At around half past 1 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Xiaoqiang had just made a move on the chessboard. This move is the 41st move of the game. When his opponent, Mr. Zhao Zhixun, saw this move, Mr. Zhao's surprised expression flashed, and this surprised look infected the others. When the chess players and reporters in the viewing room saw this move, the atmosphere here began to become enthusiastic.

Especially the media reporters who were watching the excitement, they became even more active. Because now even they know: starting from this move, today's final will become extremely fierce and exciting.

Yes, Li Xiaoqiang's move is not a good move, maybe not even a "good move". Because this move just fell on the chessboard, even Zhang Da and the reporter understood what Li Xiaoqiang meant.

The effect of this move is more like a competition of momentum, more like forcibly reversing the flow of the entire chess game, so everyone will make a fuss there.

"Xiaoqiang, this guy, he really refuses to eat even a little loss. Look, look, is there a chess player like this? In fact, it is not impossible to give up the real space on the corner to the opponent. After all, the lone piece outside the white piece seems more bitter, doesn't it? Black could have inflicted a harsher attack. But he didn't. I guess Xiaoqiang just felt unhappy, and he didn't want to walk into the chess path that Mr. Zhao Zhixun expected. Tsk, he really doesn't want to suffer emotionally......"

As reporter Zhang Da said, the first thing everyone sees in Li Xiaoqiang's move is not the technical gains and losses. It's a-for-tat confrontation in momentum, which is why everyone's reaction is so intense.

Just when the white chess came over to "dig the corner", because Mr. Zhao Zhixun chose a good timing. Therefore, at this time, black is basically unable to defend the corner on its own. This is the worst option in the current situation. When Li Xiaoqiang took the long exam, everyone thought that he was thinking about how to make a thick periphery, and then carry out a severe attack on the lone chess outside the white chess.

Li Xiaoqiang's two moves in front of him, he did play chess as everyone expected, no matter what the result was. First of all, there is no need to hesitate to cut off the communication of white chess.

But when I saw that white was about to be comfortable with the live corner. The situation on the chessboard has changed abruptly. Li Xiaoqiang made an extremely tough "two-way jump", and he played a move to "search for roots". He didn't let white work easily in this corner. In this way, it is impossible to think about this game without being intense.

Generally speaking, Li Xiaoqiang's move is not technically difficult. Assuming that it is a simple question of life and death, there is indeed such a means in this corner. It is possible to make white "partially inactive". However, because this move is extremely risky, it is not only Mr. Zhao Zhixun nor the chess players in the viewing room. This move is excluded.

To put it more vividly, Li Xiaoqiang's move is exactly like the move of "handicap chess". It is commonly used when a master "bullies" a rookie. In the words of the joke between chess friends:

"Anyway, I'm going to let you out and kill you, and then it's up to you to see if you'll be blind......"

In the finals of this kind of world series. No one thought that Li Xiaoqiang would use such a "bullying" trick. No one thought that he would use this kind of move against the world's top super-first. That's why everyone seemed elated.

Li Xiaoqiang chose such a trick, is it really for the so-called "momentum competition"? Of course not! Li Xiaoqiang has always believed that playing chess by himself is the most reasonable. For example, the move just now, it doesn't matter what others think. But Li Xiaoqiang thinks that he is well thought out, and he can find many reasons to make this move.

First of all, when Mr. Zhao Zhixun came over to "dig the corner", he must have made sure that he did not dare to keep the air. He thinks that Li Xiaoqiang will definitely let him live the corner. Then go back and attack your own piece of solitary chess. But Li Xiaoqiang knew that in fact, that piece of solitary chess was not so easy to attack.

Because at this time, there are not many hands on the board. The situation is still very open. When the balance of reality and space is completely broken. White is in a "discardable" situation. Mr. Zhao can make various choices at any time according to the changes in the situation.

If such a position occurs, on the surface it looks like white will be bitter. But the real initiative is actually on White's side. He was able to move in and out with ease. Black, on the other hand, doesn't have a lot of options. He has only one way to "storm". Such a situation, of course, is what Li Xiaoqiang does not want to see. This is not in line with Li Xiaoqiang's style.

Reason 2. Li Xiaoqiang just wanted to reverse the flow of the entire chess game. Let the long exam in front of Mr. Zhao Zhixun become "ineffective thinking". This should also be regarded as Li Xiaoqiang's "time tactics".

In the Go world, Mr. Zhao Zhixun's "reading the seconds correctly" is famous. In his two-day title final in Japan, he likes to use up his retention time early. Let the second half of your game be spent in the sound of countdowns. However, the chess he played in the sound of the seconds was really rarely wrong.

Is he really that powerful? Chess is played within 1 minute. Can it be the same as the depth and connotation of the chess he played in 1 hour? Li Xiaoqiang analyzed that this should not be the case.

Mr. Zhao Zhixun's approach should just be a habit of his time. He was in the long test ahead. It's not that he's sitting there. He just calculates deeper, wider, and more thoroughly.

That's the case with a lot of his fights, if the opponent doesn't calculate to that extent. None of his opponent's moves came as a surprise to him. Then with his experience, with his "professionalism". It took him about 1 minute to confirm it. Then the probability of him making a mistake is very low. In this way, he has achieved his reputation of "counting seconds correctly".

But what if your opponent doesn't play what he expected? Can his moves be as precise? Li Xiaoqiang believes:

Not necessarily!

For example, in today's game of chess, when he came over to "dig out the corners". Doesn't he have to think about how to deal with his lone chess later? This is obviously impossible. According to his habits, he must have thought it all through. That's why he dared to run over and "dig out the horns".

Li Xiaoqiang forcibly reversed the flow of the entire chess game, so in this way, Mr. Zhao Zhixun's previous idea would be completely nullified. The long exams in front of him have become "invalid long exams".

This is Li Xiaoqiang's "time tactic".

Because Li Xiaoqiang knows that supporting Mr. Zhao Zhixun's "counting seconds" is actually his "depth calculation" during the long exam. When he abolished his "depth calculation", Mr. Zhao's second reading was not as powerful as he imagined.

For example, in Japan's "Six Supers". Mr. Cho Ji-hoon's rapid chess championships are not many. Not to mention the comparison with the "Immortal of Rapid Chess" Mr. Otake Hero. It's compared to Kobayashi Koji and Masaki Takemiya. When he lacks the previous "depth calculation" later. Mr. Zhao's rapid chess is not very good.

Of course. This kind of stuff is just some of the minor factors. Li Xiaoqiang could not expect to defeat the famous Mr. Zhao Zhixun with a single move of "time tactics". What really prompted Li Xiaoqiang to make this choice was the core technical issues in Go.

Li Xiaoqiang believes that in the current situation, his move should be in line with chess theory. Don't look at this move, it's a bit like a "handicap" move. But in today's peculiar situation. This should be "unexpectedly powerful".

What are the benefits of this move? As the game progressed, Li Xiaoqiang's idea soon emerged.

When Li Xiaoqiang took this step to forcibly search for the root, after the "two-way jump". In the next ten rounds, it has actually become "official". With the addition of the first move, White has already "invested" 3 pieces in this corner. White has already played "heavy", so it is impossible for him to take the lead in this place. Since black does not let white work on the spot. Then white has to "come out". In this way, before you know it, it seems that white has run out of a lone piece again.

Of course. Black did not do this without a cost. In this part, in order to "break" and "search for roots", black chess itself is not actually stable. In other words, black itself creates a "solitary piece", sandwiched between two white pieces.

A little after 2 o'clock in the afternoon, there were more than 60 chess moves on the board. At this time, Mr. Zhao Zhixun's fixed time was still more than 1 hour longer than Li Xiaoqiang. In the crowd in the viewing room, whether it was chess players or media reporters, whether it was Chinese or Japanese. He was even more stunned by the changes that appeared on the chessboard.

Because when the chess game is carried out here, the flow of the entire chess game has completely changed, and it should have been a simple scene of Li Xiaoqiang "attacking" Zhao Zhixun to "treat orphans", but now it has become a few solitary chess pieces on both sides "running". The whole chessboard was chaos. The situation has also become extremely intense and complex.

"How? What is the current situation......"

Seeing such a situation, the media reporters in the viewing room hurriedly asked the professional chess players around them. And these top masters around them don't dare to jump to conclusions easily. Several "research groups" were formed spontaneously and enthusiastic research was carried out in the viewing room. Among them, the Chinese inside naturally gathered together. Everyone is centered on Nie Whirlwind. Start talking about the current changes and gains and losses.

"My first feeling is that Xiaoqiang is full of battles. Although the current scene is relatively chaotic, the general context is still clear. In terms of the overall thickness of the overall situation, I think Xiaoqiang's chess is thicker. On the entire top of the chessboard. Although the black and white sides have 4 lone pieces and wolf teeth intertwined, these 4 pieces are not completely alive. But I think it's still a little thicker black with a little stronger. What do you think? ”

After everyone gathered together and briefly dismantled the chess for a while, Coach Luo took the lead in expressing his opinion. When he had said this, he turned his inquiring gaze to the others at the same time. Regarding Coach Luo's opinion, Chen Chaoyue agreed with the first of the nine paragraphs, and he further gave his own reasons:

"That's right, if you don't consider other circumstances, I also think Xiaoqiang's chess is a little thicker. Among the 4 pieces of the dragon that are not fully alive, Zhao Zhixun's 2 pieces of chess are completely 2 pieces of solitary chess. And what about Xiaoqiang's black chess? The piece that just ran out is indeed a lone piece, but the first piece should be a little better in all aspects, right? Although this piece of chess is not alive, it has a rich eye position and a relatively happy start. Therefore, I think this can only be regarded as half a solitary piece. 2 pieces against 1 and a half pieces! In addition, in other places, Xiaoqiang's chess is basically played outside, and the sporadic chess can be regarded as the external potential of black chess. In this kind of battle scene, I am afraid that black is more advantageous. So I also think that Xiaoqiang is enough to fight. ”

When Chen Chaoyue Jiuduan finished his opinion, everyone didn't speak anymore. Everyone's eyes were unanimously focused on Nie Whirlwind, who was still thinking about it. After Nie Whirlwind simply put a few more change diagrams, he finally spoke:

"In Go, sometimes the "empty long" is also "thick". Therefore, in this position, although Xiaoqiang's black pieces are fully combatable, it cannot be considered that black is thicker. In the final analysis. The strength on the chessboard must eventually be transformed into actual benefits. To use a simple analogy, in this battle, Xiaoqiang is sure, but Xiaoqiang is equivalent to "debt management", and the results he has achieved here can offset the previous deficit. This is the key to the whole situation. So from a big picture perspective, I don't think Xiaoqiang's chess is better. ”

After listening to Nie Whirlwind's opinion, reporter Zhang Da hurriedly continued to ask:

"So who do you think has the upper hand in the current situation? Is it Lao Zhao or Xiao Qiang? ”

"Huh. It's too early to say who's better and who's inferior, right? But then again, I still very much agree with Xiaoqiang's choice. He chose this tough attitude, I guess Lao Zhao is a little unhappy now, right? Because this situation is certainly not what he expected at first. In fact, there are many more options for both sides in this kind of scuffle. Now it's not just white that can be discarded, but I think black can also move forward and backward as well. And not like choosing that change. Xiaoqiang may unilaterally appear passive. So from that point of view. I think Xiaoqiang's thinking is very right. Not only did he give his opponent a favorable response in terms of momentum, but he also won more opportunities for himself. This should be the reason why Xiaoqiang chose this method. It is also Xiaoqiang's biggest gain on the chessboard so far. ”

When Nie Whirlwind analyzed it here, he didn't continue to analyze. Truly. After all, the current situation is still early, and now less than 70 moves have been played. There is really no point in talking about who is superior and who is inferior now. As the whole game continued step by step, everyone paid more attention to the battle behind the chessboard.

After half past two o'clock in the afternoon. The pace of the game seemed to be slowing down again, with both sides taking long exams there.

Indeed, there are many clues to such a situation. And it's very sinister. As long as you are a little careless and make a mistake somewhere, then the so-called "if you are not careful, you will lose all the games" is not a casual joke. So starting with more than 70 moves in this game, both sides invested a lot of time in calculations.

At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. Zhao Zhixun's 3-hour fixed time was used up early. He entered the countdown early. Li Xiaoqiang probably has more than 70 minutes of retention time. At this time, there were only more than 80 chess moves on the chessboard, not even 90 chess. Looking at this, Mr. Zhao seems to be about to start performing his "counting the seconds" stunt again.

But in such a complicated situation, did he really figure it all out?

The chess game continues step by step, and the melee on the chessboard also goes on like this.

At a little over 4 p.m., when less than 100 moves were played on the board. Li Xiaoqiang once again made a move that surprised everyone. When his opponent, Mr. Cho Zhixun, saw this move. Again, he looked surprised. At this time, Mr. Zhao, who had been thinking about it, even gave himself a slap in the face, which startled everyone else in the game room.

Li Xiaoqiang knew in his heart that the move he made just now was also not a good move and a good move. It's just that with this move, the flow of the whole game may be reversed again. And the move just now may have been something that Mr. Zhao didn't calculate, so he looked very annoyed. But Li Xiaoqiang knows that the "lethality" of his move is not great, and Mr. Zhao Zhixun should be able to find a countermeasure soon.

As Li Xiaoqiang expected, Mr. Zhao just used a step to "hit the general", and he thought it through in 2 minutes. So he continued to start falling.

At this point, however, the whole flow on the board seems to be reversed again. And Li Xiaoqiang, as the "party", knows better. The second major turning point on the board is likely to be on the horizon.

This turning point is probably the most important turning point in the game. The battle in the coming period will probably determine the ownership of the 4th Fujitsu Cup!

What else will happen on the chessboard? The game continues step by step.

Li Xiaoqiang is still fighting on the chessboard. He fought for his dreams. (To be continued......)