In mid-January 1995, less than a week after the end of the first "China-Korea Hand Competition", Li Xiaoqiang went to Shencheng non-stop to participate in the final stage of the 2nd "Zhenlu Cup" Three Kingdoms Tournament.

If you were to pick one of the busiest professional players of the month, Li Xiaoqiang would likely be able to make the cut. First, it was the domestic "Tianyuan Competition", and then it was the confrontation with Li Shifo. Before coming to Shencheng to participate in the Three Kingdoms Ring Tournament after the confrontation match, Li Xiaoqiang had to finish the rest of the "Tianyuan Battle".

As a result, within 3 days, Li Xiaoqiang won Chang Rensheng first, and then broke Liu Da Hammer. Once again, he won the right to challenge Ma Xiaofei's "Tianyuan".

"There are a total of 5 games of Tianyuan Battle, plus 3 games of confrontation, so far you have played 8 games of chess this month...... "Shencheng" Go "Magazine Editorial Department, Zhang Da reporter's office, he is breaking his fingers to help Li Xiaoqiang calculate:

“…… Next up is the Three Kingdoms Tournament, followed by the semi-finals of the Toyo Securities Cup. The ring match is counted as 4 games, and the game with Lao Nie is a three-way chess. In this way, you may have to play a maximum of 15 games of chess this month, and you will have to play a game of chess in an average of 2 days. Tsk, this kind of game density is also big enough......"

"Wait a minute, Xiao Zhang, you counted 4 sets of the ring match, and now it has been decided that Xiaoqiang will go first?"

Li Xiaoqiang came to the editorial department of "Go" magazine this time, and he specially invited Fang Lao to come over to talk about it.

Li Xiaoqiang nodded to the other elder, and he explained:

"Yes, although it has not been officially announced yet, it has been determined that I will play first, and this has been decided before I came."

The Three Kingdoms Tournament now happens to have 2 players left in each family. China is Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei, South Korea is Cao Li's apprentice, and Japan is Kato and Takemiya. Next up in this match is Mamoru Kato. Chinese chess players attacked, and Korean chess players had byes. In this way, in the overall situation, it should be considered that the South Korean team has a slight advantage. According to the regulations of the Three Kingdoms Tournament, players only need to notify their opponents half a day in advance. The ring match will start tomorrow afternoon, so who the Chinese team will send to play first has indeed not been announced yet.

"So the intensity of this game...... Xiaoqiang is really hard. Why didn't you think about sending Ma Xiao on the field first? Anyway, Xiaoqiang, you are not unqualified to be the coach. Wouldn't it be good to let you take a breath and recuperate before you play? ”

It seems that Fang Lao is holding grievances for Li Xiaoqiang, and reporter Zhang Da smiled to help Li Xiaoqiang explain:

"It was this guy who offered to play first. Originally, Lao Chen and Lao Nie also considered letting Ma Xiao go first, and Ma Xiao himself also had this meaning. However, considering that the opponent in the next round is Masao Kato, Ma Xiao's historical record against Kato is not good, and he has a greater grasp of Takemiya. On the contrary, it is said that among all Japanese chess players, only Takemiya has the lead against Xiaoqiang, and Kato did not open his way in front of Xiaoqiang at all. Take this situation into account. In addition to his own insistence, the matter was settled. ”

Elder Fang turned his gaze to Li Xiaoqiang, Li Xiaoqiang first thanked Elder Fang for his concern, and then said with a smile:

"It's okay, I'm still young now, the intensity of the next game of chess in 2 days, now I can still withstand it, and besides, the Three Kingdoms Tournament is rapid chess. In terms of physical strength, I think it should be fine. I rushed to play like that, and that's mainly because ......"

Li Xiaoqiang made a move to count the money:

“…… I'm counting on a winning streak. If you play at the back of the line, you won't have this chance.

"Hahahaha." Fang Lao and reporter Zhang Da laughed together.

The distribution of prize money in the Three Kingdoms Tournament is still quite interesting, and the total prize money is won by the champion alone, and the other two do not. As a team competition, this tournament also has a winning streak for individual players. There is a winning streak prize for more than three consecutive wins, and the prize for three consecutive wins is 10 million won. For each additional game won in the future, the prize money will increase by 10 million won. Therefore, according to the current situation, if Li Xiaoqiang wants to win the winning streak, then he really needs to play immediately.

"It seems that Xiaoqiang is full of ambition now, then we wish you to clear the stage with one shot this time."

Li Xiaoqiang smiled. To say that the "fighting ring" format seems to be very in line with our Chinese taste. In the past, whether it was the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament or the Three Kingdoms Tournament, although Li Xiaoqiang's results were good, he really did not have the experience of "clearing the stage with one shot". In other words, Li Xiaoqiang has never finished any ring match with his own hands. So if there is a chance, Li Xiaoqiang certainly wants to try it.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang just thought about it in his heart, or talked about it as a joke with familiar friends on this occasion. When it comes to the game, Li Xiaoqiang will not think like this. The game has to be played set by set, and if this idea exists before the game, it is only to increase your own baggage.

After the three of them chatted for a while, they turned to today's topic, which is also the main purpose of Li Xiaoqiang's visit this time.

At present, there are two Go journals with the widest circulation and the greatest influence in China. One is the "Go World" issued by Beijing, and the other is the "Go" hosted by Shencheng. "Go World" is sponsored by the China Weiqi Association, so it can be regarded as the "official media" of Chinese Go. The "Go" magazine is sponsored by the Shencheng local government, and in terms of resources, it is less than the "Go World". Fortunately, Go magazine has a long history, it was founded in the 50s, so so so far, the two magazines are on par.

Because of the relationship between reporter Zhang Da, the relationship between Li Xiaoqiang and "Go" magazine seems to be closer. Especially for so many years, Li Xiaoqiang's "self-war commentary" can almost only be seen in "Go" magazine. Of course, this is mainly not because of Li Xiaoqiang, but because of reporter Zhang Da. Because as long as it is about Li Xiaoqiang, reporter Zhang Da is always the most active and the fastest. It's so fast that the "Go World" magazine sometimes can't win when it is grabbed, which makes the "Go World" magazine often cry and laugh. For this matter, Coach Luo, who is the deputy editor-in-chief of "Go World" magazine, also complained several times in front of Li Xiaoqiang.

The so-called habit becomes nature, and after so many years of training, Go enthusiasts seem to have developed a habit. Do you want to know the latest news about Li Xiaoqiang? Do you want to explore the idea of "chessboard wizard" Go? Then you'd better subscribe to Go magazine, because it has the most detailed coverage......

Not to mention, as Li Xiaoqiang's level gets higher and higher, his fame is getting bigger and bigger. "Go" magazine seems to be getting more and more popular. Li Xiaoqiang knows. At about the same time in real history, the circulation of the "Go" magazine gradually shrank, and it can be said that it was in full decline, and within a few years it ended up being discontinued. However, in this life, Li Xiaoqiang did not see such signs. Not to mention the gradual expansion of the circulation of "Go" magazine, it is also an influential professional Go magazine in the entire world chess world.

What surprised Li Xiaoqiang the most was that it may be that his articles were published too much in magazines. "Go" magazine actually has ...... The trend of becoming the base camp of the "Chonggu School".

This discovery really made Li Xiaoqiang cry and laugh, but Li Xiaoqiang was still happy to see it. Although Li Xiaoqiang has no intention of provoking any "ancient and modern disputes", he also thinks that the "ancient and modern disputes" like the later Internet era are a bit boring. However, Li Xiaoqiang believes that for a long time, everyone's understanding of ancient chess is not too much, but too scarce. Now there is a professional platform to cheer for the ancient chess, and to conduct systematic and serious research on the ancient chess, which should be regarded as a good thing for the whole of Go.

Li Xiaoqiang visited the editorial office of "Go" magazine this time. In fact, it is specifically for this purpose. Li Xiaoqiang and Fang Lao co-authored "Research on Ancient Chinese Chess" has been serialized in the magazine for several years. It's now nearing the end. Relying on the technical support of Li Xiaoqiang and others, and relying on Fang Lao's wonderful pen, this series of articles has been warmly welcomed by the majority of Go enthusiasts. Some people even joked that the current sales of "Go magazine" have contributed to this series of articles that combine knowledge, technology and fun.

Now that this series of articles is coming to an end, the magazine is unwilling to give up the position of second-hand chess, so Fang Lao is invited to come forward. See what else can be done on this aspect of prevalence.

What is a good topic? After Li Xiaoqiang and Fang Lao discussed, under Li Xiaoqiang's strong recommendation. It was decided to make a "second-hand chess master series". The cooperation model is similar to before, with the national Go team providing technical support, and Fang Lao is responsible for writing the story behind the magic move. Slightly different from the previous article, the magazine decided to add an interactive session with chess fans. For example, after the article is serialized in the magazine, there is a selection activity such as "Top Ten Masters of Ancient Chess". Chess fans vote for the best moves they recognize. By the way, come up with a nice name for these clever hands.

To be honest, the reason why Li Xiaoqiang made such a suggestion. That's completely stimulated by the Japanese game of Go. What "ancient and modern unparalleled wonderful hands", "red ears and wonderful hands", it sounds very stylish, giving people a very high look. On the other hand, the ancient chess is simply weak in this regard.

Let's just take a simple comparison. The third magic hand in the "Zhang and Three Wonderful Hands", that foolish "empty curved triangle". To be honest, it is debatable whether that move can be called a good move. But it's just because it has a nice name that it actually has a great reputation. On the other hand, in "Danghu 3", Mr. Fan Xiping also has a similar "empty curved triangle", and that move has to throw off Zhang and that move a few streets from the perspective of overall conception and calculation depth. However, it is a pity that due to the lack of systematic research on the middle and middle chess, there is no good name for that move. That radiant hand has been hidden in the depths of the boudoir.

What Li Xiaoqiang wants to do now is nothing more than to make up for this moment.

When the three of them were chatting happily, Fang Lao saw that reporter Zhang Da was frequently looking at his watch, so he asked very strangely:

"Xiao Zhang, what do you always do when you look at the time, do you have anything else to do later?"

Reporter Zhang Da smiled mysteriously at Fang Lao:

"No, Elder Fang, wait until we have guests here, I'm here to see if the guests are coming."

"Oh? What guests? ”

"Japanese guest ......" reporter Zhang Da pretended to prolong his voice: "...... Still a lady. ”

"Oh? Hahahaha......"

Fang Lao smiled happily, and he turned his gaze to Li Xiaoqiang. To say that the "gossip examination method" of the old man is used like fire and pure love. As soon as reporter Zhang Da opened his mouth, Fang Lao knew. Of course, it was Yukari Umezawa.

If he is ridiculed by reporter Zhang Da, Li Xiaoqiang will naturally fight back. But being ridiculed by Fang Lao, Li Xiaoqiang was of course embarrassed to speak. In fact, this time Umezawa Yukari accompanied her master to China, and Li Xiaoqiang already knew about it. Also because of the reprint of the article, everyone made an appointment to meet in the editorial department.

"It's almost time, I'll go see if she's here." Reporter Zhang Da got up, and he dragged out his voice again:

"Xiaoqiang, do you want to go together? People are coming to you for ......."

When Li Xiaoqiang is not sitting, he is not standing. An editorial staff member who was also familiar with Li Xiaoqiang walked into the office, and he smiled at Li Xiaoqiang:

"Xiaoqiang, there's a woman outside looking for you."

"Hahaha, sure enough...... Sure enough, Cao Cao Cao will be ......" Reporter Zhang Da and Fang Lao laughed even more happily.

"Let's go, Xiaoqiang is going to greet the Japanese guests."

"No...... No, it's a policewoman. ”

"Huh? ......" (To be continued......)