China, Beijing, China Chess Academy. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info the seventh game of the first "World Chess Holy War" final.

The importance of this game cannot be overstated, this is the real sense of the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain", when the game was him, Li Xiaoqiang came to the game room early.

Because he was a few days younger than Li Shifo, Li Xiaoqiang still followed the tradition of the Go world and entered the game room a little earlier than his opponent. Li Xiaoqiang picked up a gauze towel to wipe the chessboard, and while preparing for the game, he also let himself enter the state of the game as soon as possible.

What kind of play is used in this game? Until now, Li Xiaoqiang is still thinking about it repeatedly in his heart.

The "two-day" race is different from the normal race, and the normal three-hour race starts at 10 a.m., and after a one-hour break, the second goes into reading around 5 p.m. The "two-day" tournament takes more than 8 hours a day, so the tournament starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 6 p.m. on the first day.

At 8:55 a.m., Li Shifo walked into the game room with his unique "outer eight characters", but he looked calm and relaxed.

"Why do you look preoccupied? It's not like you are usual. At this time, Li Shifo even joked with Li Xiaoqiang.

Due to his many years of participation in China's "Wai Jia", Li Shifo has been able to talk to Li Xiaoqiang in Chinese. Of course, Li Shifo is wooden by nature, usually he doesn't communicate with his opponents before the game, and only in the face of Li Xiaoqiang, in the face of a rival of this age, he will say such a thing.

"Of course, I'm still thinking about what method to use to deal with you, the reason why I'm so preoccupied, you should know best in your heart." Li Xiaoqiang responded with a smile.

As for the current situation and the problems they face, the two parties actually know better than the outside world, so there is nothing to hide.

"Hehe, have you thought about it?"

Li Shifo turned into a chatter today, Li Xiaoqiang continued to smile and stare at Li Shifo, Li Shifo was a little hairy by him: "What are you laughing at?" ”

"I'm really surprised by your composure, you think we've all fought so many times, as long as it comes to a critical moment, which time is not the end of the day? What's wrong this time? Didn't you beat the drum in your heart? ”

“。。。。”

"Hahahaha..."

Seeing Li Shifo deflated, Li Xiaoqiang smiled heartily, and he enjoyed the atmosphere before the competition.

Unlike other sports, players rarely speak grandiosely, and as for those who provoke their opponents, only uneducated people like football or basketball can do it. But when it comes to the desire to beat their opponents, a player is no less than anyone else.

There are still a few minutes before the start of the match, and Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo continue to engage in another form of psychological warfare.

"Of course I don't know the bottom in my heart, but I'm really curious, what else can you do this time, can you reveal it to me in advance?"

"I really want to know?"

"Of course it's up to you?"

"If you want to know, I'll tell you... After Li Xiaoqiang pretended to take a look:

"Actually, I just thought, it's better that the two of us can work together today, so that the first day of the match does not exceed 100 hands."

"Huh?"

Li Xiaoqiang's remarks were obviously unexpected by Li Shifo, and after being stunned for a while, the two broke out into laughter at the same time.

Both of them played a "two-day" game for the first time, so they both had problems with the system, such as the first two games were not played to the countdown, and both sides had a lot of time left at the end of the game.

"Okay, I'll cooperate if you want to." Li Shifo responded with a smile.

At 8:58 a.m., Wang Lunan, the referee of the game, walked into the game room. At 9 o'clock in the morning, this crucial game officially began.

Maybe it's out of prudence, maybe the two are really more used to the rhythm of this kind of game, and today's game was really a lot slower. In the 3 hours of the game, the two sides played just over 20 moves, and by 3 p.m., that is, the game lasted nearly 5 hours, the total number of hands on the board was only more than 50.

Of course, the speed of the move is not the most important thing, but the content of the chess. Especially in this game of chess, it is Li Xiaoqiang's turn to be black, in the first two games of the "two-day system" are lost, what kind of thinking will he adopt to play this game? This was the topic of everyone's greatest concern on the first day of competition.

At more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon, there were chess players in the research room one after another. In two-day games, there are usually not many people watching on the first day. However, this is the world's most important Go competition, and on the afternoon of the first day, there were still many people in the viewing room.

The first to arrive was Ma Xiaofei Jiuduan, because this game is very important, the Imperial Court TV Sports Channel is also preparing to broadcast this game of chess live. Of course, the TV listing explanation will not start until tomorrow afternoon. And the keynote speaker invited by the imperial court station this time is Ma Xiaofei. In the words of the host of the sports channel, the world No. 3 will explain the world No. 1 and world No. 2 matches, which is the real most heavyweight combination.

After Ma Xiaofei glanced at the process in front of him, he smiled and commented:

"Huh? I knew that they played like this, and I should have asked Team Leader Hua to explain this kind of chess, and Team Leader Hua was good at this kind of chess. ”

After listening to Ma Xiaofei's words, many reporters present laughed. Li Xiaoqiang's chess is always unexpected, often the front does not understand its meaning, and the back suddenly opens up, which actually poses a big problem for the explainer, especially if he has not done enough homework in the front, then it is easy to be embarrassed on TV. Team Leader Hua has repeatedly expressed his reluctance to talk about Li Xiaoqiang's chess.

However, today, especially the dozens of chess moves in the past, it seems that it is really suitable for the Hua team leader to explain.

If there is one adjective to describe the process ahead, it is "work steadily".

Whether it is Li Xiaoqiang or Li Shifo, the chess in front of them is very stable, full of a strong charm of Japanese kung fu chess. It must be admitted that Li Xiaoqiang's choice was a bit unexpected.

Reporter Zhang Da, who also came to the research room early, said:

"Li Shifo played like this, which is not what everyone expected, because this is originally his chess style and characteristics, but Xiaoqiang also played like this... Is this the way he was ready to play this game of chess? Still, still... ”

Reporter Zhang Da did not say the phrase "poor donkey skills". Normally, it is very normal for a chess player to change his strategy in the next game after losing one game. What's more, Li Xiaoqiang is known for being "fickle", but no matter what, choosing the opponent's best move at the beginning is not a wise choice in any way, and it is easy to give people a feeling of poor donkey skills.

"Ma Xiao, what do you think Xiaoqiang means?" Reporter Zhang Da opened his mouth to ask Ma Xiaofei.

Ma Xiaofei muttered to the chessboard for a moment:

"I can't see Xiaoqiang's intentions clearly for the time being, but Xiaoqiang should be very understandable like this. In the first two games of the two-day system, Xiaoqiang was firmly grasped by the opponent because of the flaws exposed in the chess, so it is easy to understand that he will play the chess more steadily today and pay more attention to the weaknesses of his chess shape. ”

"But..."

Ma Xiaofei said to reporter Zhang Da with a smile: "You don't have to worry about Xiaoqiang, don't look at Xiaoqiang's rarely use this kind of play, you think he can't use this kind of play." As the first person in the world chess world, in fact, Xiaoqiang is proficient in various playing methods. Xiaoqiang is also very good at Japanese streams like this, but compared to other advantages, his characteristics are not obvious. In such an important game, since Xiao Qiang dared to choose this method of fighting with Li Shifo, I must believe that he must have been prepared. ”

Zhang Xiaoyong, a reporter from the "Go World", was more practical, he didn't ask questions such as ideas and strategies, he asked Ma Xiaofei directly:

"May I ask Ma Jiuduan, what do you think of the current situation after playing chess so far?"

Ma Xiaofei replied with a smile: "This is the reason why I don't think I need to worry about Xiaoqiang, at least so far, the real space of black chess is not lagging behind, and the overall situation is a little thicker, on the whole, this chess must be a "two-point" situation, but if I have to choose now, then I will definitely be willing to play black... ”

Speaking of this, Ma Xiaofei also inspected the entire research room: "... I don't know if Lao Nie is here? In such a situation, it should be Lao Nie's judgment that is the most reliable... ”

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and at this time, Lao Nie's big voice just sounded:

"Ma Xiao, your judgment this time is finally not biased, so far, I also think that Xiaoqiang's layout is successful, and it is currently a slightly ahead of the situation...

Hearing Lao Nie's words, reporter Zhang Da and those who hoped that Li Xiaoqiang would win the chess were now a little relieved.

The game continued, today the two sides of the game seemed to be determined to have a game of kung fu chess, the two of them were very cautious, and refused to leave each other with a flaw, and at the same time, the speed of the two fell more and more slowly, to the first day of the game There was about 1 hour left, and there were only 80 moves on the board in total.

Li Xiaoqiang's joke of "controlling 100 chess moves a day" before the game seems to be really about to come true.

Because it is kung fu chess, the discussion of chess in the research room is not enthusiastic, and everyone just watches the chess game move forward step by step.

The first story of this game does not take place in the viewing room, but in the game room. And this story can only be unique to the "two-day" competition.

At 5:10 p.m., that is, nearly one hour before the normal end, Li Shifo suddenly said to Li Xiaoqiang:

"I'm going to close the next move, and the rest of the game will be divided equally between the two sides, how about it?"

"Uh-huh?。。。"

After hearing Li Shifo's request, Li Xiaoqiang, who was still immersed in the game, was obviously stunned.

Seal your hand?

There is still nearly 1 hour to go, and Li Shifo proposed to seal his hand?

Li Shifo: What does this mean? (To be continued.) )