In the semifinals of the "Fujitsu Cup", Li Shifo finally failed to block the impact of Kong Erjie and lost by a narrow margin. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAt the game in Osaka, Li Xiaoqiang has been watching the whole game. After the game, Li Xiaoqiang said with emotion to the people around him:

"This is the time is not forgiving, it is not so much that Li Shifo lost to a stronger self, it is better to say that he lost at his age, this game of chess, it is the years that defeat Li Shifo."

Li Shifo and Kong Erjie are both "control flow" methods, this style of game, usually there will be no big slashes, basically a competition of skill and patience.

For a long time in this game of chess, Li Shifo's situation has been good, he only made a small mistake in the big official stage, but when this small mistake was caught by Kong Erjie, he never turned over.

When Li Shifo's famous stunt loses its previous deterrent, and when the former strongest point has even become his weakness, Li Shifo's loss has become a very normal thing.

"Li Shifo is old, but sir, you are not old, you are still so strong."

It was his Japanese disciple Iyama Yuta who slapped Li Xiaoqiang's ass like this. The reason why Li Xiaoqiang appeared in Japan at this time was to participate in an event related to Iyama Yuta.

Earlier this year, a major event occurred in the Japanese chess world, when Yuta Iyama, who was not yet 20 years old this year, won the right to challenge the "Honinbo Battle" and defeated Zhang Xu with a score of 4-2 in the subsequent seven-game chess final to become the "Honinbo" throne.

This is the first "Grand Triple Crown" champion under the age of 20 in the history of Japanese Go. Today, when the decline of Japanese Go is fully revealed, and today, when the entire Japanese Go is only relying on Zhang Xu alone to support the situation, the newcomer who has been waiting for the Japanese chess world has finally emerged, and on this day, the entire Japanese chess world cheers for it.

Unlike the Sino-Korean chess battle, the Japanese news chess battle sometimes does have its own unique charm, for example, whenever a new champion is produced, they will hold a grand coronation ceremony, such as the inauguration ceremony of a certain "celebrity", the inauguration ceremony of a certain "Honinfang", and so on.

Iyama Yuta himself is a native of Osaka, Kansai, Japan, so his "Honinbo" enthronement ceremony was held in his hometown, as Iyama Yuta's teacher, Li Xiaoqiang was invited to attend his coronation ceremony this time.

"After becoming Ben Yin Fang, you have to change your name, do you want to give Yuta a name?"

Yukari Umezawa joked with Li Xiaoqiang like this.

Li Xiaoqiang smiled, of course he knew the tradition of "Ben Yin Fang Zhan", and this tradition was only unique to "Ben Yin Fang Zhan", and other people such as "Chess Saint" and "Celebrity" had never heard that the title holder needed to change his name.

may be because of Xiu Ce, the owners of the title of "Ben Yin Fang" in later generations like to add the word "Xiu" when changing their names. After Takakawa became Honinbo, he became "Hidege", Ishida Yoshio became "Ishida Hideyoshi", and Takemiya Masaki became "Takemiya Hideki". Back then, the old god stick Fujisawa Hideyuki once said proudly that if he became Honinbo, then he wouldn't need to change his name, because his name itself has the word "show".

It's just a pity that although the old god stick is known as the "title taster", he has never won the title of "Ben Yin Fang" in his life, and he has failed to live up to the word "show" in his name.

Changing the word "Xiu" is the most common behavior, but there are also some chess players who are more maverick, such as Sakata Eio when he became "Honinbo", he called himself "Eiju", and when Kato Masao won "Honinbo", he changed his name to "Kenmasa", which is a relatively small example.

Changing the name after winning the title is a very interesting event, which exudes a strong cultural heritage, or a special compulsion. It's just a pity that in later generations, this kind of name change activity gradually lost its influence. For no other reason, there are too many foreign chess players who have seized Japan's "Honinbo".

Lin Haifeng, Zhao Zhixun, Zhao Shanjin, Wang Mingwan, Zhang Xu... After these foreign players win the Ben Yin Fang, they will not change their name. Not only that, but they have seized the "Ben Yin Fang" a lot of times, and Zhao Zhixun alone has been a tyrant for ten years. Combined, these foreign players may have won more than one-third of the total number of championships. In this way, over time, the name change seems to gradually lose its influence.

Now, there is finally a pure Japanese who has returned to the position of "Honinbo", and this new "Honinbo" is so young and hopeful, so the inauguration ceremony of Iyama was held by the Japanese very grandly. And the core content of this ceremony is to help Iyama Yuta change his name.

So now the question is, who will name the new "Ben Yin Fang"?

Before Li Xiaoqiang came to Japan this time, he hadn't thought about this problem, but after being reminded by Yuka Umezawa, Li Xiaoqiang found that as Jingshan's mentor, he was the first choice for "giving a name".

Li Xiaoqiang originally wanted to be modest and wanted to give this opportunity to Otake Heroes and other Japanese celebrities, because Iyama Yuta was originally born in the "Shinkiya Dojo", and Otake Heroes, including Mr. Kato Masao, who has passed away, are all regarded as Iyama Yuta's mentors.

However, after arriving in Japan, Mr. Otake and they were modest in turn, so in this way, Li Xiaoqiang took over the task of "giving names".

"Yukari, what do you say it's good to choose? . . ." Li Xiaoqiang and Yukari Umezawa discussed:

"Otherwise, choose the laziest way and add the word "show" to him directly according to your Japanese habits. ”

"Hideta Iyama...

Umezawa Yukari pursed her lips and smiled: "It's not that this name can't be done, but don't you think, Xiaoqiang... ”

Yukari Umezawa didn't say how the name couldn't work, she just dissuaded Li Xiaoqiang in another way:

"You just said it yourself, this is a lazy approach, in order not to make people think that you are too casual, I still advise you to think about a name again."

"That's the truth, but what is the name... Pregnant! ”

"Have you figured it out? What's the name? ”

Li Xiaoqiang also pretended to be mysterious: "Hehe, keep it secret, you will know when the time comes." ”

The inauguration ceremony of the new "Ben Yin Fang" finally reached the climax, and Li Xiaoqiang from China gave the name to the new "Ben Yin Fang" by the new "Ben Yin Fang", the supreme existence in the world chess world today.

When the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were sent to Li Xiaoqiang, according to the convention, Li Xiaoqiang was always asked to "say a few words".

“。。。 It's great to see Yuta's growth... What I would like to point out here is that Yuta's achievements today are not only due to his own efforts, but also the result of the careful cultivation of many seniors. Among them, I would like to mention Mr. Kato, Mr. Kato's desire to revitalize Japanese Go, Mr. Kato's vision, and the situation when Mr. Yuta entrusted me, that scene is still fresh in my memory... Here I want to say to Yuta: Yuta, becoming a Ben Yin Fang is not your end, but should be a new starting point for you, I hope you continue to work hard, do not live up to the ardent hopes of your predecessors... ”

After Li Xiaoqiang said a lot of nonsense, the most critical part of the entire coronation ceremony finally arrived.

When everyone saw the ink treasure left by Li Xiaoqiang on the "exemption", that is, after seeing Li Xiaoqiang's "name", everyone was dumbfounded, and many people shook their heads and sighed in their hearts:

"Li Xiaoqiang, this guy, this guy's Go is indeed quite good, but the level of this guy's name... That's really bad enough. ”

Iyama Yuta also looked at the name given to him by his master with a bitter face. But how do you say it? Li Xiaoqiang's name seems to be beyond reproach at all.

Li Xiaoqiang just mentioned Mr. Kato Masao repeatedly, as the former "Ben Yinfang", Mr. Kato was called "Kenmasa", Li Xiaoqiang took a word in this name, and then took a word in the name of Iyama Yuta.

Together, they are called "Shota".

Li Xiaoqiang wrote proudly on the "exemption":

Japan's 31st "Honinbo": Shota Iyama.

“。。。。”

“。。。。” (To be continued.) )