After Li Xiaoqiang lost to Li Shifo in the quarterfinals of the 10th "Fujitsu Cup", the evaluation of this game by the Chinese and Korean media is very interesting.

In the just-concluded "Fujitsu Cup" top 8 battle, Li Xiaoqiang regrettably lost. In this way, the total score between the two was tenaciously equalized by Li Shifo ......". (Chinese media)

"In the quarterfinals of the 10th "Fujitsu Cup", South Korean chess player Li Shifo defeated Li Xiaoqiang, and with the loss of this game, Li Xiaoqiang's unbeaten record against Korean chess players for nearly a year came to an end......"

"A win for calm and patience! An exciting victory! Amazing Li Shifo! A dark cloud floating over South Korean Go was dispelled by him in this way......" (Korean media)

"Li Shifo is Li Shifo after all, a victory that is not accidental! Cao Yanzi commented on the battle between Li Shifo and Li Xiaoqiang: If you purely compete in skills, he believes that Li Xiaoqiang is slightly inferior......" (Korean media)

"A very important and timely victory, Yoo Chang-hyuk, who is about to start a ten-round battle with Li Xiaoqiang, said that he has gained confidence from Li Shifo's victory, and he has found a way to defeat Li Xiaoqiang......" (Korean media)

"Hahahaha......"

China Chess Academy, when Li Xiaoqiang saw these reports of Zhang Da's reporter, he was already leaning back with laughter.

Reporter Zhang Da carefully observed Li Xiaoqiang's expression.

"I said Zhang Da reporter, what do you see?"

"I just want to see if you're really smiling or fake. No, there must be something wrong, isn't it usually sad for you to lose an important game? What's going on this time? You didn't look like a smirk just now, did you? How did you get back to normal so quickly this time......"

Li Xiaoqiang was amused by reporter Zhang Da's words:

"Get out! Am I as fragile as you said, I said Reporter Zhang, you came to the capital again this time, didn't you come to anger me. “

"Hey, hey. Of course not......"

Reporter Zhang Da is telling the truth, of course Li Xiaoqiang knows that he is not specifically angry with himself. It's been almost a week since the match against Li Shifo.

There are 2 days left, that is, the day after tomorrow, the first game of the 3rd "Ying's Cup" final will be played in the Chinese Chess Academy!

"Alas, Xiaoqiang, I didn't mean you, you really didn't lose this game of chess at the right time. Look at it, you see, it makes people's momentum rise. ”

"Li Shifo is Li Shifo, Liu Changhe is Liu Changhe, I lost to Li Shifo, what does it have to do with him Liu Changhe?"

"This ......"

"For the match between me and Liu Changhe, you are all unanimously optimistic that I can win, right, after all, I and his historical record are there, but not long ago, Liu Changhe just defeated Li Shifo in the semifinals of the "Samsung Cup", and Li Shifo defeated me again. So you're caught up in the logic of the Korean media, right? ”

"You ......"

Reporter Zhang Da stared at Li Xiaoqiang's face for a long time, and reporter Zhang Da suddenly shook his head and said with a wry smile:

"Xiaoqiang, you guy is really unkind, these should be my lines, you want me to hold back, you let me say it and I will die."

Li Xiaoqiang smiled: "I just want to suffocate you." ”

After Li Xiaoqiang finished laughing, reporter Zhang Da finally became serious:

"Xiaoqiang, is it really okay?"

"The only problem I have right now. It's just a little impatient, and I can't wait for the game to start today. ”

Reporter Zhang Da once again pretended to forgive Li Xiaoqiang. Then make a negative gesture of abandonment:

"That's good, that's good......"

Just as Li Xiaoqiang and reporter Zhang Da continued to chat, a voice with a lot of Jingyun sounded:

"Haha Xiaoqiang, you are here, come here, there are a few places where you played the wrong game of chess a few days ago, and the flow is not right! Come and swing together......"

After Li Xiaoqiang saw the comer. He hurriedly got up, and then said respectfully:

"Mr. Wu has arrived ......"

Mr. Wu Qingyuan, the honorary chief referee of the "Ying's Cup" and now more than 80 years old, has come to the China Chess Academy accompanied by his disciple Mr. Lin Haifeng.

"Mr. Wu's spirit is really good." Coach Chen Chaoluo, who rushed over after hearing the news, sighed.

"Yes, the spirit of the gentleman is good. But there are also reasons for Xiaoqiang......"

Lin Haifeng looked at Li Xiaoqiang, who was still studying the chess game with Mr. Wu, with a smile:

“…… Everyone knows that there is only chess in the world of Mr., and now there are not many people who can make Mr. so interested and can argue with him so much......"

On the second day of Mr. Oh Cheongwon's arrival, the day before the official competition, members of the Korean delegation arrived. The lineup of the South Korean delegation startled reporter Zhang Da and others. Not only are there many more reporters accompanying the army than usual, but the head of the delegation is still Cao Yanzi, and in addition, Li Shifo is also impressively listed.

"After all, it's the Olympics of Go."

South Korean reporter Park, who is most familiar with reporter Zhang Da, explained to reporter Zhang Da like this.

"Yes, after all, it is the vane of the chess world." Reporter Zhang Da responded with a smile.

The "Go Olympics", the "Chess World Vane", the World Professional Go Championship with the highest championship bonus, and the "Ying's Cup" five-way chess final once every four years kicked off in such a situation.

"Xiaoqiang's luck is really not very good, he always can't guess first in other games, this kind of inconsequential guess, he can guess first."

At the beginning of the first game, reporter Zhang Da had just finished taking photos and exited the game room, and the first sentence he said when he came to the viewing room caused a burst of laughter. "Ying's Cup" guesses the right to choose, the first 4 sets exchange hands with each other, and the 5th set needs to be guessed again. So from this point of view, the guess of the first game is really not very important.

When reporter Zhang Da walked into the game room, the first chess game had not yet been transmitted.

"Then what did Xiaoqiang choose?" Someone asked Zhang Da reporter.

Reporter Zhang Da recalled the scene of guessing in the game room: "Black chess, Xiaoqiang chose black chess in the first game. ”

"Oh? It seems that Xiaoqiang is ready to adopt a late-strike strategy on the whole. ”

The "Ying's Cup" implements the "big sticker", and under the rules of "big sticker", the vast majority of professional chess players think that white chess is easy to play. Now Li Xiaoqiang chooses the relatively difficult black chess in the first game, and leaves the relatively good white chess in the second game. In this way, from the perspective of the overall strategy, it seems to be a little calmer, a bit of a late strike.

"Preemptively? I don't think so. ”

"Oh? Mr. Lin means ......"

In the semi-finals of this "Ying's Cup". Yoo Chang-hyuk happened to eliminate Mr. Lim Hae-pung to enter the final. Seeing that many people in the viewing room were looking at him, Mr. Lin Haifeng explained with a smile:

"If it's with other people, you can think that Xiaoqiang is preparing to strike later, but against Liu Changhyuk, I think Xiaoqiang is preparing to strike first today. Let's not forget that Yoo Chang-hyuk is a typical attacking chess player. ”

The attacking style of chess requires initiative. The initiative requires black chess, which is a common view in the Go world. So what is Li Xiaoqiang going to do today? Whether he is ready to "strike first" or "strike later" is the first topic of discussion in this game.

"Look, just look at the process of actual combat, Xiaoqiang's intentions will soon be known."

Before the first chess game was passed to the viewing room, Nie Xuanfeng, who had just come here, said.

The match between Li Xiaoqiang and Liu Changhe began, and the 2-hour game time in the morning passed quickly. Before the noon closure, Chen Chaoyue asked Mr. Wu Qingyuan:

"Sir, what do you think of today's chess?"

Mr. Wu Qingyuan said politely:

"Everybody knows that. I'm not good at playing sticker chess, and my results in sticker chess have always been bad. However, in Go, there are some truths that can never be wrong. For example, for this kind of large-scale chess, the most important thing for black is to grasp the boundary between "positive" and "excessive", so for white, it is necessary to grasp the balance between "steady" and "conservative". Judging from the current process, it should be said that both of them are playing quite well. The "degree" of this is well grasped. It seems that both men are in very good shape and should have been well prepared before the game. I think the current situation should be "two points". You should be able to enjoy a good game of chess today, and if you want to decide the winner or loser, it will depend on their progress in the afternoon. ”

The one-hour break passed quickly, and at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the game resumed. By 2 o'clock in the afternoon, there was still not much criticism in the laboratory. It seems that both players today played irreproachable chess. However, during this period, the praise for Liu Changhe seems to be a little louder.

Due to the existence of Mr. Wu Qingyuan, the lineup of China and South Korea in the research room is not so distinct, and his "junior brother" Cao Yanzi sits next to him and talks, of course. Cao Yanzi also has Li Shifo by his side.

"Tsk, what I admire most about Chang Hyuk is that the more he goes to the big games, the more he can play at his best. You see that he played chess today, and he really advanced and retreated, and there was nothing to blame at all. Stone Buddha, don't you say? ”

Cao Yanzi first said this to Li Shifo in Korean, and Li Shifo nodded yes. Cao Yanzi said this to Mr. Wu Qingyuan in Japanese, and Mr. Wu smiled silently.

At 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when the competition was 4 hours into the game, the research room's praise for Yoo Chang-hyuk became louder and louder. And what about Li Xiaoqiang? Although there was no voice of criticism for him, the voice of praise was almost inaudible.

"It's so good, Chang Hyuk is doing so well today! At first, he stabilized his position, and then the two entered the attack mode, and now, white has the meaning of counterattacking. Tsk, the power of the world's number one attacker is starting to play, I'm afraid black chess is a little difficult to do. ”

Cao Yanzi continued to praise Liu Changhe endlessly, and Li Shifo also echoed beside him. Most of the Chinese chess players in the laboratory also had grim expressions.

Because what Cao Yanzi said basically echoes the facts on the chessboard.

But among them, there are two chess players who disagree with Cao Yanzi's opinion, they are Wu Qingyuan and Nie Whirlwind.

"Mr. Nie, what do you think of the current situation?"

Mr. Wu Qingyuan smiled and asked Nie Whirlwind's opinion.

"On the surface, it's a reversal of offense and defense, but black hasn't played any bad moves, right? And I even think ......"

"I think black's moves are a little more natural! Isn't that so? ”

"Yes, yes, that's what it feels like." Nie Whirlwind responded with great joy.

"That's right......" Mr. Wu Qingyuan closed his eyes slightly, sighed lightly and said:

"Since black moves are natural, there is no bad reason. But I'm too old to keep up, so where is the key to unlocking this game of chess......" (To be continued.) )