On the same day that Ye Xiaoya won the first place in the Evening News Cup qualifiers, Zhao Yajun, who had just won the semifinals of the Samsung Cup, was interviewed by reporters. Ｘ

"May I ask Mr. Zhao Yajun, do you have no opponents in the chess world now?"

"I have opponents." Zhao Yajun replied lightly.

"Mr. Zhao Yajun, you have achieved 132 consecutive victories in professional tournaments, who do you think is still qualified to be your opponent in the chess world?"

"Those who haven't played against me yet, they're all eligible." Zhao Yajun said lightly.

"Mr. Zhao Yajun, do we think that you mean that the person who has played against you is not qualified for this?"

"Those who haven't given up, they're still eligible, but there are very few of them." After Zhao Yajun finished speaking, his eyes looked into the distance, and he had a feeling that the real opponent he was destined to be was coming.

If the experience of his previous life told him that it would be more than ten years before there would be artificial intelligence programs that would compete with him, his rapid improvement in chess power in the last five years made him realize that artificial intelligence may not be his opponent.

But in the dark, he felt that somewhere, a powerful opponent was growing, threatening his throne as the number one in the world, which made him dare not slack off, and he had to continue to work hard to make himself stronger.

"Mr. Zhao Yajun, you have now become a myth in the chess world, what kind of wishes do you have?"

"I want to get stronger, I want to become a real chess god!"

At noon the next day, Ye Xiaoya saw Zhao Yajun's interview video in the news, and she couldn't help but be slightly stunned, especially this last sentence, which touched her heart a little.

Whether it is Ye Xiaoya or Zhao Yajun in this life, both of them have a common characteristic, that is, they are very passionate about Go.

That kind of sincere love is by no means comparable to Zhao Ya's mentality of promoting and popularizing Go in his previous life.

In other words, Zhao Ya in her previous life appreciated and recognized Go, and treated Go in a more peaceful way.

But now Ye Xiaoya and Zhao Yajun, they have a sincere affection for Go, and that love is a kind of faith.

The reason why there is such a gap is caused by the different foundations, Zhao Ya with the help of the spiritual space and the soul true god, became a chess god in one fell swoop, which is equivalent to using a plug-in.

How can this kind of plug-in user really love Go, at most it is to appreciate and recognize, and then work hard to promote Go.

But the second Zhao Yajun, from the moment he was reborn, had his own goal, he wanted to become a chess god.

Ye Xiaoya is the same, she learned Go from scratch, and then improved step by step and continued to work hard, the foundation is also extremely solid, in this case, her love for Go is even better than Zhao Yajun.

Now that Ye Xiaoya has awakened the memory of Zhao Ya in her previous life, she naturally understands that there is a problem with her attitude in her previous life, and she will maintain this sincere heart for Go, and has been working hard to become a real chess god.

"I'm going to be stronger! Become a true chess god! After a moment of contemplation, Ye Xiaoya slowly followed this sentence.

Zhao Yajun can sweep in the world chess arena, but Ye Xiaoya does not have this opportunity, she can only use the Internet to find ways to contact the so-called masters and learn chess skills with them.

Friday, 9 January 2004.

It was an ordinary weekend, but it caused quite a stir on the online game of Go.

Orange Go officially announced its cooperation with Tencent to hold the first Online Chess God Grand Prix.

To people outside the Go world, this behavior seems to be just a shoddy hype.

However, in the eyes of people in the Go circle, this is a very good sign, the online Go platform has just opened, and many players are not used to playing chess online.

However, Go is originally a niche project, and there are still many shortcomings in the Go platform, which leads to user instability, inefficient operation of the Go platform, and then dies on its own.

Originally, Orange Go also encountered many similar difficulties, but it happened to get the attention of the world chess champion Zhao Yajun, and then was able to cooperate with Tencent and officially hold the first Online Chess God Grand Prix.

This online chess god Grand Prix is divided into three stages, the first stage is called the audition, from 12 noon on January 9 to 12 noon on March 10, all players who have reached 7d or more on Orange Go and played more than 10 games during these two months can enter the second stage through the audition.

All participants do not need to enter the entry fee, and in the second stage, they must go through real-name authentication, and then enter the designated server of the tournament, randomly match opponents, and place a total of more than 10 games in this tournament between 13 noon on March 10 and 12 o'clock on April 10.

Finally, according to the points of this competition, the top 32 will be ranked and enter the final of the third stage.

The final is a five-game standard points competition, with the 32 strongest players determining their opponents and then playing against each other online to determine the final ranking.

The first prize will be 100,000 yuan and the title of online chess god will be awarded.

The second place will be awarded 50,000 yuan and awarded the title of online chess master.

The third place will be awarded 30,000 yuan and awarded the title of online chess fairy.

The fourth to sixth places will be awarded 20,000 yuan and awarded the title of online chess king.

The seventh to tenth place will be rewarded with 10,000 yuan, and there is no title.

The eleventh to sixteenth place will be rewarded with 5,000 yuan, and there is no title.

The online chess god grand prix was promoted by Tencent, and soon caused a heated discussion on the Internet.

"What kind of online chess god, do you want to invite the world chess champion Zhao Yajun to go up to the game?"

"Zhao Yajun will not participate at all, the prize money and scale of this kind of competition are much smaller than the world competition."

"The prize of 100,000 yuan for the first place is a lot, and this kind of irregular competition, this bonus amount is not low."

"It seems that Go is going to be popular, and I also want to learn it, maybe I will be the chess god in the future."

"E-sports is also very popular now, but it still seems to be a little worse than this Go, but Go is really incomprehensible, and black and white is a bit boring."

Regardless of whether you know Go or not, you can talk about Go on the Internet.

The Chinese Chess Association has an ambiguous attitude towards this online Go event, and they are still skeptical about the new thing like the Internet, but this matter is generally to expand the influence of Go, so there is no mandatory rule that professional chess players are not allowed to participate.

In this way, the gold content of this online chess god Grand Prix has unconsciously increased a lot.

The number of registered members of Orange Go ushered in a blowout, and many people who were just joining in the fun were also curious to log in and start to try to play Go.

In just one week, the number of Orange Go registrations has doubled compared to the past six months, and it is still increasing.

The number of online users is also rising, and the management of Orange Go, who has been prepared for a long time, has also begun to be nervous and excited.

In the capital chess courtyard,