Japanese chess | Ueno Aimi's "Banana Power"

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Excerpt from: Sankei Shimbun

On September 28, Ueno Aisa beauty Ryumoto Inpa defeated South Korea's Choi Seung-kudan in the second round of the 3rd Wu Qingyuan Cup World Women's Go Tournament. Cui Jingjiudan was the champion of the last Wu Qingyuan Cup, and also won the women's world championship, and is a top female chess player. The Fujisawa Rikari KyuKŌ Cup defeated Choi Sei-kudan in last year's informal tournament "Fu meng Cup International Elite Match", but the last time a Japanese chess player defeated Choi Sei-kudan, it goes back to the 2012 "Huanglongshi Shoki Technology Cup World Women's Team Competition", when Mika Yoshida beat the 15-year-old Choi Sei-kudan.

After beating Choi Sei-kudan, who has been almost out of reach in recent years, Ueno said: "In the end, it felt like 'this chess piece seems to be winning'. There is nothing happier than this to be able to defeat my idol Cui Jingjiuduan, and I am satisfied."

Although the event was hosted by China, it was affected by the epidemic and the exchanges between countries were restricted, so this time it was played on the Internet. In the game, Ueno Aisami ate two bananas to replenish her energy, and told us with a smile: "Once when Choi Jing came to Japan to compete, she also saw that she was eating bananas, so I imitated her, the power of bananas is too strong."

Before the start of this year's competition, Ueno Ai-mi studied Choi Seong-kudan's chess score and was well prepared: "I feel that her layout is what she likes, and I know her routines." In September last year, in the "28th Dragon Star Battle" that all chess players can participate in, she won the first runner-up of female chess players, and on September 13 this year, she won the championship in the 5th Fanxing Cup Women's Strongest Competition. Aisa Ueno said: "I like September so much, it feels very compatible with September." Ueno Aisami faced China's Wang Chenxing Wudan in the quarterfinals on September 29.