The second day after Li Xiaoqiang's visit to the editorial office of "Go" magazine was the match day of the Three Kingdoms Tournament.

Shencheng, Huating Hotel, the final stage of the 2nd "Zhenlu Cup" Three Kingdoms Ring Competition. After lunch, Li Xiaoqiang came here early to prepare for the upcoming game.

"Li Xiaoqiang, it's really Li Xiaoqiang......"

As soon as Li Xiaoqiang walked into the hotel lobby from the main entrance, he was watched. When he arrived, there were already a lot of chess fans gathered here. Seeing Li Xiaoqiang appear, many chess fans were pleasantly surprised, and everyone rushed to greet Li Xiaoqiang. Some chess fans took out things that had been prepared long ago and asked Li Xiaoqiang to sign them. There are all kinds of things that chess fans have come up with, most of which are notebooks, and there are even chess fans who specially took out a few folding fans to ask Li Xiaoqiang to sign them.

Seeing that more and more chess fans were gathering, Zhang Da, who accompanied Li Xiaoqiang, hurriedly blocked the car:

"I'm sorry to let me go, the game starts at 1 p.m., and it's half past 12 o'clock. Let's let Xiaoqiang prepare first, shall we? Don't worry, everyone, if anyone wants to sign it, let's wait for Xiaoqiang to sign it after the game, everyone says this is okay? ”

In this era, most of the people who can come to listen to the explanation of the hanging board are real chess fans. After listening to reporter Zhang Da's words, everyone made way for Li Xiaoqiang.

"Are you sure that Xiaoqiang will play first today?" A chess fan at the scene suddenly said this. Although Li Xiaoqiang's appearance on the court has long been certain, some chess fans may not know about it. After getting an affirmative answer, the atmosphere at the scene seemed to be more enthusiastic, looking at this situation, it seems that many chess fans are specifically coming for Li Xiaoqiang.

"Come on, Xiaoqiang!"

"Xiaoqiang strives for a shot to clear the ......"

Li Xiaoqiang responded one by one with a smile, and then walked towards the game room on the other side of the hotel.

"It's really unexpected, it turns out that this guy is so popular......"

Although most of the people who come to listen to the explanation of the hanging game are real chess fans, there are exceptions. For example, Zhao Qinqin, who doesn't know anything about Go, came to the scene today. However, she was not in the lobby of the hotel, but on the second floor of the hotel with Yukari Umezawa. They can see everything that is happening in the lobby of the hotel. The first time she came to watch the Go game, Zhao Qinqin seemed very curious. Women love gossip when they are curious. For example, the current Zhao Qinqin, she asked Yukari Umezawa a very bloody question:

"I heard that it was your master who competed with Chubby today. You are honest and you are not allowed to lie, who do you want to win today's game? ”

Since Li Xiaoqiang entered the hotel. Yukari Umezawa's gaze kept following Li Xiaoqiang, and she didn't leave for a moment: "This question...... Can I not answer. ”

"Hahaha, I don't dare to answer because I hope Xiaopang wins, say it quickly, do you think like this in your heart......"

Zhao Qinqin was gossiping outside, but Li Xiaoqiang in the game room was closing his eyes and recuperating, he was quietly waiting for the game to come.

This year's Three Kingdoms Tournament has reached its final stage, and all matches will be played in the next few days. In the previous matches, a total of 9 players were eliminated. In other words, today's match happens to be the 10th game of this Three Kingdoms Tournament.

In the last match, Mr. Kato eliminated South Korea's Yoo Chang-hyuk. In that set, Mr. Kato showed great skill. Although Mr. Kato has never won against himself, Li Xiaoqiang will never take it lightly. Let's not talk about historical records, which actually doesn't mean anything. Isn't there such a saying? "Records are meant to be broken." If you take the record too seriously, you'll lose. What's more, today is rapid, and compared to 3 hours of slow chess, rapid chess is more accidental. Therefore, Li Xiaoqiang will not be blindly optimistic at all.

Li Xiaoqiang waited for a while, and at 12:55 p.m., Mr. Kato walked into the game room. He sat down opposite Li Xiaoqiang. The two smiled and nodded to say hello. At 1 o'clock in the afternoon, the game officially began. By guessing first. In this game, Mr. Kato guessed the black piece, and he pondered for a moment before dropping the first piece of the game.

Although the Three Kingdoms Tournament is a rapid chess match, each side also has a reserve time of 1 hour. This format is relatively rare in China and Japan, but it is very popular in South Korea. In real history, the reason why the Korean team performed so well in the Three Kingdoms Tournament is that it is so good. It also has something to do with the fact that they are more familiar with the format. How to allocate the game time more reasonably in the game is a very important issue to pay attention to in this kind of game.

Since the game was played in Shencheng, the large troops of the national team did not come. Shencheng simply asked Ma Xiaofei, who arrived at the arena with Li Xiaoqiang, to explain this game of chess. He is partnered with Xu Ying, a female chess player who has just emerged in China in recent years.

Xu Ying, now in her early 20s, was an earlier player with the Beijing team, and entered the national team a few years ago after unexpectedly winning China's first female "celebrity". After winning the female stream "celebrity". She worships under Ma's "celebrity", and Ma Xiaofei can be regarded as a mentor-apprentice friendship. Because of this relationship, there are good people in China, such as reporter Zhang Da and others, who often jokingly spread scandals between the two of them.

If you talk about chess strength alone, Xu Ying may be slightly inferior to several other female chess players in the national team. What really makes Xu Ying widely known is her ability to speak chess. In particular, she and Hua Ling's partner explained the hanging game, and was even called a perfect match for chess in the world by the majority of chess fans.

Today's listing explanation is not synchronized with the game. Go competitions are generally like this, and if you want to be exciting, you must do your homework offstage. Today's listing explanation starts at 2 o'clock. In fact, 1 hour of preparation time is still a lot for most people, which requires the narrator's on-the-spot performance.

"Oh, today is talking about Xiaoqiang's chess, where is 1 hour enough, Mr. Ma will wait for you to wait......"

Before stepping onto the podium, Xu Ying was still chattering about the lack of time to prepare for class. But when she actually got on stage, she quickly got into the groove.

“…… Good afternoon, chess fans. Today we are going to explain a game of the "Zhenlu Cup" Three Kingdoms Go Tournament. Today's chess partner with me is the famous national player Ma Xiaofei Jiuduan, everyone welcomes Mr. Ma......"

“…… I think everyone knows the two players today. One is Mr. Masao Kato, a veteran Japanese super-class chess player. And the other one is our Li Xiaoqiang. It is Li Xiaoqiang, who has created countless miracles and is known as a chessboard wizard......"

“…… I don't think I need to introduce much about the situation of the two games, right? Mr. Kato has been well-known in the Japanese chess world for decades, and he has also played many times in the Sino-Japanese Go tournament, so everyone should be familiar with him. In his early years, he was known as the star of the Japanese chess world, and later his style seemed to have changed again, and he was called Kato, an official, which shows that his skills are quite comprehensive. It's a very difficult opponent to consider......"

“…… Of course, although Mr. Kato is very powerful. However, I think many of the chess fans here must be the same as I do, and they are not optimistic that Mr. Kato will win today. There is no way, because the opponent that Mr. Kato met today is our Li Xiaoqiang......"

“…… As for our Xiaoqiang, I don't think it's even more to be introduced. How do you evaluate the current Xiaoqiang......"

Speaking of this, Xu Ying found that she was talking too highly, and she was singing a one-man show by herself. So she decided to interact with everyone. She glanced at Ma Xiaofei who was standing on the other side of the big chessboard, and then said to the audience with a smile:

"I think it's very simple to evaluate Li Xiaoqiang, if there is no teacher Ma who is standing opposite me, then the current Xiaoqiang is the first in the world as a matter of course, do you think so?"

Xu Ying's sycophant shot was good, she drew the attention of chess fans to Ma Xiaofei, which was also a smooth push to the foreground. Because by this time, Ma Xiaofei seemed to have a chance to speak. However, it is obvious that on the topic of "No. 1 in the world", Ma Xiaofei is really not good at taking this stubble.

"Am I hindering Xiaoqiang from being the first in the world? I'm really guilty of that. However, I think the current Xiaoqiang can be called the strongest in the world. The role I play is just a whetstone for Xiaoqiang...... Well, I see that some chess fans are already impatient, so I think let's get down to business and enjoy today's game first. I just watched the progress of the game and it was a lot of fun for the two today. I think let's play chess first, and then we can chat while watching chess. ”

"Okay, then let's set up chess first......"

Because this is a rapid chess game, the progress of the game cannot be as slow as usual. In the course of an hour, more than 50 chess moves had been played.

“…… This game of chess was played by Mr. Kato in black first, and he laid out the "high Chinese stream". As far as I know, "High Chinese Stream" is a layout that Mr. Kato loves very much. Whenever there is a big game, he often chooses to play this way today......"

“…… Xiaoqiang's response was very calm. Xiaoqiang's layout has always been known for its flexibility, his skills are very comprehensive, and he is handy in dealing with any situation......

The first dozens of moves seemed to be normal, and the two of them didn't explain too much. It wasn't until the 30th hand of the overall situation that Ma Xiaofei said that the "interesting" situation appeared. Li Xiaoqiang's seemingly normal "exchange" was ignored by Masao Kato, and he launched a rush attack on Li Xiaoqiang's other chess.

"Huh? What does Mr. Kato mean by this move? Can that place be left alone? ”

"Yes, as can be seen from this choice of black, Mr. Kato is clearly prepared today. He's ready to show the power of his Celestial Star......" (To be continued......