The two games of the semi-finals of the first Tianyuan Tournament ended at the same time. In addition to Li Xiaoqiang's victory over Ma Xiaofei in the middle game, in another game, Nie Whirlwind was also defeated by Cao Dafang.

It can be said that in the first round, there were many upsets.

Other emotional factors aside, the underdogs in competitive sports are certainly a welcome sight to be.

This is not an international tournament, if it is against Japanese and Korean players. Of course, Chinese chess fans hope that the strong Chinese players will be crushed and the weak will be upset.

Nie Whirlwind's loss to Cao Dafang, although it was a small upset, everyone was not particularly surprised. Cao Dafang Jiuduan can also be regarded as a first-class strong man in China. In the hearts of the Chinese people at that time, Nie Whirlwind certainly already had the strength of a super-first-class chess player. So what is super-first-class, Zhao Zhixun had a more vivid definition back then.

At that time, I also forgot whether Zhao Zhixun was "educating" Kobayashi Jue or Yida Kiki, and the words were said in front of the chess players. The chess player on the opposite side is his junior. The words roughly mean something like this:

"Well, so-and-so, your current grades are good, but you still need to work hard. You can only play 1 to 1 against top players now, and if you can't play 2 to 1, you can't be super first. ”

In Zhao Zhixun's mind, the super-first-class standard is as simple as that. There is no such esoteric description as "realm" in it. But it's clear and clear at a glance.

Compared with the unpopularity of that game of chess, then Li Xiaoqiang won Ma Xiaofei's game......

It must be an exaggeration to say that it caused a sensation. Go is a niche, and unless it is associated with "winning glory for the country", it is unlikely to cause a sensation. There was no sensation, but it was a sure thing to say that it caused some waves.

There are several types of waves. The most popular, the largest number of participants is, of course, to watch the lively. The most common thing is curiosity:

"Tsk, how did this kid pop up, I heard that his Go is quite powerful. He was only 12 years old, and at the age of 12, he knocked down the second Go master in China. Is that No. 2 master real? If it's true, then how does this kid compare to the No. 1 master? Also, it is said that this child is also a math prodigy. Well, when the time comes, when there is this kid's performance, I must move a bench to watch the onlookers......"

The second category is lively and doorway at the same time. The representative figures are Zhang Zhidong and Zhang Da, reporters.

Reporter Zhang Da has now become buddies with Li Xiaoqiang. Of course, he is familiar with Li Xiaoqiang's daily life. He is also an amateur Go master. Therefore, he mainly focuses on the excitement of Go.

"It's amazing, Xiaoqiang is really amazing, I'm really dazzled by this race. The first set, classical mastery, middle, the king of leaks. Immediately after that, there is the digging pit. Recent...... I can't really tell you about this game lately. That's right, it seems that it is okay to say that he is a complete victory, but after starting to slay the dragon, it seems that Ma Xiaofei has no chance. However, can he be said to have won the battle like that before? His previous moves are obviously not as good as mine. In this case, how can you win? Of course, everyone knows that his idea of this game of chess is very ingenious and bold. Can Go be won by courage? Could it be that if I just practice my courage, I can also compete with Ma Xiaofei......"

"It's not scientific!"

Reporter Zhang Da was chanting this famous line again. In his opinion, he has been observing up close. The context of these moves is very clear, and I have consulted some of the things in Go techniques myself. No matter how you understand it, how to help Li Xiaoqiang explain. It doesn't seem to make sense that he can pass all the way to what he wants. He knew that there must be something deep in it that he did not understand.

Since meeting Li Xiaoqiang, reporter Zhang Da has found that he has developed a dependence. Whenever I encounter a problem in Go, I don't bother to think about it at all. Anyway, thinking about it yourself, Li Xiaoqiang basically didn't get it right. So reporter Zhang Da decided that he wanted to have a good exchange with Li Xiaoqiang.

Just before coming to Shencheng, Li Xiaoqiang proposed that he had the opportunity to visit the respected Fang Lao of his unit. Fang Lao is an "archaeologist" in the domestic Go world, and his attainments in both Chinese studies and Go are very profound.

Reporter Zhang Da has already made an appointment, just in time for a rest day between the games. Zhang Zhidong made an appointment with Li Xiaoqiang and prepared to visit.

They don't mention it when they go to visit. There's also a group of people who come together, and they're a real gatekeeper.

They got together to prepare for a symposium. The organizer of the seminar was the national team leader Hua, who represented the management of Chinese Go. The convener is Nie Whirlwind, and the members are members of the national team. It represents the highest level of Chinese Go. The workshop is called:

"Li Xiaoqiang Symposium."

Nie Whirlwind heard that Li Xiaoqiang had won chess again, especially after reading the chess game. didn't care about losing the first game, so he urgently communicated with Team Leader Hua and gathered everyone together.

Of course, this is not that they are making a fuss, and it is not that they are discussing how to "deal with" Li Xiaoqiang. This is actually a normal reaction of any management. Say a thousand and ten thousand, and they gather together. The core is two words, "positioning", the positioning of Li Xiaoqiang.

In their opinion, Xiaoqiang's child is really weird. At this time a year ago, Chen Chaoyue gave up two sons. Now, win the domestic first-class masters. And it's not an occasional win set, but now I've won 5 games in a row. His level can be said to be growing at a speed that can be seen by the naked eye.

If you win, you can win, but you can win in a lot of weird ways. A single plate seems to make sense. can be combined...... Anyway, no one can tell.

The national Go team is essentially a group of "tricks" gathered together. When we encounter such a "new issue," we must of course discuss it.

Team Leader Hua is not a "technical stream", but he certainly has his considerations as a representative of the management.

In essence, Chinese Go has been used in the "limited resource allocation system" until Gu Dali's generation. This resource, of course, is the opportunity to play. This is also very understandable, for a long time, Chinese Go seems to have been a single line. The tilt of resources towards top players is also the reason for this situation.

Of course, the top domestic chess players are all competing by themselves. But there's always a little bit of unfairness in it.

For example, the top four of this Tianyuan Tournament are actually the beneficiaries of this unfairness.

Team Leader Hua gave the opportunity to Li Xiaoqiang, of course he was kind, of course, for the good of Chinese Go. In Li Xiaoqiang's view, it must be a high wind and bright festival. But for other local chess players, it's still a bit unfair.

There is no way to change this unfairness immediately. Okay, you say it's not fair, let's have a tryout first. Was it possible in those days? It's impossible, the organizers don't pay for it. What are you better than? So, this was the reality of that era.

The management can only make what they think is the right choice out of their hearts and out of their love for Go. In this way, the "positioning" of the chess player is very important.

For example, Li Xiaoqiang's age is the age of the national junior team. What about the level? Let's go a little higher. Okay, then I'll release the national youth team. That's pretty much it. Hey? He also won the national team in a row. His level is still improving rapidly, and he is playing strange chess. Where to put it?

How to position? Do you want to have a good discussion?

Of course, the leaders of the seminar spoke first, and the leaders of the Go world were more direct and directly threw out the positioning problem.

Team Leader Hua spoke first:

"Let me tell you one thing first, the schedule of the 3rd China-Japan Go Tournament has been set. It opened at the end of April, and if Lao Nie wins the Wu Palace this time, then the closing ceremony of the 2nd session and the opening ceremony of the 3rd session will be put together. It was initially decided that each side would send a female chess player as the vanguard. I won't talk about anything else today, let's talk about it, can Xiaoqiang enter the lineup of the Chinese team? ”

The members of the national team looked at each other, and no one spoke. Of course, who is good to talk about in this case, can such a thing be determined by a "soldier"? Therefore, the leaders of Go are relatively simple and cute. It's definitely not a human spirit. Even the technical bureaucrats of later generations are inferior.

Of course, human spirits are not human spirits, but they are all smart, and those who play Go are smart.

Team Leader Hua immediately remedied:

"Hehe, this time the main thing is to let everyone weigh his level and talk about his characteristics, anyway, this kid is weird. A mortal like me can't see what kind of demon he is, and it depends on you fiery eyes. ”

Still no one spoke, not that they didn't dare to say it this time. The key is that after thinking about it for a while, everyone found that they were definitely not sharp-eyed, and they didn't know what to say about Li Xiaoqiang's child.

Team Leader Hua had no choice but to point to the general, and ordered Cao Dafang's nine paragraphs, who had just won chess yesterday and was in a good mood:

"Dafang, you are a bystander, you have also been a coach of Xiaoqiang for a period of time, so you should be familiar with him. Let's talk about it first. ”

Cao Jiuduan was a very rational person, judging by his performance in later generations. The level of appearance is also very good, and it will not be worse than the old god stick of Fujisawa Hideyuki.

He thought about it first, looked up and smiled bitterly:

"I can't say, Xiaoqiang, this kid is really hard to say, so let's talk about some of my knowledge of him first, everyone sees it."

"First of all, I found that this kid is very stable in chess, and he can play at any level. They often overperform. Since his debut, except for one or two occasional games, he seems to have played chess on his own level. Do you think so? ”

If you think about it, it seems that this is really the case, except for the last time in Japan there was an occasional part of the time when there were one or two sets. It's basically very stable, the latest game doesn't count, and his previous amateur moves are obviously deliberate, and they are definitely not abnormal. It's not wrong to say that you often play at a high level. Most of his moves are still at the professional three-dan level. But there's always something to make a difference in every game. What's worse is that these eye-catching tricks often appear at the key points of victory and defeat. So his chess game is always reassuring and always exciting.

The more everyone thought about it, the more interesting it became, and the more they thought about it, the more they felt that it made sense, so they nodded their heads.

Cao Dafang continued:

It is actually very difficult to do this, and it proves that he has worked the basic skills. Let's not talk about the layout and other ideas. He must have worked hard in calculations and officials. This is also very understandable, last time he was for this, and he was with Dazhuding Niu. It shows that Xiaoqiang is sure of his master's words, this kid is very assertive, and he must have been doing it all the time. Everyone said no. ”

Everyone remembered that Dazhu had eaten at Li Xiaoqiang's hands, and they all laughed, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed.

Qian Yuping also smiled and said:

"That's right, that's right, every time he comes to me, he just plays with me. Sometimes I wonder if it's my layout level, and people look down on ...... at all."

"Haha"

The remark caused a burst of laughter.

Nie Whirlwind said happily:

"It's really possible, in my opinion, that his layout is really flexible, although some of the flows can't be said to be correct. But he always makes up for it with his routines. Everyone found that there are so many of his routines, especially black, as if they have never seen him use the same layout. Sometimes I really wonder how he is so familiar with us, including Otake them. It seems that we all know something about our characteristics. Anyone you meet is very targeted. In particular, I was impressed by the two games of Dazhu, and the strategy of those two games was very clever......"

Before he finished speaking, Ma Xiaofei laughed at himself:

"Speaking of being clever, is there still such a clever strategy for dealing with me......"

"Haha"

The atmosphere is really alive now. There is an opportunity to hit Ma Xiaofei, and Liu Dazhui will definitely not let it go.

Liu Dazhui smiled evilly:

"Little demon, little demon, you will always be a little demon, and you can't become a climate. You look at the small strong people, so small has the temperament of a demon king. ”

Next, Liu Dazhui shook his head and put on a look of "why are you so unsuccessful".

How could Ma Xiaofei be despised by Liu Dazhu. Fight back immediately. Ma Xiaofei made a disdainful look:

"I am stronger than you no matter how bad I am, at least in the hearts of other Xiaoqiang, I am dozens of times stronger than you Liu Dazhui."

Liu Da Hammer laughed at Mimi's counterattack:

"Blow, blow hard. How do you feel so good about yourself, dozens of times. Did Xiaoqiang say it? What evidence do you have. ”

Ma Xiaofei became more and more disdainful:

"I said sledgehammer, do you grow a few pounds of brute strength when you eat? Can't grow something else? So if you can't see any obvious evidence, aren't those two games of chess evidence? ”

"Which two plates...... You mean the two sets we lost to him. What kind of evidence is that, Ha Luha, you are embarrassed to say that I was not slaughtered by others. Could it be that if you are slaughtered by someone, people will look up to you......"

Liu Dazhui laughed there to himself, and after laughing for a while, he found that no one responded. Some even lowered their heads and pondered. Liu Dazhui couldn't laugh a little:

"You ...... What do you mean, could it be that you really slay dragons and look up to you......"

The kind-hearted Cao Dafang really couldn't bear to let Liu Dazhui be hit by Ma Xiaofei's poisonous tongue again, so he preemptively reminded Liu Dazhui:

"Process...... Think about the process of a chess game......"

Liu Dazhui reacted and thought about it carefully. It seems that this is really the case, it seems that Li Xiaoqiang really thinks that Ma Xiaofei is better than himself.

He is normal before playing chess with himself, and he dares to fight with himself. It wasn't until the official stage that he began to dig out the pit, and his loss really started from the official who was only a few moves away. It's different from Ma Xiaofei. He was ready to fight hard from the start. Do not hesitate to set a set of dozens of mesh gaps. From this point of view, he and Ma Xiaofei are really more than ten times worse.

Thinking of this, Liu Dazhui gritted his teeth:

"This stinky boy dares to look down on me......"

At this time, I can't care about arguing with Ma Xiaofei:

"I said little demon, I don't care what method you use in the next two games, you must teach that stinky boy a lesson. If I can't, I'll ...... I'll just ......"

Ma Xiaofei looked at Liu Dazhu's angry posture and asked with a smile:

"What, I don't teach him what it has to do with you. By the way, after I taught him, I must have a higher status in his mind, what about you? Hehe...... You can rest assured, in order to stabilize your position in the hearts of other Xiaoqiang, I will not let you down. ”

Others came to interest:

"Ma Xiao, you really have a way."

Ma Xiaofei's expression was lazy, but his eyes were full of confidence:

"Let's see tomorrow......"

Team Leader Hua said happily:

"It's good if there's a way, it's good if there's a way, if you lose the chess, I just ignore the opposition of the people of the whole country, and I also want to suggest that you, the deputy marshal, be taken down and replaced by a small family. Now that I'm looking at this, you'll give me a thorough ...... Do you think it's appropriate for Xiaoqiang to play in the ring? This time you come one by one. ”

Cao: "If Xiaoqiang is on it, there should be no problem in protecting the capital." ”

Money: "You can't let him win, it's hard to win." ”

Liu: "Let him go and harm the Japanese." ”

Ma: "Anyway, I think it's better to be a small strong than a sledgehammer." ”

"Haha"

Nie Whirlwind happily made a summary:

"Anyway, the Japanese side laughs at us every day, saying that our country is just a few guns. It's time for us to add some fresh blood. Ma Xiao, the task of inspecting Xiaoqiang is entrusted to you. Now that I think about it, this child's progress is really fast, and it has only been 4 months since he came back from Japan. Now who dares to say that Jean will win him first. At this rate, he will snatch my position as the coach in two years, hahaha, 15-year-old coach...... It's exciting to think about. By the way, where did Xiaoqiang go today? ”

"He and reporter Zhang visited Fang Lao."

"Elder Fang?"

"Yes, it's that Fang Lao."

"Oh? Ancient chess heirs......"

Li Xiaoqiang and Zhang Zhidong walked on the way to visit Fang Lao.

While walking, Li Xiaoqiang recalled some information from Fang Lao.

Fang Lao was one of the national players at the beginning of liberation, and his level was worse than that of "South Liu and North Pass". The two of them seem to be set into five sections. Fang Lao should be about the level of the third stage of the profession. Fang Laoguo has a deep attainment. He has been studying ancient Chinese chess for decades. Interestingly, he loves to study the folk history of Go. In particular, there are many studies on Go in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

In this period, not to mention other aspects, the competitive level of ancient Chinese chess reached a peak. This is also a piece of Chinese Go history that Li Xiaoqiang is most interested in.

"What kind of person is this?"

Li Xiaoqiang thought as he walked.

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