The time came to the end of 2003, in Shencheng, China, the scene of the 8th game of the 2nd "World Chess Holy War" finals. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info When the game was coming to an end, many reporters stood at the door of the game room, ready to report on the last international match of the year.

Yes, although the final of the "World Chess Holy War" was played in Jiuban, like the first tournament, the eighth game was the last game.

In the 7th game of the "two-day" game, although Li Shifo stubbornly pulled back a game, Li Xiaoqiang did not give him a chance to fight back, and in the 8th game, Li Xiaoqiang completely released his talent and played freely all the way. Although the game has not officially ended, Li Xiaoqiang, who is in charge of black, has been unshakable for 10 years, and all reporters know very well that it is only a matter of time before Li Xiaoqiang defends his title.

"Now Li Xiaoqiang has reached the most brilliant apex...

While waiting for the final game of the game, reporters chatted at the door of the game room, and everyone gathered together to discuss Go, discuss this game, especially Li Xiaoqiang, the king of today's world chess scene.

"Yes, although Li Xiaoqiang has been the world's No. 1 for many years, such a dazzling performance is rare in recent years, the highlight moment, and now Li Xiaoqiang is really at his peak...

The "highlight moment" in this reporter's mouth is, of course, Li Xiaoqiang in the past two months. After China's "Celebrity War" and before the final stage of the "World Chess Holy War" finals, Li Xiaoqiang also participated in this year's "LG Cup" finals. The result was the same as the "Samsung Cup", Li Xiaoqiang defeated Li Shishi with a score of 3-1 to win the championship.

The two are 3-1 and the aggregate score is 6-2, which does not look like an opponent at the same level. No wonder even the Korean media had to admit after the game:

“。。。 Although Li Shishi is growing rapidly, his impact has caused headaches for most professional chess players. But in front of Li Xiaoqiang, it is not enough for Li Shishi to only have the current strength. Maybe as Li Xiaoqiang said: Li Shishi must work the rationality of chess... ”

Teach the younger generations a lesson with a complete victory, and now they are about to defend the biggest and most important tournament in the world. In more than 2 months, Li Xiaoqiang attacked from all sides and blossomed in an all-round way, winning 3 world championships and one of the most important domestic title battles. Such Li Xiaoqiang can of course be called his "highlight moment".

"Everyone said that if Li Xiaoqiang won all the championships, would it be too boring, and would he hinder the development of Go by doing so."

South Korea's Park reporter is also one of the many reporters, and he came to such a sour sentence in the crowd.

"How so? If you want me to say that I have a Li Xiaoqiang, this is a blessing for the entire Go world, it is precisely because of his existence that Go is more popular, and the Go population is increasing.

The whole game of Go has developed better. ”

Just as Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo are old rivals, reporter Zhang Da and reporter Park are also old rivals. There have been countless war of words in the newspaper, and this face-to-face war of words, of course, reporter Zhang Da will not miss it.

Their war of words can be left alone, but which point of view is more correct? It should be that Zhang Da's words are more reasonable. The stars are shining with the beauty of the stars, and there is also a scenery that stands alone. In fact, in any sporting field, having an absolute superstar can be considered a blessing for the sport. When Joe retired from the tournament, why did anyone worry about the loss of the NBA's charm and influence? The reason is in this place.

The current Li Xiaoqiang is for Go, just as Qiao was for the NBA. Because of Li Xiaoqiang's existence, more and more people around the world know about Go, the "most complex intellectual game of mankind", and know that the person who plays Go best on this planet is called Li Xiaoqiang.

The door to the game room slowly opened, and the camera flashes came and went.

"May I ask Xiaoqiang, are you sensitive now...

"Tired, of course, the biggest feeling is tired, you know, after so many games in a short period of time, it's really not ordinary tired, but I finally got through it, so my biggest feeling is: I can finally take a good rest...

Li Xiaoqiang has experienced countless occasions like this, and in the face of the problem of no nutrition for reporters, Li Xiaoqiang skillfully uses various unnutritious routines. Until one of the questions:

"Xiaoqiang, do you think that you are at the peak now?"

Li Xiaoqiang thought for a while: "Is it the peak?" Who knows, maybe now, but in my heart, I hope not. ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"Because you have to know that when a person reaches the top of a mountain, no matter how he goes, he walks downhill...

You can ignore those who are not at the top, and you can also ignore what others say about you. After the 2nd "World Chess Holy War" came to a perfect end, the time also came to 2004. From New Year's Day to the Spring Festival, Li Xiaoqiang finally spent a relatively leisurely time. This period of time is not without professional competitions, such as the domestic "Tianyuan War" started during this period, but Li Xiaoqiang controls most of the domestic titles, and the qualifiers and "this competition" of these competitions do not need to participate.

One day in January 2004, at the Chinese Chess Academy, Li Xiaoqiang was paying attention to a game of "Tianyuan Battle" preselection, and Luo Shenzhu played against Gu Dali. Li Xiaoqiang was noncommittal about the technical content, he was just lamenting the speed of these two guys' chess.

"Tsk, these two guys are really fast, they finished playing chess in less than 4 hours after 6 hours of play. There is news that the Samsung Cup competition will be changed to 2 hours per side from this year.,This kind of format,It's just tailor-made for guys like them.。。。 ”

Just when Li Xiaoqiang was lamenting Chang Rensheng and others, Wang Yi, director of the Foreign Affairs Department of the Chess Academy, found Li Xiaoqiang:

"Xiaoqiang, Vice Chairman Hu is looking for you...

"Oh?"

The so-called "Vice Chairman Hu" is actually his uncle Hu Yi. Let this kind of big tyrant serve as the vice chairman of the Chinese Go Association, which is a consistent practice in the Go world.

"Isn't there anything beautiful?" Li Xiaoqiang and Wang Yi joked. Because of the identity of the director of the foreign affairs department of the other party, Li Xiaoqiang guessed that there were any Go activities that he needed to participate in. Over the years, due to Li Xiaoqiang's status as the first person in the world chess world, he has also participated in various types of Go activities. Anyway, this kind of activity is someone else's concern, Li Xiaoqiang doesn't have to think much about anything other than playing chess or acting as a mascot, so although Li Xiaoqiang doesn't like to participate in this kind of activity very much, but for the popularity of Go, Li Xiaoqiang basically will not refuse.

"There are activities in the activity, but it's not a beautiful difference, only ask yourself, Mr. Hu wants to invite you to Europe this time, you say that he is really, if you want you to go, just tell you no, it's over, and you have to go through the chess academy so formal...

"Europe?"

"Yes, starting from the 3rd World Chess Holy War, the scale of the qualifiers has been expanded again, and the two qualifiers in the Americas and Europe have been added for the first time.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang couldn't refuse such a thing. "When?"

"Time may be the only issue, because this event coincides with the Chinese New Year... But I guess that's not a problem. ”

The Chinese New Year does not seem to be a problem, for so many years, Li Xiaoqiang has not participated in Go competitions once or twice during the Spring Festival, and during the Spring Festival, he has participated in Go activities more often.

The real problem lies in Wang Yi's later sentence.

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Wang Yi suddenly lowered his voice and smiled mysteriously at Li Xiaoqiang:

"You know who else will be attending the opening ceremony of the European Qualifiers this time...

"Who?"

"FIDE also invited Yukari Umezawa."

The relationship between Li Xiaoqiang and Yukari Umezawa is actually known to most insiders at this time. It's just that the Go world is different from the showbiz. People who play Go are mostly introverted. For example, in real history, except for high-profile people like Lao Nie, basically no one knows who Mrs. Liu Dazhui or Mrs. Ma Xiaofei is. Another example is the big bamboo hero, who swaggers through the market with the "little three", even very senior chess fans, few people know.

What's even more interesting is that even media reporters who specialize in Go don't seem to be interested in the personal privacy of chess players, which is really a strange thing.

For this reason, there are actually many people who know the relationship between Li Xiaoqiang and Yukari Umezawa, including many ordinary chess fans, but everyone seems to have a tolerant attitude, at least there are no all kinds of messy gossip news. Therefore, this incident did not cause much trouble to Li Xiaoqiang.

As an insider, of course Wang Yi knew about Li Xiaoqiang and Umezawa Yuka's, which is why he smiled so obscenely.

What Wang Yi didn't notice was that when he mentioned Yukari Umezawa this time, Li Xiaoqiang's face was already full of black lines.

That night, when Li Xiaoqiang was with his uncle Hu Yi in private:

"What! Tie the knot? I said Xiaoqiang, you are too inauthentic, marriage is such a big thing, you actually told me about this uncle until now... ”

Li Xiaoqiang rolled his eyes: "Otherwise, how can it be dropped, I have been with Mengyu for so many years, and I just got a marriage certificate, and I have to inform you in advance Mr. Hu." ”

"No, no, no... Hu Yi shook his head again and again:

“。。。 Just get a broken certificate, then even if you get married? According to the rules of our hometown, if you don't have a banquet, it's not a marriage at all... By the way, your mother knows about this, right? “

"Of course, I have to inform the family of what a big thing, but I just know that your vice president is very busy, and I haven't had time to inform you. As for the banquet, it must be held, but Mengyu and I think it is still low-key, and it is okay to invite a few tables of relatives and friends from the two families in our hometown. . . ”

"No, no, no... Hu Yi shook his head again:

"The family must be invited, but what about in the capital? You can't just forget it, I think it's just two times, once at home, and once here in the capital... Well,Who are you going to invite here in the capital?。。。 ”

Just when Hu Yi had already begun to help Li Xiaoqiang plan the wedding banquet in the capital, he suddenly remembered something:

"I said Xiaoqiang, when are you going to get married?"

"When else can I have this time to spare, of course, only around the Spring Festival."

"Then you... What do you do when you get married? ”

"Traveling and getting married, Mengyu and I are going to walk around."

"Then you... Where are you going? ”

"I haven't thought about it before, but now, I can only go to Europe."

“。。。” (To be continued.) )