"A person in the capital must learn to take care of himself."

"Hmm."

"Drink less alcohol during the Chinese New Year."

"Yes."

"Wait a minute, bring more things to Coach Luo's house, you go to someone's house every day to eat, you say you are embarrassed."

"Okay."

Uncle Hu Yi didn't stay in the capital for long this time. 2 days after coming to the capital, he made an appointment with Li Xiaoqiang to talk in detail after the New Year, and he was ready to return to his hometown for the New Year with Zhao Dabao and others. The day before leaving, Lin Mengyu helped Li Xiaoqiang's dormitory to clean up. Before leaving, he naturally explained again. Lin Mengyu's mother-in-law, even Liao Qiong on the side couldn't stand it, but she said with a smile:

"Okay, okay, I said Mengyu, where did you come from so many good explanations, if you don't worry, you can simply stay in the capital for the New Year."

Of course, Lin Mengyu can't stay in the capital, she has something very important to do when she goes home this time. After listening to Liao Qiong's jokes, she said a few more words before saying goodbye to everyone and leaving.

Spending the Spring Festival alone in the capital is not the first time for Li Xiaoqiang. In previous years, when encountering this situation, Li Xiaoqiang mostly ate at Coach Luo's house, and this year is naturally no exception. A few years ago, when Li Xiaoqiang brought a large bag of New Year's goods and some local specialties brought by Hu Yi to Coach Luo's house. Mrs. Luo greeted her, and while she took the things, she was polite to Li Xiaoqiang:

"Why did Xiaoqiang ...... such things again?"

"Food, food." Li Xiaoqiang smirked.

Li Xiaoqiang's stupid appearance amused Luo Shenzhu, who came with him, and just as he was about to make fun of Li Xiaoqiang, Coach Luo walked out, only to see him glaring at Luo Shenzhu:

"Xiaoqiang still knows how to pay for food, what about yours?"

"It's all here, it's all ......here," Luo Shenzhu unloaded a bag of New Year's goods for Li Xiaoqiang, and said with a hippie smile:

"The boss is the richest man in the Go world this year, and he is here. Where do you need me to prepare New Year's goods? ”

"You, you ......" Coach Luo looked like he hated iron and steel: "Not to mention that you are compared with Xiaoqiang, Chang Rensheng has been selected into the top ten this time, and you don't know how to work hard." ”

In addition to being the deputy head coach of the national Go team, Coach Luo is also the deputy editor-in-chief of Go World magazine. Although this year's vote statistics have not yet been announced, Coach Luo must have known the latest edition of China's top 10 Go candidates.

"Oh? Did Xiao Chang also be selected this time, and how many did he rank? Hearing Coach Luo's words, Li Xiaoqiang asked casually. Chang Rensheng relied on his outstanding performance in the Sino-Japanese Go Ring Tournament and directly invited the Japanese coach Otake Hero with a wave of six consecutive wins. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang is not surprised at all by his selection.

"He's number seven. And this time Wei Gang was also selected, ranking 10th," Coach Luo added with a little emotion......

"This is the first time that so many new faces have appeared. There is another one, this time Lao Nie ranked 3rd, this is also the first time in so many years that Lao Nie has fallen out of the top two, it seems that it will really be the world of you young people in the future. ”

After Li Xiaoqiang and Luo Shenzhu entered the door, the first thing everyone talked about was the topic of the new top ten battle votes. Nie Whirlwind fell to 3rd, and of course only Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei were qualified to rank in front of him. With the "Fujitsu Cup" championship, the "Toyo Securities Cup" entered the finals and won the "China-Korea Handheld Match". Li Xiaoqiang was once again voted No. 1 by chess fans with excellent foreign results, and the number of votes was far ahead. As for Ma Xiaofei, according to Coach Luo, he originally had to lag behind Nie Whirlwind's votes at the beginning, by virtue of defeating Cao Yanzi. He barely surpassed Nie Whirlwind before the voting deadline, but his vote was still a cut short of Li Xiaoqiang.

"My number one is not true." Seeing such a big gap between his votes and Ma Xiaofei, Li Xiaoqiang was humble when chatting.

Coach Luo glanced at Li Xiaoqiang: "Actually, when you won the Fujitsu Cup, you didn't run this year's No. 1. The key question now is whether you will be able to keep this first place next year. ”

"Hey, hey."

Everyone is talking, and the topic still falls on the new round of competition between Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei after the Spring Festival. Truly. If Li Xiaoqiang still wants to become the "ticket king" next year, then the direct competition between him and Ma Xiaofei is very important, especially the "Toyo Securities Cup" final in May. If Li Xiaoqiang loses in this competition, then unless he wins the "Fujitsu Cup" for a second time, so that he can have the strength to compete, otherwise even if he takes away all the domestic titles in Ma Xiaofei's hands, he may not become the king of votes.

"Boss, you said that you are almost invincible all over the world now, why can't you always take advantage of Teacher Ma? Let's summarize it now. ”

Li Xiaoqiang glanced at Luo Shenzhu, Luo Shenzhu is now Ma Xiaofei's disciple, so his "Teacher Ma" is truly worthy of his name. However, although he is a disciple of other people, Luo Shenzhu does not have the consciousness of being a disciple, and he is now helping his boss summarize the problem.

They are all their own family members and insiders, so it is easy to break down such a question. Why can't Li Xiaoqiang take advantage of Ma Xiaofei in front of him? Aside from other off-field factors, and on-the-spot play or something. Let's analyze the prelude, middle game and official of Go one by one.

The first thing everyone is talking about is the official, Li Xiaoqiang's official kung fu is actually super strong, although ordinary chess fans may not be clear, because this is covered up by Li Xiaoqiang's other advantages, but insiders still generally recognize this. But don't forget, Ma Xiaofei is also recognized by everyone as a "god operator". Although Li Xiaoqiang's official level is high, he is not as perverted as Li Shifo after all. In addition to Qian Yuping in China, it is widely recognized that the current official level of Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei is indistinguishable. Therefore, in this item, Li Xiaoqiang can't take any advantage.

Let's take a look at the mid-game, if you want to talk about Li Xiaoqiang's mid-game level, this is Li Xiaoqiang's biggest reliance. The reason why he was able to achieve such good results in the World Series is that his mid-game level is the most praised. But why is his mid-game power often unable to play in front of Ma Xiaofei?

One is that compared with foreign chess players, Ma Xiaofei is more familiar with Li Xiaoqiang. The two have fought dozens of times, and others may be afraid of Li Xiaoqiang's weird power point, but Ma Xiaofei will not be relatively speaking, because compared with others, Ma Xiaofei is obviously more familiar with many of Li Xiaoqiang's ideas.

The other is actually Ma Xiaofei's own characteristics, his dense and small style actually happens to restrain Li Xiaoqiang's strength.

As for the prologue......

"The key is still in the prelude......" After exchanging a few words with Coach Luo and Luo Shenzhu, Li Xiaoqiang sighed:

"If my prologue skills can be a little stronger, then I should have the confidence to snatch a few more titles from Mr. Ma."

The problem Li Xiaoqiang said is not a simple layout problem. Li Xiaoqiang's layout kung fu is not bad, although it has not reached the top super-first-class level of Nie Whirlwind, but there is still a strong first-class level. The most critical problem now is that in terms of the connection between the prelude and the mid-game, Li Xiaoqiang has not done a very good job in some places.

The first game of the semi-finals of the "Toyo Securities Cup" is a good example. A very important role in the layout of Go is to lay the foundation for the mid-game battle, if this foundation is not well laid, then sometimes the so-called "mid-game power" is difficult to play.

It's okay if you run into a normal player, or if you run into an unfamiliar opponent. But when I met a master of Ma Xiaofei's level, who was extremely familiar with him. Li Xiaoqiang had a little headache. It's not that he can't get off Ma Xiaofei, in fact, the two are still evenly matched. It's just that it is difficult for Li Xiaoqiang at this stage to take advantage of Ma Xiaofei.

"The problem is that you have found it, so what solution do you think of?"

Faced with the question thrown by Coach Luo, Li Xiaoqiang could only smile bitterly. Go is different from many things, and a large part of the charm of Go is here, such as the fact that later computers have been able to beat chess and Chinese chess. But what about the fence? Computers just can't do it. Even if you know where the gap is, can you find a solution for a while?

If the computer can't do it, can the human brain do it?

"If there is a way, there will be a way......" Li Xiaoqiang muttered to himself.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the Jingxi Go Hall in Beijing. A large group of heavyweights in the Chinese Go world gathered. The "Chinese Four Generations Chess Champion Competition" will be held here. This is the first competition in the Chinese chess world after the Spring Festival. Although this event is known as the "Championship", it is actually a small invitational tournament, commonly known as the Money-Sharing Competition. Therefore, the four chess players participating in the competition, Chen Chaoyue, Nie Xuanfeng, Ma Xiaofei and Li Xiaoqiang, all looked relaxed.

"New year, new weather, I am here to wish you all good luck in the new year. I'm going to see who has the better luck in our Go world...... Hey! It seems that Xiaoqiang's luck is better, because I won him in one fell swoop......"

At the lottery ceremony, Chen Chaoyue's self-deprecating speech made everyone laugh. Li Xiaoqiang also smiled. Indeed, this small invitational tournament is also a knockout round, so facing Chen Chaoyue, who has been absent for a long time, in the first round, this is certainly a good sign. This is basically equivalent to receiving a bigger red envelope.

For such a competition, competition is, of course, secondary. How to create gimmicks and how to make the game fun is king.

Looking at Chen Chaoyue on the stage, Li Xiaoqiang, who was thinking about how to deal with Ma Xiaofei even during the New Year, suddenly moved in his heart:

"Teacher Chen, let's just play a game of chess today." (To be continued.) )