At the end of the first stage of the final of the 6th "Toyo Securities Cup", chess fans around the world are discussing how to defeat Li Xiaoqiang.

"Li Xiaoqiang, he can do anything! A Li Xiaoqiang with distinctive characteristics is already very terrifying, and he never thought that when Li Xiaoqiang became characterless, he would be even more terrifying than before. ”

These are the words of South Korea's Seo Bong-so after watching the first three sets of the final. In real history, Xu Bong-so admired Li Shifo very much. The reason why he admires Li Shifo is that "Shifo can do anything". But in this life, it seems that the chess player that Mr. Seo Bong-so is most afraid of has become Li Xiaoqiang.

In addition to Xu Bong-so, reporter Zhang Da, who returned to China, also wrote in the newspaper:

"How do you defeat Li Xiaoqiang? Now it seems that there are only two ways, first, count on Li Xiaoqiang to have a headache and brain fever on the day of the game, and let him defeat himself. Second, expect his opponent to play at a high level in the game and make a name for himself to be proud of. Other than that, I can't think of anything else anyway. But what about Ma Xiaofei? Ma Xiaofei, who can write "Go and Thirty-six Strategies", and Ma Xiaofei, who is known as the "God Operator" and "Zhiduoxing" in the Chinese chess world, can he come up with a third way? In short, the last two sets of the Toyo Securities Cup final are worth looking forward to. ”

"Tsk, you're a cow that doesn't calve now, and you're terrible. Are you really that good now? I don't think it's likely. If others can't, then I'll have to teach you a lesson after a while. ”

The person who claims to "teach" Li Xiaoqiang is Zhao Dabao. Zhao Dabao's college life is coming to an end, and Li Xiaoqiang is very familiar with his old friend. In general, Zhao Dabao is not the kind of promising young man who likes to work hard. When I was able to be admitted to Huaqing every year, I don't know what stimulated me. Although he was born in a prestigious school, he has basically been able to get by in college for a few years. You may not be able to talk about a scumbag, but it is definitely impossible to be a top student. If there's anything he can do now, it's probably Go.

Zhao Dabao said, "After a while, I will find an opportunity to teach Li Xiaoqiang a lesson." He was referring to the "Evening Cup". Not long ago, he had no worries about work, no worries about the future, and there was not much pursuit, which led to a lot of free time when he ran back to Ganyuan Province to participate in the "Evening Cup" selection, and finally he was really through the preselection. This year, he will play for the first time in the "Evening Cup", which represents the highest level of amateur Go.

"Hehe, I really don't know if you're arrogant or arrogant. You have to know that the current professional amateur confrontation has been reformed, only more than the first 6. Your first time in the competition, you want to be in the top six of the national amateur competition? Seriously. How are you at the level you are now? After so many years as a supernumerary member of the national youth team, if you are beaten all over the ground and looking for teeth, let alone me, the face of the god pig will be lost by you. ”

"Don't worry, I, Zhao Dabao, will soon be famous in the green forest."

Zhao Dabao himself seemed full of confidence. In the past few years, he has often soaked in the Chinese Chess Academy, practiced with the amateur masters of the Chess Academy, practiced with Chang Ren Shengluo Shenzhu, and sometimes even asked Chen Chaohua to lead the team to practice. is the only one who has never played chess with Li Xiaoqiang, so Li Xiaoqiang really doesn't know what level he is at now. But if you think about it. His level shouldn't be much worse.

You must know that Zhao Dabao now has an excellent relationship with Luo Shenzhu, and Zhao Dabao is thick-skinned, so Luo Shenzhu is playing chess with him. Most of the time it's a real gun, not the kind of casual and perfunctory hygienic chess. Zhao Dabao's treatment is not comparable to most of the teenagers in the Chongduan. Zhao Dabao, who was honed in this way, should be okay in the amateur Go world.

Today, Li Xiaoqiang just returned to the chess academy. I met Zhao Dabao in the chess courtyard. When the two meet, they naturally have a good chat. After the two finished talking about the "Evening Cup", the topic naturally turned to the ongoing "Toyo Securities Cup" finals.

"That's right. Now that the outside world is blowing that there is almost no suspense that you will win this competition, how do you feel? Ma Xiaofei said publicly: The game is not over yet. ”

Listening to Zhao Dabao's words, Li Xiaoqiang just smiled:

"What you can feel now, you won't know until it's over."

At present, the outside world is full of praise for Li Xiaoqiang, and as Li Xiaoqiang himself, he is naturally not easy to speak. However, after the first 3 sets, Ma Xiaofei broke the silence before the game, and he expressed a stance to the outside world. Ma Xiaofei's statement is very simple, as simple as only one sentence:

"The game isn't over yet!"

Of course, there are many interpretations of such a sentence. First of all, this is a big truth, only three games have been played in the fifth game, and now of course it can be said that the game is not over. Secondly, it can be said that this sentence shows Ma Xiaofei's attitude. In the case that everyone is unanimously optimistic about Li Xiaoqiang, only Ma Xiaofei himself insists that the game is not over yet.

Although according to Ma Xiaofei's character, when he said this, it would definitely not be "sonorous and powerful" or anything. But he can open his mouth to say this, and Li Xiaoqiang can still feel Ma Xiaofei's determination. A determination to fight to the end with oneself.

Speaking from the heart, through the finals of the "Tian Yuan Competition" at the beginning of the year, as well as the first 3 sets of the "Toyo Securities Cup" this time. Li Xiaoqiang himself can also feel his progress. He is now very confident in defeating Ma Xiaofei and thinks that he has found a way to deal with Ma Xiaofei.

Li Xiaoqiang's current thoughts are actually similar to that of reporter Zhang Da and others, and the key to the remaining two games of chess is actually to see what good way Ma Xiaofei can find to deal with himself.

To be honest, Li Xiaoqiang himself also wanted to know what else Ma Xiaofei could do. But all this will have to wait until a month later. Due to the change of venue and the schedule of various competitions, the last two sets of the "Toyo Securities Cup" final will be postponed to early June, that is, after the "Fujitsu Cup" Round of 8.

"I've been busy this month, but fortunately, most of the games are played in the chess academy, otherwise I really can't stand it."

May is the peak season for Go competitions. Taking stock of the upcoming games this month, there is the first China Go League, the "CCTV Cup" TV rapid chess tournament. There are qualifiers for the "Chess King Battle" and the "National Hand Battle". Plus the "Fujitsu Cup" top 8 in early June. In other words, before the final battle with Ma Xiaofei, Li Xiaoqiang did not need to participate in the preliminaries of the "National Hand Battle", and there were so many games that he needed to participate in.

The situation on Ma Xiaofei's side is generally similar to Li Xiaoqiang. Li Xiaoqiang does not need to participate in the "National Player Battle" preselection, and Ma Xiaofei does not need to participate in the "Chess King Battle" preselection. It's the same for all other games.

Although none of these games can be regarded as more important games, Li Xiaoqiang can't give up easily. Among them, especially the "CCTV Cup" TV rapid chess tournament. This is the most important game for Li Xiaoqiang at present, except for international competitions.

The "CCTV Cup" TV Rapid Chess Tournament is also a preliminary selection for the "Asian Cup", and only the top 2 in the "CCTV Cup" TV Rapid Chess Tournament are eligible to participate in the "Asian Cup". It's a shame to say that so far, Li Xiaoqiang has never qualified to participate in the "Asian Cup". It's a bit of a stretch.

The loss to Li Shifo in the "Zhenlu Cup" Three Kingdoms Tournament obviously stimulated Li Xiaoqiang, which made him realize his problems in playing rapid chess. If you want to improve your rapid chess skills, the most direct and effective way is, of course, to strengthen your training in this area. Domestic rapid chess competitions are quite rare, except for some occasional invitational tournaments, the only official rapid chess tournament is only this "CCTV Cup". Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang still attaches more importance to this competition.

That's right. In addition to the above competitions, Li Xiaoqiang also needs to participate in a relatively important competition. That is the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament. Li Xiaoqiang became famous in the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, but he has really not been in this game for a long time.

In this ring, Chang Rensheng won a wave of 6 consecutive victories and rushed directly to the Japanese coach Otake Hero. Although he was blocked by Otake Hero, no one thought that there was still suspense in this ring competition at that time. didn't think that the hero of Otake was old and strong, he actually came back with a wave of 5 consecutive wins, so that this ring match is not over by this time.

So far, only Dazhu Hero is left on the Japanese side, and Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei are still left on the Chinese side. According to the schedule of the ring match, the last two matches will also happen to be played this month.

So many games all in one place. It's a true devil's schedule.

After returning to China, Li Xiaoqiang did not have time to rest at all, and he quickly threw himself into the busy game.

In early May, the "CCTV Cup" TV rapid chess tournament was the first to start. This time, Li Xiaoqiang worked hard in the competition and entered the semifinals again. All you need to win one more set is to qualify for the Asian Cup. But then again, this is the Nth time Li Xiaoqiang has reached the semifinals, and it is also the Nth time that he has fallen in the semifinals. Li Xiaoqiang didn't know if the situation could change this time.

The competition came to an end after the semi-finals. The players who entered the semi-finals this time were Li Xiaoqiang. Ma Xiaofei, Cao Dafang and Qian Yuping. The semi-final situation is Li Xiaoqiang VS Cao Dafang, Ma Xiaofei VS Qian Yuping. Suppose Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei can win both in the semi-finals. Then the two will meet again in a final.

The "CCTV Cup" TV rapid chess tournament came to an end for the time being, and then the qualifiers for the "National Hand Battle" and the "Chess King Battle" began.

Li Xiaoqiang made great progress in the qualifiers of the "Chess King Battle". Looking at Ma Xiaofei's situation, he also made great progress in the qualifiers of the "National Hand War......

The time finally arrived in late May, and the first China Go League kicked off in a lively atmosphere. After the next league game, Li Xiaoqiang finally ushered in several relatively important international matches.

The final two finals of the China-Japan Go Tournament, the "Fujitsu Cup" Round of 8, and the "Toyo Securities Cup" were held in turn. And in Li Xiaoqiang's mind, the importance of these competitions increases in turn.

What's more coincidental is that these 3 games are also related to Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei.

First up was the final of the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament. This time it was the turn of the last two races to be held in China. Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei are waiting for the arrival of Mr. Dazhu Hero at the China Chess Academy.

The reception of this ring match is also a rare appearance of Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei in public. Before the Japanese delegation arrived, Ma Xiaofei seemed to be in a good mood, and he was even in the mood to joke with the people around him:

"Alas, I think that when the 2nd competition was held that year, Dazhu Hero said that he was the one who carried the whip, but I didn't expect that I, Ma Xiaofei, would have a day with a whip......"

Ma Xiaofei's words caused the people around him to laugh. (To be continued.) )