The real situation in the past two years is that active professional Go players are also busy with their spare time in addition to playing games.

The so-called amateur work is nothing more than a popularization activity for Go, but this does not mean that the Go community is keen on popularization activities.

Due to Japan's national conditions, after getting married, the wife is a full-time housewife at home, and all the family expenses are borne by the husband.

Therefore, for those professional chess players who have become family, it is difficult to survive by relying solely on game fees.

Although both the Japan Chess Academy and the Kansai Chess Academy will pay a certain amount of "salary" according to the chess player's rank and work years every month, the amount is very limited, and even a nine-dan chess player can only get about 100,000 yen.

It is more appropriate to say that it is a "monthly salary" than to say that it is a subsidy.

Only those chess players who are not married, as well as the so-called "star chess players", can rely entirely on game fees and "monthly salary" to support their lives.

Most chess players still need to work as amateur jobs to subsidize their household income. The most representative ones are the "referees in the title battle", the "commentator of the fast chess open competition", the "commentator of the seventh game" and the "commentator of the TV Go competition", etc.

However, such a good job that can gain both fame and fortune is the star chess player;

Writing a watch story for newspapers is also a very popular errand for chess players, but watchers must have similar strength to those of the opponent;

Chess players below the fourth stage are mainly engaged in title battles, recorders of TV Go battles, or chess score rapporteurs, but the demand for such work is very limited;

In addition, there are also lecturers for Go schools, lecturers in Go schools, participating in Go tours, Go activities, serving as referees in amateur competitions, and acting as chess guides in the chess academy...

All of these.

However, for more capable professional chess players, opening a Go classroom is the most common way to make a living.

This is generally divided into two types:

One is to guide multiple students in corporate salons or chess halls, and most of them are intermediary by chess academy. The remuneration has corresponding market conditions, such as Zhao Zhixun's research association;

Another way is to set up the classroom at home and recruit students to teach self-written tutorials, and the reward is entirely determined by yourself. This is the case with the Nishitsuji Dojo and Sakai Dojo.

Takayuki Sakai sighed:

"I really envy those chess players! Even if you rely on the game fee and monthly salary alone, it is enough to let the whole family live a pretty good life..."

Hiroshi Chihara's heart sank:

Although the other party said he had little to do with him, how could he not be affected at all?

You know, one of the reasons why he wants to become a professional chess player is money!

It was already dark, and Takano Sakai was chattering for an hour before it finally ended.

In the following days, Chihara Hiroshi often went to find Takayasu Misawa and Hiroaki Yasui, and occasionally logged in to IGS online.

But for him now, there are few people on the website who can compete with him. Although he sometimes has a game with Ma Yingchun, the other party's itinerary is very busy and it takes only half a month to finish it.

In addition, last time he and the other party's chess record were also circulated. Many chess publications analyzed it and also saw the prototype of the "Flying Knife".

However, even with the new "Three Three" pattern, there are still many people who do not agree with it. Therefore, although it caused a brief discussion, the popularity faded within a few days.

February has arrived quietly, and the days of vocational exams are getting closer and closer. In early February, something once again attracted the attention of the Japanese Go community:

The results of the second Yingshi Cup final have come out!

Japan's Zhao Jixun vs. South Korea's Xu Xianshu:

Xu Xianzhu wins!

When the news spread from Singapore to Japan, the entire Japanese chess world was confused!

Who is Zhao Zhixun?

——Japan’s honor Honinbo!

Who is Xu Xianzhu?

——If it weren't for this Yingshi Cup, most Japanese chess players had never heard of this name.

Although the opponent's battle with Zhao Zhixun in Tokyo became a win-win situation, and after moving to Singapore, a win-win situation was once again formed, all Japanese chess players believed that in the last game of the five-game chess, the winner must be Zhao Zhixun!

But the result was beyond everyone's expectations, including the Korean Chess Academy.

Before this, South Korea's Cao Xunzhe, Li Changmin and Liu Changhe had been eliminated, and only Xu Xianzhu and Liang Sang-ho entered the quarterfinals. The Korean chess industry had long had no hope for this Yingshi Cup.

Unexpectedly, a shocking reversal!

In the latest published "Chess Road", Hiroshi Chihara saw the final chess record.

Zhao Zhixun started very well, and Xu Xianzhu can be said to be at a huge disadvantage. According to the previous inertia, he should have won it without any surprise...

Unfortunately, this Korean chess player is an extremely tenacious chess player. In the face of an unfavorable situation, he never gave up. Finally, at the most critical moment, he successfully disrupted the situation on the field and finally achieved a reversal.

There are also photos of the scene in the magazine and introduction to the scene at that time—

After walking out of the game room, facing the cheering Korean expatriates, Xu Xianzhu only said one sentence:

‘I feel like I’m coming out of hell!’

This chess player nicknamed "Immortal Bird" and "Wild Weed" won his first world championship without anyone's favor.

Unlike the lively and exciting Korean chess world, the atmosphere in the Japanese chess world seems a bit weird.

Although Japanese chess players have not cared much about world competitions for a long time, Zhao Zhixun, as the best competitive chess player in the Japan Chess Academy, lost to an unknown chess player?

This makes it hard for them to accept!

It is not just a matter of winning or losing, the most important thing is-

Korean chess player?

Why?

There are deep grievances between Japan and South Korea, especially among the people.

Even when Zhao Zhixun first emerged in the Japanese chess world, he was often criticized by Japanese chess players. Until he grew into a top-notch chess player, this criticism completely disappeared.

And now, this criticism has rekindled again.

Some unscrupulous tabloids began to circulate a news that Zhao Zhixun deliberately lost the final of the Ying Cup because the other party was a Korean chess player.

Seeing that Zhao Jixun did not respond, the rumors became more and more exaggerated, and even became "the Korean Chess Academy had privately found Zhao Jixun before the game." "Jizun's bank account had an additional one million yen," "Jizun was about to leave Japan and join the Korean Chess Academy," and so on.

Seeing that the situation was wrong, the Japanese Chess Institute quickly contacted several authoritative media in the industry and issued a statement refuting the rumors in recent days.
Chapter completed!