"The stone Buddha is so bad today, I think it's all because of Li Xiaoqiang......"

In the research room, seeing that Li Shifo's defeat was irretrievable, Cao Yanzi explained to the Park reporter next to him like this:

"For professional chess players, there is no such thing as "state" at all. The reason why Shi Buddha played well in the last game is that he is obviously not in shape today. Mainly because he attaches too much importance to Li Xiaoqiang, he only regards Li Xiaoqiang as the number one enemy. You know, when a person's spirit is highly focused, when the string in his heart is too tight. Then once you relax, it is easy to have this state of ups and downs......"

Regardless of whether this is the main reason for Li Shifo's loss, Cao Yanzi's words seem to make sense, and it sounds like that anyway. At least reporter Park is prepared to accept such an explanation.

Of course, for Li Shifo's loss, reporter Park did not think it was a surprise. In fact, in this year, except for Li Xiaoqiang, because of the inertia of thinking, he felt that Li Shifo's loss to Masaki Takemiya was abnormal, and no one felt that today's game result was unpopular.

There is an interesting phenomenon in the world chess world in recent years: Japanese chess players are afraid of Chinese chess players, Korean chess players often cannot win against Japanese chess players, and Chinese chess players except Li Xiaoqiang have a poor record against Korean chess players. To say that in the Three Kingdoms Tournament in this era, the Japanese team is still very combative. Since its inception, the Three Kingdoms Tournament has been held in three stages, with 4 to 6 games played each time. Today's Japanese players are not as often as successful in the Three Kingdoms Tournament as their juniors do, and if a player enters the third stage of the tournament, it is considered a victory.

After all, Mr. Takemiya is now a "celebrity" in Japanese Go, and he is a four-time "Asian Cup" champion. It gives the impression that he is very good at rapid chess. Therefore, although Masaki Takemiya has not won against Li Shifo before this, there are not many previous games between them, only 2 or 3 games, and the sample is too small. As a result, he defeated Li Shifo in a game of rapid chess. No one thinks this result is abnormal.

After the game, Li Xiaoqiang didn't know that Cao Yanzi put the "responsibility" for Li Shifo's loss to himself. He faced the ridicule of Yukari Umezawa:

"Didn't you say before the game that my Uncle Wugong must not be Li Shifo's opponent? Hmph......"

"This and this ......"

Standing on the same front as Yukari Umezawa is reporter Zhang Da. Indeed, people like Li Xiaoqiang, who like to pretend to be a god stick when they have nothing to do, but rarely make mistakes, are sometimes quite annoying. Now it is rare to see Li Xiaoqiang make a mistake, and of course reporter Zhang Da doesn't mind falling into the ground.

"Hah, that's it. It turns out that Li Tiezui also has times when he doesn't work. Xiaoqiang, do you want to continue to predict, who do you think will win tomorrow's game? ”

"This ......"

Although Li Xiaoqiang wants to earn back face, at this juncture, he really can't predict who will win tomorrow. If this is a slow chess match, then Li Xiaoqiang will definitely bet on Ma Xiaofei without hesitation. But this is a rapid chess match, but Masaki Wugong's state looks so good, but Li Xiaoqiang knows that Ma Xiaofei's rapid chess level is not very good......

"Needless to say, of course I'm optimistic that Mr. Ma can win."

"Are you sure? ......" Reporter Zhang Da pretended to look at Li Xiaoqiang's eyes: "Are you really sure?" ”

At this time, it is not so much Li Xiaoqiang who is predicting. It's better to say that he is taking a stand. On such an occasion, can Li Xiaoqiang say that he is not optimistic that Ma Xiaofei can win? Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang strengthened his tone:

"Of course! Of course, I am sure that Mr. Ma will win. ”

"Good ......" Zhang Da reporter turned to Yukari Umezawa again: "What about Yukari you?" Who do you think will win? ”

Reporter Zhang Da This is actually nonsense, as a Japanese Yukari Umezawa, can she not support Masaki Takemiya at this time? Sure enough, Umezawa answered without hesitation.

"Then you don't need to say ......" At this time, she quickly glanced at Li Xiaoqiang, and then learned Li Xiaoqiang's tone:

"Of course I believe that Mr. Takemiya can win."

"Okay, that's it." Reporter Zhang Da suddenly laughed, and behind him flashed Xu Ying and the staff of the TV station, the leader of the imperial court station also seemed to be a chess fan. He first greeted Li Xiaoqiang very warmly, and then looked at Li Xiaoqiang and Yukari Umezawa with his professional eyes. A very satisfied look:

"This state is most needed to do a live broadcast of Go programs, I hope you can sing this drama tomorrow ......"

Compared with the Three Kingdoms Ring Competition, there is only one main general left in China, Japan and South Korea, which should be regarded as a very fierce battle. Therefore, the next two games are in great interest. And Li Xiaoqiang and Yukari Umezawa played chess together for the first time on Chinese TV, which naturally attracted a lot of attention.

Capital. On the day of Ma Xiaofei's match with Masaki Takemiya. After lunch, Lin Mengyu walked outside the school alone.

Lin Mengyu, who is already in her fourth year, is not busy with classes now. But Lin Mengyu is not a die-hard chess fan, since she learned the news of Li Xiaoqiang's elimination, she doesn't care about the next Three Kingdoms Tournament. Now Lin Mengyu originally wanted to find Liao Qiong, after all, it is not far from the Spring Festival. Most schools are going on winter vacation soon, and she wants to ask everyone about their holiday schedules.

"Huh? Lin Damei, where are you going? Aren't you ready to watch the game? ”

Lin Mengyu looked up and saw that it was her fellow senior sister Xia Linfei greeting her, and beside her was her classmate Yan Qing, the Yan Qing who was a brother and sister to Li Xiaoqiang. Lin Mengyu smiled, she knew that the two opposite sides were chess fans, and the game they mentioned to them must be the ongoing Three Kingdoms Go Tournament.

"You're going to see the listing explanation, right? I'm going out right now, so I'm not going to see ......."

"You're not going to watch the game, aren't you going to watch the seventh......" Before Lin Mengyu could react, Yan Qing put on a look of "he knows everything":

"Today's game is the main lecture of Lao Qi, and the sports channel has also made a special preview. You know, in this kind of game, the player is usually the protagonist. Specially teased for the narrator, and I remember this is the first time. Our seventh child is awesome...... By the way, by the way, what else do you say that there is a mysterious chess speaker......"

Lin Mengyu decided to change her mind. She has now decided to go chess with everyone.

"Alas, to say that the effect of their partnership in chess is really good, especially this Yukari Umezawa, her Chinese language seems to be more correct than Xiaoqiang. Not only that, but she did a very good job of choosing the timing of the questions and grasping the rhythm of the live broadcast. It's a professional level. If Ma Xiao's game of chess can be played a little better, then today's live broadcast can be called perfect. ”

Lin Mengyu and others watched Li Xiaoqiang talk about chess on TV, while reporter Zhang Da and others watched Li Xiaoqiang talk about chess on the spot. After listening to the TV director's evaluation of Li Xiaoqiang's performance from his professional point of view, reporter Zhang Da wanted to laugh a little.

"Deputy Chief Engineer Li" is a southerner, although he has been in the capital for so many years after being reborn, it is a pity that the traces of "southern accent and northern tune" still remain in his accent. And although Umezawa Yukari is Japanese, don't say it, she has been learning standard Mandarin, and she has been in the capital for about half a year. Therefore, compared like this, Li Xiaoqiang seems to be really compared to her.

However, at a little more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon, reporter Zhang Da, like the chess fan director, could no longer laugh.

Because at this time, Li Xiaoqiang has already begun to summarize the entire game.

“…… While congratulating Mr. Takemiya on his second consecutive victory, it is a pity that Mr. Ma did not play well in this game, not only did he not show us his light and elegant style, but he also did not play well enough in several places. Like this...... This...... And here...... I think that's the main reason why Mr. Ma lost......"

“…… I think there are two main reasons why Mr. Ma lost today. The first is because Mr. Ma hasn't played for a long time. As you know, because Mr. Ma holds most of the titles in China, he doesn't have to participate in many qualifiers at all. For example, this month, Mr. Ma has not played an official game. And the consequence of not playing an official game for a long time is that it is easy to lead to hand birth. For example, a few small mistakes made by Mr. Ma today I think they were caused by hand students......"

“…… The second reason is that I don't think we are very good at playing this kind of rapid chess compared to Japanese and Korean players. As you know, the number of rapid chess tournaments in our country is scarce, in fact, not only Mr. Ma, but most of the chess players in our country lack the training of rapid chess tournaments, including me. Therefore, it is relatively difficult to get a good result in this format compared to other competitions......"

After analyzing the reasons for Ma Xiaofei's defeat, Li Xiaoqiang finally explained a few more "scene words":

“…… After Mr. Ma's defeat today, it means that all Chinese chess players are out of the tournament in this Three Kingdoms Tournament, and we have lost the opportunity to compete for the championship. On behalf of the national Go team, I would like to apologize to the fans, we didn't play well this time, I'm sorry to everyone. But please believe us, our national Go team will definitely strengthen training in this area. I believe that in the near future, we will definitely win this Three Kingdoms Tournament......"

What Li Xiaoqiang didn't expect was that no one paid attention to his other words, but his last "scene words" attracted everyone's attention. It seems that the Chinese people are still very interested in "representing" something.

"Can Li Xiaoqiang represent the Chinese national Go team?" It became a hot topic after the game. Of course, Li Xiaoqiang still received most of the praise. And the most direct consequence is that a few days later, the semi-finals of the "Toyo Securities Cup" between him and Nie Whirlwind became extremely popular.

To say that before this, this game was not in the spotlight. Most people are more concerned about the battle between Ma Xiaofei and Cao Yanzi. However, after Li Xiaoqiang "represented" the Chinese national Go team once, the situation seems to have become a little different.

Because someone gave this race a name, it was called: the baton handover battle. (To be continued.) )