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Some time ago, the game was fragmented, and there were no major Go events during the Olympic Games, translating several celebrity battle loops. It's also quite tiring to translate every day. So today I changed my style and shared a little bit with you.
Today, Zhongyi Yoshinori faced Abe Ryoki Sandan in the chess saint C group, and she was not optimistic about entering the C group in the chess saint pre-selection stage, and she has completed the breakthrough.
The Chess Saint C Group adopts a three-elimination system, a total of 5 games of chess, and finally the player who wins 3 or more can be relegated. Nakae-ei lost the previous two sets to Mizogami Chikudan and Shuto Tsukubadan today against Abe Ryoki. In the end, he reached 240 hands, and Abe Ryoki won the white mid-set. Zhongyi also won the third defeat in Group C and was eliminated.
The next issue of Zhongyi Wei will start from the preliminary selection of the chess saint FT, and Zhongyi Said after the game: "I can play 3 games of chess in Group C and learn a lot. Hopefully, the next issue will return to Group C."
Of course, this week the protagonist is not Zhongyi. We'll turn back to Aimi Ueno, Izumi Kobayashi, and Izumi Xie.
On August 19, the 60th Ten Dan Battle Qualifier Finals were held between Aimi Ueno and Takashi Tokishi 4 dan. Whoever wins this game will be the first time in their careers that they will enter the 10-dan tournament.
This year's Takashi Tokishi is in a state of flux, and as of the pre-match, this year's record is 25 wins and 3 losses, ranking first in the Japanese chess academy's winning percentage list. However, Ueno Aimi, who was in charge of the game, successfully profited from the battle on the left, and finally won the 263 hand white 9 and a half eyes to win the opponent, and successfully entered the ten-dan battle. Aisami Ueno entered the tournament in last year's Tengen Battle, the second time in her career that she has reached the stage of the seven titles.
Before the game, he liked to jump the rope 777 times, eat a little banana, and eat Ma Po eggplant for lunch, Ueno Ai Misami, who said after the game: "Fortunately, I won this game of chess, which increased my confidence a lot." The weather was nice today, so I did all the things I do a lot. In fact, you can play with anyone in this game, especially Mr. Yuta Iyama, I have not played with him in practice, so it is best to meet him in this game, of course, I am very happy to touch anyone."
According to data from the Japan Chess Academy, from 1979, after Sachiko Honda entered the Tengen Battle, to today's Ueno Aisami has a total of 11 female chess players, a total of 15 times into the title battle. However, judging from the ten-dan battle, only Izumi Kobayashi had entered the stage of this tournament before.
Then let's mention Izumi Kobayashi. In the August 16 mid-quay battle qualifier, Kobayashi Izumi defeated Yang Jiayuan's nine dan to achieve the promotion target of 120 wins in the prescribed tournament, rising to seven dan from August 17. Also in the ascending section of the same day is the seventh section of the bridge Takumi. (Because of the online game, there are no photos)
After announcing the official promotion, Kobayashi Izumi said on her social media: "Thanks to your attention, it has been promoted to seven paragraphs, thank you for your blessings." At the end of 2019, I was chatting with a friend who said, 'Izumi-san, you're about to get promoted,' and when I answered 'Really?', he replied,' and he replied, 'I still have to win 30 games of chess.' I still thought in my heart, the ascension is still early. But I also fully believed this sentence, I thought I was still 17 sets of rising, but I didn't expect to rise today."
Izumi Kobayashi also added: "When I was raising my second child, I applied to the chess academy for the first time to take a break. Later, he returned to the field and was suspended because the child was underweight. The third time off was because he and Zhang Xu went to Taiwan, and the three breaks were rested for about 5 years, so their winning number was not clear. I was also worried about being away from the field for too long, and I once thought about retiring, but thanks to Zhang Xu's support, I made a smooth comeback. Now I can not only successfully raise my children, but also learn chess games at the time I like, so I am really grateful to them for having such a happy time."
Less than three days after Kobayashi Izumi's ascension, Xie Yimin defeated Satoshi Kataoka in the battle of throne preliminaries B, and also officially rose to seven dan from August 20 by achieving the promotion target of 120 wins in the prescribed tournament.
Xie Yimin also left a message on his social platform after the game: "Tomorrow, August 20, I will officially rise to the seventh dan. In fact, this is the goal I set at the beginning of the year. But I still need to win 150 games to get to the eighth dan. It's going to be a long road, and I'll work towards new goals."
At this point, the number of seven dan players in the Japanese Chess Academy has increased from 1 to 3, namely Suzuki Bu 7 Dan, Kobayashi Izumi 7 Dan and Xie Yimin 7 Dan. Izumi Kobayashi added at the end: "It is not simple for a chess player who has not experienced a big hand combination to rise to seven dan under the current regulations, but now he can jump by entering the circle of seven dan and obtaining the title." I'm sure there will be female chess players who will be able to taste this in the future, which is really exciting."