"Bloodless! Li Xiaoqiang ended the ...... of this China-Japan Go Tournament"

"Li Xiaoqiang explained what is called the era of decisive victory in the second half of the game, and he defeated the heroes of Dazhu in the way of young people......"

"In the just-concluded China-Japan Go Tournament, Li Xiaoqiang once again showed everyone his comprehensiveness, and now he looks flawless......"

Although the impact of the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament is much less than before, it is a traditional event after all. After the match between Li Xiaoqiang and Dazhu Hero, various media still reported on the game. Of course, perhaps everyone had expected Li Xiaoqiang's victory, and Li Xiaoqiang's victory is not news at all. Most of the reports are very brief, and some media outlets even use text messages to cover them in a single stroke.

It wasn't until reporter Zhang Da published an article that he threw out a topic in the article, which can be regarded as stirring up a little wave in a small area.

Zhang Da reporter reported on Li Xiaoqiang, and most of the situation must be extremely sensitive. This article is more or less a routine. Although in Zhang Da's article, he first expressed his contempt for Li Xiaoqiang for using that kind of play to deal with such an old chess player as Dazhu Hero. Then he made a hypothesis, assuming that if Dazhu Hero was still at his peak, could he deal with Li Xiaoqiang's play?

"Well, I said you had nothing to do. I know that your intention is to help me put up the flag, and I thank you for your kindness. Anyway, it's really good for you to write like this, it's easy for you to get hurt and angry when you write like this......"

Two days after the end of the match with Dazhu, Li Xiaoqiang held the report written by reporter Zhang Da in his hand and complained to reporter Zhang Da in a whisper. On the surface, reporter Zhang Da's article only puts forward a hypothesis, but something like this can easily make people think about it.

Li Xiaoqiang and Dazhu Hero are chess players separated by several generations. Li Xiaoqiang defeated the current Dazhu hero, which is of course a very normal thing. But what did he mention about Mr. Otake's peak, and extended it a little. seems to be asking Li Xiaoqiang's current absolute level, whether it exceeds the absolute level of the "six supers". Continuing to stretch it out, it seems to ask whether the overall technical level of Go has improved in recent decades. At present, the highest level of the world chess world has not exceeded the highest technical level of the "six supers" era.

This is a bit interesting, this is a bit like the "ancient and modern dispute" in Go, it is said that this comparison similar to "Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong" is easy to cause a lot of controversy. But it is this kind of thing that is impossible to argue for a result, but it is easy to arouse everyone's interest. Therefore, after reporter Zhang Da's question was raised, it attracted a lot of responses.

If you go back a few years, when the Internet age comes. Reporter Zhang's question is not unusual. But now, such a question is really new. An interesting thing, the ancient chess and the ancient chess are not counted. Modern Go can be counted from Mr. Wu Qingyuan.

Mr. Wu Qingyuan is the first generation of the hegemon of modern Go, followed by Sakata Eio, followed by the "Bamboo Forest Era", and then the "Six Superses...... This is also a span of several decades. But an interesting phenomenon is that in these decades, there has been little mention of "technological progress".

For example, the second-generation overlord Sakata Eio, no one has ever thought that he is stronger than the first-generation overlord Mr. Wu Qingyuan. Although Mr. Sakata was pulled down from the hegemony by Mr. Lin Haifeng. But everyone said that Mr. Lin Haifeng was Mr. Sakata's "bitter hand". And no one has ever said that the technical level of "Bamboo Forest" is higher than that of Sakata Eio.

Even within the "Six Supers", although everyone recognizes that Kobayashi Koji and Zhao Zhixun are the strongest in the Six Supers, where are they strong? It's just strong at their age, in the six supers. It's just that the two of them are the youngest, so they seem to be the strongest. But no one has ever said that the technical level of the two of them must be higher than the other four.

But now. The "six supers" have gradually drifted away, and the future world chess world is the world of young people. So this group of young chess players represented by Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo. Is their level of technology beyond that of these predecessors?

This question is very interesting, and the question itself is intriguing. Such an issue would have been easily controversial. However, this time, when reporter Zhang Da threw out the question, the controversy caused was not very big, and at most it could only be regarded as stirring up a small wave. Because there was one person who seemed to cut off the controversy very quickly. This person is Mr. Otake Hero himself:

"Although I am not very willing, I still have to be honest to say that even if I am at the peak, if I play the pattern of chess with Li Xiaoqiang in the ring, my hope of winning is very small. Li Xiaoqiang's chess is like another system, this system is so delicate and rigorous, and it is so complex and changeable. He is so unique and so reasonable. I'm not afraid of everyone's jokes, after the game with Li Xiaoqiang, although the two of us didn't have an in-depth review, he casually put a few change charts, and he casually said what he was thinking in the game. All I was left with was shock because there were some things he was thinking about in the game that I hadn't even thought about. Alas, I never realized that Go could still be played like this. Looking back now, it was Mr. Xiuxing who was clever back then, and he had long seen that there was something extraordinary in Li Xiaoqiang's Go thoughts. He's really a master of the game......"

Since even Mr. Otake himself admits that he is not as good as Li Xiaoqiang, it is naturally difficult for others to say anything. Therefore, this controversy was not provoked. Of course, it was not without noise during this period. Interestingly, it was Mr. Hideyuki Fujisawa who made the biggest noise this time. He was originally considered to be one of the top few "Xiaoqiang fans", but this time he rarely criticized Li Xiaoqiang:

"After watching the game of chess between Li Sang and Dazhu, I don't know how to feel in my heart. Li Sang has always been a first-class winner, which I have thought since he was very young, and even more so now. However, I think that Go has never been just about cold wins and losses, and in addition to winning and losing, there should be a higher pursuit. To put it simply, many people now say that Li Sang's chess has matured. But looking at his current chess, I don't feel anything other than seeing the victory or defeat. On the contrary, looking at his previous chess, I can watch it very moving, and I can watch it with excitement. Therefore, I just want to say to Li Sang now, when you play chess now, you still don't have to be so obsessed with winning or losing. If you are only obsessed with winning and losing, then victory and defeat will shackle your mind, hinder your development, and your achievements may be limited to that. So I hope you can still play the kind of chess that moves me......"

It must be admitted that there is a strong smell of pretending to be forced in the words of the old god stick. Li Xiaoqiang really doesn't feel much about Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki's words now.

Reporter Zhang Da asked Li Xiaoqiang with a smile: "Xiaoqiang, what do you think of the old man's words?" ”

Li Xiaoqiang stretched his waist and said in a joking tone: "Alas, the old gentleman's words are nothing more than saying that you have to win chess, and you must play chess beautifully." But he didn't want to think about it, it was good to be a wizard, but it was very tiring to be a wizard. For example, this month, I play more than 10 games of chess a month, and if I were a wizard in all the games, then I would have been exhausted to death. A dead wizard, how can he still be moved? ”

"Hahahaha, you guy......"

Reporter Zhang laughed, and Li Xiaoqiang also laughed for a while. After the two finished laughing, Li Xiaoqiang continued:

"Since the old gentleman wants to be moved, let's watch the game of chess, I don't know if he can be moved after watching the next game of chess."

"Oh......" Hearing this, the reporter's eyes lit up: "How are you ready to play the next game of chess now?" ”

"It's not that I'm ready, it's the opponent's chess style, according to Mr. Wang Licheng's chess style, the next game of chess should look better......"

The next game of chess that Li Xiaoqiang said is, of course, referring to the "Fujitsu Cup" top 8. Li Xiaoqiang's second battle of customizing "********". After the ring match and the Otake Hero match, it is now the end of May, and the top 8 battles of the "Fujitsu Cup" will soon follow. Fortunately, according to the arrangement of the top 8 of the "Fujitsu Cup", this game was also played in the Chinese Chess Academy. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang does not need to be tired, he only needs to wait for the arrival of his opponent in the capital.

The opponent in the top 8, Mr. Wang Licheng, Li Xiaoqiang has not played in an official competition before. Among the top 8 in this year's "Fujitsu Cup", Mr. Wang Licheng may be the least famous. Therefore, after the results of the lottery came out, many people thought that Li Xiaoqiang was a good draw.

But Li Xiaoqiang himself thinks that compared with other signings, his signing is not much better. That's right, judging from the past results, Mr. Wang Licheng is not as famous as others, and his achievements are brilliant. But the past does not represent the present, let alone the future. Now Mr. Wang Licheng is very strong in Japan, and he is currently working with Kobayashi Satoru and Yida Kiki to form a fierce impact on the king status of the "six supers".

And Li Xiaoqiang knows that if history has not changed, Mr. Wang Licheng will also be crowned Japan's "chess saint". He will be the best one in the transition period from "Six Supers" to "Heisei Four Heavenly Kings". In other words, Mr. Wang Licheng is definitely the most important representative of the transition period of Japanese chess.

At the same time, Li Xiaoqiang also knows that Mr. Wang Licheng has another characteristic, his results in the international arena are better than most Japanese chess players. In real history, Mr. Wang Licheng has won two world championships, and even as early as the year before last, he won the world runner-up. Therefore, in the Japanese Go world, except for Zhao Zhixun, no one can compare with his World Series results. Maybe not even Mr. Masaki Takemiya, although Mr. Masaki Takemiya is also a two-time champion. But he won the runner-up, and the number of times in the top 4 was far less than Wang Licheng.

Li Xiaoqiang will face such an opponent in the next round. Mr. Wang Licheng's chess style, in addition to the characteristics of the general "positive" of Japanese chess players, is basically a fighting type. And his strength is quite large, in recent years, even China's Liu Dazhui and South Korea's Cao Yanzi have not taken advantage of him.

So Li Xiaoqiang just said that because of the opponent's chess style, it should be better to play a game of chess.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, let's see what it will be like to play a game of chess."

Li Xiaoqiang stretched again. (To be continued.) )