On the evening after the match between Li Xiaoqiang and Liu Changhyuk, at the hotel where the South Korean delegation stayed, several Korean kings gathered together to play chess and discuss the future game.

They are currently setting up the game that just ended today, and the keynote speaker is Liu Changhyuk. It's a completely different feeling like a Go game where you sit in a research room and watch a game than you go up and play in person. Sometimes listening to the players themselves tell what they were thinking about the game can give you a better understanding of what is really going on.

"I don't think I'm conservative today, I just think Li Xiaoqiang is really strong now. Yes, he is much stronger than he was 1 year ago! This is the most real feeling I have after playing this game. It's not like I didn't think about countering in today's game, like here...... Here......" Yoo Chang-hyuk pointed to several places on the chessboard:

“…… But he seems to be able to understand everything, what I think in the game, every idea I have, he seems to be able to know it clearly, and every time he doesn't wait for my counterattack to be organized, he quickly dissolves it invisibly, as if everything is strangled by him in the cradle...... To be honest, it's hard to describe. If someone asks me how I feel about playing against Li Xiaoqiang, I will answer in two words: uncomfortable! It's very uncomfortable to compete with Li Xiaoqiang! That's probably the biggest feeling I had after playing this game. ”

By this time, their discussion of the chess game had ended, and Yoo Chang-hyuk began to make a "concluding statement". After Yoo Chang-hyuk's words were finished, there was a brief silence in the room. However, after they studied the game, everyone did not disperse. So tomorrow there will be another game soon. Who will be sent tomorrow? Whether they can work together to find a way to deal with Li Xiaoqiang is the focus of their discussion.

It was still Liu Changhe who spoke first, and he said to Li Shifo who was sitting next to him:

"I used to think that Li Xiaoqiang's rapid chess level was not very good, at least not as good as his slow chess level. But now it seems that his rapid chess skills have also improved a lot. So when you play him tomorrow, I think you need to pay attention to the following points......"

"Nope! Tomorrow I'll be the first to play. ”

Before Liu Changhe could say his thoughts, his words were interrupted by Cao Yanzi. Listened to Cao Yanzi's words. The other three all looked surprised:

"Cao Guoshou ......"

"Master......"

"What to see, didn't you hear clearly, I said that I decided that I would play first tomorrow."

Cao Yanzi is that, he is the "Emperor of Go" in South Korea. He has a transcendent status in the Korean Go world, and the decision he made will not change even if the president of the Korean Chess Academy is here. Since he decided to play first tomorrow, then this matter is basically settled, and it is impossible for Li Shifo to rob him.

Still, when Cao Yanzi made this decision, the other three were surprised.

That's right. Although Lee Seok-fo has dominated the Korean chess scene for many years, although Lee Seok-fo has won two consecutive world championships this year. His total number of championships has equaled Li Xiaoqiang, and it can be said that he is currently the most popular chess player in the world chess scene. But so far, the vast majority of people still believe that Cao Yanzi is the real helmsman of Korean Go.

To put it mildly, Lao Cao is really remarkable. He has dominated the Korean chess scene since the 70s and played an irreplaceable role in the rise of Korean Go. For decades, he is still active in the first line of professional chess and is widely recognized as one of the top players in the world chess world. And that's not all. His brilliance looks set to continue.

In the previous life, when everyone talked about the Three Kingdoms Tournament, many people would only remember the glory of Li Shifo and his title of "Guardian Saint of Nongshim". But many people forget. In fact, in the early years of the Three Kingdoms Tournament, Cao Yanzi was the real mainstay of the Korean team.

In the 2nd Three Kingdoms Tournament, the final champion was produced between the Japanese team and the South Korean team, and the Korean coach faced off against the Japanese coach Masaki Takemiya. It's strange to say. Usually, Cao Yanzi is hard to win in front of Masaki Takemiya. But in the Three Kingdoms Ring Match, Cao Yanzi slashed Masaki Takemiya off his horse and won a few rare victories against Masaki Takemiya.

Far from it. Let's just say that in last year's Three Kingdoms Ring Tournament, Ma Xiaofei finally faced Cao Li's master and apprentice, Ma Xiaofei first defeated Li Shifo, won a few sets of victories against Li Shifo in his career, and finally ushered in a duel with Cao Yanzi's coach. To say that in the past two years, Ma Xiaofei has defeated Cao Yanzi in the semifinals of the "Oriental Securities Cup" in a row, and Ma Xiaofei seems to have a tendency to become Cao Yanzi's new bitter hand. But just when everyone thought that the Chinese team was about to win the championship, it was Cao Yanzi who made meritorious contributions, and he kept the championship trophy for the Korean team.

Cao Yanzi not only has a superb talent for Go, but he is also a peerless winner and loser. As long as you take a closer look at Cao Yanzi's career, you will find that as long as you face a real big win, Cao Yanzi has the last laugh mostly.

Until last year, in the Three Kingdoms Tournament, the South Korean coach has always been Cao Yanzi! Therefore, when Cao Yanzi proposed not to be the coach this time, it is no wonder that several others felt sudden.

'I decided to play first tomorrow and it wasn't a whim. Let's listen to my reasoning. ”

In fact, since Cao Yanzi has decided to play tomorrow, this matter will basically not change. However, Cao Yanzi wants to say the reason herself, so everyone is naturally interested in hearing it.

"The first reason, if you want to say that a few of us have no advantage against Li Xiaoqiang alone. But the last time I played him, I won and I have a certain psychological advantage against him now, so I need to play early this time. ”

Hearing Cao Yanzi's reason, everyone laughed. Indeed, don't look at Li Xiaoqiang's sluggish form in the past year or so, and he has not performed well in the World Series. But his results against the four kings of South Korea are not bad.

Seo Bong-so didn't open a beard in his hands. In addition to today's set, Liu Changhe and Li Xiaoqiang's battle record is 1-4, and the only game won was several years ago. Cao Yanzi is 3 to 4 against Li Xiaoqiang, and Li Shifo is 5 to 5, the two of them have similar records, but they both have a problem, that is, they win small games, the more important and critical the games are all ended with Li Xiaoqiang's victory.

The bigger the competition, the wider the influence. If you can't beat Li Xiaoqiang in key games, it will give people the impression that they are not as good as Li Xiaoqiang. This is why Li Shifo is in the limelight now, but if he doesn't defeat Li Xiaoqiang, he won't dare to claim the number one in the world.

Due to Li Xiaoqiang's sluggish state some time ago. There wasn't much of a chance to play against him. In addition to this Three Kingdoms Tournament, the last time everyone met was in this year's "Fujitsu Cup" Top 8 match, Cao Yanzi eliminated Li Xiaoqiang. However, Cao Yanzi took this as a reason, and everyone still felt a bit far-fetched. What are you kidding, if you win a game of chess against Li Xiaoqiang, you will have a psychological advantage over him? If Li Xiaoqiang is really such a chess player, then what qualifications does he have that deserves so much attention.

"Reason No. 2: After watching Chang He's game, I felt that if I wanted to defeat Li Xiaoqiang, I had to let it go. So I wanted to play early. ”

Listening to Cao Yanzi's reason, everyone bowed slightly. I think this reason is still more reliable. Cao Yanzi's chess style was originally the kind of play that opened and closed. If Cao Yanzi is the coach, if Li Xiaoqiang really passes Li Shifo's level, then Cao Yanzi will definitely face a lot of pressure. Under tremendous pressure, it is likely that you will not be able to let go when you play chess. Once you can't let go, Cao Yan may not be able to give full play to her technical expertise.

"In addition to the first two reasons, there is the last and most important reason......" said here. Cao Yanzi glanced at his beloved disciple deeply:

“…… From now on, it's your young people's turn to push hard. Stone Buddhas, including Changhyuk, you need to take on more responsibilities now......"

Is this the official passing of the torch of Korean Go? Just like a few years ago, Nie Whirlwind handed over the baton to Li Xiaoqiang. It started when Cao Yanzi officially gave up the position of coach to Li Shifo. The Korean game of Go completed the transfer of power in their own way.

After discussing the order of appearances, everyone did not disperse, because these are not the point, the purpose of everyone getting together. I want to discuss how to deal with Li Xiaoqiang.

Several top masters are gathered together, can they find a way to deal with Li Xiaoqiang?

Everyone re-analyzes the previous two games. Among them, Li Shifo, who had been silent in front of him, suddenly spoke:

"Master. If you can use that change tomorrow, I think it might work very well. ”

"Oh? Which change are you talking about? ”

"It's the change you played with Chang Hyuk's brother in the throne battle final, I remember we had a deep study of that change, and one of the variations ......"

What kind of trick does Li Shi Buddha support? All this will not be revealed until the time of the game.

There was nothing to say all night, and on the second day, the match between Li Xiaoqiang and Cao Yanzi began. As usual, Li Xiaoqiang and Zhang Da reporters walked on the way to the arena.

"I really didn't expect it, this time it was Cao Yanzi who went first. But when you think about it, it's not surprising, it's unexpected, but it also makes sense. Xiaoqiang, did you think before the game that you would touch Lao Cao first this time? ”

Li Xiaoqiang ignored the nonsense of reporter Zhang Da.

"Hey, what about you, are you dumb?"

Li Xiaoqiang smiled slightly:

"For me, it doesn't matter who you touch first, the key is to win, reporter Zhang Da, don't you say it."

Li Xiaoqiang said this with a sense of confidence. Indeed, with two hearty victories, Li Xiaoqiang feels that his current competitive state is at its peak. What's more, fighting with Cao Li's master and apprentice, especially breaking the "Cao Li Iron Curtain" in the Three Kingdoms Ring Competition, this has always been what Li Xiaoqiang is eager to do. There is such a good opportunity this time, Li Xiaoqiang will never allow himself to miss it.

"Haha, it's good if you have confidence, I like to see you full of confidence."

Reporter Zhang laughed and sent Li Xiaoqiang into the arena.

What's going to happen in this game?

After the start of the game, considering that Li Xiaoqiang's current morale is like a rainbow, at the beginning of the game, most of the Chinese personnel were relaxed. In the research room, reporter Zhang Da and Chang Rensheng and others talked and laughed.

"Lao Cao's nickname is the soft wind fast gun, in the first two games of chess, Xiao Qiang used the sword breaking style and the qi breaking style in the Dugu Nine Swords respectively, so today, Xiao Qiang should not use the broken gun style in the Dugu Nine Swords, let's take a good look."

"Hahahaha."

There was a lot of laughter in the viewing room, but this relaxed atmosphere did not last long, and an hour after the start of the game, Chang Rensheng took over the second game from the game room. His expression grimaced.

"Xiao Chang, what happened?"

"Boss...... Boss, he seems to have been stabbed. ”

"Huh?!" (To be continued.) )