After the semi-finals of the "Fujitsu Cup", Li Xiaoqiang returned to China.

After returning to China, Li Xiaoqiang ushered in a relatively free time for the schedule.

Throughout the month of July, there are of course other Go tournaments held in the domestic and international chess worlds. In addition to the just-concluded Fujitsu Cup semi-finals, the second LG Cup comprehensive qualifier will be held internationally. In the domestic arena, there are "National Player Battle" pre-selection, "Chess King Battle" pre-selection and "Weijia League" and other competitions.

It's just that most of these competitions Li Xiaoqiang doesn't need to participate. As the first person in China's Go rating, Li Xiaoqiang can of course be exempted from the "LG Cup". In addition, Li Xiaoqiang is also the holder of the two titles of "national player" and "chess king" in China, and he does not need to participate in the qualifiers of these two competitions. Therefore, before the "Fujitsu Cup" finals, Li Xiaoqiang had no other games to participate in except for a few sets of "Weijia" games.

"It's annoying to have more games, and it's boring to have fewer games."

In the Chinese Chess Academy, Li Xiaoqiang pretended to sigh after watching a game between Ma Xiaofei and Chang Rensheng.

Since beating Li Shifo to reach the World Series final for the first time, Chang Rensheng seems to be in good form, and he has been heard about his wins in various competitions. But someone didn't let him specialize in beauty, and he also showed excellent competitive form in recent times, this person is Ma Xiaofei.

Today's game of chess is the semi-finals of the "National Hand War" qualifiers, although it is not the final "Challenger Decisive Battle", but judging from the current trend, whoever wins this game of chess between the two of them is very likely to get the right to challenge Li Xiaoqiang's "national hand".

Not only is the "National Hand War", but the situation of the "Chess King Battle" is almost the same, in the "Chess King Battle", Ma Xiaofei and Chang Rensheng guarded the upper and lower halves respectively, and so far the two have also been advancing all the way. He's also likely to meet in the final "Challenger Battle."

At present, the pattern of the domestic chess world is basically like this: it can be said that Li Xiaoqiang has established a certain dominance, and in the four challenge title battles, Li Xiaoqiang has three titles: "Tianyuan", "National Player" and "Chess King", and another "celebrity" title is in the hands of Ma Xiaofei.

In addition to these 4 challenge titles, Li Xiaoqiang is also the champion of the "Top Ten Battle", and Chang Rensheng is the owner of the "Advocate Chess Cup". This year's "CCTV Cup" is in the hands of Yu Bin, and another rapid chess tournament "NEC Cup" championship was won by Ma Xiaofei.

Whether it is from the point of view of the rating score or the number of champions, it can be said that Li Xiaoqiang's position as the "No. 1" person has been secured. But who is the second person in the Chinese chess world? At present, Ma Xiaofei and Chang Rensheng are fiercely competitive.

Although in the long run, Ma Xiaofei should not win Chang Rensheng's competition, after all, Chang Rensheng's age advantage is there. But judging from the current situation, Ma Xiaofei, who is 34 years old this year, is still at his peak, and he can't even see any signs of decline.

For example, in today's game of chess, Ma Xiaofei's elegance is against Chang Rensheng's heaviness, both of them have brought their characteristics to the fullest, and their high-level performance has made Li Xiaoqiang addicted to it. In the end, it was Ma Xiaofei who appeared to be superior, and he won today's game.

"Later generations said that chess players can't do it once they pass 30, this view is obviously nonsense, right? Which is normal, Ma Xiaofei's situation or the situation of future chess players? I think Ma Xiaofei's situation is normal, but the status quo in the chess world in the future is abnormal......"

Since becoming a six-time champion in the world chess world, Li Xiaoqiang has often thought about such questions. In fact, no matter what kind of logic is analyzed, the situation in the future should be unreasonable. Some people find a reason for "chess players can't do it once they pass 30", thinking that the reason for this situation is that the overall level of later generations has improved, and everyone's competition is too fierce, so this phenomenon has been caused.

How so? Li Xiaoqiang believes that this should be the most illogical of all the reasons. Is there any direct correlation between a chess player's athletic life and fierce competition?

Is the competition in Japan's "Six Super Era" fierce? In fact, if you really want to talk about it, Japan's "Six Super Era" is the most similar to the current situation of the chess world in later generations, the same large group of people are of the same level, and the competition is also quite fierce, but why can the sports life of the "Six Supers" be so long?

Li Xiaoqiang even further inferred that the "Six Super Era" is actually a trough in the overall level of Go, and this era is not as good as Wu Qingyuan, Sakata Rongnan and others, and it is not as good as Li Guda and others in the future. If you think about it carefully, it should be said that there is a certain amount of truth to this statement. This is even an objective law of the development of the level of Go.

In the history of the development of medieval chess, there are also two eras similar to the "Six Supers". One was in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, before Huang Longshi was born, the Chinese chess scene at that time could also be said to be a group of bright stars, but when Huang Longshi was born, everyone found that the level of Go at that time was not high, at least compared with Huang Longshi There is a certain distance.

The other is after Fan and Shi, in the Chinese chess scene in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, when the overall level of ancient chess also showed a downward trend. But the level is not good, in the domestic chess world of the late Qing Dynasty, it is known as the "Eighteen National Players". In other words, the Chinese chess scene of that era can also be called a group of bright stars.

The stars of the "pre-Huanglongshi era" are shining, but the overall level is not good.

"Post-Fan, Shi Era" stars are shining, but the overall level is not good.

The stars of the "Japan's Six Super Era" are shining, but the overall level seems to be significantly low.

Which era is most similar to these three eras? That...... That is, of course, the world chess scene of later generations.

Thinking of this, even Li Xiaoqiang himself was startled. What about the "theory of evolution"? Is the overall level of good things gradually improving? These are probably assumptions, but they are just assumptions.

The most reasonable inference is that the level of Go in later generations has not improved substantially, but due to the lack of genius and because everyone is playing utilitarian Go, the overall level of the Go world is flattening and vulgarizing. Instead, it may be at an overall low level.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang didn't dare to say that his inference was necessarily correct, he just felt that his inference was very logical. As for the truth, what is the truth? Li Xiaoqiang really wanted to find out in person when the time came.

"20 years! If I want to truly understand the truth of the chess world in the future, I will maintain the peak state for at least 20 years! It still seems like a bit difficult to achieve......"

Just when Li Xiaoqiang was thinking wildly, his fantasy was interrupted by an angry voice:

"It's too much, it's too much, Xiaoqiang, do you have the phone number of the boss of "Lianzhong"? I'm going to call him, I have to ask him to give it to me, that Rippy's account has been blocked......"

Looking at the angry Nie Whirlwind who was scurrying around the chess courtyard, Li Xiaoqiang couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

Yes! It's been 98 years now, and it can be said that the Internet era has officially arrived!

Now there are already some Go websites running on the Internet, such as "Lianzhong", "IGS" and so on. National team players now basically have two attitudes towards online Go. One is young chess players led by Shao Weigang and Luo Shenzhu, who are quick to accept new things and welcome online Go. The other is dominated by middle-aged chess players such as Cao Dafang, who believe that playing more online Go will develop the habit of playing random chess, so they are more resistant to online Go.

Of course, this division is not strictly based on age. There are also young chess players who are not very fond of online Go, and there are also older chess players who are very obsessed with the Internet.

For example, in everyone's eyes, Li Xiaoqiang doesn't seem to like playing chess on the Internet very much. As a super networm who has practiced more than 10,000 games on the Internet in his previous life, Li Xiaoqiang certainly doesn't really dislike online Go.

The reason why he doesn't like playing chess online right now is very understandable. You must know that it is still the era of "dial-up Internet", a network that has been accustomed to more than 10 years later, and then turns around to use the network of this era, it can be said that whether it is the computer configuration or the network speed of this era, it is actually a very unbearable thing. In addition, there are not many people who play chess online in this era, and there are especially few professional chess players, so Li Xiaoqiang usually does not play chess online.

If Li Xiaoqiang is an alternative among young chess players, then Nie Whirlwind can be called a wonder among older chess players.

Lao Nie does have something strange enough.

The weirdest thing about him is not that he is obsessed with the Internet, but that he is really idiotic enough about computers. It can be said that he knows nothing but a mouse. When he usually wants to surf the Internet, he needs others to do it for him.

But just like him, he is particularly obsessed with the Internet.

Seeing Lao Nie's angry appearance, Li Xiaoqiang joked with him:

"What's going on, Teacher Nie? Can you play bridge as well? ”

Li Xiaoqiang knew that Lao Nie actually played less chess when he went online, because the opponent was really hard to find, and he usually played bridge.

"Hey, how can there be any laipi in playing bridge, didn't I see a person's chess today is not bad, I thought about going to guide him in a game, but I didn't think it was a laipi...... No, no, didn't Lao Bao leave you a phone number last time he invited you to dinner? You give me his number, I'm going to have to block that guy's account. ”

In order to increase the popularity of the website, he specially invited the players of the national Go team to dinner, hoping that everyone would play more chess online.

Li Xiaoqiang was not interested in banning Lai Pi's account, but he was interested in what Lao Nie said, "It's not bad to see a person's chess". You must know that there are very few professional chess players who play chess online these days, and even if they are very low-key, they generally do not make easy moves. Therefore, most of the people who are now dominating on the Internet are amateur tycoons.

"If you can be looked at by Lao Nie, it must be quite good, who will this guy be? Is it an adult master or a teenager ......"

Li Xiaoqiang thought so in his heart, and said to Nie Whirlwind:

"Let's go, Teacher Nie, I'll accompany you to take a look."

"What's so good about a Laipi, you just call me directly, and I'll call him right now."

Li Xiaoqiang smiled:

"Even if you want to close someone's account, then you have to know who that guy is. You've been away for so long, do you remember who that guy is? So don't look at how to know. ”

Li Xiaoqiang's words are all said to this part, and the computer idiot Nie Whirlwind has nothing to say, he can only obediently "go and see" with Li Xiaoqiang.

When he came to Lao Nie's computer, to Li Xiaoqiang's surprise, he saw a very familiar account.

"Haha, if it's really this guy, then today's incident is hilarious......" (To be continued.) )