"Now it seems that Li Sang already has an idea? Can you show us that? ”

For Li Xiaoqiang to be able to create a life-and-death question immediately, it is not surprising that Yukari Umezawa is not at all. This is not to say that she particularly trusts Li Xiaoqiang, in fact, many professional chess players have this ability.

For example, Mr. Sakata Eio of Japan was once in the final of the next set of the title match, because he was still relatively generous in the game at that time, Mr. Sakata took advantage of the opponent's long exam to run to the research room to chat with reporters, and during the chat, he suddenly had an idea and said to the reporters: "Take a pen and paper to ......."

So a delicate question of life and death was waved by him in this way.

Li Xiaoqiang did not learn from Mr. Sakata to "bring pen and paper", after he re-went through the masterpiece of chess in his memory, he said to Yukari Umezawa with a smile:

"You're right, luckily, I just had an interesting idea."

It is obvious that Li Xiaoqiang is lying again, he has no "interesting ideas" at all now, he is just preparing to plagiarize.

But then again, it seems that under normal circumstances, "plagiarism" itself should be the greatest benefit of the reborn. Compared with other great peers, Li Xiaoqiang feels that he is much more struggling in this regard. It is rare to have such a good opportunity today, Li Xiaoqiang is of course very happy, and of course he refuses to let it go easily.

"Then you have to think clearly, if you think it's okay, let's start again."

Yukari Umezawa once again kindly reminded Li Xiaoqiang. Yukari Umezawa is not worried that Li Xiaoqiang will not be able to create a life-and-death question, she is more worried about Li Xiaoqiang's "missing the topic", so she also specially reminds Li Xiaoqiang.

Judging the quality of a life-and-death question, of course, there are standards. For example, if there is a situation of "black first black death" in a life-and-death problem, then there is naturally nothing to say, and such a chess game can be regarded as a serious mismatch. It can be imagined that if Li Xiaoqiang really came up with such a problem in front of the public...... Then he is not here to pretend, but to embarrass himself.

In addition to this situation, there is another situation that is also considered "unrequited".

In a similar situation to Mr. Sakata, Mr. Yoshio Ishida once created a chess game. When he first created it, Mr. Ishida was very satisfied with his work, and thought that his problem was ingenious and that it was a good game of chess. On the second day, however, Mr. Ishida called the reporter and asked the newspaper not to publish his work, because Mr. Ishida himself had discovered that his work was ingenious, but it was not the only correct solution.

If there is a situation of "one problem with multiple solutions", it is not considered a qualified chess work.

Therefore, it can be said that there is no "black first black death", there is no "one problem with multiple solutions", this is the basic requirement for a chess work. Li Xiaoqiang's improvisation today, if it can meet this requirement, it will basically be regarded as a smooth pass. If the difficulty of the problem is a little more difficult and the means are a little more ingenious on this basis, then such a work can be called a top quality of chess.

If you can create a good game of chess in improvisation, it is enough to be proud. But you must know that Li Xiaoqiang is ready to pretend to be forced today, and a chess game can no longer satisfy Li Xiaoqiang's heart to pretend to be forced, so he can only use the chess masterpiece.

So what is a chess masterpiece? On the basis of the quality of chess, if this work has its own uniqueness, and has obvious characteristics that distinguish it from other works, such a work can be called a "divine product".

In fact, in the entire history of Go, there are few such works. And Li Xiaoqiang now, he happens to have such a one in his hands.

"I'm sorry Zhou Xiaoyang, I plagiarized one of your works today, and if I have a chance in the future, then I will guide you two more times, and it will be ...... to compensate you in other ways."

At this moment, Li Xiaoqiang thought so proudly.

That's right, Li Xiaoqiang is now preparing to plagiarize a work of Zhou Xiaoyang, a junior chess player. This work is said to have come up when he had a cold and fever and couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. After the advent of this game, the first thing it attracted was the attention of professional Go circles, because this work is very unique and very difficult. Gu Dali even commented that this question may be called the best original life and death question in history.

Later, this problem slowly spread to amateur Go circles. Li Xiaoqiang was also often in the "group" composed of some amateur masters at that time, and before this topic was published in the "Go World", Li Xiaoqiang knew about the existence of this masterpiece relatively early.

What is so special about this divine work?

When Yukari Umezawa reminded Li Xiaoqiang just now, she actually didn't think too much about it, she just hoped that Li Xiaoqiang wouldn't make a fool of himself in public. But when she saw this masterpiece,

"Now that you've thought about it, let's enjoy it, by the way, you can draw it directly on the back of this chessboard, yes, it's the chessboard used in the finals......"

Players inscribe on the board after playing a major game, which is also a tradition in the Japanese Go world. For example, Zhang Xu in later generations, he likes to use the chess he created as his signature. That's what Umezawa means now.

However, for Yukari Umezawa's proposal, Li Xiaoqiang refused with a smile:

"I think it's better to put it directly on the front of the chessboard, because my problem is really not suitable for drawing on the back of the chessboard......"

"Oh?"

Although I don't know what Li Xiaoqiang means, Li Xiaoqiang is now a guest for an interview, and of course the guest's request cannot be refused. So soon, a TV station staff brought a pair of chess sets.

After Li Xiaoqiang finished arming, Yukari Umezawa quickly understood what Li Xiaoqiang meant.

Because Li Xiaoqiang was playing a large chess, nearly 100 chess pieces were used just to lay them out on the chessboard. Such a work, of course, is not suitable for painting on the back of a chessboard.

"This ...... This is something you just came up with? ”

Seeing Li Xiaoqiang's chess, Yukari Umezawa was shocked, she first felt incredible, she didn't think that anyone could improvise such a large-scale chess work.

Although Li Xiaoqiang wants to pretend to be forced, he also doesn't want to pretend to be excessive:

"No, I've been thinking about this work for a long time, but I've just figured out a few of the most important connections."

Yukari Umezawa takes a closer look at this chess game, and although it is a problem, it looks like it is a combination of three small life-and-death problems. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang said, "I just figured out the connection", which seems to make sense.

"So ...... this question?"

Yukari Umezawa is also a professional chess player, and when she sees a life-and-death problem that she has never seen before, it is natural that she will involuntarily try to solve it alone.

Regarding Yukari Umezawa's approach, Li Xiaoqiang smiled and dissuaded:

"Time is limited today, so I don't think you need to waste time here. I suggest you send this problem to Mr. Kato and let the young chess players at the Shinkiya Dojo study it collectively, and if you can come up with a correct solution within a week, it will be great. ”

"Huh? You ......"

Yukari Umezawa originally wanted to say that you should not be so arrogant, but seeing Li Xiaoqiang's confident expression, she didn't say this sentence in the end.

Li Xiaoqiang's words are certainly not arrogant. Are you kidding? After the advent of this masterpiece in real history, the Chinese national Go team conducted collective research on several generations of most outstanding masters such as Gu Dali, "one dragon per game" Long Ge and "little spy" Ke Jie, and even then it took everyone 3 days to solve all the mysteries.

First, the level of Japanese chess players is not as good as these people, and second, Japanese chess players are not good at collective research. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang set a deadline for one week, and he thought that he was already very objective.

As for the difficulty of this masterpiece, the richness of Go tactics involved is absolutely breathtaking.

The tactics involved in this question are: "Golden Rooster Independence", "Inverted Boots", "Slow Qi Robbery", "Ten Thousand Years Tribulation", "Tight Qi Robbery", "Serial Robbery", "Robbery Material Creation Methods", "Elimination of Robbery Material Techniques", "Gathering and Killing", "Double Living", "Killing", "No Return", "Not Angry" and so on. In addition, there are important factors that are often used in Go, such as "order", "reservation" and "exchange".

All in all, this question is simply a "robbery encyclopedia". Among them, especially the attribute of self-generation "robbery", which is almost unique in all chess. This is one of the most important qualities of this question, and it is also the main reason why this question can be called a "masterpiece".

In real history, this question is known as "a masterpiece that reaches the sky"!

After leaving this masterpiece of chess to the Japanese Go community, Li Xiaoqiang's trip to Japan is almost over.

Overall, Li Xiaoqiang's trip to Japan this time was quite successful, not only won an "Asian Cup" championship, but he also made a very cool appearance.

But it's a pity that in some other things, Li Xiaoqiang's performance seems to be relatively clumsy.

On the day Li Xiaoqiang returned to China, Yukari Umezawa ran to see him off.

"By the way, Yukari, how is your anime work doing now?"

Hearing Li Xiaoqiang suddenly mention the matter of "chess soul", Yukari Umezawa suddenly showed a strange expression:

"It will probably take more than half a year to complete. However, this work, you may not be satisfied after watching it. ”

"Oh, isn't it too ugly to portray me as a villain?"

"This ...... You'll know when you see it. ”

Li Xiaoqiang actually doesn't care much about the new version of "Chess Soul", because this is a Japanese work after all. What Li Xiaoqiang really wanted to say to Yukari Umezawa was actually another thing.

"Yukari, I'm actually ......"

"Xiaoqiang, you don't have to say it, isn't it just robbery? I was mentally prepared. ”

Rob? Yukari Umezawa actually said this, which made Li Xiaoqiang very embarrassed, but Li Xiaoqiang finally hardened his heart:

"But you won't win in the end."

"Why......" When Yukari Umezawa said this, her face was already pale: "Xiaoqiang, tell me why?" ”

Why Yukari Umezawa can't win against Lin Mengyu, Li Xiaoqiang actually has the answer in his heart. He couldn't bear to say it before, but now, Li Xiaoqiang still decided to tell the truth to Yukari Umezawa:

"Yukari, you know, I've always thought that fate is a wonderful thing, we know each other because of chess, and we get together because of chess. I sometimes think that if I didn't play chess and didn't follow the path of professional Go, we don't know what would happen. ”

"Then what do you mean......" Yukari Umezawa was actually very sensitive, and she almost guessed what Li Xiaoqiang meant.

At this time, Li Xiaoqiang also decided to tell the truth, he overwhelmed his voice and continued his previous words:

"If I wasn't a professional chess player, or even if I hadn't become a good professional chess player, I didn't know if we would have known each other, let alone ever thought about whether we could fall in love. But she ......"

"But she's different, in your eyes I just like your chess, but she likes you as a person. Whether you are a professional chess player or not, or some other ordinary person, it is the same in her eyes, and what she likes is you! That's why you think I'm different from her, and that's why you say I can't beat her by robbing, right? ”

Li Xiaoqiang was speechless, indeed, when it came to this, of course Li Xiaoqiang didn't know what to say.

Looking at Yukari Umezawa's pale face, and seeing that her tears were about to fall from her eyes, Li Xiaoqiang said cowardly:

"Yukari, I'm sorry ......"

Yuka Umezawa breathed a sigh of relief, and she held back her efforts not to let her tears fall. She suddenly grabbed Li Xiaoqiang's hand and said something that shocked Li Xiaoqiang:

"Xiaoqiang, if the robbery can't work, then ...... So double ...... What about Active. ”

Pair...... Active?!

This time it was Li Xiaoqiang's turn. (To be continued.) )