In mid-April 1999, Jinling, China, the venue of the first "Qiuju Cup" top 8 match. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Cao Guoshou, has he been ravaged by young people again? I see you have a lot more gray hair. ”

Because he often meets in the World Championships, Li Xiaoqiang is very familiar with the top players who are active in the world chess world, and the relationship in private is quite good, and jokes like this are often said.

Listening to Li Xiaoqiang's ridicule, Cao Yanzi smiled wryly. Of course, Lao Cao knew what Li Xiaoqiang was talking about. Nowadays, there are two very hot topics in the Go world, one is that everyone is talking about Li Xiaoqiang's "whether there are thirteen dans", and the other is Li Shishi's wave of winning streak in the Korean chess world.

Just before coming to China this time, Lao Cao allowed Xiao Li's winning streak to continue, and he had just lost to Li Shishi in a chess battle in South Korea. As a result, Xiao Li's current winning streak has reached 32 consecutive wins.

Seeing that Li Xiaoqiang was ridiculing Cao Yanzi, Liu Changhe also came up with a smile, and he sprinkled another handful of salt on Lao Cao's wound:

"It is said that no one can set foot on the same river twice, but our Cao Guoshou is not an ordinary person, he has this ability, and Li Shishi is really not a character who is called Li Xiaoqiang of South Korea, and even such a classic method of winning chess can be copied."

After listening to Liu Changhyuk's words, except for Cao Yanzi who was smiling bitterly, the chess players and reporters around him burst into laughter.

Xiao Li just won Lao Cao's game of chess is indeed very similar to a classic chess game, that is, the "Zhenlu Cup" of the year, Li Xiaoqiang used a "world catastrophe" to beat Lao Cao under the disadvantage.

This time, Li Shishi concocted the same method, which was also an extreme disadvantage, and it was also a hidden "world calamity", but it was a pity that Lao Cao was tricked again, and all Liu Changhe would make fun of him for "stepping on the same river twice." ”

Such a chess game can be said to be encounterable but not sought, so it is inevitable that everyone will judge the situation, and everyone will talk about it, and compare the difficulty of these two means. Zhao Zhixun, who also came over to chat, joked with a smile and joked with Cao Yanzi:

"We can all understand Li Sang's method when you didn't find it, after all, it was too difficult, and so many people in the research room didn't find it at that time. But this means... Doesn't think it should be? What was going on with you? Is it distracted or evil? ”

In the face of everyone's ridicule, Cao Yanzi could only continue to smile bitterly:

"How do I know what happened to me? If you know, how can you be tricked? Anyway, there's a special feeling of playing against stones.,It's like... It seems like... Alas, I can't express that feeling, anyway, if you have the chance, you can go and learn it yourself. ”

"That's right, I also think that Li Shishi's Go has an evil nature, and anyone who plays against him is particularly prone to impetuousness, did Cao Guoshou feel like this at that time?"

"Yes, yes, Li Sang is right, I felt this way at the time, don't look at Li Shishi as young, but it is very awkward when playing with him... After listening to Li Xiaoqiang's words, Cao Yanzi suddenly felt like a confidant, he nodded yes, and at the same time glanced at Li Xiaoqiang meaningfully:

“。。。 It's really not a loss to Li Sang, who even knows the characteristics of such a young chess player in our country well. Let's put 4 eyes upside down first, I didn't believe you could win him, but now it seems that the person who ended Li Shishi's winning streak may really be you. ”

Li Xiaoqiang smiled, how could he not understand Xiao Li's distinctive chess style. How do you describe Li Shishi's chess style? It can be summed up in one sentence:

Xiao Li's chess is actually a kind of chess that can't stand the review.

I believe that many professional chess players have this experience: Xiao Li won a game of chess against you, but when you review the game, you will find that you actually have 100 ways to win him. However, when it comes to actual combat, you don't have one way out, but choose the only way to lose.

This is the biggest feature of Li Shishi's Go. Throughout his career, it can be said that more than half of his victories have been won in this way.

This is why Li Shishi is called "Korean Li Xiaoqiang" by everyone. There seems to be one type of chess player in the world, and when you sit across from him, you feel very awkward, and you don't seem to be able to play at your full level.

Li Xiaoqiang is recognized as this type of chess player. And Li Shishi is recognized by everyone as the next one.

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang himself does not agree with the statement of "South Korean Li Xiaoqiang". He thinks that compared with Xiao Li, he is definitely an honest person who pays attention to chess theory. His Go is not as evil as Xiao Li, such as his famous "zombie stream", Li Xiaoqiang thinks that he will definitely not be able to play.

Regarding the difference between Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shishi, Li Shifo elaborated in detail in an interview with a South Korean reporter:

"What, say that Li Shishi is like Li Xiaoqiang? No, I don't think so. Although they are all very awkward opponents, but this is only "resemblance", not "god-like", and I think there is still a big difference, even a fundamental difference. ”

"Oh? What do you think are the main differences? ”

For this question, Li Shifo answered after being silent for a long time:

"I can't say the difference between them, let me simply say this, it's true that Li Shishi's way of moving can bring a lot of pressure to people, but this pressure is tangible, as long as you find the right way to deal with it, I don't think it's difficult to crack. But Li Xiaoqiang is different, because the pressure he puts on you during the game is often invisible. Isn't there a saying that the invisible is the deadliest ... ”

Due to various reasons, Li Shifo's words are a bit cloudy. However, Li Xiaoqiang still understood the meaning of his words, and at the same time expressed great satisfaction with Li Shifo's evaluation.

It is also a seemingly "unreasonable" move, and it is also "between being positive and excessive". What is the biggest difference between Li Xiaoqiang and Li Shishi?

That is a lot of Li Shishi's tricks, which are indeed "really unreasonable". Therefore, the reason why many people don't play against him is that the psychological problems are greater than the technical problems. Seeing some of his moves, the blood began to surge upwards, and he was impetuous, and then the rhythm was disrupted by him, and then he was defeated inexplicably. This can be said to be the most common way for Li Shi to win.

Therefore, when playing against Li Shi, he always maintains a correct game mentality and ensures a "normal heart", which Li Xiaoqiang believes is a more important issue than Go skills.

In real history, Li Shifo and Li Shishi, as two generations of leaders of Korean Go, and even two generations of hegemons in the world chess world, why is Li Shifo still often helpless when Li Shifo is not at his peak? Here's why.

Li Shifo can use his "Buddha nature" to control Li Shi's "evil nature". At that time, the vast majority of professional chess players in the world chess world could not do this.

Of course, there is another way to defeat Li Shishi, that is, the method adopted by the younger chess players, they take advantage of Li Shishi's absence at his peak, and use Li Shishi's method to deal with Li Shishi.

It must be admitted that although this is also a method, in Li Xiaoqiang's heart, he undoubtedly appreciates Li Shifo's method more.

After talking about Li Shi, let's look at Li Xiaoqiang, compared with Li Shishi, Li Xiaoqiang's Go is different.

Compared with Li Shishi's "really unreasonable", Li Xiaoqiang thinks that his chess is much more reasonable. Because chess is relatively reasonable, it means that your flaws are hidden deeper, which means that your chess is more difficult to deal with.

Li Shifo said "tangible" and "intangible", Li Xiaoqiang understood it in this way.

A person's flaws are "traceable", and a person's flaws are "traceless", which is higher and lower? It should be self-explanatory. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang's evaluation of Li Shifo is regarded as a praise for himself, which is also where he feels proud.

"Alas, young people nowadays are more powerful than the other, and each one is more difficult than the other. If it goes on like this, my hair will turn gray sooner or later. Zhao Mingming, do you think it's time for us to retire now? ”

Cao Yanzi's pretended emotion pulled Li Xiaoqiang back from fantasy to reality. Looking at the pretentious old Cao, Li Xiaoqiang smiled in his heart.

Don't look at Lao Cao's pitiful appearance of "begging for comfort" everywhere, and don't look at the fact that he just lost to Li Shishi, the gray hair on his head has indeed increased a lot.

If others will despise Lao Cao because of this, but Li Xiaoqiang will definitely not.

In real history, 99 can be considered the beginning of Lao Cao's "second spring".

In real history, the winner of the first "Qiu Ju Cup" happened to be Cao Yanzi, who was sighing at the moment.

And he defeated Li Shifo in the final, and left a piece of "This is a good story for grandma".

Cao Yanzi defeated Li Shifo 2-1 in the final trilogy to win the championship. Before that, Li Shifo had never missed a game in the World Series finals.

Cao Yanzi was the first to do it. And on the day of Cao Yanzi's championship, it happened to be his mother's birthday, so Cao Yanzi modestly said: "This championship is a gift from Shi Buddha to grandma." ”

This can be regarded as a good story in the history of Go, but in this good story, it contains a lot of sadness in Chinese Go.

Not only that, Cao Yanzi has won a total of 9 world championships in real history. Nearly half of these titles were won after '99.

In the face of such an old Cao, Li Xiaoqiang is of course absolutely impossible to take it lightly.

Cao Yanzi's sigh also brought Li Xiaoqiang back to reality, and he decided to put aside the confrontation with young people first, and play the current game first.

Because compared to that side, this place is its main battlefield. (To be continued.) )