In the final round of the round of 16 of the first "World Chess Holy War", on the day of the game, Li Xiaoqiang came to the arena early. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Dali, today is my match with Li Shishi, what are you doing here with this guy who has been eliminated early?"

"Boss, I'll keep the score for today's game."

Li Xiaoqiang smiled slightly, seeing Gu Dali sitting in the referee's seat, of course Li Xiaoqiang knew that he was serving as today's notator. It's just Xiao Li's game, Gu Dali came to keep score, Li Xiaoqiang didn't feel the right style of painting, so after he walked into the game room, he couldn't help but ridicule Gu Dali.

Li Xiaoqiang not only opened his mouth to ridicule, but the problem of being a good teacher also reappeared:

"Others say that you and Li Shifo will be like me and Li Shifo in the future, you have to work hard, Comrade Dali, just like you are now, let alone become me in the future, I don't think you are qualified to become Li Shifo."

Gu Dali has improved in the past year or two, and more and more people have regarded him as the next generation leader of Chinese Go. However, his progress speed has always been suppressed by Li Shishi.

Gu Dali is indeed very active now, but his activity is limited to "Siege Armor" or restricted matches such as "Rookie King Battle" at most. In the later rounds of the main domestic title battles, he is basically nowhere to be seen. As for Li Shishi, his momentum is obviously stronger than Gu Dali, not only from time to time there is news that he defeated Cao Yanzi or Liu Changhyuk, but also has been active in the final stage of the Korean domestic chess battle.

Another example is the "World Chess Holy War", Gu Dali stopped in the top 32, and Li Shishi is now competing with himself for a place in the top 8, although there is a lot of chance in a single game, but it basically shows the current gap between the two.

"Dali, look at your kid who is still very unconvinced, what are you muttering all the time?"

Seeing Gu Dali's embarrassed face, Wang Lunan, who served as the referee of this game, smiled and "informed":

"Dali just said that where can people compare with monsters, perverts like you and Li Shifo, it is difficult to come up with one in decades. Therefore, he does not want to be Li Xiaoqiang or Li Shifo in the future, he just wants to be himself. ”

Li Xiaoqiang smiled slightly. He won the first world championship at the age of 16, Li Shifo won the first world championship at the age of 17, and Gu Dali and Li Shishi are now almost 18 years old, but they can still only be active in domestic chess battles. Although no one knows what they will achieve in the future, at least in terms of growth rate, they are still inferior.

But no matter how fast or slow you grow, you will eventually grow. Li Xiaoqiang knows that in today's 4-set game, the game between himself and Li Shishi is undoubtedly the most watched set.

How to describe it? Li Xiaoqiang believes that today's game of chess, like many games of chess he played back then, many people want to see how far young people have grown through this game of chess.

The only difference is that I used to be a student and the one who was reviewed, but now, I have become a teacher, and the one who is reviewed has become a younger generation of chess players.

At almost 10 o'clock in the morning, Li Shishi stepped into the game room, and at 10 o'clock in the morning, Li Xiaoqiang's review of Li Shishi officially began.

It is said that Li Shishi is "South Korea's Li Xiaoqiang", it seems that there is still some truth in this, at least today's game of chess, it really feels like Xiaoqiang was playing when he was young. ”

During this game, reporter Zhang Da, who was watching the whole game, commented on this game.

If you ask what was the biggest characteristic of Li Xiaoqiang playing chess when he was young? Probably many professional chess players will blurt out: toss! Li Xiaoqiang is very capable of tossing! You never know what he was thinking, and it's hard to guess where he's going to come from. All in all, you always feel at ease when you play chess with him, and it always feels very difficult to win a game against him. This is the former Li Xiaoqiang.

is not only Li Xiaoqiang in the past, but also Li Xiaoqiang now.

In the world of Go, why is it that some players are actually of the same level, but some people always get a higher rating? Li Xiaoqiang believes that this is the main reason.

For example, today's Li Shishi.

Compared with the current Li Xiaoqiang, Li Shishi's skills are of course still a little immature, especially the layout is Xiao Li's recognized weakness, and he can't make up for it with a lot of "routines" like Li Xiaoqiang when he was young. Therefore, Xiao Li fell behind a lot soon after the start, and this situation is normal.

But none of this matters, and that's not the focus of everyone's attention. In the next process, Xiao Li began to show his talent and show his ability to "toss". All of this is exactly the same as Li Xiaoqiang when he was young.

The only difference is that when Li Xiaoqiang used to "toss" others, he was often able to succeed. But today's Li Shishi is not good, because he is facing a Li Xiaoqiang who is in full swing, Li Xiaoqiang, whose energy, physical strength, competitive state, skill level and even attention are quite at a peak position.

Although after entering the middle game, Xiao Li tried his best to create clues on the chessboard and capture fighters, his moves were always unexpected, and some of his ghostly moves even made onlookers "break out in a cold sweat". It's a pity that he is facing Li Xiaoqiang today. For Xiao Li's best efforts, Li Xiaoqiang calmly resolved them one by one.

After several scuffles, at about 4:30 in the afternoon, seeing that the gap was getting bigger and bigger, and seeing that he was powerless to return to the sky, Li Shishi threw himself into defeat gloomily.

With this victory, although there were some twists and turns, Li Xiaoqiang finally successfully advanced to the top 8 of the first "World Chess Holy War".

After the end of this competition, the first person to catch Li Xiaoqiang for an interview was South Korea's Park reporter. Probably because Li Xiaoqiang's promotion met everyone's expectations, reporter Park did not dwell too much on the outcome of this game of chess, but directly asked Li Xiaoqiang what he thought of Li Shishi.

"May I ask Li Sang, what do you think of the current Li Shi?"

Li Xiaoqiang paused, and then he suddenly remembered an allusion about 10 years ago, so he was ready to borrow it:

"Reporter Park, I don't know if you know clearly, of course, there is a story in the "Sino-Japanese Go Celebrity Competition", the Japanese Kobayashi "celebrity" person used one sentence to evaluate the Chinese horse "celebrity" of the year, and I think the evaluation of Kobayashi's "celebrity" is very suitable for the current Li Shishi. ”

"Oh? What is the evaluation? ”

"Back then, Mr. Kobayashi once said: An opponent like Ma Mingming must not let him win the first set."

"That's right...

In such an evaluation, although there is not a word of praise, it is actually a very high evaluation, so reporter Park is more happy to hear it. Since Li Xiaoqiang praised Li Shishi, reporter Park was modest:

"It's just that in today's game of chess, Li Shishi looks powerless."

"It's not what you see... Li Xiaoqiang explained with a smile:

"And you use the word parry, it seems a bit misnomer, in fact, he has been attacking in this game today, and I am the one who parried. I'm not afraid to tell you the truth, many of his moves today are things I didn't expect in the game, so my win is by no means as easy as everyone sees. It's really talented, congratulations on another genius in your country. ”

Many people call the stone "Korean Li Xiaoqiang", so as a senior, does Li Sang have any heartfelt complaints to Li Shishi? ”

Li Xiaoqiang laughed in his heart, after so many years in the industry, he has finally become a "senior" now. As for the "heartfelt advice" to Xiao Li, what else is there to say, of course, Lao Nie's words are the most appropriate:

"Reasonableness, I think his moves are a little bit lacking in rationality, and if he can improve in this area, then there is no doubt that his future achievements are limitless."

At the end, Li Xiaoqiang also added: "In fact, according to his current style, he can already become a very formidable opponent." I mean, if he improves in terms of rationality, he might be the next epoch-making big chess player. ”

Reporter Park was surprised by such a high evaluation of Li Xiaoqiang:

"Li Sang is so optimistic about Li Shishi?"

Li Xiaoqiang smiled secretly in his heart, among the chess players of Gu Dali Li Shishi's generation, if Xiao Li is not optimistic, who else can be optimistic? Of course, Li Xiaoqiang is not worried that Li Shishi will really change his chess style after listening to his "heartfelt advice".

A person's style is not so easy to change, and not everyone is born again. Imagine a "reasonable" Li Shi who plays chess, is that the real Xiao Li?

After all, everyone calls him "Korean Li Xiaoqiang"... Li Xiaoqiang smiled and said to reporter Park:

"Then of course I have to be optimistic about him, I have no reason not to be optimistic about him...

Just when Li Xiaoqiang commented on Xiao Li in the tone of "senior", other competitions ended one after another, so reporter Park also ended the interview and paid attention to other results.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, South Korea's Cao Yanzi defeated China's Yu Bin and grabbed the sixth top 8 entry ticket. The next game was a civil war between Japanese players, with Kobayashi Koji facing Wang Licheng. It was a duel between Japan's "current chess master" and "former chess master", and the result was that the young man prevailed, and Mr. Wang Licheng defeated Mr. Kobayashi Koji to secure a place in the top 8.

The final set was a match between China's Zhou Dayang and Japan's Zhao Zhixun. This game of chess was played until the end, the situation was extremely subtle, and the victory and defeat were always oscillating between half eyes, but at the last moment, Lao Zhao's countdown was slightly better.

Half-eye!

Cho Ji-hoon occupies the last top 8 spot by half an eye.

The top 8 of the first "World Chess Holy War" were born, and they were China's Li Xiaoqiang, Ma Xiaofei, and Chang Rensheng. Japan's Masao Kato, Zhao Zhixun, Wang Licheng, South Korea's Li Shifo and Cao Yanzi.

Look at this older lineup.

"This is probably the last time such a top 8 combination has appeared in the world chess world."

Li Xiaoqiang thought so in his heart. (To be continued.) )