"What's going on? I've just won two games, and I haven't even won the championship yet. Why is it necessary for your media to make such a fuss? ”

On the train, Li Xiaoqiang and Zhang Da reporters were chatting. They are now on their way to the "Top 10" arena.

This year's "Top 10 Battle" is divided into two stages, the group stage will be held in Hui Province, and the final qualifying round will be held in Ganyuan Province. Hui Province and Ganyuan Province are neighboring provinces, and they are also the real hometowns of the "Xin'an School" of ancient chess. Before the 80s, Hui Province was actually a strong Go province in China, and there were many well-known national players. For example, Nie Whirlwind's master, who was known as "South Liu and North Guo" back then, was from Huizhou Province. Too old also has an identity, he is a relative descendant of the famous national player of the Ming Dynasty, Guo Bailing, so if you count it together, Nie Whirlwind can actually have a little to do with ancient chess.

In addition to being too old, Wang Lunan, who is currently the vice president of the Chinese Chess Academy, is also from Huizhou Province, and this time it was through him that the group stage of the "Top Ten Battle" was held in Huizhou Province. Due to the "Tianyuan Competition", Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei went to the arena a little later than the other participating chess players. And because of the current competitive relationship between Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei, the two deliberately avoid their peers. Ma Xiaofei took a plane to Hui Province, while Li Xiaoqiang chose to take a train accompanied by reporter Zhang Da.

Although it is now to participate in the "Top Ten Battle", Li Xiaoqiang and Zhang Da reporters are talking about the topic of "Tianyuan Competition" on the train. In front of Li Xiaoqiang, there were all kinds of reports about the "Tianyuan Race", which were specially collected by reporter Zhang Da, a professional, and even Japanese and Korean media reports. Reporter Zhang Da usually likes to do this kind of thing the most.

“…… Two games before the end of the Chinese Go "Tianyuan War" finals, Li Xiaoqiang showed superb skills and good form, he looked unstoppable, is the "Li Xiaoqiang era" really coming? Everybody's waiting to see ......"

“…… Great content, great performance. An increasingly ever-changing chess style, an upgraded version of the "Chessboard Wizard". Li Xiaoqiang looks invincible......"

“…… Li Xiaoqiang is only one last hurdle away from conquering the world chess world. Does China's Tianyuan War mark the beginning of Li Xiaoqiang's dominance, and can he establish a dynasty of his own......"

In Li Xiaoqiang's own opinion, although he has already won the match point in the "Tianyuan War", the entire chess final is not over after all. If you count this year's "Ma Li Shiban", it is just starting, and Li Xiaoqiang himself is ready to fight a protracted war. Therefore, for the two games of chess that he began to win, Li Xiaoqiang was happy, but he didn't take it seriously. He didn't expect the outside reaction to be so strong.

Li Xiaoqiang is strange, and reporter Zhang Da is even more strange. He pointed to the last report:

Isn't that a light up? Xiaoqiang, don't you think that this sentence gets to the point. Aren't you now far from conquering the chess world with only Ma Xiao, the last opponent left? Now that you have won Ma Xiaofei two games in a row, the title of Tianyuan seems to be almost unsuspenseful, what's wrong with a strong reaction from the outside world? ”

"This ......"

"Isn't that what this is?" Reporter Zhang Da glanced at Li Xiaoqiang: "Xiaoqiang, I find your mentality very strange." How can I say hello? To put it nicely, you are humble and self-motivated, so you are not satisfied with what you have achieved so far. also didn't care about his victory over Ma Xiaofei. To put it mildly, you've always been in the mindset of a little person. You've always put yourself in the position of a challenger, well, although you are indeed a challenger in the Tianyuan War...... But don't forget, you are a big man now, a real big man in the Chinese chess world and even in the whole world! In the eyes of everyone in the outside world, you are currently the most promising chess player to carve out your own dynasty. You know. In the entire world of Go, the era of only one person has not appeared for a long time. Throughout the twentieth century. In addition to the 20-year dynasty that Mr. Wu Qingyuan really established himself, other dynasties such as Sakata Eio and Zhao Zhixun were either discounted or too short-lived. Now that it seems that a dynasty of your own is being opened, there will naturally be more talk from the outside world. ”

"Hey, hey."

If you compare carefully, Li Xiaoqiang feels that his mentality is indeed very different from the perception of the outside world. But it's actually quite normal. As a reborn, Li Xiaoqiang's eyes are mainly on those who have been staring at South Korea. In real history. In the next ten years, Cao Yanzi, Li Shifo, and Liu Changhe will truly dominate the world chess world. The number of world championships won by the three of them accounts for more than eighty percent of all the championships.

As for the others, including Ma Xiaofei? Although the 95th year in real history is the "Year of Ma Xiaofei". But in Li Xiaoqiang's subconscious. He has never regarded Ma Xiaofei as his real competitor. Of course, this is not that Li Xiaoqiang underestimated Ma Xiaofei, first because of the influence of real history, and secondly, because Ma Xiaofei is also Chinese, so it is difficult for Li Xiaoqiang to see Ma Xiaofei as his nemesis.

Li Xiaoqiang would think so, but the outside world would not think so.

What are the criteria for a chess player to build a dynasty? There are all sorts of ways to say this. For example, the number of championships won is used as a metric, which should be the most common and commonly used criterion. In addition, there should be a very simple criterion for the establishment of a dynasty, that is, the chess player should maintain a certain advantage over any other chess player in his own era. Don't seek absolute superiority, but at least not be at a disadvantage. This is the criterion for a chess player to be dominant.

According to this standard, you can understand why the outside world reacted so strongly to the contest between Li Xiaoqiang and Ma Xiaofei. In the current world chess world, it seems that only Ma Xiaofei still maintains a certain advantage over Li Xiaoqiang. But through the first two games of chess in the "Tian Yuan War", what to say? Everyone found that this situation seemed to be gradually reversing, and everyone found that Ma Xiaofei's advantage over Li Xiaoqiang did not seem to be there. That's why everyone will talk about it and actively explore the possibility of "Li Xiaoqiang's dynasty".

"The so-called general trend of the world, divided for a long time, must be united, and for a long time must be divided. If you really want to talk about it, the situation in the Go world is actually very similar to the general trend in the world, for decades, the world chess world has been in an era of competition for hegemony. Although it cannot be said that this situation is bad, people's hearts are always changing. If an era has an absolute hegemon, everyone will want to break this pattern. If an era is a group of rivals, everyone will hope that a new king will appear. In today's era, in fact, it has been the case all along. Most Go enthusiasts, including me, would now prefer to see the latter scenario. Xiaoqiang, I feel that your current mentality of a small person is not good. If one wants to build a dynasty. Let's not talk about the domineering spirit of the king, but what is certain is that the king in the field of Go, his heart must be noble, and he must have the momentum to look down on the world. I don't know if you're ready for this? ”

Listening to reporter Zhang Da's words, Li Xiaoqiang fell into deep thought. To be honest, Li Xiaoqiang really didn't think about this problem before this. In the past, I put myself in the position of a challenger in most cases, and rarely thought about my position in the current world chess world.

Do you have the right to build your own dynasty? Li Xiaoqiang wants to come now. I really have this qualification.

If you don't see it clearly, it doesn't mean that others don't see it clearly. In the eyes of the outside world, he should be the most promising chess player to build a dynasty, at least more qualified than anyone else, including Li Shifo, although he is the real founder of the dynasty in real history.

Li Xiaoqiang even thought that his own situation seemed to be different from that of most other chess players, when other super chess players were building dominance. Most of them are "inside first and then outside", only themselves. It seems to be following a path of "outside first and then inside". Do you now have dominance over foreign players? Li Xiaoqiang himself thinks that it is still a little hot, but the outside world may think that it should be counted.

Regardless of the overall record, it is said that he has an advantage against any foreign player. Chess players such as Hero Otake and Masaki Takemiya, who are not in the same era, can not be counted. Besides, I'm young, and if I play them again, no one can expect them to win. Let's talk about other chess players who are currently active in the world chess scene. I seem to have a slight advantage.

Although so far, he is 2 to 2 against Cao Yanzi and 5 to 5 against Li Shifo, on the surface, it seems that he is evenly matched. But the outside world doesn't necessarily see it that way. Because there is still a difference between competitions, the importance of various competitions is still different. In the fight with the two of them. He has won heavyweight fights, so he gives the impression that he is better than both of them.

I'm afraid that not only the outside world will think so, but even the two of them themselves will think so. This is just like Gu Dali and Li Shi in later generations. Although the head-to-head record between the two is almost the same, the difference between victory and defeat is only one or two sets in dozens of sets. But in several of the most important competitions, it was Li Shishi who had a certain advantage. So after a certain world competition, Gu Dali had to honestly admit: "At present, Li Shishi is still the number one in the world." ”

My current problem seems to lack a little dominance in the country. As for the actual situation in China, it is a Ma Xiaofei. If he can overpower Ma Xiaofei, then he is really qualified to establish his own dynasty.

"At present, there are only 4 domestic challenge system title battles, if you win the title of "Tianyuan", it cannot be said that you have overpowered Ma Xiao, but at least you are on par with him. In addition to the challenge system title battle, other major domestic competitions are the "National Individual Competition", "Top Ten Battle" and "CCTV Rapid Chess Tournament". The rapid chess tournament will not be counted first, and neither of you will participate in the individual tournament now. Then there is only one top 10 battle left. Now the top ten battle will start soon, Xiaoqiang, you know what I mean, right? ”

Of course, Li Xiaoqiang understands what reporter Zhang Da means, although he has not officially obtained the title of Tianyuan, most people have assigned this title to their own name. If he is equal to Ma Xiaofei in the title battle. Then the "Top 10 Battle" highlights its importance.

The upcoming "Top Ten Battle" seems to have become the battle of Tianwang Mountain in which he and Ma Xiaofei compete in China.

"Hehe, I understand what you mean, you mean that the next "Top Ten Battle" is likely to be the opening point of the "Li Xiaoqiang Dynasty", right......" (To be continued.) )

PS: I have a temporary job at work, and I'm so busy. How so? All I can say is that Africa is not a good place to code. I would like to say sorry to all of you, but please understand. I'll do my best to update it though.