The day before the "Samsung Cup" final, Li Xiaoqiang, Gu Dali and others rushed from Beijing to Shencheng by train.

In addition to Li Xiaoqiang and the little chess players who participated in the "Rookie King Battle", there were more than 10 people such as Nie Whirlwind and Team Leader Hua, and Li Xiaoqiang was not afraid of silence during the journey.

"Boss, do you really think that Zhao Zhixun is strong because his strength is greater than others?"

"Or what do you think?" Li Xiaoqiang looked at Gu Dali, who was asking, and said with a smile.

On the train, Gu Dali, Kong Erjie and "Brother Niu" and other young chess players naturally sat with Li Xiaoqiang, while Nie Xuanfenghua and other senior chess players sat on the other side. Although Li Xiaoqiang forced these "little tigers" chess players to call themselves "Teacher Li", no one paid attention to these words. Emotionally speaking, these young people are still closer to Li Xiaoqiang than to Lao Nie and others.

There are reasons for this due to the age difference, and there are also reasons for the difference in teaching methods.

In the past year or two, Li Xiaoqiang has often given lessons to the young chess players of the national junior team, except for Nie Whirlwind, it may be that Li Xiaoqiang has taught everyone the most chess, but Li Xiaoqiang and Nie Whirlwind's methods are completely different.

Of course, this is not to say that there is any superiority or disadvantage between the two methods, in the life of Gu Dali and others, Nie Whirlwind plays the role of "strict teacher", and with Lao Nie's character, he usually focuses on criticism and reprimand when analyzing chess games.

"Dali, do you have to call it chess now......"

"No, no, you're playing here, it means that your understanding of chess is very problematic......"

Words like this can be heard almost every time when Nie Whirlwind is talking about chess.

But Li Xiaoqiang won't. When Li Xiaoqiang gave a lesson to everyone, he believed in the words of Team Leader Hua: "Even if a master is wrong, there must be a reason for his mistake." ”

With Gu Dali's current strength, many of the moves they have made are of course wrong in Li Xiaoqiang's opinion. But Li Xiaoqiang knows these young people, especially Gu Dali and Kong Erjie, who are both figures who can leave a name in the history of Go. Li Xiaoqiang has always believed that the ideas of some geniuses in Go will not be covered up because of their current low level. For example, in my own opinion, some wrong ways of playing may have their shining points.

Therefore, when Li Xiaoqiang is in class, the most common sentence is:

"What did you think when you played this move?"

Over time, the young people of these national teams knew that when Li Xiaoqiang asked this sentence, he probably had different opinions on this move. Of course, young people are more willing to accept this approach, and they are also willing to communicate with Li Xiaoqiang. It is this kind of relationship between teacher and friend that makes everyone emotionally closer to Li Xiaoqiang.

This time we went to Shencheng to compete together, and everyone naturally came to Li Xiaoqiang's side. And everyone's topic is naturally inseparable from the upcoming "Samsung Cup" and Li Xiaoqiang's opponent Zhao Zhixun.

Regarding "the root of Zhao Zhixun's strength lies in his strength", this point of view was put forward by Li Xiaoqiang a few years ago.

When Li Xiaoqiang participated in the "Fujitsu Cup" in a certain year, he clearly pointed out that the two former kings of the Japanese chess world, Sakata Eio and Zhao Zhixun, are outstanding, and the main reason why they can establish their own dynasty in the Japanese chess world is that their strength is greater. Whether others believe this point of view or not, Li Xiaoqiang himself is undoubtedly convinced anyway.

Especially looking at Gu Dali who asked himself, Li Xiaoqiang sighed in his heart. He said in his heart that it would not be many years before the idea of "strength is king" would be widely accepted by the Go community. Because the next generation of kings in the world chess world, Gu Dali and Li Shishi, are the ones who vividly interpret the phrase "power is king".

Li Xiaoqiang thought about it again, although Li Xiaoqiang is older than Gu Dali, but because of the happiness that Gu Dali once brought to Chinese chess fans, Li Xiaoqiang is also a fan of Gu Dali. Remembering that Gu Dali and Li Shishi are on a par with each other, but the number of world championships he has won is far inferior to Xiao Li, and even his status in the history of Go in the future will definitely be lower than Xiao Li, which makes Li Xiaoqiang always have some regrets.

What is the reason for all this? Li Xiaoqiang believes that this is caused by the different technical characteristics of the two of them. Compared with Gu Dali and Li Shishi, although they are one "positive" and the other "evil", they are still equal in terms of strength as a whole. Gu Dali's advantage lies in the first half of the game, and Li Shishi's strength lies in the second half of the game. It is because one is in the front and the other is last, which causes their records and achievements to mismatch......

"Dali, I heard that your kid did the "Yang Theory" several times before he was 10 years old, right? ”

"No, who are you listening to?"

No? This time it was Li Xiaoqiang's turn to be stunned, he said in his heart, could it be that the rumors in the rivers and lakes in his previous life were wrong? But it shouldn't seem like it's supposed to be, right? Because these words were said by Gu Dali's father, Lao Gu, himself.

"I haven't finished the Yang Theory, but I've done it several times. Boss, it's really strange what you said, after you have your "Tianlong Diagram", who will still do the "Yang Theory". ”

Li Xiaoqiang was dumbfounded, he actually forgot about this stubble. The "Tianlong Diagram" that he carefully concocted back then has three volumes, a total of 999 difficult life-and-death problem collections, which have long replaced the "Fayang Theory" as the highest classic of life-and-death problems in the Go world. Thinking of this, Li Xiaoqiang laughed:

"And how many times did you do it back then?"

"I can't remember, but it's always three or five times."

"You've done so much, no wonder your current chess stinks."

“……”

Gu Dali was almost choked to death by Li Xiaoqiang, originally heard Li Xiaoqiang mention his pride, Gu Dali thought that he could get a few words of praise, but he didn't think about waiting for such a sentence.

Not only Gu Dali, but also Kong Erjie and "Brother Niu" and others also surrounded them with great interest. They all want to hear how Gu Dali made the "Tianlong Diagram", why did the chess "stink" after he made it?

"Dali, with the characteristics of your guy, it was a waste of time to do the "Tianlong Diagram" so many times back then, and you didn't think about practicing anything else back then? ”

Gu Dali had no way to answer this. Not everyone is born again, a child under the age of 10, of course, it is what the adults tell to do.

"Do...... Do what? ”

"Haven't you heard about me and Teacher Qian?"

Li Xiaoqiang and Qian Yuping studied the deeds of the officials back then, which was a positive example of the national Go team, starting from the previous Coach Luo, to the current Nie Whirlwind and Coach Wu of the national junior team, they often used Li Xiaoqiang's deeds to educate the children of the national junior team, and Gu Dali and their ears were calloused.

"......"

"I know it's a bit difficult for you to learn from me, I have a more interesting way to do it, do you want to use it to practice?"

Li Xiaoqiang also knew that his methods back then could not be replicated, first of all, an era is different, and after all, not everyone is a chess addict like Qian Yuping.

"What's the solution?" Now it's not just Gu Dali and the others, but even Nie Whirlwind and Team Leader Hua are attracted over.

"There are many incomplete chess scores in ancient Chinese scores, such as the "Blood and Tears", so that we still don't know the final outcome of the "Blood and Tears". Now you can find a way to complete these games and find the optimal solution behind the broken games. In this way, you can sharpen your official skills, and secondly, you can also contribute to the sorting out of ancient genealogy materials. ”

"Okay, we'll take the job."

After listening to Li Xiaoqiang's words, Gu Dali and the others were all gearing up. To say that this is indeed a good way, this is similar to Li Xiaoqiang's "official reverse push" back then, and after hanging a big hat of "sorting out ancient scores", the whole thing will not be so boring.

However, Team Leader Hua was a little disagreeing with this matter, and he instructed Gu Dali to them:

"You have to remember that you can do this in small amounts, but don't do too much......

Li Xiaoqiang knew what Team Leader Hua was worried about. Because the rules of medieval chess are different from the modern ones. Due to the existence of the rule of "returning the head", this makes the judgment of victory and defeat very different between ancient chess and modern chess.

To put it simply, a "single official" that has no value in modern chess is likely to be valuable in medieval chess. Let's use a simple analogy. In modern chess, the "single official cut" without a single goal is likely to be valuable in medieval chess, and it may be of great value. If this move of "single official" not only connects one's own two pieces, but also cuts off the opponent's two pieces, then the "single official" of this move in ancient chess is equivalent to the four goals of modern chess.

Of course, this is a number that can make the difference between victory and defeat, so it is important to take this factor into account when looking for the optimal solution to the ancient spectrum.

It can also be seen from this place that in fact, in the middle and ancient chess, their officials are far more complex than modern chess. For example, in the above example, if you use modern chess ideas to collect an official worth 3 purposes, it is likely to be inferior to a "single official", which is the difficulty of medieval chess.

In the later generations of the Internet, there are many people who accuse the official level of the ancient chess is not good, and this accusation ranges from professional chess players to ordinary chess fans. Li Xiaoqiang has always scoffed at this statement, and he believes that these people are the real ignorance and fearlessness.

Huang Fanshi didn't say it, even if Zhou Lazy Yu, Zhou Donghou, and Wang Hannian in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, including Xu Xingyou a little later, their official level was very high, and they had a proper professional level.

What is the most important distinction between professional and amateur? Not in the layout, not in the mid-game, but in the official. In the middle of the ancient chess "karma 5, karma 6" on the gods, how ignorant do you have to be to think so.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang also knew what Team Leader Hua was worried about. One problem: he is afraid that Gu Dali will have a fixed mindset.

Due to the different rules, the ending method of the two types of chess is different, if this method is practiced too much, when playing modern chess, I also use the thinking of ancient chess to "cut off...... That's what Team Leader Hua is worried about.

"Xiaoqiang, aren't you afraid that they will have a fixed mindset?"

Li Xiaoqiang was silent about this, and it should be said that this worry certainly exists. This is actually the sadness of medieval chess. Due to the "seat", modern people do not understand the layout of medieval chess. And because of the reason of "returning the chess head", people are reluctant to study the officials of ancient chess. Modern people's understanding of ancient chess mostly thinks that ancient chess only has a good level in the middle game, but the layout and officials are very different.

Is it because they're really bad? Or do we not know enough?

"Let's all do what we can...... Li Xiaoqiang said, "...... Although many things in the middle of the game are useless now, sometimes it doesn't hurt to look at them more. ”

For this reason, Li Xiaoqiang also gave an example of his own:

"Do you remember the last game of this year's "Toyo Securities Cup" with Li Shifo? ”

How can you not remember this game of chess. It is not an exaggeration to say that this game is the most important game of the year, or even a game that changed the whole chess world.

"Let's think about it, why did Li Shifo make up for his own void in the end? If his piece of chess is connected with other chess, does he still need to make up for it? ”

As soon as Li Xiaoqiang said this, everyone understood. It is precisely because Li Xiaoqiang has ancient chess thinking, and Li Shifo does not have ancient chess thinking, Li Xiaoqiang will pay more attention to the value of "single official" than Li Shifo. Although it was actually just a coincidence in that game of chess, an unintentional move brought about a far-reaching victory.

While everyone was chatting, Shencheng arrived. The final of the "Samsung Cup" began soon.

After a period of "interaction", in the opening ceremony of the final the night before, Li Xiaoqiang and Mr. Zhao Zhixun greeted each other warmly after meeting, looking happy.

"Li Sang, please pay attention, I have prepared something special for this competition with you."

At the opening ceremony, when Li Xiaoqiang and Zhao Zhixun's hands were shaken. Zhao Zhixun said such a sentence in front of all reporters in front of the public.

"Oh, something special......"

Li Xiaoqiang looked at Zhao Zhixun with a smile:

"I'm waiting for you to ......" (To be continued.) )