"Xiaoqiang, your letter ......"

The Chinese Chess Academy pulled out such a voice from the communication room. A group of young people from the Go team surrounded them, and even some young members of the national elephant team also surrounded them. A strange cry came from the crowd:

"Love letters, these twice-a-month love letters are so punctual......"

Li Xiaoqiang couldn't cry or laugh: "Don't talk nonsense, do I understand this work, I have normal work dealings......"

The letter was sent from Japan by Yukari Umezawa. In this era when the Internet is not popular, and even mobile phones are not popular, writing letters is naturally the most important method of contact.

Because Li Xiaoqiang serialized a series of articles on "Research on Ancient Chinese Chess" in the Japanese magazine "Qidao". In addition, Mr. Wu Qingyuan's "21st Century Go Playing Method" was also serialized in the magazine. Mr. Wu is very polite every time, and before publishing in the magazine, he always asks Li Xiaoqiang's opinion, and if Li Xiaoqiang has any new ideas, Mr. Wu will note in the magazine:

"In the face of this situation, how and how is the opinion of China's Li Xiaoqiang ......" and something like that.

The transit point for these two jobs is, of course, Yukari Umezawa. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang said that this is a "work letter", which cannot be said to be wrong.

"Yes yes yes, work letters, work letters. But I wondered, what did those photos mean last time? Has anyone ever heard of a private photo sent to a work letter? ”

"Hahahaha......"

A group of young people still refused to let go of Li Xiaoqiang. Liu Qing in the crowd was even more suddenly enlightened:

"I finally know now why the boss is so cruel to us in the individual competition."

"How?"

"If you pinch your fingers, the boss probably hasn't been to Japan for a long time. Why did he show no mercy to us? That, of course, is to create an opportunity to meet someone. ”

"Oh? Oh......"

The others also pretended to be contemptuous, as if the reason why they lost was really because Li Xiaoqiang valued sex and ignored friends. Li Xiaoqiang couldn't laugh or cry again:

"Go, go, you are not good at learning, but your ability to make excuses has become very strong. You can find such a strange excuse. ”

"You dare to say that you didn't do anything to us? You'd better win tomorrow's game. Don't let everyone say that you only have what we have in front of us. ”

mentioned "tomorrow's game", Li Xiaoqiang also put away his hippie smile. The second day of the tournament was the top 8 of the 5th Toyo Securities Cup. The match will be held at the China Chess Academy. And Li Xiaoqiang's opponent in this game is Li Shifo!

In the round of 16 that ended a month ago, Li Xiaoqiang defeated Liu Changhyuk. At the same time, Nie Whirlwind also successfully defeated his opponent. And another chess player, Yu Bin, he encountered Zhao Zhixun in the last round, and the result was not unexpected, Zhao Zhixun once again destroyed Yu Bin's youth. In this way, the Chinese team has 2 players in the top 8.

The other 8 top candidates. The South Korean team is the king of the other three days except Yoo Chang-hyuk. On the Japanese side, it is Cho Jixun, Masao Kato and Kiki Kaida. With such a combination, it should be said that the top 8 battles are full of color.

The draw ceremony that followed the round of 16 tie. Li Xiaoqiang encountered Li Shifo, and the collision between the previous champion and the previous champion was naturally quite eye-catching. And this is also the second time that these two outstanding young chess players in the world have played each other after a gap of more than 20 months.

Peers always pay more attention to the performance of their peers, and not long ago in the individual competition, Li Xiaoqiang's strength made Chang Rensheng and them have a deep understanding. In the world of Go, playing a game is always different from playing a game. This is because Chang Rensheng and they have learned how powerful Li Xiaoqiang is. That's why they're so focused on this game. They are very eager to weigh another peer from this game.

Chang Rensheng is like this, Li Xiaoqiang is not like this. Nearly 2 years have passed, and Li Shifo is the same as himself. He has also become a world champion. During this time, although in terms of results, I was not as brilliant as I was 2 years ago. But Li Xiaoqiang still feels that he should be playing chess. The most concrete performance. It is that my understanding of Go has deepened again. In the face of many situations, I am now more accustomed to choosing my own way from the height of the overall situation. Instead of relying on local super-strong means to win chess, as was the case before.

Of course. It's a feeling that I can't explain. Li Xiaoqiang himself thinks that he has made progress, and many of his losses are just not smooth between the two thinking transitions. However, in the eyes of some people, Li Xiaoqiang has not improved in the past 2 years, and it is true that he has become more comprehensive now, but the advantages that he relied on to become famous now seem to be slowly being lost.

Which view is more correct? In fact, Li Xiaoqiang himself doesn't know. That's why he's looking forward to the upcoming races as well.

"Li Shifo, while letting you review it, let me also weigh what progress you have made in the past two years...... Li Xiaoqiang thought in his heart.

On the second day, the top 8 battle officially started, in addition to Li Xiaoqiang vs. Li Shifo, the other 3 matches were Nie Whirlwind vs. Zhao Zhixun, Cao Yanzi vs. Kato Masao, and Xu Bongsu vs. Yitian Jiji.

In the training room commonly used by the national youth team, Chang Rensheng and they almost ignored the other three games. All their interests are focused on the game of Li Xiaoqiang VS Li Shifo.

"The boss's chess is still like that, unpredictable and scorching." Luo Shen Pig was the first to express his opinion.

"Li Shifo's chess is the same as always, the moves are obscene, but it makes people feel like they can't start." Chang Rensheng then commented. After saying these two sentences, the two were stunned at the same time.

"Hahahaha."

There was a cheerful laugh in the small research room. Indeed, judging from the progress of the morning, there are no other clues, but the styles of the two are vividly displayed. Approaching the noon closing time, Zhou Dayang, another chess player of the national youth team, said:

"Anyway, this Li Shifo still has two brushes. We've learned all the big chess. In all fairness, if it had been me playing against the boss, I would have been dazzled by these tricks, and I would have been at a loss. And many of Li Shifo's coping moves are also unexpected to me. It often makes me think, "Is this okay?" Don't fight back yet? "But it's these seemingly obscene tricks, but the effect is surprisingly good. At least from a global perspective, I think it's still a balance of power, right? The boss may have a slight advantage, but this advantage is limited. ”

listened to Zhou Dayang's words. Everyone else was silent. Among these young chess players, Zhou Dayang likes to rely on thick momentum to play chess. This type of player likes to accumulate strength in the prologue stage. In other words, chess players who like to play thick chess tend to be patient, and they are used to waiting for opportunities in patience.

But after watching the morning game, even Zhou Dayang often felt "unbearable", which shows how "bullying" Li Xiaoqiang's moves are. Let's put yourself in their shoes, if you go up to compete with Li Xiaoqiang by yourself, you may only have the ability to parry now. On the other hand, what about Li Shifo's response? His approach was also unexpected. He looked more tolerant than Zhou Dayang. Patience to the point where everyone thinks it is "obscene".

The problem now is here, everyone is knowledgeable, Li Shifo uses such a trick, but the overall situation can still maintain a balance of power. This shows his strength, and at the same time, everyone can feel his uniqueness.

This is probably the legendary "sense of balance", which seems to suffer locally, but can maintain a delicate balance in the overall situation. The highlight of this game of chess should be when the boss breaks this balance......"

At the start of the afternoon game, everyone continued to pay attention to this game. By about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Everyone is gradually attracted to a part of the lower left corner of the chessboard.

"This partial processing should be the key to this bureau, right?"

Indeed, because Li Shifo has been maintaining a delicate balance, he has successfully broken up the situation. Judging by the trend of the chess game. There are no more particularly urgent big chess pieces on the chessboard, and it seems that a game of kung fu chess has been formed.

Of course, Li Shifo also needs to pay a price for doing this, at least from the current situation. Li Xiaoqiang's real space is already ahead. In the second half of the game, Li Shifo needs to rely on his "thick taste" to make up for the gap between reality and emptiness bit by bit.

The lower left corner of the board that everyone focuses on. This is actually a "norm" of Go. It's not like the "Jinjing Column" on the plate, which is a rarely seen method at present.

Here's how it looks: This game is Li Xiaoqiang's black chess. Black occupies the "small eye" position in the lower left corner, and after the opponent's "small fly" hangs the corner, black ignores it, and then white "flies and presses". In order to seize the other "big games", black climbed 3 moves in a row and then took the lead again. White "turns", black "flies", white blocks again, and black takes the lead again. At this point, the two sides did not continue to play chess in this place. In this way, a "normal" in Go also appears.

Judging from the previous progress, Li Xiaoqiang took the lead twice in this part. And in terms of the number of hands, white took a total of 6 moves in this place, and black only took 4 moves. "White is strong and black is weak" is for sure. Of course, Li Xiaoqiang took this weak chess piece as a price, and he grabbed 2 hands in a row in other places.

You know, in the prologue stage of Go, the value of 2 moves is very great. If white is not adequately compensated in this area, it is likely to lead to a backward situation.

In fact, for such a "normal shape", amateur chess players with a certain strength know it. In this part, black does not "live clean", and white has a clever robbery to kill the black piece by robbery.

Of course, the subtlety of the current situation is subtle here. Although there was a "robbery" here, Li Shifo did not immediately put it into practice, and Li Xiaoqiang did not make up for it immediately. Because that's where the efficiency of the pieces comes into play. The value here is very large, yes, if Li Shifo can kill this black chess, the value will definitely exceed 40 meshes. But don't forget, Li Xiaoqiang has already taken the first two moves here, and if white spends another hand to kill the chess, then Li Xiaoqiang can still earn a hand elsewhere. In this way, on average, the value of a hand of chess is only about 10 meshes, which is about the same as the value of a big official. Therefore, neither side is in a hurry to make a move in this place.

Of course, setting aside issues is not the same as putting them on hold forever. As the situation is broken up, the very obvious big chess is gone, so that this part becomes particularly conspicuous. What to do with this part? It has gradually become the focus of the overall situation.

Of course, on the surface, this is only a local problem, but this is not the case. Because there are variables here, there is even a "robbery". As long as there is robbery in Go, it will involve the thickness of both sides and the amount of robbery......

In other words, because of the variables here, it will greatly affect how both sides move elsewhere. This is, of course, a global issue.

"Now let's see how the two sides will deal with this......"

In the training room, Chang Rensheng and the others were still paying attention to the game with great interest. In the game room, the chess game is also going on step by step.

The re-contest between Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo will soon be clear. (To be continued......)