China, Shencheng, the venue of the first round of the 2nd "Ying's Cup". 【頂【点【小】【Say,

At present, all 8 games of the first round of the game have ended, many tables have even cleaned up the chess equipment, and the participating chess players are nowhere to be seen. There are also some players who have not left yet, and they are reviewing after the brief match. Only one stage seemed to be very lively, surrounded by chess players and reporters.

Looking carefully, Li Xiaoqiang, Jiang Zhujiu, Zhang Zhidong, and even the elderly Mr. Ying were all gathered around this table, and these people were all smiling happily, and they were all talking about something excitedly. At the center of these people was Rui Liwei Jiuduan, who was still sitting on the side of the chessboard, and opposite her, the chair was empty, and her opponent just now didn't know when he left.

"Brother Xia, it's amazing!"

"It seems that Xiaoqiang really didn't say kind words, Brother Xiao seems to be really more powerful than before."

"Hehe, you won this time, I finally relented and invited you to participate, now no one should blame me for wasting a place......"

The first round that has just ended has been generally uneventful, with most of the strong players passing, not to mention that the seeded players have not yet appeared, so everyone knows that if you want to make a difference in this kind of world competition, the real competition will start in the second round. Therefore, just now, when the news of Rui Weiwei's victory over Li Shifo spread throughout the arena, this game of chess naturally became the biggest news in the first round of the game.

"Rui Xiawei is the only female nine-dan in the world, she is just tearing a big hole in the male-dominated Go world, and it can even be said that she is the only female chess player in ancient and modern Go who can compete with first-class male chess players, Ying's Cup invited her to participate, the significance of this game of chess victory Rui Weiwei is not limited to her personal, Ying's Cup is equivalent to saving half of the sky of Go......"

Well, Li Xiaoqiang, who has been hanging out with reporter Zhang Da, noticed that reporter Zhang Da was even ready to use such exaggerated words to report this game of chess.

How did Rui win this game? Li Xiaoqiang, like many other chess players, studied this game with great interest.

"This game of chess Li Shifo doesn't look like it's playing at all. There are several obvious problems that can be identified. Probably because he rarely played chess with female players in tournaments. Don't play! He didn't play at all, and in the end, he was simply blown up by Di Wei with a robbery. Therefore, if you can win this game of chess, it is not that Di Wei is powerful, it is not that Di Wei's level is higher than others, but that people have not played at all, and everyone says that this is not the case. ”

The person who said this was Jiang Zhujiu Jiuduan, who had been sitting beside Rui Wei. Of course, he was very happy that "Brother Xia" was able to win this game. At this time, Jiang Zhujiu's face was full of red light, and while discussing the chess situation with everyone, he helped Rui Xiaowei say polite words.

Hear this. Ma Xiaofei, who had just defeated a Taipei player in the first round and successfully entered the second round, also ran here to join in the fun. I saw him smile and say:

"Although the opponent didn't play, the main thing is that Brother Di is powerful. It seems that Xiaoqiang is right, Brother Xia's chess is not pulled at all, and he is very familiar with chess, otherwise, it is not so easy to pick up the wallet. What I admire even more is that Brother Xia's chess seems to be much tougher than before, and he is not soft on his advantage. For example, the last robbery, when he saw it, he did not hesitate to shoot decisively, did not give the opponent any chance to entangle, and beat the opponent in one fell swoop. Admire. Admire ......"

In everyone's words and words, the context of this game of chess is actually very clear. The reason why Li Shifo lost the chess game is mainly to blame for his own lack of preparation. Think about it, too, when I met a female chess player who hadn't played an official tournament for several years. It is estimated that at the moment when the draw results just came out, Li Shifo may have already booked the victory of this game of chess. He probably didn't even think he'd lose.

However, as soon as the actual combat is fought, Li Shifo will find that it is not like that. The opponent in front of him is much more powerful and tough than he imagined, and as a result, his mental state has not been fully adjusted. Li Shifo is tragic......

Of course, in addition to these obvious reasons, Li Xiaoqiang also knows one reason, that is, the problem of chess style. I don't know why, Li Shifo seems to be particularly afraid of that kind of "straight" chess style, as long as he encounters this type of chess player, Li Shifo's results don't seem to be very good. For example, the current Rui Xiaowei is like this, and the future Cui Poison is similar, even including Liu Changhe at his peak. As long as Li Shifo encounters this kind of close-knit entanglement and fierce pursuit of chess style, I don't know why, he always seems to be unable to play his level.

This situation really can't be explained by common sense, and Li Xiaoqiang doesn't know why this is the case.

In real history, from 1996 to 2000, Li Shifo was the most dominant years. During those years, more than half of the world's world champions went to his name. However, it was also in those years that a "warrior of internationalism" appeared that Korean chess fans loved and hated.

Liu Changhe, Liu Changhe at that time was also at his peak. In the invincible era of Li Shifo, he was beaten twice in the finals, and three times in the semi-finals, he pushed Li Shifo back and gave the championship to Yitian Jiji, Wang Licheng, and Yu Bin in turn. He also defeated Da Li in the quarterfinals of the third Yingshi Cup, and God is pitiful, he won the championship that time. If it weren't for his bravery, the first four sessions of the Samsung Cup and LG Cup would have been all covered by Li Shifo alone. Of course, he also easily blocked the final hedging between Yitian and Li Shifo.

By the way, Liu Changhe has gorgeous straight-line attack skills, at his peak he was known as the "world's number one attacker", in the general direction of personal style, Li Xiaoqiang thinks that he is similar to Rui Weiwei and Cui Poison's chess style, both belong to the straight-line power type, especially good at winding attacks.

After 2000, a new generation of "internationalist fighters" in South Korea was born, and he took over the mantle of his predecessors.

When the 15-year-old Xiao Cui debuted in the Three Kingdoms Tournament to become famous, nicknamed "Ice Toad" in South Korea, he took the official decisive route similar to Li Shifo, after two years of silence, the chess style changed greatly and became a poisonous snake, successfully evolved from amphibians to crawling, and swept Tianyuan in 40 days in South Korea, until Da Li's chess saint position, the chess world was relieved after the first game was lost, "but so", three months later, Da Li's chess saint and the national player were transferred one after another. A year later, Cui Zhehan faced the comeback Li Shifo and exerted his "nemesis" ability to the point of doing whatever he wanted, with clean sheets, big reversals, and the ravages of Li Shifo by changing the law.

Cui Poison is the real "Li Shifo Buster", that's right. However, Xiao Cui, who won the title, attended various world championships and bilateral confrontations in high spirits. But it was Gu Dali, Kong Erjie, and Chang Rensheng. Luo Shenzhu and others held the seven inches in various ways and repeatedly hung and beaten......

It can be said that this was a very interesting scene in the world chess world back then, and it was also an inexplicable phenomenon. No one can say exactly why this is the case. Li Xiaoqiang couldn't say clearly.

Li Xiaoqiang even believes that it is likely that this phenomenon exists, so when future generations talk about Li Shifo's "status in the rivers and lakes", he will generally be ranked behind Mr. Wu Qingyuan. Because it is obvious that in Mr. Wu Qingyuan's peak chess, he does not have any "nemesis".

"Li Shifo has a nemesis, so what about me? Will I have a nemesis in the future? Judging by the current situation. Similar to Lao Nie's chess style, a chess player with a quick judgment, good at switching, and a super good prelude is most likely to become my nemesis. Well, it's better to find a way to solve this problem......"

After studying Rui Liaowei's victory over Li Shifo's chess game with many chess players. Li Xiaoqiang was thinking about it there, and at this moment, he even thought about whether he would have a nemesis in the future.

The discussion of the game did not last long. After the first round, the second round will be played the next day. The draw for the second round will be held that evening. Any player who wants to make a difference in the World Series knows that the tournament has only just begun. After only winning 1 game of chess, it is far from the time to be excited.

In the just-concluded first round, the Chinese players did not play well, except for Ma Xiaofei and Rui Xiaowei who won. All other players were eliminated. In this way, among the remaining top 16 chess players, counting Rui Xiaowei, the Chinese team only occupies 4 seats.

On the other hand, the South Korean team. In addition to Lee Seok-fo being eliminated, Seo Bong-so, Yoo Chang-hyuk and Liang Jae-ho all successfully defeated their opponents to advance to the next round. In this way, Cao Yanzi, who is a seeded player, is added. South Korea also occupy four spots in the round of 16.

And the remaining 8 seats. All are occupied by Japanese chess players. Therefore, in the next round of 16, it will still be a situation of China and South Korea jointly resisting Japan. Generally speaking, this is also the current pattern of the world chess scene. This situation will continue until Japan's "six supers" slowly grow old, and the overall pattern will change.

In the evening, the draw for the second round of matches was held, and the matchups for the round of 16 were all revealed.

Li Xiaoqiang happened to be drawn by South Korean king Yoo Chang-hyuk, and this will also be their first match. As a representative of the new generation of chess in the two countries and even in the world. The confrontation between the two is eye-catching.

In addition to this, Nie Whirlwind's opponent is Masaki Takemiya, and the two of them fought again after the "War of the Century" a few years ago. Ma Xiaofei and Zhao Zhixun played against each other, and Ma Xiaofei continued his bad luck in the draw. Rui Xiaowei met Mr. Hideyuki Fujisawa, who was in the top 4 of the last competition, objectively speaking, considering Mr. Hideyuki's age. Among the many masters, this should be considered a good sign.

In the first "Ying's Cup" competition, Cao Yanzi defeated Kobayashi Koji with a classic "turnaround", so as to escape death in that game of chess, and even started from that game until he won the championship. He not only created miracles, but also changed the entire world chess landscape.

Now that they meet again, they don't know what the outcome will be.

Li Xiaoqiang pays more attention to the matchups of the champions and runners-up in real history. Seo Bong-so met Mr. Masao Kato, and Li Xiaoqiang believes that this should be a good game. And the opponent drawn by Dazhu Hero is Mr. Lin Haifeng, who is the same age as him. This pair of old opponents, who once created the "Bamboo Forest Era" in the Japanese chess world, got together and attracted quite attention in the whole venue.

If it were in other world tournaments, according to the principle of "national players do not meet in advance", it would not have been possible for the two of them to meet at this time. But the "Ying's Cup" is different. In the "Ying's Cup", Mr. Lin Haifeng represented Taiwanese players, which also led to the first meeting of the two veterans in the World Series.

In the same way, the last set of the round of 16 is Ita Kiki vs Wang Licheng, which can also be seen as a matchup between Japan's new generation.

On the morning of the second round, Li Xiaoqiang slowly walked to the arena. He will face off for the first time against the "No. 1 Attacker in the World".

What will happen to this game of chess?

The 2nd "Ying's Cup" is getting better. (To be continued......)