Tokyo, Japan. The 8th Fujitsu Cup continues to be fiercely contested.

"Xiao Chang, congratulations on the good start! There's nothing to say, you're invited for tonight's supper. ”

After more than 6 hours of fierce battle, Chang Rensheng finally defeated Noriki Ita by a narrow margin and broke into the top 16 of the World Series for the first time. At the end of Chang Rensheng's game, not only Li Xiaoqiang, but also other participating Chinese chess players, including Ma Xiaofei and Liu Dazhui, congratulated Chang Rensheng.

In fact, in the first round, the Chinese chess players performed quite well. Not only Ma Xiaofei and Chang Rensheng won the chess. Liu Dazhui, who just "double-killed" Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei in China and won the championship of China's "Top Ten Battles", also showed excellent competitive state. He defeated South Korea's Choi Myung-hoon relatively easily and smoothly entered the next round. The last player to win was Yu Bin, who defeated a European player.

In this way, the five Chinese chess players who participated in the "Fujitsu Cup" all survived in the second round.

Although everyone won the game, the only one who received congratulations was Chang Rensheng. It's not surprising that the others are old fritters from the World Series, and winning or losing has long been ********. Only Chang Rensheng is a new ding, so of course he can only talk about things.

Xinding is Xinding, although Chang Ren Shengqiang couldn't hold back his excitement, his flushed face still betrayed him.

"Well, winning this game at least saves the capital, it shouldn't be too embarrassing."

Chang Rensheng tried to pretend to be calm, putting on a "my goal has been achieved". Makes the others laugh.

"Do you dare to say that you really only want to win one set this time in Japan?"

Yu Bin, who has the best relationship with Chang Rensheng, unceremoniously exposed his "hypocrisy". It's true that the World Championship is different from a tournament like the Ring. Perhaps in a team competition such as a ring match, some players will still have the idea of "capital preservation". But a world championship like the Fujitsu Cup, which is the dream of all professional chess players. Especially a chess player like Chang Rensheng, who already has a lot of strength, is eager to prove himself in this kind of world competition.

After a short day of rest, Round 2 began quickly. As in the first round, the second round is also an eight-set match. But today's eight-set match is completely different from the first round. In this round, the players are even stronger. The competition became more and more fierce, and the atmosphere of the whole event became more tense.

In this round, the situation of the five participating Chinese chess players does not look so optimistic. When the results of the round of 16 were announced, it was widely believed that the signing of Chinese players in this round was not good, and almost no game was absolutely sure to win.

The first to walk on the lottery table was Yu Bin, well, he pulled Zhao Zhixun out again like a ghost. Li Xiaoqiang forgot that this was the fourth or fifth time he had encountered Zhao Zhixun in the World Series. Li Xiaoqiang now does not know what the outcome of this game will be. But he remembers one stat very well, 6 times! In real history, Yu Bin was eliminated by Zhao Zhixun at the World Series 6 times in a row, and was not transferred until the 7th time. Hence the results of this draw. Li Xiaoqiang's heart really can't be optimistic about Yu Bin.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Da Hammer drew Cao Yanzi, and Ma Xiaofei encountered Kato Masao. Although Liu Dazhui is currently in excellent form, objectively speaking, he still plays chess against Cao Yanzi. As for Ma Xiaofei VS Masao Kato, although judging from the trend of the two, everyone has reason to be optimistic about Ma Xiaofei. But don't forget, comparing the historical records of the two so far, it is currently Masao Kato who has an absolute advantage, so before the game. No one dared to say lightly that Ma Xiaofei would definitely be able to win.

"Compared to them, you're good at signing this place. Your opponent is the famous Nerve Knife. As long as you have a good mindset in the game, you still have a good chance of winning. ”

After the lottery ceremony, Li Xiaoqiang said this to Chang Rensheng. Chang Rensheng faced South Korea's Yoo Chang-hyuk in the second round. Comprehensive technical level. Judging from the overall factors such as competition experience, this certainly cannot be said to be a good draw for Chang Rensheng. But if you carefully taste Li Xiaoqiang's words, it should be said that there is still some truth.

4 Chinese chess players, 4 of them can't be considered a good sign. As for Li Xiaoqiang himself. His opponent today is a bit special. If it were placed in the past, everyone would think that Li Xiaoqiang drew a good lot, and they would think that Li Xiaoqiang had a great chance of winning. But this time was different. Although after the draw results came out, everyone still generally believed that Li Xiaoqiang's strength was superior, but no one thought that he would be able to win the opponent easily.

Li Xiaoqiang's opponent was Japan's Kobayashi Satoru Kudan.

The reason why everyone participates in the competition is not because of Mr. Kobayashi's strength, let alone because of his fame. It's really because the current state of Kobayashi Jue is too hot.

In the last year or two, the Japanese chess scene has begun to loosen. Unlike previous years, which were super stable, the recent title fights in Japan have often been the "Castle Changing King Banner". This has been the case since last year, and today it has intensified significantly.

At present, the most prominent player in the Japanese chess world is precisely Kobayashi Satoru Kudan.

He first won the right to challenge Japan's "Qi Holy War", and then successfully challenged with a score of 3-1 to snatch the last title of Kobayashi Mitsushi, and then he was unstoppable in the "Supreme Chess Decisive Battle" in Japan's "Chess Holy War", and won the qualification to challenge Zhao Zhixun "Chess Saint" with a complete victory. At present, although the 7 challenges of Japan's "Chess Holy War" have not yet been completed, Kobayashi Satoru has a 2-0 lead over Zhao Zhixun, and it is very likely that Japan's big and small "chess saints" will be gathered together.

If it is said that a few years ago, the "Mesozoic" of the Japanese chess world represented by Hiroshi Yamashiro failed to impact the "six supers". So since last year, the "Mesozoic Generation" represented by Kobayashi Jue, Wang Licheng, Yitian Jiji, and Liu Shixun has continued to launch fierce attacks on the "Six Supers". And the leading figure among them, at least the current leader, is Mr. Satoru Kobayashi. It is said that in the last six months or so, he has hardly lost any chess. The state is simply hot.

Encountering such an opponent, Li Xiaoqiang certainly couldn't win lightly. At the same time, for such a game, if it is only an ordinary chess fan who pays attention to fame, he may not pay much attention. But within the professional Go world, it is different, a first-class player in excellent condition will never be less difficult than a super-first-class player. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang's game today, at least in the Japanese professional Go circle, there are still many people paying attention. Many people want to see how Satoru Kobayashi, who is currently majestic in China, can perform in the international arena.

The on-site viewing room of the round of 16 is also very lively on this day. The players who were eliminated in the first round appeared in the research room as long as they were not in a hurry to return to China. In addition, the second round of the tournament was full of strong players, and many of the matches were quite eye-catching, so many Japanese chess players also came to watch and admire.

In the research room, the match between Li Xiaoqiang and Kobayashi Jue is relatively eye-catching, but it is not the most eye-catching. In fact, in today's research room, the focus of everyone's research is the game between Li Shifo and Kobayashi Koji. Due to Mrs. Reiko's reasons, Kobayashi Koji's state has been greatly affected, but Mr. Kobayashi Koji has now been reduced to a crownless situation. But his fame is still there, and his years of prestige are still there. Therefore, the fight between him and Li Shifo, the fighting method of the two new and old "control flow", still receives the most attention from everyone.

As for Li Xiaoqiang's plate, naturally some people are concerned. And the two most important "iron fans" among them, of course, can only be Reporter Zhang Da and Yukari Umezawa. Since all Chinese chess players are participating in the competition today, Zhang Da, a reporter who haunts the research room, seems a little lonely. Fortunately, reporter Zhang Da is now an old fritter, and in the on-site viewing room, it is impossible for him to be confused. What's more, because he and Yukari Umezawa are the ones who pay the most attention to Li Xiaoqiang's game, in today's research room, the two of them are together the most.

Don't really say it, don't look at Yukari Umezawa is a professional chess player, and reporter Zhang Da is just an amateur. But when the two of them were judging Li Xiaoqiang's chess game today, it was still reporter Zhang Da who seemed to be a little more in place. He even had a rare success as a magic stick.

The game had just entered the afternoon, and there were less than 50 moves on the chessboard, and reporter Zhang Da swore to Yukari Umezawa:

"Is it okay for Mr. Kobayashi to do this? I think he chose the most typical way to lose. Look, I think he's going to have a hard time making it past 120 moves, and by the most conservative estimate, I think he'll be going to throw in the middle of the game when he gets to 150. ”

"Oh?!"

Yukari Umezawa expressed doubts about Zhang Da's words. Yukari Umezawa carefully inspects the entire chessboard from a professional perspective. Although the chess game has been carried out so far, it should be Li Xiaoqiang who has a slight advantage, which has been recognized by everyone during the lunch break. But that advantage is extremely weak, so weak that it is negligible. On the other hand, Kobayashi Jue's chess, he played extremely concisely in front of him, and he also played quite thickly. Therefore, it is generally judged that this should be a relatively long game of kung fu chess. Even if Li Xiaoqiang can win in the end, it will not be possible to resolve the war immediately after a while. But reporter Zhang Da said now.

"Mr. Zhang, why do you think so?"

"Everyone commented that Mr. Kobayashi Satoru had a thick chess game in front of him, and he seems to be trying to be concise, right?"

"yes, everybody says that."

That's right, he's bad at this thickness and simplicity. Hehe, if you want to use this method to deal with Xiaoqiang, it is useless. Miss Ume Ze, let me tell you, there is a saying in our Chinese chess world that such a way of playing is called Li Xiaoqiang's standard winning method. If you want to use this method to deal with Xiaoqiang, almost no one can succeed. ”

"Huh?!"

Yukari Umezawa continued to be skeptical, but reporter Zhang Da refused to continue. He smiled and said to Yukari Umezawa:

"Read on to see if I'm right. In short, you remember one sentence, conciseness has no effect on Xiaoqiang. ”

"Brevity doesn't do anything to Xiaoqiang?"

Suddenly, Yukari Umezawa didn't know what she remembered, she was thoughtful. (To be continued.) )