After Li Xiaoqiang ended the semi-finals of the "Fujitsu Cup", the three members of the Chinese team did not stay in Japan too much. Everyone flew back to the capital of China.

In the next less than one month, that is, of course, the moment when Li Xiaoqiang was nervously preparing for the finals.

Considering the particularity of the game of Go, the so-called "preparation" in Go is actually mainly based on the player's own adjustment. The national Go team understands this very well, so they don't have a very detailed training plan by the coach like in other sports. Let the athletes follow the plan and execute it.

In the Go team, in the national Go team, all the preparation activities are based on the players' own wishes and ideas, and the other members of the national team cooperate with each other. Especially in the national Go team in this era, there is nothing to say about domestic competitions, only external competitions, and everyone's "collective sense of honor" is particularly strong. In order to help their teammates, sometimes they really don't hesitate to sacrifice their own achievements.

For example, Li Xiaoqiang encountered such a thing in the first week after returning to China.

This is an official domestic match, and it is an official match in the circle of China's "celebrity war". by Li Xiaoqiang VS Nie Whirlwind. This should be a big game. Because both of them still have a chance to get the right to the finals.

But in this game, Nie Whirlwind was unusual, he gave up his majestic and flowing overall situation winning move. He actually learned Zhao Zhixun's "Drill the Ground and Squirrel Flow", and forcibly fished the ground at the beginning, and played chess very extremely.

In this game, Nie Whirlwind did play very seriously, and also showed his tenacity that is rare in domestic competitions. However, this kind of play is not what he is good at, and Li Xiaoqiang still won the final victory.

"Hey, I was going to be surprised today, but now it seems that I obviously moved a rock to hit myself in the foot......"

When the game is over. Nie's hearty laughter echoed in the room.

"Mr. Nie, if you want to play Mr. Zhao Zhixun's chess style, it is really difficult for you. But I still appreciate everyone's kindness. ”

Li Xiaoqiang still knows Nie Whirlwind's approach. Therefore, his heart is very grateful. In the Chinese national Go team, such a method of "simulation training" has always existed. In particular, this kind of "simulated training" with the nature of actual combat is even more rare.

Nie Whirlwind used a very serious and tenacious attitude to execute a game that he was not good at. What does this mean? Is it really as he said, trying to "surprise"? No. He just put his victory in second place to help Li Xiaoqiang prepare for the fight.

The so-called "domestic military training." Unanimous to the outside world", that's roughly what it looks like. Regardless of the effect of this approach, Li Xiaoqiang must understand the kindness of others.

"Hehe, it's really difficult for me to do this, but a chess style like Zhao Zhixun is really rare in our country. Not to mention in our country, I think in the whole world, his extreme style of chess is very rare. Xiaoqiang. His style doesn't look good, but it's very difficult to deal with. In a way, he is even more difficult to deal with than Kobayashi Koji. I think you have to be mentally prepared for that. Well, I don't think I need to say anything else. If you have any requirements, just ask, and our Go team will definitely help if they can help. ”

"Okay, thank you, Mr. Nie! I have a good idea of Mr. Zhao's strength. I'm ready for battle if there's anything I need. I'll definitely bring it up to our Go team. ”

In the following days, because there were still a few official professional games to play, Li Xiaoqiang went anywhere. He has been staying in the capital to prepare for the war. In fact, after the end of the top 8 matches, Li Xiaoqiang has become the "key care object" of the Chinese Go community. By this month, it's even more of a priority.

Some domestic events have even adjusted the schedule specifically for Li Xiaoqiang. For example, in a round-robin match like "Celebrity Battle", plus Nie Whirlwind's game of chess, Li Xiaoqiang originally had 3 games that were not completed. According to the original schedule, these 3 sets should have been completed in about 1 week. But what about now? In order to ensure Li Xiaoqiang's chess sense, everyone also wants to ensure Li Xiaoqiang's actual combat state. 3 sets in 1 week become 1 set in 1 week.

In this way, it is ensured that before the finals, Li Xiaoqiang will have a game of "tight chess" every week. Everyone hopes that through this method, Li Xiaoqiang's good state will be continued.

Not only in these specific preparations, but even in Li Xiaoqiang's life, he was also cared for in every detail. During this period, the elderly Dong Lao Du went to the Go team several times to greet Li Xiaoqiang. He even patted his chest again and said to Li Xiaoqiang:

"If you ask for anything, don't hesitate to mention ......"

Seeing Dong Lao's appearance, Li Xiaoqiang even thought jokingly, even if he proposed to move to the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse to prepare for the war for a month in order to avoid interference. Dong Lao may agree immediately. But Li Xiaoqiang will definitely not make such a request. Because if you do that, it will only increase your own pressure, which is a very stupid thing to do.

But this time, Li Xiaoqiang did not easily dismiss Dong Lao's kindness. Because of another thing, one thing about the 2nd "Ying's Cup", Li Xiaoqiang is worried that he lacks an opportunity. Now that Dong Lao has automatically sent it to the door, of course Li Xiaoqiang will not let it go. He asked Dong Lao to promise his condition to "owe it first", and when the time is right, he will find a way to change the matter.

As for Mr. Ying's side, Li Xiaoqiang thinks that he is sure to convince him. Because one of the main reasons for the collapse of Mr. Ying's negotiations with China is that he agreed to the participation of Jiang and Rui and his wife, especially the world's first women's "Brother Xia".

Mr. Ying is a banker himself. He not only has a strong "contract spirit", but also has the quality of our Chinese "one promise and a thousand gold". From this incident, it can be seen that in order to fulfill his promise, he did not hesitate to fall out with another behemoth. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang believes that as long as there is such an opportunity. As long as the communication is good, it should not be a very difficult thing to change the outcome of such a thing.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang didn't push this matter right away. According to Li Xiaoqiang's own thoughts, he also wants to wait until the dust settles on the "Fujitsu Cup". Because since he has come to this point, he must have ambitions for this championship. There is nothing to say about this. No matter how strong Mr. Zhao Zhixun is. Li Xiaoqiang also has to find a way to fight. It's a very natural idea.

Regarding the strength of Mr. Zhao Zhixun, because he is a Korean-Japanese chess player, he does not have many opportunities to play in various bilateral competitions, so it does not bring much "skin pain" to Chinese chess players. There are many chess fans with a little less experience, and it may be really easy to look down on this weird man in the Go world.

Among Japan's "six supers", Zhao Zhixun is the youngest one, but he is the one with the highest achievement, especially his achievements in Japan, there are not many chess players who can compare with him. There is a saying in the Japanese Go world: if Mr. Wu Qingyuan is the king of "Shiban Chess", then Zhao Zhixun is the devil of "Seven Chess". The reputation of the "Demon of Seven Chess" is really prestigious.

Take, for example, the current period. In the late 80s and early 90's in the Japanese chess world. They are in a super stable state at home. One of the most concrete manifestations. is that there are a lot of "consecutive hegemony" phenomenon. For example, Mr. Lin Haifeng's Tengen "5 Consecutive Tyrants", Mr. Kato Masao's Throne "8 Consecutive Tyrants", etc., were all completed during this period of time.

Of course, the Lian Ba of these small titles still can't be compared with the Lian Ba of Kobayashi Koji and Zhao Zhixun. Kobayashi Koji During this time, he alone completed the "8 consecutive hegemony" of the chess holy war, the "7 consecutive hegemony" of the celebrity battle, and so on. Zhao Zhixun's "Lianba" is not as many as Kobayashi Koji, but he has completed the longest "Lianba". He completed the 10th consecutive hegemony of the "Ben Yin Fang War".

Such an intensive phenomenon of "continuous hegemony" has emerged. Although it shows the super dominance of Japan's "six supers", from another point of view, it also reflects the lack of talent in the Japanese Go world. People like Noriki Ita and Satoshi Yuuki, they can't take over the class of their predecessors at all. At least for this time. They don't have a lot of impact.

In this history full of consecutive hegemony, except for Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki, who completed a counterattack beautifully, he defeated Kobayashi Koji in the "Battle of the Thrones". The other most eye-catching ones are probably Kobayashi Koji and Zhao Zhixun's two tigers.

During this period. Kobayashi Koji has the best results, and he has long occupied the two thrones of "chess saint" and "celebrity". He seems to be the first person in the Japanese chess world to be the rightful thing. But what does it look like? It seems that Mr. Kobayashi also has something unspeakable because of his "chess saint" throne. It was obtained from the famous "wheelchair war", so that if he can't really suppress Zhao Zhixun, his "first person" will always have a feeling of "not being right".

It's no wonder that Mr. Kobayashi doesn't pay much attention to international competitions. Because his number one goal is mainly to win the "big triple crown". For three consecutive years, Mr. Kobayashi stood out in the circle of "Ben Yin Fang Battle", and he won the right to challenge for three consecutive years. And the opponent he challenged, of course, is the currently reigning Zhao Zhixun "Ben Yin Fang".

But what makes Mr. Kobayashi depressed is that he has failed to challenge for 3 consecutive years, so it seems that his name as the "first person" can only continue to be "unjust".

Of course, this is not the most depressing for Mr. Kobayashi, throughout the process of these 3 challenges, Mr. Kobayashi was actually achieved by others "big reversal".

For the first time, Mr. Kobayashi led 3-1, and finally was won three sets in a row. For the second time, Mr. Kobayashi led 3-0 and was won in 4 sets in a row. The third time was similar, Mr. Kobayashi led 2-0 and finally lost four sets in a row......

It's been like this 3 times in a row, Mr. Kobayashi is depressed, he was really depressed at the time. After failing in the last challenge, Mr. Kobayashi was drunk, and he was confident in the court, so he asked Mr. Zhao Zhixun directly:

"Zhixunjun, you tell me the truth, you must tell me the truth! In your mind, do you necessarily think that you are better than me? Do you necessarily think I'm not your match? Otherwise, what kind of mental power does it take for you to reverse me 3 times in a row......"

In the face of Mr. Kobayashi's "drunken words", Zhao Zhixun's answer is also very interesting and very beautiful:

"Mr. Kobayashi, there is no doubt that you are better than me now. Because you have more titles in your hands than I do, I admit from the bottom of my heart that you are better than me now. Don't forget, you're a menacing challenge to me now. Before the game, I said to myself in my heart: I can only barely compare to you if I hold on to this last position. It may be because of this belief that I have been lucky enough to successfully defend my title these times. So there is no point in discussing which is stronger or weaker now. When I challenge you, let's decide who is stronger! ”

Zhao Zhixun's words certainly won bursts of applause. After a few years, Zhao Zhixun really did what he said. It was also after many years that he finally got the opportunity to challenge Kobayashi Koji, and he regained his long-lost title of "Chess Saint......

What Li Xiaoqiang needs to face in the final is such an opponent!

It's funny to say that in real history, it was neither Japanese nor Chinese chess players who affected Zhao Zhixun's "status in the rivers and lakes". On the contrary, it was his two compatriots, Cao Li's master and apprentice from South Korea, who abused Zhao Zhixun a little badly. In this way, many people ignore Zhao Zhixun's awesomeness.

More than 20 days passed quickly. The day of Li Xiaoqiang's trip to the Tokyo final is coming soon. On this day, Li Xiaoqiang received a phone call, from his hometown. On the other side of the microphone is the voice of his best friend Zhao Dabao:

"I said Chubby, you have to compare yourself this time. It's best to destroy Zhao Zhixun. That's not the one who disgraces me, hahahaha......"

"Hehe, look at you like this, you seem to have done well in the exam, how are you now? Are the scores out, and how many points did you score? ”

On the other side of the phone, Zhao Dabao's proud and slightly arrogant voice came:

"It's not much, it's just a little more than 620, although it's a little out of order, but if you want to enter Huaqing University in the capital, there should be no problem......

In this year, the total score of the college entrance examination is 710 points, and in Ganyuan Province, you can get more than 620 points, which is of course a score at the level of "Xueba". If you want to enter a prestigious university, this is indeed a certain certainty.

"Damn, you're arrogant in front of me, aren't you? Honestly, in our school, how many of them scored above 600? What's your ranking? ”

"Our school is good this time, there are 3 of them above 600, as for me...... That's one of the best ...... of course."

"Is it one or two? You make it clear to me. By the way, you don't need to say it, since you said so, you must be lagging behind, right? You must not have won the test against Liao Qiong, right? I said, you're the old No. 2 winner, are you embarrassed to scream in front of me? ”

"Ahem, I'm not a good man who doesn't fight with women. Really, it seems that I can't hide anything from you...... By the way, Chubby, do you want to know how Lin Mengyu did in the exam? ”

"Oh? How did she do on the exam? ”

"She also played normally this time, and she was on the key score line. However, the admission process has not yet begun. What school she can go to, I don't know now. But I guess...... Hey hey ......"

"What are you doing so mysteriously, is there anything you can't say directly?"

"Confidentiality, I really want to keep it secret this time. Chubby, you can't blame me this time, all of this is what Lin Mengyu requested...... When you come back from Japan, you'll know everything...... Okay, okay, I'm going to hang up now......"

After Zhao Dabao hung up the phone, Li Xiaoqiang was still there in a daze.

"What the hell is so mysterious......

At the beginning of August 1991, reporter Zhang Da rushed to the capital from Shencheng, he saw Li Xiaoqiang from afar, and he said loudly to Li Xiaoqiang:

"Xiaoqiang, are you ready......

In the final of the 4th Fujitsu Cup, Li Xiaoqiang is about to set off. (To be continued......)

PS: I finally didn't break my promise today, thank you!