January 2001, Beijing, China Chess Academy. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info the first "World Chess Holy War" round of 32 is being played here. This is the first battle in the world chess world after entering the new year.

In this round of the game, Li Xiaoqiang encountered Japan's reigning "celebrity" Kiki Ita. As the tournament's top seed, Li Xiaoqiang's match will never be short of attention, but today, this match is not the focus of the entire match.

"It's said that Japanese Go is not good now, but in this competition, the performance of Japanese players seems to be good." After the start of the competition, some reporters who came to cover the competition made such comments.

The real situation is indeed like this, in the top 32 arena, if you look up, you will find that there are really not a few Japanese chess players, and it can be said that at least compared to this stage, China and South Korea Go have not shown an advantage.

And those who defend the honor of Japanese Go are still those veterans. In Japan's "Six Supers", except for Otake Hero and Masaki Takemiya, the other 4 actually broke into the top 32.

Among them, Zhao Zhixun and Kobayashi Koji are okay to say, they are still young after all. But Mr. Kato is already over half a year old, and Mr. Lin Haifeng is almost over the age of six, and it is not easy for them to persist to this stage.

Coincidentally, the two oldest players in the entire tournament met the youngest two in the round of 32, with Mr. Lin Haifeng vs. Li Shi, and Mr. Kato Masao vs. Gu Dali.

Therefore, in this round of 32, the "battle between the old and the young" in the world chess world is the main attraction, and the vast majority of reporters are paying attention to this game. Others like Li Xiaoqiang vs Yitian Jiji, Li Shifo's match against Luo Shenzhu all have to stand aside.

Not to mention the reporters who came to cover the game, even many participating chess players were very interested in these two games. At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Li Xiaoqiang came to the research room and watched the two sets of "old and young competition" with everyone.

Reporter Zhang Da saw Li Xiaoqiang come in, and first asked Li Xiaoqiang about his game:

"How? Looking at you like this, it seems like there should be no problem, right? ”

Li Xiaoqiang smiled slightly, and did not respond positively to Zhang Da's reporter's words. Now Li Xiaoqiang has only played less than 100 chess moves in his own game, and playing chess with a "Benge" chess player like Yitian Jiji, it is very unlikely that he will gain a very big advantage. However, Li Xiaoqiang is still full of confidence that he can win today.

Li Xiaoqiang's reason for confidence is simple: he believes that he has achieved a certain advantage so far, which is not big, but it is enough to ensure his final victory.

Li Xiaoqiang has always maintained a relatively high winning rate against Japanese chess players. Why is this happening? Li Xiaoqiang summed up the law, that is, Japanese chess players do not have many "moves", and they play chess too smoothly and step by step. The dominant chess does not know how to maintain the inferior chess, and the chess does not know how to turn the tables.

Take Yida Jiji as an example, when he was "lacking in skill" in the past, he still couldn't do anything about himself, but now he is completely reversed, and when he plays against him, he can establish a certain advantage within 100 moves, so he is even more helpless.

That's why, so Li Xiaoqiang is still in the mood to come and watch other people's games at this time.

"Xiaoqiang, what do you think of these two games?"

A reporter asked Li Xiaoqiang what he thought about today's 2 sets of "old and young disputes". Li Xiaoqiang glanced at the two games of chess:

"Theoretically, of course, I should be optimistic that the two youngsters can win, but in terms of facts, I still prefer to play white in both games so far."

Today's two games are played by Mr. Lin Haifeng, and the other is played by Gu Dali. Mr. Lin's side, everyone listens to Li Xiaoqiang's willingness to play white is very understandable, because after all, it is only less than 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and the time to leave the game is not long, and the chess game is still in the middle and early stage.

Compared with older players, it is generally believed that the advantages of young players are concentrated in the middle and late game. Especially the two who are facing each other today, not to mention, Mr. Lin's prologue kung fu is famous, and Li Shishi, even if he later becomes one of the top masters in the world, his prologue kung fu has been criticized by many people.

Everyone focused on asking about Gu Dali's plate:

"Xiaoqiang, do you think that Dali's current situation is good?"

"Yes, this kid has really been different in the past two years... Li Xiaoqiang first praised Gu Dali:

"Don't forget who Dali's apprentice is, everyone used to think that Xiao Chang should be able to inherit the mantle of Lao Nie, but now I think that it is Dali's chess that really gets the essence of Lao Nie."

"Oh?"

Li Xiaoqiang's evaluation aroused everyone's curiosity. Because in everyone's impression, Gu Dali is a reckless teenager with infinite strength, commonly known as "selling strong pills", Li Xiaoqiang's evaluation is rarely heard.

"Yes... Li Xiaoqiang continued to add: "How to compare Xiaochang and Dali's chess? Xiao Chang's chess is thick and heavy, but the pattern is still too small, lacking such an atmosphere, but the vigorous chess looks very atmospheric, this is the real essence of Lao Nie. ”

Hearing Li Xiaoqiang say this, others don't speak, anyway, things like "atmosphere" can't be seen or touched, so it's not up to Li Xiaoqiang to say whatever he says.

"So in these two games of chess today, Xiaoqiang is more optimistic that Dali can win Luo?"

Another reporter asked Li Xiaoqiang to predict the specific outcome of these two games.

"I didn't say that, we just talked about the situation, and the situation and the victory or defeat are two different things. If we only talk about winning and losing, then I am still quite optimistic that Li Shishi can win. ”

Facing everyone's confused eyes, Li Xiaoqiang sighed:

"Didn't everyone say that the current Go is the era of the second half of the decisive game, Mr. Lin is now old after all, and I am worried that he may not be able to block the impact of Li Shishi in the future. As for Mr. Kato, don't forget, after all, he is now the reigning Japanese Honinbo, and if Japanese Go is no longer good, it will not be good to win the triple crown. ”

"Therefore ...

"Therefore, in today's two games of chess, I think the test of Gu Dali is even greater."

Because he still had a game, Li Xiaoqiang pretended to be a magic stick in front of reporters for a while, and then ran back to play his game. How did Li Xiaoqiang's magic stick this time go?

First of all, Li Xiaoqiang's own chess, this game of chess did not surprise Li Xiaoqiang. Faced with a slightly backward situation, Yitian Jiji really didn't seem to have many options, and he just kept going step by step. This made Li Xiaoqiang very clear, and he has been firmly controlling the overall situation until the end.

5 p.m. almost 2 and a half meshes! Li Xiaoqiang, who was in charge of black, defeated Yitian Kiki with a two-and-a-half-goal advantage and successfully advanced to the top 16 of the first "World Chess Holy War".

After losing the game, Yitian Jiji himself also seemed very calm, as if losing to Li Xiaoqiang was a very normal thing. After the two briefly discussed the gains and losses of the chess game, Li Xiaoqiang began to wander around the arena again.

Li Xiaoqiang first came to the side of the game of Li Shishi vs Lin Haifeng to watch the game. Although this game of chess is not over, Li Xiaoqiang observed the situation and found that Mr. Lin really did not withstand the impact of Xiao Li, and he had been losing and retreating one after another, and by the time Li Xiaoqiang went to watch the game, the chess game was actually irretrievable, and Li Shi's victory was a foregone conclusion.

Seeing this situation, Li Xiaoqiang shook his head slightly, and then left silently.

came to the side of Gu Dali's game of chess, and found that this game of chess had ended. At present, Kato and Gu Dali are reviewing.

“。。。 Young man, why are you in such a hurry? In the future, the whole world will be yours, so let's take this move... Mr. Kato pointed to a hand on the chessboard:

“。。。 Why are you in such a hurry to beat us old fellows to death with a stick... ”

Watching Mr. Kato "teach" Gu Dali in this way, and looking at Gu Dali's sweaty face, Li Xiaoqiang shook his head slightly again, and then walked away silently.

Was it all fate? Gu Dali has to be an "ancient round" for a few years to become a talent?

Li Xiaoqiang continued to wander around the arena, but this time he wandered to Chang Rensheng's side, Chang Rensheng and Luo Shenzhu were together, and it seemed that they were also reviewing.

Li Xiaoqiang simply observed everyone's expressions, and knew that Chang Rensheng should have been promoted, and Luo Shenzhu should have been eliminated if he didn't expect it.

“。。。 Judging from this game of chess, the gap between me and him is still not small... ”

Li Xiaoqiang heard Luo Shenzhu sighing, or self-examination:

“。。。 It's not that you can't lose chess, but I'm most afraid that you will lose inexplicably like this. I obviously think I've always thought I'm playing a good game of chess, but when I play a little behind, I find that I'm already behind, and it's okay to be a little behind, and I found that I'm still a lot worse when I play a little bit of chess. . . ”

“。。。 Alas, such a loss, such a loss, except for admitting that there is a gap between himself and his level, there is really no better explanation. Such a feeling, such a feeling. Even when I play chess with my boss, I don't feel that way. I'm a little weird.,Why is the boss pinching him so accurate.。。。 ”

Chang Rensheng saw Li Xiaoqiang at this time, and he smiled and said to Luo Shenzhu:

"Don't sigh here, haven't you seen the Lord coming, if you have any questions, just ask the boss."

Li Xiaoqiang looked at the currently depressed Luo Shen Pig, and he didn't know why, Li Xiaoqiang suddenly remembered that in real history, Luo Shen Pig played the "bronze spectrum" that shocked the world a few years later.

"Let's practice for a few more years...

Li Xiaoqiang smiled and said to Luo Shenzhu:

"I believe that as long as you devote yourself to cultivation for a few more years, the feeling of grievance you have now will definitely disappear."

Li Xiaoqiang didn't continue to hang around after he came here, and he waited for the news of other games with everyone.

Li Xiaoqiang saw Ma Xiaofei walking out of the game room with a smile on his face, saw Cao Yanzi walking out of the game room with light steps, saw Liu Changhe walk out of the game room with a relaxed face, and saw Zhao Zhixun walk out of the game room like a child...

"It's getting better."

Chang Rensheng, who was beside him, suddenly sighed.

Li Xiaoqiang and Chang Rensheng looked at each other and smiled, indeed, at this time, the first "World Chess Holy War" was indeed getting better. (To be continued.) )