In mid-July, the selection of the national junior team began.

After layers of selection, of the three people who entered the dojo this year, only Li Cai and Tan Xiao were selected, and Peng Liyao was defeated.

Nie Lao took Li Cai and Tan Xiao to the Huaguo Chess Academy, the main building of the Chess Academy has a total of four floors, the Go Chess Academy is on the third floor, the hall on the first floor is mainly for banquets and the like, and the second and fourth floors are used for competitions and performances (that is, the venue).

Walking in, in addition to the members of the national junior team, there are some famous chess players and Go masters who have won many awards.

Li Cai is the youngest in the chess academy, only 7 years old. Therefore, many chess players of the older generation like to tease Li Cai, but unfortunately, Li Cai was reborn, and for the teasing of old chess players, Li Cai rolled his eyes at most and was done, and he never even laughed.

Therefore, in the chess courtyard, the chess players all discussed, who can make Li Cai laugh, it is very powerful.

The training intensity of the chess academy is very high, except for sleeping and eating, I am practicing chess. And Li Cai also went through the training of the sleep bracelet at night, and the training time was much more than that of other members of the national junior team, so it can be said that Li Cai practiced chess almost 24 hours a day.

At the end of July, the Samsung Cup qualifiers began.

In the chess courtyard, Nie Lao was arguing with his old opponent Ma Lao, and the reason for the quarrel was precisely because of Li Cai.

Because of the limited number of places in the Samsung Cup qualifiers, Ma Lao thinks that Li Cai is still young and has no competition experience, and he has not even participated in large-scale domestic competitions, but he has to participate in international competitions, which is not conducive to Li Cai's future growth.

As Li Cai's teacher, Nie Lao thinks that Li Cai has such a powerful level at such a young age, and now the level of the stick national chess player is indeed stronger than Hua Guo, but Li Cai is a person with a big heart, even if he loses, he will not be discouraged and lose his fighting spirit in the face of failure. Using the chess players of the Stick Country as Li Cai's alchemy can also play a promoting role.

The two argued endlessly, and no one next to them dared to persuade them. Until the dean of the chess academy, Wang Lao, came, and said, "What kind of system are you two arguing in the chess academy, and can't you sit down and discuss anything?"

For the sake of Dean Wang's face, the two had no choice but not to quarrel.

So, the chess academy held a meeting to discuss whether to let Li Cai go to the Samsung Cup qualifiers.

At the meeting, Nie Lao and Ma Lao still expressed their opinions, and no one was convinced. In the end, with the help of Gu Dali and Chang Xiaohao, Dean Wang broke the world record for Li Cai, won glory for the country, and was optimistic about Li Cai's future. In the end, the clapper decided to give Li Cai a place to participate in the qualifiers.

Nie Lao found Li Cai and said to him: "This time I quarreled with Ma Xiaochun and won you a place in the Samsung Cup qualifiers, you can fight for me, do you know?"

Li Cai listened, nodded his head and said, "I will definitely win a qualifier place." ”

Seeing that his little apprentice was so confident, Nie Lao didn't say anything, just nodded with satisfaction.

After all, a chess player must have confidence in himself, otherwise, how can he win chess and how can he grow.

There are still a few days before the Samsung Cup qualifiers, and Li Cai has not been playing music for the past few days, and he is playing chess with the chess players in the chess courtyard during the day and conducting actual battles. At night, I use the sleep bracelet to study the chess played during the day, where it goes wrong, and where it can be played better.

The chess players in the chess academy were very surprised that Li Cai was improving every day.

Especially Ma Lao, Ma Lao felt that Li Cai was too young, his mind was not mature, and he was a beautiful jade that had not been carved and polished, and he was afraid that Li Cai would not be able to withstand the test of the competition, and the impact of failure would be detrimental to his future growth.

And after watching Li Cai's performance in the past few days, it is getting better and better day by day, the long chess is fast, and when playing chess, the style is sometimes steady, sometimes tough, and he is not discouraged after losing, he is very calm, just to review the chess players in the chess courtyard and discuss the problems in the game.

Ma Lao has no objection to Li Cai's participation in the Samsung Cup qualifiers, but he is envious of his old opponent Nie Lao for accepting such a talented apprentice.

A few days later, the Samsung Cup qualifiers started, because it was in 04, and the Samsung Cup had not yet been restructured.

Although you have to participate at your own expense, there is still a match fee for the Samsung Cup qualifiers, and you only have to win two or three rounds to come back at your own expense. Moreover, the Samsung Cup has a lot of prize money and attracts many chess players to participate.

Li Cai is still young, and Li's mother planned to accompany Li Cai, but after Li Cai's persuasion and the chess players in the chess courtyard promised to take care of Li Cai, Li's mother didn't go.

Because during this time, Li's father resigned and opened a real estate-related company by himself, and it was when he asked Li's mother to help, although he wanted to take care of his son, but he knew that his son was well-behaved and sensible, and he had his own opinions since he was a child.

Li Cai followed his senior brother Gu Dali and the chess players in the chess academy to Daejeon, South Korea, to prepare for the Samsung Cup qualifiers.

Li Cai lived in the same room with his senior brother Gu Dali, because Li Cai was still young. needs to be taken care of, and as Li Cai's senior brother, Gu Dali is duty-bound.

And many of the other Chinese chess players share a house. After all, the Samsung Cup has to be played at its own expense. And Gu Dali has participated in many competitions, large and small, and his net worth is quite rich, and he is not bad for the money of the shared house, if he didn't take Li Cai with him, he would definitely live alone, so as to have more energy to prepare for the battle.

The next day, the Samsung Cup qualifiers began.

Although Li Cai is still young, he is the youngest professional chess player because he broke the world record. Many people saw Li Cai so small, but they didn't dare to despise Li Cai.

After all, if you don't have a lot of strength, you won't come to the competition.

Li Cai was also lucky, and there were no great chess players in the group he was assigned to, most of them were Japanese chess players.

The game went on very quickly, and the strength of the opponent Li Cai encountered was average, and after Li Cai used his skills, he had a great advantage at the beginning, and he won by directly slaying the dragon in the middle game.

After Li Cai won the first round, he waited for his senior brother Gu Dali's competition to end and went back to the hotel to rest together.

After waiting for about half an hour, Gu Dali's competition was over, and when he saw Li Cai waiting for him, he hurriedly came over and asked, "How is it, did you win?"

Li Cai squinted his eyes and said, "Of course I won, and I don't look at who I am." ”

Gu Dali just smiled: "Don't be too proud, it's not just one round." If you can pass the qualifiers, the senior brother will invite you to a big dinner. ”

After so many days of getting along, Gu Dali knew Li Cai's love for food, which can be said to be paranoid.

Li Cai listened, and sure enough, his eyes lit up, and he said, "No problem, senior brother, you just wait for me to enter this competition and treat me to a big dinner." ”

Soon, the Samsung Cup qualifiers went through two rounds and eliminated many players, and Li Cai also won the second round by relying on the system and solid basic skills.

And tomorrow in the third round, a big event happened in the Go world.