As the day of the competition in Japan approached, Li Xiaoqiang once again began to prepare for the intense and orderly fight. Now Li Xiaoqiang has a very good mentality, and he will no longer dig out his heart and think a lot of crooked ways for the sake of victory. The former Li Xiaoqiang was eager to win and needed victory. That's because winning can give you more opportunities. For Li Xiaoqiang a year ago: "Opportunities are greater than everything. ”

Now Li Xiaoqiang seems to have a lot of opportunities. However, he is also eager to win, and of course, Li Xiaoqiang pays more attention to the improvement of his overall strength than victory. In Li Xiaoqiang's view, every high-level professional competition now is a comprehensive review of his true level. Trying to show his true level on the chessboard is Li Xiaoqiang's only requirement for himself.

After participating in the first two rounds of the "Fujitsu Cup", Nie Whirlwind and Ma Xiaofei have returned to China. In mid-to-late April, the task of the ring competition once again became the focus of the national Go team. In this day and age, international competitions were very limited. The whole national team mainly revolves around international competitions, which is very natural at home.

Nie Whirlwind is the head coach of the ring match and the head coach of the national Go team. Seeing that he was arranging his preparations, Li Xiaoqiang felt a lot of emotion in his heart. In the Sino-Japanese Go Tournament, Nie Whirlwind has always been the "iron master" of the Chinese team. He has said many times that he is too tired to be this coach and hopes that he can "rest for a term or two".

To be honest, Li Xiaoqiang in his previous life saw the type of report. I always feel that this is a bit hypocritical.

"Isn't it just a few games of chess, what are you tired of? I play those few games of chess a year, and I'm embarrassed to shout hard work......"

Now Li Xiaoqiang feels that it makes sense for Nie Whirlwind to be tired. He is tired, he is tired.

The ring competition is a team competition. In this era, most Chinese chess players will not just regard the game as their own business, but will regard the game as a "national" business. You have to worry about your own games, and your teammates have to worry about the games. A ring competition often lasts for more than half a year. If you worry about it all the time. It's normal to be worried all the time and shout tired. It can't be said that people are hypocritical. His tiredness was brought to him by his sense of responsibility.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang did not have such an awareness. It's just that when he thinks about it, his desire to win seems to be a little stronger. All this is because of his next opponent.

Li Xiaoqiang's next opponent is Japan's Hane Masatasu Kudan.

In China, Hane Zhengtai Jiudan should be regarded as a little famous. All of this is because of a game of chess he played, a game of chess played by him and Nie Whirlwind. In real history. It was he who ended Nie Whirlwind's 11-game winning streak in the ring.

Nie Whirlwind is a chess player, and of course he has lost a lot of chess. His most influential loss was, of course, the loss to Cao Yanzi in the first "Ying's Cup". That win or loss had a bigger impact than most professional games. From the perspective of later generations, it should not be an exaggeration to say that this game "changed the pattern of the entire world chess world". It was after that game that Korean Go embarked on the road of rapid rise. As for Chinese Go, it seems to have entered a "Xiaoice period".

Precisely because of this. Even after more than 20 years, there are still many chess fans who are still haunted by Nie Whirlwind's defeat. Nie Whirlwind affected the second biggest loss, and it seems that it should be regarded as a loss to Hagen Zhengyasu. This game represents the end of a myth.

Merely. Most chess fans are still tolerant of losing this game. In real history, Nie Whirlwind curbed the crazy winning streak of Kiki Ita and did not let him "clear the stage with one shot". It has already proven his "big heart". Nie Whirlwind's loss of chess also made the previously unknown Hagen Zhengtai Jiudan well-known to many Chinese chess fans.

Li Xiaoqiang recalled this real history. He suddenly had a funny thought. He thinks that it is necessary to say who has the greatest influence on this game of chess. It must be Mr. Hasunasa Hamine himself.

In the Go world, there has always been a saying of "piercing the window paper". It is roughly to describe the difference between the masters is very small.

"Ma Xiaofei is not a super-first-class chess player yet. But so. The difference in level between him and the top players is minimal. The level gap between them is like only a layer of window paper. When did he pierce this piece of paper, he would be superb......"

Indeed, the level gap between the top masters seems to be separated by a layer of "window paper". Some people can be pierced quickly, some people take a long time to pierce, and some people can't be pierced for a lifetime.

Mr. Hiroshi Yamashiro seems to be a typical example of "never pierced in his life". It took Ma Xiaofei a few years, and after 92 years, he defeated Kobayashi Koji in the Sino-Japanese celebrity match. It can be regarded as officially piercing this layer of window paper.

As for Mr. Yasumasa Hane, he was stabbed all at once. It's just that his difficulty is a little lower, and he won after Nie Whirlwind. It can be regarded as changing from Japan's "middle nine" to Japan's "strong nine".

After Taizheng Hamine won against Nie Whirlwind. His grades in Japan suddenly improved. He has been active in various title fights. and Mr. Masao Kato fought fiercely in Japan's "Battle for the Throne" for two consecutive years. and ended Mr. Kato Masao's throne "Nine Consecutive Tyrants". In Japan, being able to win a small title other than the "Big Triple Crown" is considered a sign of the "Strong Nine".

Mr. Hane Yasumasa also has a good son, and his son Hane Naoki Kudan is one of the "Heisei Four Heavenly Kings" in Japan in later generations. In Japan, both father and son are able to win the title of Go, and it seems that this is the only one, and there is no other semicolon. In terms of achievements in Japan alone, Mr. Hasunasa Hane is still not as good as his son. If it is compared in the chess world of the world, he will win this game of chess by Nie Whirlwind. His status would not be lower than that of his son.

After Japan's "Heisei Four Heavenly Kings" arrived on the international stage, except for Zhang Xu, who had good results for so many years. Others...... There is really nothing to say.

"Now that your opponent has changed to me, do you still have a chance to pierce that layer of window paper......

The fire of gossip in Li Xiaoqiang's heart was burning. According to Li Xiaoqiang's normal strength analysis, even if he loses to Mr. Yugen Yasuma, it will be extremely difficult for him to rush to Nie Whirlwind's account.

For this game, Li Xiaoqiang still made some specific preparations. Although he did not prepare a "yin move", regular preparations are still necessary. Li Xiaoqiang has always believed that in the face of important competitions, the most important thing is to adjust his game psychology. In the professional game of Go, this should be more important than the specific "move". Prepare a good move, if the game psychology is not enough. All of the techniques are deformed.

However, for some specific players. You can really prepare specific tricks before the game. For example, if you meet Mr. Masaki Takemiya in the ring, he belongs to the kind of person who "responds to all changes with the same". If it's his turn to be black. Then all chess players will figure out how to deal with the "triple star" and how to fight against the "cosmic flow......

Mr. Yasumasa Hamine seems to be one of those players. This game of chess is also his black, and Li Xiaoqiang knows that he needs to figure out how to deal with the "high Chinese stream".

Mr. Yasumasa Hane took the lead in black, and more than 80% of the game started with "high Chinese stream". This is well known to many people in the Go world, and Li Xiaoqiang can't prepare if he wants to.

The "high Chinese stream" layout was once all the rage in this era. There was once a statistic in the Japanese Go world that in all professional competitions in a certain year, the "high Chinese stream" was used to start the game. The winning rate was 59 percent. Truth be told, that's a pretty scary number. Using a layout routine, the winning rate can be close to 6%. Is this layout routine very easy to use and very powerful? This is obviously impossible.

Layout routines are only divided into popular and not popular, and there is no good or bad. It is impossible to decide the outcome of Go just a few moves in front of you. This obviously does not make sense. The reason for this situation can only show that in this era, white chess is dealing with the "high Chinese current". There is a problem with the way of coping or coping ideas.

After entering the new century, the authentic "low Chinese stream" and "disguised Chinese stream" are very popular. Only the "high Chinese stream" seems to be really rare. What is the reason for this? Could it be that everyone suddenly thinks that the "high Chinese stream" is too old-fashioned and not fashionable enough? So I don't like it. This is obviously impossible.

Li Xiaoqiang was pondering this question, and the more he pondered, the more interesting it became. Li Xiaoqiang found that when he could ponder this kind of relatively "virtual" problem. It seems that my understanding of Go has also deepened a little.

Like the "small tip of Xiuce", the "high Chinese stream" is not liked by most chess players. It's because of the "big stickers".

"High Chinese Stream" is actually a very interesting layout routine. It fits many of the characteristics of modern Go. Overall, it's also a "speed-type" layout routine. And "speed" should be the biggest feature of modern Go.

Mr. Wu Qingyuan and Mr. Minoru Mutani once co-authored a book "New Layout of Go". In the world of Go. The book is considered a "Go revolution". The only key word in the book is "speed". This shows the importance of "speed" in modern Go.

"China Stream" is a speed-based layout, "China Stream in disguise" is a speed-based layout, and "Triple Star" is also a speed-based layout......

The most interesting thing about the "high Chinese stream" is that it also belongs to the "speed" layout. It has all the characteristics of a "speed-type" layout. It is related to the "low Chinese stream". Compared with the "low Chinese stream", since the three are all in the fourth line, it focuses on "taking the momentum". At the same time, it is actually related to the "triple star". Because one of its sub-stars is in the position of the "small order", compared with the "triple star", it also focuses on "taking the land".

It is precisely because of this characteristic of the "high Chinese stream". In this day and age, there are many chess players who like to adopt this layout. Indeed, compared with the other two layouts, it gives people a feeling of "advancing and retreating freely". And when playing Go, everyone likes to "advance and retreat freely".

When the rules of Go were changed from "sticking 5 and a half meshes" to "sticking 6 meshes and a half, 7 and a half meshes", the "high Chinese stream" gradually became less. It's this gap between the two purposes that makes it less fashionable.

This is because "advancing and retreating freely" encounters another important problem in Go. It's "contiguous and scattered".

The essence of the "speedy" layout is the "continuous piece" of chess pieces. In the era of big stickers, the importance of pieces is increasing for black. Of course, contrary to black, how to "break up" the position of black is the first problem that white needs to consider.

The "high Chinese stream" has such a weakness, which is easy to be "scattered" by white. So it's not as popular as the "low Chinese stream".

In the opening phase, it is actually possible for white to "break up" black's position. For example, if you "hang inside" on the "star" of black, you can basically easily "break up" the position of black. Of course, there is a price to be paid for this by white, and this price is to form a bad type of "two and two".

At this time, the gap between the "high Chinese stream" and the "low Chinese stream" is apparent. Against white's "two split two", the one in the middle of the "low Chinese stream" seems to be just right. As for the "high Chinese stream", because the position of that piece is all the way higher, the game is relatively empty, and the pressure on white is insufficient.

It is the difference between these two types of layout routines that will get two routines in later generations. It can be seen that in this, it also reflects the difference between the current concept of Go and the concept of Go in later generations.

At present, the "high Chinese stream" is more popular because black seems to be emphasizing: "You are not a good type to set two and split two"

In later generations, the "high Chinese stream" was not popular because black seemed to emphasize: "I am easy to be broken up by you when I play like this".

One emphasizes "chess type" and the other emphasizes "scattering". There's no such thing as good or bad. The only reason for this change is the "big sticker".

Li Xiaoqiang was immersed in such thinking, and he couldn't extricate himself for a while. Of course, such thinking is not useful for preparing for specific competitions. However, Li Xiaoqiang is convinced that such thinking will help him improve his overall level. It must help!

Any means that appear on the board, it can never come out of nowhere. It will definitely follow a certain line of thought. is as weird as Li Shishi, when he is looking for specific means, he may use the "hand cutting" of hundreds of years ago. Only the more abundant the means of discovering concrete means. It is possible to make more clever moves on the board.

At this moment, Li Xiaoqiang felt that he had really improved. In the past, when I found the means on the chessboard, I mostly relied on a flash of inspiration. Or look for similar means in your own memory, depending on your own insight. And now, he has a lot of "means of discovering the means".

Being able to do this is an improvement in any case.

"Ha Lu Ha I said Xiaoqiang, are you ready now?"

Li Xiaoqiang looked back and saw that it was Zhang Zhidong. When Li Xiaoqiang wants to go abroad to compete, Zhang Zhidong will definitely become a supernumerary member of the Go team. This has become a common practice.

Li Xiaoqiang smiled slightly:

"I said Zhang Da, what headline did you prepare this time? It won't be taken down by your editor-in-chief again. Of course, in order for you to come up with a nice title for the article, I will definitely try my best to ......"

Li Xiaoqiang embarked on the journey again. (To be continued......)