Shencheng, China. @@

While Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo are competing for the world championship, the 5th Chinese Go "Tianyuan" battle "This Tournament" is also being held here. At present, this competition has been played for 2 rounds, and the top 8 have been produced. When Li Xiaoqiang was still playing the first set of the final, it was a rest day before the quarterfinals. Therefore, a large number of national players have time to pay attention to Li Xiaoqiang's game.

"Lao Nie is too ruthless this time! Tsk, I feel that the New Year has just passed, and Lao Nie is completely like a different person. Let's take a look at his first 2 sets, they all won by slaying dragons. Especially in yesterday's game, he must have eaten more than 50 pieces of sledgehammer. It's been a long time since I've seen such a ruthless Lao Nie, and I look at this trend, Lao Nie is very likely to get the right to challenge this "Tianyuan Competition". ”

It was Cao Dafang Jiudan who said this, and he also reached the quarterfinals of this "Tianyuan Competition". And he will face Nie Whirlwind in the next round. When he said this, the time was about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and the match between Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo had been going on for nearly 3 hours.

However, due to the communication problems of this era, the national players gathered in Shencheng have not seen the progress of the chess game now. Therefore, there are many chess players who are waiting for the game to be transmitted, and at the same time chatting about the "Tianyuan Competition" around them.

"Hehe, I said a long time ago, the sledgehammer only has a few catties of brute strength, and his strength is not good at all. Everyone should have seen it through this game of chess. He also thought that he could bully Lao Nie with his brute strength, but he was killed alive. Alas, shame, shame. ”

Obviously, those who can say this kind of thing, of course, are only when Liu Dazhui's "old enemy" Ma said this, Liu Dazhui was actually here. If you want to say the real reason for your loss, Liu Dazhui actually knows it. That's because Nie Whirlwind was playing too well in front of him, and he was already reluctant when he released the "winning hand". In the end, it was impossible to be slain.

However, in the face of Ma Xiaofei's ridicule, Liu Dazhui couldn't find a good way to fight back for a while. Because it is a fact that his big dragon was killed after all, it is obviously unwise to continue to dwell on this topic at this time.

"The little demon is the little demon, you only have so much to say, I see, don't patronize and laugh at me, maybe you will be clicked by Wei Gang in the next round. Well, I guess you'll have a hard time getting off the plate. You must know that the national youth team is the territory of Xiaoqiang, and he is the demon king. Those young men had all learned a lot of sorcery. And what is the demon art of Xiaoqiang, which is specially used to take a little demon like you. ”

Hearing Liu Dazhui say such a thing, the biggest attraction of the horse "Tianyuan Race" so far, the first is to let everyone feel the changes in Nie Whirlwind. Among them, everyone does not think that Nie Whirlwind has become stronger, but that Nie Whirlwind has become "ruthless". For example, in the game of chess between him and Liu Dazhu, Nie Whirlwind determined the advantage early. This kind of scene is also commonplace in Lao Nie's chess game, so everyone will not be surprised.

The key is the choice behind Nie Whirlwind. In fact, when Liu Dazhui released the winning hand, Lao Nie had many ways to win chess. If it was him in the past, he would probably choose a very simple way to win. And this time Lao Nie was different, he directly chose the most "ruthless" method.

And it's not just this plate. In fact, the situation was similar in the first set of the Nie Whirlwind. Therefore, in this year's "Tianyuan Competition", Nie Whirlwind's sudden "ruthlessness" impressed everyone.

The second highlight of this year's "Tianyuan Competition" is that the young people of the national youth team have made breakthroughs. In the first round, there was Shao Weigang. Chang Rensheng, Zhou Dayang and Liu Qing won the victory, and Shao Weigang and Chang Rensheng both broke into the top 8. And Ma Xiaofei's opponent in the next round. is Shao Weigang, the oldest in the national junior team.

Although in the past domestic chess battles, the members of the national junior team have not entered the top 8. But winning on such a large scale gives people a sense of "collective breakthrough", which has never been done before. Therefore, this phenomenon is also impressive.

"It seems that times are about to change. This New Year's Day has just passed, and it really gives people a feeling of a new year and a new atmosphere. Now not only the pattern of the world chess world is changing, but also our Chinese Go world is also changing. Not only is the world of Go changing, but the society around us is also changing. Now let's see if Xiaoqiang can add fire to our Chinese Go community. ”

Just when everyone was still waiting for the South Korean side to pass the chess game, everyone was joking and talking about the situation of young people "grabbing class and seizing power". At this time, I don't know who suddenly said such a sentence. This sentence seems to be talking to himself, and it seems to be expressing some emotion. But after everyone heard this, everyone seemed to have caused something to resonate, and everyone fell into a short thought for a while.

Indeed, it is now the first month of '92. At this time, although his old man had not yet started his "southern tour". But the whole society is about to undergo drastic changes, which can be felt even by the relatively closed and innocent Go world. But is this change good or bad? Which trend will it take? At present, there are not many people in China who have the bottom in their hearts, let alone these people in the Go world.

You can ignore the changes in the outside world, but about the changes within the Go world and the current environment in China, this is certainly worth thinking about.

Generally speaking, the current Chinese Go is in a period of transition. Now all people in the chess world know that the previous system of "sports team" should be gone forever. The professionalization of Go has become the trend of the times.

But then again, as far as the current Chinese Go is concerned, everyone does not enjoy much of the benefits brought by "professionalism", but because of the "pain" brought about by the transition period, the current Chinese Go community is truly empathetic. You must know that the so-called "professionalization" of any project is actually a matter of "supporting yourself". It must be admitted that the current Chinese Go game is actually unable to do this.

For example, in real history, due to the country's reduced investment in Go, except for those players at the top level, were not affected. The other players were more or less affected. In the past few years, in fact, there has been a fault line in the reserve talents of Chinese Go.

As you can recall, there is actually an interesting phenomenon in the Chinese chess world, for example, from the victory of the 3rd ring tournament to Ma Xiaofei's first world championship, it took about 7 or 8 years in between. And after the Chinese Go "Seven Little Dragons". Until the rise of Gu Dali and Kong Erjie, there were almost 6 or 7 years in between.

So in the past few years, can you think of a more well-known national player? Probably not. Although there are other reasons for this situation, the main reason is likely to be due to the "transition period" in recent years. Because the situation is very easy to understand. Although the annual stage competition is still being held, there are also many professional stage stages produced every year. However, it is obvious that at present, those professional beginners in China cannot be called "professional chess players" in the strict sense at all.

For one thing, they don't have any professional competitions to participate in. Second, due to the disappearance of Go teams in many places. Even if these people are particularly fond of Go, it is impossible for them to put all their minds on Go. They must consider other ways out. As a result, when they miss out on the best opportunity to improve in this age group, it will be even more difficult to improve in the future. It can be said that this is the reason why there have been no well-known national players in Chinese Go for 7 or 8 years. This is not like the Chinese Go of later generations, it is not enough to divide the "post-90s" and "post-95s", even if it is divided into "post-95s" and "post-98s", it can form several small team competitions.

Of course, due to the emergence of Li Xiaoqiang in this life, the current situation of Chinese Go is much better than in the previous life. Because for a competitive event. There are two very important factors, one is the results, and the other is of course, that is, the need to have superstars. About these two points. Even the most established professional sports are no exception. That's not to mention professional Go.

Before Li Xiaoqiang, the biggest superstar in the Chinese chess world was of course Nie Xuanfeng. The fire he lit for Chinese Go has actually lasted for decades. And what about Li Xiaoqiang now? He won the Fujitsu Cup last year, in fact, just when the Go craze was about to cool down. At a time when Chinese Go is currently more difficult. And he continued the fire.

Therefore, when Li, but he is still very concerned about Li Xiaoqiang's performance. With so many professional chess players gathered here, everyone actually wants to see: "Can Li Xiaoqiang add to the fire of Chinese Go again." ”

Can Li Xiaoqiang do it this time?

It doesn't matter if Li Xiaoqiang can do it or not. In short, at this time, before everyone saw the chess game, everyone still trusted Li Xiaoqiang very much. Of course, this trust is not blind trust. This is Li Xiaoqiang's perseverance, and his excellent performance over the years has been accumulated, so that everyone has developed this trust.

"It's coming, it's coming, it's coming now, it's on the board. In my experience, the bigger the game, the better Xiaoqiang plays, and the more he can show something different. Now let's see what subtle tricks Xiaoqiang has made this time......"

At about half past two in the afternoon, Yu Bin said such things while running into the research room in Shencheng in high spirits. In his hand he held a chess game, needless to say, he knew that it was a chess game that had just been faxed from Korea. So the chess players gathered around the place, they put the pieces on the board, and then began to study the game.

There are not many hands on this first game, and there are currently less than 70 moves in total. So everyone quickly finished. Considering the pace of the game in this era, playing more than 60 moves in more than 3 hours is not particularly slow. It's just that everyone can feel the caution of both sides of the game.

When everyone was playing chess, they didn't say anything. Because by this time the game has been played, the layout has ended, and it is an afterthought to talk about the "prologue idea" now. Therefore, what everyone is most concerned about is actually the advantages and disadvantages of the current situation and the subsequent development. But the strange thing is that even if everyone has put all the pieces on the table, everyone has not started a discussion for a long time, and most people are thinking about the chessboard. After a long time, Yu Bin, who still passed the chess game in, was the first to speak:

"Anyway, I think in the previous progress, Xiaoqiang's black should have opened the situation, and his advance was very efficient. But for Xiaoqiang's last move......"

Speaking of which, Yu Bin picked up a chess piece on the chessboard, which was a move made by Li Xiaoqiang and the last move on this chess score. I saw him shake his head and smile bitterly:

"Because this move is real, I haven't really figured out the real intention of this move yet. Alas, it's scary to think about, if I sit and say, what does Xiaoqiang's move mean? ”

After listening to Yu Bin's words, several other national players present also nodded silently. Indeed, the reason why everyone was silent just now was actually thinking about Li Dao:

"If you follow, the intention of this move is actually very easy to understand. Doesn't everyone think that the second half of Li Shifo's game is stronger than the first half? Xiaoqiang's move is to take the initiative to fight. He wanted to build a clear advantage in the first half of the game. I think that's what is right and right. However, I just calculated in my heart, although Xiaoqiang's move can lead to a complicated situation, but I really haven't found a good change in black. I even feel ...... I feel that this move is a bit unreasonable. It may be too much to say that it is unreasonable, but at least it is a bit excessive. Of course, I still believe in Xiaoqiang in this place, and I think he must have his intentions in doing this. It's just that I haven't discovered it at this level. Ma Xiao, do you think that's the case? ”

After listening to Liu Dazhui's words, Ma Xiaofei didn't say a word, he just quickly set up a change chart on the chessboard. Wait until he gets moving. Others also participated, and everyone put out their own ideas for the changes. Unfortunately, we didn't find a favorable move for black. The best outcome can only be to complicate the whole situation, but in any case it cannot be said that black is good.

"Alas. I don't think you need to put it up, everyone still waits to see the process of the actual battle, from the current situation analysis, I think there are only two situations. The first is that Xiaoqiang's move is indeed a bit excessive, and his move is a little impatient. But we know Xiaoqiang very well. He plays chess quite calmly, even in many disadvantageous situations, he will not play such impatient chess, let alone the previous advantageous situation. Therefore, I will not believe that Xiaoqiang will suddenly become reckless......"

"Then Ma Xiao, what do you mean ......"

Facing Liu Dazhui's questioning, the current Ma Xiaofei also shook his head and smiled bitterly:

"Actually, I feel the same as you now, and I also think that Xiaoqiang must have his own unique ideas, but we people haven't discovered it. It's a failure to think about it, so many of us are studying the chess game, but we can't find out his intentions, what do you mean by that......"

After listening to Ma Xiaofei's words, the entire research room fell silent again. Indeed, on the face of it, horse talk. But is Li Xiaoqiang really that powerful now? So many masters studied carefully, but they couldn't find out his intentions?

At this moment, although many people prefer to believe that it is true. But another thought is irrepressibly growing in everyone's minds: "Xiaoqiang's move may be really stinky ......"

Just when everyone was still struggling, Cao Dafang finally spoke. I saw him laugh and say:

"Okay, let's not worry about it, let's wait for the chess game. When we see the latest games, we will know what is going on. Besides, even if Xiaoqiang makes a bad move, isn't it too early? There's a lot of room to maneuver on the chessboard. And Go is played by two people, and I still believe that Xiaoqiang can win. ”

After hearing Cao Dafang's words, everyone's expressions were a little loose. Everyone is waiting for the next game in such a mood.

Due to various reasons, there are not many games that have been transmitted back from Korea this time. It wasn't until about 3:30 that everyone saw the second game. At this time, the entire game had been played about 110 moves.

When everyone put the latest progress of the game on the board, everyone looked at each other again. Because at this time, everyone has already determined: Li Xiaoqiang's move just now is indeed an "unreasonable move", not a hidden ingenious idea. Not only that, but black seems to have made two bad moves in the later progression. One move is clearly out of the main battlefield, and the other move is a simple miscalculation.

"Now it seems that Xiaoqiang's game of chess is obviously out of order, and it is difficult for him to win now......"

In Shencheng's research room, I don't know who suddenly came up with such a sentence. But it spoke everyone's mind.

By around 4:30 p.m., the last game was sent back from South Korea, and by this time, the entire game had been played with less than 180 moves.

At this time, all the Chinese chess players in the research room already knew:

The collision between Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo in the first round ended in Li Xiaoqiang's defeat. (To be continued......) u