In the just-concluded round of 16 of the first "World Chess Holy War", in an eye-catching hedge, Li Xiaoqiang defeated Li Shishi. Although after the game, Li Xiaoqiang praised Li Shishi'www.biquge.info s performance and gave Li Shishi a high evaluation, but from this game, we can still see very clearly that at least at this time, there is still a fairly obvious gap between the two of them, and Li Shishi, as a chaser, is not Li Xiaoqiang's opponent at all. Therefore, if you want to shake the "Li Xiaoqiang Dynasty", it is still a distant and arduous task... (Korean Go Magazine)

The round of 16 of the first "World Chess Holy War" is over, and Li Shishi has failed to stop Li Xiaoqiang's progress. Now it seems that there is still a gap between Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shishi, there are still 2 Li Shifo... (Korea Egret Go Network)

After the end of the round of 16 of the first "World Chess Holy War", the slight difference from the Chinese and Japanese media is that almost all the South Korean media reported on Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shishi, and the disappointment was overflowing. Of course, it is not without reason for the Korean media to do this, at present, Li Xiaoqiang is in full swing, and in the Korean Go world, Cao Yanzi has long had an argument: if you want to beat Li Xiaoqiang, you must hope for the emergence of more powerful young masters.

As for Li Shishi, he happens to be the young master who is favored by many people, so everyone will pay extraordinary attention to this game, and Li Shishi's crisp defeat naturally caused everyone's extraordinary disappointment.

Now it seems that the "Li Xiaoqiang Terror" shrouded in the chess world, I really don't know how long it will last? I really don't know when it will dissipate... ”

South Korea's Park reporter lamented this in a report he just wrote.

The real situation is also true, the first "World Chess Holy War" temporarily fell behind, and other Go tournaments were launched one after another, during which Li Xiaoqiang was still strong and still stood at the top of the entire world chess world.

Of course, the characteristics of the Go game, no one can remain undefeated, and no matter how good the chess player is, there are times when he loses, and Li Xiaoqiang will naturally be no exception to this. Now, whenever Li Xiaoqiang loses, especially when he loses to foreign players, it always causes cheers from the Japanese and South Korean media, and then triggers a new round of discussion about whether Li Xiaoqiang's dynasty is shaken. But then everyone found out that the world was business as usual. Li Xiaoqiang's loss is just accidental, and victory is his norm, especially in the less accidental chess competition, Li Xiaoqiang is becoming more and more difficult to beat.

“。。。 In the just-concluded final of the first "Toyota Cup" World Go Throne Battle, Li Xiaoqiang defeated Li Shifo 2-1 and won his 15th world championship. Of course, since the emergence of the "World Chess Holy War", the world champion seems to need to be redefined, and those who have not won the "World Chess Holy War" seem to be no longer able to be called world champions... ”

“。。。 In the just-concluded "Fujitsu Cup" top 8 match, there was big news, China's Li Xiaoqiang was defeated by South Korea's Cao Yanzi. It's really amazing Cao Yanzi, let's applaud his performance. Because of this defeat, Li Xiaoqiang's dream of winning 4 consecutive championships in the "Fujitsu Cup" was shattered, but he is still the super chess player who has won the "Fujitsu Cup" the most times... ”

“。。。 In the just-concluded top 8 of the first "World Chess Holy War", Li Xiaoqiang defeated his teammate Chang Rensheng with a score of 2-0 and took another step towards the championship. The top 4 players who entered the top 4 at the same time as Li Xiaoqiang are Li Shifo, Ma Xiaofei and Zhao Zhixun of Japan... ”

“。。。 In the just-concluded "Asian Cup", Li Xiaoqiang defeated Japanese chess player Kobayashi Satoru to win the cup, which is Li Xiaoqiang's third "Asian Cup" championship. Now Li Xiaoqiang is really unimaginably powerful, whether it is fast or slow chess, he seems to be at ease... ”

“。。。 In the just-concluded "Fujitsu Cup" finals, Li Shifo defeated China's Chang Rensheng and lifted his fifth World Series championship trophy, although Li Shifo's number of champions is only one-third of Li Xiaoqiang's, but with this victory, Li Shifo can still consolidate his position as the second person in the world chess world... ”

“。。。 In the just-concluded 5th "LC Cup" top 8 battle, Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo were both eliminated. Li Shifo was defeated by his former bitter hand Yitian Jiji, and Li Xiaoqiang missed to compatriot Zhou Dayang. Among them, especially Li Xiaoqiang's exit, it is ridiculous. The "LG Cup" has been held for 5 times, and Li Xiaoqiang, as the world's first Go player, has never won the cup in this competition, and has never even entered the final of this competition, which is really an incredible thing... ”

“。。。 In the semi-finals of the first "World Chess Holy War", Li Xiaoqiang defeated Zhao Zhixun and Li Shifo defeated Ma Xiaofei, a result that met most people's expectations, and the two masters ranked first and second in the world will compete for the highest honor in the world chess world in an unprecedented way. "Erli Jiuban Chess" is destined to be recorded in the history of chess in the first battle... ”

“。。。 In the just-concluded "Samsung Cup" final, the Japanese veteran Zhao Zhixun finally lifted the championship trophy. Let's pay tribute to Zhao Zhixun, from the elimination of Li Shifo in the top 8, to the victory over Li Xiaoqiang in the semifinals, and then to the defeat of Liu Changhe in the final, Zhao Zhixun's championship is well deserved. It's been a long time since a Japanese chess player won the championship, and the entire Japanese Go is grateful to Zhao Zhixun for winning the championship this time, because according to the scoring rules of the World Chess Federation, Zhao Zhixun's championship is likely to improve the ranking of all Japanese chess players... ”

“。。。 In the just-concluded "Qiu Ju Cup" World Professional Go Championship, the person who had the last laugh was the Chinese chess player Chang Rensheng. This is another post-70s chess player to win the championship, because of Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo, the current authority of the world chess world is controlled by them, which gives everyone an illusion, thinking that the current world chess world is the world of post-70s chess players, until Chang Rensheng won the championship, everyone found out that in fact, there are not many world champions after 70, Chang Rensheng is only the third... ”

This is the main trend in the world chess world before the first "World Chess Holy War" finals. Interestingly, in the middle of the year, Li Xiaoqiang's condition was not bad, but since he reached the final of the "World Chess Holy War", both he and Li Shifo have invariably been in a "sluggish state". It is precisely because of their "downturn" that in the second half of 2001, several new world champions were born in the world chess world.

Of course, no one cares about such a thing, and in the words of some media, since the advent of the "World Chess Holy War", the winners of other competitions can no longer be called real world champions. The so-called downturn of Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo is just because they have a choice to give up.

The temptation of the "World Chess Saint" and the big division of 2 million US dollars are the most important problems facing the two, and they are also the focus of the entire world chess world.

Especially before the finals, a news from the Korean chess world added a bit of heat to the finals.

In October 2001, in the last round of China's "Weijia", due to the poor results of the Ganyuan team before, Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo represented the Ganyuan team at the same time in this round and worked hard for the team's relegation.

"I definitely can't break your record, I guess for a long time, you can't be broken. But then again, you really don't have anything to envy about this record. ”

In between the games, Li Xiaoqiang joked with Li Shifo like this.

According to the statistics of the Korean Chess Academy, in the just-concluded Korean domestic chess battle, Li Shifo achieved 1,000 wins, becoming the youngest record holder in the Go world.

1,000 wins, this is nothing for an amateur chess player, for example, on the Internet, achieving 10,000 wins is not unusual, but for professional chess players, achieving 1,000 wins is a great thing.

The Japanese game of Go, which has the highest degree of professionalism and the longest history, has only about 10 people who have achieved 1,000 victories over the years.

The current record holder for the most wins in Japanese Go should be Mr. "Evergreen" Hayashi Haifeng, who is about to surpass 2,000 games in his career so far. You know, this is talking about the total number of games, and in Mr. Lin's nearly 40-year career, he has only won more than 1,000 games. And Li Shifo is only so young now, and he has achieved a thousand victories in his 20s, which is of course very remarkable. A record.

After knowing that Li Shifo had achieved a thousand wins, Li Xiaoqiang counted his game records as soon as possible. At present, although Chinese Go also has relevant statistics, but after all, it started late, and many data are not perfect, but fortunately, Li Xiaoqiang has a good habit, and he has a detailed record of his game from the moment he became a professional chess player.

After some statistics, Li Xiaoqiang found that he didn't want to say that he had won a thousand games, and so far, the total number of games in his career has only been more than 900 games, which is still a long way from a thousand wins.

The only thing that makes Li Xiaoqiang feel relieved is that according to the data released by the Korean Chess Academy, when Li Shifo reached 1,000 wins, his number of defeats was more than 280 games, and the winning rate was about 78%. For the average chess player, such a winning rate is already quite impressive. But after Li Xiaoqiang's statistics, he found that although his total number of wins was not as much as Li Shifo's, his winning rate was still slightly higher. His overall win rate so far is more than 79%, 1 percentage point higher than Li Shifo.

"There is actually nothing to be proud of with such a record, as far as you Li Xiaoqiang are concerned, although your number of games is not as many as mine, but the bonuses you have earned over the years are much more than mine. So from this point of view, the more I play, the more I lose. ”

Li Shifo's words made Li Xiaoqiang laugh, but what Li Shifo said is also the truth, the current world's most winning holders, is South Korea's Seo Bong-so, he has been in various qualifiers for many years, this tournament has accumulated a lot of wins for him. The Korean Go world has always been characterized by focusing only on quantity rather than quality, so it is not without reason that similar records have been born in the Korean chess world.

Take Li Shifo in front of him as an example, why did he have "premature aging" in real history, he was already bad in less than 40 moves. Li Xiaoqiang believes that this has something to do with the fact that he played too many games when he was young.

Therefore, from this point of view, the so-called thousand-win record is really nothing to envy.

Seeing Li Xiaoqiang mention his thousand-win record, Li Shifo continued to joke with Li Xiaoqiang:

"You see I've won a thousand victories, you should always say something. What do you think? You should let me win this final, right? ”

Li Xiaoqiang laughed again:

"Okay, then you can let the horses come...

A week after the end of the "Weijia", the most important game in the world chess this year, "Erli Jiubanqi", slowly kicked off. (To be continued.) )