Yukari Umezawa smiled and made a gesture to Li Xiaoqiang: "Notation", she served as the notator of the game.

"Oh, it's a great pleasure to have a title challenger write it for me. Isn't that so? Yukara-sama. ”

Li Xiaoqiang wiped the chessboard lightly with a piece of gauze, and while he was doing the pre-game preparations, he laughed with Yukari Umezawa. It must be admitted that at the moment of the competition, chatting and joking with a beautiful woman is still conducive to physical and mental health.

"What do you call me! Eldest sister? ”

Mei Ze's eyes widened, she might not have heard anything else, and she looked very dissatisfied with Li Xiaoqiang's title.

"Hehe, Yukari, let me tell you one thing, in our China, it is better to call the eldest sister than to call the young lady. Besides, this is the truth, so I decided to call you Sister Umezawa in the future."

"It's not nice to call my sister, my eldest sister doesn't sound good."

"No, no, it's still the eldest sister who is more sincere......"

Just as Yukari Umezawa was about to fly her little fist, she suddenly looked like a lady. Li Xiaoqiang looked back, and it turned out that it was Cao Yanzi and other staff members who came in. At this time, Li Xiaoqiang also resumed his seriousness. When the referee of the game also walked into the game room, he announced the official start of the game.

After guessing, Li Xiaoqiang got the choice, he thought a little, and chose black in the first game. In the trilogy of the "Ying's Cup", it is very particular to choose black and white in the first game. Due to the existence of large stickers, it was necessary to exchange hands in the second game. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang saved the white chess, which was quite good, for the second game, which was a basic strategy.

The two sides of the game saluted each other, and reporters took pictures. After all these procedures are completed. Li Xiaoqiang settled down, and he calmly dropped the first chess piece of the game.

Although Li Xiaoqiang had "sparred" with Cao Yanzi a few games, in his previous life, Li Xiaoqiang also admired the chess style of the Korean "Go Emperor" very much, and played a lot of chess games against him. However, this is the first time the two sides have met in an official match. So in the opening phase. Both sides seemed a little cautious, cautiously dealing with each other

The speed of the two sides is slow, and Yukari Umezawa, who is the notator, seems to be more relaxed. During the morning match, Umezawa kept an eye on the expressions of the two players. It's funny to look at her.

If you want to talk about Li Xiaoqiang's habits in the game, Mei Ze is relatively clear. On the whole, Li Xiaoqiang still plays chess relatively well, and his expression has always been calm. On his face, it is generally impossible to see whether the situation is good or bad. Li Xiaoqiang's only characteristic is that he likes to tilt his head and think. The more his head tilted, the more his gaze drifted to the ceiling. This often shows that Li Xiaoqiang is ready to make a big choice on the chessboard.

As for Cao Yanzi, she has been making small moves since the beginning of the game. Umezawa found that Cao Yanzi's most accustomed action was shaking his legs, and the more he devoted himself to thinking, the more his legs seemed to tremble. Not only that, Cao Yanzi's facial expressions are also very rich, as long as he sees the other party's fall, he will always show an exaggerated expression. Or surprised. or stunned, accompanied by the constant muttering in the mouth, and slapping himself from time to time. It was as if his chess could collapse at any moment.

Umezawa knew in his heart that the expression of a professional chess player. It's often a lie, and it doesn't reflect the reality on the chessboard at all. But the situation in the room was particularly interesting today, with the young players acting calmly, like old men. And the older one is clearly like a naughty boy.

Morning game. It's kind of spent in stability. By the afternoon, however, the situation on the chessboard had changed dramatically.

It was already past 3 o'clock in the afternoon. At this time, the chess game gradually reached a critical moment. There are also more and more well-known chess players in the research room. Among them, there are Lin Haifeng, Zhao Zhixun and other super-first-class masters, as well as young chess players such as Yitian Jiji. Of course, the most eye-catching is Mr. Wu Qingyuan, who serves as the honorary referee of the "Ying's Cup". In front of the old gentleman, the two games of chess that were in progress were lined up, and everyone naturally discussed the chess game around Mr. Wu.

The two semi-finals that are underway will fully showcase the very different styles of the four participating players. Nie Whirlwind's game against Dazhu Hero, both of them are excellent in the overall situation, and their judgment is bright. Therefore, so far, it is like Tai Chi Boxing meets Bagua Boxing, the two chess players are competing with internal forces, and the chessboard also presents a fine chess pattern.

And Li Xiaoqiang is different from Cao Yanzi's game, from the beginning of the prelude, the two of them are close to each other, fighting on the chessboard, and the moves of the two have attracted exclamations from time to time among the spectators, and the current battle situation is very intense.

It must be admitted that both amateur and professional chess players actually prefer to watch this kind of fierce game. Therefore, around 3 or 4 o'clock, the laboratory was more engaged in this game of chess.

"It's too strong! Cao Yanzi is too tough! Mr. Wu, these moves of white chess should be very much in line with your appetite, right? In this situation, what would you do if you played black? ”

Cao Yanzi's "soft wind and fast gun" is really not covered. In the first half of today's game, he brought this style to the fullest. From the perspective of the inheritance of the master, Cao Yanzi is Wu Qingyuan's genuine junior brother. Judging from the characteristics of the chess style, Cao Yanzi and Mr. Wu are really a little similar.

For example, in today's game of chess, Cao Yanzi, who is holding white, is running at a high speed at the beginning, and the pace of chess is very brisk. Not only that, but when he seized the field, he did not show weakness, and he was completely in a posture of not giving up an inch of land. That's why many of his tricks will attract exclamations from the research room. Many players thought he was playing too "tough". The so-called "tough" in Go is not a derogatory term in many cases, and may be synonymous with "excessive" or even "unreasonable". This is like Mr. Wu's chess, many of his moves are often evaluated as "excessive".

Mr. Wu Qingyuan looked at the chessboard in front of him with a smile, and he didn't know if it was because the "junior brother" Cao Yanzi's moves were very much in line with his appetite:

"How to deal with it? I think Xiaoqiang's response is very correct. It's good to play fast, and it's good to have a tough attitude, but that's the way it is, you can't take all the benefits alone. Otherwise, it's not called Go. So what's the downside of this approach...... Zhixun, let's talk about it, what are the disadvantages of this kind of method? ”

"Thin taste! Swallows have a thin taste. Now the most critical question is how black will impact the thinness of white. If the impact is good, then the gap in the number of meshes can be quickly compensated. If the attack is unfavorable, then White is likely to win the whole game without a hitch. ”

"That's right! The key to victory or defeat at the moment. It depends on the next offensive and defensive battles. So far, both sides have played a very good game. Especially Xiaoqiang's attack ideas...... Yi Tianjun, if you think about it carefully, the attack ideas and techniques of black chess are very worthy of everyone's learning. ”

"Hey!"

"This kind of large-scale offensive and defensive battle on the chessboard very much reflects the comprehensive quality of a chess player, and the overall concept, the depth of the calculation, the rhythm of the battle, and even the timing are all indispensable. Up to now. Black's play is relaxed, and it looks very calm and sophisticated, which is the master's play......"

“…… When you encounter others desperately seizing the ground, you must not panic at this time, let alone follow others to grab the air. At this time, you don't want to make up the gap right away. If you do this, your opponent is likely to easily make up for your thinness, and if you are one step behind in the rush, the gap in the real space may not be so easy to make up. Let's pay attention to the actual combat of black chess. In this place, Xiaoqiang's handling method is very good, he did not immediately rush to the air, nor did he take the liberty of attacking. Rather, it slowly strengthens itself and forms a great deterrent effect on white. At the same time, waiting for the opportunity of the thunder strike. That's the highest level. At the same time, I think this is the most appropriate way to deal with this situation. ”

"Sir, I see. I just took a closer look at the situation and saw that white seemed to be playing smoothly. But so far. It seems that the difficult move is still white. In the face of black's implicit attack, white's thinness is now revealed. If one is not handled well, it may be exhausted later. The gap in the real space will also be made up by black bit by bit. Is that what you mean, sir? ”

That's right, you have to remember that this kind of subtle attack is more effective than a direct attack in many cases. The debt owed in the front will always have to be repaid later. ”

"Sir, do you think it's black the advantage now?"

"Not necessarily. As I said earlier, everyone understands this idea as soon as they hear it, but it is very difficult to implement it on the chessboard. This requires a high level of overall quality. Especially in the competition of road calculation, there are high requirements for chess players. Now let's take a look at which of the two of them counts deeper and who counts farther. Whoever can do this will win the game......"

The time has reached more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the battle between Li Xiaoqiang and Cao Yanzi is becoming more and more intense. The chess players in the viewing room also paid more and more attention to the match.

"It's time to slay the dragon, it's time to slay the dragon to determine the winner! I really didn't expect that this game of chess would be played so fiercely, and there would be a situation where the dragon was slaughtered to determine the winner, it is estimated that one of the two of them must have miscalculated, right? Who miscalculated, I really can't see it clearly for a while......"

The development of the chess game was beyond the expectations of the spectators, and also beyond the expectations of Li Xiaoqiang. In the face of this typical pattern of "attacking to profit", there are many different flows in the chess game. What Li Xiaoqiang didn't expect was that Cao Yanzi actually chose the most intense one. When he was dealing with his thin chess, he still fought for the real space regardless of it.

In this way, when the game progressed to about 120 moves, Li Xiaoqiang set his sights on the last solitary piece of white. So the chess players in the research room also set their sights on this lone chess.

"Will this piece of chess die?"

At this time, Li Xiaoqiang actually has two choices, one is to give up slaying the dragon and continue to use the method of "attacking to profit", so that he can maintain the fine chess situation. The other is to directly slay the dragon with a hot hand, so that the problem is simple, and the two sides directly slay the dragon to determine the victory.

In the game room, Li Xiaoqiang was taking a long test, and he was calculating the various means of resistance of black chess. Half an hour later, Li Xiaoqiang fell, and he resolutely chose to slay the dragon!

This move was transmitted to the research room, and at the same time, it also detonated the atmosphere in the research room, and everyone was enthusiastically studying the changes to see who would die in this game of chess.

During this period, no one noticed Mr. Wu Qingyuan's expression:

"Alas, it's a pity for the black game, he probably didn't notice it...... That move should be the inlay of Dao Ce......"

The heated discussion in the research room did not last long, as Cao Yanzi's white piece landed on the chessboard, and as this move was passed to the viewing room, the discussion in the research room came to an abrupt end.

Yes, Cao Yanzi made a classic move, and he made a classic move that Mr. Wu Qingyuan called "the inlay of Taoism". Let the whole chess game come to an abrupt end.

At 4:50 p.m., the first game of the 2nd "Yingshi Cup" semifinals ended.

Cao Yanzi leads Li Xiaoqiang 1-0. (To be continued......)