When Li Xiaoqiang told everyone about some of the experiences summarized by later generations and some of his own experiences. This article was first published by www.xstxt.org Li Xiaoqiang didn't talk too much nonsense, he turned around and left the training room. As for whether Yukari Umezawa will do what she says, Li Xiaoqiang can't care so much for the time being.

Because in the next period of time, Li Xiaoqiang has more important things to do. That is to prepare for the upcoming 3rd "Toyo Securities Cup" Top 8 Tournament. For his first collision with a Korean chess player, Li Xiaoqiang showed unprecedented attention. Especially because his opponent is Mr. Seo Bong-so, in Li Xiaoqiang's mind, there are too many reasons to demand that he must win, so he doesn't pay attention to it.

At this time, Li Xiaoqiang even remembered an interesting story about Mr. Xu Bong-so: In real history, Mr. Xu Bong-so's career has had two very dazzling highlights. One of them, of course, was his crazy nine-game winning streak in the "Three Kingdoms Tournament". For his feat, in addition to using "crazy", Li Xiaoqiang really can't find other suitable words to describe it.

And his other peak, of course, is that he won the championship of the 2nd "Yingshi Cup". Although the Chinese players did not participate in that tournament, the success of this championship was lowered a little. But if he can win the championship, it is enough to prove his strength. You must know that the champion of the 2nd "Ying's Cup" was decided in 93, and now it is the end of 91. This proves that Mr. Seo Bong-so is actually at the peak of his career.

The anecdote about Mr. Seo Bong-so happened at the 2nd "Ying's Cup".

When Seo Bong-so reached the semi-finals of that tournament, his opponent in the semifinals was Cho Ji-hoon. To say that in the world chess arena at that time, there were only 3 chess players who could really convince Xu Fengzhu, and they were Zhao Zhixun, Cao Yanzi and Li Shifo. Seo Bong-so himself once said:

Zhao Zhixun, who "plays chess with his life", Cao Yanzi, who is unfettered and free, and Li Shifo, who leads the secrets of the officials, are the real winners and losers! ”

Seo Bong-so is very interesting. He obeyed Zhao Zhixun, which was probably the shadow left by his youth. Back in the early 80s, Zhao Zhixun won the "celebrity" of Japan. He was awarded the Order of Culture by South Korea for this. And what about Seo Bong-so? At that time, he was the "Xu celebrity" of Korean Go.

It was at that time that Zhao Zhixun and Cao Yanzi played a "commemorative match" with the nature of guiding chess. Obviously, Cao Yanzi at that time was obviously not Zhao Zhixun's opponent, and he simply lost the battle with a 0-2 analogy. Not only that, but the Korean chess community at that time even had such speculations in private:

"Is the actual chess strength worse than two pieces......

When the "Xu celebrity" of South Korean Go witnessed all this, Zhao Jixun's strength left an extremely deep impression on him.

You must know that Cao Yanzi at that time had been the overlord of Korean Go for many years. At that time, the only one who could pose a threat to Cao Yanzi was Xu Bong-so. However, Seo Bong-so also looks clearly not Cao Yanzi's opponent.

South Korea's Go "Cao Xu Fight" has been staged for 15 years. The two have played more than 300 games. In the confrontation between the two for so many years. Seo Bong-so was basically bullied badly. According to statistics, he can only win about one game out of 3 games. If it looks like this, the two are obviously not on the same level. Because according to Zhao Zhixun's standards:

"If you can play 2 to 1 with a top player, then you are a super top player."

Therefore, although Xu Bongsu at that time was the No. 2 person in Korean Go, he didn't mind worshipping Zhao Zhixun, who was three years younger than him.

In that year, there was also a small story in Xu Bong-su: when Xu Bong-su was studying Go by himself, he encountered a chess hand and never understood it, so he asked Zhao Zhixun's brother Zhao Xiangyan: "Can you ask Mr. Zhao Zhixun for advice ...... himself." Zhao Zhixun's elder brother Zhao Xiangyan is also a professional chess player, because Zhao Zhixun was only 6 years old when he entered the "Mugu Dojo". Therefore, for a long time, Zhao Xiangyan played the role of Zhao Zhixun's "guardian" or "agent".

Faced with Xu Fengzhu's inquiry, Zhao Xiangyan said Old Xu, you are like this, you write down the chess book and hand it in. I'll reply to you when Zhao Zhixun is free. After listening to his words, Seo Bong-so really did just that.

To say that this would have been a very common thing. For example, China's Liu Dazhui also used this way to write a letter and send a chess game to Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki for advice. You won't find anything out of the ordinary. But not in South Korea, where Seo Bong-so's approach angered a person. And this person is Mr. Zhe, the godfather of Korean Go, and he happens to be Zhao Jixun's own uncle.

**The reason for Mr. Zhe's anger is very strange. He thinks that Seo Bong-so is a "celebrity" of Korean Go, but he went to ask for advice from a "celebrity" of Japanese Go. This approach is really a bit embarrassing, and Seo Bong-so was reprimanded for it. To be honest, is Mr. Zhe's approach right? Li Xiaoqiang is impossible to evaluate. However, in this incident, everyone can at least feel the strong and perverted self-esteem of Koreans.

More than 10 years have passed, when Seo Bong-so met Cho Ji-hoon in the semi-finals of the "Ying's Cup". I don't know what kind of psychology it is, Seo Bong-so did something ridiculous. There were many Korean chess players who were particularly fond of betting. Therefore, before the game with Zhao Zhixun, Xu Bong-su did Zhuang by himself and pressed himself to lose. He and many other Korean players bet 5-1 and 6-1. In other words, if Seo Bong-so loses to Cho Ji-hoon in the semifinals, then he will be considered to have won the bet. If Seo Bong-so wins in the semi-finals, he will have to lose 5 or 6 times the money.

At that time, many people in the Korean chess world believed that Seo Bong-so's approach was that he thought that the probability of winning Cho Ji-hoon was only one in five. Regarding this point of view, Li Xiaoqiang thinks that it may not be, Xu Bongzhu's approach is actually more like a kind of psychological self-regulation.

Even more interesting things happened later. After Seo Bong-so defeated Cho Ji-hoon and entered the finals, he lost all the money he should lose. And what about the finals? When he faced Mr. Dazhu Hero, Seo Bong-so refused to accept the bets of 1 to 2 or 1 to 1. Seo Bong-so thinks that his win rate against Cho Ji-hoon is less than 20%, but against Dazhu Hero, he thinks his win rate is more than 50%.

In the face of Seo Bong-so's approach, many Korean chess players who bet with him said that he was too picky, and the prize money for the champion of the Ying Cup was 400,000 US dollars, which was more than 300 million won at the exchange rate at the time, but he was unwilling to accept a bet of tens of thousands of won. In the face of everyone's complaints, Seo Bong-so was just happy and noncommittal. So the chess players bit their tongues behind their backs: Seo Bong-so is choked enough, he dares to look down on Mr. Dazhu Hero......

"I'm really curious. When you face me Li Xiaoqiang. How much of a bet are you willing to take in private? Is it less than 50% of Otake heroes? Or are they high odds like Cho Ji-hoon? Or, like Li Shifo, you don't want to gamble at all......"

When Li Xiaoqiang was preparing for the fight, when he remembered his interesting opponent. The thought popped into his head. At the same time, Li Xiaoqiang's pursuit of victory is becoming more and more intense.

Time flies quickly, and Li Xiaoqiang has been preparing for the war for a while. The top 8 of the 3rd "Toyo Securities Cup" is coming soon.

At the beginning of November 91, with the members of the Korean delegation flying to China, with the members of the Japanese delegation came to the Chinese Chess Academy. The top 8 and 4 matches of the 3rd "Toyo Securities Cup" will soon be played at this place.

At the same time, this grand event in the world chess arena has also aroused great interest from chess fans from all over the world. Among them, especially Go enthusiasts from China, Japan and South Korea. That's anticipation for the upcoming game. Because in everyone's opinion, this top-level melee of the Three Kingdoms Go has reached the most critical time. In the next two races, the champion could not be produced yet. However, it indicates the current pattern of the world chess arena and represents the status of various countries in the world chess arena.

"That's right, Mr. Seo Bong-so is very strong, and he is very difficult to deal with. But then again, the chess players who can enter the top 8 in the world are very strong, including me Li Xiaoqiang, and now I am also very strong! Here I can tell you very clearly: although I can't represent Chinese Go at the moment, I will go all out to win. Because it's just in my heart, the next top 8 battle is a game I must win......"

When the game was coming, Li Xiaoqiang's "bold words" naturally attracted everyone's attention. Because in everyone's impression, Li Xiaoqiang has never said such a fierce "pre-game speech". Everyone doesn't understand, where did Li Xiaoqiang's strong fighting spirit come from?

The day of the official competition has finally arrived. This time, it was still reporter Zhang Da who accompanied Li Xiaoqiang to the arena from Shencheng. It's a bit funny to say, the current Li Xiaoqiang originally lived in the dormitory of the China Chess Academy. When he got to today's arena, it was actually upstairs and downstairs. But reporter Zhang Da waited at Li Xiaoqiang's door very early. He must personally "accompani" Li Xiaoqiang to the arena.

Because for so many years, reporter Zhang Da has been doing this. In his own words, as long as Li Xiaoqiang participates in international competitions, he can bring good luck by doing so.

Of course, did it bring yourself good luck? That Li Xiaoqiang is not clear. However, Li Xiaoqiang knows that Zhang Da's consistent nagging must be indispensable.

"I said Xiaoqiang, can you tell me what's going on? Why do you think this is a must-win game? ”

"Hehe, I said Zhang Da reporter, you don't have to ask now. Wait until you're a few years, or 10 years. When you think back to my words, you may understand what I mean......"

After saying this, Li Xiaoqiang walked into the arena with high morale. He began his first meeting with a Korean chess player in his life.

What will happen to this game of chess? (To be continued......)