At the end of 2009, Kong Erjie won the right to challenge the 5th "World Chess Holy War". The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info then he and Li Xiaoqiang had a fierce battle in the final.

This final has attracted great attention from professional chess players and ordinary chess fans. During the game, the duel between the two occupied the Go section of major media for a long time.

“。。。 In the final of the 5th "World Chess Holy War", Li Xiaoqiang ushered in the challenge of Kong Erjie, and in this winter, Li Kong's hot battle is the most beautiful scenery in the world chess world. A lot of people look at this game with a mixed mentality. On the one hand, Li Xiaoqiang has been on the throne of the hegemon for too long, and many people are looking forward to the emergence of a new king, on the other hand, as a legend in the Go world, as a living legend, there are also many people who hope that Li Xiaoqiang's legendary story can continue. What will be the result of this world-renowned victory? Everyone is waiting for the moment when the answer is revealed ... ”

“。。。 This is a game where professional chess players are fascinated to watch, and ordinary chess fans are drowsy, Li Xiaoqiang is Li Xiaoqiang after all, and his superb skills are breathtaking. And Kong Erjie is also worthy of the title of "the strongest professional chess player", the game between the two is wonderful, and the duel between the two of them collides with a different spark... ”

“。。。 In the 8th game of the just-concluded "World Chess Holy War" final, Kong Erjie defeated Li Xiaoqiang in the middle game. This is a record, and it is the first time since the creation of the "World Chess Holy War" that the final tiebreaker has been played in the final. After watching the previous game process, it is easy to remind people of the desperate battle between Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shifo back then. The only difference is: Kong Erjie is known as the "enhanced version of Li Shifo", and now Li Xiaoqiang, he seems to be no longer at his peak. It is between this advance and retreat that makes this final full of suspense, makes the final result unpredictable, and what kind of result will this evenly matched contest end... ”

“。。。 After watching the process before this final, it gives people a strong impression: from the perspective of the level of skills shown by both sides, it must be admitted that Li Xiaoqiang is slightly superior, and his higher skills have been praised by many professionals. But Kong Erjie is younger than he is, and he is better than his energy and physical strength. Not only that, the young Kong Erjie also showed tenacious fighting spirit and strong desire to win in this final. Li Xiaoqiang's big heart is well known, as long as it was a tiebreaker in the past, many people, including the author, would subconsciously be optimistic that Li Xiaoqiang would be able to win the final victory. But this time the situation seems to be a little different, Kong Erjie won the trust of many people with his wonderful performance, because his opponent is Li Xiaoqiang, so no one dares to say that Kong Erjie will be able to win, but in the face of the final tiebreaker, the author still decided to vote for Kong Erjie... ”

The above reports can roughly let people understand the context of the process of this final. In the first 8 games of Jiuban, the two sides played to a 4-4 draw. Li Xiaoqiang, who has been dominating for 4 consecutive years, finally ushered in the most severe test.

Especially at the end of the 8th game, when Li Xiaoqiang conceded defeat, he was so depressed that he didn't even review with his opponent regardless of politeness, and left the game room in a hurry without saying a word.

In the face of this situation, no one dared to come up to disturb Li Xiaoqiang, the only exception was that there seemed to be only reporter Zhang Da. Reporter Zhang Da caught up with Li Xiaoqiang:

"Don't be discouraged, this is not like you usual... Reporter Zhang Da comforted Li Xiaoqiang while nagging there:

"Alas, it's mainly the sixth game, if that game had been won, the game wouldn't have dragged on until now...

Li Xiaoqiang smiled bitterly, he had just lost the 8th game, but Zhang Da reporter mentioned the 6th game, which sounds a little strange, but as long as you understand the process before this series, you know that it is not strange for him to say this.

Everyone agrees that the sixth game of the final is the most important turning point of this series.

Of the 8 games that have been completed, there are 3 "two-day" games, 3 normal 3-hour games per side, and 2 1-hour rapid games per side.

In the 3-game 'two-day system', Li Xiaoqiang played 2-1, 3-game 3-hour game for each side, Kong Erjie 2-1, and the two games that had ended were 1-1 for both sides. That's how the aggregate score is 4-4. If you only look at the score and composition, you can't see anything unusual at all, but if you look at the content of the game, you will find that things are not so simple.

Why did many media comment that "in terms of skills, Li Xiaoqiang is still slightly superior" when the competition is carried out?

This is really not the media's sycophancy, let alone that they are untrustworthy. Because as long as you have an understanding of the process of the game, you can really give everyone such an impression. In this final, Kong Erjie's performance was progressive, but Li Xiaoqiang's performance was equally stable.

In the first five sets of the final, Li Xiaoqiang took a 3-2 lead. I remember that when the game was carried out, the trend of public opinion was not like now, at that time everyone thought that Li Xiaoqiang had an obvious advantage, and it should not be a problem for him to defend his title in the end.

Li Xiaoqiang's 3 games can be called "complete victory", and he won with a crushing attitude. On the other hand, what about the 2 sets that Kong Erjie won? He seems to have won more thrills. In one of the sets, the two sides staggered in and out, and it was not until the last opportunity that Kong Erjie was lucky to seize it. The other set was in a very close situation, and Kong Erjie relied on a clever move to win.

Being tricked by someone else in actual combat, of course, is something that no one can do. Even so, at that time, the big score was still Li Xiaoqiang's 3-2 lead, and he showed full content on the chessboard.

Game 6 was the turning point.

According to the rules of the final, the sixth game was rapid. In fact, in that game, Li Xiaoqiang played smoothly most of the time, and gained a relatively obvious advantage early.

Just when everyone thinks that Li Xiaoqiang's defense is not a problem---- if he wins this game, then the big score will become Li Xiaoqiang 4-2, and if Kong Erjie wants to win the championship, he needs to win 3 sets in a row, in the eyes of everyone, this is an impossible task.

It's just a pity that Li Xiaoqiang came out of the spoon behind that game of chess, and a fatal omission buried Li Xiaoqiang's efforts in the whole game of chess. Because of that omission, and because of the loss of that game, the wind of the entire series was completely reversed.

From that move, everyone saw the impact of the years on Li Xiaoqiang, his energy began to decline, and his loopholes began to increase. The former "exhaustive strategy" began to disappear, and the former "cautious" began to disappear. "Never reversed Li Xiaoqiang" also began to be reversed.

In the 7th game of the finals, although Li Xiaoqiang relied on his experience in the competition to adjust in time, he eliminated all interference and got the match point again. It's a pity that his opponent is also different from what it used to be, in the 8th game, Kong Erjie in a desperate situation burst out with unimaginable energy, and he played with Li Xiaoqiang with strong fighting spirit and excellent patience.

Strong fighting spirit and enough patience, this is the best game state of a professional chess player, when Kong Erjie can combine the two well, even Li Xiaoqiang is helpless.

4-4, the final of the "World Chess Holy War" ushered in a decisive game for the first time.

The 8th game that just ended can almost be called Kong Erjie's winning score. This is the only game in this series that Kong Erjie can be called a "complete victory". What's worse is that this game happened at such a critical time, what does all this mean? Li Xiaoqiang knows it himself, that's why he is so depressed.

Not only was Li Xiaoqiang depressed, but in the face of this situation, many people, including reporter Zhang Da, sweated for Li Xiaoqiang. There is another reason why everyone is worried about Li Xiaoqiang:

The final tiebreaker was a game of rapid chess.

Two years ago, Li Xiaoqiang's final against Gu Dali in the "World Chess Holy War" impressed everyone. In that final, the reason why Li Xiaoqiang was able to win by a big score has a lot to do with Gu Dali's lack of good at rapid chess. It can be said that Li Xiaoqiang grasped the weakness of Gu Dali, and it was relatively easy to achieve the 4 consecutive hegemony of the "World Chess Saint".

Two years have passed, but the situation facing Li Xiaoqiang is completely different. However, Kong Erjie is different from Gu Dali, and Kong Erjie, who has just achieved three consecutive hegemony in the "Asian Cup", is a recognized rapid chess master. On the other hand, Li Xiaoqiang, although he has also won the "Asian Cup" many times, but as he grows older and his reaction slows down, Li Xiaoqiang seems to have become more and more powerless in rapid chess, at least the last time he won the "Asian Cup", it was many years ago.

"Reporter Zhang, you said that I... Is it retribution? ”

Reporter Zhang Da carefully observed Li Xiaoqiang's expression, and said in response to the question:

"It's okay, it's okay."

"Good what?"

"Seeing that you are still in the mood to joke at this time, I am relieved, and it also makes me have a little more confidence in you."

At this time, Li Xiaoqiang finally showed a smile:

"Is it just a little bit more... I'm wondering, is it true that I'm really so easy to bully now... ”

"No one dares to say that you Li Xiaoqiang is a bully... Reporter Zhang Da interrupted Li Xiaoqiang's words, and he stared at Li Xiaoqiang's eyes:

"Xiaoqiang, you tell me the truth, in the last game, do you really have confidence?"

"No, reporter Zhang Da, I'll be honest with you, in the face of an opponent like Kong Erjie, in the face of the last game of rapid chess, I don't have any confidence to win now."

"Then you..."

Li Xiaoqiang took a deep look at reporter Zhang Da:

"Although I don't have confidence now, let me tell you, I have something more important than faith in me now."

"Oh? What could be more important than faith? ”

"Unwilling!"

Li Xiaoqiang smiled:

"Didn't I tell you before this competition, it is precisely because of my unwillingness, this is the reason to support me to continue to persevere, and this is also something more important than confidence in my mind."