"I want to ask Li Sang, what do you think is the meaning of the existence of professional chess players?"

"Huh?"

Li Xiaoqiang was fully prepared and waited for a long time, but he didn't think about it, but he waited for such a question as the old god stick. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The most annoying thing is this kind of metaphysical problem. Li Xiaoqiang said in his heart that if you ask me why I want to be a professional chess player, then this question is easy to answer: I choose to be a professional chess player, first of all, I like Go, and secondly, I can support my family by playing chess. As for the "meaning of existence" of professional chess players, please I'm still very young, okay, how can I have time to think about this kind of question.

Seeing that Li Xiaoqiang was stunned there for a long time, the old god stick continued to speak:

"I think there are two main aspects of the meaning of the existence of professional chess players, on the one hand, like other competitive sports, professional chess players are responsible for providing wonderful games for everyone to enjoy, so in daily life, professional chess players need to study "how to win". On the other hand? After all, Go is different from other sports, as the best group of people in the world to play Go, professional chess players also have the responsibility and obligation to tell everyone how to play Go. Therefore, I summarize the meaning of the existence of professional chess players: on the one hand, it is necessary to study the "how to win" of Go, and on the other hand, to study the "how to play" of Go. Li Sang, what do you think of my statement? ”

Li Xiaoqiang nodded yes to this, to say that the old god stick is really not covered, his summary does highly summarize the meaning of the existence of professional chess players. But even if the old god stick summarizes it well, what does this have to do with himself?

Just when Li Xiaoqiang was confused, Fujisawa Hideyuki spoke again:

"Then Li Sang, let me ask you again, "how to play" and "how to win", which do you think is in front and which is in the back? Or rather, which level do you think is a little higher? ”

"This... It should be that the realm of people who study "how to get off" is higher. ”

"That's right... The old god stick stared at Li Xiaoqiang's eyes:

"Do you know what I'm trying to say to you now? When Xiuya's predecessors and Mr. Wu played the famous "Star, Three, 3, Tianyuan" century game, Luoyang paper was expensive for a while, and the sales of newspapers serialized chess games increased several times. What do you think is the main reason for this? In addition to the star effect of the two predecessors, I think the main reason is that both of them are people who study the "how to play" of Go, so their games can arouse great interest. ”

Li Xiaoqiang lowered his head and thought about it, thinking that the old god stick's words were really not wrong. The reason why the game between Wu and Xiuya was so sensational back then was that in addition to the confrontation between China and Japan, the confrontation between the old and the new in the Go world, another key factor was that the "new layout revolution" advocated by Mr. Wu was in full swing at that time.

In addition to paying attention to "how to win", everyone is also concerned about "how to play". That's what makes this game so sensational.

That's why a player who studies "how to play" has a higher status than a player who studies "how to win".

For example, Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki in front of him, and for example, the domestic Nie Whirlwind, if they are competing on the chessboard now, they don't have to think about it at all, they can't win against the current Li Xiaoqiang.

But what about the contribution to Go? What is the place of the future in the history of Go?

Li Xiaoqiang stared thoughtfully at the old god stick: "Sir, what do you want me to do?" ”

"My old man is getting older, and as soon as he gets older, he likes to think about things that he hasn't thought about before. I often think about it now, now that Japanese Go is in decline, I think that not only Japan, but even you Chinese and Korean Go are only prosperous on the surface, chess fans are losing, and the attention of Go competitions is getting lower and lower. Many people attribute this to the fact that the times are different now, and young people have more and more hobbies to choose from, so Go is no longer as attractive as it used to be. But has the charm of Go itself diminished? This should not be, Go itself has always been charming, and the reason why it has lost its previous appeal is that we professional chess players have to pay the main responsibility, because everyone is studying "how to win", but not thinking about "how to play". ”

At this time, the old god stick paused, he looked at Li Xiaoqiang and said:

"And among them, Li Sang, who is the first person in the chess world today, do you feel that you also have a lot of responsibility?"

Hearing the words of the old god, Li Xiaoqiang was speechless for a while. It's not that he doesn't understand the meaning of the old god's words, it's just that for this kind of problem, Li Xiaoqiang doesn't know how to take this stubble at all.

After a short silence, the old god man sighed, the lonely expression on his face became more and more obvious, and he returned to the previous question:

"Li Sang, do you really think that kind of Go full of charm will definitely disappear in the future?"

Li Xiaoqiang said that this is of course, at least when I was reborn, the popular game in the world chess world was "violent Go", and the "charm" of Shenma had long been out of market, and it was defeated in all kinds of arrogant and unreasonable plays. However, at this time, Li Xiaoqiang couldn't bear to stimulate the old god stick again:

"This, this... If you want to see the charm of Go again, maybe you have to wait until a new peerless master appears. We just said that the development of Go is currently in a relatively early stage, if there is a new master who can surpass all of us and reach a new level, maybe we will be able to see the charm of Go again... ”

"Then Li Sang, have you ever thought about why the chess player who made everyone re-see the charm of Go would not be yourself?"

The words of the old god stick exploded in Li Xiaoqiang's ears like a thunderbolt:

Why isn't that person you! Why isn't that person you!! Why isn't that person you ...

"Ahem... This one, this one, sir, you really think so highly of me... ”

Seeing Li Xiaoqiang's embarrassed look, the old god showed a smile at this time:

"You don't have to be presumptuous, in my opinion, if someone can carry forward the charm of Go again, that person can only be Li Sang. A lot of people say that your game of Go is very extreme and not balanced at all. I want to say that these people are actually wrong, I know that in the whole world chess world, only you Li Xiaoqiang is the one who pays the most attention to balance... ”

Speaking of this, the old god paused again, and he seemed to fall into some kind of memory:

"I rank your Go talent after Mr. Wu and Li Shifo, because Mr. Wu's chess is skillful, his talent for expanding the chessboard is unparalleled in the world, and Li Shifo's chess is extremely accurate, his ability to shrink the chessboard is unmatched, and the only chess player who can perfectly integrate these two styles and truly achieve the combination of rigidity and softness is Li Sang, which is why I think that even if Mr. Wu sits in front of you, he may not be sure to win you. Amazing! It's amazing, I see that you've been aware of this for a long time and have been working in this direction for a long time. It's ridiculous that a few years ago, I didn't know you had this idea, and I even criticized you for it. Being able to put aside the wins and losses, and not caring about the momentary gains and losses, this is not only thinking about how to win, but also thinking about how to play, this is a kind of great wisdom and a great balance. ”

"This..." Li Xiaoqiang secretly glanced at Yukari Umezawa, who didn't know when he came to his side. The heart said that your old man really thinks too highly of me. I've always wanted to combine the two styles, and right. But I didn't get good grades during that time... That's not really a lot of wisdom.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaoqiang looked at Yukari Umezawa again, and changed to a wink or a white eye.

"Sir, you have won the prize, I can't guarantee that I will be able to play the charm of Go in the future, but I can assure you that I will continue to work hard in this direction...

This is the end of the conversation between Li Xiaoqiang and the old god. After ending this dialogue, the old god stick also officially retired from the rivers and lakes.

Although the old god stick has retired, the topic left behind by this conversation is not over. Of course, there are very few people who care about "charm of Go" or something. What everyone cares about is that the old god stick first compared Li Xiaoqiang with Mr. Wu Qingyuan this time.

You must know that it is the end of the century, and the most popular thing in society now is to conduct various "century summaries". Naturally, the Go world is not exempt from vulgarity.

"Wu Qingyuan's talent is the first, and Li Xiaoqiang's strength is the strongest", this is probably the basic point of view of the old god stick, is his point of view reliable? Many people have a lot of opinions about this, from professional chess players to ordinary chess fans, many people have expressed their opinions. There are many people who agree with the old god stick, and of course there are many voices against it. But overall, everyone's discussion is basically within the normal range, at least no one thinks that the old god's words are too outrageous.

In particular, some good deeds relayed the words of the old god stick to Mr. Wu Qingyuan himself, and the open-minded Mr. Wu smiled:

"Of course! Of course, Xiuxing's words are very reliable, and in the face of the current Li Xiaoqiang, even if I am at the peak, I don't have any confidence to win him. , His current chess, often touches me a lot, always brings me a lot of surprises, I am now Li Xiaoqiang's chess fan... ”

For all kinds of discussions in the society, Li Xiaoqiang himself has always expressed his modesty, and he quoted a sentence from the later generation of Jingshan Xiaozhengtai:

"I am deeply honored to be able to compare me with Mr. Wu. In front of Mr. Wu, please don't mention the word transcendence, I can only say that after so many years of hard work, now everyone has finally caught up with Mr. . ”

It was in this kind of discussion that the time for the semifinals of the 3rd "LG Cup" arrived. Li Xiaoqiang will go to South Korea and continue the "eight showdowns at the end of the century" with Li Shifo.

In this "LG Cup", Chinese chess players performed well, occupying 3 places in the top 4, in addition to Li Xiaoqiang vs. Li Shifo, the other side of the match is Ma Xiaofei VS Yu Bin.

Among them, it is especially worth mentioning the "children's leader" Yu Bin, after so many years of hard work, his strength has progressed steadily. Especially in the top 8 of this "LG Cup", he defeated his former super bitter opponent Zhao Zhixun to advance.

Now Yu Bin is gradually entering the peak of his career.

Of course, in today's world chess world, no matter how good the performance of others is, as long as there is a game of Li Xiaoqiang, then Li Xiaoqiang will always attract the most attention.

"Xiaoqiang, your match with Li Shifo this time can be regarded as Li Xunhuan's battle against Shangguan Jinhong."

Because the old god stick ranked Li Shifo's Go talent in front of Li Xiaoqiang a few days ago, on the way to South Korea to play, Zhang Da reporter joked with Li Xiaoqiang like this. “

Li Xiaoqiang smiled: "For people like you, it seems that you can find a topic no matter what." In the past, it was you who said that Li Shifo and I were contemporary Fan Shi, and it was you who said that we were modern Wu Qingyuan and Mu Gushi, and now what Li Xunhuan and Shangguan Jinhong are. Anyway, what do you like to say, I'm going to see now, if I keep competing with Li Shifo like this, what metaphor can you find next time. ”

Reporter Zhang laughed: "Don't worry about this, as long as you have the ability to be at the peak of the chess world, then I will always have the ability to find a suitable metaphor." (To be continued.) )