In the 7th game of the 3rd "World Chess Holy War" finals, when the game was going on until more than 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the research room had stopped playing chess, and everyone was waiting for the news of Li Xiaoqiang's victory. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Indeed, although the game is not over yet, the robbery on the chessboard is still very lively, but at this time, everyone has seen clearly that there is no problem with Li Xiaoqiang's victory.

Sure enough, in the game room, Li Xiaoqiang gently twisted a sunspot, and he slapped the chess piece at the far corner of the chessboard, which is the position of the legendary "one, 1 way". This is a 'suicidal" robbery, which is also Li Xiaoqiang's last robbery, and this is also the last chess move in this game. After Li Shishi saw this move, he was no longer in the mood to continue, and he chose to throw himself into defeat.

Although this is Li Xiaoqiang's last robbery, Li Shishi has no robbery, Li Xiaoqiang is using the advantage of this robbery to "kill" the white chess dragon, and then win this game, and then successfully defend the title with a score of 5 to 2.

Triple Crown! Li Xiaoqiang has achieved three consecutive championships of "World Chess Saint", and since the inception of this competition, Li Xiaoqiang has never let this championship go aside.

After the game, Li Xiaoqiang was surrounded by a group of reporters, and everyone was impressed by Li Xiaoqiang's wonderful performance and shocked by his unbelievable means of breaking the game. There was a reserved smile on the corner of Li Xiaoqiang's mouth.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang must be "reserved", he even looked for Luo Shen Pig in the crowd, but unfortunately Luo Shen Pig was not here this time. Li Xiaoqiang knew in his heart that if there was no "bronze spectrum" of Luo Shenzhu's previous life, it would be difficult for him to think of today's game-breaking means, and it would be difficult for him to achieve such a famous game.

It's a pity that Li Xiaoqiang's smile fell in the eyes of many reporters, but it formed a variety of interpretations

"See the famous game again! There is no doubt that the 7th game of the final of the 3rd "World Chess Holy War" is definitely a famous game that is enough to last for centuries! It can even be said that among the many famous games created by Li Xiaoqiang, this game of chess is definitely a bright pearl in the treasure trove of his famous games... ”

"This is already the best Li Stone I have seen, he shows all his talents, shows all his characteristics, but unfortunately such a Li Stone is still a tragedy, Li Shishi's performance, it seems to just tell us how terrifying Li Xiaoqiang is, in this final, whether it is the score or the content of chess, Li Xiaoqiang is completely a high-minded crushing posture. . . ."

"How strong is Li Xiaoqiang? I don't care about that anymore. Who else can defeat Li Xiaoqiang? Again, I'm not interested in this question. The only thing I'm interested in now is: is Li Xiaoqiang the strongest chess player in history... ”

When a chess player surpasses all his contemporaries, the question is inevitable.

After Li Xiaoqiang defended his title as the "World Chess Saint", Zhang Da's "Go" magazine struck while the iron was hot, and they --- the "World Chess Holy War" final album in the "New Year's Special Issue", that is, the first issue of the magazine in 2006. In this album, there was a deliberate "chess fan survey". There is only one content of the investigation:

Who do you think is the best chess player of all time?

Li Xiaoqiang is one of the candidates, and his name is put together with the names of Huang, Fan, Shi, Dao, Zhang, Xiu, and Mr. Wu Qingyuan.

In the end, Li Xiaoqiang's votes were far ahead, and he even had a lot more votes than Mr. Wu Qingyuan, who won the second place.

For this result, Li Xiaoqiang was naturally a little scared. He's not hypocritical, he's genuinely fearful. Therefore, after the voting results came out, Li Xiaoqiang had to stand up and make a statement:

‘。。。 It's nice to have the approval of the fans, but I want to say this: if this vote is held in 10 years, 20 years, or even 50 years, if I can still get the most votes, it will be a good one... ”

"It seems that Xiaoqiang is not satisfied with the achievements so far... Zhang Da, who was pretending to interview Li Xiaoqiang, said with a smile: "... So what kind of results do you need to achieve to compete with these senior chess players? ”

"Champions are always just for a while... Li Xiaoqiang smiled: "... These seniors are some great and groundbreaking chess players, and I still have a big gap compared to them in this regard. Let's say, the chess of these predecessors all lead the trend of a while, and their Go ideas or the way they propose can attract many chess players to follow suit, and what about me Li Xiaoqiang, have you ever seen someone imitate my chess? ”

This time, it was Zhang Da's turn to laugh: "Didn't they all say that it was because your chess was difficult to learn, after all, people gave the nickname "Go Encyclopedia"... Xiaoqiang, let me ask you again, what do you think you still need to do? in order to become this veritable first. ”

"First of all, I don't think this kind of first is meaningless, the charm of Go, the connotation of Go, is not something that this simple first and second can cover. If you want to be on a par with these seniors, I can't say anything imaginary, but some specific goals and requirements must still be achieved, for example, I have defended the title of the "World Chess Saint" for 3 times, and I think I will have to defend the title for at least 5 times or more, maybe I am qualified to be on a par with these seniors. ”

This is the first time that Li Xiaoqiang has put forward specific goals, and compared with those virtual things, of course, this is what makes reporter Zhang Da more interested.

"The World Chess Holy War is held every 2 years, and winning 5 times in a row is to dominate for 10 years, and according to the regulations of this competition, if you defend the title for 5 consecutive sessions, you can get the honorary title of "World Chess Saint" for life. Well, I hope you continue to work hard, and I wish you all the best as soon as possible. ”

"Thank you."

Reporter Zhang Da pretended to express his wishes to Li Xiaoqiang, but Li Xiaoqiang could only pretend to be polite.

"As the undisputed number one player in today's chess world, is there anything else you would like to say to young chess players?"

Li Xiaoqiang pondered for a while; "Young people are very good nowadays, and I don't think I have anything to say. The only thing I want to say now is that in the first three World Chess Holy Wars, I competed with Korean players for the final championship, and in order to find a more balanced game of Go, I hope that in the later competitions, I can meet the challenge of Chinese players and even Japanese chess players... ”

This is an interview given by Li Xiaoqiang shortly after defending the title of "World Chess Saint", and the level of skill he showed and his strength impressed everyone. So when he said he wanted to "defend his title for 5 or more terms", no one thought there was anything wrong with it, and no one thought it was a big deal. What everyone didn't expect was that after entering the new year, the momentum of young chess players is getting faster and faster, and the metabolism speed of the world chess world seems to be further intensifying.

After entering 2006, the first eye-catching event was the "Qiu Ju Cup", which was a legacy of last year. Reaching the final were Li Shifo and Chinese chess player Zhou Dayang. Li Xiaoqiang also paid extraordinary attention to this competition.

Because in real history, this is Li Shifo's last world championship, and although a few months have passed, the two people who broke into the final have not changed, so Li Xiaoqiang doesn't know what will happen. As a result, the ending of the game was the same as in the previous life: 2 to 1, Li Shifo won the championship of this year's "Qiu Ju Cup".

If the "Qiu Ju Cup" is still unfazed, after all, the two "post-70s" "veterans" who competed for the championship in the end, then in the subsequent game, a group of "post-70s" chess players represented by Li Shifo and Chang Rensheng suffered a fierce impact from young chess players.

In the first round of the 'Fujitsu Cup', Li Shifo was eliminated by Gu Dali.

In the first round of the "Samsung Cup", Li Shifo was eliminated by Gu Dali.

In the round of 64 of the "World Chess Holy War", Li Shifo was even eliminated by Li Xiaoqiang's disciple Chen Xiaoqiang.

In the domestic "Tianyuan War" pre-selection, Chang Rensheng was eliminated by Gu Dali.

In the domestic 'Top 10 Battle' group stage, Chang Rensheng lost to Gu Dali and ranked second in the group.

The domestic "chess king battle" preliminaries...

The domestic "national hand war" pre-selection...

During this period, there was a chess player whose name was frequently mentioned, and his name frequently appeared in the news of Go in major media.

This chess player is the most outstanding representative of the younger generation of Chinese Go players, and is one of only three players in the world who have defeated Li Xiaoqiang in a chess match. He is the tall foot of Nie Whirlwind, and Gu Dali, who is recognized as one of Li Xiaoqiang's most powerful successors.

In less than half a year, Gu Dali, who won his first world championship at the end of last year, seems to have really broken out of the cocoon. He was unbeatable in all competitions. Of the 4 domestic challenge titles held by Li Xiaoqiang, 3 of them were challenged by Gu Dali.

"It seems that it still depends on you, and now I can't bear the impact of young people."

This is a joke made by Li Shifo and Li Xiaoqiang after being eliminated by Gu Dali in the first round of the "Fujitsu Cup".

"Rely on me, rely on me..." Li Xiaoqiang laughed and said to Gu Dali, who was standing together:

"Last year's revenge, I'm still thinking about when to revenge, isn't it?"

By the time of participating in the "Fujitsu Cup", the domestic "Tian Yuan Battle" and the "Top Ten Battle" had actually ended.

In these two competitions, without exception, Li Xiaoqiang and Gu Dali competed for the final championship. Although in the end, Li Xiaoqiang won the championship. But Li Xiaoqiang's victory was not easy at all.

The "Tian Yuan War" was a narrow victory of 3 to 2, and its dangerous process was rare in recent years. And the "Top Ten Battle" was also not easy to win at all, Gu Dali led most of the game, and was finally found a chance by Li Xiaoqiang to turn the tables.

Next, Li Xiaoqiang will soon accept Gu Dali's challenge in the "Chess King Battle" and "National Hand Battle". Just repelled Li Shishi, and immediately ushered in Gu Dali's challenge, which had to make Li Xiaoqiang feel the wonder of fate.

"Boss, don't you know, I'm no longer called Gu Dali, after losing to you in the "Top Ten Battle", I decided to change my name. ”

"Oh? So what are you called now? ”

"Everyone, please call me Gu Guanzi." (To be continued.) )