When Li Xiaoqiang returned to the capital, it was already May. Of course, the domestic media have reported Li Xiaoqiang's 4 consecutive victories in the ring, but compared with last year, the heat has decreased a lot. This is also very normal, unconsciously, Li Xiaoqiang's victory is no longer big news. In the eyes of many people, at least, Li Xiaoqiang's victory over ordinary Japanese Jiudan is not big news.

There is another reason for the decrease in coverage. That's because of the Olympics. In China, most of the people who report on Go are sports reporters. As the Seoul Olympics approached, coverage of the Olympics gradually increased. Since at the last Los Angeles Olympics, the Chinese team achieved a breakthrough of zero gold medals. There is a high interest in the Olympic gold medal. The popularity has not diminished for decades, and it was not until after the Beijing Olympics that the Chinese team was able to win a lot of gold medals casually, and everyone's enthusiasm for gold medals was slightly reduced.

Li Xiaoqiang said that the upcoming Seoul Olympics will have a profound impact on Chinese sports. The reason for this is the so-called "defeat of Seoul". In this Olympic Games, the Chinese team won only 5 gold medals. This has made many Chinese people feel lost. It is this strong sense of loss that makes us desperate for an Olympic gold medal. In fact, this is also human nature. Everyone will definitely cherish the hard-won things even more.

After the "defeat of Seoul" in the Olympic Games, in fact, Go was also affected. Since then, China has launched a so-called "Olympic strategy". As a "non-Olympic sport", Go has received significantly less support in all aspects. It's a little better at the national level, but in various local teams, some players are in a worse situation. At that time, there was also a case of a professional seven-dan chess player working as a taxi driver.

To tell the truth, Chinese Go is fortunate to have three consecutive victories in the ring. Otherwise, those years would have been even more difficult. It should not be too much to say that the development of Chinese Go for decades has been "the blessing of the whirlwind". As a result of Nie Whirlwind's performance, a large number of chess fans have been cultivated for China, and these chess fans. It is the foundation for promoting the development of Go in China. Due to Nie Whirlwind's performance, he has won a better development environment for Chinese Go. With these two points alone, Nie Whirlwind has made great contributions to the development of Chinese Go.

Of course, the most important thing for Go to develop is the charm of Go itself. If China does not have a Nie whirlwind, there may be a "horse whirlwind" and a "Li whirlwind", and Go can also develop. However, as a "Go person", you still need to have a "grateful heart".

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang will not care about the "system". Li Xiaoqiang even thinks. For Go, "getting out of the system" isn't necessarily necessarily a bad thing. After the Seoul Olympics, Go, as a "non-Olympic sport", suddenly became a "mother-raised" in the system, and after a short period of pain, Chinese Go also developed well. Although it cannot be said that it has developed well, at least it has developed healthier than many Olympic sports. This is also true.

"Boss, let's go to the gymnastics team to watch them train, will you go?"

In this day and age. Chess players are still "athletes". In a broad sense, athletes from other sports teams are "their own people". Other sports teams are training in full swing. A group of young players in the national junior team enjoy watching other sports teams train. Li Xiaoqiang, like everyone else, likes to go around other sports teams when he has nothing to do. Everyone's favorite places to go are the diving team and the gymnastics team. There is certainly a reason for this, these two sports teams belong to China's "fist sports". Every Olympic Games has been able to win gold medals for China. Of course, everyone likes to watch the "Olympic champions" train. On the other hand, in both events, there is generally a group of very young athletes. These athletes are about the same age as Li Xiaoqiang. This is also the reason why Chang Rensheng and Liu Er like to go.

"Hehe, you can't call the boss today. The boss has a game tomorrow. If you call him to go today, he will definitely be scolded tomorrow. Didn't you see Coach Luo and Coach Wu staring over there? Let's go, let's go on our own. If the boss is also called, everyone may not be able to go. ”

Liu Er shouted loudly there, trying to draw a clear line with Li Xiaoqiang. After entering May, Li Xiaoqiang suddenly became a busy man in the Go world. In the course of a month, Li Xiaoqiang has at least 8 to 9 official professional matches. Liu Er's "there will be a game tomorrow" is one of the games that Li Xiaoqiang can participate in: the China TV Go Rapid Chess Tournament, which is the Go "CCTV Cup".

Li Xiaoqiang attaches great importance to this competition, and the reason for attaching importance to it is certainly not because of the prize money of the competition, let alone because of the four letters "CCTV". The reason why Li Xiaoqiang attaches importance to it is very simple, if he gets a good result in this competition, he may get the opportunity to participate in international competitions.

From '89, the first game of Go, the Asian Cup, was about to begin. The number of participants in this competition is small, but the specifications should be quite high. Only players who have won the championship and runner-up of China, Japan and South Korea are eligible to participate. The "CCTV Cup" is equivalent to the "Asian Cup" selection competition.

Before the "Asian Cup", if you win the "CCTV Cup", you can participate in the Sino-Japanese Go Rapid Chess Championship Competition. This competition has not had much impact, but it has been going on for many years.

In May, the "CCTV Cup" was held. Li Xiaoqiang continued his previous good form, won two consecutive victories in this game, and successfully entered the quarterfinals. For a time, Li Xiaoqiang was simply in the limelight. Since entering 88 years, except for the first two sets of losses to Liu Da Hammer, it has been more than 3 months. Li Xiaoqiang didn't know what it was like to lose chess.

The "CCTV Cup" has come to an end for the time being. Li Xiaoqiang immediately participated in the "Top 10 Battle" of Chinese Go, which was chosen by chess fans with votes. Li Xiaoqiang ranked 8th among all the votes and was successfully selected as the "top ten" of Chinese Go. There should be nothing surprising that such a thing happened, relying on the 5 consecutive wins in the last ring competition, it is normal for Li Xiaoqiang to be selected as the "top ten".

In the past few years, due to the heat wave of the ring competition, China has produced a large number of new Go enthusiasts. These enthusiasts may only know a ring match. Li Xiaoqiang is stained with the light of the ring match, so he is familiar with the majority of chess fans. These chess fans will not look at their strength when voting, and they will always be more favored if they get good results in international competitions.

In the "Top Ten Battle", Li Xiaoqiang's winning streak was finally contained. The format of the "Top 10" is interesting, it starts with a round-robin match between two groups of "1,4,5,8,9" and "2,3,6,7,10" based on the votes received by the players, and then a match of the same rank according to the group ranking. Finally, the ranking of the "top ten" is determined.

Li Xiaoqiang and Nie Whirlwind, Cao Dafang, Jiang Zhujiu, and Rui Xiaowei are in a group.

In the first round of the group stage, Li Xiaoqiang continued his good luck. Defeated Jiang Zhujiu Jiudan. After this, Li Xiaoqiang's good days seem to be coming to an end. In the second round, Rui Xiaowei "avenged" Jiang Zhujiu and fought violence with violence on the chessboard. Li Xiaoqiang finally missed the third game of the year.

After the loss, Li Xiaoqiang seemed to be affected, losing to Cao Dafang Jiudan in the third round of the group stage. It's not just chess that loses. The content of chess is not very good.

In the final round of the group stage, Li Xiaoqiang's form looked to have recovered, but he ran into Nie Whirlwind. The Nie Whirlwind in the "Top Ten Battle" and the usual Nie Whirlwind are different, although Li Xiaoqiang tried his best, he was still defeated. The whole game of chess was completely suppressed by others.

The loss of this game of chess made Li Xiaoqiang completely see his gap. The gap with the top level of this era! After 88 years, the level of Nie Whirlwind has indeed reached a very high level. In fact, he really pierced his own layer of "window paper".

After a wave of 3 consecutive defeats, the last ranking match of the "Top 10 Battle" was also temporarily suspended. At this time, it is a grand event in the Chinese amateur Go community. The first "Evening Cup" is also in full swing. The first "Top 10" and "Top 10 Amateurs" matches are also in the works.

Thinking that he could participate in this competition, Li Xiaoqiang felt a little funny. In my previous life, I was not qualified to participate in this tournament even if I represented an amateur chess player. Now I can actually represent professional chess players in this competition.

"It's best to be able to meet amateur chess players that you were familiar with in your previous life, in your previous life. You have ravaged me most of the time. In this competition, I must ravage you well......"

Li Xiaoqiang has been fighting in the amateur Go world for a long time, and on the Internet, he is friends with many amateur Go masters. Li Xiaoqiang's Go level mainly grew up on the Internet. In the process. Li Xiaoqiang's ravages can be imagined. I have to say that Li Xiaoqiang's psychology is sometimes darker.

The "Top Ten Battle" has come to an end for the time being, and Li Xiaoqiang has not had time to take a breath. The decisive battle of the first Chinese "celebrity war" has also begun. The final of the "Celebrity Battle" is a 5-game chess. Again, in two phases. The first two sets were held in the capital, and after these two sets, Li Xiaoqiang had to participate in the latter games of the ring match.

It's not uncommon to be able to have so many games in a month. In this day and age, a player can play 50 official professional games a year, which shows that the player is in very good shape. In a professional Go tournament dominated by knockout rounds, the fact that there are so many games shows that the player is "very active".

In the first set of the "Celebrity Battle" final, Li Xiaoqiang still did not get out of the cycle of consecutive defeats. In the battle with Liu Dazhui in the eighth section, he was still defeated. Of course, no one was surprised by Li Xiaoqiang's failure. In 88, if you want to pick a Chinese professional chess player who is "in the best condition", it must be Liu Dazhui.

It's mid-May, half a month ago. It can be said that Li Xiaoqiang and Liu Da Hammer are both one of the "good" chess players. At that time, Li Xiaoqiang only lost two games of chess, both of which were lost to Liu Dazhu. Up to now, only Liu Dazhui is left in "good condition". Liu Dazhui also lost only two games. He lost both games to Ma Xiaofei Jiudan.

In the final of the second Chinese "Tian Yuan Tournament", Liu Da Hammer lost the first two games, but he won three games in a row, achieving the first "big reversal" in the Chinese Go title battle and successfully winning the "Tian Yuan" title. Everyone can see that Liu Dazhui has also entered a new "growth period". He is working hard from "first-class" to "super-first-class". Li Xiaoqiang's loss to such a Liu Da Hammer should be a normal thing.

Normal is normal, but everyone is still worried about Li Xiaoqiang. You must know that the ring match is coming soon, according to Li Xiaoqiang's current state......

Of course, no one can say anything like "state". What's more, is Li Xiaoqiang really a "state" problem?

"I said Xiaoqiang, why do you always want to fight with which brute bull?"

After the first set of the game, Li Xiaoqiang was silently "going around in circles" alone. Judging from Li Xiaoqiang's expression, of course, everyone couldn't tell what he was thinking. At this time, no one usually comes to disturb him. But at this time, Li Xiaoqiang "encountered" Ma Xiaofei Jiuduan.

"Teacher Ma? I ......"

"Hehe, do I expect you to help me get revenge? If you keep doing this, I'm afraid there's no hope. I just don't understand, why do you have to fight with a sledgehammer on the chessboard for such a smart person? ”

"I ......"

Li Xiaoqiang was about to speak, Ma Xiaofei stopped Li Xiaoqiang from speaking, and he continued:

"People think you're a state problem, but I don't see it that way. Actually, you're in good shape. I've watched your losses in these games, and it seems that you are deliberately honing your mid-game strength. I think you've walked into a misunderstanding. It's not right for you to do this, and it doesn't necessarily work out well. ”

"Is there any other way?"

Li Xiaoqiang's eyes lit up, he almost blurted out, and he stared at Ma Xiaofei nine sections eagerly. Indeed, Li Xiaoqiang, as a person with "lofty ambitions", of course he will not take the momentary victory or defeat to heart. In particular, domestic professional competitions have the idea of "training first". This is not what Li Xiaoqiang said casually, it is indeed his true thoughts.

At this stage, compared with the results of the competition, Li Xiaoqiang is more concerned about honing his skills. Li Xiaoqiang knew that he was only a "warmonger" and was far from being "powerful." If you want to have your own place in the future world chess world, this shortcoming must be strengthened in a way.

If you want to make up for this shortcoming, is there a better way than to exercise in actual combat? Naturally, when Li Xiaoqiang met Rui Xiaowei and Liu Dazhui, these "force-based" chess players, knowing that people's strength was very strong, Li Xiaoqiang would also choose the "fighting power" method. "Improve yourself in actual combat" is Li Xiaoqiang's idea.

"Hehe, you can't say that your idea is wrong, but it's just for the sake of fighting power. In fact, the effect is not necessarily good. If you want to fully understand the "strength" of Go, it doesn't mean that you have to fight on the chessboard. Sometimes, when you avoid battles on the chessboard, or even deliberately avoid battles, you can actually further deepen your understanding of the strength of the force. You must know that many things have two sides. What do you think? ”

Li Xiaoqiang was in a daze there, yes, he was a little "looking". The "force quantity" that I want to improve is actually something very virtual in Go, not just some straight line calculations, including some judgments and trade-offs, including some "power points" problems. When you stand on the other side of the problem, if you don't fight for the sake of fighting. Even find a way to "avoid the war", maybe the problem can be seen more clearly. As long as you see more clearly, your own experience may be deeper, so that invisibly, your "strength" may be greatly improved.

At this moment, Li Xiaoqiang suddenly brightened. He said sincerely:

"Teacher Ma, thank you!"

"Hahaha, thank you, as long as it can help you, as long as you can cause more trouble for that brute cow. Even if it's the best reward for me. ”

After saying this, Ma Xiaofei drifted away.

In the middle of May 88, Li Xiaoqiang once again entered the arena of the "Celebrity War" finals. Facing Liu Dazhu, who defeated him 3 times in a row, what performance did Li Xiaoqiang perform?

"Ma Xiao, is what you said useful to Xiaoqiang?"

In the viewing room, one of the people asked. At this time, another hearty voice sounded:

"Ha Luha, when it comes to this game of chess, it may not be useful, but it will be useful for Xiaoqiang's entire career, and it will definitely be useful! Let's take a closer look at how far Xiaoqiang can grow......"

In the game room, Li Xiaoqiang quietly waited for his opponent to come. (To be continued......)