company, as long as they are persuaded to postpone the game time, it will be fine for the organizer, which is undoubtedly a good thing for them, and it is conducive to their publicity in China.

In the Chinese lounge across the wall, Jiang Zhujiu was cursing the Japanese team for being despicable.

"This is clearly a deliberate delay to prevent Qin Hao from getting more rest time. We should ask the organizer to postpone the game to tomorrow."

Chen Zude smiled bitterly: "I have discussed it with the organizer, and they disagreed, saying that the broadcasting rights of the game have been sold and there is no way to reschedule."

"These are all excuses." Jiang Zhujiu looked indignant.

Nie Weiping looked at Qin Hao, who was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed, with some concern: "Xiao Qin, how are you? Can you still hold on?"

"I'm fine. In the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy is futile." Qin Hao replied lightly, and then continued to close his eyes and doze off.

Chen Zude didn't know what to say for a while. He always felt that humility was a virtue as a chess player, but at this moment, Qin Hao's "arrogance" encouraged him.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, many viewers had already been waiting in front of the TV.

"Hello, friends in front of the TV, welcome to continue watching this China-Japan Go Challenge. Now our two players have entered the field. The black player is still the Chinese Qin Hao, 6th dan, and the white player is the Japanese chess player Ishida Akira, 9th dan. This is also a very strong player who has won the Rookie King Championship for two consecutive sessions..."

After the off-site commentary was finished, the game between Qin Hao and Ishida Akira had already begun.

Qin Hao, who played black first, still launched a strong offensive at the beginning, and Ishida Akira responded steadily. His chess style is somewhat similar to Kataoka Satoshi, both of them are stable.

However, Ishida Akira's chess skills were obviously inferior to Kataoka Satoshi. He had already fallen behind before entering the middle game.

After 80 moves, Ishida Akira had already fallen into a very passive situation.

Fujisawa Hideyuki and Kato Masao of the Japanese team saw this scene and shook their heads and sighed. At this moment, they realized the value of Kobayashi Koichi's game. It was difficult for ordinary 9-dan chess players to survive the middle game in front of Qin Hao.

"Can we really beat such an opponent?"

Kato Masao also doubted his tactics at this moment.

After entering the endgame, the game had entered garbage time, but Ishida Akira still gritted his teeth and continued to play, refusing to admit defeat.

The Japanese audience was already furious at this moment. If they were just angry about Kobayashi Koichi's loss to Qin Hao, they felt humiliated by the two games between Kataoka Satoshi and Ishida Akira.

"Baga, how did such a bastard get to the ninth dan? Why did he continue to play when he was clearly losing?"

"Idiots, idiots, the face of the Japanese chess world has been lost by these two idiots!"

"Is it possible that this is a tactic?"

"Baga, there are two top-notch players, Kato Masao and Fujisawa Hideyuki, behind them. Do they need to use such despicable means to defeat each other?"

Finally, around 180 moves, even Ishida Akira couldn't stand it anymore and gave up with a dark face.

"Dear audience, just now our country's Qin Hao, the sixth dan, defeated the Japanese chess player Ishida Akira, the ninth dan, and tied the total score of the China-Japan Challenge Tournament. Next, he will face the challenge of Japan's top-notch player Kato Masao. Let's wait and see if he can create miracles again!"