On the evening after the end of Round 1, the draw for Round 2 will take place at the same venue.

Since professional Go is not popular in the whole world, it is basically played in three countries: China, Japan and South Korea. Therefore, in the vast majority of professional Go tournaments, the principle of "domestic players do not meet in advance" is generally followed. In this way, compared to many other competitive sports, the draw ceremony of the Go tournament is a little more cumbersome. A new draw is made after each round.

In particular, in the second round of the Fujitsu Cup, the draw ceremony was even more complicated, because in addition to the principle of "domestic players do not meet", the principle of "seeded players do not meet" must be followed. In other words, the players who win in the first round will not meet in the second round. It must be seeded and unseeded.

In this way, when Li Xiaoqiang and his entourage came to the venue, the whole lottery ceremony seemed relatively long.

"Xiaoqiang, that's right, you have an extra full-time translator today. Tsk, your treatment is much better than that of Lao Nie and them. ”

I don't know what's going on, but when Li Xiaoqiang came out of the chess hall, Yukari Umezawa has been following him. Due to the time constraints, everyone's dinner was casually matched at the Nippon Chess Academy. And during this period, Yukari Umezawa never left. She is now acting very much like a competent personal secretary.

Seeing this situation, of course reporter Zhang Da would squeeze his eyebrows there, and he laughed and joked about Li Xiaoqiang.

"Please don't get me wrong, I am following Mr. Xiuxing's instructions to take care of Li Sang today."

After hearing Zhang Da's joke, Yukari Umezawa did not squint, and she explained her reasons for acting as a full-time translator in a serious manner.

"Oh, oh! Yes, yes, we misunderstood...... You just listened to Mr. Xiuyuki's orders......"

After listening to Mei Ze's explanation, Zhang Da reporter and they were even more energetic, and now even Team Leader Hua is also coaxing.

"If you don't believe it. You can ask Li Sang for yourselves, and ask if it was the master's order? ”

When everyone turned their eyes to Li Xiaoqiang, Li Xiaoqiang had a confused expression:

"This ...... It's normal...... Yes...... That's right. But why is there a misunderstanding? Where did the misunderstanding ......"

"You ......"

"Hahahaha."

Fortunately, Yukari Umezawa's embarrassment didn't last long. Because when the draw ceremony for the second round began, she quickly had something to do.

"Li Sang, quick, quick, the host now tells you to go up and draw lots for the first time......"

"Oh?"

Since there were a lot of "avoidance principles" in Round 2, the organizers of the tournament simply thought of a no-brainer solution. They first gave each contestant a number, and then asked the contestants to go up in turn to draw lots.

The order of this draw is roughly based on the age of the participating players. The younger the age. The more you are in the front of the draw.

In this way, of course, it is the first time that Li Xiaoqiang has gone up to draw lots. Because although he and Li Shifo are the same age, after comparing their birthdays, they found that Li Xiaoqiang was still a few months younger.

In everyone's attention, Li Xiaoqiang handed over his chosen opponent to the host. When the host showed Li Xiaoqiang's opponent to everyone, the whole venue was in a hustle and bustle again. There was even laughter in many places.

Li Xiaoqiang's opponent is Mr. Lin Haifeng!

Since Li Xiaoqiang is an "unseeded player", his opponent in the second round can only be a seeded player. After the host took Nie Whirlwind's number out. Let the remaining 7 players draw whatever he wants. But Li Xiaoqiang just pulled out Mr. Lin Haifeng among these 7 people.

When you see the results, it's no wonder that everyone thinks it's funny. This is not to say that Li Xiaoqiang has drawn another super-first-class chess player. Because among the 8 seeded players, except for Mr. Lin Haifeng. There are several top players waiting for you. In short, in the second round, the probability of encountering a super-top player is actually greater than the probability of encountering other players.

But when Li Xiaoqiang drew Mr. Lin, it still caused everyone's laughter. This is because. At this time, Mr. Lin Haifeng, Mr. Lin Haifeng in the "Fujitsu Cup".

He's not like any other top player!

In the world of Go, there has always been one thing that is interesting. This is the question of the "fate" between the player and the event.

There are a few chess players. He may be "particularly related" to such and such an event, or "particularly unrelated" to such and such an event. This situation is common in the Go circles of China, Japan and South Korea.

Let's talk about "no chance" first, such as Chang Rensheng in real history, he has also been the boss in the domestic chess world for several years. He has basically won most of the championships in domestic competitions. But he just didn't have a chance with China's "celebrity war", and looking at that, he may also lose this "celebrity" title for the rest of his life.

Similarly, Koji Kobayashi of Japan. During his heyday, Mr. Kobayashi held the title of "Chess Saint" in Japan for many years. He also won the title of "celebrity" in Japan. But in Japan's "Beninbo War", he didn't win a single championship. For their situation, it can only be explained by "no fate".

This is a situation of "no chance" between a player and a Go event. In fact, there is also the phenomenon of "fate". For example, China's "Little Leopard" chess player Zhou Hexi. To be fair, his strength in later generations was not outstanding. There should always be dozens of people whose level is stronger than him, or whose level is comparable to him, right? But he has won the right to challenge China's "Tianyuan War" twice in a row, which makes it difficult to explain.

He got it once, then it should be said that he has this strength. He won 2 times, especially 2 times in a row. Then everyone has to say: he has a special fate with this competition......

In addition to this example, there is actually another example that everyone has not noticed. That is the "fate" between Mr. Lin Haifeng and the "Fujitsu Cup"! Especially at this time, the feeling that "Mr. Hayashi and the Fujitsu Cup are particularly close" is particularly obvious.

So far, the Fujitsu Cup is in its fourth year. In the first 3 editions of the competition, Mr. Masaki Takemiya won the first 2 editions, while Mr. Hayashi participated in this tournament as the defending champion. At first glance, it doesn't seem like anything special. But if you look a little wider, you will find that Mr. Lin is not only the champion of the 3rd competition, he is also the runner-up of the previous 2 competitions.

Other words. In the previous three competitions, Mr. Lin Haifeng reached the final of the "Fujitsu Cup"!

Such an achievement, does he have a special relationship with the "Fujitsu Cup"? I guess so! His result, even if it is obtained in later generations, in fact, there are not many chess players who can surpass him.

Expanding the scope a little further, the entire Go world has completed 4 World Championships so far. In the 1st "Ying's Cup", Mr. Lin also reached the final 4. Therefore, it can be said that in the world championships that have been held so far, Mr. Lin is undoubtedly the most consistent one!

Mr. Lin's current age. and what he has achieved. Mr. Lin Haifeng deserves everyone's admiration!

That's because everybody thinks about it. Then everyone continued to think: Li Xiaoqiang happened to eliminate the champion of the previous 2 competitions in the first round of the competition. So when Li Xiaoqiang drew Mr. Lin. People will laugh.

Just when the atmosphere of the whole venue was warm, the host smiled and dragged Li Xiaoqiang and asked him to come to a "pre-game speech" immediately. ”

At this time, Li Xiaoqiang, who took the microphone, had no choice but to continue to shake his head and smile bitterly:

"Anyway, it's my luck to have the opportunity to play against Mr. Lin. I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, I'm very happy with the result of such a lottery. Not only am I happy, but I'm in a good frame of mind right now. Why? Because if I lose, I can use this game as a rare learning opportunity. But what if I accidentally win? Then I'll be even happier! Then I have the capital to brag about this Fujitsu Cup trip. I can proudly tell others that I won the previous three Fujitsu Cups. I destroyed them all by myself......"

"Hahahaha."

With Li Xiaoqiang's pre-game speech, let the entire draw ceremony. At the beginning, it reached a small climax. After Li Xiaoqiang's words were finished, the microphone was handed to Mr. Lin Haifeng. In the face of such an occasion, Mr. Lin was also very interesting, and his speech also made the atmosphere of the whole venue more enthusiastic.

"I was able to meet Xiaoqiang in the World Series. I'm also very excited. To tell you the truth, I'm actually looking forward to officially fighting Xiaoqiang. As you probably know, a few years ago. My teacher, Mr. Wu Qingyuan, regarded Xiaoqiang as his successor. I'm not afraid to tell you here: I'm actually very jealous of Xiaoqiang. Why can't I, a big disciple, be the heir to the mantle, and Mr. will choose Xiaoqiang? Therefore, in tomorrow's game, I must take a good look at what qualities in Xiaoqiang's Go make the teacher value ......"

"In this way, Mr. Lin will definitely not show mercy the day after tomorrow?"

"Of course, in the current world chess world, when he faces Xiaoqiang, who dares not to do his best? Isn't that self-defeating? ”

"Hahaha......"

After Mr. Lin made a "pre-match speech", the climax of the entire lottery ceremony seemed to be over. In the later draw process, although there were also some chess players' "pre-match comments" were very funny. But on the whole, it was uneventful.

For example, the second to come to power was Li Shifo, and his opponent was China's Ma Xiaofei. There is Li Xiaoqiang's "role model" there. The host originally wanted him to say a few more words. It's a pity that he stood on the stage for a long time, and he couldn't say any "bold words". Not only that, but his voice was so small that even the host couldn't hear it clearly. It's boring.

At a little after nine o'clock in the evening, the whole lottery ceremony was over. In this way, the results of the second round are all out. Nie Whirlwind was later drawn by South Korea's Seo Bong-so. Therefore, in the second round, there were 2 sets of China and South Korea against each other.

In addition to these games of Chinese chess players, the second round also has Zhao Zhixun VS Liu Changhe, Cao Yanzi VS Wang Licheng, these two games are more eye-catching.

Of course, their games are still not as eye-catching as Li Xiaoqiang VS Lin Haifeng. After Li Xiaoqiang drew lots, the question of Li Xiaoqiang's luck became a topic of conversation among everyone.

For example, in this round, Taipei's Peng Jinghua drew Japan's McMonray 9th dan. Objectively speaking, if these two chess players draw others, their strength will be at a disadvantage. But now, one of the two of them will definitely make it to the top 8.

Compared with other people's luck, Li Xiaoqiang can only hide far away.

When the Chinese delegation walked back to the hotel, the second day was a break. Therefore, everyone is more relaxed. At this time, reporter Zhang Da sneakily approached Li Xiaoqiang again:

"I said Xiaoqiang, what the hell is going on with that little girl from the Japanese Chess Academy? By the way, what's her name? It's called Umezawa, isn't it? Hehe, I really don't believe it, is it really Mr. Xiuxing who ordered her to come? ”

"Yes and what? Isn't it? ”

"Not good, not good. Am I just asking? ”

Seeing the gossip look of reporter Zhang Da, Li Xiaoqiang glared at him, and then pretended to sigh:

"You think it's easy for me to find a full-time translator. I also have a price to pay. ”

"At what cost?"

"What else could there be? A game of chess arranged by Fujisawa Hideyuki's old god stick. Tsk, that's a cheap girl. Now if you want to accept the guidance of my Li Datian, it's not that everyone has this face. ”

"Blow, you keep blowing, look at your self-absorbed look."

"Hehe, I don't think you're convinced, right? Why don't we both practice tomorrow? I don't bully you, you put 3, we practice 10 seconds one step. ”

"I'm not sick, I'll play this kind of chess with you......"

"Haha, you obviously don't dare, and you dare to be hard with me here."

Since Li Xiaoqiang won the game of chess against Mr. Sakata. Li Xiaoqiang found that in many ideas of handicap chess, there are still places to learn from. So in the last year or two. Li Xiaoqiang's handicap chess kung fu is much better than before. Like Zhang Zhidong, he can't resist Li Xiaoqiang at all if he puts 2 of them. Therefore, when Li Xiaoqiang talked about guiding chess, reporter Zhang Da had no choice but to flee.

On the rest day of the second day of the match, Yukari Umezawa came to the Japan Chess Academy again, where she will receive "guidance" from Li Xiaoqiang. For such a thing, Li Xiaoqiang doesn't care, anyway, with such a day's rest, he has nowhere to go. Therefore, he used to adjust his state by instructing his moves.

What will happen in the next "Fujitsu Cup" round of 16? (To be continued......)