Li Xiaoqiang, who was still getting carried away a minute ago, was reprimanded by his classmates again because Lin Mengyu gently said the 4 words "golden cicada shelling". This time it was different, and the classmates who felt that they were being tricked were all filled with righteous indignation, and they looked like they refused to "let go" Li Xiaoqiang. Among them, Zhao Dabao and Liao Qiong's coaxing was the loudest.

At this time, Li Xiaoqiang had no other way to get by. But fortunately, at this time, the bell after class was just in time. so that he could escape.

In the next period of time, Li Xiaoqiang didn't dare to think crookedly at all, so he could only honestly prepare for the upcoming decisive battle of China's first "celebrity war".

While Li Xiaoqiang was actively preparing for the game, Zhao Dabao seemed to have burst out of a new wave of enthusiasm for Go again since he unraveled the "golden cicada shell".

"Hehe, I said Xiao Hei, tell me quickly, which member of the national team didn't make this "golden cicada shell"? Also, did I see this chess player you mentioned last time I went to the capital? ”

Li Xiaoqiang looked at Zhao Dabao, who was self-absorbed on the side, and was angry and funny. Last time, in order to arouse everyone's interest, I inadvertently said that "even the members of the national team have made mistakes when the golden cicada comes out of its shell". didn't think about it, just because of this sentence, Zhao Dabao was proud for several days. Even after all this time, he still has been obsessed with it. I even wanted to inquire about which professional chess player was "not as good as him".

"Go and go, even if people have made mistakes on the issue of golden cicadas shelling, they still let you be 4 or 5 casually. Didn't you make a life-and-death question with prompts, and I don't know what you have to be proud of. ”

"Let me 4, 5? Hmph, I really don't believe it, even if I get such a question wrong, I can make 4 or 5. Ha Luha, I know the way. It must be that you guy is a thief and wants me to play the next game for 4. Hey. Do you think I'm going to give you that chance? ”

Li Xiaoqiang laughed angrily at Zhao Dabao's words, but he couldn't refute it. I had to raise my legs and kick him falsely:

"Get out, at such an important juncture of preparation, you just beg me to guide you, but I don't want to."

"For what?"

"Of course, I'm afraid that your stinky chess will also stink."

"Hahaha, you're hard-mouthed. That's just right, as long as you give me some more time, I will definitely be able to pass your 2nd sub-level. ”

"Hmph, this wish. I hope you can achieve it in your life......"

Although Li Xiaoqiang said so in his mouth. When he looked at Zhao Dabao, he was still surprised by his Go talent when he looked at this old friend who didn't know how to play Go at all in his previous life.

"This guy is currently only at the amateur 3-stage level, and with only such a level, he can unravel the golden cicada in such a short period of time. It seems that this guy is really talented in Go. ”

A game like Go is easy to learn but hard to master! Everyone knows this. There are many people interested in the topic of "how to improve your Go skills".

If we want to make a difference in a certain field, there are two "necessary conditions" that are indispensable: First. You have to spend time in this area, spend a lot of time. Second, you must have some talent in this field.

Of course, the same applies to Go. It seems that the truth is not wrong. If you can really analyze it carefully. Many people will find that these two points are simply empty generalizations.

In the case of the word "talent", it is simply something that cannot be quantified. Don't look at the Go world, there is a lot of emphasis on "Go talent". But what exactly does it mean to have a "Go talent"? I'm afraid no one can say it clearly.

And the so-called "take time". Roughly refers to the level of effort of a certain person. This should be no problem. In any field, if you want to succeed, you have to work hard. There shouldn't be anything wrong with that. But if you want to go a little deeper. You will also find that the person who is most successful in a certain field must be the one who works hardest?

On this point, I'm afraid it may not be! If we really analyze it carefully, we can even find that in the vast majority of fields, the most successful person is rarely the one who works the hardest.

If this is left in normal times, Li Xiaoqiang will not have time to think about such a boring question. But the situation is different now. It has been more than 3 years since Li Xiaoqiang was reborn, and he has grown from an amateur master to a professional chess player that even Japan's super-first-class chess players cannot underestimate. During this period, Li Xiaoqiang's Go level has improved greatly, which is beyond doubt. So after reaching the current level, how do you continue to improve in the future? This is an important problem that Li Xiaoqiang needs to face.

It must be admitted that when the level of Go reaches a certain level, it is difficult to continue to improve. But Li Xiaoqiang still thinks that if he wants to effectively improve his Go level, there should still be a way. And the most effective way should be to work hard to make up for your "shortcomings". It is commonly known as "what is lacking and what is made up". Li Xiaoqiang even believes that in the past three years, the reason why his progress has surprised many people and even made people feel "amazing". What others think Li Xiaoqiang can't control, he himself is still very sober. He believes that his own progress is indeed more obvious, and it is not that his talent is higher than others. It's just because I have done "what is lacking to make up for what I lack".

Three years ago, Li Xiaoqiang's Go level was only an amateur 5 dan. Although he has a certain advantage due to the reason of rebirth. This advantage is embodied in his vision and thinking. Because of his wider horizons, he has taken a lot of advantage in some competitions. Because he is more open-minded, he has no prejudice against some specific moves, and he has less "mindset" than other players of this era, so he also progresses faster.

But relying on something like this alone is not enough for him to win so far. Li Xiaoqiang knows very well in his heart that the most important thing about the gap between an amateur master and a professional chess player is the issue of "basic skills". 3 years ago, compared to other professional chess players. Basic skills can be said to be their biggest shortcoming. And through 3 years of hard work, I just made up for this shortcoming. It is precisely because of my own foundation that I have laid a solid foundation. to give yourself the opportunity to play to other strengths. So that the entire world chess world cannot underestimate itself.

Li Xiaoqiang trained through life-and-death problems, and through exchanges with other professional chess players in the national team. Slowly completed the transformation from an amateur chess player to a professional chess player, and slowly formed a so-called "professional chess player feeling". This is the biggest change in Li Xiaoqiang in the past three years.

So in the next Go practice, can Li Xiaoqiang continue to improve with the original method? In other words, just rely on laying a solid foundation. Can Li Xiaoqiang become a super-first-class chess player or even a Go master? Li Xiaoqiang thinks: This is definitely unreliable. Even if he pins his hopes on the ethereal so-called "talent", Li Xiaoqiang thinks it is unreliable.

If possible, Li Xiaoqiang hopes most that he can "make up for what is missing". This thing seems to be the most effective. If you want to do this, the first thing you need to solve is to understand what you are missing. In this way, we will be able to achieve a targeted goal in our future practice.

Don't think it's easy. Li Xiaoqiang even believes that this may be the most critical part of the problem. Indeed, in this worldly world, it is definitely not easy to be able to truly have "self-knowledge". Especially when it comes to their weaknesses and shortcomings, many people don't really understand them.

Li Xiaoqiang was far from the center of professional Go at this time. I just want to calm down and think about my own problems. Explore what you should be working on next.

It should be said that during these days in his hometown, Li Xiaoqiang still gained something. As for whether your thinking is right? Then you need to review the results in the future.

And the question that Li Xiaoqiang thinks about can be reflected in the classic question of life and death of "Golden Cicada Shelling".

Indeed, this life-and-death problem is very interesting, and Li Xiaoqiang believes that this life-and-death problem even reveals a very interesting law in Go.

"Golden cicada shelling" is a very difficult question of life and death. Its main difficulty lies in the means of "suicide". To be honest, it is really difficult for people who do not have a certain talent for Go to think of such a method. This is because. This method of "suicide" is contrary to a normal logical thinking.

When you play Go, as long as you reach a certain level, it is very taboo to play "loss". And the only way to unravel the "golden cicada shelling". It is precisely the next series of "losses" that need to be the last to be bright. That's the most interesting thing about this topic. In addition, even if you have this "abnormal thinking", you want to make the right thing right right now. That's not that simple, it requires road calculations and spatial imagination.

This is also Zhao Dabao, although he solved the "golden cicada shell" with prompts. But his arithmetic and imagination also allowed Li Xiaoqiang to see his talent for Go.

Of course, although "Golden Cicada Shelling" is a very interesting question of life and death, it is also a question of life and death that is a little difficult. But it's still not enough to look at it in the professional Go world. Li Xiaoqiang believes that if the members who are qualified to enter the Chinese national Go team are asked to simply do this life-and-death problem, there should be no one who will not be able to do it.

Now the problem arises. Li Xiaoqiang is not wrong, in real life actual combat, there are indeed professional chess players who have ignored this "golden cicada shell" method. A life-and-death question that everyone can do, what would a professional master ignore in actual combat?

This is the problem that Li Xiaoqiang focuses on! In other words, this is the problem that Li Xiaoqiang needs to solve at this stage:

The difference between "practical thinking" and "life-and-death thinking"!

Let's use the example of "golden cicada shelling" to see where this difference is.

If it is a question of life and death, then the difficulty of "golden cicada shelling" is concentrated in the "suicide" method. Regarding the difficulty of this part, Li Xiaoqiang does not think that this is "professional difficulty". So if this means is hidden in actual combat, what is the difficulty in it?

It's hard because of those two "breakpoints"!

If you simply solve the problem of life and death, because there is no other way to go, you can only make a fuss about those two "breakpoints". What if this "golden cicada shelling" is moved to a real battle? What about hiding these two "breakpoints" among the many other "breakpoints" in the board? Further, if there is no question of life and death in actual combat. Due to the existence of the magic hand of "golden cicada shelling", it may only be a matter of cheaper officials. So even if you are a professional master, it is very normal that you can't use this means in actual combat.

After all, that series of "suicide" means is "damage". It is not in line with the normal "feeling of a professional chess player".

From this place, we can see that there is actually a big difference between "practical thinking" and "thinking about life and death".

If you want to talk about the current Li Xiaoqiang, he is like Duan Yu who has just learned the "Northern Spiritual Skill". In the past 3 years, he has really worked very hard, and he has absorbed all kinds of Go knowledge like a sponge. He frantically absorbed a lot of miscellaneous "true qi". At present, he has no time to think about the problem of "sorting out the true qi". Although his whimsy can sometimes hurt. But it is obviously still in a state of inefficiency.

At this stage, Li Xiaoqiang knows it in his heart. It's time for me to "sort out the true qi in my body"!

As long as you solve the problem of "being smart and not working", then there is no doubt that your Go level will definitely be able to go further!

It is for this reason that it is also possible. Li Xiaoqiang believes that give yourself time to think quietly and give yourself time to sort out quietly. Throw away some useless things, and integrate some useful things into your Go thoughts. In other words, strengthen your "practical thinking". The effect of this may be better than staying in the capital for 1 or 2 months of training.

Of course, does this have any effect? In fact, Li Xiaoqiang himself doesn't know what to do. Such a thing can only be tested by relying on official competitions in the future.

88 years will soon pass. As the finale of this year's Chinese Go world. The "celebrity battle" decisive battle between Li Xiaoqiang and Liu Dazhui is coming soon.

For this competition, Li Xiaoqiang is full of expectations in his heart!

"Can this competition be seen as a summary of my past three years? Hehe, it's been so long, have I improved substantially? It's up to this game......"

At the end of '88, Li Xiaoqiang once again stepped into the professional arena. (To be continued......)