In early May 1998, the third game of the final of the last "Toyo Securities Cup" was played at the Korea Chess Academy. This set is crucial, and this is Li Xiaoqiang's back-to-back battle.

What method will Li Xiaoqiang use to play this game of chess? This is a question that many people are concerned about at the beginning of the competition.

Faced with the dilemma of falling behind 0-2, different players will have different choices.

Some players lose confidence and desire to win, and they easily give up the third game.

There are many such examples, and there are countless such examples. For example, in last year's "Samsung Cup", Liu Changhe chose to give up when he fell behind 0-2. For example, in real history, Ma Xiaofei challenged Li Shifo for the last time, and he could fight with Li Shifo in the previous "Samsung Cup" finals, but when the "Samsung Cup" was defeated 2-3, he easily surrendered with a score of 0-3 in the subsequent "LG Cup" finals.

In the past two months, because Li Xiaoqiang has not given any public interviews, no one knows what he really thinks at this time. But it doesn't matter, a player's attitude towards the game - does he choose to give up? Or do you decide to continue the fight? It's easy to see by the chess he plays.

Li Xiaoqiang did not let everyone wait too long, the game started at 10 o'clock in the morning Korean time, and at about 10:30 in the morning, the two sides played more than 20 chess moves.

Because you have seen two things in these more than 20 moves, one of which is called "come prepared" and the other is called "painstaking".

With these two things, it is enough to prove Li Xiaoqiang's attitude.

After reporter Zhang Da sent Li Xiaoqiang into the game room, he came directly to the viewing room. Unlike others, he never thought about Li Xiaoqiang's "attitude". The only thing he cares about now is the "special thing" that Li Xiaoqiang just told him.

With more than 20 chess moves, Li Xiaoqiang's "come prepared" reporter Zhang Da saw it, and Li Xiaoqiang's "painstaking" reporter Zhang Da also saw it very clearly. Even the "special thing" prepared by Li Xiaoqiang, reporter Zhang Da can already vaguely feel it.

However, after feeling the "special thing" that Li Xiaoqiang said, reporter Zhang Da was not excited, in addition to feeling surprised, he was more worried.

"Could it be that Xiaoqiang has been preparing for 2 months, and he is ready to use this method to play this third game of chess with Li Shifo......"

What does today's layout look like?

The first 10 hands of the opening game are all very ordinary and are one of the most popular openings in the last year or two. Especially in the Korean Go world, openings that appear on today's board are even more popular. The Korean magazine "Go" even had a serial article dedicated to this opening. Reporter Zhang Da also does this business, and the technical articles of Korean magazines are also reprinted in China, and he knows everything very well.

The first major divergence point of this game is Li Xiaoqiang's 11th hand. Because Li Xiaoqiang's move is not in the technical article in South Korea. Even if there is, it is very small, because the "Korean stream" is generally believed not to be able to do so.

Of course, it is not a novel way to play, Li Shifo is the 10th chess hand is very ordinary, he made a move "star hanging corner", in this popular opening, this ordinary hanging corner is called "passing the door". In other words, with this exchange, white will have a more comfortable choice in the future.

But today's problem is that Li Xiaoqiang didn't pay attention to this "door", he didn't follow in this place, but settled in other places. It is precisely because of Li Xiaoqiang's chess move that it has caused a heated discussion in the research laboratory, especially among Korean chess players.

"Oh? This place is off first? Is this Li Xiaoqiang's new kung fu? ”

"Seeing that the black chess is played so fast, this is obviously prepared, does Li Xiaoqiang have a new study on this opening?"

"Black is taking the lead in this place? It feels a bit of a pitch shift......"

You can't blame the Korean players for making such a fuss, because in the study of the Korean stream, for today's popular opening, White's move is almost a Bing move. If black should not, white will immediately play "double swallow", which is intolerable in the eyes of the Korean stream.

It is important to note that this understanding of the Korean stream has only been formed in recent years. In the Korean Go game of Cao Yanzi's era, "Double Feiyan" can still be seen often, but after the era of Li Shifo, because Li Shifo himself was very reluctant to be "Double Feiyan" by others, he almost responded to it. Over time, everyone has learned the same thing anyway, which makes the ancient formula of "Double Flying Swallow" almost extinct in Korean chess games.

In real history, due to the strength of Korean Go, "Double Feiyan is a very severe attack, if it is not a special situation, try not to let the opponent out of Shuangfeiyan" has almost become a unified understanding in the entire world chess world.

Could it be that this is the "special thing" that Xiaoqiang prepared? Is he going to use the chess theory of the Middle Ages to deal with the Korean stream? It's kind of interesting, but what kind of chess will it be......"

When reporter Zhang Da just saw the 11th move, because he had been thinking about what "something special" Li Xiaoqiang would have, it was natural that such a thought first rose in his mind.

Start and fly, not too tight. This is the understanding of "Double Flying Swallow" in ancient chess. This understanding is completely different from the understanding of "Korean Stream" on "Double Flying Swallow". Due to the unremitting efforts of Li Xiaoqiang, Fang Lao and others over the years, at least reporters like Zhang Da and others still have some understanding of some chess principles in ancient chess. So it was only natural for him to have such thoughts.

At first, Zhang Da reporter still had such a thought, and looked down with interest. But looking at Zhang Da, the reporter found that something was wrong. When he saw that the overall situation was close to 30 moves, Zhang Da's "interest" completely turned into worry!

What's happening on the chessboard? Let's start with "Double Flying Swallow".

Li Xiaoqiang's 11th move, he ignored the "hanging corner" of white chess and chose to seize other places. Then Li Shifo's 12th move did not hesitate at all, and he quickly chose "Double Feiyan".

You can take off the first when you "hang the corner", but you don't dare to take off the first after being "Double Feiyan", otherwise you can't stand being "flying" by others. Li Xiaoqiang's 13th move, he chose the most concise way to deal with "Double Feiyan". Little tip! Li Xiaoqiang's black tip is on the chessboard, "Five." 5" position.

Li Shifo's 14th move continued without hesitation, "Three. 3”！ White's 14 moves landed on the board "Three." 3" location. When you get down here, one of the basic changes of a "double delphinium" appears on the board.

When the chess game was played here, South Korea's Cao Yanzi smiled and commented:

"Although this is also one of the positive changes of the double delphinium, in today's situation, the two pieces of black always give people the feeling of floating in the air. The chess pieces have no roots, and there is always a risk of being attacked. On the contrary, white chess is solid everywhere, what does Li Xiaoqiang want to do today......"

Lao Cao soon saw what Li Xiaoqiang wanted to do.

It is true that the chess pieces have no roots, but it is not necessarily that they are at risk of being attacked. Now that you're floating in the air, let's keep flying in the air. Li Xiaoqiang's 15th move, "5-way big jump", continued to play in the center of the board.

Li Shifo's 16th move continued to happily catch the ground in the 3rd way.

After about 30 moves, Li Xiaoqiang continued to play chess in the center, and all the black and white chess were exchanged for some "virtual" and "real".

At this time, everyone figured out what Li Xiaoqiang meant. "Cosmic Flow"! The "special thing" prepared by Li Xiaoqiang turned out to be the legendary cosmic flow!

In this crucial 3rd game, Li Xiaoqiang actually sacrificed the cosmic flow!

"Hehe, if you only talk about surprises, then you can think that Li Xiaoqiang is indeed very successful. As for the effect of this......" Cao Yanzi shook his head, and he didn't continue. However, it was obvious from his expression that he was unimpressed with Li Xiaoqiang's choice.

Li Shifo has never been afraid of the "cosmic flow". The "Triple Star", which was very popular in the early years, is now basically extinct in the professional chess world. This is related to Li Shifo's ultra-high winning rate against Mr. Wu Gong, and related to Li Shifo, Ma Xiaofei and others' cracking of the "cosmic flow".

In addition, I haven't heard that Li Xiaoqiang is good at "cosmic flow"? At least in Li Xiaoqiang's more than 10-year career, he has never been seen to take the initiative to use the "cosmic flow". It can even be said that in the action to suppress the "cosmic flow", Li Xiaoqiang is the main accomplice.

But in such an important game today, Li Xiaoqiang used the "cosmic flow", what does he mean?

At this time, everyone saw Li Xiaoqiang's painstaking efforts, but in the on-site research room, no one could understand his painstaking efforts.

No one in the on-site research room can understand Li Xiaoqiang, but there are still people who can understand Li Xiaoqiang.

When the Chinese side was close to the game, the latest chess game was transmitted to the Chinese Chess Academy. When Nie Whirlwind saw the progress of the actual battle, when he briefly thought for a while. Nie Whirlwind's eyes couldn't help but light up, and he even agreed:

"Good ideas, good ideas, it seems that with these dozens of chess moves in the morning, I think Xiaoqiang has a little hope for this final. Fighting against the odds and breaking the boat, this not only requires courage, but also requires great wisdom. I think Xiaoqiang's game of chess today is very interesting. ”

"Old Nie, you're a little too exaggerated."

"I'm not exaggerating at all, many people wanted to know before the game what ideas Xiaoqiang would use to play this game. In my opinion, Xiaoqiang's choice today is almost the most correct strategy. ”

"Then you can tell me why Xiaoqiang is the most correct."

"Xiaoqiang's official son does not have an advantage over Li Shifo, judging from the performance of the first two games of the finals, Li Shifo's mid-game strength is also not what it used to be. Therefore, judging from the current situation, the only place where Xiaoqiang has an advantage over Li Shifo seems to be the layout of kung fu. Find a way to establish a certain advantage in the prologue stage. I think this is what Xiaoqiang thought about the most when preparing for this third game. Now it seems that Xiaoqiang has indeed found the best way. ”

"What's the solution, is it the cosmic flow?"

"That's right, if you want to open up the gap in the prologue, the most appropriate way is indeed the cosmic flow ......" (To be continued.) )