Go: Is the portable old man the nine-time champion?

Chapter 85 Too Silla [Second Update!!]

“Park Chanmin, 25 years old?!

Li Junxi, 25 years old? !
You told me this is a rising star who just turned pro this year?! I remember the age limit for professional tournaments in East Asia isn't 20 years old or younger? How did this 25-year-old come up?

Although the rules of the ranking tournaments vary from country to country, if Shi Yu remembers correctly, isn't it basically required in East Asia that one must be under 20 years old to participate in the ranking tournaments?

So how did this 25-year-old new Shodan come into being?
Shi Yu's eyes nearly popped out of his head when he saw the names of the two people from the Silla team on the brochure. A twenty-five-year-old professional first-dan? Is this a professional first-dan?

Twenty-five is already the golden age for professional chess players. Which serious professional player is still a beginner at the age of twenty-five?

When Shu Buque heard this, he immediately picked up his phone and started searching: "Oh my god! Isn't this Li Junxi the amateur king of Silla? He is known as the number one amateur Go player in Silla! How did they suddenly become professional? Is this right?"

You have to know that amateur king-level players not only have professional strength for a long time, but also have rich competition experience. Normal chess players who have just become professionals will have no chance of dealing with them.

Yi Zheng might be slightly better. After all, he was promoted through the National Amateur Competition, and he might have a winning rate of more than 70% to 80% against two people.

But Shi Yu might only have about 50% at most, and Shu Buque felt that he had less than 20%.

I thought it was a sure win, but why did a bug appear?! And it was such a serious bug!

Just glance at the roster of players and you can see that the Silla players are out of place.

The oldest person on the Chinese side is Yi Zheng, who just turned sixteen, and the others are twelve and eleven.

The oldest age in Japan is seventeen, in Goryeo and Ryukyu is eighteen, and in Silla it jumps directly to twenty-five. The age difference has increased several times, which is simply outrageous.

Feng Yuhang, the team coach, couldn't help but sigh when he heard this: "Silla changed the rules of the Dan Tournament this year. According to the upper age limit given by the Asian Go Federation, the age limit for the Silla Dan Tournament has been raised from 20 to 25.

So there are people who become professional gamers at the age of 25... and these two people are participating in this competition."

Anyone with a discerning eye could see what Silla was trying to do when they changed the rule.

Although currently ranked first in the world, Silla has a clear trend of discontinuity in both the Cenozoic and Mesozoic eras.

Especially in the new generation, Silla has not won the Qinglong Cup for six consecutive years, and its best result is only third place, which has angered many people in Silla.

Is our world's number one Go power about to fall? Impossible! Absolutely impossible! There must be a traitor!
Faced with domestic public pressure, Silla tried its best to win the championship.

The rules of the ranking tournament were directly modified, and two amateur top-level players were even allowed to participate in the ranking tournament using professional experience cards.

Normally, amateur players of this level would never be able to enter the professional world again, because the cost outweighs the gain.

It is entirely possible that someone will be demoted after participating in this competition, as they only participate in the ranking tournament specifically for this competition.

"Isn't this too shameless? And aren't they afraid that this will affect their future development in the country? They only care about their immediate interests."

Yi Zheng was speechless after hearing this. If they did this, wouldn't they be afraid that it would make it more difficult for the new generation of Silla to develop?
At this moment, Mr. Ke suddenly snorted, "Oh, they're willing to do anything to win. It's the same no matter which world they're in. It's just their nature!"

"But does winning like this mean anything? Isn't it pure self-deception?"

Yi Zheng couldn't help but shake his head. Even if they won through this method, it wouldn't change the embarrassing situation of Silla's new generation being cut off. It would even aggravate it. This wasn't just self-deception; it was drinking poison to quench thirst.

Such a victory has no effect other than serving as a fig leaf, and may even be counterproductive.

Hearing this, Feng Yuhang said helplessly, "I know everyone has a lot of opinions, and we have a lot of opinions too, but this time the other party did comply with the procedures and regulations.

We can only discuss the rules and add an age limit at the next competition."

Because the rules had already been approved in the agenda before this competition, it is impossible to add additional rules before the competition. No one can do such a shameless thing.

Moreover, although Silla was indeed shameless this time and played a marginal ball, it was indeed in line with the rules of the game.

"It's really speechless, but think about it from another perspective. If they are so shameless as to want to win, then we must crush them!
They could never have imagined that two geniuses, once in a century, would appear in China this year! No matter what they do, it's just a desperate struggle!

Shi Yu threw the competition booklet aside and couldn't help but grit his teeth. He wanted to go on the field and kill their two big dragons right now!
Isn’t he just an amateur superstar? If Yi Zheng can kill him, I can kill him too!

Upon hearing this, Shu Buque quickly nodded and said, "Leave that gold or something to me! We've won all three battles and crushed them!"

“Okay, you have ambition! But don’t worry, Silla is so shameless, we naturally have ways to deal with them, and the association also has some work in progress.

But everyone also played their own game well and defeated them on the court. We took a two-pronged approach and ensured that they were defeated."

Feng Yuhang remembered the intelligence someone had received and the guarantees he had made at the meeting. Although he felt that the person who made the guarantee was not very reliable, since he had said so, maybe he could get some unexpected gains.

I can only accompany the kids to play the game well, and leave the rest to them.

A Go player should keep his heart on the chessboard.

At this time, Mr. Ke suddenly spoke: "Boy, tonight, no, for the next few nights, we have to practice extra! By the way, call the two kids and practice with them together!"

Looking at Mr. Ke who, contrary to his usual behavior, took the initiative to propose extra training, Yi Zheng nodded, because he could see that Mr. Ke's face was not in a good state.

It seems that this dirty thing reminded him of some other unpleasant experience.

Yi Zheng nodded: "Don't worry, they can't win! I'm here!"

The Qinglong Cup schedule is very tight, and we have to fight to the end.

Yi Zheng and his team attended the opening ceremony that evening and the official competition began the next day.

On the first day, Yi Zheng and his team faced the host Goryeo team, while the Japanese team played against the Silla team, and the Ryukyu team had a bye in the first round.

Feng Yuhang obviously also knew Gao Li's team leader this time, and the two of them started chatting directly in the corner of the competition venue.

After all, everyone seems to have a lot of opinions now.

(End of this chapter)