Throughout his life, Mr. Kitani's style has undergone two significant changes. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 INFO When he was a teenager, Kitani loved the field, had a keen sense, a delicate chess style, and a lot of unique thinking. In short, the name of "Strange Boy Pill" back then was not called indiscriminately, and when he was young, Mugu met the characteristics of all genius chess boys.

When Mr. Minoru Mutani reached the fifth stage, that is, when he and Mr. Wu Qingyuan jointly created the "New Layout Revolution", there was a significant change in his chess style, probably during that time he was thinking about how to use the "new layout" every day.

Although the idea of "new layout revolution" was jointly put forward by Wu and Mugu, the emphasis of the two was different, and the essence of Mr. Wu was speed, and the pursuit of quickly seizing the key points. As for Mr. Minoru Kitani, he paid more attention to the study of the midbelly of Go at that time, and it can be said that the prototype of the "cosmic flow" appeared in the hands of Minoru Kitani.

It's a pity that Mr. Minoru Kitani didn't create a real "cosmic flow", and by the time he became a seventh-dan, he had become a master in the world at this time, but Mr. Minoru Kitani's chess style took a gorgeous turn again.

If the previous change is not obvious, after all, when I was young, my chess skills were not mature, and there was no point in talking about chess style or something. Then his subsequent changes can be said to be known to everyone. Because this is related to a very famous game in the history of Japanese Go, that is, the retirement match of Hideya's "celebrity".

At that time, Japan's only "Kudan" Hideya "celebrity" was old and frail, so he was ready to officially retire. The newly established Japan Chess Academy organized a small-scale selection tournament to select a chess player to play retirement chess with Hideya celebrities, and Mr. Wu Qingyuan also did not participate in this selection tournament because of illness, and finally Mr. Minoru Kitani stood out and obtained the qualification to play retirement chess.

In addition to Mr. Wu Qingyuan's past, Mr. Minoru Mutani played this retreat chess, which could be said to be expected at that time.

At that time, the Japanese chess world was in opposition to the old and the new, and due to the "New Layout Revolution", Mr. Wu and Mr. Kitani were of course considered reformers in the Go world. Since there is a "reformer", there is naturally an "old-fashioned school", and Hideya celebrity is considered to be the general representative of the "old-fashioned school", and his disciples even wrote a book on "playing to a new layout" to confront this new wave in the Go world.

Just when the conflict between the old and new concepts was at its worst, Minoru Kitani and Hideya met. No one knew why, and no one knew what Minoru Kitani himself thought, but just when everyone thought he would use a "new layout" to deal with Hideya's "celebrities", Mr. Minoru Kitani returned to tradition and used the most old-fashioned, "Japanese" style to play this game of retreat with Hideya "celebrities".

And since then, the "cosmic flow" Mugu has never been seen again, and the Mr. Mutani Minoru in the back is the most familiar Mutani, who is extremely solid in chess and has a very slow pace, even if he is "scolded by Mr.", I still want to play the Mugu here.

Reporter Zhang Da compared Li Shifo with Mugu Shishi, of course, it can't be said that it is unreasonable. At least in terms of "solid chess", the two have something in common. But just now, when reporter Zhang Da saw a move made by Li Shifo just played, he was surprised by Li Shifo's changes, and even jokingly said that Li Shifo's chess style was also changing.

Because this move is not "solid" at all, this move is actively seeking to fight, although this move is very active, but it looks a bit "thin".

This is a move very similar to Li Xiaoqiang's chess!

"Interesting, interesting, Lao Nie, did you say that Li Shifo's chess style has really changed? Is his style already moving closer to Xiaoqiang, or is he only doing it occasionally, only when targeting Xiaoqiang? ”

"It's probably both... Nie Whirlwind, who came to the viewing room in the afternoon, said with a smile:

"Xiaoqiang is now the first person in the world chess world, what is the first person? It's that everyone imitates and learns your play, and that's the first person. Although many people say that Li Shifo and Xiaoqiang are the closest at present, if Xiaoqiang is the first, then Li Shifo is the second, but the second learns from the first, and the style is closer to the first, which is very normal. On the other hand, it is always very easy for any chess player to play against Xiaoqiang nowadays. Why? Because everyone can't win against Xiaoqiang with conventional methods, when they play against him, they always want to make some changes and always find some new ways to deal with him. Do you remember last year's "Samsung Cup" final? Zhao Zhixun is so old, when he competes with Xiaoqiang, he will use extremist tactics to deal with Xiaoqiang, not to mention the younger Li Shifo. And in my opinion, it is very normal for Li Shifo to make this change, and his thinking is very understandable. ”

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"Xiao Zhang, let me ask you first, what did everyone say about Li Shifo before? What are his greatest characteristics and strengths? ”

"Didn't this Korean Lao Xu say that Li Shifo is like a crocodile, his biggest specialty is patience, and many people say that his chess is the art of "waiting". ”

"That's right... Nie Whirlwind said with a smile: "Li Shifo is indeed the best at waiting, and he used this trick to torture many chess players to cry without tears. But the problem now is: it's not easy for him to use this move in the face of Xiaoqiang. For others, he can "wait" for victory, but when he uses this trick on Xiaoqiang, he "waits" more but fails. Since you can't win chess by "waiting", Li Shifo will naturally find a way to make some changes. ”

"Then do you think Li Shifo's change can work?"

Regarding reporter Zhang Da's question, Nie Whirlwind did not answer positively:

Now everyone is changing, Xiaoqiang, who used to be particularly "tricky", has gradually become "no move", and Li Shifo, who used to win chess by "waiting", is now "not waiting". These are some of the new changes that have appeared in the two of them, and this should be the biggest attraction of this chess match. So I can't really say what the final outcome will be. In terms of comprehensive strength, it should be Xiaoqiang and slightly stronger, but Li Shifosheng is more careful and meticulous in preparation. Therefore, in the end, I think it will depend on their on-the-spot performance. ”

It should be said that Nie Whirlwind's vision is still old and spicy, and when he saw the first game of chess, he pointed out the key to the victory or defeat of this five-way chess final. And the first two sets of the game seem to confirm Nie Whirlwind's statement.

In the first set of the finals, although Li Shifo offered a novice at the beginning and took the initiative to fight in the middle game, Li Xiaoqiang played quite well, he not only faced the novice to deal with it correctly, but also took the initiative in the later war, and finally won the first game with a one-and-a-half-goal advantage.

However, in the second set, Li Shifo successfully equalized.

In the second game, the two still showed the new changes that happened to each other, Li Xiaoqiang continued to show the realm of "no moves", while Li Shifo still no longer continued to "wait", he was still active and took the initiative to fight on the chessboard.

Li Xiaoqiang did not lose to Li Shifo's initiative, but because his preparation for this final was not as adequate as Li Shifo.

When Li Shifo sacrificed a "novice" again, this time Li Xiaoqiang failed to dodge. Although the research laboratory thought that Li Xiaoqiang's response at that time was very good, it had not yet reached the level of "perfection". But in the face of Li Shifo, if you can't be "perfect", you can't do it. It was because he suffered a small loss when dealing with novices, and Li Shifo took the initiative to fight and maintained a slight advantage until the official stage and until the endgame.

1 and a half eyes, Li Shifo returned a game with the same score.

After the two sides played 1-1, the final of the "Samsung Cup" was suspended, and the last three games will be played in South Korea at the end of the year. However, after 1 to 1, the suspense of this final was born, and the prospect of the final was even more confusing, and the outside world paid more attention to the "Erli Showdown" at the end of the century.

"Xiaoqiang, how do you feel?"

On the second day after the end of the second game, Zhang Da reporter asked Li Xiaoqiang like this.

"Hehe, it's a little interesting, Li Shifo's current changes are indeed a little interesting."

Li Xiaoqiang knew that although the score in the first two games was 1 to 1, the outside world gave Li Shifo more beautiful words. Of course, this situation is very normal, one is that the status of the two is not the same now, in any competitive event, everyone is always more sympathetic to the weak, in front of Li Xiaoqiang, Li Shifo is now the "weak", so in the case of a 1 to 1 match, Li Shifo will definitely be able to receive more praise.

As for the comments from the outside world that Li Shifo showed more substantial content on the chessboard, Li Xiaoqiang also didn't care.

To tell the truth, Li Xiaoqiang is basically satisfied with his performance in these two sets. I showed the realm of "no moves" in the game, and what is the biggest feature of "no moves"? That's just plain, of course, so it's normal not to get praise.

This is like comparing with his previous self, compared with his previous self, Li Xiaoqiang of course thinks that his current self is more powerful, but from the perspective of ornamentation, of course, it is better to play chess with "tricks". This time, Li Shifo was able to receive more praise, which is also a very important reason.

In addition to Li Xiaoqiang's evaluation in the accident world, he didn't even care about Li Shifo's careful preparation. Li Xiaoqiang admitted that the loss in the second game was due to his lack of preparation. But the so-called pre-game preparation is only an external factor after all, the preparation in the first 2 games is not enough, and in the next 3 games, he can prepare carefully, and all along, this aspect seems to be his strength, so Li Xiaoqiang is not worried that Li Shifo will overpower himself in this regard.

What really makes Li Xiaoqiang feel "interesting" is the change in Li Shifo's chess style.

In real history, Li Shifo's chess style has indeed undergone a change, that is, after the rise of Gu Dali Li Shishi and others, Li Shifo gained a string of "Lianya" in the World Series, and his chess style gradually became active.

But according to the normal trajectory, it will take 7 or 8 years later, and it is only 99 years now. In real history, Li Shifo at this time was the time to bring the "art of waiting" to the extreme.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang knows that Li Shifo's change should be related to himself.

Li Xiaoqiang even remembered that in fact, in the last final of the "Toyo Securities Cup", Li Shifo's changes had begun to take shape, but it was not as obvious as it is now.

In his previous life, when Li Shifo changed his chess style, he was no longer at his peak.

In this life, Li Shifo has changed his chess style, and he is currently in the best form of his career.

What will become of Li Shifo after changing his chess style? Can he get stronger? Or do you lose your character and become a mediocre chess player?

Li Xiaoqiang doesn't know all this yet, and the only thing Li Xiaoqiang knows is that because of Li Shifo's change, he has a lot of fun in his confrontation with him.

For example, in the final of the "Samsung Cup" this time, there will be a lot of variables because of Li Shifo's change.

"It's changing, so let's see who can get better... (To be continued.) )