After Li Xiaoqiang defeated Ma Xiaofei to win the "Fujitsu Cup" championship, a new term appeared in the Go world: "Li Xiaoqiang is terrifying". Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's Li Xiaoqiang again! The just-concluded 12th "Fujitsu Cup" final was full of drama, and Ma Xiaofei, who was leading most of the game, made a mistake at the last moment and lost regrettably, which allowed Li Xiaoqiang to win his 9th world championship at the same time, but also let the entire world chess world continue to be shrouded in "Li Xiaoqiang's horror". (Chinese media)

Li Xiaoqiang won the championship again, although the process was full of twists and turns, although he looked a little lucky to win the championship this time, but the so-called strong luck, as his opponent Ma Xiaofei Jiuduan said this time: Li Xiaoqiang's victory is the embodiment of his strength, and his victory still makes people have nothing to say. In the past 2 years, "who will defeat Li Xiaoqiang" is the most central topic in the world chess world, from the current situation, this topic will continue, what is even more confusing is that everyone can't even see the end at a glance, no one knows when Li Xiaoqiang's terrifying dominance will end... (Japanese media)

In the just-concluded "Fujitsu Cup" final, although Ma Xiaofei once forced Li Xiaoqiang into a desperate situation, it is a pity that Li Xiaoqiang is still the one who wins in the end. Although we can see from this match that the gap between Li Xiaoqiang and other top players is not as huge as imagined. But a helpless fact, Li Xiaoqiang is still the strongest professional chess player in the world. He looks so powerful, he looks invincible, he is showing his impenetrable dominance ... (Korean media)

After returning to China from Japan, reporter Zhang Da smiled at Li Xiaoqiang with a large number of media reports:

"Xiaoqiang, you saw it, this time even the Korean media softened, hahahahaha...

Li Xiaoqiang expressed contempt for reporter Zhang Da's complacency:

"What's wrong with the media's soft suit? Actually, I never cared about what your media thinks. ”

As a media practitioner, reporter Zhang Da was very uncomfortable when he heard Li Xiaoqiang's words:

"And whose opinion do you care?"

Li Xiaoqiang smiled: "You are a journalist, I am a chess player, you care about the opinion of the media, and me?" Of course, I care about the opinions of chess players, in fact, in my opinion, in this report of the Korean media, only this sentence is the focus, and only this sentence is lit up. ”

"Which one?"

Li Xiaoqiang pointed out to reporter Zhang Da:

"The gap between Li Xiaoqiang and other top players is not as huge as I imagined."

Reporter Zhang Da looked at Li Xiaoqiang with a smile:

"Yo He, I really can't see that our Li Datian also has a time of modesty."

Li Xiaoqiang smiled, and his next sentence was not modest at all:

"I'm not called modest, I'm called sober-minded, understand. Don't you always say that you are the enemy of the whole world, and if you want to be the enemy of the whole world, you must have this kind of sober understanding. ”

Of course, what Li Xiaoqiang said was true, don't look at Li Xiaoqiang's crazy harvest of championships now, and he also showed his "unfathomable" in the confrontation with new chess players. But Li Xiaoqiang still has that theory: the first in any field, no matter what height the first has reached, but it is actually very difficult to open the gap with the second.

For example, this match with Ma Xiaofei is a good example. Ma Xiaofei is like this, so what about Li Shifo? What about Cao Yanzi? There are even Chang Rensheng and others? It may be difficult for them to completely surpass themselves, but it is very easy to get close to their level quickly.

In fact, this also involves another understanding of Li Xiaoqiang's game of Go. Why is Li Xiaoqiang a "Chonggu faction"?

Because Li Xiaoqiang never believed in any "technology accumulation", never believed in any "Go evolution theory", what does the progress of Go depend on? It's a genius push. If there is a peerless genius in an era, then the absolute height of this era will be relatively high, if not, then the level of Go in this era will be relatively mediocre.

A very interesting phenomenon is that in the Go world, most of the people who hold the "genius promotion theory" are some talented and famous chess players, such as Wu Qingyuan, Cao Yanzi and others, on the other hand, those who firmly believe in the "theory of evolution" are mostly ordinary chess players with mediocre qualifications.

You must know that Li Xiaoqiang's vanity is very strong, and he is unwilling to be in the company of those mediocre people who have no knowledge, so he has to choose to be a "Chonggu faction".

Are you a peerless genius? Of course, Li Xiaoqiang himself is not clear, but Li Xiaoqiang has a reference, that is, Li Shifo. In the entire history of Go, although Li Shifo is a relatively alternative genius, no one can deny that his genius can be ranked among the top few in the entire history of Go.

Regarding the fact that he can overpower Li Shifo now, although Li Xiaoqiang thinks that he is very modest, he must admit that deep in his heart, he is still a little complacent.

From a game of chess with Ma Xiaofei to Chonggu and depreciation of the ancients, and then from Chonggu to Li Shifo, it must be admitted that Li Xiaoqiang's thinking is indeed a bit divergent.

What is Li Shifo doing now? After the end of the "Fujitsu Cup", Li Xiaoqiang began to pay attention to Li Shifo's performance.

In the "Qiuju Cup" and "Fujitsu Cup" that started first this year, although Li Shifo reached the top 4 and his performance was stable, compared with Li Xiaoqiang, who won the championship in two finals, and even compared with Ma Xiaofei and Cao Yanzi, who entered one final respectively, his results were slightly mediocre. Therefore, it can be said that in the first half of 1999, Li Shifo did not show mountains or water at all. Not to mention that he is competing with Li Xiaoqiang for the position of "first person" now, it seems that even the position of "second person" is in jeopardy.

However, Li Shifo is Li Shifo after all, and after entering the second half of the year, Li Shifo broke out strongly, and his outstanding performance once again made people realize that Li Xiaoqiang's most dangerous enemy is still Li Shifo.

The clarion call for Li Shifo's counteroffensive was sounded from this year's "Asian Cup."

This year's Asian Cup was held in South Korea. One day in mid-August, the Korean Chess Academy had a special game room, so the Koreans were cheering for Li Shifo's victory, and Li Shifo lifted this year's "Asian Cup" trophy.

Li Shifo defeated Li Xiaoqiang in the final.

Li Shifo's victory broke Li Xiaoqiang's dream of winning three consecutive championships in the "Asian Cup".

Li Shifo's victory brought the total score of the two sides back to an 11-11 draw.

Li Shifo's victory fulfilled his oath of "winning Li Xiaoqiang once in the final". Li Xiaoqiang had just won him once in the "non-finals", and Li Shifo was quick to return the color.

Although this is only a game of rapid chess, for those who are tired of Li Xiaoqiang's domination of the chess world, Li Shifo's victory is certainly worth cheering.

Li Shifo's performance is not limited to this, after entering the second half of the year, the "Samsung Cup", "LG Cup" and other world competitions have been launched one after another, and Li Shifo continues to make steady progress in the international arena.

In October 99, with the emergence of the top 4 of the "Samsung Cup" and the "LG Cup", everyone finally found out: the person closest to Li Xiaoqiang is still Li Shifo.

The top 4 "Samsung Cup" that has been produced are Li Xiaoqiang, Li Shifo, Liu Changhe and Zhao Zhixun.

The top 4 "LG Cup" just produced are Li Xiaoqiang, Li Shifo, Ma Xiaofei and Yu Bin.

In the face of these two top 4 lists, the most eye-catching is naturally Li Xiaoqiang, in addition to this year's "Asian Cup", Li Xiaoqiang has not missed in this year's World Series, and has won a championship, the other entered the finals, his strength at a glance.

In addition to Li Xiaoqiang, the second eye-catching is of course Li Shifo, who not only entered the top 4 in all 4 world competitions this year like Li Xiaoqiang, but also just broke the curse of "not winning Li Xiaoqiang in the final".

Especially in the subsequent semi-finals of the "Samsung Cup", when Li Xiaoqiang defeated Liu Changhyuk and Li Shifo defeated Zhao Zhixun, the two met again in the finals, the two looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent.

In addition to this "Samsung Cup" final, the other two were also drawn together in the "LG Cup" semifinals. The final of the "Samsung Cup" is a five-way chess, and the semi-finals of the "LG Cup" are a three-way chess, and in the last two months of the 20th century, Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo will once again start the "eight-way battle".

For this competition, the media did not mention anything such as "fateful showdown" and "war of the century". But anyone knows the weight of these two games.

Whether Li Xiaoqiang can dominate the chess world and achieve an unprecedented "Golden Slam", Li Shifo is already the biggest obstacle in front of him.

In the same way, if Li Shifo wants to prove himself and prove that he and Li Xiaoqiang still have the power to compete, then the importance of these two competitions cannot be overstated.

"It's interesting, it's interesting now, there's nothing to say, everyone is waiting to see the show." Defeat Li Shifo and march towards the new century", hahaha Xiaoqiang, what do you think of this slogan? . . ”

Li Xiaoqiang pouted: "I said Zhang Da reporter, you also know that you are going to move towards the new century, this is going to cross the century, why don't you still make any progress, your slogan is really... It's vulgar... ”

After despising Zhang Da reporter, Li Xiaoqiang also deliberately asked Gu Dali beside him: "... Isn't it, vigorous? ”

Gu Dali responded with a smile: "I think this slogan is very good, boss, you talk about other people's vulgarity every day, and I haven't seen how elegant you are." ”

Li Xiaoqiang was furious: "Wait until I finish cleaning you up first, and then I will go and fight with Li Shifo." ”

Li Xiaoqiang is indeed still facing the task of "cleaning up" Gu Dali. Now, Li Xiaoqiang vs the strongest new talent match is coming to an end, and his match with Gu Dali will be the last game of this 10-game chess.

After suffering two consecutive defeats in the 5th and 6th sets, it seems that Li Xiaoqiang and the new chess players are in a tug-of-war.

In the 7th game, the new side was played by the Korean chess player Choi Poison, and the chess part of this game fell back to let the first paste 2 goals. In the end, facing Cui Poison, the youngest of the 10 new talents, Li Xiaoqiang won the battle, with a total score of 4 wins, 1 and 2 losses.

In the 8th game, the Chinese chess player Kong Erjie came on the court, and in the face of the chess that let the first 4 goals be reversed, Kong Erjie pulled back a game for the new chess player, with a total score of 4 wins and 1 loss and 3 losses.

In the 9th game, it was the turn of the Japanese chess player Keigo Yamashita. In this game, the "rookie king" of Japanese Go failed to stop Li Xiaoqiang's offensive, and he ended in a rout.

This game of chess caused a great shock in the world chess world. Because by this time the game is going on, the outcome is already very clear.

So far, Li Xiaoqiang has 5 wins, 1 and 3 losses, because of that 1 draw, it can be said that Li Xiaoqiang has won this match, and the winning bonus of 3 million has been pocketed by Li Xiaoqiang.

What shocked everyone was not only these, this promotion tournament started from the first place, and many people expected before the game that Li Xiaoqiang should not let these outstanding new chess players take the lead. However, the game is now compared to the present, and the new chess players have not only never taken the lead, but now they are even in danger of being reduced to 2 pieces.

This is obviously not what most people expected.

This also doubled the pressure on Gu Dali, who was the last to play.

Sure enough, after hearing Li Xiaoqiang mention this stubble, Gu Dali made a bitter face:

"Boss, you can be merciful in this last game of chess."

Li Xiaoqiang scolded with a smile:

"Mercy? You dream, I said vigorously, you are vulgar, but it is too useless to think like this. (To be continued.) )