Chapter 263: The Status Quo of Female Chess Players
During the chat, Chihara Hiroshi once again mercilessly abused his unlucky apprentice, which was also a puff of anger.
"So, you guys came in the afternoon?"
He was a little surprised. According to previous practice, shouldn’t he not notify in advance?
Chihara, who was sitting next to him, said with a red face:
"Sister Ma Yi said she wanted to give you a surprise..."
Mai Nishitsuji laughed awkwardly and said:
"I asked in advance. I knew you didn't have a game today, and I thought you would stay here..."
Rino Morino on the other side of the chess table continued:
"As a result, I waited at the door for two hours. If I didn't go out and saw them, I would probably have to wait until you come back, Master!"
Chihara Sato said "yes" and thanked again:
"Thanks to Miss Morino, I also invited us to supper..."
Reno Morino waved his hands repeatedly and said "You're welcome", then he smiled at Hiroshi Chihara opposite Hiroshi said:
"Master, why don't you forget those 150 life-and-death questions?"
"Forget it all 150?" Chihara Hiroshi looked like 'you are dreaming'.
When Rino Morino saw that there was a show, he immediately corrected:
"I was wrong. It's not 150 words, it's 50 words you just said!"
Hiroshi Chihara didn't say anything.
Rino Morino cheered, only thinking he had agreed.
At this moment, Chihara pulled his cuffs and reminded softly:
"Actually, there is another reason why we come to Tokyo. Sister Mai has a game..."
Mai Nishitsuji quipped:
"Xiao Zu, you just have no confidence in me. I was eliminated in one game?"
Chihara Sato hurriedly defended:
"Sister Mai, I...I'm not..."
Mai Nishitsuji patted her shoulder and said with a smile:
"I'm teasing you. I've lived for so long, Xiao Zhu, why can't you tell the difference between jokes and the truth?"
Chihara Sabu was relieved.
Hiroshi Chihara greeted Rino Morino to start the next round, and regardless of the disciple who had a bitter face in an instant, he turned to look at Nishitsuji and asked:
"Miss Nishitsuji, have you signed up for a professional event?"
Generally speaking, since Mai Nishitsuji came to Tokyo, it means that she has passed the preliminary selection for Kansai.
But isn’t this woman focused on the management of the temple?
How could you be willing to come to Tokyo to participate in the competition?
Mai Nishitsuji snorted and said slightly:
"Kun Chihara, from your eyes, I see suspicion and distrust."
“Don’t these two words mean the same?”
"At this time, shouldn't you justify?"
Mai Nishitsuji finally understood the reason why the other party performed so badly before:
This can no longer be described as the word "dumb", it is simply "super dumb"!
However, she explained:
"I'm here to participate in the Honinbo battle of the female litany!"
Honinbo, the female liu... Chihara Hiroshi has heard of:
Due to the objective strength gap, eleven years ago, in 1982, the Japan Chess Academy and the Kansai Chess Academy jointly established this event, which was the predecessor of the female player Quan Zhan founded in 1952.
But he still didn't understand how the opponent had been able to participate in such a competition with his chess skills of the second stage for three consecutive years.
You know, since the opponent has come to Tokyo, it means that the competition has reached this stage.
Are there so few female professional chess players in Japan?
Mai Nishitsuji said with some grief and anger:
"Kun Chihara, I don't think your suspicion has disappeared!"
Qianhara Hiroshi nodded calmly. After all, the two of them were friends, so they directly expressed their doubts.
This made Mai Nishitsuji so angry. The other party's words were summed up in one meaning:
‘How can you participate in the Honinbo battle if you are so weak?’
She originally wanted to say "fight for 300 rounds", but after thinking about the other party's chess power, she still resisted the impulse.
However, after hearing the master's lack of emotional intelligence, Morino Rino finally put down his chess piece and couldn't help but say:
"Master, do you have any misunderstandings about us female chess players?"
Hiroshi Chihara does not deny this:
Even the relevant knowledge about the female Honinbo battle was also seen by him when he was looking for the amateur Honinbo battle last year.
"After entering the section, I haven't met a female chess player. Did I misunderstand it?"
"The misunderstanding is too big!"
Then, Rino Morino briefly introduced the overview of the women's Go circle:
Today's female professional chess player is naturally recognized as the world's number one, Rui Nai Jiudan, and he deserves it in terms of rank and grade.
When it comes to Japanese female chess players, we have to mention the three Honda sisters, namely Shinnei Shouko Eighth Section, Honda Yukiko Six Section, and Nano Photoko Seven Section, who are active in various professional competitions all year round, especially the two major female chess games in Japan.
The battle between the female streamer Honinbo, the battle between the female streamer celebrities!
In the 1980s, these two chess battles were simply the personal performance stage of the three sisters. It was only in the past few years that some fresh blood had poured in.
Reno Morino complained:
"Master, you can't put your impression of the Honinbo battle on the Honinbo battle.
"In recent years, the title of the female celebrity battle in the female streamer has been Sugiuchi Honinbo, but the female streamer Honinbo battle has undergone tremendous changes. Nakazawa Akiko, Kato Tomoko, and Yoshihara Mika are all favorable contenders for the championship! In addition to the senior Yoshihara who has a higher rank, Nakazawa and Kato are both chess players in the first and second ranks!"
To be honest, Chihara Hiroshi didn't know any of the names Morino Rino said, but he realized an irrelevant point:
Compared with professional chess players as a whole, the fault problem of female chess players is obviously more serious.
From the battle between the female chess players, we can see that once the older generation of female chess players withdraw from the competition, they will be female chess players who are in the first, second and third stages of career.
After Chihara Hiroshi apologized to Mai Nishitsuji and barely received the other party's forgiveness, he said curiously:
"Miss Nishitsuji, why didn't you participate in the Honinbo battle last year?"
At this time last year, he had just met Mai Nishitsuji, and the other party obviously had never left Osaka except for participating in the big fight.
Mai Nishitsuji snorted softly, and her tone was still a little rushing:
"Last year, I was still burdened with debt, so how could I have time to participate? And even if I won the championship of the women's Honinbo battle, I don't have as much bonus as Honinbo battle, isn't this thankless?"
Hiroshi Chihara understood this very well, nodded in agreement, and asked:
"So, your debt has been requested?"
Hearing this sentence, Mai Nishitsuji finally smiled and said:
"It's my blessing. Last month, I just owed Senior Hideyoung Fujisawa two million yen. This is the last debt in the dojo!
"From now on, I can do my own thing!"
"Congratulations."
Chihara Hiroshi said, while dropping the chess piece and looking at Reno Morino said:
"This big dragon is worth at least 60 times. Your mistake just now is very low-level. I remember that there was similar content in the question set two days ago.
"That's all for today. Remember, tomorrow will be 150 questions, and you will complete them on time."
Rino Morino was stunned and then let out a wail:
"Why are I always persecuted?"
Chapter completed!