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In Shencheng, China, many reporters gathered at the final of the 8th "World Chess Holy War".

When the tiebreaker entered the final moments, reporters were busy, and they were busy collecting all kinds of personal information about Li Xiaoqiang: his life, his data, his records.

At this time, even the air seems to be filled with an inexplicable atmosphere.

“。。。 So far, Li Xiaoqiang has won a total of 99 titles, although the total number of titles falls behind South Korea's Cao Li Shifu to rank third in the world. But the number of world championships he has won has reached 34, and since the birth of the World Series in 1988, Li Xiaoqiang has won more than one-third of all world championships... ”

“。。。 So far, Li Xiaoqiang has played more than 1,600 games in his career, and his winning rate, his overall winning rate is 80.6%, which is the only player in the world who can maintain such a high winning rate at the age of 40... ”

“。。。 He is the highest win percentage holder of the year... ”

“。。。 He holds the record for the longest winning streak in an international chess battle... ”

“。。。 Until now, he is the youngest title holder and the youngest World Champion... ”

The reason why the reporters collected this information is, of course, to prepare for the post-match coverage.

"The end of an era, the end of a dynasty."

That's the headline that a lot of reporters have prepared for their post-match coverage.

Not only journalists, but also within the Go community and the entire world chess community, have paid unprecedented attention to this game, and China, Japan and South Korea broadcast the game live at the same time.

In China, this game of chess is personally lectured by Nie Whirlwind, when the overall situation has been decided, and Li Xiaoqiang's defeat is a foregone conclusion, Nie Whirlwind in the studio does not see any joy:

“。。。 I have to say that Xiaoqiang is a very great chess player, and he represents an era. He... It is really great ... ”

In South Korea, Li Shifo, who rarely talks about chess, took the initiative to ask to explain this game of chess on TV:

“。。。 Is that the end of it? It's a pity... I'm feeling right now ... It's indescribable ... ”

In Japan, the partners who explained the game were Yukari Umezawa and Yuta Iyama.

"Is there really no chance?"

Iyama Yuta stared at the big chessboard in front of him: "... It's a pity, Mr. has been playing well, he didn't lose to his opponent, but to lose... Years... ”

Back in the finals, when everything was settled, when the last title in Li Xiaoqiang's hands was taken away by 17-year-old Ke Jie, after a brief review, Li Xiaoqiang took the initiative to get up and leave. The glory behind is to be reserved for the winner, and Li Xiaoqiang, who is used to being a winner, is very conscious of this.

Li Xiaoqiang walked towards the door of the game room, and he walked through the crowd.

Countless chess players, reporters and ordinary chess fans crowded at the door, and when they saw Li Xiaoqiang coming, they all gave way. I don't know who started it, but suddenly there was a round of applause in the crowd, and the applause became louder and louder.

Li Xiaoqiang rubbed his astringent eyes, he had not seen such a scene, the last time he enjoyed this kind of treatment, it was as early as the 3rd Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, when he defeated Mr. Shuzo Ohira to win 5 consecutive victories.

Last time, it was the starting point of Li Xiaoqiang's brilliant career, so this time, is it a gorgeous curtain call?

Li Xiaoqiang turned his head slowly, and he looked at the place he was sitting just now with a little nostalgia. sighed softly in my heart:

"This position, perhaps, can never go back...

The first to step forward was Chang Rensheng, who hugged Li Xiaoqiang gently:

"Don't think so much, Boss, you've already... It's remarkable. ”

Li Xiaoqiang came back to his senses, and he chuckled:

"Hehe, I think I'm pretty good, too."

Next is the closing ceremony, because he is Li Xiaoqiang, because this game represents the end of an era, the vast majority of reporters' questions are aimed at Li Xiaoqiang, and the new "World Chess Saint" Ke Jie was snubbed.

But no matter how much the reporter flatters, praises, or praises, that faint sadness lingers.

Reporter Zhang Da, who was standing in the crowd, watched Li Xiaoqiang quietly, so he decided to ask a less sad question:

"Xiaoqiang, what do you think of that recent Ah Fa dog?"

"Huh?"

Silence, as soon as reporter Zhang Da asked this question, the whole venue stopped hustle, and everyone, including Ke Jie, looked at Li Xiaoqiang to see how he would answer this question.

Indeed, if today's game is a very influential event in the Go world, then the influence of "Ah Fa Dog" is even greater.

No matter how great the impact of the "World Chess Holy War" is, after all, it only belongs to the internal category of the Go world, and only chess fans will pay attention to the results of the game, and the "Alpha Dog" defeated Fan Erduan with a score of 5-0, and its impact is on all mankind, and the whole world is paying attention to the progress of science and technology, and whether artificial intelligence has cracked Go.

"What do you want me to say? Your question is too general. Li Xiaoqiang smiled at reporter Zhang Da.

It's not that Li Xiaoqiang doesn't care about the alpha dog, in fact, Li Xiaoqiang knows more things than most people, because when this matter was just transmitted back to China, Li Xiaoqiang dialed Fan Erduan's phone as soon as possible, and he knew more inside information than many people. It's just that when everyone is talking about it, and all kinds of strange theories are emerging, Li Xiaoqiang has been silent.

First, the game with Kejie was in full swing at that time. Second, even if he knows more than others, Li Xiaoqiang still feels that there is too little information and thinks that it is inconvenient to comment at this time.

"Since you are too general, let's be specific little by little, first of all, how do you evaluate this matter?"

"Of course, this is a positive matter, this is the first time that artificial intelligence has defeated a professional chess player, and artificial intelligence has made such a breakthrough in Go, which in itself proves the greatness of human beings and the greatness of technology."

"I heard that Xiaoqiang, you have already seen those 5 chess games, how do you evaluate the level of that alpha dog? Also, for Google's announcement: Alpha Dog is about to challenge South Korea's Lee Stone, what do you think about this matter? ”

After hearing this question from reporter Zhang Da, many reporters present laughed, and Li Xiaoqiang and Ke Jie also looked at each other and smiled.

"Why is it Li Shishi?"

That's the skepticism that Google faced when it first announced its next move.

Xiao Li is indeed one of the top chess players in the world today, but he obviously does not represent the highest level in the world chess today, such as the two here today, Li Xiaoqiang, who represents the past, and Ke Xiaodevil, who represents the future, seem to be more suitable candidates than Li Shishi. However, given Google's relationship with China, it is understandable that they chose a South Korean chess player at this time.

"I don't know much about this alpha dog, but judging from these 5 games of chess, its level seems to be very average, isn't it, Kejie?"

"That's right, judging from these 5 games, I think its level is still relatively low, so let's let 2 pieces be a good win. To challenge Li Shi at such a level, I think there is only one result, and it will definitely be beaten all over the ground by Li Shi. ”

Compared with Li Xiaoqiang's euphemism, Ke Jie's answer was much more blunt. Hearing Ke Xiaodevil say this, no one present felt that it was wrong. In fact, when the Alpha Dog was first born, the science and technology world and the Go world were two distinct fronts, and no one in the Go world thought that Li Shishi might lose, and the technology community was unanimously optimistic that the Alpha Dog could win.

"So what about Xiaoqiang, what do you think?"

"I think I need to show my attitude first, I definitely support Li Shi emotionally for the contest between Xiao Li and Alpha Dog, and as a professional chess player, I definitely hope that humans can win. As for the final result, I actually have the same idea as Ke Jie, if the alpha dog is only at the current level, it will definitely not be Li Shishi's opponent. But everyone knows,I heard that this alpha dog is different from other artificial intelligence.,It's a kind of algorithm called deep learning.,It's said that it can continue to improve itself.,So all of this.,Let's wait for it to compare with Li Shi... ”

This is the end of the match between Li Xiaoqiang and Ke Jie, and many people think that this is the end of an era.

What many people didn't expect at this time was that a new era had just begun.