In the just-concluded "Zhenlu Cup" China, Japan and South Korea Go Tournament, Li Xiaoqiang staged the return of the king! ”

"Amazing skills, unparalleled performance, great Li Xiaoqiang!"

"Fantastic game, incredible reversal drama, the Koreans haven't won yet! Li Xiaoqiang really did it. ”

At the end of the game with Li Shifo, Li Xiaoqiang, who helped the Chinese team win the "Zhenlu Cup" for the first time, naturally received high praise. On the second day after the end of the competition, when the media reported on the competition, they did not hesitate to use all kinds of gorgeous rhetoric to praise Li Xiaoqiang. Some of the wording can even be said to be numb. For example, reporter Zhang Da, the report he wrote after the game was extremely exaggerated, and his praise for Li Xiaoqiang has reached an unstoppable level.

Despite this, not many people think there is anything wrong with this, and most people think that Li Xiaoqiang deserves these praises. Indeed, Li Xiaoqiang's performance in this Three Kingdoms Ring Tournament can only be described as a miracle. Not to mention Xu Bong-so's crazy performance before this, which put Li Xiaoqiang in an extremely disadvantageous position. Not to mention that the Korean team has always been strong in the Three Kingdoms Tournament, and has never let the championship fall away before this.

Speaking of the last match, Li Xiaoqiang had been in the doldrums for a long time before this, while his opponent won two world championships in a row this year. One is in a sluggish state, the other is in the limelight, the other has never achieved a good record in rapid chess, and the other is particularly good at rapid chess. In this case, Li Xiaoqiang can help the Chinese team win the cup, which is of course particularly precious.

In the post-match report, in addition to praising Li Xiaoqiang for creating a miracle, some people also noticed the new changes that have occurred in Li Xiaoqiang.

“…… 4 games of chess, Li Xiaoqiang used 4 ways to win, if 2 years ago, some people thought that Li Xiaoqiang was becoming comprehensive, then through these 4 games. It can be considered that Li Xiaoqiang has completed his transformation. He is now fully mature, and his craft is perfecting day by day. You know, this is a rapid chess game, and to be able to show such a well-rounded quality in a rapid chess game is a mature performance......"

The most interesting is the old Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki of Japan, before this, the old god stick had already "powdered" to "road", but after watching these 4 games of chess, his old man seems to have "road" turned "powder" again. After watching Li Xiaoqiang's performance in these 4 games, Mr. Fujisawa Hideyuki made this comment:

"Before that. I originally thought that Li Xiaoqiang had become mediocre. However, after watching these 4 games, I found that my previous opinion was completely wrong and ridiculously wrong! Li Xiaoqiang has not become mediocre, but the path of cultivation he has chosen is extremely difficult, this is a path that I have never thought of, this is a path that no one has ever walked. I remember a long time ago I once said: chess lane 100, I only know 6 at most, so what about Li Xiaoqiang, if he goes down this road. Then he may be able to know 7, 10, or even more in the future...... The path of cultivation chosen by Li Xiaoqiang is extremely dangerous, during this period. He could lose a lot of games. I now sincerely hope that he will persevere and remain unwavering in his convictions. I now sincerely hope that in his career, he can show more charm of Go to everyone......"

"Let the old god stick change his words specifically for you, Xiaoqiang, you are also the only one. It shows that you did a good job this time. ”

"Hehe, thank you for the blessing of the reporter."

After the Three Kingdoms Ring Match, Li Xiaoqiang continued to stay in Shencheng. Actually, after that incident with Umezawa. For most of the year, Li Xiaoqiang stayed in Shencheng, and the reason for this naturally does not need to be explained.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang always stays in Shencheng, so he always needs to find an excuse. Li Xiaoqiang's excuse this time is very easy to find. In addition to the excuse that he was a little tired after the Three Kingdoms Ring Tournament, he needed to take a rest. One of the most important excuses is that the schedule for the 3rd "Yingshi Cup" has been decided.

The 3rd "Yingshi Cup" has been confirmed to open in Shencheng later this month. The first two rounds will be played first, and after the top 8 are decided, the other matches will be determined. But if you want to decide the final champion, it will have to wait until next year.

At the end of the Three Kingdoms Tournament, it was just after early November, and there were only about 10 days before the opening of the "Ying's Cup". Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang simply stayed in Shencheng and did not move, so that he could stay here and prepare for the war with peace of mind.

"It's over, it's over, most of this chess Chang Ren Sage has to kneel. Haha, if he loses this chess, then I guess he won't even be able to eat at night. ”

The place where reporters Li Xiaoqiang and Zhang Da are now is the arena of China's "rookie Wang Zhan". Of course, Li Xiaoqiang is not eligible to participate in this competition. However, in this competition, at a glance, they are all acquaintances of Li Xiaoqiang. Anyway, being idle now is idle, and it is normal for Li Xiaoqiang to pay attention to the competition among his peers at the scene.

Today is the first round of the "Rookie King War", and Li Xiaoqiang focuses on Chang Rensheng's game of chess. In fact, not only Li Xiaoqiang, but also Chang Rensheng's performance in this kind of restricted game certainly attracted the most attention. He is the biggest favorite of this year's "Rookie King Fight". In the past year or two, Chang Rensheng's progress has been rapid. The latest Chinese Go rating just announced, Chang Rensheng even surpassed Nie Xuanfeng and Liu Dazhui and others, ranking third after Ma Xiaofei and Li Xiaoqiang.

In the latest Chinese Go rating just announced, Ma Xiaofei still ranks first in the rating due to his two world runner-up finishes this year, but Li Xiaoqiang and his score are already close. Judging from the grade scores, it can be considered that Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei are of the same grade. There are a lot of players behind them in their scores. Don't look at Chang Rensheng's already ranked 3rd, his rating is still a lot different from Li Xiaoqiang.

However, despite this, Chang Rensheng's progress is quite impressive. It can be said that among the "Eight Horses" of Chinese Go, Li Xiaoqiang is naturally the leader at present. But in the last year or two, especially after the last Sino-Japanese Go tournament, Chang Rensheng gradually stood out, and he opened up half of the position with other chess players.

Of course, the reason why Chang Rensheng's match today is so eye-catching is also related to his opponent today. His opponent today is Shencheng Liu Da. After retiring from the national team a few years ago, Liu Da is now a well-known Liu Tianwang in the amateur Go world. In China's amateur Go world, there has always been an amateur "Four Heavenly Kings", and the amateur Four Heavenly Kings at this time are Shencheng Erliu, Sun Tianwang of Jiajing City and Li Tianwang of Jinling. Until after the new century. It has become a more familiar "Hu, Wang, Bai, Ma".

Now Liu Da, he has won two consecutive "Evening Cup" championships, and is currently recognized as the strongest amateur chess player in China. In this "Rookie King Battle", he participated as a special chess player. A professional talent with a lot of momentum, a leading figure in the amateur chess world, and they were once teammates in the national junior team. Such a collision should be said to have a lot to watch.

Before the game. Not many people thought there would be much suspense in this game. The main point of everyone's attention is to measure how big the gap between the top level of amateurs and professional masters can be through this game. However, today's result is really much beyond everyone's expectations......

At more than 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Chang Rensheng walked off the field with a red face. Li Xiaoqiang also had no scruples, he laughed out loud, and made fun of Chang Rensheng unscrupulously:

"At your level? I don't know where you got the right to challenge for the "celebrity battle" this time. If you go up to challenge Teacher Ma in this state, I guess it's probably just delivering food. Alas, I would have liked you to do me a favor. I don't want you to challenge and succeed. But at least win a game or two, and help me lower Mr. Ma's rating. But now it seems that you can't count on it at all. Alas, the way of the world. It seems that everything has to be on its own......"

Li Xiaoqiang pretended to sigh about his life there. This kind of joke is actually commonplace among teammates. Chang Rensheng was originally a kind person, and when he heard Li Xiaoqiang's sarcasm, his already swollen and red face was now even more red.

And all the jokes between friends. Someone sings red face, then naturally someone needs to sing white face. Li Xiaoqiang was "blowing" Chang Rensheng, and reporter Zhang Da patted Chang Rensheng's shoulder to show comfort:

"Mentality. I know it's hard to get your mindset right in this game. But it doesn't matter, such a game, if you lose, you will lose, and then you will have a good time in the "celebrity battle". By the way, there is also next month's "Toyo Securities Cup". You should think that today's game is to accumulate character, maybe you can accumulate enough character and you will have an explosion in the World Series......"

The "Ying's Cup" at the end of November and the "Toyo Securities Cup" at the beginning of December are the two most important tournaments in the world chess world in the future. The "Yingshi Cup" is held every four years, and the top 8 players in the last session directly became seeded players, so there are not many vacant places, and Chang Rensheng has not been qualified to participate in this "Yingshi Cup". However, in this year's "Toyo Securities Cup", Chang Rensheng ranked third in China's rating, and he still qualified for the competition.

After reporter Zhang Da comforted Chang Rensheng, he suddenly turned his head and said to Li Xiaoqiang:

"You just said that you can only rely on yourself if you want to compete for the first grade, I think you are really right. Xiaoqiang, you may not know it yet, in the next few months, you will have a lot of opportunities. ”

A lot of opportunities? Li Xiaoqiang's heart moved:

"The new World Championship in South Korea has been decided?"

"It's not one, it's two."

"Two?"

South Korea's Samsung Group has just announced that they will hold the "Samsung Cup" World Go Professional Championship, with a prize of 200 million won for the champion. The opening ceremony of the inaugural competition was scheduled for early January 1997. Shortly after the announcement of the Samsung Group, South Korea's LG Group announced another news, they will hold the "LG Cup" World Professional Go Championship, with a prize of 250 million won for the champion, and the first round of the first competition is scheduled to start at the end of January 1997. ”

"Samsung Cup" and "LG Cup", these two competitions are coming one after another.

Li Xiaoqiang thought of the next schedule. In addition to these four tournaments, plus next year's Fujitsu Cup, it is likely that in the following 1997, there will be an unprecedented five world champions!

"Hehe, the world chess world is ...... lively" (to be continued.) )

PS: It is said that the monthly pass should be asked every day, and only if you ask for it every day can it be effective, so I am not exempt from vulgarity here.

In addition to asking for a monthly pass, I also said a few words of gossip here. Recently, the topic of "alpha dog" has been very hot. There are many book lovers who are asking if this book will write a plot related to "Alpha Dog". To tell the truth, as early as 2 years ago, when this book was opened, the author envisioned the ending that Xiaoqiang used "one of the gods" to defeat the future computer. Of course, at that time, the "Alpha Dog" did not appear, and the "Hand of God" was also prepared to be fictional, and the time was also prepared to be arranged in Xiaoqiang's seventies and eighties. But now it seems that the ending I had prepared before would definitely not be needed. Now it is certain that in this book, there will definitely be a contest between Xiaoqiang and "Alpha Dog". However, like most people, the appearance of "Alpha Dog" also had a big impact on the author, and I haven't figured out how to write this part yet. But it doesn't matter, by the time I write this, I should be almost at the end of the book. Let's see if Google has any big moves this year. If there's more, it's probably a little more fleshed out.

As the introduction of this book says, since Xiaoqiang is closest to the "God of Chess", he must fight his predecessors, peers, juniors, and finally "Alpha Dog". So far, this book has just been written to the stage of "fighting peers", hehe, although the length of the latter cannot be as long as the previous one, but now it seems that it is still early to the end.

Finally, I am asking for votes again, please!