Unbeaten in the final?

Li Xiaoqiang said angrily and funny to reporter Zhang Da: "You people always seem to be able to find some gimmicks." ”

Reporter Zhang Da responded with laughter: "This is not a gimmick I found, it is a gimmick that Koreans have found themselves." ”

The upcoming "Samsung Cup" final will be the sixth final that Li Xiaoqiang has participated in this year, and it will also be the second time that Li Xiaoqiang and Liu Changhyuk will face each other in the World Series final this year.

When the final of the "Samsung Cup" was approaching, many media suddenly discovered: there seems to be nothing to say now.

Thinking about this situation, it is actually normal, long before the "Ying's Cup" final, all kinds of analysis articles and various prediction articles have been overwhelming in various media. It's still the two of them, and with the two finals so close apart, it's hard to come up with anything new.

What's more, after everyone watched the final of the "Ying's Cup", now even the hardest Korean media have to admit that compared with Li Xiaoqiang, Liu Changhyuk's comprehensive strength does seem to be slightly inferior.

No one denies that Liu Changhe is the top player in today's chess world, and no one thinks that there is a particularly big gap between Liu Changhe and Li Xiaoqiang. But what makes the South Korean media desperate is that although the gap between Yoo Chang-hyuk and Li Xiaoqiang is not big, this gap seems to be all-round.

Yoo Chang-hyuk is not Li Shifo. Although now when everyone compares Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo together, the vast majority of people will still put Li Xiaoqiang in front. But no matter how you compare, no one thinks that Li Xiaoqiang can suppress Li Shifo in all aspects, right? At least in terms of official skills, everyone still thinks that Li Shifo is slightly stronger.

This is reflected in the fact that everyone predicts the outcome of a specific game, and the situation will be very different: yes, you Li Xiaoqiang may indeed be a little better than Li Shifo, and if you play the next five-game chess, your chances of winning may indeed be slightly larger. However, the match between the two of you should still be full of uncertainties. The key to playing chess between the two of you is to see "who can put the game into the track that you are good at"......

But what about Yoo Chang-hyuk? The Korean media sadly found that no matter how they were broken and crushed, no matter how they were observed and analyzed under a microscope, they couldn't seem to find that Liu Changhyuk was stronger than Li Xiaoqiang. Compared with technology, Liu Changhe has no technology that can be stronger than Li Xiaoqiang, bit is long, Liu Changhe is best at Li Xiaoqiang seems to be better than him......

As you can imagine, it should be very depressing when the Korean media makes such comparisons. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang understands very well that they will talk about their "undefeated finals" this year.

Don't think it's a good thing that they mention "unbeaten in the final". To put it bluntly, this is just another kind of "balance theory" or "character theory":

You Li Xiaoqiang won the championship in 5 finals this year, so according to probability theory, the probability of winning the championship in your 6th final is always smaller......

Of course, reporter Zhang Da is also very clear about this kind of thing, he saw that the Korean media even sacrificed the "character theory", so he smiled so happily.

The format of the first "Samsung Cup" five-way chess final is similar to that of the "Ying's Cup". The match is also divided into two stages, the first stage is played two games, the venue is Seoul, South Korea, and the next three games are moved to Shencheng, China. Reporter Li Xiaoqiang and Zhang Da are now on their way to Seoul, South Korea.

Regarding such a thing as "character theory", reporter Zhang Da has never been worried about Li Xiaoqiang. Li Xiaoqiang is not Ma Xiaofei, if it is Ma Xiaofei, then he may really pay attention to the problem of "character theory", but reporter Zhang Da knows that this kind of thing has never had any effect on Li Xiaoqiang.

Reporter Zhang Da is actually worried about another issue.

When Li Xiaoqiang, Coach Luo, and reporter Zhang Da arrived in Seoul, the only thing reporter Zhang Da asked Li Xiaoqiang was:

"Xiaoqiang, there's really nothing wrong with your current state, right?"

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang knew what reporter Zhang Da meant.

For the second chess contest with Liu Changhyuk this time, the "character theory" Shenma is of course unreliable, what should be the uncertain factor that really determines the outcome of the game? Of course, it should be the so-called state of presence.

Although Li Xiaoqiang seems to be a little stronger than Liu Changhe on paper, after all, he is not much stronger, and Liu Changhe is also a top master after all, and he has been in excellent form recently.

In this way, the on-the-spot performance of both sides is a very important factor in determining the outcome of this time.

Although the "state" is also ethereal, the "state" and the "character" are slightly different in that the "character theory" is completely illusory, while the "state theory" is slightly more traceable.

"So-and-so hasn't been in good shape lately."

Why do you dare to say that? Of course, it's to look at the person's recent games and games.

It has been almost 2 months since the final of the "Asian Cup". From the beginning of last year's Three Kingdoms Tournament to the winning of the "Asian Cup", Li Xiaoqiang's state is nothing to say, and everyone has to praise the word "good".

Li Xiaoqiang's good form even continued throughout August, but since September, Li Xiaoqiang's form seems to have fluctuated slightly. This is also what reporter Zhang Da is most worried about, so he will ask more.

From the end of the "Asian Cup" to the present, although Li Xiaoqiang has not appeared in the international arena, he still has chess in the domestic arena.

During this period of time, it happened to be the period when the domestic "national hand war", "chess king war" and "celebrity war" were in full swing.

The "national hand war" doesn't talk about it, Li Xiaoqiang is the incumbent "national player", and he doesn't have to participate in the qualifiers of this competition. In the "Chess King Battle", Li Xiaoqiang's performance is also okay, and he has now entered the final "Challenger Decisive Battle". Competing with Li Xiaoqiang for the right to challenge is Chang Rensheng, this game will be played after returning from this trip to South Korea, if Li Xiaoqiang can pass the level of Chang Rensheng, then he will once again get the opportunity to challenge the "horse chess king".

Don't forget, "Chess King" is the only domestic title that Li Xiaoqiang has not won, the gimmick of the domestic "full champion", the long-lost Li Xiaoqiang VS Ma Xiaofei chess battle. So this game is still quite eye-catching.

Li Xiaoqiang's performance in the "Chess King Battle" is fine, and his problem appears in the "Celebrity Battle".

Slightly different from other domestic competitions, the "Celebrity Battle" is currently the only title battle in China that still maintains the "round-robin circle" format. A round-robin circle of 8 players will determine a challenger through a single round-robin format, and then compete with Ma Xiaofei for this year's Chinese "celebrity".

Li Xiaoqiang is one of the 8 chess players in the circle, and the "chess king battle" is temporarily over at the end of August. After entering September, except for the 2 sets of "Weijia" matches, Li Xiaoqiang's other games were concentrated in this "celebrity battle" round-robin game.

Li Xiaoqiang's poor performance in this game made reporter Zhang Da worried. At present, all the round-robin competitions have not been completed, and a total of 7 rounds of competitions have been completed so far, and 5 rounds have been completed. In the 5 rounds that have ended, Li Xiaoqiang only achieved 3 wins and 2 losses. One of his games was lost to Zhou Dayang, and the most recent set, that is, 2 days before Li Xiaoqiang left for South Korea to participate in the "Samsung Cup" final, Li Xiaoqiang just lost to Yu Bin.

You must know that Yu Bin in this life is not only Zhao Zhixun's "bitter hand". In the international arena, Yu Bin always can't win against Zhao Zhixun, so in the domestic arena, Zhang Da reporter can't remember when he last won against Li Xiaoqiang.

Humans are animals that love to associate with each other. It is taken for granted that Li Xiaoqiang will win, and now that Li Xiaoqiang even dares to lose Yu Bin, what about Liu Changhe......

This is what reporter Zhang Da is worried about.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang also understands reporter Zhang Da's worries.

In response, Li Xiaoqiang responded with a smile: "Of course, I can't say anything about the state myself." Do you want to know what my current status is? Then you only have to wait a few days, and when you watch this competition, you will naturally have a very clear answer. ”

What is Li Xiaoqiang's current state?

At the end of September 1997, the first "Samsung Cup" World Professional Go Open Championship was first held in Seoul, South Korea.

In fact, reporter Zhang Da did not "wait for a few days", he only waited for one day, that is, during the first game of the five-way chess final, reporter Zhang Da's worries have completely disappeared.

In the first game, Li Xiaoqiang, who was in charge of black, gave full play to his characteristics, he did not give Liu Changhyuk any chance overall, and he won a beautiful set with an overwhelming attitude.

"This is a famous game of black fans!"

This is a comment given by many people after watching the first game.

After a day of rest, the second game continued. When watching the second game, reporter Zhang Da's worries disappeared without a trace.

No, it's not just the worry of disappearing, when the game just went on around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Zhang Da reporter started to get a little excited. When the game was going on around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, reporter Zhang Da began to become a little excited.

By the time the game reached 5 p.m., reporter Zhang Da was already a little impatient.

He can't wait to send a report on the event in China:

Li Xiaoqiang is only one step away from winning the five crowns!

This is the headline prepared by reporter Zhang Da.

Will the report written in advance by reporter Zhang Da be invalidated? This answer was confirmed at around half past five.

At around 5:30 p.m., compared with the eyebrows and smiles of reporter Zhang Da and Coach Luo, the Korean chess players and reporters in the research room were in a depressed mood.

In the game room, Li Xiaoqiang smiled triumphantly, while Liu Changhe had a helpless wry smile.

2 to 0!

Now Li Xiaoqiang is really only one step away from his personal "five crowns"! (To be continued.) )