"I choose Li Xiaoqiang."

As soon as Yukari Umezawa's words came out, the whole venue burst into laughter. Li Xiaoqiang's ambiguity with Yukari Umezawa is well known in the Go world, thinking of Yukari Umezawa taking the initiative to ask for the first selection just now, and now everyone knows what's going on. The host laughed and joked to Yukari Umezawa:

"Miss Umezawa just wants to play chess with Li San?"

Umezawa Yukari was also calm: "Yes, I'm just afraid that he will be snatched away by others." ”

In the face of such a pun, the whole venue once again burst into laughter. Luo Shenzhu even coaxed beside him: "The boss hasn't gone up to shake hands with your opponent." ”

"Hahahaha......"

The only one who didn't laugh was, of course, Lin Mengyu. She, Zhao Dabao and others also infiltrated the venue with reporter Zhang Da, but they were in the press room just now, and now they are crowding at the door. Lin Mengyu's silver teeth were almost crushed:

"Shameless, who is robbing whom......"

Li Xiaoqiang stood on the stage a little at a loss, his movements stiff and his expression embarrassed. The host refused to let go of Li Xiaoqiang at this time: "Won't our defending champion say a word at this time?" ”

"This and this ......"

Li Xiaoqiang hummed on stage for a long time, and he couldn't say a word anyway. yes, what should I say at this time? This is no ordinary match, and it is obviously not appropriate to use the usual pre-match speech routine. But if you let Li Xiaoqiang say something else...... First, he won't say, and second, he feels even more inappropriate. Then the final result, the final result, of course, is only the cold field.

Fortunately, Yukari Umezawa has also been a TV presenter, so she is more experienced in dealing with this kind of scene. Seeing Li Xiaoqiang's predicament, she finally relieved Li Xiaoqiang:

"It's going to be a game tomorrow, and everyone's opponent hasn't been decided yet, and there must be a lot of people who want to know who their opponent is as soon as possible, so I don't think we need to waste everyone's time......"

The first pair of opponents in the first round of the 2nd "Samsung Cup" came out, which was Li Xiaoqiang VS Yukari Umezawa. This is also the first climax of the new tricks played in this competition.

After Li Xiaoqiang and Yukari Umezawa stepped down, the second person to choose an opponent on stage was Zhang Xuan. Since the selection of opponents is not limited to nationality, with the example of Yukari Umezawa in front, many people in the audience even joked to Chang Rensheng:

"Zhang Xuan won't pick you......"

Of course, this was just a joke, Zhang Xuan stood on the stage generously, she glanced at the pile of seed chess players, and then said with a smile:

"Since I was a kid, I've been talking to Japanese players a lot, but I don't have the opportunity to ask Korean players for advice, so I've always wanted to learn a game from Korean players, so the opponent I want to choose today is ...... Cao Yanzi Cao teacher. ”

Zhang Xuan's choice won everyone's applause, and Lao Cao also smiled and came to the stage to shake hands with Zhang Xuan.

After the two female chess players chose their opponents, Luo Shenzhu took the stage next. The usually unobtrusive little pig is also rare to show off his feelings today:

"There was a chess player I wanted to beat when I was 6 years old, and I can't say that I grew up playing his games. But I'm ashamed that I haven't had a chance to play against him until now, so I think I'm lucky today and thank the organizers for giving me this opportunity. The opponent I want to pick today is...... Please Zhao Zhixun, Mr. Zhao. ”

Luo Shenzhu's choice once again ushered in applause from everyone, and Lao Zhao also smiled. Because everyone saw it, everyone saw it, and it was a very face-saving thing to be selected at this time. The choice of the two Chinese chess players is to take the "emotional" route. Their choice not only reflects the spirit of chess, but also contains respect for the previous chess players. In addition to winning and losing, the two Chinese players undoubtedly made the best choice.

People like to follow the trend, with Zhang Xuan and Luo Shen Pig starting their heads, they seem to have set a tone for the selection of opponents this time. Anyway, at least today, there is no market for "realism", and most of the strong players were picked away at a relatively early stage. The fourth to take the stage was South Korean chess player Mu Jinshuo, who chose Ma Xiaofei. No. 5 is the Chinese chess player Zhou Dayang, who, like Luo Shenzhu, also takes the emotional route, and he picks Kobayashi Koji.

The sixth chess player to come to the stage is a bit special, he is Mr. Kato Masao, a veteran Japanese super-class chess player:

“…… I just took a closer look and found that among all the participating chess players, except for Mr. Chaoyue of China, I am the oldest, so who is the youngest among the seeded chess players? I want to ...... with the youngest one."

Everyone looked at Chang Rensheng, and among all the seeded chess players, Chang Rensheng was the youngest, so Chang Rensheng became the first-round opponent of Mr. Kato Masao.

Pick your opponent and continue at this pace until the end. How to say it, in short, the organizers are very satisfied with the new tricks they played this time, with a lot of stories and feelings. The media reports on the second day also praised the idea of this competition.

The opponent has been decided, and the next step is the official match. After the opening ceremony, Yukari Umezawa found an opportunity to whisper to Li Xiaoqiang: "I'm going to be black in tomorrow's game." ”

Li Xiaoqiang smiled bitterly: "Sister, tomorrow is an official competition, not a normal game." ”

"I don't care, I'm going to be black. If you catch the double number when you catch the chess pieces tomorrow, I will guess the double, will you agree? ”

Li Xiaoqiang was stunned, because the chess players deal with the chess pieces every day, it is said that there are many chess players who are amazing when they catch the chess pieces, and they catch the double number when they want to catch the double number, and they catch the odd number if they want to catch the odd number. Of course, Li Xiaoqiang does not have this ability, but if the chess pieces are controlled within 10, Li Xiaoqiang is still sure to do it.

"What the hell do you want to do?"

"You don't care about this, you first say yes or no."

What else could Li Xiaoqiang do, he had to agree. But what exactly does Yukari Umezawa want to do? Li Xiaoqiang couldn't figure it out in actual combat. Could it be that Yukari Umezawa wants to win herself? This is obviously unlikely, the difference between the two levels is too great. And even if she wants to win, it may not be advantageous to hold black, you must know that from now on, black chess is changed to 6 and a half meshes. At the beginning of the rule change, many people thought that it was not necessarily beneficial to hold on to black.

What does Yukari Umezawa want to do? Li Xiaoqiang didn't understand what Mei Ze meant until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon on the second day of the game.

The difference in strength between the two sides in this match is too great, so it is not destined to be a tense and fierce battle. When Li Xiaoqiang's mentality during the game was quite stable, he did not have much fluctuation because his opponent was Mei Ze. This may also be the professionalism he has cultivated over the years.

You know, there is a jargon in Go, which is called "there is a victory and defeat within three sons". Although there is a gap between the level of the two, it is definitely not up to the level of the third son. If he was absent from the center of the game, or if he was upset by Umezawa, then Li Xiaoqiang had to find a piece of tofu and hit him headlong.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when the game was 4 hours on. Li Xiaoqiang began to think about other things, because he thought that the overall situation had been decided at this time, and purely from the perspective of victory or defeat, there was no suspense in this game.

Li Xiaoqiang had two questions in his heart at this time, the first question was Yukari Umezawa's method today. Based on Li Xiaoqiang's understanding of Yukari Umezawa, he knows that Yukari Umezawa, like most female chess players, is a murderous chess style.

The murderous style of chess is also positive, and this game of chess is her black, in the case of sticking 6 and a half meshes, black chess is generally required to be positive. However, the chess played by Mei Ze today is too "natural" in Li Xiaoqiang's opinion, and there are a few places that are obviously slow, not at all like Mei Ze's usual chess. This is Li Xiaoqiang's first question.

The second question is the current demeanor of Yukari Umezawa. Most professional chess players have different expressions when facing different situations, with the demeanor of leading when they are leading and the expression of being behind when they are behind. Even if it is Li Shifo's 10,000-year-old poker face, he also has a different demeanor in the game. Although many people commented that he "can't win or lose", that is only for those who are not familiar with him. If it were Li Xiaoqiang, since he was now very familiar with Li Shifo, he could still feel some subtle changes in Li Shifo's demeanor during the game.

Li Xiaoqiang is also relatively familiar with Yukari Umezawa, so he can also see the clues from Umezawa's demeanor.

"No, this chess is obviously nothing to play, how do you look at her appearance, she still seems to think that it is her advantage......"

After rejudging the situation, Li Xiaoqiang looked up again to observe Yukari Umezawa's expression. Seeing her looking seriously thinking, I don't know why, Li Xiaoqiang had a different feeling.

Yes, Li Xiaoqiang now almost knows what Yukari Umezawa means. Umezawa's meaning is actually very simple, just like the first time Li Xiaoqiang played against Mr. Otake. At that time, the rule was that Dazhu let the first paste 5 and a half meshes, and Li Xiaoqiang's own requirement for himself was to prepare to use the chess to play those two games.

Today, Umezawa's meaning is actually the same, the rule of the game is "divide first", but Umezawa Yukari never thought of winning Li Xiaoqiang, in her heart, she should treat this game of chess with "let first".

Li Xiaoqiang figured this out, and all doubts were no longer questions. No wonder she asked herself to be black before the game, no wonder she was conservative and solid in today's play, no wonder she is now with her own dominant demeanor. Li Xiaoqiang has made an accurate judgment of the situation just now, and the current black chessboard is about 1 to 2 goals ahead, if it is the first, such a gap is naturally huge, if it is to give the first, then it can indeed be said that it is the advantage of black chess now.

"Do you just want to play a game of chess with me so hard......"

Li Xiaoqiang's emotion came from this, Li Xiaoqiang remembered that when the two of them were young, whether Li Xiaoqiang went to Japan or Yukari Umezawa came to China, the two actually played a lot of chess. But as they grew older, especially after that skin-to-skin relationship, the two didn't even have normal communication, let alone playing chess.

Li Xiaoqiang glanced at Yukari Umezawa, who was fully engaged in the chess game.

"Since that's what you think, then I'll do what you want today......"

Li Xiaoqiang also devoted himself to the chess game.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang knew Yukari Umezawa's wishes, although he had played a lot of chess with Yukari Umezawa before, most of the chess games were played at will. For example, in today's chess game, Mei Ze doesn't care about the final victory or defeat at all, what she cares about is Li Xiaoqiang's attitude.

Playing with her with heart, this should be Umezawa's wish now! So Li Xiaoqiang has now decided to satisfy her.

At half past three o'clock in the afternoon, Yukari Umezawa looked up and secretly glanced at Li Xiaoqiang, and she was a little distracted for a while.

Li Xiaoqiang is in the long exam. The legendary "Xiaoqiang Long Test" actually appeared in the competition with himself, which Umezawa did not expect. But Umezawa Yukari is extremely sure that Li Xiaoqiang is now taking the long exam. Because it has been a while since the last move he just played, looking at Li Xiaoqiang's appearance, Yukari Umezawa knows that he is now taking a long exam.

Because Yukari Umezawa is also very familiar with Li Xiaoqiang's current appearance, she has been Li Xiaoqiang's second reader and notator many times before.

It's just that unlike before, Yukari Umezawa had only seen Li Xiaoqiang's appearance from the side before.

Just today, Yukari Umezawa saw Li Xiaoqiang's appearance on the front for the first time!

"What the hell are you thinking......

Umezawa, who had been playing chess with his heart in front of him, and Umezawa, who had been fully engaged in the game since the beginning of the game, was also a little distracted at this time.

Just when Yukari Umezawa was distracted, Li Xiaoqiang suddenly moved, and when he fell, he even smiled mysteriously at Yukari Umezawa, which really scared Umezawa.

Especially seeing the location of Li Xiaoqiang's fallen son, Mei Ze's brain was even more chaotic.

Because of Li Xiaoqiang's move, this special game made waves again. (To be continued.) )