Li Xiaoqiang defeated Seo Bong-so in the Three Kingdoms Tournament, ending his opponent's 8-game winning streak. On the second day, a new opponent, Yoo Chang-hyuk, was ushered in......

In this match, the atmosphere was not as tense as in the first set, both before and during the match. Indeed, according to the competition system of the ring competition, the more the competition is played later, the more tense and fierce the atmosphere of the competition should be. But this time the situation is clearly exceptional. If Seo Bong-so is really cleared with one shot in a 9-game winning streak, it will not only be a matter of losing a team competition, it will be a humiliation, a humiliation of South Korean Go against Chiguoguo of Chinese and Japanese Go. Therefore, when Li Xiaoqiang successfully blocked Xu Bong-so, many people from within the Go world to ordinary chess fans were relieved

This relaxed mentality obviously carried over into the second race.

The question of avoiding humiliation is solved, and now it remains to be the question of who wins the championship. Looking forward to Li Xiaoqiang's efforts to help the Chinese team win the "Zhenlu Cup" for the first time? Of course, expectation must be expectation, but expectation is expectation, and at this time, not many people are demanding that Li Xiaoqiang must do this.

After all, so far, the Chinese team has never won the championship of the Three Kingdoms Tournament. After all, the situation Li Xiaoqiang is facing now is more severe than any previous one. Therefore, after the game between Li Xiaoqiang and Liu Changhyuk started, whether it was in the game room or in the viewing room, there was a relatively relaxed atmosphere in the air.

Compared to the previous game, the atmosphere in the viewing room was not only relatively relaxed, but also significantly more lively.

The official start time of the Three Kingdoms Tournament is 1 noon. Shortly after the start of the game, Li Xiaoqiang's teammates. Chang Rensheng, Luo Shenzhu, Zhou Dayang and others appeared in the viewing room.

Of course. They didn't come from the capital to cheer for Li Xiaoqiang. A new tournament has been added to the Chinese chess scene this year. It is China's first "Newcomer King War" that is about to open in Shencheng. "Rookie King Battle" is a limited-level competition, and the qualification requirements are under the age of 30, and only players with a rank of 7 dan or less can participate.

To be honest, from the perspective of posterity, this qualification requirement looks so weird. In later generations, at the age of 30, he can almost be called a "veteran". Even if this qualification has remained unchanged, I am afraid that no 30-year-old chess player is embarrassed to participate in any "rookie king battle". But in this decade. But not many people think there's anything wrong with that.

China's "Rookie King Battle" is the first one, but Japan's "Rookie King Battle" has been held many times, and this year's "Rookie King Battle" is a sponsor. It seems that there is also a bit of Japanese background. Therefore, it seems reasonable to copy the existing format and qualification requirements.

According to this qualification, in addition to Li Xiaoqiang and Shao Weigang, the other six Chinese Go "Eight Horses" are all qualified. Don't look at Chang Rensheng's momentum now. In the latest band rankings. Chang Rensheng has already rushed into the top 5, but his ascent speed is still not as fast as Shao Weigang. Chang Rensheng is now only the seventh dan, and Shao Weigang, the oldest of the "Eight Horses", is now the eighth dan.

The "Rookie King War" was supposed to start in a few days, but the brothers discussed it, since the "boss" was competing for the "Zhenlu Cup", they simply went to Shencheng a few days in advance to watch the master's game at the same time, they could also cheer for Li Xiaoqiang.

After the brothers arrived in Shencheng, they didn't even bother to eat. Immediately kill to the scene of the game. With so many young players in the on-site research room, it was certainly much more lively than in the first game.

Of course. This is not the most lively, a little more than 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the match between Li Xiaoqiang and Liu Changhe lasted for more than 1 hour, and Cao Yanzi and Li Shifo appeared in the viewing room together. This is when the real excitement is achieved.

Seeing that Cao Li's master and apprentice had arrived at the arena, reporters like Zhang Da and others began to interview the two of them on the spot. Chang Rensheng looked at Li Shifo, who was being interviewed, with a complicated expression. Originally, one Li Xiaoqiang was enough to catch up with him, but now Li Shifo, his limelight seems to be stronger than Li Xiaoqiang......

"Everyone said, will he run for nothing this time?" Chang Rensheng asked the friends around him like this.

Liu Qing replied with a smile:

"Whether you run in vain or not depends on the boss. Hurry over, let's watch the chess first. The boss's performance can determine whether he will run in vain. ”

"Okay, let's look at the chess ...... first"

When Chang Rensheng and them started their formation, reporter Zhang Da also ended his brief interview with Cao Li's master and apprentice and ran over. In the research room, chess players and reporters studied the chess game according to the two camps of China and South Korea.

At this time, the game lasted a little more than 1 hour, and there were more than 50 moves on the board. This speed is considered fast in 3 hours of slow chess, but in a rapid chess game, such a speed is normal or even slow. After reporter Zhang Da saw the opening of this game of chess, he shouted:

"Big liar, big liar, these two guys are big liars. I really can't tell that both guys are using smoke bombs. ”

Everyone hurriedly asked what was going on, and reporter Zhang Da took out an interview record book:

"Let's take a look at what they said before the game, and after watching it, you know why I said it."

What reporter Zhang Da recorded was nothing more than some scenes that the two chess players explained to the outside world before they walked into the game room.

“…… Yoo Chang-hyuk has always been one of my most admired chess players, and everyone knows that his style of chess is gorgeous, and he has the reputation of being the number one attacker in the world. It's never going to be an easy game against him, so I think it's going to be a tense and intense fight today, and I'm ready to fight him to the end......"

“……

How powerful is Li Xiaoqiang's ninth section? I guess I don't need to talk nonsense. His moves are always unexpected and always innovative. I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to fight Li Jiuduan this time, and I reminded myself before the match that you need to face one of the best and toughest top players in the world this time. Your level is not as good as others, and your hope of winning is extremely slim, so what should you do? If you can give full play to your technical expertise, then maybe you still have a little chance......

Everyone has seen the "bold words" of the two before the game. Let's take a look at the dozens of chess moves played in front of the two. They all laughed along, and they all understood what reporter Zhang Da meant when he said that the two of them were "big liars".

What about the "gorgeous attack" that was said? What about "always having new ideas"? What about the "love fight"? So far, at least, none of these things have been seen on the chessboard. You can see it. are all ordinary "official works", some ordinary road goods.

Not only that, but today these two seem to be more honest than the other, and one is conservative. The chess shapes played by the two are extremely strong, as if they will not leave the slightest flaw to each other.

In everyone's understanding, it goes without saying that Yoo Chang-hyuk is an offensive chess player. Although Li Xiaoqiang has become more and more comprehensive in the past year or two, he still focuses on offense in general. So the two players came together. Everyone always thought that they could see a good show of fierce attack. But the two of them actually did this...... This was really unexpected by many people.

"Accident? I'm not surprised. I think it's normal for both of them to do this. This should be the most normal thing to do. ”

After watching the previous dozens of chess, Chang Rensheng said to everyone with a smile.

"Oh? Xiaochang, your understanding is very subversive of everyone's common sense, so tell me your reasons. ”

"I don't know much about Yoo Chang-hyuk. The only time I played him was when I lost. But the boss seems to know him better. Do you remember? How did the boss introduce us to Yoo Chang-hyuk's characteristics. ”

Chang Rensheng turned his head and asked Luo Shen Pig and them. Listening to Chang Rensheng's words, everyone fell into thought. To say that when he was in the national team, in addition to training together, Li Xiaoqiang relied on his knowledge of two lives. He often comments on the qualities of masters from all over the world who are active in the world chess arena. In the midst of this. South Korea's "Four Heavenly Kings" are naturally the focus of Li Xiaoqiang's comments. Regardless of whether Li Xiaoqiang is intentional or unintentional, and whether Li Xiaoqiang's comments are right or not. But at least what Li Xiaoqiang said, Chang Rensheng and others still remember it very clearly.

"I remember the boss once said: Saying that Yoo Chang-hyuk is the number one attacker in the world is a title that is worthy of the name, and there is an element of boasting in the Korean media. The real strength of Yoo Chang-hyuk is that he is a very smart chess player, and he is good at formulating different strategies and tactics according to different opponents. Tenacity. Did the Boss say that? ”

"That's right......" Chang Rensheng continued to smile and said, "I don't care if the boss's statement is right or not. But if Yoo Chang-hyuk is really this characteristic. Then when he meets the boss, the boss's chess style characteristics. It just happens to be able to restrain him, right? ”

After listening to Chang Rensheng's words, this time he was not alone in laughing, everyone laughed along. Indeed, what is Li Xiaoqiang's biggest characteristic? That's fickle, changeable! He rarely played chess with a fixed routine, and he rarely repeated the same moves. In this way, even if others want to formulate a specific method for him, it is basically difficult to do so.

What's more, this is a rapid chess game, and it is impossible to determine who will play black and white before the game. In this way, even if he is a master like Liu Changhe, it is difficult for him to formulate a set of methods to deal with Li Xiaoqiang.

Since this is the case, Liu Changhe's choice at the beginning of this game is actually very understandable. When most chess players are playing against Li Xiaoqiang, in the case of not being able to specify the targeted play, considering that Li Xiaoqiang is good at capturing the characteristics of the fighter, then try to make his chess play a little stronger at the beginning of the game, and not give Li Xiaoqiang too many opportunities, which is a very normal way of thinking.

"What about Xiaoqiang? Why did Xiaoqiang do this? ”

"I think the boss has nothing to do with the opponent, only the format. In the Three Kingdoms Tournament, our results have been bad, everyone should remember the boss's reflection on the rapid chess tournament, right? ”

Hearing Chang Rensheng's words, everyone nodded frequently. The year before last was also the Three Kingdoms Tournament, and when Li Xiaoqiang lost to Li Shifo, he conducted deep introspection. To put it simply, Li Xiaoqiang believes that in rapid chess, the requirements for road calculation are not "deep", but "wide". The technical characteristics of Li Xiaoqiang are precisely the advantages of "deep calculation", and in the width and breadth of the calculation, Li Xiaoqiang has no advantage over many other chess players. Therefore, in the past year or two, while making up for his own shortcomings, Li Xiaoqiang has also consciously abandoned some plays that require deep calculations when playing rapid chess.

"Now you know, don't look at both of them as militants, but in rapid chess, the way they are playing now, I think it's actually a necessity."

"So is this going to be a game of kung fu chess?"

"Then who knows, let's move on."

"Hey, hey."

"What are you laughing at, reporter Zhang?"

"Yesterday, when Xiaoqiang defeated Xu Bongsu, we joked that Xiaoqiang used the sword-breaking style in the Dugu Nine Swords, so let's take a look at how Xiaoqiang used the Qi-breaking style in the Dugu Nine Swords......" (To be continued.) )