In the China, Japan and South Korea Go Celebrity Mixed Doubles Tournament held today (May 7), Ke Jie 9 Duan and Yu Zhiying 8 Duan lost to Park Tinghuan 9 Duan and Cui Jing 9 Duan from South Korea, and stopped in the semifinals, which also means that the team representing China is only left by Li Xuanhao 9 Duan and Li He 5 Duan, and in the final against Park Tinghuan 9 Duan and Cui Jing 9 Duan.
The mixed doubles event is full of fun and ornamentation: playing chess by two male and female players in relay not only needs to test the tacit understanding of both sides, but also very much the mentality.
From the picture, it is not difficult to see that Ke Jie Jiuduan should have been grabbing her hair, probably due to overthinking, and her hairstyle looks a little messy. The surrounding Yu Zhiying is more calm, and she doesn't seem to be as "tangled" as Ke Jie.
Yu Zhiying overcame the psychological pressure, and Ke Jie grabbed it this time
This is not the first time that Ke Jie and Yu Zhiying have partnered to participate in mixed doubles, as early as the 2018 World Doubles Go Championship, Ke Jie and Yu Zhiying lost to the partnership composed of Park Tinghuan and Cui Jing, and unfortunately failed to defend their titles.
It is said that Ke Jie directly expressed her dissatisfaction during the competition at that time, and Yu Zhiying's mentality was greatly affected, and she even cried later:
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The two of them were able to release their previous suspicions and continue to work together this time, and it seems that they have let go of the immaturity of the past.
Yu Zhiying continued to study Go, and not only won the women's team gold medal in the Asian Games Go event for so many years, but also maintained the first place in the women's Go rating, striving to become a better chess player.
In this Three Kingdoms Go mixed doubles competition, because the male and female chess players play chess in a relay way, it is likely that the chess players will grab it.
Because the time entered the countdown, Ke Jie forgot about it, so Yu Zhiying chose to grab the 160th hand, and the order behind it was a little messy, and the combination of Ke Jie and Yu Zhiying, which was originally superior, was grabbed by Ke Jie in the 178th hand, which affected the situation to a certain extent, and changed from the original advantage to five or five.
In any case, seeing that Ke Jie and Yu Zhiying are still able to participate in the mixed doubles competition, it makes people feel that the future is promising. I also hope that chess fans will stop asking who it is, and that mixed doubles needs to cooperate, rather than choosing which side to blame after discovering the problem.