At the end of October 1999, the final of the 3rd "Samsung Cup" World Professional Go Masters was held in Shencheng, China. After more than a year of waiting, Li Xiaoqiang once again ushered in www.biquge.info the strongest challenger. There is no doubt that this is a contest at the highest level in the world today.

The duel between Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo is naturally needless to say now, every time they meet, they can always attract many eyeballs, and every time they collide, they can become the focus of the world chess world, let alone the stage in the finals of the World Series.

This is the 11th World Series final that Li Xiaoqiang has participated in, and after nine championships, will he be able to bring his world championship tally to double digits?

Although everyone knows that with Li Xiaoqiang's current form, it is only a matter of time before his number of championships breaks through double digits. But no matter what, the number "10" has a different meaning in the minds of many people, the so-called "perfect", if Li Xiaoqiang can win the championship for the 10th time, it will mark that he and everyone have completely distanced themselves, marking Li Xiaoqiang to enter a new level and reach a new realm.

It was at this juncture that Li Xiaoqiang encountered Li Shifo. In the eyes of all, there is no better opponent than this.

"Li Shifo is to Li Xiaoqiang, what Mr. Mutani is to Mr. Wu Qingyuan. In the history of Go, there are often great players, but great opponents are not often encountered, so from this point of view, it is a blessing in the Go world to have a Li Shifo now. ”

At the beginning of the first game, when everyone in the research room was still in the stage of chatting, reporter Zhang Da's analogy caused everyone to laugh. Of course, the laughter is basically Chinese, and the faces of Koreans are not very good-looking.

It must be admitted that this analogy of reporter Zhang Da seems to be more appropriate, but it is precisely because of this "appropriateness" that the faces of South Koreans are even more unsightly. You must know that although Mr. Minoru Kitani can be called great, the "great" Mr. Minoru Kitani is also a famous "tragic chess player".

In front of Li Xiaoqiang, does Li Shifo want to be like Mr. Mu Gu Minoru who will continue to be tragic? At least at the beginning of the game, there were many people who had this kind of thinking, and most people were more optimistic that Li Xiaoqiang would be able to successfully defend the "Samsung Cup" this time.

“。。。 Li Shifo is very strong; Li Shifo's historical record against Xiaoqiang is not lagging behind, and he is one of the few chess players who can compete with Xiaoqiang; Li Shifo's mentality has adjusted well this time, and he puts himself in the position of a challenger; Li Xiaoqiang is in the light, Li Shifo is in the dark; Li Shifo will specialize in how to deal with Xiaoqiang, but the current Xiaoqiang is unlikely to do so, so it must be Li Shifo who has done more elaborate preparation for the war, and these can be seen as Li Shifo's advantages. However, Xiaoqiang also has his own advantages, one of which is unmatched, I even think that Xiaoqiang only needs to have this one advantage, and his advantage is enough to compete with all the advantages of Li Shifo... ”

In the viewing room, reporter Zhang Da was carrying out his own god stick career, and everyone hurriedly asked when they saw his old chattering appearance: "Which advantage of Xiaoqiang is it?" ”

"Fate! , the fate of Xiaoqiang and the "Samsung Cup"! ”

Reporter Zhang Da said proudly:

"Don't forget, Xiaoqiang's results in the "Samsung Cup" have been particularly good, this year is the 3rd competition, the first two competitions Xiaoqiang won the championship, this time into the finals, which means that so far, in fact, no one has won Li Xiaoqiang in the "Samsung Cup", which doesn't mean that he and the "Samsung Cup" is particularly fateful? ”

"You turned out to be "fate"... ”

Many people disagreed with Reporter Zhang Da's statement, and many people even had contempt for Reporter Zhang Da in their hearts:

Can such a person also be called a "name"? Isn't the fate you are talking about the so-called winning streak, don't you know that there is a saying in the competitive world: all records are meant to be broken. Let's take Li Xiaoqiang himself as an example, when he won the world championship for the first time in the 4th "Fujitsu Cup", he once encountered Mr. Lin Haifeng, who had reached the finals in the previous 3 sessions. Therefore, from this point of view, it is really hard to say whether your so-called fate is Li Xiaoqiang's advantage or disadvantage. ”

Reporter Zhang Da is a master of observing words and feelings, and he has a full view of everyone's contempt. Reporter Zhang Da was not angry, everyone was despising him, and he also put on an expression of contempt for everyone:

"You people ... I knew that you never really knew Xiaoqiang... ”

"This..." Some of you can't keep up with Zhang Da's out-of-the-box thinking, and they are still talking about "fate" just now, what does this have to do with not knowing Li Xiaoqiang?

"You don't know Xiaoqiang, so you never know how sullen he is. Let me tell you, although he never says it himself, Xiaoqiang is actually a record freak, and he is very concerned about anything that can set a record. As far as the "Samsung Cup" is concerned, if Xiaoqiang can win the championship this time, he can not only make his world championship number reach double digits, but also achieve the first three consecutive championships in the World Series. Therefore, for this final, Li Xiaoqiang will naturally be particularly concerned and attentive. Let's talk about Li Xiaoqiang, who cares about and cares about him very much, is this his biggest advantage? ”

After listening to this, everyone suddenly realized that the reason of reporter Zhang Da was really reasonable. However, there are still people who disagree with this, such as a rookie Go reporter who has just entered the industry, said:

"Doesn't it say that you have to pay attention to the normal mind when playing chess? If Xiaoqiang cares about it very much, will it affect his performance... ”

No one paid attention to his words, and everyone scoffed at this rookie reporter. Li Xiaoqiang's career for many years has long proved that he has long surpassed the ordinary "ordinary heart" stage, and under heavy pressure, the technical transformation of the magic horse may be suitable for other chess players, but it is definitely not suitable for Li Xiaoqiang.

The greater the pressure, the better Li Xiaoqiang's performance, and Li Xiaoqiang, who is particularly attentive, is the most terrible Li Xiaoqiang, which has long been the consensus of the Go world.

Reporter Zhang Da was just a small tidbit at the beginning of the game. When the game officially starts, everyone's attention will naturally focus on the chess game.

In the first game of the finals, Li Shifo took the lead in black.

Just about 1 hour after the start of the game, when there were more than 20 chess moves in the whole world, Li Shifo made a "novice" that caused everyone to discuss.

In the game of Go, it is of course normal for a "novice" to have one or two moves, especially for players like Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo, because they are both famous figures in today's chess world, one move may not be their "original", but as long as they are used first in major competitions, then the name of "first" will most likely be attributed to them.

This is actually an interesting part of Go, don't be superstitious about what "innovation", what "accumulation", the way to play Go seems to be very free, and many people are shouting "you can play anywhere". But in fact, Go is very authoritative.

Why is this happening? This is determined by the ambiguity of Go, because there are quite a few moves in Go, and no one can tell whether this is good or bad.

"Why are you doing this?"

The answer is actually very simple: "Because Li Xiaoqiang or Li Shifo played like this, they won a lot of chess with this way, so of course I will follow suit." ”

What's even more interesting is that it is precisely because of the top players who play like this that everyone will use various chess theories to justify this play. In fact, this is the so-called "innovation" and "evolution" that everyone talks about. Is this approach good or bad? What are the gains and losses? In fact, no one really can say clearly.

Fan and Shi proposed that "the starting hand is not too tight", which led to the change of "Double Feiyan" in the later Middle and Ancient Chess. Mr. Wu Qingyuan issued a "big avalanche inward turn", which made the "big avalanche outward turn" disappear for a long time. But then again, is it really not feasible to do what they denied?

One of the most obvious examples is the "Double Flying Swallow", the ancient chess is not afraid of the opponent's "Double Flying Swallow", but most modern chess players will be elated when they encounter the opportunity to have "Double Flying Swallow".

By the same token, can you think that just because modern chess players like to play "double swallows" is an improvement? Can you deny Fan Shi's "double flying, not too tight"? I'm afraid it can't, even the chess god may not be able to tell who is right and who is wrong between these two views.

Therefore, don't be superstitious about what "innovation" and "evolution" are, which is basically a false proposition in Go. Why does Cao Yanzi think that the progress of Go is driven by genius, rather than by the so-called "accumulation of skills"? That's pretty telling.

For example, now, because Li Xiaoqiang or Li Shifo "created" a novice, even if this move may not be correct, but because they won many games with this move, everyone plays like this, and mistakenly thinks that this move is the truth.

So when will this move disappear? There are only two situations: one is when Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo are getting old, when they can no longer win chess. The second is the emergence of stronger players than them, who defeat Li Xiaoqiang or Li Shifo on the chessboard, so that this kind of wrong move can be proven.

In addition to these two cases, is there a third case? No, never!

That's why the "theory of evolution" in Go is unreliable. If there is a "theory of evolution", then have you ever seen that method in Go is eliminated through the so-called "theoretical innovation" and the so-called "technological accumulation"? This may be very common in other fields, but in Go, this has never been the case.

The development of Go depends on the promotion of genius, a chess player with mediocre qualifications, even if you master the so-called "most advanced Go theory", whether you should win or not, you should be cut by others.

This is Li Xiaoqiang's basic view on the so-called "innovation" in Go, and this view is not what Li Xiaoqiang had at the beginning, but as his level becomes higher and higher, and as his understanding of Go gradually deepens, he has a new understanding. Therefore, now he can look at the "novice" who appears in front of him with a very peaceful mind.

But Li Shifo's "novice" step today made Li Xiaoqiang feel a little unusual.

Li Xiaoqiang is a reborn, he himself is a famous "novice creator", so to speak, for the understanding of "novice", no one can match Li Xiaoqiang in today's chess world. But Li Xiaoqiang is now sure that this step of "novice" who appears in front of him now, whether in his previous life or in this life, he has never seen it!

Of course, it is not only this that makes Li Xiaoqiang feel unusual, but the other is the main reason:

"I said a long time ago, Li Shifo obviously came prepared this time... In the viewing room, reporter Zhang Da said with emotion:

"When it comes to familiarity with Xiaoqiang, it can only be Li Shifo. It is said that Li Xiaoqiang has no fixed routine for playing chess, but only Li Shifo can catch Li Xiaoqiang's habit of playing chess. Have you seen this chess shape? It was only when I saw Li Shifo's novice move that I remembered that in the recent game, Xiaoqiang did use this move. Of course, my level doesn't know the quality of this move, but one thing I'm sure of is that this move must have been carefully prepared by Li Shifo, and it was specially designed for Xiaoqiang... ”

In the game room, facing a "novice" who came specifically for himself, Li Xiaoqiang fell into deep thought. (To be continued.) )